Search for dissertations about: "Mauss"

Found 3 swedish dissertations containing the word Mauss.

  2. 1. Den produktiva gåvan. Tradition och innovation i Sydskandinavien för omkring 5 300 år sedan

    Author : Kristina Jennbert; Arkeologi; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; utbyte; innovation; neolitisering; tradition; ertböllekultur; Mauss; odling; trattbägarkultur; djurhållning; reciprocitet; gåva;

    Abstract : The main issues discussed in this dissertation are the questions how and why farming and animal husbandry were introduced in southern Scandinavia. The Löddesborg site by the Öresund coast supplied most of the basic materials used in the analysis. READ MORE

  4. 2. Diagnosing burn-out : An Anthropological Study of a Social Concept in Sweden

    Author : Torbjörn Friberg; Socialantropologi; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; sociology of enterprise; Sociology of labour; Sociology; Unhappy person; Transient phenomenon; Anthropology at home; Social problems and welfare; national insurance; Cultural anthropology; ethnology; företagssociologi; Arbetslivssociologi; Sociologi; Sociala problem; social välfärd; socialförsäkring; Kulturantropologi; etnologi;

    Abstract : This is a thesis about the genesis, use, and decline of burn-out as a social concept in Sweden. The burn-out concept is treated as social because its classification of people interacts with the people classified. As a consequence of this, burn-out is studied in a dynamic holistic way, as an entirely social system within Swedish society. READ MORE

  5. 3. Media Technologies in the Making : User-driven Software and Infrastructures for Computer Graphics Production

    Author : Julia Velkova; Patrik Åker; Göran Bolin; Lisa Parks; Södertörns högskola; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; computer graphics; computer animation; user-driven software; infrastructuring; media practice; repair; decommodification; gifting; commons; Blender; Synfig; Morevna project; Cosmos Laundromat; Kritisk kulturteori; Critical and Cultural Theory; Östersjö- och Östeuropaforskning; Baltic and East European studies;

    Abstract : Over the past few decades there have emerged greater possibilities for users and consumers of media to create or engage in the creation of digital media technologies. This PhD dissertation explores the ways in which the broadening of possibilities for making technologies, specifically software, has been taken advantage of by new producers of digital culture – freelancers, aspiring digital media creators and small studios – in the production of digital visual media. READ MORE