Search for dissertations about: "Jonas Anshelm"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 6 swedish dissertations containing the words Jonas Anshelm.

  2. 1. Artificial Earth : On the Genealogy of Planetary Technicity

    Author : Daniel Andersson; Jonas Anshelm; Johan Hedrén; Alf Hornborg; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES;

    Abstract : As technology transforms the conditions by which we come understand and interact with the world around us, it is relevant to ask questions about the historicalontological aspects of these patterns of change. The widespread adoption of the term “Anthropocene” during the last twenty years indicates the wide acceptance of the view that human activities have become such a powerful driving force for global environmental change that our destructive legacy will be recorded in geological history. READ MORE

  4. 2. Reconfiguring Conservation and Ontological Politics : An Ethnography of Campesinos and Scientists in the Andean Páramos

    Author : Cesar Camilo Castillo Estupiñan; Steve Woolgar; Jonas Anshelm; Brit Ross Winthereik; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Conservation; Ontology; Ontological politics; Ethnography; Páramos; Campesinos; Scientific practices; Boundary-making; Space; Differences; Intervention;

    Abstract : This thesis offers an empirical analysis that critically assesses and expands the concept of “ontological politics” as a tool for understanding environmental conservation practice. It takes the case of páramos conservation in Colombia, a high mountain ecosystem located above 2600 mts altitude. READ MORE

  5. 3. From Shrieks to Technical Reports : technology, disability and political processes in building Athens metro

    Author : Vasilis Galis; Jane Summerton; Jonas Anshelm; Ingunn Moser; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; co-production; transport disability; symmetry; hybrid collective; accessibility provisions; handbooks; materiality; translation; social model of disability; hybrid forums; concerned groups; configuration of the built environment; samproduktion; transport handikapp; symmetri; hybrid collective; tillgänglighetsåtgärder; handbok; materialitet; översättning; hybrid forums; concerned groups; Technology and social change; Teknik och social förändring;

    Abstract : Avhandlingen beskriver och analyserar hur frågor kring tillgänglighet/handikapp för första gången aktualiserades och implementerades i planeringen och utformningen av den byggda miljön i Aten, nämligen processen i samband med beslut, planering och implementering av jätteprojektet Atens Metro. Studien tecknar framväxten av olika handikapporganisationer, som från att ha varit svaga aktörer successivt lyckades få gehör för sina krav inom stadens förvaltning, politiska organ, den grekiska riksdagen och inte minst inom de företag som byggde metrosystemet. READ MORE

  6. 4. Opposition and adjustment to industrial ‘greening’ : the Swedish forest industry’s (re)actions regarding energy transition – 1989-2009

    Author : Mikael Ottosson; Jonas Anshelm; Claes-Fredrik Helgesson; Hans Andersson; Susse Georg; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Forest industry; energy; electricity; forests; industrial greening; industrial change; actor network theory; sociology of industry; strategic management; science and technology studies; Skogsindustri; energi; elektricitet; skog; industriell miljöanpassning; industriell förändring; aktörsnätverksteori; branschsociologi; strategiforskning; teknik- och vetenskapsstudier; Technology and social change; Teknik och social förändring;

    Abstract : This thesis analyses how the Swedish forest industry has (re)acted regarding the energy transition and, in particular, regarding the reconstruction of the electricity and forest resources in Sweden during the 1989–2009 period. The thesis consists of four papers that analyse how the Swedish forest industry by means of energy management practices at individual pulp and/or paper mills, in corporate strategies performed by CEOs and boards of directors, and via its industry association, has dealt with mounting political and public demands for the industry to become ‘greener’. READ MORE

  7. 5. Between the Paths of Modernity : The European Commission’s Shaping of European Nuclear Energy Policy between 1999 and 2012

    Author : Julia Schwabecker; Jonas Anshelm; Björn-Ola Linnér; Eva Lövbrand; Susan Baker; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Sustainable development; European Union; nuclear energy; environmental policy; energy policy; frame analysis; reflexive modernization; Hållbar utveckling; EU; kärnkraftspolicy; miljöpolicy; energipolicy; frame analys; reflexiv modernisering;

    Abstract : A powerful symbol of modernity, in its early days, nuclear energy was associated with images of progress and dreams of a better life. At the start of the European process of integration, it was hoped that peaceful cooperation in nuclear matters would bring about lasting peace in the European continent. READ MORE