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The purpose of this essay is to investigate why a group of young adults, living in the village of Järvsö in Hälsingland, choose to live their lives according to the ideals attributed to the peasantry in the early 19th century. The essay examines what gives them inspiration for their way of living and the driving forces behind their choices.   The theoretical starting points of the study are production of cultural heritage, nostalgia and performance studies. The study is based on interviews with young adults, and the older generation that inspires them, living in Järvsö, as well as participant observations and media coverage.   The examination of how the cultural heritage has been produced in 2018 gives an insight into the everyday life of those who choose to live by these ideals today in Järvsö and how it has shaped and affected how Järvsö is presented to the outside world.   The study concludes that the ideals that the young adults strive for are to live as environmentally friendly as possible. The inspiration comes from stories about people who lived during the 19th century and the aesthetics attributed to the folk culture. They use folk culture that includes stories, folk music, folk dance, folk costumes, crafts and games and reshape these expressions and adapt them to a contemporary life in the 21st century.   Because the decorated farmhouses of Hälsingland have been declared world heritage, there is also an authenticity guarantee which gives the interviewees legitimacy for their life choices and confirmation of the importance of passing these folk traditions on to future generations.

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I denna uppsats studeras och diskuteras 474 insändare i tidningen Ute och Hemma, skrivna till sjömän av deras anhöriga under andra världskriget. Insändarna är ett intressant exempel på ett offentligt forum, där textförfattarna var tvungen att förhålla sig till en större läsarskara än bara den direkta adressaten, men utgör också ett material ur vilket man kan teckna en bild av Sverige under perioden. Värdet i den situationsbaserade gemenskapen löper som en röd tråd genom insändarnas berättelser, värdet i kamratskapet på havet framgår lika tydligt som solidariteten inom de hemmavarandes sociala nätverk. De hemmavarandes relation till tid diskuteras också, i insändarna görs den till någonting materiellt, ett objekt att konkret förhålla sig till. Fotografiets materialitet framstår också som en värdefull resurs för de hemmavarande som bland annat ser det som en ställföreträdare för den utreste sjömannen och genom dess autenticitet manifesteras familjeenheten med hjälp av fotografiet. Även könsreglerade skillnader, såsom synen på kvinnans respektive mannens arbete samt väntan, synliggörs i insändarna. Kvinnans ansträngningar kategoriseras inte som arbete i texterna, samtidigt som mannens väntan inte diskuteras eller syns på samma sätt som kvinnans. Slutligen diskuteras krigets närvaro i insändarna, då med ordet ”krig” som exempel. Ordet förekommer inte förrän krigets slut varför det tycks vara ett slags språkligt tabu trots att konsekvenser av det – torpederingar, ransoneringar och insändarna i sig själva – är en ständigt närvarande och omtalad faktor i texterna. Insändarna blev därför en kanal för de hemmavarande genom vilken de kunde övervinna den rumsliga distansen och återknyta familjen och visar sig samtidigt vara ett givande källmaterial för historiska studier då det återger de hemmavarandes röster och berättelser från ett förstahandsperspektiv.

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Tez (Yüksek Lisans) - Süleyman Demirel Üniversitesi, Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü, Maliye Anabilim Dalı, 2008. / Bibliyografya var.

Forskning inom andraspråksinlärning har visat att inlärares grammatiska kompetens kan beskrivas utifrån CAF, ett ramverk som innefattar tre dimensioner av performans: komplexitet (eng. complexity), korrekthet (eng. accuracy) och flyt (eng. fluency). Dessa tre dimensioner undersöks utifrån mått som mäter olika språkliga strukturer och fenomen. Sådana studier har genomförts internationellt men det saknas liknande forskning i en svensk kontext. Syftet med föreliggande undersökning är att analysera den skriftliga performansen hos vuxna inlärare av svenska som andraspråk för att kunna avgöra det bästa tillvägagångssättet för en undersökning av skriftlig språkutveckling hos avancerade inlärare. Närmare bestämt utreds hur de olika måtten förhåller sig till varandra, hur de skiljer sig åt beroende på inlärarens språkfärdighetsnivå och hur de utvecklas under ca en termins språkstudier. De 44 undersökta texterna är skrivna av 22 inlärare indelade i två språkfärdighetsnivåer (motsvarande B2 respektive C1 på GERS-skalan) inom ramen för deras deltagande i intensiv språkundervisning av akademisk svenska. I undersökningen analyserades texterna utifrån mått på produktivitet, korrekthet och komplexitet. Resultaten, som delvis stämmer överens med tidigare forskning, visar att komplexitet, både lexikal och syntaktisk, utvecklas signifikant över tid samt att produktivitet och syntaktisk komplexitet visar på signifikanta skillnader mellan de två språkfärdighetsnivåerna. Inga signifikanta korrelationer fanns mellan produktivitet, korrekthet och komplexitet men signifikanta korrelationer sågs mellan olika komplexitetsmått och mellan olika korrekthetsmått. Utifrån diskussionen om undersökningens resultat presenteras en rad överväganden som bör göras vid framtida studier, vilket lägger grunden för framtida forskning utifrån CAF-ramverket inom svenska som andraspråk.

In the Swedish peasant society, the church was an important venue. In areas were the church in the parish was located nearby a lake, the easiest way to reach the church was by boat. This was the case in several parishes around the lake Siljan in the province Dalarna, which is the focal point of this study. The villages were large, and the villagers would organise themselves in large boats, so called church-boats. Due to technological innovations, as one important aspect, there were no longer any need for the church-boats at the time of the turn of the 20th century. Some decades into the new century the old boats were once again taken into use and new boats of the same type were taken into production. In 1936 an organized racing competition with church-boats was initiated, and this still lives on today. This study examines the contemporary customs surrounding church-boats on Siljan in the character of competition as well as journeys to the church. The main part of the material is collected through ethnological fieldwork, conducted through interviews and observation/participant-observation, supplemented with a wide range of other material such as internet sources as well as textual and visual material. Aspects that are highlighted is the different characters of the custom, how the custom today is expressed in relation to the past, how local identity is expressed through the custom and what role its performers see for the custom today and for the future. One aspect that is highlighted is the stagnated interest in the usage of the church-boats but narratives with a positive tone are given room as well. A crucial proposition of the study is how the custom in its era as revitalized cultural heritage is filled with new values. Its historical purpose is no longer of relevance and today the usage of the church-boats comes with other purposes such as a cultural historical interest, tourism and sport. It is also shown how changes and preservation both serves as necessary components for the further existence of the cultural heritage. Crucial theoretical frameworks that is used, apart from cultural heritage and revitalization, are performance and nostalgia.

Ever since the beginning, museums around the world have tried using different techniques to attract visitors. Some open-air museums have even started to create small worlds of their own, wherein they perform living history. The idea is that visitors will be able to step into history, and see different time periods with their own eyes. A prime example of an open-air museum that uses this kind of concept, is Skansen in Stockholm. There, visitors can walk around on cobblestone streets and go into old houses, where they are greeted by staff in historical clothing. This thesis examines how Skansen uses performance and historical clothing to teach history, in the quest to create an immersive experience for the visitors. The empirical material consists of observations and interviews with staff at Skansen, as well as visitors. Drawing upon Richard Schechners definition of performance theory, different parts of Skansen are dissected to determine how museums can use this kind of method in order to appeal to visitors.    Furthermore, the historical clothing is used as a reference point to gather and analyze the thoughts and experiences of the staff and visitors at Skansen. It became apparent that clothes can help you feel like a part of history, both in the sense that it makes you look different and move your body differently. This highlights how clothing can affect people’s bodies and minds. In that way, we see the relationship between humans and objects, and how they interact in different settings. The interviews also showed that people can have different approaches to the performance aspect. While some appreciate the playful nature of stepping into a role, others can feel uneasy about playing pretend. Nonetheless, many of the staff members stressed that they use the historical clothing to create a new persona, which separates their work life from their free time. This shows that clothing and performance can be used as tools in working environments, in order to protect one’s integrity.