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  2. 6. Governing the manifold subject : a praxiography of Swedish HIV treatment

    Author : Jeffrey A. Christensen; Peter Danholt; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Swedish HIV treatment; enactment; governing assemblages; the manifold subject; matters of accountability;

    Abstract : This thesis investigates a multiplicity of ways in which the subject of Swedish HIV treatment is enacted. Drawing on my own experiences of living with HIV in Sweden, the thesis articulates a concern with reflexive, performative, and normative dimensions of contemporary governing assemblages, research practices, and medical interventions. READ MORE

  4. 7. Tomboys, Belles, and Other Ladies : The Female Body-Subject in Selected Works by Katherine Anne Porter and Carson McCullers

    Author : Ellen Matlok-Ziemann; Rolf Lundén; Sharon Monteith; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; English language; Katherine Anne Porter; Carson McCullers; Simone de Beauvoir; Maurice Merleau-Ponty; “Miranda stories”; “The Princess”; The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter; The Member of the Wedding; The Ballad of the Sad Café; female body-subject; subjectivity; reciprocal relationship; “being-in-the-world”; “becoming”; habituality; pathology; mimicry; performance; the abject; Engelska; English language; Engelska språket; English; Engelska;

    Abstract : This study investigates how the Southern writers Katherine Anne Porter and Carson McCullers negotiate the process of becoming a woman in their texts and expose and ridicule the artificiality of that category. Focusing on a selection of Porter’s “Miranda stories” (published between 1935 and 1941) and “The Princess” (1993) and McCullers’s The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (1940), The Member of the Wedding (1946), and The Ballad of the Sad Café (1943), I argue that both writers voice their protest against patriarchal society that forecloses women’s assumption of subjectivity. READ MORE

  5. 8. The Sublime : Precursors and British Eighteenth-Century Conceptions

    Author : Karl Axelsson; Lars-Olof Åhlberg; Tommie Zaine; Christina Svensson; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : Aesthetics; the sublime; Longinus; Peri Hupsous; British eighteenth century; Samuel H. Monk; criticism of intellectual literature; Thomas Hobbes; imagination; Estetik;

    Abstract : This dissertation studies the attraction of the sublime in British criticism during the eighteenth century, with particular emphasis on the arguments that served as precursors to the interest in the experience of the sublime. The first part explores Samuel H. READ MORE

  6. 9. Biophysical studies of the actin-myosin motor system and applications in nanoscience

    Author : Mohammad A. Rahman; Alf Månsson; Kazuhiro Oiwa; Linnéuniversitetet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; myosin II; actin; actomyosin force generating cycle; blebbistatin; in vitro motility assay; actin affinity purification; blocking actin; bionanodevices; proteinase k; SDS; triton X100; surface recycling; engineered myosin motor; programmable gate; biocomputation.; Biomedical Sciences; Biomedicinsk vetenskap;

    Abstract : The actin-myosin motor system plays important roles in cellular processes. In addition, actin and myosin have been used for developments towards nanotechnological applications in recent years. READ MORE

  7. 10. From 'the Genius' to 'the Gifted' : The Conceptualisations of Giftedness in Educational Discourse in Sweden

    Author : Caroline Sims; Gunnlaugur Magnússon; Johan Liljestrand; Margaret Sutherland; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Giftedness; cluster concept; discourse and policy analysis; enactment; the differentiation question; differentiation; acceleration; enrichment; ability grouping; Peak Programme spetsutbildning ; International Baccalaureate; formation of the subject; categorisations; rationality; psychometrics; meducation; diagnosis; Särskild begåvning; klusterbegrepp; diskurs- och policyanalys; enactment; differentieringsfrågan; differentiering; acceleration; berikning; nivågruppering; spetsutbildning; International Baccalaureate; subjektsformering; kategorisering; rationalitet; psychometri; meducation; diagnostisering; Pedagogik; Education;

    Abstract : The aim of the current thesis is to investigate the conceptualisation of giftedness in educational discourse within Sweden. In the thesis, this is studied through an account of giftedness and the ’formation of the gifted subject’. READ MORE