Search for dissertations about: "meaning of symbols"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 25 swedish dissertations containing the words meaning of symbols.

  2. 1. The construction of poetic meaning : A cultural-developmental study of symbolic and non-symbolic strategies in the interpretation of contemporary poetry

    Author : Cai Svensson; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Response to literature; Poetry interpretation; lnterpretive strategies; Literary symbols; Aesthetic development; Meta-aesthetic reasoning; Literary awareness; Metacognition; INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH AREAS; TVÄRVETENSKAPLIGA FORSKNINGSOMRÅDEN;

    Abstract : The general aim of this research has been to study children's and adolescents' construction of poetic meaning. The theoretical frame of reference reflects the social-constructivist and phenomenologically influenced orientations of A. Schutz and P. L. READ MORE

  4. 2. Existential meaning-making in the midst of meaninglessness and suffering : Studying the function of religion and religious organizations in the reconstruction and development of existential meaning and psychosocial well-being after the 2011 Great East Japan earthquake and tsunami

    Author : Yukako Nahlbom; Valerie DeMarinis; Önver A. Cetrez; Fumie Inatani; Lars Danbolt; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; natural disaster; the Great East Japan earthquake and tsunami; trau-ma; mental health; well-being; existential meaning; meaning-making; religion; the Japanese religiosity; the ADAPT model; psychosocial re-sources; kokoro no kea; rituals; interfaith chaplain; volunteer workers; Psychology of Religion; Religionspsykologi;

    Abstract : The overall aim of this qualitative study was to explore the function of religion and volunteer workers in religious organizations in contributing to the reconstruction and development of existential meaning and psychosocial well-being regarding the 2011 Great East Japan earthquake and tsunami. This study was undertaken from the psychology of religion and approached by focusing on experiences of volunteer workers in different religious organizations who worked in the disaster-affected areas. READ MORE

  5. 3. Meaning-Making Variations in Acculturation and Ritualization : A multi-generational study of Suroyo migrants in Sweden

    Author : Önver Cetrez; Valerie DeMarinis; Halina Grzymala-Moszczynska; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Psychology of religion; Acculturation; meaning-making; ritualization; religiosity; identity; identification; mixed-model study; Suroyo; Assyrian; Aramean; Religionspsykologi; Psychology of religion; Religionspsykologi; Psychology of Religion; Religionspsykologi;

    Abstract : This dissertation focuses on how acculturation affects meaning-making among three generations of Suroye in the city of Södertälje, Sweden. Special focus is on youth. An inter-disciplinary and a mixed-model approach is used, with the purpose to contribute to research knowledge on meta, theoretical, methodological, and empirical levels. READ MORE

  6. 4. Drama in School - Events of Learning and Processes of Becoming : An example from Sweden

    Author : Susanne Rosén; University of Chester; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; drama education; dramatic acting; improvisation; interconnection; learning process; post-constructionism; processes of becoming;

    Abstract : This thesis deals with issues relating to how learning takes place within drama education. The overall aim of the research study described in this thesis is to contribute to knowledge regarding what drama can be and how learning takes place in drama education when it constitutes a recurring part of compulsory schooling in Sweden. READ MORE

  7. 5. Vår fana röd till färgen : Fanor som medium för visuell kommunikation under arbetarrörelsens genombrottstid i Sverige fram till 1890

    Author : Margareta Ståhl; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; red banner; labour movement; iconography; visual communication; symbol; emblem; INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH AREAS; TVÄRVETENSKAPLIGA FORSKNINGSOMRÅDEN;

    Abstract : The aim of this dissertation is to analyse banners as means communicating visual messages of the early Swedish labour movement. The theoretical basis is a communication-ethnographical point of view and a historical and a cultural scientific perspective. READ MORE