Search for dissertations about: "PRESENT"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 13785 swedish dissertations containing the word PRESENT.

2. 1. Present absences : Exploring the posthumanist entanglements of school absenteeism

   Author : Linnea Bodén; Eva Reimers; Ann-Marie Markström; Maggie MacLure; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; school absenteeism; digital registration; software; practices; posthumanism; skolfrånvaro; digitala system; registrering; praktiker; posthumanism;

   Abstract : The aim of the study is to explore how school absenteeism as a material-discursive phenomenon is produced in the practices of humans and nonhumans, when absences and presences are registered and managed through digital technologies. How is the phenomenon of school absenteeism produced when absences and presences are digitally registered? How does the phenomenon of school absenteeism emerge when both human and nonhuman entanglements are included in the apparatuses of knowing?Through a posthumanist approach, the study engages empirically with two types of software for the registration of absences and presences at three Swedish schools. READ MORE

4. 2. The Present Future : How anticipations of the future shaped through path creation affect present innovation

   Author : Marie Sara Bemler; Handelshögskolan i Stockholm; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

   Abstract : This thesis investigates how visions created to enable change inside organizations or society affect the ability to fulfill these visions. Radical innovation often requires both change and investment and to enable this, knowledge is needed. Visions can create a sense of knowledge and help overcome knowledge gaps by creating unity. READ MORE

5. 3. The Present People

   Author : Daniel Gustafsson; Statsvetenskapliga institutionen; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; democracy; presence; time; popular sovereignty; state; democracy; presence; time; popular sovereignty; state;

   Abstract : In modern political thought, one of the most recalcitrant, and increasingly pressing, questions of modern democracy is whether, and in what sense, the people can be present. While the presence of the people has, and continues to be, the sine qua non of the democratic form of government, it has also been for a long time held that the people cannot be present literally or in fact. READ MORE

6. 4. Foundations of educational buildings in Iraq : past, present and future

   Author : Entidhar Al-Taie; Rafid Alkhaddar; Luleå tekniska universitet; []
   Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Soil Mechanics; Geoteknik;

   Abstract : Foundation is considered as one of the main parts of any structure such as buildings, railways, bridges, etc. The type of foundation used is highly dependent on the type and properties of soil. READ MORE

7. 5. "Being in the present" : the meaning of the interaction between older persons with Alzheimer's disease and a therapy dog

   Author : Anna Swall; Ingegerd Fagerberg; Carina Lundh Hagelin; Britt Ebbeskog; David Edvardsson; Sophiahemmet Högskola; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Animal-assisted therapy; Alzheimer s disease; Descriptive statistics; Lifeworld; Memories; Person-centred care; Phenomenological hermeneutics; Therapy dog; Animal-assisted therapy;

   Abstract : The number of persons with Alzheimer’s disease is increasing world-wide and the disease affects the persons, their families, the health care system and the economy within society worldwide. The symptoms and behaviours caused by Alzheimer’ disease may be difficult to manage for the person and their caregivers. READ MORE