Search for dissertations about: "cultural tools"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 143 swedish dissertations containing the words cultural tools.

2. 21. Boundaries, believers and bodies : a cultural analysis of a multidisciplinary research community

   Author : Helena Pettersson; Britta Lundgren; Erik Stolterman; David Hakken; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Culture; ethnographic method; research; technology; boundary object work; symbolic capital; technoromanticism; future; speed; creativity; reality; dystopia; focal things; trading; multidisciplinary; gender; reflexivity; Ethnology; Etnologi;

   Abstract : The aim of this study is to analyze the construction of research culture and collaboration within the research studio Tools for Creativity, one node in the larger Interactive Institute. This studio is an arena that in today’s society is associated with boundary crossing, dynamics and variability: An environment with high-tech equipment, a staff equipped with diverse skills, and a flexible approach with the ambition of developing innovative tools based on ICT to strengthen human creativity. READ MORE

4. 22. Tools in and out of sight : an analysis informed by Cultural-Historical Activity Theory of audio-haptic activities involving people with visual impairments supported by technology

   Author : Delphine Szymczak; Certec - Rehabiliteringsteknik och Design; []
   Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; haptic; multimodal; disability; interaction; Cultural Historical Activity Theory; open-source software;

   Abstract : The main purpose of this thesis is to present a Cultural-Historical Activity Theory (CHAT) based analysis of the activities conducted by and with visually impaired users supported by audio-haptic technology.This thesis covers several studies conducted in two projects. READ MORE

5. 23. Transversal media practices : media archaeology, art and technological development

   Author : Kristoffer Gansing; Beryl Graham; Malmö högskola; []
   Keywords : media archaeology; transversality; technological development; new media; media art; alternative media; practice-based research; cultural production; artistic research; overhead projector; television; remediation; imaginary media;

   Abstract : Transversal Media Practices work across specific situations of technological development, critically examining and redefining the terms of production in different media by bringing heterogeneous histories, institutions, actors and materialities into play with one another. This dissertation is all about trying out and refining the methodologies of such transversal media practices, in the end outlining a conceptual set of tools for further development. READ MORE

6. 24. Cultural oak landscapes as green infrastructure for human well-being

   Author : Pablo Garrido; Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet; Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet; []
   Keywords : LANTBRUKSVETENSKAPER; AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES; LANTBRUKSVETENSKAPER; AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES; LANTBRUKSVETENSKAPER; AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES;

   Abstract : Human and nature interactions have been the ancestral normative model to provide and secure livelihoods worldwide. Hence, humans have been coevolving in an intrinsic relation with the natural system until medieval times. READ MORE

7. 25. Extractive Violence on Indigenous Country : sami and Aboriginal Views on Conflicts and Power Relations with Extractive Industries

   Author : Kristina Sehlin MacNeil; Marianne Liliequist; Per Axelsson; Florian Stammler; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Aboriginal; Adnyamathanha; Australia; conflict; cultural violence; extractive industries; extractive violence; Indigenous peoples; Laevas cearru; LKAB; nuclear waste repository; Sami; structural violence; Sweden; Aboriginer; Adnyamathanha; Australien; konflikt; kulturellt våld; kärnavfallsdepå; Laevas cearru; LKAB; samer; strukturellt våld; Sverige; utvinningsindustrier; urfolk; Ethnology; etnologi;

   Abstract : Asymmetrical conflicts and power relations between extractive industries and Indigenous groups often have devastating consequences for Indigenous peoples. Many Indigenous groups are struggling to maintain their lands as Indigenous perspectives on connection to Country are frequently undervalued or dismissed in favour of extractivist ideologies. READ MORE