Search for dissertations about: "symbolic boundaries"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 23 swedish dissertations containing the words symbolic boundaries.

  2. 1. Symbolic and Material Boundaries : An archaeological genealogy of the Urus of Lake Poopó, Bolivia

    Author : Virginia Sáenz; Frands Herschend; Paul Sinclair; Per Stenborg; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : Archaeology; Indians; Andes; Bolivia; Lake Poopó; Pampa Aullagas; Uru; ethnic groups; ethnic markers; Anthropology; History; Archaeology; Architecture; Linguistics; Sociology; multi-disciplinary approach; Arkeologi; arkeologi; Archaeology;

    Abstract : The thesis focuses on Bolivian Indians who are assimilated into ethnic groups as one of many consequences of the colonial past. An understanding of the complexity of this construction draws from disciplines such as Anthropology, Archaeology, History, Sociology, in an effort to expose the power relations behind the construction. READ MORE

  4. 2. Boundaries, believers and bodies : a cultural analysis of a multidisciplinary research community

    Author : Helena Pettersson; Britta Lundgren; Erik Stolterman; David Hakken; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Culture; ethnographic method; research; technology; boundary object work; symbolic capital; technoromanticism; future; speed; creativity; reality; dystopia; focal things; trading; multidisciplinary; gender; reflexivity; Ethnology; Etnologi;

    Abstract : The aim of this study is to analyze the construction of research culture and collaboration within the research studio Tools for Creativity, one node in the larger Interactive Institute. This studio is an arena that in today’s society is associated with boundary crossing, dynamics and variability: An environment with high-tech equipment, a staff equipped with diverse skills, and a flexible approach with the ambition of developing innovative tools based on ICT to strengthen human creativity. READ MORE

  5. 3. Class, Place and Identity in a Satellite Town

    Author : Elias le Grand; Patrik Aspers; Lars Udehn; Les Back; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; class; identity; place; chav; stigma; symbolic boundaries; youths; moral panics; Sociology; Sociologi; Sociology; sociologi;

    Abstract : The central aim of this study is to examine processes of identity formation among white, working-class youths in a marginalized area located on the outskirts of South London. It is primarily based on long-term ethnographic fieldwork but also on analyses of web sites, newspapers and popular culture. READ MORE

  6. 4. Bounded Horizons : A study of upper secondary school choice for newly arrived students

    Author : Brendan Munhall; Fredrik Hertzberg; Larissa Mickwitz; Daniel Lövheim; Ee-Seul Yoon; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; newly arrived students; school choice; horizon for action; boundaries; upper secondary school; educational policy; educational marketization; pedagogik; Education;

    Abstract : Graduating primary school students in Sweden choose their upper secondary school within a unique quasi-market school system. The students may choose specialized programs but must also be accepted based on grade rankings by the schools. Despite equity arguments for the school choice model, opportunities are not equally available for all students. READ MORE

  7. 5. The Emotional Community of Social Science Teaching

    Author : Katarina Blennow; Utbildningsvetenskap; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Social Science Education; SOCIAL STUDIES; Civics; Citizenship education; Emotions; Education; Emotional communities; symbolic boundaries;

    Abstract : Some of the most pressing concerns of our time, such as crises connected to migration, the welfare state, international law and terrorism, are part of the Swedish upper secondary school subject Social Science. This means that Social Science teaching easily generates intense emotions, sparks of which are lit in the encounter between the students, the teacher, and the specific content of the school subject Social Science. READ MORE