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I uppsatsen studeras vilka förändringar och effekter Krami bidrar med och om detta resulterar i att förbättra livsvillkoren för före detta kriminella personer som deltar i Krami. Krami är en samverkan mellan Kriminalvården, Arbetsförmedlingen och kommunen och syftar till att etablera tidigare dömda personer på arbetsmarknaden. Arbetsprocessen i denna uppsats består av en kvalitativ inriktning med en hermeneutisk metodansats. Empirin har insamlats genom åtta stycken semistrukturerade djupintervjuer som genomförts med före detta deltagare från Krami Halland och Krami Blekinge. Den teoretiska referensramen i denna uppsats har bestått av Michel Foucaults makt teori, Axel Honneths teori om erkännande och Johan Asplund teori om social responsivetet. Resultatet av de åtta intervjuerna visar att livsvillkoren har förbättrats markant genom att deltagarna i Krami har inkluderats i samhället med hjälp av utbildning och arbete. Detta har resulterat i att de har blivit självförsörjande och har ett helt annat perspektiv på livet än vad de tidigare hade. Intervjupersonerna har genomgått en självförändringsprocess från att vara kriminell till före detta kriminell och som vissa beskriver en vanlig ”Svensson”. / The paper examines what changes and effects Krami contributes to and whether this results in improving the living conditions of former criminal persons participating in Krami. Krami is a collaboration between the Prison and Probation Service, the Swedish Public Employment Service and the municipality and aims to establish previously convicted persons in the labor market. The work process in this study consists of a qualitative approach with a hermeneutic method. The empire has been collected through eight semi-structured in-depth interviews conducted with former participants from Krami Halland and Krami Blekinge. The theoretical frame of reference in this study has consisted of Michel Foucault's power Theory, Axel Honneth's Theory of recognition and Johan Asplund's Theory of social responsiveness. The results of the eight interviews show that the living conditions have improved markedly for the participants in Krami by being included in society, with the help of education and work. This has resulted in them becoming self-sufficient and having a completely different perspective on life than they previously had. The respondents have undergone a self-change process from being a criminal to a former criminal and finally, as some describe an ordinary "Svensson".

In response to criticism on the concept of "unlearning", we suggested that unlearning on an individual level should be defined as the reduction of the influence of old knowledge on cognitive and/or behavioural processes. In this article, we apply a systems thinking perspective on this definition to explore how far this kind of unlearning can possibly go and what happens if this process is inward-directed, i.e. affects the cognitive and behavioural patterns that define who we are. We take a knowledge perspective on the concept of the self and suggest that unlearning could trigger a disequilibrium, which in turn, enables a deep learning process and guides us to what is referred to as ideal or best version of the self. This does not only have implications for the individual level but it can initiate fundamental change processes in organizations.

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An increasing number of people are turning to online blogging communities devoted to self-change for smoking, shopping, and other behaviors. To understand processes underlying effective self-change, the current project tracked the language and social dynamics of a dieting blog community using computerized text analysis. Three research questions were asked: What predicts weight loss in blogs? What changes in blogging predict weight loss? Can we predict dropping out or successful weight loss based on the first two entries? A community of blogs devoted to weight loss was examined (n = 2530). Most bloggers were female, and on average, around 30 years old, approximately 200 pounds, with a goal weight of about 140 pounds. A sample of blogs by females that had blogged at least 15 entries within the first 15 weeks of blogging resulted in a total of 186 blogs, representing over 9,200 entries for analysis. Computerized text analysis was used to examine language for rates of self-focus, emotionality, cognitive processing, keeping food diaries, and social support. Rates of blogging were assessed by word counts, number of active weeks, and mean entries per week. Social support was assessed through the use of social words, the size of the social network, along with the positivity and negativity of the comments. The discrepancy between start and goal weight was also assessed. The results suggested that having larger weight loss goals and blogging about personal events was a more effective weight loss strategy than keeping an online food intake diary. The degree to which bloggers were socially integrated with the blog community was found to be a potent predictor of weight loss. Online components of behavioral treatment programs could encourage dieters to browse and comment on other dieters’ progress, and to share personal narratives rather than simply focusing on the benefits of food intake diaries, nutrition, and exercise. The current project points to the power of computerized text analytic tools to address important theoretical and practical social psychological issues that are evolving on the internet. Specifically, language analysis methods can identify which dimensions of blogging communities can help or hinder self-change processes. / text