Search for dissertations about: "metaphors as methods"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 18 swedish dissertations containing the words metaphors as methods.

2. 1. MECHATRONIC METAPHORS : An embodied realist framework of complexity and expertise in mechatronic project work

   Author : Elias Flening; Martin Grimheden; Anna Jerbrant; David Bradley; KTH; []
   Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Machine Design; Maskinkonstruktion;

   Abstract : Utvecklingsprojekt inom mekatronik innehåller höga nivåer av komplexitet och kräver expertis i samma utsträckning för att hantera denna. I och med globalt minskande produktivitetsvinster från ingenjörsarbete samt ”outtrassliga” (wicked) problem i utvecklingen av mekatroniska system – med sedan länge rapporterade utmaningar så som brist på gemensam systemförståelse, avsaknad av gemensamt språk för koncept, och disparata mentala modeller – så blir det kritiskt att förstå de faktiskt gällande uppfattningar av komplexitet och kompetens inom utvecklingsprojekt. READ MORE

4. 2. A preschool that brings children into public spaces : Onto-epistemological research methods of vocal strolls, metaphors, mappings and preschool displacements

   Author : Christine Eriksson; Hillevi Lenz Taguchi; Monica Sand; Maggie MacLure; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; early childhood education; onto-epistemological research methods; site-specific art practices; construction of public space; vocal strolls; vocal mappings; displacements; metaphors as methods; democratic participation; Early Childhood Education; förskoledidaktik;

   Abstract : The interest of this doctoral thesis in early childhood education concerns the discourse on the need to integrate as well as include the youngest children in society. The overall purpose is to produce methodological experimentations on the possibilities of constructing a preschool which facilitates for preschool and preschool children to be present and take place in, and thereby participate in the construction of public spaces, together with other actors and the places themselves. READ MORE

5. 3. "English Philology is just a Bubble" : Unconventional Metaphors in English as a Lingua Franca

   Author : Sebastian Malinowski; Andrea C. Schalley; Erica Sandlund; Marie Tåqvist; Hans-Jörg Schmid; Karlstads universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; unconventional metaphors; creativity; conceptual metaphor theory; English as a lingua franca; objectivity; survey; FrameNet; English; Engelska;

   Abstract : The present thesis investigates unconventional metaphors in English as a Lingua Franca (ELF). Empirical approaches in metaphor research have gained prominence, yet methodologies could benefit from more transparent procedural descriptions and efforts to decrease researcher intuition in the data analysis. READ MORE

6. 4. On the road to interoperability : Complexities of public sector enterprise thinking

   Author : Hannu Larsson; Åke Grönlund; Karin Hedström; Ulf Melin; Örebro universitet; []
   Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; eGovernment; Enterprise Architecture; Enterprise thinking; Implementation; Metaphors; Informatik; Informatics;

   Abstract : Increasingly, eGovernment (the use of ICTs in order to achieve better government) is moving its focus from web presence and electronic service provision to striving for an interoperable public sector. Interoperability refers to the ability for information exchange across organizational borders, concerning technology as well as business aspects. READ MORE

7. 5. Knowing and the Art of IT Management. An inquiry into work practices in one-stop shops

   Author : Sara Eriksén; Institutionen för informatik; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; systems theory; Informatics; IT management; one-stop shops; public service; Knowing; work practice; Informatik; systemteori; Knowing;

   Abstract : New information technology is developing faster than the models, metaphors and methods in use for conceptualizing the sharing and managing of information in organizations, in communities and in society in general. The way we utilize information technology today does not seem to succeed in supporting the everyday work practices through which organizations accomplish their work. READ MORE