Dans le domaine des études frontalières, des ouvrages théoriques aussi bien qu’historiques ont contribué à élargir le corpus des analyses visant à définir qualitativement et quantitativement les mécaniques de la construction et les interactions de groupes le long de la frontière entre les Etats-Unis et le Mexique. La majorité de ces ouvrages représente soit, historiquement, une apologie de la conquête anglo-américaine de la région frontalière et par là une minimisation de la pluralité de la culture frontalière, ou plus récemment, une déconstruction théorique de la dynamique de la frontière coloniale favorisant les contributions et la condition des minorités, notamment dans le domaine des études hispaniques et Chicano. Dans les deux cas, l’importance des nuances et des spécificités régionales des interactions est minimisée dans l’optique de soutenir des positionnements théoriques ou historiques. Sans chercher à dévaluer ni à négliger ce riche héritage analytique, notre thèse tente de développer le corpus existant d’ouvrages d’études frontalières en se concentrant sur la région de San Diego, Californie, pendant sa période formative allant de la fin du XVIIIe siècle au début du XXe siècle, en se basant sur des développements récents dans de multiples disciplines ainsi qu’en revisitant les sources canoniques. Notre objectif est de répondre à des questions telles que : à la lumière des recherches actuelles, et vue à travers le prisme des représentations des constructions identitaires personnelles et communautaires, la culture régionale historique de San Diego peut-elle être considérée comme étant unique et essentiellement hybride par nature ? Si oui, comment la révision de cette culture historique affecte-t-elle la construction et l’interprétation des théories frontalières contemporaines telles qu’elles s’appliquent à ce site ? Quels sont les implications et les enjeux pour une région qui se développe rapidement - culturellement, économiquement et politiquement ? Afin de répondre à ces questions, une contextualisation historique a été établie se focalisant sur les thèmes d’hybridité et de mixité. Suivent alors une description et une analyse détaillées de la population régionale et des espaces physiques de vie et de travail créés par cette population, en terme de tendance générale mais aussi par l’étude de cas spécifiques de sites architecturels emblématiques et de figures historiques clés pendant chacune des périodes de gouvernance spécifiques : espagnole, mexicaine et états-unienne. Les résultats de ces études sont examinés à travers les points de vue historiques canoniques, et les paradigmes des théories contemporaines d’études frontalières, les confrontant à une discussion plus large et les plaçant dans le contexte des changements démographiques, socio-économiques et politiques actuels. Les résultats de notre étude privilégient une complexification de l’analyse des constructions des interactions et identités le long de la frontière entre les Etats-Unis et le Mexique, avec une reconnaissance croissante des constructions hybrides dans les sphères locales. / In the field of borderland studies, both theoretical and historical works have contributed to a growing body of analysis that seeks both qualitatively and quantitatively to define the mechanics of group construction and interaction along the U.S./Mexican border. The majority of these works have focused on either, historically, an apology for the Anglo-American conquest of the border region and thus a minimization of the pluralistic composition of border culture or, more recently, a theoretical deconstruction of the colonial border dynamic which favors the minority contributions and condition, notably in Hispanic and Chicano studies.In both cases, the nuances and regional specificities of interaction are downplayed in favor of encompassing theoretical or historical positionings. While not seeking to devalue or to disregard this rich analytical heritage, our thesis strives to expand upon the existing body of borderland study work by focusing on the region of San Diego, California during the formative period between the late 18th and early 19th centuries using recent developments in multiple disciplines as well as revisiting the canonic sources.Our objective is to answer questions such as the following: In the light of current research, and viewed through the prism of representations of personal and community identity constructs, can the historic regional culture of San Diego be viewed as unique and essentially hybrid in nature? If so, how does the revision of this historic culture affect the construction and interpretation of contemporary borderland theories as it applies to this site? What are the implications and stakes for a rapidly developing region – culturally, economically, and politically?In order to answer these questions, a historical contextualization has been established that focuses on the themes of hybridity and mixity. A detailed description and analysis are then made of the regional population and the physical living and working spaces created by it, both in terms of general trends and specific case studies of emblematic architectural site and key historic figures during each of the successive periods of regional governance: Spanish, Mexican and United States. The results of these studies are examined through the optic of canonic historical viewpoints and contemporary theoretical paradigms of borderland study, subjecting them to a broader discussion and placing them within the context of current demographic, socio-economic, and political change. The results of our study favors a complexification of the analysis of interactions and identity constructs along the U.S.-Mexican border, with increasing recognition of hybrid constructs in local spheres.

This project can be seen as a collection of architectural explorations that originate from the concept of misunderstanding. The misunderstanding involves an unconscious transformation that can create something new and unexpected and is therefore an important element both in history and in an individual design process. Five examples of misunderstanding from the history of architecture are described in short texts. From each text a drawing is selected that becomes the starting point for a process where translation between alternating digital and analog representation techniques transform the original object, in multiple steps. For each transformation, a text follows, in which the story is reinterpreted and distorted. The last step in this process is a larger physical object that no longer resembles the original drawing, and which, by its ambiguity begins to live its own life. One theme that emerged during the process has been the relationship between architecture and figures or bodies. / Detta projekt kan ses som en samling arkitektoniska betraktelser som tar sin utgångspunkt ur begreppet missförstånd. Missförståndet innebär en omedveten transformation som kan skapa något nytt och oväntat och är därför ett viktigt inslag både i historien och i en individuell designprocess. Fem exempel på missförstånd ur arkitekturhistorien beskrivs i korta texter. Utifrån dessa väljs ett antal ritningar som blir utgångspunkt för en process där översättningen mellan omväxlande digitala och analoga representationstekniker förvandlar det ursprungliga objektet i flera steg. För varje transformation följer en text där berättelsen omtolkas och förvrids. Det sista steget i denna process är ett fysiskt objekt i större skala vars gestalt är svår att härleda till den ursprungliga ritningen och som genom sin tvetydighet börjar leva sitt eget eget liv. Ett tema som utkristalliserat sig under processen har varit relationen mellan arkitektur och figurer eller kroppar.

Documentation of meetings and conferences is performed at most companies by one or more people sitting at a computer and typing what has been said during the meeting. This may lead to typing mistakes or incorect perception by the person who records. The human factor is quite large. This work will focus on developing proposals for new technologies that reduce or eliminate the human factor, thus improving the documentation of meetings and conferences. It represents a problem for many companies and institutions, including Seavus Stockholm, where this study is conducted. It is assumed that most of the companies do not document their meetings and conferences in video or audio format, so this study will therefore only be about text-based documentation.The aim of this study was to investigate how to implement new features and build a modern conference system, using modern technologies and new applications to improve the documentation of meetings and conferences. Speech to text in combination with speech recognition is something that has not yet been implemented for such a purpose, and it can facilitate documenting meetings and conferences.To complete the study, several methods were combined to achieve the desired goals. First, the projects scope and objectives were defined. Then, based on analysis of the observations made in the company documenting process, a design proposal was created. Following this, interviews with the stakeholders were conducted where the proposals were presented and a requirement specification was created. Then the theory was studied to create an understanding of how different techniques work to then design and create a proposal for the architecture.The result of this study contains a proposal for architecture that shows that it is possible to implement these techniques to improve the documentation process. Furthermore, possible use cases and interaction diagrams are presented that show how the system may work.Although the proof of the concept is considered to be satisfactory, additional work and testing is needed to fully implement and integrate the concept into reality. / Dokumentering av möten och konferenser utförs på de flesta företag av en eller flera personer som sitter vid en dator och antecknar det som har sagts under mötet. Det kan medföra att det som skrivs ner inte stämmer med det som har sagts eller att det uppfattades felaktigt av personen som antecknar. Den mänskliga faktorn är ganska stor. Detta arbete kommer att fokusera på att ta fram förslag på nya tekniker som minskar eller eliminerar den mänskliga faktorn, och därmed förbättrar dokumenteringen av möten och konferenser. Det föreställer ett problem för många företag och institutioner, däribland för Seavus Stockholm, där denna studie utförs. Det antas att de flesta företag inte dokumenterar deras möten och konferenser i video eller ljudformat, och därmed kommer denna studie bara att handla om dokumentering i textformat.Målet med denna studie var att undersöka hur man, med hjälp av moderna tekniker och nya tillämpningar, kan implementera nya funktioner och bygga ett modernt konferenssystem, för att förbättra dokumenteringen av möten och konferenser. Tal till text i kombination med talarigenkänning är något som ännu inte har implementerats för ett sådant ändamål, och det kan underlätta dokumenteringen av möten och konferenser.För att slutföra studien kombinerades flera metoder för att uppnå de önskade målen.Först definierades projektens omfattning och mål. Därefter, baserat på analys och observationer av företagets dokumenteringsprocess, skapades ett designförslag. Därefter genomfördes intervjuer med intressenterna där förslagen presenterades och en kravspecifikation skapades. Då studerades teorin för att skapa förståelse för hur olika tekniker arbetar, för att sedan designa och skapa ett förslag till arkitekturen.Resultatet av denna studie innehåller ett förslag till arkitektur, som visar att det är möjligt att implementera dessa tekniker för att förbättra dokumentationsprocessen. Dessutom presenteras möjliga användningsfall och interaktionsdiagram som visar hur systemet kan fungera.Även om beviset av konceptet anses vara tillfredsställande, ytterligare arbete och test behövs för att fullt ut implementera och integrera konceptet i verkligheten.

In the field of borderland studies, both theoretical and historical works have contributed to a growing body of analysis that seeks both qualitatively and quantitatively to define the mechanics of group construction and interaction along the U.S./Mexican border. The majority of these works have focused on either, historically, an apology for the Anglo-American conquest of the border region and thus a minimization of the pluralistic composition of border culture or, more recently, a theoretical deconstruction of the colonial border dynamic which favors the minority contributions and condition, notably in Hispanic and Chicano studies.In both cases, the nuances and regional specificities of interaction are downplayed in favor of encompassing theoretical or historical positionings. While not seeking to devalue or to disregard this rich analytical heritage, our thesis strives to expand upon the existing body of borderland study work by focusing on the region of San Diego, California during the formative period between the late 18th and early 19th centuries using recent developments in multiple disciplines as well as revisiting the canonic sources.Our objective is to answer questions such as the following: In the light of current research, and viewed through the prism of representations of personal and community identity constructs, can the historic regional culture of San Diego be viewed as unique and essentially hybrid in nature? If so, how does the revision of this historic culture affect the construction and interpretation of contemporary borderland theories as it applies to this site? What are the implications and stakes for a rapidly developing region - culturally, economically, and politically?In order to answer these questions, a historical contextualization has been established that focuses on the themes of hybridity and mixity. A detailed description and analysis are then made of the regional population and the physical living and working spaces created by it, both in terms of general trends and specific case studies of emblematic architectural site and key historic figures during each of the successive periods of regional governance: Spanish, Mexican and United States. The results of these studies are examined through the optic of canonic historical viewpoints and contemporary theoretical paradigms of borderland study, subjecting them to a broader discussion and placing them within the context of current demographic, socio-economic, and political change. The results of our study favors a complexification of the analysis of interactions and identity constructs along the U.S.-Mexican border, with increasing recognition of hybrid constructs in local spheres.