Search for dissertations about: "epistemics"
Found 4 swedish dissertations containing the word epistemics.
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1. Constructing Consumer Knowledge in Market Research : An Ethnography of Epistemics
Abstract : Market research pervades society. It is an endeavour that connects marketing practice with methods similar to social science. Further, market research results appear as knowledge produced to inform recipients towards making productive business decisions and as a commodity sold to commissioning clients. READ MORE
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2. Making Questions and Answers Work : Negotiating Participation in Interview Interaction
Abstract : The current thesis explores conditions for participation in interview interaction. Drawing on the ethnomethodological idea that knowledge is central to participation in social situations, it examines how interview participants navigate knowledge and competence claims and the institutional and moral implications of these claims. READ MORE
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3. Facing dementia as a we : Investigating couples’ challenges and communicative strategies for managing dementia
Abstract : We live longer than ever before, which means that we also live longer with disorders such as those connected with dementia. Most people diagnosed with dementia live in ordinary housing for a long time, relying on their social network for support, mainly involving spouses or adult children. READ MORE
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4. The Social Organization of Institutional Norms : Interactional Management of Knowledge, Entitlement and Stance
Abstract : The present thesis explores talk in institutional settings, with a particular focus on how institutionality and institutional norms are constructed and reproduced in interaction. A central aim is to enhance our understanding of how institutional agendas are talked into being. READ MORE