Search for dissertations about: "Practices"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 2812 swedish dissertations containing the word Practices.

  2. 1. Television Practices : Ethnography, Television and User Practices

    Author : Elin Önnevall; Oskar Juhlin; Alexandra Weilenmann; Johan Lundin; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Man-Machine-Interaction MMI ; människa-maskin-interaktion MMI ;

    Abstract : This thesis explores television practices in a time when new technology has made it possible to interact with and create your own TV content. The work is focused on how user practices need to be understood in a context of chan- ging technology. READ MORE

  4. 2. Shared practices : social networks and fertility decline during the Swedish demographic transition, 1850-1950

    Author : Johan Junkka; Sören Edvinsson; Angélique Janssens; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; historical demography; fertility transition; social interaction; social network; voluntary associations; historia; History;

    Abstract : This thesis studies how social interactions influenced the fertility decline during the Swedish demographic transition between 1850 and 1950. This, to gain insights into how and why norms and values affected married couples' birth control practices, and how this shaped the fertility decline. READ MORE

  5. 3. Physicians‟ information practices : a case study of a medical team at a Teaching Hospital

    Author : Esther Ebole Isah; Högskolan i Borås; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; activity theory; Artefacts; Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics CPT ; Contextual elements; Information practices; Information seeking; Physicians; Participation; Practice theory; Social learning theories; Work activity; Workplace learning; Library and Information Science; Biblioteks- och informationsvetenskap;

    Abstract : This thesis is a user study within library and information science on participatory practices of a professional group in work activity. This has been investigated only to a minor extent in previous library and information science research. READ MORE

  6. 4. Beyond Cut and Join : Expanding the Creative Role of Film Editing

    Author : Kersti Grunditz Brennan; Juliette Mapp; Karen Pearlman; Ilona Hongisto; Stockholms konstnärliga högskola; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Film editing; character; collaboration; filmmaking; artistic research; creative practice research; Degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Fine Arts in Performative and Media Based Practices with Specialisation in Film and Media.; Degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Fine Arts in Performative and Media Based Practices with Specialisation in Film and Media.;

    Abstract : The research project Beyond Cut and Join – Expanding the creative role of film editing comes out of two major observations over decades of professional film editing experience: that a lot of film editing’s potential is untapped in filmmaking, especially in relation to character creation; and that editors’ skills, influence and authorial participation often are misunderstood and undervalued. Through editing practice and writing, this research explores an expanded role of editing by asking: 1. READ MORE

  7. 5. Normaliseringspraktiker i det moderna samhället : en diskursanalys av åtta sociala ungdomsprojekt

    Author : Thomas Öhlund; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Youth; Social Work; Youth Projects; Discourse Analysis. Juvenile Delinquency; Deviancy; Identity; Subculture; Youth Culture; Popular Culture; Media; Power; Social Control; Practices of Normalization; Field of Socialtechnology; Re-socialization;

    Abstract : This study deals with the problem of socialization/re-socialization within modern society and how social workers deal with deviant youth. The empirical study is a stratified case-study including eight different projects within social work with youth. READ MORE