Search for dissertations about: "Ethnographic consumption"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 16 swedish dissertations containing the words Ethnographic consumption.

  2. 11. An App for Women?: Exploring the Performance of Gender and Diversity in Market Practice

    Author : Riikka Murto; Handelshögskolan i Stockholm; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

    Abstract : Marketing and consumer research has a long tradition of using gender to explain differences in consumer behavior. In recent decades, a more critical stream of marketing research has emerged to expose the essentializing of gender differences in marketing research and practice. READ MORE

  4. 12. Conflicts and Contracts : Chinese Intergenerational Relations in Modern Singapore

    Author : Kristina Göransson; Socialantropologi; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Sociology; Southeast Asia; Anthropology; Social change; Modernity; Filial piety; Intergenerational contract; Chinese families; Generations; Singapore; Cultural anthropology; ethnology; Sociologi; Kulturantropologi; etnologi;

    Abstract : The main purpose of this thesis is to examine the impact of social change on Chinese intergenerational relations in contemporary Singapore. Within only three decades, Singapore has turned into a wealthy and sophisticated metropolis with a highly educated labor force. READ MORE

  5. 13. Slaughter - not only about animals : an interdisciplinary study of handling of cattle at slaughter

    Author : Sofia Elisabet Wiberg; Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet; Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet; []
    Keywords : LANTBRUKSVETENSKAPER; AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES; LANTBRUKSVETENSKAPER; AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES;

    Abstract : In order to get meat for human consumption animals have to be slaughtered. In Sweden, about 450,000 cattle are slaughtered every year; in 2011 93% of these were slaughtered at the 16 largest slaughter plants. Maintaining acceptable animal welfare standards in the industrial slaughter of animals places great demands on the management and staff. READ MORE

  6. 14. Saving energy at sea: seafarers’ adoption, appropriation and enactment of technologies supporting energy efficiency

    Author : Martin Viktorelius; Chalmers tekniska högskola; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; energy performance monitoring; shipping; seafarer.; workplace studies; ethnography; energy efficiency; maritime human factors; digitalization; practice-based; automation; sociomaterial;

    Abstract : The shipping industry is currently facing a major challenge related to environmental sustainability and energy efficiency. New regulations and ambitious international goals that aim at mitigating carbon-based emissions with 50 %, demands on profitability, along with a growing awareness about the climate change, has prompted the maritime sector to increasingly focus on how to improve energy efficiency and reduce fuel consumption in ship operations. READ MORE

  7. 15. Pretend that it is Real! Convergence Culture in Practice

    Author : Marie Denward; Jay Bolter; Malmö högskola; []
    Keywords : media convergence; alternate reality games; broadcast television; pervasive games; culture of production; ethnography; game design; game development; transmedia storytelling; pervasive live action role-playing; fiction; reality; participatory culture; audience; interactivity; public service broadcasting; media studies;

    Abstract : Mediekonvergens definieras och förklaras oftast som en teknisk och industriell företeelse, som den process där ny teknik anpassas till den befintliga medieindustrin och dess produktionskulturer. I dagens hybrida medielandskap kan mediekonvergens också beskrivas som den sociala process och de aktiviteter som medieanvändare deltar i när de rör sig mellan olika medier i jakt på underhållning och erfarenheter. READ MORE