Search for dissertations about: "Lars Berglund"
Showing result 16 - 20 of 60 swedish dissertations containing the words Lars Berglund.
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16. Light Scattering Effects in Transparent Wood Biocomposites
Abstract : Transparent wood (TW) shows interesting optical properties and offers a sustainable alternative to petroleum-based polymer glasses. The influence of the TW internal structure (e.g. READ MORE
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17. Deformation of cellulose allomorphs studied by molecular dynamics
Abstract : Cellulose-based materials draw their good mechanical properties from the cellu-lose crystal. Improved understanding of crystal properties could lead to a wider range of applications for cellulose-based materials, Cellulose crystals show high axial Youngs modulus. READ MORE
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18. The Brothers Al-Kuwaity and the Iraqi Song 1930–1950
Abstract : The brothers Saleh al-Kuwaity صالح الكويتي (1908–1986) and Daud al-Kuwaity داود الكويتي (1910–1976) were active as performers, composers, teachers and music entrepreneurs in Baghdad between 1930 and 1950, and they continued to work after immigrating to Israel in 1951. This thesis explores the brothers’ work in Iraq, and how it was intertwined with processes of modernisation and westernisation, at a time when Iraq was forming itself as a nation-state. READ MORE
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19. Making sense of Baltic democracy : public support and political representation in nationalising states
Abstract : A chief topic of this book is the advance of democracy in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. The three countries belong to the most ‘successful’ cases of transition from communist rule to democracy, demonstrated by the fact that they joined the European Union in 2004. READ MORE
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20. Sensing Traditional Music Through Sweden's Zorn Badge : Precarious Musical Value and Ritual Orientation
Abstract : This thesis investigates the multiple and contested spaces of belonging that may be evoked by ritualised musical performance. It makes an ethnographic case study of the Zorn Badge Auditions in Sweden, in which musicians play before a jury in the hope of being awarded a Zorn Badge and a prestigious but also contested title: Riksspelman. READ MORE