This study focuses on historical reenactment, and the informal learning that takes place within that subculture. Through observations during events, and informal semi-structured interviews I have tried to identify some of the aspects that contribute to the motivation to learn that is prominent within the historical reenactment community. Why do people choose to learn things that they do not have to? What can I learn from that, and use to improve my own teaching? The study finds that some of the key facors for the motivation to learn is: having a social context that gives feedback and encouragement, beeing able to get practical use out of the knowledge you try to obtain, feeling satisfied with your own work, and having an enthusiastic teacher who can capture your curiosity.   The study also includes photographic works that aim to show some of the informal learning that takes place within the historical reenactment community. The purpose is also to initiate thoughts and discussions concerning informal learning and learning processes in general. Along with the photographs there are sounds taken from the interviews made during the study. The people heard give their perspective on the motivation to learn. Both photographs and sound were displayed in the Vårutställning at Konstfack.   Lastly I put forward some suggestions as to how teaching might be improved in order to help students feel more motivated to learn.

This report is an investigation of the technological frames of Twitter users, regarding the phenomenon Artificial Intelligence. Tweets were collected as data and emotions were extracted through sentiment analysis. These emotions regarding AI were categorized using genre theory, more specifically Rob Klings (1994) genre conventions. This showed that the majority of Twitter users expressed positive feelings regarding AI, with trust, anticipation and joy as the most prominently displayed feelings. This is the leading technological frame of the users. Since our understanding of technology is created through socio-cognitive processes, this could have implications for AI. There is a risk of incongruencies between research into the phenomenon and the discussions on social media. Furthermore, light is shed on why this might be the case.

Artificiell intelligens är digitala tekniker som har utvecklats snabbt de senaste åren. Allt fler uppgifter som tidigare krävt mänsklig färdighet och intelligens kan numera utföras autonomt av artificiell intelligens. Till följd av dess förmågor att på ett effektivt sätt behandla stora mängder information, lära sig nya saker, göra förutsägelser och föreslå handlingsalternativ samt i varierande grad handla efter egna uppfattningar, kan artificiell intelligens utgöra ett viktigt stöd vid beslutsfattande. Artificiell intelligens kan i teorin till och med ersätta människor. Syftet med uppsatsen är att undersöka under vilka förutsättningar artificiell intelligens kan användas för beslutsfattande i aktiebolag och att utvärdera hur svensk aktiebolagsrätt förhåller sig till den tekniska utveckling som sker på området. Frågor som uppstår är om artificiell intelligens kan ersätta aktieägare respektive styrelsen, i vilken utsträckning styrelsen kan delegera beslutsfattande till artificiell intelligens samt i vilken utsträckning styrelsen kan ta hjälp av artificiell intelligens vid sitt beslutsfattande. Även om vissa frågor med självklarhet kan besvaras, visar studien att det någonstans på vägen kommer en punkt där det inte går att avgöra hur artificiell intelligens ska behandlas. Undersökningen visar att artificiell intelligens varken kan ersätta aktieägare eller styrelsen i ett aktiebolag. Vad gäller styrelsens möjlighet att delegera beslutsfattande till artificiell intelligens samt om styrelsen kan ta hjälp av artificiell intelligens vid beslutsfattande, uppstår frågan om det kan anses oaktsamt av en styrelseledamot att använda artificiell intelligens på nämnt sätt och i sådant fall under vilka förutsättningar. En sådan aktsamhetsbedömning kan leda till att styrelseledamöter sanktioneras genom skadestånd. Rättsläget är oklart avseende om de uppgifter som styrelsen kan delegera till fysiska personer eller organ inom bolaget med ansvarsreducerande verkan, även kan delegeras till AI. Slutligen har styrelsen ett mycket stort handlingsutrymme att fatta beslut i aktiebolaget, under förutsättning att styrelsen iakttar bolagets intresse med omsorg. Det torde vara upp till styrelsen att avgöra om ett ärende kan beredas på ett tillfredsställande sätt med hjälp av AI.

This thesis examines romantic relationships between human and artificially intelligent characters in the science-fiction films Ex Machina (2014), Her (2013) and “Be Right Back” (2013) from anthology series Black Mirror. The purpose of the thesis is to examine these relationships in relation to norms concerning corporeality, gender, sexuality and romance, exploring how the portrayal of these relationships and the characters in them subvert and/or reinforce those norms. A descriptive coding method was used followed by analytical coding to determine which theoretical concepts would be applied to which scenes. The theoretical framework consists mainly of Judith Butler’s theories on gender-performativity and Donna Haraway’s cyborg-figuration, and other theoretical concepts that were not used as extensively. The analysis showed that the films occasionally reinforce the norms in question due to cis- and heteronormative tendencies within the romantic relationships and due to normative aspects within the construction of the characters. A few examples of this is depicting a heteronormative, vocalized femininity and sexualized, normatively female bodies as well as partly establishing stereotypical, gendered dynamics in the romantic relationships. However, the study also showed that these films construction of the characters and their romantic relationships manages to subvert the above-mentioned norms. They do so by highlighting how corporeality is integral to the social construction of gender and not separate from that process, by critiquing monogamy being the normative type of romantic relationship and by exposing the male characters’ objectifying gaze towards female characters’ bodies. Through these transgressive examples and several others like them, the films display the subversive potential of science-fiction.

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The future workplace may not be a place just for human workers but will likely be filled with artificial intelligence, robots and agents being colleagues instead of tools. In some industries where a shortage of personal is a central issue, digitalization in various fields can be explored as a mean to help. This study aims to discover different aspects regarding a social agent that has been implemented at a dental clinic with a purpose to preform different tasks that is normally regarded as human tasks. By conducting interviews and observations it was possible to shine light at a variation of underlying factors to take in to consideration when implementing such an agent at a workplace.  The study showed that even if an agent is capable to help people with their questions and tasks many users chose other alternatives that did not include getting help from the agent but instead meant that they used other alternatives.

AbstractDenna uppsats belyser hur rekrytering av behandlingspersonal går till på sex HVB-hem (Hem för vård eller boende). Syftet var att undersöka vilka kompetenser som efterfrågades av cheferna. Frågeställningarna berör huruvida rekryteringsprocessen på HVB-hemmen vilar på vetenskaplig grund samt hur den slutgiltiga bedömningen av kandidaterna görs. Uppsatsen genomfördes med utgångspunkt i teorier om rekryteringsprocessen, kompetens, intelligens och personlighet. Sex chefer eller biträdande chefer intervjuades om rekryteringsprocessen på respektive HVB-hem. Resultaten visar att rekryteringsprocessen inte vilade på vetenskaplig grund utan på praxis och tidigare erfarenheter. Bedömningen av kandidaterna gjordes dels utifrån fastställda kriterier som utbildning, erfarenhet och personlighet men även utifrån chefernas magkänsla i samband med anställningsintervjuerna. De kompetenser som efterfrågades var personliga förmågor som personlig mognad, energisk och stabil samt sociala färdigheter som samarbetsförmåga, relationsskapande och muntlig kommunikation. Av resultaten framgår att framgångsrik rekrytering visserligen kan genomföras med begränsade insatser men ett systematiskt och mer omfattande förfarande som förespråkas i rekryteringslitteraturen ger dock större möjligheter att förutspå arbetsprestation och anställa rätt medarbetare. / <p>Abstract</p><p>This study shows the process of recruiting personnel at six HVB-institutions (Home for treatment and housing). The purpose of the study was to explore what competencies the managers were searching for when employing new personnel. The questions at issue were if the recruiting process was relying on scientific grounds and how the final evaluation of the candidates was made. The study was carried out on basis of theories on recruiting process, competencies, intelligence and personality. Six managers or assistant mangers were interviewed about the recruiting process at each institution. The results show that the recruiting process didn’t rely on scientific grounds but instead on practice and experience. The evaluation of the candidates was made partly on fixed criteria’s like education, experience and personality but also regarding the managers’ gut-feeling during the employment interview. The competencies required by the managers were personal abilities like personal maturity, energetic, stable and social skills like ability to cooperate, ability to form relations and verbal communication. The results show that successful recruitment can be carried out with limited work effort but a more structured and extensive procedure, as prescribed in recruitment literature, provides greater possibilities to predict work performance and hire the right co-worker.</p><p>Program: Organisations- och personalutvecklare i samhället</p>

This essay is investigating what type of sources we trust, depending on how the information in these sources is created and provided. To exemplify, the sources Wikipedia and Nationalencyklopedin (the Swedish National Encyclopedia) were used, each one representing different approaches. The first is a representation of the collective intelligence, where anyone can contribute with their knowledge to the public – freedom under responsibility. The latter represents peer-reviewed knowledge, desirable enough to have people paying for it– true and unaffected.Based on theories of source criticism, collective intelligence, expertise and the different generations of digital natives and digital immigrants, two focus groups were conducted and analysed. A group of upper secondary school students and a group of retirees were presented with encoded texts from both encyclopedias, which they analysed critically from their opinion on reliability and objectivity. Their reasoning shows a well demonstrated awareness of the need of a critical reasoning and information literacy when dealing with different sources. But the question remained, particularly in regards to the students, if they do after all practice these skills in their information retrieval. / Program: Bibliotekarie

Syftet med mitt arbete är att synliggöra vilka uppfattningar några lärare på gymnasiets estetiska program har om sin undervisning i tredimensionellt skapande i ämnet Bild. Studien beskriver också tredimensionellt skapande som ett språk bland andra språk som elever kan erövra, med stöd i konstnärlig forskning. Jag söker svar på tre forskningsfrågor. Vilken vikt uttalar lärarna att de lägger vid handens möte med materialet? Hur förhåller sig lärarna till att eleverna arbetar i grupp och tar del av andras läroprocesser i tredimensionellt skapande? Hur beskriver lärarna att de tar hand om elevernas kritiska moment i sina läroprocesser? Som datainsamlingsmetod har jag använt kvalitativa intervjuer. Empirin har tolkats utifrån ett hermeneutiskt synsätt där uttolkarens förförståelse spelar roll för mötet med empirin. Lärarnas uttalanden har sedan sammanställts till sex diskurser, enligt en socialkonstruktivistisk diskursmodell. Resultatet visar att eleverna enligt lärarnas utsagor har stora brister i sina spatiala förmågor då de kommer till skolan. Lärarna uttalar också att de är kluvna mellan att se eleverna som måluppfyllande eller som individer på väg mot ett konstnärligt eller praktisk yrke. Lärarna uttrycker att de uppvärderar ett lärande i grupp samt ett där skapande utifrån olika materials egenskaper är centralt. För att utveckla elevernas spatiala förmåga uttalar lärarna att de ger riktade hantverksuppgifter. Genom att balansera lust och utmaning uppger lärarna att de didaktiskt kan hantera de långa hantverkspass som krävs.

<p>In this thesis a new concept called domain knowledge management for informationproviding dialogue systems is introduced. Domain knowledge management includes issues related to representation and use of domain knowledge as well as access of background information sources, issues that previously have been incorporated in dialogue management.</p><p>The work on domain knowledge management reported in this thesis can be divided in two parts. On a general theoretical level, knowledge sources and models used for dialogue management, including domain knowledge management, are studied and related to the capabilities they support. On a more practical level, domain knowledge management is examined in the contexts of a dialogue system framework and a specific instance of this framework, the ÖTRAF system. In this system domain knowledge management is implemented in a separate module, a Domain Knowledge Manager.</p><p>The use of a specialised Domain Knowledge Manager has a number of advantages. The first is that dialogue management becomes more focused as it only has to consider dialogue phenomena, while domain-specific reasoning is handled by the Domain Knowledge Manager. Secondly, porting of a system to new domains is facilitated since domain-related issues are separated out in specialised domain knowledge sources. The third advantage with a separate module for domain knowledge management is that domain knowledge sources can be easily modified, exchanged, and reused.</p> / Report code: LiU-Tek-Lic-2001:27.