Search for dissertations about: "Ethnography"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 291 swedish dissertations containing the word Ethnography.

  2. 21. Family theme parks, happiness and children’s consumption : From roller-coasters to Pippi Longstocking

    Author : David Cardell; Anna Sparrman; Tom O’Dell; Cook Daniel Thomas; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Happy; emotions; childhood; time; money; value; amusement park; leisure; tourism; mesh; ethnography; Nöjespark; temapark; glädje; nöje; känslor; etnografi; fritid; turism; värde; konsumtion; barn; barndom; familj;

    Abstract : This book provides an ethnographic contribution to research on children’s consumption, family life and happiness. Various and shifting notions of happiness are explored, as well as conditions for and challenges to happiness, through an analysis of video-recorded interviews and mobile ethnography conducted in two of the most popular theme parks in Sweden. READ MORE

  4. 22. Seeking Middle-Classness : University Students in Iraqi Kurdistan

    Author : Katrine Scott; Genusvetenskapliga institutionen; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; middle-classness; youth; universities; students; urban; post-conflict; war; narratives; stories; representations; figurations; normality; Middle East; Iraq; Iraqi Kurdistan; ethnography; autoethnography; feminist queer postcolonial epistemologies;

    Abstract : Narratives of middle-classness are often missing from Western representations of wartorn regions in the Global South more generally and from the Middle East in particular. This thesis is concerned with stories of desires for ordinary everyday middle-class lives among young adult university students in urban Iraqi Kurdistan. READ MORE

  5. 23. Doing Mobility

    Author : Alexandra Weilenmann; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; mobility; mobile technology; ethnomethodology; conversationanalysis; ethnography; CSCW;

    Abstract : Despite the widespread adoption of mobile information and communication technology, there are still relatively few studies of their use. Previous studies often fail to capture the situated practicalities of mobility. READ MORE

  6. 24. Achieving person-centred pain management for the patient with acute abdominal pain : Guided by the Fundamentals of Care framework

    Author : Therese Avallin; Eva Jangland; Åsa Muntlin; Martin Björck; Alison Kitson; Helle Wijk; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : Acute abdominal pain; Case study; Communication; Culture; Ethnography; Fundamentals of Care framework; Nursing; Pain management; Person-centred care; Person-centred fundamental care; Surgical care; Systematic review; Pain Questionnaire; Qualitative synthesis; Caring Sciences; Vårdvetenskap;

    Abstract : The overall aim of this thesis is to explore how to achieve and measure person-centred pain management (PCPM) for the patient with acute abdominal pain (AAP) in acute surgical care. The Fundamentals of Care (FoC) framework guides all studies. READ MORE

  7. 25. Engineering principles for open socio-technical systems

    Author : Jenny Lundberg; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; principles; socio-technical systems; semantics; ethnography; empowerment; service; agent; sensor;

    Abstract : Engineering Information and Communication Technology (ICT) for robust information sharing is the fundamental area of investigation in thesis. Robust workflow based information sharing systems have the potential to be part of robust information infrastructures providing positive effects for the individuals and teams as well as opportunities for societal and economical gains. READ MORE