Search for dissertations about: "technology identity"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 224 swedish dissertations containing the words technology identity.
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1. Through the Looking Glass : An Identity-Based View of Place Branding
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
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2. Role and identity : experience of technology in professional settings
Abstract : In order to make technology easier to handle for its users, the field of Human-Computer Interaction is increasingly dependent on an understanding of the individual user and the context of use. By investigating the relation between the user and the technology, this thesis explores how roles and professional identity affect and interact with the design, use and views of the technology used. READ MORE
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3. Shaping an identity : Pitted Ware pottery and potters in southeast Sweden
Abstract : The thesis is concerned with pottery and culture during the Middle Neolithic (c. 3300 – 2300 cal BC) in southeast Sweden. Its purpose is to investigate and discuss the significance of pottery in the Pitted Ware culture, particularly on the island of Öland in the Baltic Sea. READ MORE
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4. Role, Identity and Work : Extending the design and development agenda
Abstract : In order to make technology easier to handle for its users, the field of HCI (Human- Computer Interaction) has recently often turned the environment and the context of use. In this thesis the focus is on the relation between the user and the technology. READ MORE
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5. Making Place for Space : a History of 'Space Town' Kiruna 1943-2000
Abstract : Science and technology have a tendency to clump together in places where they spawn other forms of societal activities. Sometimes these places become famous through processes known as place-making, or the social construction of place. READ MORE