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1	Hjärtat av en sann student : First curators, performativity and reproducing tradition at an Uppsala Student Nation May, Kaitlin January 2022 (has links) In the city of Uppsala, Sweden the experiences of the student population are very connected to the world of the student nations. This study explores the position of first curator at a student nation as the leader of the student societies hierarchy and how their position influences the production of community and tradition. In this study I present ethnographic research focused on the experiences of the first curator and their role within the nation. This included extended periods of participant observation, in person and digital interviews, and consultation of media connected to the nations. The primary theoretical perspectives utilized in my analysis are performativity and embodiment as used by Judith Butler, in addition to theories concerning tradition and ritualization. I also reference theory concerning norms and social capital as part of my discussions about the structure and practices of the nation community. The figure of the first curator represents both a unique subjective person, while also embodying and representing the spirit, traditions, and goals of a student organization and community. It is simultaneously an individual and shared experience. Through performativity they are repeating the norms, traditions, and social values of the community, and through this they embody the experience of the nation, being both impactful and impacted. The COVID-19 pandemic influenced this research through the way it interrupted and disrupted the normative practices and traditions of the nations and led to curators reflecting and changing their approach to how they facilitated events as a leader. This reaction and adaptation led to a larger conclusion about the disruption affected the whole of the student nations and their concerns about the continuity of social knowledge and its potential in their community structure. The analysis and conclusions presented in this study contribute to anthropological and humanities literature on performativity, embodiment, the production of tradition, as well as the study of student societies and specifically the knowledge of the student nations in Uppsala. Student nations student life nation life first curators performativity embodiment tradition ritual ritualization repetition norms generational continuity Uppsala Sweden Other Humanities not elsewhere specified Övrig annan humaniora Social Anthropology Socialantropologi
2	En mobilapplikation som presenterar hur fullt det är på Uppsalas studentnationer Bergman, Ida, Bevemyr, Lisa, Kadir, Avin, Lorentzen, Beatrice January 2020 (has links) Uppsala's student life largely consists of the student nations. The student nations are required to count the number of guests due to fire safety and to meet the regulations from the Public Health Agency of Sweden concerning the current pandemic. This report presents how a mobile application that shows if the student nations are calm, active, crowded, or full was created. The students in Uppsala can use the application to aid the decision of where they want to go, and the nations can use it to count the number of guests. By using this application, the nations are encouraged to keep track of the number of guests continuously and therefore contribute to a more safe environment in the student life of Uppsala. The vision for the application is to be reliable, user friendly, and have a quick response time. This was evaluated through several user experience metrics. During the performed user tests it came to our attention that the application was overall easy to use, had good functionality and that the user interface was minimalistic as well as appealing. However, some of the initial specifications of requirements were not fulfilled, and it appeared that some aspects of the application called for improvements to fulfill these requirements. / Uppsalas studentliv består till stor del av studentnationer. Nationer är skyldiga att veta hur många gäster som befinner sig i deras lokaler på grund av brandsäkerhet och för att följa Folkhälsomyndighetens föreskrifter angående den nuvarande pandemin. Den här rapporten presenterar hur en mobilapplikation skapades som visar om det är lugnt, aktivt, trångt eller fullt på studentnationerna. Uppsalas studenter kan använda applikationen för att underlätta i beslutet om var de vill gå, och nationerna kan använda den för att räkna antalet gäster. När nationerna använder applikationen uppmanas de att hålla koll på antalet besökare kontinuerligt och på så sätt bidra till en säkrare tillvaro för studenter i Uppsala. Visionen är att applikationen ska upplevas som pålitlig, användarvänlig och ha snabb responstid. Detta utvärderades genom användbarhetstester. Under dessa uppmärksammades det att applikationen totalt sett var enkel att använda, hade god funktionalitet och att användargränssnittet var minimalistiskt samt tilltalande. En del av de ursprungliga krav som sattes upp uppfylldes däremot inte, och vissa aspekter av applikationen kräver förbättringar för att uppfylla dessa krav. nations Uppsala's nations nation student nations mobile application app application crowd status indication status Uppsala's student life Uppsala student life digitization digitize calculator nationer Uppsalas nationer nation studentnationer mobilapplikation app applikation folkmängd statusindikation status Uppsalas studentliv Uppsala studentliv digitalisering digitalisera handräknare Engineering and Technology Teknik och teknologier

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Hjärtat av en sann student : First curators, performativity and reproducing tradition at an Uppsala Student Nation

En mobilapplikation som presenterar hur fullt det är på Uppsalas studentnationer