Search for dissertations about: "cultural differences"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 261 swedish dissertations containing the words cultural differences.

  2. 21. Embodied Citizenship in the Making : Bolivian Urban Youth at the Crossroads of Social Hierarchies

    Author : Nika Rasmussen; Charlotta Widmark; Thaïs Machado-Borges; Andrew Canessa; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Youth; Social Hierarchies; Citizenship; Everyday Life; Intersectionality; Political Practices; Nationhood; Bolivia; Kulturantropologi; Cultural Anthropology;

    Abstract : This thesis analyses the body as a nexus for playing out power relations and feelings of belonging. Based upon twelve months of fieldwork amongst young urban people living in La Paz and El Alto, it examines the connections between bodily conceptions, social hierarchies and societal inclusions. READ MORE

  4. 22. A Cross-Cultural Approach to Psychological Mechanisms Underlying Emotional Reactions to Music

    Author : Gonçalo Barradas; Patrik Juslin; Terry Hartig; Suvi Saarikallio; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; cross-cultural perspective; emotion; functions; music; mechanisms; Psychology; Psykologi;

    Abstract : Music plays a crucial role in everyday life by enabling listeners to seek individual emotional experiences. To explain why such emotions occur, we must understand the underlying process that mediates between surface-level features of the music and aroused emotions. READ MORE

  5. 23. Making sense of TV-narratives : Children's readings of a fairy tale

    Author : Ingegerd Rydin; Karin Aronsson; Sonja Livingstone; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Television; media reception; the fairy tale genre; narrative coherence; cultural and narrative codes; identification; the qualitative interview; child drawings; cultural dispositions; media literacy; INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH AREAS; TVÄRVETENSKAPLIGA FORSKNINGSOMRÅDEN;

    Abstract : The present study deals with young children's' reading and reception of television fiction. Theoretically, the study is inter-disciplinary, combining text-reader oriented approaches within literature theory and sociocultural approaches within psychology and sociology. READ MORE

  6. 24. Cells in Culture, Cells in Suspense : Practices of Cultural Production in Foetal Cell Research

    Author : Andréa Wiszmeg; Brown Nik; The Cultural Studies Group of Neuroscience; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Parkinson s disease; Foetal cells; Praxis; Evidence Based Practice; Ethnology; Ethnography; Science studies; Diffraction; knowledge production; Ethical issues; ethics in practice; ethnology; ethnography; science studies; foetal cells; parkinson s disease; praxis; knowledge production; ethics in practice; evidence based medicine; diffraction; cell transplantation; cross-disciplinarity; epistemology;

    Abstract : Parkinson’s disease is a neurodegenerative affliction to which researchers have long striven to find a cure. The human embryo is a source of vital cells used in regenerative medicine, as well as a powerful symbol of life. READ MORE

  7. 25. Finnish mathematics curriculum materials and teachers’ interaction with them in two cultural-educational contexts

    Author : Tuula Koljonen; Kirsti Hemmi; Hendrik Van Steenbrugge; Barbro Grevholm; Åbo Akademi; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; cross-cultural studies; elementary schoolteachers’ interaction with curriculum materials; Finland and Sweden; mathematics education; Finland och Sverige; grundskolelärares interaktion med läromedel; matematikundervisning; tvärkulturella studier;

    Abstract :  Tidigare forskning har visat att lärare är centrala aktörer i undervisning men också läromedlens stora betydelse för undervisningen och lärande har lyfts fram. Dock har mycket av forskningen kring läromedel och dess betydelse för undervisning och lärande gjorts i USA och endast ett fåtal studier har genomförts i Europa och Norden. READ MORE