Search for dissertations about: "Imperatives"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 30 swedish dissertations containing the word Imperatives.

2. 1. Visual aesthetics in product development : A balance between commercial and creative imperatives

   Author : Ingela Lindahl; Fredrik Nordin; Staffan Brege; Daniel Kindström; Tore Kristensen; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : Visual aesthetics; product design; product development; furniture; designer products;

   Abstract : The literature presents a number of advantages regarding companies’ strategic focus on product design, arguing that the dimension of visual aesthetics in products may help a company to create commercial success, e.g. through product differentiation and as a means of company brand recognition. READ MORE

4. 2. Surviving trauma in exile and the integration-conundrum : navigating therapy and the imperatives of a host(ile?) society

   Author : Mayssa Rekhis; Richard Rechtman; Rebecca Popenoe; Miriam Ticktin; Lotte Segal; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Trauma; Psychotherapy; Refugees; Migration; Ethnography; Integration; Exile; Survival;

   Abstract : “Undesirables” of the contemporary world (Agier, 2008), refugees are often considered “Others” whose lives can be wasted, at deadly borders, in detention centers, or at the margins of societies. Proving their suffering is a condition for accessing the right to asylum, but the current migration policies in the host countries expect them to quickly overcome it, and integrate, as a way to pay back for the protection they received. READ MORE

5. 3. Menstrual dirt - An exploration of contemporary menstrual hygiene practices in Sweden

   Author : Josefin Persdotter; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; sociology of dirt; critical menstruation studies; mundane technologies; menstrual hygiene technologies; sensory experiences; symbolic pollution; de-scription; menstrual hygiene practices; Sweden; menstrual cup; menstrual pad; bathroom; kitchen; menstrual concealment imperatives; cleanliness; hygiene; science and technology studies; feminist science and technology studies;

   Abstract : Menstrual Dirt is a sociological study of how some aspects of menstruation come into being as dirty phenomenon, both in material and symbolic terms. Through engaging with a variety of empirical material Persdotter explores the everyday details of menstrual hygiene practices: how people roll their used pads, dispose their menstrual waste, wash their bloody genitals, change and clean their menstrual cups, clean toilets, and wash dirty clothes and carpets, and much more. READ MORE

6. 4. The Japanese Imperative

   Author : Axel Svahn; Allmän språkvetenskap; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; imperative; directive; semantics; pragmatics; grammaticalization; honorification; benefactivity; directive strategy; directive system; Japanese; imperativ; japanska; semantik; pragmatik; språkvetenskap; lingvistik; grammatikalisering; satstyper;

   Abstract : The present thesis explores Japanese imperative constructions from a general linguistic perspective, as well as examining the imperative as a cross-linguistic object of study. On the definitional side, a terminological apparatus for the description and analysis of imperatives and directives is presented. READ MORE

7. 5. The Future that is my Present : Temporariness and Insecurity in Swedish Academia

   Author : Petya Burneva; Linda Wedlin; Caroline Waks; Noomi Weinryb; Sverre Spoelstra; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; academic work; temporariness; temporary employment; insecurity; job insecurity; professional insecurity; anticipatory insecurity; job field insecurity; precarious professional work;

   Abstract : This thesis explores the question of what it means to be a temporary academic worker in the business studies discipline in Sweden. It presents how academics’ temporariness translates into insecurity and how they respond to it. The research is conducted using an open design, reflexive framework, and an abductive approach. READ MORE