Search for dissertations about: "Norms and Ideals"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 37 swedish dissertations containing the words Norms and Ideals.

2. 11. Please Be Patient : A Cultural Phenomenological Study of Haemodialysis and Kidney Transplantation Care

   Author : Martin Gunnarson; Fredrik Svenaeus; Susanne Lundin; Klaus Lindgaard Høyer; Södertörns högskola; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; haemodialysis; kidney transplantation; kidney failure; patienthood; culture; phenomenology; embodiment; medical practice; neoliberalism; Kritisk kulturteori; Critical and Cultural Theory; haemodialysis; kidney transplantation; kidney failure; patienthood; culture; phenomenology; embodiment; medical practice; neoliberalism;

   Abstract : This thesis examines the practice of haemodialysis and kidney transplantation, the two medical therapies available for persons with kidney failure, from a phenomenological perspective. A basic assumption made in the thesis is that contemporary biomedicine is deeply embedded in the cultural, historical, economic, and political circumstances provided by the particular local, national, and transnational contexts in which it is practiced. READ MORE

4. 12. The Making of Valid Data : People and Machines in Genetic Research Practice

   Author : Corinna Kruse; Boel Berner; Minna Salminen Karlsson; Anne-Jorunn Berg; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; biomedicine; genetic research; laboratory practices; cultural practice; professional skill; uncertainty; valid data; humans – machines; objectivity – subjectivity; ethnography; biomedicin; genetisk forskning; laboratoriepraktiker; kulturell praktik; yrkesskicklighet; osäkerhet; giltiga data; människor – maskiner; objektivitet – subjektivitet; etnografi; Technology and social change; Teknik och social förändring;

   Abstract : Avhandlingen undersöker ett centralt steg inom vetenskapliga praktiker: hur laboratorieprov översätts till data som anses giltiga och användbara av forskargemenskapen. Baserat på ett multilokalt fältarbete bestående av observationer och intervjuer i laboratorier för genetisk forskning, visas i avhandlingen hur laboratoriepersonalens yrkesskicklighet, samt normer och ideal om vetenskaplig forskning, formade deras praktiker av att producera giltiga data. READ MORE

5. 13. Korean Fatherhood in Policy and Practice

   Author : Yeon-Jin Kim; Socialhögskolan; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; fatherhood; fatherhood policies; fatherhood practices; policy and practice; South Korea;

   Abstract : Korean fathers gained their first entitlement to take one-year paid parental leave in 2001. The policy has since continuously advanced, but as of 2020, fathers’ take-up rates remain low at 3.4%. READ MORE

6. 14. Looking good : a study of gendered body ideals among young people

   Author : Carita Bengs; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; body ideals; young people; gender; consumer culture; ideal images; advertising; mass; Kroppskultur; Kroppsuppfattning; Ungdomar;

   Abstract : The main objective of this thesis is to study how social and cultural norms regarding body and appearance are perceived and interpreted by young people. This is done by studying both how these perceptions affect young people and how the body is controlled and altered through practices such as dieting, exercise, plastic surgery and the use of steroids. READ MORE

7. 15. Histories of reindeer husbandry resilience : land use and social networks of reindeer husbandry in Swedish Sápmi 1740-1920

   Author : Isabelle Brännlund; Per Axelsson; Tom Ericsson; Bruce Forbes; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; History; Sápmi; reindeer husbandry; resilience; adaptive capacity; livelihood diversity; taxation land; place-attachment; social organization; historia; History;

   Abstract : Against a background of ongoing and predicted climatic and environmental change facing humans on a global level, this thesis combines historical perspectives with theories of social resilience in a study of reindeer husbandry in Swedish Sápmi, from the late 18th century to the early 20th century. The thesis includes four individual studies that examine the topic from different angles, connected together by reoccurring elements of social resilience. READ MORE