Search for dissertations about: "Tell societies"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 swedish dissertations containing the words Tell societies.
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1. Global and local in late bronze age central Macedonia. Economy, mobility and identity
Abstract : What impact did expanding Bronze Age networks have on regions located between the great centers in the period 1700-1100 BC? Where the Aegean meets the Balkans, Central Macedonia lies between well-known cultures connected by veins of communication such as the Axios River. In this doctoral dissertation the impact of increased communication is investigated through a new synthesis of artifacts, landscapes and settlement materials from Central Macedonia. READ MORE
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2. Shared understandings transformed : A field-level analysis of changing state-civil society relations
Abstract : The relationship between state and civil society organizations is often debated in contemporary societies and it has also been the subject for scholarly attention for a long time. Deeply enbedded in the popular movement tradition and the corporative model in Sweden, the proximity between government and civil society has at times been so close, that it has been difficult to tell the two spheres apart. READ MORE
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3. A Battle over Children : Nonformal Education in Norwegian Uniformed Children's Organisations, 1910-1960
Abstract : A Battle over Children investigates how children became targets of political education in different uniformed children’s organisations in Norway between 1910 and 1960. Following the introduction of the Scout movement to Norway in 1910, a range of competing uniformed children’s organisations developed. READ MORE
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4. Communicative challenges : A comparative study of mother-child interaction
Abstract : A fundamental assumption behind the present investigation is that children's appropriation of linguistic and conceptual repertoires are intrinsically linked to the communicative challenges that they meet in their interactions with adults. It is furthermore assumed that these challenges vary between different groups in complex societies. READ MORE
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5. Significant history and historical orientation : Ugandan students narrate their historical pasts
Abstract : In 2012, Uganda celebrated 50 years of independence. The postcolonial era in the country has been marked by political turmoil and civil wars. Uganda, like many other postcolonial states in Africa, cannot be described as an ethnically or culturally homogenous state. READ MORE