Search for dissertations about: "Critical space"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 378 swedish dissertations containing the words Critical space.
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1. Critical conversations : Constructing gender in career counselling
Abstract : “Critical conversations” is an exploration of the process of constructing gender in a formal organizational process, namely the performance managementprocess. At the collaborative case company, the performance managementprocess is practiced in so called career conversations and the aim is to explore whether men and women are supported and encouraged differently inthese conversations, intended to develop employees’ careers? If so, how is thisdone? Could it contribute to an explanation of the systematic divergence ofcareer advancement for men and women over time and the late arrival of women, relative men, to executive suit. READ MORE
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2. Where is the critical in literacy? : Tracing performances of literature reading, readers and non-readers in educational practice
Abstract : In many instances in society, educational and other, literature reading is emphasised as something that develops persons in positive ways. The present thesis explores this claim in relation to literature reading in educational practices. READ MORE
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3. Vélomobility - A critical analysis of planning and space
Abstract : The purpose of this doctoral study is to bring a spatial dimension into the research on urban mobilities and connect the spatial dimension to the marginalisation of cyclists in urban space. This is been done by exploring the role of urban bicycling and transport planning. READ MORE
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4. Design Space Exploration : co-operative creation of proposals for desired interactions with future artefacts
Abstract : This thesis critically reflects on co-operative design workshops that I have conducted. The basic method used in these workshops draws on the participants’ embodied knowing. READ MORE
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5. Discrete Scale-Space Theory and the Scale-Space Primal Sketch
Abstract : This thesis, within the subfield of computer science known as computer vision, deals with the use of scale-space analysis in early low-level processing of visual information. The main contributions comprise the following five subjects:The formulation of a scale-space theory for discrete signals. READ MORE