Search for dissertations about: "cultures and images"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 17 swedish dissertations containing the words cultures and images.

2. 1. Modeling glioblastoma growth patterns and their mechanistic origins

   Author : Emil Rosén; Sven Nelander; Rebecka Jörnsten; Philip Gerlee; Kristin Swanson; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; glioblastoma; invasion; image analysis; neural networks; Mathematics with specialization in Applied Mathematics; Matematik med inriktning mot tillämpad matematik; Oncology; Onkologi; Molekylär medicin; Molecular Medicine;

   Abstract : Glioblastoma (GBM) is the most common and aggressive primary brain cancer. GBM cells migrate away from the primary lesion and invade healthy brain tissue. The invading cells escape surgical resection, radiotherapy and develop resistance to chemotherapy. Consequently, despite treatment, recurrence is inevitable, and survival is only 14 months. READ MORE

4. 2. What Kind of Regionalism? : Regionalism and Region Building in Northern European Peripheries

   Author : Josefina Syssner; Rune Johansson; Michae Keating; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; regionalism; region building; regional identities; cultures and images; regional development; soft location factors; social capital; ideology; discourse; comparison; regionalism; regionskapande; regional identitet och kultur; regional utveckling; socialt kapital; ideologi; diskurs; jämförelse; Ethnicity; Etnicitet;

   Abstract : "What Kind of Regionalism?" is a comparative study of regionalism and region building in two northern European regions – Meclenburg-Western Pomerania in Germany and Norrbotten in Sweden. The aim of the thesis is to investigate what kind of regionalism is emerging in regions that are neither economically successful nor regarded as 'ethnic communities'. READ MORE

5. 3. Geographies of the Japanese Cultural Economy : Innovation and Creative Consumption

   Author : Jakob Nobuoka; Dominic Power; Anders Malmberg; Mark Lorenzen; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Japan; Cultural Economy; Innovation; Consumption; Manga; Human geography; economic geography; Kulturgeografi; ekonomisk geografi; Social and Economic Geography; Kulturgeografi;

   Abstract : What is the role of the consumer in the contemporary cultural economy? Where are culturaleconomy innovations and competitiveness created? This thesis aims to provide tentativeanswers to these questions by focusing on some illustrative examples from the Japanesecultural economy. However, rather than primarily describing firm strategies or industrialdynamics, emphasis is put on the places and practices of users. READ MORE

6. 4. The mediation of affect : security, fear and subversive hope in visual culture

   Author : Rodrigo Ferrada Stoehrel; Simon Lindgren; Eric Carlsson; Kari Andén-Papadopoulos; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; affect; emotion; aesthetics; visual culture; discourse; Otherness; power; security; media and communication studies; medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap;

   Abstract : The overarching purpose of this study has been to problematise how visual practices and the mediation of affect is linked to the capacity to produce (new) perceptual realities, sensations and imaginaries, ultimately aiming to legitimate or counter-legitimate the hegemonic discourses and practices mobilised in the name of security. The first part of my thesis approaches this matter through an analysis of media cultures and discursive systems circulating within the court and the state military. READ MORE

7. 5. “Bridal Couples" : On Hybridity in Conceptual Chinese Photography 1995–2009

   Author : Eva Aggeklint; Marja Kaikkonen; Julia F. Andrews; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; China; Reform Period China; Contemporary Chinese Art; Contemporary Chinese Photography; Conceptual Photography; Bridal Photography; Bridal Couples; Art Market; Auction Houses; Third Space; Hybrid; Hybridity; Hybridisation; Interpretation; Asian Languages and Cultures; Asiens språk och kulturer;

   Abstract : Chinese art of the 1990s responded to the many changes in the environment and thereby to changes in personal lives. Many Chinese artists of the time were therefore concerned with their selves and their works reveal explorations of personal identity. READ MORE