Search for dissertations about: "fieldwork"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 364 swedish dissertations containing the word fieldwork.

  2. 1. Fieldwork and Fiction : Ethnography and Literature in the French Caribbean

    Author : Christina Kullberg; Högskolan Dalarna; []
    Keywords : Karibiska studier; Litteraturvetenskap; postkoloniala studier; etnografi och litteratur; franskspråkig litteratur;

    Abstract : The birth of French Caribbean literature is in many ways tied to a nontheorized and circumstantial use of ethnography. Ethnography is mainly referred to as a discourse of knowledge having to do with defining and questioning the notion of culture which, in this case, was important to Martinican authors trying to articulate identity. READ MORE

  4. 2. Kalaureia 1894 : A Cultural History of the First Swedish Excavation in Greece

    Author : Ingrid Berg; Anders Andrén; Arto Penttinen; Margarita Díaz-Andreu; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Archaeology; classical archaeology; Kalaureia; Poros; Greece; Sanctuary of Poseidon; nineteenth century; history of archaeology; cultural history; microhistory; politics of belonging; colonialism; topography; fieldwork; excavation; representation; historiography; masculinity; identity; heritage; arkeologi; Archaeology;

    Abstract : The excavation of the Sanctuary of Poseidon at Kalaureia in 1894 marks the beginning of Swedish archaeological fieldwork in Greece. During a couple of hot summer months, two philologists from Uppsala University, Sam Wide (1861-1918) and Lennart Kjellberg (1857-1936), worked in the sanctuary together with the architect Sven Kristenson (1858-1937), the Greek foreman Pankalos and around twenty local workmen. READ MORE

  5. 3. Quality Issues in Interview Surveys : Some Contributions

    Author : Lilli Japec; Daniel Thorburn; Joop Hox; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Interviewer cognitive process; interviewer burden; nonresponse bias; fieldwork; call attempts; interviewer interest; European Social Survey; Labour Force Survey; interviewer attitudes; interviewer strategies; interviewer satisficing; Statistics; Statistik;

    Abstract : In Paper I, I give a brief overview of the “state of the art” in methodological research related to interview surveys and I discuss some implications for survey practices. I study the literature on participation strategies, interviewer effects that can occur during the interview, methods for quality assurance and interviewer training. READ MORE

  6. 4. Fibre Formations : Wool as an anthropological site

    Author : Annika Capelan Köhler; Socialantropologi; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Anthropology; Southern Cone; South American grasslands; fieldwork; Merino wool; formations; classifications; work of art; relationality; material-semiotics;

    Abstract : Contemporary debates on sustainability usually relies on standardised and normative categories, such as ‘social’ and ‘nature’, and on linear notions of time. This study explores a more complex perspective on the delicate borderlands between the ‘un-sustainable’ and the ‘sustainable’. READ MORE

  7. 5. A Linguistic Description of Mbugwe with Focus on Tone and Verbal Morphology

    Author : Vera Wilhelmsen; Anju Saxena; Maarten Mous; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Bantu; grammar; fieldwork; Tanzania; tone; TAM; morphology; Linguistics; Lingvistik;

    Abstract : Mbugwe is an endangered Bantu language spoken in north central Tanzania. This PhD dissertation is a description of the Mbugwe language with a focus on tone and verbal morphology, based on the author’s fieldwork. This is the first detailed description of the language. Thus far, only a short grammatical sketch of Mbugwe has been available. READ MORE