Search for dissertations about: "Social Constructionism"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 42 swedish dissertations containing the words Social Constructionism.

2. 6. On the making of age : A constructionist study on ageing and later life in the Faroe Islands

   Author : Ása Róin; Catharina Nord; Elisabet Cedersund; Chris Phillipson; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; meaning of ageing; older people; constructionism; Faroe Islands; åldrandets innebörd; konstruktionism; äldre människor; Färöarna;

   Abstract : The aim of this thesis is to explore how older people living in the Faroe Islands make sense of ageing, how political intentions and strategies resonate with the lived reality of ageing and how theories on ageing compare with this reality.This thesis builds on two data sets. READ MORE

4. 7. Power, Person, and Place : Tradition, Modernity, and Environment in the United Arab Emirates

   Author : Pernilla Ouis; Humanekologi; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; ecological modernization; environmentalism; phenomenology; Bedouin identity; camel pastoralism; dependency; theories of value; unequal exchange; extractive economy; oil; pearls; social constructionism; Islam; modernization; United Arab Emirates; Human Ecology; glocalization; reflexivity.; Social geography; Socialgeografi;

   Abstract : The thesis investigates human-environmental relations in the rapidly modernizing United Arab Emirates, a federation of seven Arabian Gulf sheikhdoms. Since its establishment in 1971, the UAE has been transformed from a subsistence society based mainly on pastoralism and maritime activities (fishing, pearling, and trade) into an ultramodern society, with an economy based on the export of fossil fuels. READ MORE

5. 8. A Service Management Perspective on Healthcare Improvement: Integrating Social Context

   Author : Erik Eriksson; Chalmers tekniska högskola; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; healthcare; social constructionism; service management; quality management; improvement science;

   Abstract : The current dissertation argues that ideas from service research should be given a more prominent position in improving healthcare that is capable of managing current and future challenges. The integration and combination of intangible resources, such as knowledge and skills, constitute the service in this thesis; thus, service is conceived as a verb. READ MORE

6. 9. Contested Food : The Construction of Home and Consumer Studies as a Cultural Space

   Author : Karin Höijer; Christina Fjellström; Karin Hjälmeskog; Pia Christensen; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Home and Consumer Studies; food; social constructionism; school; teachers; pupils; classroom; Kostvetenskap; Food; Nutrition and Dietetics;

   Abstract : Education about and for the home has been part of the Swedish education system for over one hundred years, and Home and Consumer Studies (HCS) has been compulsory for all pupils since the common nine-year school system was introduced in 1962. For all this time food has been a central theme, however we know very little of what food means in this context. READ MORE

7. 10. The Swedish School Meal as a Public Meal : Collective Thinking, Actions and Meal Patterns

   Author : Christine Persson Osowski; Christina Fjellström; Helen Göranzon; Päivi Palojoki; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; school meal; children; school; social constructionism; teachers; agreement; meal; Kostvetenskap; Food; Nutrition and Dietetics;

   Abstract : The aim of this thesis is to study what role the Swedish school meal has as a public meal in Swedish culture. An additional aim is to study the meal patterns of children, including the school meal.An ethnological questionnaire with 192 informants was used to study people’s perceptions and memories of the school meal. READ MORE