Search for dissertations about: "Conventions"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 113 swedish dissertations containing the word Conventions.

  2. 21. Knowledge at play. Studies of games as members’ matters : Kunskap genom spelande. Studier av digitala spel och spelande som kunskapsdomän

    Author : Ulrika Bennerstedt; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; digital games; collaborative gaming; gameplay; learning; skill; transfer; coordinated action; professionalization; game education; assessment; institutionalization; gaming literacy; ethnomethodology;

    Abstract : On a general level, this thesis seeks some answers to the broad question of what one can learn from digital games. With an analytical approach informed by ethnomethodology, the main thrust of the work is an exploration of members’ matters in the area of games and gaming. READ MORE

  4. 22. voice under

    Author : Ester Martin Bergsmark; Jenny Sundén; Lina Selander; Susan Winterling; Stockholms konstnärliga högskola; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; film; cinema; queer; trans; gender studies; transgender studies; voice under; queer and trans cinema; traumaturgy; promiscuous narration; desire; narration without a spine; voice over narration; non-binary; the dildo gaze; something must break; she male snails; fruitcake; instinct; Degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Fine Arts in Performative and Media Based Practices with Specialisation in Film and Media.; Degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Fine Arts in Performative and Media Based Practices with Specialisation in Film and Media.; Konstnärlig doktorsexamen i performativa och mediala praktiker med inriktning i film och media; Konstnärlig doktorsexamen i performativa och mediala praktiker med inriktning i film och media;

    Abstract : If voice over is the superior voice that dictates truth, I examine voice under, the other truths that take place simultaneously. In my doctoral thesis voice under, I explore all the parallel voices beyond the dominating all-knowing voice over. READ MORE

  5. 23. "Frightened by a Word" : Shirley Jackson and Lesbian Gothic

    Author : Colin Haines; Rolf Lundén; Edward Ingebretsen; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : English language; Shirley Jackson; Hangsaman; The Haunting of Hill House; We Have Always Lived in the Castle; lesbian Gothic ; queer theory; Judith Butler; subjectivity; performativity; parody; the abject; compulsory heterosexuality ; ideology; Louis Althusser; psychoanalysis; Sigmund Freud; Julia Kristeva; Engelska; English; Engelska;

    Abstract : This study examines representations and configurations of lesbianism in literary narrative and, in particular, three novels by American author Shirley Jackson (1916-1965). As recent scholarly work has demonstrated, representations of sexuality between women in literature tend toward the ghostly, the Gothic. READ MORE

  6. 24. The Interaction of Discourse Modality and User Expectations in Human-Computer Dialog

    Author : Jussi Karlgren; Carl Gustav Jansson; Kerstin Eklund; KTH; []
    Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY;

    Abstract : This study discusses the behavior of people towards natural language interfaces. It draws parallels to the behavior of people towards other people, and discusses how far these parallels can be stretched. READ MORE

  7. 25. International Financial Institutions and Labour Standards : A Legal Study of the Role of These Institutions in the Promotion and Implementation of Freedom of Association and Collective Bargaining

    Author : Mpoki Mwakagali; Niklas Bruun; Tonia Novitz; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; international financial institutions; international labour standards; freedom of association and collective bargaining; conditionality; international law; human rights; development; Private Law; civilrätt;

    Abstract : This dissertation examines the legal implications of the operations of international financial institutions (IFIs) on international labour standards on freedom of association and collective bargaining. International financial institutions provide financial assistance to member states for development activities and attach conditionality to their lending. READ MORE