Search for dissertations about: "places identity"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 58 swedish dissertations containing the words places identity.

2. 1. Through the Looking Glass : An Identity-Based View of Place Branding

   Author : Carola Strandberg; Maria Ek Styvén; Åsa Wallström; Eric Braun; Luleå tekniska universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Place branding; identity-based place branding; place identity; place’s identity; places identity; places identities; place brand identity; place image; place brand image; self-congruity; self-congruence; place attachment; positive word-of-mouth; word-of-mouth; place advocacy; place ambassadorship; likelihood to stay; intention to stay; resident retention; stakeholders; residents; citizens; inhabitants; visitors; co-creators; co-creation; place brand; Industrial Marketing; Industriell marknadsföring;

   Abstract : Places of today face intense global competition for crucial resources. Attracting visitors and retaining residents is vital especially for post-industrial cities and rural places facing a loss of traditional industrial jobs, and urbanization and centralization of the population and economy. READ MORE

4. 2. Reframed Identity : Red Cross nurses' identity formation between 1945 and 1977

   Author : Trine Jønland Højsgaard; Anders Gustavsson; Annika Ullman; Per Ekstrand; Marja Schuster; Berit Berg; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Occupational identity; nurse training; hermeneutics; total institution; pedagogik; Education;

   Abstract : The overall aim is to explore the construction of nurse identity at the Red Cross Nursing School (RCNS) in Sweden, between 1945 and 1977, when nursing became part of the system of higher education in Sweden. Occupational identity is understood as a construct both of social learning and of a self-image. READ MORE

5. 3. Identity Construction : The Case of Young Women in Rasht

   Author : Padideh Pakpour; Carina Jahani; Nigel Musk; Sally Boyd; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Iran; Rasht; intersectionality; sociolinguistics; identity; membership categorisation analysis; social categories; language norms; Iranska språk; Iranian Languages;

   Abstract : This study took place in the city of Rasht, which is the capital of Gilan Province, situated in North-Western Iran. The aim has been to investigate how a group of young Rashti women constitute their identities through their talk-in-interaction, and how they relate to the concept of Rashti, be it the dialect, people living in a geographical area, or a notion of collective characteristics. READ MORE

6. 4. Irish Scene and Sound : Identity, Authenticity and Transnationality among Young Musicians

   Author : Virva Basegmez; Helena Wulff; Gunnar Ternhag; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : Contemporary Ireland; Irish music scene; young musicians; identity; authenticity; transnationality; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP;

   Abstract : Ireland has long been famous for its rich traditional music. Yet the recent global success of Irish pop, rock and traditional music has transformed the Irish music scene into a world centre attracting musicians, tourists, fans and the music industry from both Ireland and abroad. READ MORE

7. 5. Meeting-places of Transformation : Urban Identity, Spatial Representations and Local Politics in St Petersburg, Russia

   Author : Thomas Borén; Bo Lenntorp; Thomas Lundén; Jussi Jauhiainen; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Time-space; lifeworld; Hägerstrand; Habermas; Lotman; participant observation; post-Soviet transformation; time-geography; cultural geography; cultural semiotics; urban studies; everyday life; Soviet cartography; local self-government; Ligovo; Uritsk; Krasnosel skii raion.; Other earth sciences; Övrig geovetenskap;

   Abstract : This study develops a model for understanding spatial change and the construction of space as a meeting-place, and then employs it in order to show an otherwise little-known picture of (sub-)urban Russia and its transformation from Soviet times to today. The model is based on time-geographic ideas of time-space as a limited resource in which forces of various kinds struggle for access and form space in interaction with each other. READ MORE