This project explores a reinterpretation process of a deindustrial site through landscape architecture. By using the industrial process to guide the formation of the landscape, spaces, and experiences, a semi-abandoned industrial site is transformed into a cultural park. The purpose of the project is to articulate the intriguing qualities of a deindustrial site and respond to them through a design process that is sensitive to the history and character of the site, while allowing contemporary uses and experiences to evolve.

Ο 20ος αιώνας θεωρείται ως ο αιώνας της ακμής αλλά και του τέλους της βιομηχανικής κοινωνίας, ενώ ο 21ος ως η απαρχή μιας καινούργιας εποχής η οποία κυριαρχείται από μια νέα μορφή οικονομικής και κοινωνικής οργάνωσης και λειτουργίας. Η νέα αυτή μορφή της κοινωνίας χαρακτηρίζεται ως Κοινωνία της Γνώσης. Το νόημα, όμως, που λαμβάνει το εκφώνημα Κοινωνία της Γνώσης δεν αφορά σε μία μορφωτική διαδικασία που απευθύνεται σε όλα τα μέλη της κοινωνίας και συνιστά συλλογική ευθύνη της κρατικά οργανωμένης κοινωνίας. Η ανάδυση αυτού του νέου τύπου κοινωνίας σχετίζεται άμεσα με το πέρασμα από τις βιομηχανικές κοινωνίες στις μεταβιομηχανικές και τις αλλαγές που εκτυλίσσονται όσον αφορά τις βασικές αξίες τους, την κοινωνική και πολιτική δομή τους καθώς και τους βασικούς θεσμούς τους. Η παρούσα Διπλωματική Εργασία έχει ως στόχο να διερευνήσει το ρόλο της γνώσης στις μεταβιομηχανικές κοινωνίες μέσα από τις απόψεις τόσο των υπέρμαχων της Κοινωνίας της Γνώσης όσο και των υπερασπιστών του προτάγματος του Διαφωτισμού ώστε να καταδειχθεί στο τέλος η ανάγκη για μια γενική παιδεία έναντι της απόλυτης εξειδίκευσης. / The 20th century is considered as the century of prosperity and the end of industrial society, and the 21st as the beginning of a new era dominated by a new form of economic and social organization and operation. This new form of society is characterized as a knowledge society. The point, however, received the Society of Knowledge broadcasters does not relate to a cultural process that appeals to all members of society and a collective responsibility of government organized society. The emergence of this new type of society is directly related to the transition from post-industrial societies and the changes taking place in basic values, social and political structure and the key institutions. The present thesis aims to investigate the role of knowledge in postindustrial societies through the views of proponents of the knowledge society and the defenders of the Enlightenment project to show in the end the need for a general education versus absolute specialization .

Tidigare forskning visar att två huvudsakliga faktorer som leder till förändring är framväxande innovation på marknaden och teknologin. Digitaliseringen ökar förändringstakten i både samhället och organisationer vilket ställer nya krav. Tidigare forskning visar också att förändringsarbete i organisationen är svårt att genomföra. Forskning om digitaliseringen inom ekonomi- och managementområdet är begränsad men visar att digitaliseringen har påverkat organisationer och därför har den här studien fokuserat på hur organisationen har påverkats. Syftet med studien är att undersöka hur digitaliseringen har påverkat organisationer med avseende på arbetsprocesser och organisationsstruktur. För att uppnå syftet med studien har en kvalitativ metod använts där elva chefer från åtta olika organisationer har intervjuats. För att få en förståelse för hur digitaliseringen har påverkat organisationer har vi utvecklat en teoretisk referensram. Studien utgår från centrala teorier som behandlar digitalisering, kunskap- och tjänstesamhället, organisationsförändringar samt institutionalisering. Analysen bygger på jämförelser mellan teori och insamlad empiri. Utifrån analysen är vår slutsats att digitaliseringen har förändrat organisationer genom en ökad automatisering av arbetsprocesser. Även kundkraven har förändrats vilket ställer nya krav på tillgänglighet, flexibilitet och ett ökat digitalt utbud. Det i sin tur har förändrat organisationsstrukturen och arbetsprocesser då nya yrkesroller har framkommit som har mer fokus på kunden, utveckling och förändring. / Previous research has shown that the two predominant factors contributing to change management are emerging technologies and market innovations. Digitalization increases the rate of change in both society and in organizations thus continually putting new demands on them both. Previous research also demonstrates that organizational change is hard to implement. Research on digitalization within the fields of Economics and Management is limited but still shows that digitalization has influenced organizations. This study, therefore, focuses on how organizations have been effected by digitalization. The purpose of this study is to examine how digitalization has impacted upon the work processes and organizational structures of an organization. To this end, the study is based on qualitative methodology in which eleven managers from eight different organizations where interviewed. To get an understanding of how digitalization has effected these organizations we have developed a theoretical frame of reference. The study draws on relevant theories that discuss digitalization, knowledge- and service-society, organizational change and institutionalization. The analysis is based on comparisons between theory and empirical data. From the analysis we draw the conclusion that digitalization has changed the organizations through increased automation of work processes. What’s more, customer demands have changed, placing new demands on availability, flexibility and increased digital offers. This, in turn has changed the organizational structure and work processes by creating new job roles that focus on the customer, development and change.

Selected quarries and adjacent areas of xerophilous grassland in Bohemian karst were examined for the presence of velvet spider burrows. Selected microhabitat valuables were collected and their significance for ladybird spider analyzed.

SOUZA , David Britto de. A subjetividade maquínica em Guattari. 2008. 125 f. Dissertação (Mestrado em Psicologia) – Universidade Federal do Ceará, Departamento de Psicologia, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Psicologia, Fortaleza-CE, 2008. / Submitted by moises gomes (celtinha_malvado@hotmail.com) on 2012-01-05T13:38:19Z No. of bitstreams: 1 2008_dis_DBDSouza.PDF: 763408 bytes, checksum: 5d1a290d8b9c1d542e979981a0087f03 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Maria Josineide Góis(josineide@ufc.br) on 2012-03-08T13:30:51Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 2008_dis_DBDSouza.PDF: 763408 bytes, checksum: 5d1a290d8b9c1d542e979981a0087f03 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2012-03-08T13:30:51Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 2008_dis_DBDSouza.PDF: 763408 bytes, checksum: 5d1a290d8b9c1d542e979981a0087f03 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2008-09-30 / This work intents to address two main themes:1) At large, we aim to explain the concept of ‘machinic subjectivity’ coined by Felix Guattari; 2) In a more specific way we tried to analyse the contributions that this concept brings to the understanding of the subjectivity in a more social and wide way considering the heterogeneity not-human, machinic of this production, fact that is strongly noted on the postindustrial capitalism. We have demonstrated that the production of subjectivity is the base industry of this period e the breaking possible points found by Guattari that have been possible by the technological advancements and the forms of social organization of this period. Before the massification and homogenization of subjectivity production the guattarian theory propose a singular and autonomy production from a ethic-esthetic paradigm based on his concept of ecosophy that propose an articulation ethic-politic of subjectivity, social and environment. The subjectivity is machinic it means that it is a production from socius through heterogenic elements such as social relations, technological and invisible machines, aesthetic field, the economy, the politics etc. Through the concepts of micro-politics, autopoiesis and post-media we saw how a production of subjectivity can be more close to autonomy and singularity / A presente pesquisa se propôs a dois objetivos principais: 1) Um geral, que será expor o conceito de subjetividade maquínica de Felix Guattari; 2) e um outro, mais específico, que pretende analisar as contribuições deste conceito para uma compreensão mais social e ampla da subjetividade, levando em consideração a heterogeneidade não-humana, maquínica, desta produção, fato este que se evidencia fortemente no capitalismo pós-industrial. Mostramos como a produção de subjetividade é a indústria de base deste pe-ríodo e os pontos de ruptura possíveis encontrados por Guattari, proporcionados pelos avanços tecnológicos e as formas de organização social característicos deste período. Frente à massificação e homogeneização da produção de subjetividade, a teoria guatta-riana propõe uma produção singularizante e autônoma, a partir de um paradigma ético-estético, baseada em seu conceito de ecosofia, o qual propõe uma articulação ético-política da subjetividade, do social e do ambiental. A subjetividade é maquínica, ou seja, é produzida no socius através de elementos heterogêneos como as relações sociais, as máquinas tecnológicas, as máquinas incorporais, o âmbito estético, a economia, a política etc. Através dos conceitos de micropolítica, autopoiese e pós-mídia vimos as indicações de como é possível uma produção de subjetividade mais autônoma e singular.

This M. A. Thesis evaluates the Geography of Industry in the post-industrial period. It focuses on the development of the world economy during this period with an emphasis on industrial production. Based on these findings, identifies the main trends in industrial production in this period. Of these major trends are then selected those that are enough significant to have been selected for practical implementation in teaching at primary and secondary schools. The practical part of this M. A. Thesis are new teaching materials according to current trends in industrial production, that were created after detailed analysis of already available teaching materials for elementary schools. These materials are presented in the form of instructional text, worksheets and digital educational material for the interactive Smart boards.

Socially (un)sustainable urban planning – concerning social sustainability as ideology in the discourse of urban planning. This thesis deals with the subject of social sustainability within the context of urban planning. The study is based on interviews with several participants that consist of public officials and politicians in the municipality of Norrköping, Sweden. The purpose of the study is to analyze and problematize social sustainability as a concept in relation to the modern post-industrial city and its role as a feature on the urban planning agenda. The analysis takes the methodological approach of Critical discourse analysis (CDA) in order to frame the ideas and opinions of the participants as parts of a discourse of urban planning, and how the discursive synthesis can be conceived in terms of ideology. The results describe a picture of Norrköping, with its industrial history and contemporary challenges, as a city in need of a new basis for economic growth in order to pave the way for the social dimension of sustainable development. This predicament serves as the discursive motive for the planning’s increased focus on place branding and urban attractiveness. Another discursive element emphasizes mixed forms of tenure on the housing market, as well as public spaces and venues as essential features in the socially sustainable city. The thesis concludes in highlighting the discourse’s role in reproducing a neoliberal ideology on the area of urban planning.

The thesis studies possibilities of restructuring of post-industrial cities by closely following and comparing the restructuring efforts of two cities located in the U.S. Midwest, Detroit and Pittsburgh. It studies the consequences of globalizing economy on the area of so- called Rust-Belt, as well as the impacts of the federal urban policies on the older industrial cities located in this area. Through deindustrialization of their economies, both Detroit and Pittsburgh suffered from similar problems, such as depopulation, unemployment, factory closure, and urban decline. Therefore to evaluate the level of success of the cities' transformation, the thesis compares their demographic and economic development. The last two chapter of the thesis provide assessment of Detroit's and Pittsburgh's transformation efforts by focusing on the urban planning and economic restructuralization strategies.

Representation, process, experience: (post)industrial landscape in anthropological-geographical perspective Abstract The main topic of the dissertation is the (post)industrial landscape of what is today the Czech Republic. In particular, the dissertation presents three case studies of three (post)industrial landscapes: that of Ostrava, Kladno and Most. The aim of the dissertation is twofold - thematic as well as theoretical. As far as the thematic focus of the dissertation goes, the author employs the concept of landscape as a prism through which it is possible to explore large societal shifts and changes as they are mirrored in landscape. The question is what has happened to industrial landscape after the fall of socialism and how industrial landscape has turned into what it is now. On the theoretical level, the (post)industrial landscape of contemporary Czechia is used as a means of exploring the complexity of the concept of landscape and developing a conceptualization of landscape that comes to terms with its complexity, ambiguity and elusiveness. In terms of theory, the dissertation engages with three ways of conceptualising landscape prevalent in contemporary anthropology and (new cultural) geography: landscape as representation, process and experience. To explore them in depth and reveal any...

Diploma thesis brings a possible way of transformation of an old decaying garden centre into new residential and commercial quarter, connected with the surroundings fluently. Proposal interprets former industrial environment of the garden company and complete the nearest parts of the town by the well-structured and graded public space. Project restores the type of suburban market hall.