Search for dissertations about: "place ethnography"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 53 swedish dissertations containing the words place ethnography.

2. 1. A Nice Place : The Everyday Production of Pleasure and Political Correctness at Work

   Author : Annika Jonsson; Gerd Lindgren; Liselotte Jakobsen; Ingrid Sahlin; Karlstads universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; heterosexuality; gender; work; ethnomethodology; ethnography; Sociology; Sociologi; Sociologi; Sociology;

   Abstract : This dissertation investigates heterosexed reality as an ongoing accomplishment by the members at a workplace. Observations were carried out sporadically for two years at a museum. During this period twelve formal interviews, fifteen informal interviews, three formal group interviews and three informal group interviews were also conducted. READ MORE

4. 2. Space and Sensibility : Young Men’s Risk-Taking with Motor Vehicles

   Author : Tanja Joelsson; Jeff Hearn; Carina Listerborn; Aretun Åsa; Tracey Skelton; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Gender; masculinity; age; class; place; spatial boredom; risk­‐taking; violence; violations; ethnography; Kön; maskulinitet; ålder; klass; plats; rumslig tristess; risktagande; våld; kränkning; etnografi;

   Abstract : In this ethnographic study of “Volvo greasers” [Volvoraggare] in a peri-urban community in Sweden, risk-taking practices with motor vehicles, such as speeding and drifting, are explored and analyzed in relation to age, gender, class and place. Young men’s risk-taking with motor vehicles regularly generates public debate as a traffic safety issue, often resulting in various policy suggestions, such as curfews or raising of the driving licence age. READ MORE

5. 3. Praxitopia : How shopping makes a street vibrant

   Author : Devrim Umut Aslan; Institutionen för tjänstevetenskap; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Shopping; Consumption; Place; Cities; Practice Theory; Video Ethnography;

   Abstract : During recent decades, shopping’s geographical manifestations have altered radically and the presumed ‘death’ of town centre retailing has become a public concern. The social, cultural, and economic backgrounds of this decentralisation of retail and its effects on city life have been studied comprehensively. READ MORE

6. 4. Lost in Transformation : A critical study of two South African museums

   Author : Cecilia Rodéhn; Juliette Leeb du toit; Ciraj Rassool; Sabine Marshall; University of KwaZulu-Natal; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; South Africa; museum; exhibition; collection; apartheid; the transformation; democracy; space; place; time; Cultural heritage and cultural production; Kulturarv och kulturproduktion; History; Historia; Cultural anthropology; Kulturantropologi; Social anthropology ethnography; Socialantrolopologi etnografi; Ethnicity; Etnicitet; African and comparative archaelogy; Afrikansk och jämförande arkeologi; Historia; History; Archaeology; Arkeologi; Etnologi; Ethnology; Kulturantropologi; Cultural Anthropology; Social and Economic Geography; Kulturgeografi; Cardiology; Kardiologi;

   Abstract : In this dissertation Transformation, as understood in South Africa, is investigated in the ‘Natal Museum’ and the ‘Msunduzi Museum Incorporating the Voortrekker Complex’ in terms of socio-political structures, the museum as a place, its collections and displays. I have emphasised the ethnographical perspective and analysed it by using key concepts such as new museology, time, space and place. READ MORE

7. 5. The Craftsmen's Labyrinth and Geographies of Creativity

   Author : Jasna Seršić; Dominic Power; Johan Jansson; Ola Söderström; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Craftsmen; Creativity; Continuity and Change; Crisis; Society; Space and Place; Perspective; Cartographic Reason; Labyrinth; Stonemasonry; Boatbuilding; Glassmaking; Ethnography; Narratives; Writing as a Way of Knowing; Mythopoiesis; Urbanology; Foundation of Cities; Democracy; Gift; Renaissance; Plato; Anaximander; Dante Alighieri; Divine Comedy; Social and Economic Geography; Kulturgeografi;

   Abstract : The question of creativity has persisted throughout the entire history of humans, and it has held an important role in our understanding of the creation of places and cultures. Despite the fact that craftsmen have historically contributed significantly to the creation of urban landscapes and their cultures, today they are marginalized from the prevailing discourses of creativity and place-making. READ MORE