Search for dissertations about: "diskurs"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 45 swedish dissertations containing the word diskurs.

  2. 1. Discursive skin : Entanglements of gender, discourse and technology

    Author : Katherine Harrison; Nina Lykke; Anne Scott Sørensen; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : gender; discourse; technology; feminism; technoscience; cyberpunk; blog; biotechnology; genus; diskurs; teknik; feminism; technoscience; cyberpunk; blogg; bioteknik; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP;

    Abstract : The aim of this study is to explore the relationship between gender, discourse and technology, and the resulting construction of bodily norms, in a contemporary environment dominated by info- and bio-technologies. The premise from which this study starts is that the ‘intra-action’ between gender, discourse and technology plays a central role in shaping contemporary identities. READ MORE

  4. 2. Heritage in Authority-Making : Appropriating Interventions inThree Socio-Political Contexts

    Author : Feras Hammami; Göran Cars; Lars Orrskog; Kristina Grange; Laurajane Smith; KTH; []
    Keywords : SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; heritage; meaning; authority; discourse; appropriation; historic environments; kulturarv; mening; auktoritet; diskurs; historisk miljö;

    Abstract : The perpetual evolution of the value of heritage in urban development is producing newsocio-spatial realities, shaped by different relationships of power at multiple scales.Heritage has always played an important role in the construction of individual andgroup identities, but is now increasingly seen as a capital for the making of cityidentity. READ MORE

  5. 3. Aiding science : Swedish research aid policy 1973-2008

    Author : Veronica Brodén Gyberg; Sven Widmalm; Eva Lövbrand; Rob Hagendijk; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Foreign aid; research; Sarec; Sida; research aid; low-income countries; policy; discourse; boundary organization; sociotechnical imaginaries; Bistånd; forskning; Sarec; Sida; forskningsbistånd; låginkomstländer; policy; diskurs; gränsorganisation;

    Abstract : The purpose of research aid is to contribute to development in different ways through the use of research. Sarec (the Swedish Agency for Research Cooperation with Developing Countries) was one of the pioneers within state research aid, and existed between 1975 and 2008. READ MORE

  6. 4. Beyond Education and Society : On the Political Life of Education for Sustainable Development

    Author : Stefan L. Bengtsson; Leif O. Östman; David O. Kronlid; Karin Hjälmeskog; Thomas Popkewitz; Sharon Todd; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; education; ESD; environmental education; Education for Sustainable Development; sustainability; policy; education policy; globalisation; globalization; hegemony; discourse; space; antagonism; political; politics; temporality; beyond; mutation; rhizome; rhizomic; play; Laclau; utbildning; UHU; miljöundervisning; utbildning för hållbar utveckling; hållbar utvecking; politik; policy; utbildningspolicy; globalisering; hegemoni; diskurs; antagonism; temporalitet; mutation; rhizome; spel; Laclau; Curriculum Studies; Didaktik;

    Abstract : The objective of this dissertation is to develop a theoretical and analytical framework for understanding the political in education from a social and global perspective. With this objective in mind, it employs an empirical engagement and theoretical reflection on how this political can be seen to emerge in policy making on Education for Sustainable Development (ESD). READ MORE

  7. 5. On lifelong learning as stories of the present

    Author : Gun Berglund; David Hamilton; Ingrid Nilsson; Richard Edwards; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Lifelong learning; discourse; history of the present; stories; power knowledge; governmentality; the other; pathology; medicalisation; diskurs; berättelser; patologisering; medikalisering; livslångt lärande; Education; Pedagogik;

    Abstract : This thesis examines the discursive construction of lifelong learning in Swedish, Australian and American policy. Lifelong learning has an aura of apparent self-evidence which this study wishes to challenge by deconstructing the normalised truths in contemporary lifelong learning policies. READ MORE