Search for dissertations about: "Creativity and culture"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 26 swedish dissertations containing the words Creativity and culture.

  2. 1. Boundaries, believers and bodies : a cultural analysis of a multidisciplinary research community

    Author : Helena Pettersson; Britta Lundgren; Erik Stolterman; David Hakken; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Culture; ethnographic method; research; technology; boundary object work; symbolic capital; technoromanticism; future; speed; creativity; reality; dystopia; focal things; trading; multidisciplinary; gender; reflexivity; Ethnology; Etnologi;

    Abstract : The aim of this study is to analyze the construction of research culture and collaboration within the research studio Tools for Creativity, one node in the larger Interactive Institute. This studio is an arena that in today’s society is associated with boundary crossing, dynamics and variability: An environment with high-tech equipment, a staff equipped with diverse skills, and a flexible approach with the ambition of developing innovative tools based on ICT to strengthen human creativity. READ MORE

  4. 2. Arbetstidens symbolvärde : om historisk kontinuitet och förändring i synen på arbetstid samt normers inverkan på arbetstidens gestaltning

    Author : Calle Rosengren; Jan Forslin; Eskil Ekstedt; KTH; []
    Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Working time; working life; organizational culture and social norms; Arbetstid; arbetsliv; organisationskultur och normer; Manufacturing engineering and work sciences; Produktion och arbetsvetenskap;

    Abstract : The point of departure of the present thesis is what happens to working time in sections of the labor market where the content of production is becoming more knowledge-intensive, that is, where production is largely based on creativity, knowledge development and communication – processes that are difficult to control and locate in time. Paired with the rise in information and communication technology (ICT), room for interpretation is created by necessity as concerns the boundaries of work and what constitutes a satisfactory work effort. READ MORE

  5. 3. Creative voices of the city : Articulating media, space and cultural identities by creative collectives in Southeast Asia

    Author : Zaki Habibi; Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; articulation; creativity; creative city; cultural identity; cultural memory; cultural resistance; media practice; space; visual method; artikulation; kreativitet; kreativ stad; kulturell identitet; kulturellt minne; kulturellt motstånd; medieutövning; visuell metod;

    Abstract : This thesis investigates the lived cultures of the individuals within collectives who are part of creative cities in Southeast Asia. Such individuals and their creative collectives are all too often rendered silent and unnoticed within the official narratives of creative city branding. READ MORE

  6. 4. Geographies of the Japanese Cultural Economy : Innovation and Creative Consumption

    Author : Jakob Nobuoka; Dominic Power; Anders Malmberg; Mark Lorenzen; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Japan; Cultural Economy; Innovation; Consumption; Manga; Human geography; economic geography; Kulturgeografi; ekonomisk geografi; Social and Economic Geography; Kulturgeografi;

    Abstract : What is the role of the consumer in the contemporary cultural economy? Where are culturaleconomy innovations and competitiveness created? This thesis aims to provide tentativeanswers to these questions by focusing on some illustrative examples from the Japanesecultural economy. However, rather than primarily describing firm strategies or industrialdynamics, emphasis is put on the places and practices of users. READ MORE

  7. 5. Organizational creativity and psychological well-being : Contextual aspects on organizational creativity and psychological well-being from an open systems perspective

    Author : Farida Rasulzada; Institutionen för psykologi; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; work resources and workload; organizational culture; Industrial psychology; leadership; climate; stress; organizational creativity and innovation; psychological well-being; Arbetspsykologi; industripsykologi;

    Abstract : Organizational creativity and psychological well-being. Present day organizations in a globalized society are experiencing external challenges and changes more than ever before and in order to adapt and react to these changes creativity and innovation are seen as some of the most important means. READ MORE