Search for dissertations about: "contemporary Stockholm"
Showing result 6 - 10 of 126 swedish dissertations containing the words contemporary Stockholm.
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6. Cannabis discourses in contemporary Sweden : Continuity and change
Abstract : The aim of this thesis is to study how cannabis is constructed in contemporary Sweden, which policy responses are promoted as rational, and how international cannabis trends are received in this context. The four papers are the result of analyzing empirical material from three different sub-studies: 1) a qualitative study of online discussions about cannabis and drug policy, 2) a qualitative and comparative study of print media articles from 2002 and 2012, and 3) a qualitative study of oral presentations from cannabis information symposia. READ MORE
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7. Lives on Wheels : Caravan Homes in Contemporary Europe
Abstract : In the public imaginary the caravan has time and again been associated with stigmatised groups in society. Nevertheless, this vehicle-home has held a visible position in Western Europe’s leisure landscape in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries as a potent symbol of working-class tourism. READ MORE
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8. Artful organizing : essays on places, measurements and money flows in the Contemporary Cultural World
Abstract : This dissertation focuses on how individuals, organizations, and markets manage contradictory demands and expectations from their environment. It studies primarily two fields of cultural production: the art worlds for contemporary art and the organizational field of architecture. READ MORE
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9. Urban Sweden : changes in the distribution of population
Abstract : In the 1960s and the early 1970s a lively discussion took place in Sweden about the role of the metropolitan areas in the urbanization process. The debate disclosed our limited knowledge of the spatial anatomy of urban Sweden; it became obvious that a better understanding of the pattern of population change in both metropolitan and in non-metropolitan areas was needed. READ MORE
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10. The Ephemeral City : Songs for the Ghost Quarters
Abstract : The towers of the Stockholm skyline twine with radio transmissions, flying out over the city, drifting down through the streets and sinking into the underground telephone system below. Stockholm has buildings that have been there for centuries, but is also full of modern and contemporary architectures, all jostling for their place in parallel collective memory. READ MORE