Search for dissertations about: "cultural system."

Showing result 1 - 5 of 275 swedish dissertations containing the words cultural system..

  2. 1. The Conservation Information System. Photogrammetry as a base for designing documentation in conservation and cultural resources management

    Author : Bosse Lagerqvist; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; documentation methods; photogrammetry; system approach; cultural heritage;

    Abstract : The subject of this doctoral dissertation concerns issues of documentation operations in conservation and cultural resources management. The area lack explicitly formulated and standardized models for application in documentation issues. READ MORE

  4. 2. Modern Genes : Body, Rationality and Ambivalence

    Author : Niclas Hagen; Avdelningen för etnologi; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Everyday experiences; Modernity; Everyday Life; Lifeworld; System; Genetics; Huntington’s disease.;

    Abstract : The main objective of this ethnological thesis is to investigate the linkage between everyday life with a genetic disease and intrinsic patterns of modernity. The thesis is a compilation thesis that contains four individual articles each addressing the everyday experience of a genetic disease from different angles, with different research questions and theoretical presumptions. READ MORE

  5. 3. Towards the mitigation of cultural barriers to communication and cooperation

    Author : Ida Lindgren; Kip Smith; Ann Enander; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; multinational cooperation; cultural differences; cross-cultural psychology; emergency management; teamwork; microworlds; group faultlines; Work sciences and ergonomics; Arbetsvetenskap och ergonomi;

    Abstract : This thesis combines theories from cross-cultural psychology with literature on group faultlines to understand cultural barriers to communication and cooperation experienced in multinational emergency management teams. The aim is to investigate whether the faultline concept is a viable theoretical vocabulary for addressing cultural differences in communication and cooperation (in the domain of emergency management). READ MORE

  6. 4. Designing Healing. A Conceptual Model for Promoting a Healing Health Care Environment in Tanzania

    Author : Moses Mkony; Chalmers tekniska högskola; []
    Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; healthcare facilities; system analysis approach; matrix design; Healing environment; vernacular architecture; cultural system.; sociality;

    Abstract : Better health services are a basic human right of approximately 40 million people in Tanzania, calling for an improved architecture of Health Care Facilities (HCFs) so as to provide a healing health care environment that supports wellness as well as diagnosis and treatment. Healing design concepts of medical and architectural researchers are in line with life styles, contemporary architectural styles and social cultural systems in the western world, while in Tanzania, although cultural heritage is emphasized as the backbone of sustainable development, very little effort has been made to incorporate cultural elements and vernacular architecture into contemporary HCF designs. READ MORE

  7. 5. Childhood trauma and posttraumatic stress disorder : A developmental and cross-cultural approach

    Author : Abdulbaghi Ahmad; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Neurosciences; Childhood Trauma; PTSD; Resilience; Cross-Cultural; Kurdistan; Neurovetenskap; Neurology; Neurologi; Child and Youth Psychiatry; Barn- och ungdomspsykiatri;

    Abstract : This thesis aims to identify child-specific cross-cultural protecting and vulnerability factors regarding traumatic experiences and posttraumatic stress reactions. Children between 6-18 years were interviewed from three different socio-cultural backgrounds. READ MORE