Search for dissertations about: "peace of mind"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 8 swedish dissertations containing the words peace of mind.

2. 1. No peace of mind : The Tibetan diaspora in India

   Author : Åsa Tiljander Dahlström; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Ethnology; belonging; conflict; diaspora; home; migration; narrative; Tibet; Etnologi; Ethnology; Etnologi; Kulturantropologi; Cultural Anthropology;

   Abstract : The study deals with senses of collective and individual belonging among Tibetans, in relation to 'home', 'homeland' and 'diaspora'; it discusses how conflicting ways of constructing notions of collective identity makes it relevant to see the Tibetan diaspora as a Geography of conflict. The point of departure is that the diaspora is affected by many internal conflicts. READ MORE

4. 2. Mind over matter : Non-cognitive assessments for the selection of the Swedish voluntary soldier of peace

   Author : Charlotte Bäccman; Kjerstin Almkvist; Erik Wästlund; Lennart Sjöberg; Per-Olov Michel; Karlstads universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; personnel selection; personality; resilience; validation; military; international operations; Psykologi; Psychology;

   Abstract : The purpose of this thesis was firstly, to investigate if the current selection system mirrors the task of international deployment and voluntariness. Secondly, to investigate if and how non-cognitive assessments of personality and resilience, individual aspects that seem underrepresented in the current selection system, may increment validity to the current selection system. READ MORE

5. 3. A European State of Mind : Rhetorical Formations of European Identity within the EU 1973–2014

   Author : Louise Schou Therkildsen; Mats Rosengren; Jon Viklund; Orla Vigsø; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; constitutive rhetoric; collective identity formation; the European Union; European identity; rhetorical studies; close reading; Rhetoric; Retorik;

   Abstract : European identity has become a central issue in the EU’s political imaginary. In recent years, European identity—and related notions of a European destiny, European culture, and a European narrative—has been deployed as a weapon against the rise of the political far-right across Europe. READ MORE

6. 4. Dream affect : Conceptual and Methodological Issues in the Study of Emotions and Moods Experienced in Dreams

   Author : Pilleriin Sikka; Antti Revonsuo; Katja Valli; Antonio Zadra; Högskolan i Skövde; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; dreaming; affect; emotions; self-ratings; external ratings; REM sleep; well-being; peace of mind; frontal alpha asymmetry; Consciousness and Cognitive Neuroscience; Kognitiv neurovetenskap och filosofi;

   Abstract : We experience affect—emotions and mood—not only when we are awake but alsoduring dreaming. Despite considerable research, existing theories and empiricalfindings disagree about the frequency, nature, and correlates of dream affect. In thisthesis, I discuss the conceptual and methodological issues that underlie thesediscrepancies. READ MORE

7. 5. Silence : Disputes on the Ground and in the Mind among the Iraqw in Karatu District, Tanzania

   Author : Lars Hagborg; Aud Talle; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Ethnology; dispute; conflict; reconciliation; narrative; Iraqw; Karatu; Tanzania; Etnologi; Ethnology; Etnologi; Kulturantropologi; Cultural Anthropology;

   Abstract : This dissertation argues that interpersonal disputes do not escalate among the Iraqw in Karatu district, Tanzania, because of an indigenous institution called wakari, which entails the erasure of all social contact between opponents in an irreconcilable dispute. In order to clarify the relationship between the role of wakari and other factors influencing the unfolding of a dispute, such as the role of the state, social structure and cultural values promoting peace, the dissertation discusses extensively how local communities have been integrated into colonial and post-colonial systems, and how meanings of peace, conflict, prosperity and poverty are articulated in different contexts by different actors. READ MORE