Syntheiströrelsen (The Syntheist Movement) kan förstås som en konsekvens av individualismens framfart, kommersialism, globalisering och framväxten av IT-samhället. Syntheiströrelsen strävar efter att återupprätta en kollektiv gemenskap de upplever gått förlorad genom att själva skapa ny religion relevant för samtiden och framtiden. Benämningen deriveras från grekiska – syntheos, den skapade guden. Med avstamp i Den mediterande dalahästen: Religion på nya arenor i samtidens Sverige (Frisk & Åkerbäck 2013) för uppsatsen ett resonemang kring hur Syntheiströrelsen kan förstås utifrån teorier om samtida religion och religiositet. Syntheiströrelsen förklaras mot bakgrund av en mindre intervjustudie med tongivande medlemmar i stockholmsförsamlingen samt undersökning av näraliggande material.

Budget cuts at a California community college prompted stakeholders to consider dropping the college's general education information literacy (IL) requirement. Broad institutional outcomes data showed learning gains, but no targeted assessment existed regarding the IL requirement's impact on those gains. This quantitative study used Astin and Antonio's Inputs-Environment-Outcomes (I-E-O) assessment model to address relationships among student characteristics of demographic and prior preparation (Inputs), the IL requirement (Environment), and student reports of information critical analysis behavior and confidence (Outcomes). Study participants were 525 students aged 18 years and older who had completed the IL course with a grade of 2.0 or better and volunteered to complete an anonymous survey. The majority of participants reported the IL requirement had a positive impact upon subsequent coursework, with 87% stating that taking it in the first or second term would be most helpful. Less preparedness for information critical analysis prior to the IL course was significantly correlated (r = -.35, r = -.38, p < .001) with higher reported frequency of 2 measures of information evaluation changes following completion of the course. The 3 hierarchical multiple regression analyses revealed that the predictors of student demographic characteristics, prior student preparation, and IL course format contributed significantly to reported information critical analysis and confidence. The study's outcome was a white paper with recommendations to support completion of the IL course requirement early, continue the IL requirement, and repeat the study's survey in the future. Effective IL education promotes information evaluation behaviors essential to informed members of society.

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The aim of this study is to make a comparative study between the grievances during the Dacke Warand the German Peasant´s War. These two conflicts may have occurred separately, regarding bothgeographical and chronological distances but also share common issues for this comparative study.Less than two decades separates these two conflicts and they were all by their own serious insurrectionsduring their time. While the German Peasant´s War was the greatest uprising in Europe up tothe French Revolution, the Dacke War was the biggest Peasant Rebellion in Scandinavian history.While the German Peasant War has been studied and researched by historians for a relative longtime, the Dacke War has been neglected in research history. If it were not for the Swedish professorLars-Olof Larsson’s studies during foremost in the 1960s, the Dacke War would have been a historicallyuncharted territory of research indeed. This study aims to foremost supplement the unsatisfiedresearch on the Dacke War, but also supplement the research of The German Peasant war, with thiscomparative study. Although is exists a somewhat considerable amount of studies and theories regardinggeneral peasant uprisings and revolts from this period, researchers are still debating themain causes for these violent conflicts. The combination of different geographical and social differencesand insufficient sources makes studies about theses conflicts both problematic and complex.The result of this comparative study, show that both uprisings shared both common and differentkinds of grievances where generally the rebels of the German Peasant´s War had a larger propotionof demands than the rebels of the Dacke War. In Sweden the grievances was largely made up bycomplaints. While the German Peasant´s War was generally more radical and religious motivatedthan the Dacke War, it shared many similarities to each other, especially when it came to economicand economical complaints. While the German Peasants (although not all rebel-groups) made radicaldemands, such as the abolishment of serfdom, the rebels during the Dacke War were more intenton restoring their former rights and customs. Therefore the Swedish peasantry motivated theircomplaints by claiming they had juridical rights and legal claims to motivate rebellion. The Germanpeasants on the other hand, although also sharing the same motives but in somewhat lesser degree,had less legal rights and therefore motivated their demands in religious terms. The reason why thegrievances during the Dacke War mostly can be categorized as complaints instead of demands, maybe explained how influential and political equal the Swedish peasants were as a social group and estatein Swedish society compared to the many peasants living in serfdom in the Holy Roman Empire.This is also why German rebels more often legitimized their demands with religious motive,because they lacked the political power as social group and estate.

Detta examensarbete omfattar 15 högskolepoäng och skrivs på Mälardalens Högskola i Eskilstuna med inriktning produktdesign – industriell design. Arbetet genomfördes under vårterminen, april till juni 2014 där en grupp på två personer utvecklade ett trappräcke på Lundbergs produkter AB i Nyköping. Lundbergs tog kontakt med gruppen innan start och presenterade fyra stycken uppdrag. Uppdraget var att utveckla Ekerö räcke i metall, där målet var att få räcket monterbart i trappor och gruppen blev tilldelad en kravspecifikation på vad företaget förväntade sig utav slutprodukten. På grund av den stora säkerhetsfrågan hos ett trappräcke behövdes en analys på problemet och de krav som ställdes på produkten. Gruppen började med att undersöka hur en trappa kunde vara konstruerad för att senare kunna sätta krav på trappräckets utformning. Eftersom det finns så många komponenter på den befintliga produkten så uppstod det många problem när räcket monterades i en vinklad konstruktion. Dessa problem dokumenterades och samlades ihop i olika kategorier så att gruppen senare kunde fokusera på varje område i idégenereringen. I kravspecifikationen var ett av kraven att följa boverkets regler angående trappräckesbyggen. Efter en sammanställning av boverkets regler så hade gruppen tillräckligt med material för att göra en idégenerering. I nästa skede påbörjades idégenerering med hjälp av metoden Brain Writing. Gruppen fokuserade på varje område var för sig där en större mängd idéer blev till ett fåtal som kom att kallas koncept. Med hjälp av verktyg som Pughs matris och QFD samt företagets tankar så uteslöts vissa koncept och andra vidareutvecklades. Efter att ha utvecklat två större koncept av tretton mindre så presenterade gruppen dem för uppdragsgivaren. Mötet resulterade i en kombination av båda koncepten så kunden får möjligheten att montera efter sitt egna val. När slutkonceptet var bestämt började gruppen tillverka en prototyp i skala 1:1 med hjälp av 3d-skrivare samt trä- och metallverkstaden. När gruppen arbetade på prototypen upptäcktes en risk där ett av koncepten lätt gick sönder vid montering. Då valdes koncept 1B istället för koncept 1C. Examensarbetet resulterade i en produkt som efterliknade Ekerö räcke i metall, som dessutom har många möjligheter att anpassas efter kundens krav, önskemål och kreativitet. / <p>Detta examensarbete är konversiellt, vilket är anledningen till de censurerade bilderna.</p>

Thesis (Ph.D.) - University of Glasgow, 2008. / Includes bibliographical references. Print version also available.

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / Esta dissertação trata das visualidades buscadas no campo da arte contemporânea utilizando como linguagem o videogame e sua estética, que se formam como transfigurações das ideias de um mundo estruturado em códigos, uma informação entre os signos que convivem no cotidiano do homem comum. Neste caráter, o trabalho artístico aliado ao videogame propõe estados de percepção estética e interação com o espectador como forma estrutural da obra, como a obra em si. Unir a arte com o videogame para alcançar a mistura entre artista, obra e espectador / This dissertation deals with visualities sought in the field of contemporary art, using as the videogame as language and its aesthetics, formed as ideias of a visual transfigurations of a world structured in codes, an information between signs in daily living of the common man. In this character, the artwork coupled with videogame proposes levels of aesthetic perception and interaction with the viewer as a structural form of the work, like the work itself. Linking the art with the videogame achieve the combination between artist, work of art and the viewer

This thesis aims to analyse the transformation of Sweden’s state identity as well as its Security and Defence Policy through a theoretical framework based on Alexander Wendt’s “Social Theory of International Relations”. By identifying factors (both internal and external) that have affected Sweden’s actions and policymaking, the thesis provides an understanding of the gradual conversion from neutrality, isolation and national defence to military non-alignment, cooperation and international operations. The thesis discusses a future renationalisation in international relations and identifies difficulties with Sweden’s policy of being militarily non-aligned in peacetime aiming for neutrality in wartime. Because of Sweden’s membership in the European Union, NATO’s Partnership for Peace, and the Declaration of Solidarity, the neutrality option does not seem particularly viable if a conflict were to arise in Sweden’s vicinity.

Coercive diplomacy attempts to use military force in a limited fashion as a diplomatic and political tool in order to persuade an opponent to cease aggression rather than to bludgeon him into stopping. The use of limited military force in coercive diplomacy is not a military strategy, but rather a refined political and psychological instrument used for resolving a crisis. One relatively new instrument in the toolbox of limited force when engaging in coercive diplomacy, fashioned to deter adversaries, is the use of no-fly zones. The term no-fly zone describes the physical area of a nation that is patrolled using the airpower of another sovereign state or coalition. However, despite its relatively frequent use in its short history, it has largely been ignored in theoretical studies of coercive diplomacy. As scholars, such as Daniel Byman and Matthew Waxman, have presented a critical view on the limitations of approaching a study on a single instrument in coercive diplomacy, this paper grounds the argument that there is still value in this approach. Given that the conditions of coercive diplomacy mainly focus on an array of coercive instruments at a political level, are the conditions in the theories of coercive diplomacy sufficient to explain the political success of the military instrument of no-fly zones? Hence, this paper illustrates the theoretical reach of the theories of coercive diplomacy by highlighting the fungibility of the coercive diplomacy’s theoretical ‘success conditions’ when assessing a single military instrument. By studying the political success and failure in four separate cases, this paper proposes an analytical framework, which is by and large, derived from Peter Viggo Jakobsen and Alexander George’s theoretical basis. However, as the theoretical basis does not fully cover all of the political dimensions of no-fly zones, an additional variable is proposed. The resulting analytical framework suggests that this is a viable approach, but only by combining Jakobsen’s revised conditions with the original work of Alexander George, in addition to the proposed variable. Thus, this result contributes to the large body of scholarly work on coercive diplomacy theory and the debate whether one can assess a specific coercive instrument with the political ‘success conditions’ of coercive diplomacy, or not. / Master Thesis

Le roman de César Aira, l'un des plus grands écrivains argentins actuels, Un episodio en la vida del pintor viajero (Un épisode dans la vie du peintre voyageur), publié en 2000 en Argentine et traduit en français en 2001, constitue le fil conducteur de notre recherche. Dans cette fiction inspirée d'un fait réel, Aira raconte le premier voyage en Argentine de Johann Moritz Rugendas, peintre romantique allemand de la première partie du XIXe siècle, qui sillonna l'Amérique latine durant vingt ans et rapporta de ses voyages des milliers de dessins et de peintures. Inspiré par les théories du savant Alexandre de Humboldt, et en particulier par la pensée de la « physionomie de la nature », Rugendas fit également partie de ces artistes naturalistes dont l'art servit la science. En 1838, accompagné du peintre Robert Krause, il traversa les Andes puis la pampa argentine, mais il fut victime d'une grave chute de cheval avant d'arriver à San Luis. Durant le trajet de retour vers le Chili, il aurait approché les Indiens de la région du sud de Mendoza. C'est cet épisode de la vie de Rugendas que Aira relate, à sa façon. La première partie de cette thèse consiste en l'analyse littéraire approfondie du roman, à travers ses différentes thématiques. Parmi celles-ci, figurent l'art en voyage, les liens entre écriture et peinture, art et science, la perception de la beauté et de la laideur. Ce périple fait d'épreuves et de découvertes se révèle être finalement un véritable voyage initiatique pour l'artiste. Dans la deuxième partie, nous adoptons un point de vue historique pour confronter le roman aux faits vécus, tels qu'ils sont racontés dans les biographies de Rugendas ou dans les témoignages de ses contemporains, et réfléchissons à la dialectique entre fiction et réalité. Tout cela nous amène à réfléchir, dans une troisième partie, à l'activité de peintre voyageur. Nous retraçons l'itinéraire des deux artistes en mettant en parallèle les peintures de Rugendas et le récit de Krause, puis nous nous intéressons à chacune des caractéristiques de la pratique de l'art en voyage à travers les expériences de ces deux peintres mais aussi à travers celles d'autres artistes ayant voyagé en Amérique latine au XIXe siècle, tels Léon Pallière, Auguste Borget ou Raymond Monvoisin par exemple, et les peintres de l'école artistique humboldtienne. Cette thèse, qui allie littérature, histoire de l'art et esthétique, est à vocation pluridisciplinaire. / This research is focused on the novel Un episodio en la vida del pintor viajero (An Episode in the Life of a Landscape Painter), by César Aira, one of the greatest contemporary Argentine writers. In this novel published in 2000, and translated to french in 2001, Aira relates Johan Moritz Rugendas'first trip to Argentina. Rugendas was a German romantic painter of the first part of the nineteenth century who travelled throughout Latin America during twenty years and made thousands of paintings and drawings. Inspired from Alexander von Humboldt's theories, and more precisely from "the physiognomy of nature", Rugendas was also a naturalist artist and his art could help science. In 1838, he crossed the Andes and the Argentinian pampa with another painter, Robert Krause, but he suffered a fall horse before arriving to San Luis. During the return trip to Chile, he is said to have approached the Indians near Mendoza. This episode of Rugendas' life is the one Aira relates, his own way. The first part of this thesis aims to deeply analyze the novel, through its different themes. Among them are the links between art and travel, writing and painting, art and science, the perception of beauty and ugliness. This trip made of pain and discoveries turns out to be a real initiatory journey for the artist. In the second part, I adopt an historical point of view, comparing the novel with the events related in biographies of Rugendas and in contemporary accounts, and reflecting about the dialectic between fiction and reality. All this leads me to think about the activity of traveller painter, in the third part. I first reconstitute the trip route of the two artists, drawing a parallel between the paintings of Rugendas and the narration of Krause, then I consider each characteristic of the occupation of traveller painter through the experience of these artists and other painters who travelled through Latin America in the nineteenth century, such as Léon Pallière, Auguste Borget or Raymond Monvoisin for instance, and the painters inspired from Humboldt's theories. This thesis, which deals with literature, history of art and aesthetics, is an interdisciplinary research.