Search for dissertations about: "family archives"

Found 4 swedish dissertations containing the words family archives.

  2. 1. The Archival Life of Home Movies : Regional Reflections and Negotiated Visions of a Shared Past

    Author : Ashley Smith; Malin Wahlberg; Patrick Vonderau; Patricia R. Zimmermann; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Home movies; amateur film; non-theatrical film; moving images; archiving; film archives; American South; Mississippi; Jim Crow; race; whiteness; witnessing; ordinary; filmvetenskap; Cinema Studies;

    Abstract : This study investigates the ways in which private home movies are transformed into curated archival objects. Through the concept of the archival home movie, it explores the impact of preservation and content description on access, use, and, thus, regional historiography. READ MORE

  4. 2. In Their Majesties’ Service : The Career of Francesco De Gratta (1613-1676) as a Royal Servant and Trader in Gdańsk

    Author : Michał Salamonik; Heiko Droste; Piotr Wawrzeniuk; Karin Friedrich; Södertörns högskola; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; De Gratta; Career; Network; Nobility; Merchants; Early Modern Times; Royal Mail; Postmaster; Mint Service; Credit; Potash; Royal Secretary; Poland-Lithuania; Brandenburg-Prussia; Baltic Sea; Italy; Poland; Gdańsk; Historical Studies; Historiska studier; Östersjö- och Östeuropaforskning; Baltic and East European studies;

    Abstract : This study analyses the administrative and economic career of Francesco De Gratta (1613–1676) as Royal Postmaster, Royal Secretary, and trader within the postal and fiscal systems of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. This investigation focuses mainly on his network and career strategies and is based on various sources from a number of European archives and libraries, mainly those situated in Italy, Poland and Germany. READ MORE

  5. 3. Setting the scene for life. Longitudinal studies of early social disadvantage and later life chances : Department of Sociology

    Author : Bitte Modin; Diana Kuh; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Sociology; Sociologi; Sociology; sociologi;

    Abstract : This thesis concerns the long-term life chances of children brought up under various conditions in Sweden during the first half of the twentieth century. The main purpose is to examine the consequences of children’s early family environment for later educational career, and ultimately, for their mortality risk at different stages of the life-course. READ MORE

  6. 4. Traumatic spinal cord injuries in rural Tanzania : occurrences, clinical outcomes and life situations of persons living in the Kilimanjaro region

    Author : Haleluya Moshi; Ann Sörlin; Klas-Göran Sahlen; Gunnevi Sundelin; Lena Nilsson-Wikmar; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; traumatic spinal cord injuries; rural; low income country; clinical outcomes; quality of life; rehabiliteringsmedicin; Rehabilitation Medicine;

    Abstract : Background: Traumatic spinal cord injury (TSCI) is one of the most troubling health condition as it leaves the inflicted individual with irreversible sensorimotor impairment. Rural areas of Tanzania and other low income countries are characterized by inadequate emergency, medical and rehabilitation services and are mostly inaccessible by wheelchair. READ MORE