Search for dissertations about: "History of science and ideas"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 65 swedish dissertations containing the words History of science and ideas.

  2. 21. Making Death Matter : A Feminist Technoscience Study of Alzheimer's Sciences in the Laboratory

    Author : Tara Mehrabi; Cecilia Åsberg; Ericka Johnson; Stine Willum Adrian; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Agential realism; posthumanities; new materialism; feminist technoscience; STS; gender studies; Human Animal Studies; matters of practice; animal experimentation; spectrum of killability; agential asymmetry; Drosophila melanogaster; fruit flies; Alzheimer’s sciences; laboratory ethnography; biological waste; politics of categorization; mattering death; ethics of relationality.; Agentiell realism; posthumaniora; nymaterialism; feministiska teknovetenskpliga studier; genusvetenskap; vetenskapliga praktiker; djurförsök; agentiell assymetri; fruktflugor; Alzheimers sjukdomar; labbetnografi; biologiskt avfall; döden; relationell etik; processontologi; Genusstudier; Cultural Studies; Kulturstudier; History of Ideas; Idé- och lärdomshistoria; Philosophy; Filosofi; Social Sciences Interdisciplinary; Tvärvetenskapliga studier inom samhällsvetenskap;

    Abstract : This thesis is a contribution to feminist laboratory studies and a critical engagement with the natural sciences, or more precisely research on the biochemical workings and deadly relations of Alzheimer’s disease emanating from a year of field work in a Drosophila fly lab. The natural sciences have been a point of fascination within the field of gender studies for decades. READ MORE

  4. 22. Controlling Destiny : Julian Huxley's Post-Darwinian Evolutionism and the History of Transhumanism

    Author : Ingrid Dunér; Avdelningen för idé- och lärdomshistoria; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Julian Huxley; post-Darwinian evolutionism; transhumanism; evolutionary biology; posthuman; sociotechnical imaginaries; control; history of science; intellectual history; history of the future; Julian Huxley; post-Darwinian evolutionism; transhumanism; evolutionary biology; posthuman; sociotechnical imaginaries; control; history of science; intellectual history; history of the future;

    Abstract : The evolutionary biologist Julian Huxley (1887–1975) attempted to promote a “religion for the future,” which he would come to refer to as Transhumanism. It was Huxley’s firm belief that mankind needed a unifying system of thought that could motivate action and change. READ MORE

  5. 23. Greenland's future : narratives of natural resource development in the 1900s until the 1960s

    Author : Janina Priebe; Erland Mårald; Jenny Eklöf; Matthias Heymann; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Greenland; modernization; 20th-century history; colonial history; narrative; history of science and ideas; idé- och lärdomshistoria; History Of Sciences and Ideas;

    Abstract : This doctoral thesis identifies and analyzes narratives of Greenland's future that emerged in the context of developing and modernizing the dependency's natural resources industries in the 1900s until the 1960s. After almost two centuries of Danish colonial rule, the turn of the 20th century witnessed a profound change in Greenland's governance. READ MORE

  6. 24. Konsten att uppfinna hjulet två gånger : om uppfinnandets teknik och estetik

    Author : Karin Havemose; Bo Göranzon; Lena Fritzén; KTH; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Invention; innovation; reflective practice; analogical thinking; dialogue; tacit knowledge; epistemology; History of technology; Teknikhistoria; Philosophy subjects; Filosofiämnen; Industrial engineering and economy;

    Abstract : “There is no need to reinvent the wheel” – a cliché, often told when you want to come up with something new that in someway can be connected to something that already exist. This study shows the opposite – that inventions emanate from what is given. READ MORE

  7. 25. From Vision to Transition : Exploring the Potential for Public Information Services to Facilitate Sustainable Urban Transport

    Author : Carlos Cano-Viktorsson; Anders Gullberg; Arne Kaijser; Mattias Höjer; Oskar Juhlin; KTH; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Collective intelligence; Peer to peer based production; Social media networking; Public information systems; Information and communication technology ICT ; Organizational responsiveness; Historical analysis; History of technology; Sustainable urban transport; Historiska studier av teknik; vetenskap och miljö; History of Science; Technology and Environment; Informations- och kommunikationsteknik; Information and Communication Technology;

    Abstract : Background: Policy initiatives to promote sustainable travel through the use of Internet based public information systems have increased during the last decade. Stockholm, in being one of the first cities in Europe to implement an Internet based service for facilitating sustainable travel is believed to be a good candidate for an analysis of key issues for developing sustainable travel planning services to the public. READ MORE