Search for dissertations about: "Nomad"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 swedish dissertations containing the word Nomad.
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1. pop
Abstract : How do pop musicians manage on fields of tension between Homo Economicus and Homo Creatus? How do they organize themselves and their worlds combining creativity and commerce? This way of addressing the question assumes pop to be performed on a borderline between culture and commerce. Pop musicians´ comments do however not support the much favoured idea of art and business as dichotomous forces. READ MORE
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2. Rhetorical business : A study of marketing work in the spirit of contradiction
Abstract : Marketing has traditionally been understood from the perspective of marketing management. This causes problems when we study marketing practices because the normative discourse of marketing management is not particularly useful for describing the day-to-day work of marketing practitioners. This calls for marketing research from new perspectives. READ MORE
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3. Two papers on consistent estimation of a route choice model and link speed using sparse GPS data
Abstract : Global Positioning System and nomad devices are increasingly used to provide data from individuals in urban traffic networks. In these two papers we focus on consistent estimators of a route choice model and link speed. READ MORE
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4. Origins and Adaptation in Humans : A Case Study of Taste and Lifestyle
Abstract : In this thesis, I use population genetics and statistical approaches to investigate early human demography, infer local adaptation in diverse sets of populations, and study the genetic basis for taste perception.In the first paper, I examine the genomic evidence for a severe bottleneck, which has been suggested based on paleontological and climate studies to coincide with the emergence of anatomically modern humans. READ MORE
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5. Nomadic Writing : Exploring Processes of Writing in Early Childhood Education
Abstract : This thesis explores how writing is made in two Swedish early childhood classrooms with a focus on how processes of writing are constituted in the writing event and what writings and writers the event offers potentials for. Theoretically, the research project takes its starting point in the assumption that processes of writing are an effect of relations between different elements, where the young writer is only one part of many human and non-human matters that make way for multiple becomings of writing and writers. READ MORE
