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Showing result 1 - 5 of 17 swedish dissertations matching the above criteria.
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1. Taming the Erratic : Representation and materialization in post-digital architectural design
Abstract : This thesis investigates materialization and representation in contemporary architectural design practice. Due to cultural and technological shifts, the act of design is no longer squarely located in the abstract realms of drawings or digital geometries. READ MORE
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2. Design for Service: A framework for articulating designers’ contribution as interpreter of users’ experience
Abstract : During the past approximately 15 years designers have paid increasing attention to service and changes in our society, resulting in a new design discipline – service design. In parallel, designers’ contributions to service development and innovation have been brought forward, often emphasizing designers’ capability of involving users, acting in and through multidisciplinary teams and using visualization skills in these situations. READ MORE
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3. How changes in managers’ sensemaking influence a strategic change : strategizing in a private equity context
Abstract : The study builds on the belief that change has become a normal state of affairs in business life, and that one highly contemporary actor the private equity firm has evolved to become specialized in change through repetitively changing its portfolio firms in its quest to generate value. The quest of reshaping a portfolio firm in order to optimize its strategic position, profitability, and financial structure in order to generate value has consequently been this study’s starting point. READ MORE
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4. School choice, space and the geography of marketization- Analyses of educational restructuring in upper secondary education in Sweden
Abstract : The main aim of the dissertation is to investigate, analyze and create a research-based understanding of the spatialities of the Swedish school choice in upper secondary education using a socio-spatial framework. The dissertation is comprised of three empirical studies based on six cohorts of register data from The Gothenburg Longitudinal Database. READ MORE
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5. "This is all fake, this is all plastic, this is me" : An ethnographic study of the interrelations between style, sexuality and gender in contemporary Stockholm
Abstract : This dissertation investigates the processes and effects involved in the production of styles in contemporary Stockholm. Particular focus is given to materialization processes regarding gender and sexuality. READ MORE