Search for dissertations about: "discursive devices"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 9 swedish dissertations containing the words discursive devices.
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1. Discursive practices in strategic entrepeneurship : discourses and the use of repertoires in two firms
Abstract : This is a thesis in marketing concerned with entrepreneurship in established firms and the discursive practices that take place within a perspective of strategic entrepreneurship. The study of discursive practices in this context assumes a concern with how different aspects of entrepreneurship are produced and consumed by people in text and talk. READ MORE
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2. Dilemmas in child custody disputes : the child's best interest in courtroom discourse
Abstract : This thesis examines courtroom interactions involving child custody disputes, exploring how participants during courtroom hearings orient to and manage the task of presenting their own side, while contesting the opposing party, in matters like the child’s best interest, domestic violence, parental neglect and misconduct. Drawing on 42 audio-recorded courtroom examinations of litigating parents by the same side and opponent side attorneys, it examines authentic courtroom hearings. READ MORE
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3. Talking trouble : Institutionality and Identity in a Youth detention Home
Abstract : This study explores talk, and what talking may amount to, in terms of social organization. It was carried out in a Swedish Youth Detention Home specializing in assessments. The analyses draw on conversational data from multiparty conferences, so-called network meetings, involving the assessment of ten girls/young women. READ MORE
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4. Framing Education : Doing Comics Literacy in the Classroom
Abstract : Interest in comics as Swedish school material has risen in the last few years and the publication of comics for children and adolescents has also increased. Meanwhile, although research around new literacies has taken an interest in combinations of image and text, there is still little research on comics as a literacy material, especially as part of school practices. READ MORE
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5. A Post-genomic Forensic Crime Drama : CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as Cultural Forum on Science
Abstract : This thesis examines how the first 10 seasons of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (CBS, 2000–) engage with discourses on science. Investigating CSI’s representation of scientific practices and knowledge, it explicitly attempts to look beyond the generic assumption that forensic crime dramas simply ‘celebrate’ science. READ MORE
