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81	What do the elderly demand? A study of the living environment in Storuman-, Sorsele and Vilhelmina municipality Scherbakova, Victoria January 2021 (has links) In sparsely populated municipalities, there is a large increase of elderly people in relation to people of working age. This will entail a great need for housing for the elderly, and at the same time resources for the care of the elderly. The aim for this study is to examine how older people within Storuman-, Sorsele and Vilhelmina municipality perceive their current housing and other forms of housing for the future, and also to analyze how the housing demand is met now or in the plans for future development within the municipalities. Interviews have been conducted with both elderly but also with people who work with housing issues within the municipalities. There are incentives that the demand of shared housing will increase. The elderly feel a lack of meeting places and they prefer shared forms of housing over regular apartments. The municipalities have different challenges and different housing supply and therefore they have different approaches and plans to cope with the future housing demand for elderly. Elderly Living environment Meeting places Rural areas Retirement home Home care Apartments Västerbotten county Storuman municipality Sorsele municipality Vilhelmina municipality Human Geography Kulturgeografi
82	"Oheliga" gravar : En studie om gravsättningar utanför kyrkogårdarna i Västerbottens län från och med Medeltid / "unholy" graves : A study of burials outside of the cemeteries in Västerbotten county from the Middle Ages onwards Dahl, Frida January 2024 (has links) This essay aims to contextualize the placement of deviant and atypical graves within the landscape of Västerbotten county in Sweden, in relation to the contemporary Christian cemeteries from the Middle Ages to the year 1960. To understand the need and reasoning for deviant and atypical graves from a religious standpoint several medieval laws are studied, such as the Cannon law of the Catholic church, the Swedish medieval landscape laws, and the Norwegian medieval regional laws. The revision and the annulment of the medieval laws are also taken into consideration to understand how the regulations surrounding deviant and atypical graves changes over time in Sweden and Norway. To build an understanding how deviant and atypical graves has been utilized in Västerbotten county throughout history, ethnographic and historical literature is studied. Geographical and historical contexts are also considered to contextualize the placement of the graves within the landscape. The placement of Churches and cemeteries within the landscape over time is also studied to understand how the need for atypical graves changed over time. Västerbotten county Norrland Northen Sweden Sápmi Grave sites Churchyards The Middle Ages Early modern time Västerbottens län Norrland Norra Sverige Sápmi Gravlämningar Kyrkogårdar Medeltid Tidig modern tid Archaeology Arkeologi
83	Ett tvådelat Norrland : En studie om grophus från stenåldern i mellersta Norrland. / A divided Norrland : A study on semi-subterranean houses from the stone age in the middle part of Norrland Karlsson, Simon January 2024 (has links) This study focuses on the semi-subterranean houses in northern Sweden, specifically in the counties Jämtland, Västerbotten and Västernorrland. The semi-subterranean houses were usedby hunter-gatherers and the houses date to the end of the Mesolithic and the Neolithic. In this study two separate types of semi-subterranean houses are being investigated. Both types of semi-subterranean houses are categorized as ‘settlement embankments’ (Sw. boplatsvall). Within the study one type is called ‘embankments of fire-cracked stones’ (Sw. skärvstensvall) which are situated in the interior part of Norrland, and the other type is called ‘embankmentsof gravel/sand’ (Sw. grusvall) which are mainly found in the coastal areas of Norrland. The purpose of this study is to investigate the number of individuals residing within the semi-subterranean houses. Cross-cultural studies based on ethnographic material is used to calculate how many individuals lived in each house. The cross-cultural study of floor area has resulted in a mean of how much space (6.1 m2) a prehistoric human needs in a dwelling. This number is used to calculate the number of individuals that lived in each house based on the size of the floor area. Another purpose of this study is to investigate if there are any differences between the embankments of fire-cracked stone and the embankments of gravel/sand. Are they simply different construction techniques or are there any other differences between them, such as size, social structure and chronology. Norrland Jämtland Västerbotten Västernorrland semi-subterranean house settlement embankment embankment of fire-cracked stones embankment of gravel/sand floor area the Mesolithic the Neolithic stone age ethnography ethnoarchaeology band society hunter-gatherer Norrland Jämtland Västerbotten Västernorrland grophus boplatsvall skärvstensvall grusvall golvyta mesolitikum neolitikum stenåldern etnografi etnoarkeologi bandsamhälle jägare och samlare Archaeology Arkeologi
84	”Det hör till vårt jobb!” : Utvärdering av Länsdelegationen i jämställdhet, Länsstyrelsen Västerbotten / "This is a part of our job!" : Evaluation of the County Delegation for Gender Equality in Västerbotten County Fridlund, Linda January 2015 (has links) Syftet är att ur ett kulturanalytiskt perspektiv beskriva och analysera Länsdelegationen i jämställdhet. Början av uppsatsen kan ses som ett bakgrundskapitel. Detta för att förstå uppkomsten av undersökningen. Där förklaras kort den svenska jämställdhetspolitiken, hur det strategiska arbetet sker genom jämställdhetsintegrering och Länsstyrelsens roll och arbete kring Länsdelegationen. Vidare behandlas hur delegationen arbetar med den avsiktsförklaring de tagit fram och hur de förhåller sig till den. Men också på hur delegaterna faktiskt ser på sitt deltagande, hur de arbetar med att införliva jämställdhetspolitiken i praktiken samt de svårigheter och möjligheter som kommer med arbetet i delegationen. Vidare diskuteras hur delegaterna ser på framtiden med sin medverkan och delegationens varande. Senare görs en kort jämförelse med hur förändringen gestaltat sig sedan delegationens start år 1997. Detta med hjälp av de två tidigare utvärderingarna från år 2000 och år 2006. I den avslutande diskussionen knyts uppsatsen ihop genom att besvara syftet med utvärderingen: att söka svar på hur delegationen arbetar och verkar med jämställdhetsarbetet. Till undersökningen valde jag att arbeta med två olika insamlingsmetoder, dels en webbenkät som gått ut till samtliga delegater i Länsdelegationen i jämställdhet, dels tre intervjuer med några av delegaterna. Jag har även studerat den avsiktsförklaring som togs fram för år 2014-2016 för att få kunskap om vad delegationen ska förhålla sig till. Jag har också använt två tidigare utvärderingar som gjorts av Länsdelegationen i jämställdhet samt den debattartikel som delegationen publicerade inför 2014 års nationella genusforskarkonferens, g14 som var förlagd till Umeå universitet. Slutsatserna i undersökningen är att Länsdelegationen främst verkar som en symbolisk faktor och många talar och skriver om att de vill bli en mer arbetande grupp och agera utåt och bidra till att Västerbotten ska bli ett jämställt län. Men det stannar av där, det blir tillsynes kanske inte mer än vackra ord i handlingsplanerna. The County Administrative Board County Delegation for Gender Equality gender policy organization theory organisational culture declaration of intent opportunity difficulty Länsstyrelsen Västerbotten Länsdelegationen i jämställdhet jämställdhetspolitik organisationsteori organisationskultur avsiktsförklaring möjligheter svårigheter
85	Mellan Torneå och Amsterdam : En undersökning av Stockholms roll som förmedlare av varor i regional- och utrikeshandel 1600-1650 / Between Torneå and Amsterdam. Stockholm´s role in Sweden´s regional and foreign trade, 1600–1650 Sandström, Åke January 1990 (has links) Diss. Stockholm : Univ. / Stockholm blir huvudstad Stockholm handelshistoria Östersjön export import tull tullar smuggling handelsregleringar bottniska handelstvånget handelsordinantia seglationsordning tjära beck koppar stångjärn pålepenning tolag stora sjötullen stapelstäder uppstäder stapelstadssystemet centralortsteori kronohandel Åland Västerbotten Österbotten Stormaktstiden Vasatiden History subjects Historieämnen Economic history Ekonomisk historia
86	Idén om ett jämlikt möte Ekholm, Rebecka January 2020 (has links) Denna essä är en del av ett projekt som utforskar verktyg och metoder för dokumentära berättelser om landsbygden, från ett perspektiv av en dokumentärfilmare utan tolkningsföreträde på platsen. Om maktstrukturer, fördomar, och plats som huvudkaraktär. Projektet består dels av den konstnärliga praktiken, och dels av filosofiska reflektioner på dessa ämnen, med en dokumentär kortfilm som utgångspunkt. idén om ett jämlikt möte rebecka ekholm möte jämlikt förutsättningslöst dokumentär dokumentärfilm stad land gledbygd landsbygd språk makt hierarki norrland västerbotten vormsele film konstnärlig forskning filosofi Humanities and the Arts Humaniora och konst Performing Arts Scenkonst
87	Holmöarna archipelago and its forgotten Iron Age period : Uncovering the past through morphology and GIS-analysis / Holmöarna skärgård och dess bortglömda järnålder : Avslöjning av forntiden genom morfologi och GIS-analys Bodén, Alexander January 2023 (has links) The geographical focus area of this essay is Holmöarna archipelago, which is a very large group of islands that are located a short distance to the east of the city Umeå, in northern Sweden, Västerbotten county. This essay is an attempt to uncover and provide knowledge regarding Holmöarna archipelago’s forgotten Iron Age period through the means of GIS-analysis, literary studies, a field visit, as well as morphological comparisons of ancient artefacts and monuments from the area. / Det geografiska fokusområdet i denna uppsats är Holmöarna skärgård, vilket är en mycket stor ögrupp som är lokaliserad ett kort avstånd öster om staden Umeå, i norra Sverige, Västerbottens län. Denna uppsats är ett försök att avslöja och förse information som har med Holmöarna skärgårds bortglömda järnålder att göra. Detta sker med hjälp av GIS-analyser, litterära studier, ett fältbesök, samt morfologiska jämförelser av artefakter och fornlämningar från området Holmön Holmöarna archipelago Västerbotten Umeå Iron Age landscape archaeology settlement archaeology computational archaeology Sweden northern Sweden hut foundation cooking/storage pit cairn labyrinth compass rose seamark fishing village Archaeology Arkeologi
88	Diet, Emission and Diabetes : A treelet transform pattern analysis on Västerbotten Intervention Program Jemberie, Wossenseged Birhane January 2018 (has links) Objective: Researches which studied the relation of dietary greenhouse gas emissions with health outcomes are few, inconsistent and most of them are modelling studies which have not investigated empiric dietary emission patterns. In this study, we employ a posteriori data dimension reduction method, treelet transform, to identify dietary and diet related emission patterns concurrently. We aim to evaluate if these patterns are correlated, if they areassociated with diabetes and if emission patterns can be used as a proxy for dietary patterns for assessment of association with diabetes. Design: Food items from dietary questionnaire were aggregated to 34 food groups. GHGE was estimated by linking food intakes with life cycle assessment data on emission. Dietary and emission patterns were identified by employing treelet transform on food intake and corresponding greenhouse gas emission data. Multivariate logistic regression was performed to investigate associations between quintiles of dietary patterns and diabetes. Adjusted mean values of emission estimates were obtained for the identified dietary patterns. Adjusted proportions of diabetes across quintiles of emission patterns were computed. Setting: Västerbotten Intervention Program Subjects: women (n 38,118); men (n 36,042) between the age of 35 and 65 years Results: Four dietary and four corresponding emission patterns in women, five dietary and five corresponding emission patterns in men were identified. Moderate to strong correlations were observed between dietary and corresponding emission patterns. Prudent dietary pattern (PP) in women was inversely associated with dysglycemia [ORQ5 vs. Q1 = 0.82 (95% CI 0.69—0.97, Ptrend =0.003)]. PP in women was also inversely associated with diabetes [ORQ5 vs.Q1 = 0.37 (95% CI 0.17—0.78, Ptrend = 0.002)]. However, adherence to this dietary pattern was associated with higher dietary emission. Finally, none of the corresponding emission patterns, were associated with adjusted proportions of either dysglycemia or diabetes. Conclusion: Treelet transform produces correlated dietary and emission patterns which are sparse and easily interpretable. However, some differences in loading structures between dietary and emission patterns result in different conclusion regarding the association with diabetes, rendering the usage of emission patterns as proxies of dietary patterns inappropriate. Results from our study also show that healthy dietary patterns do not necessarily reduce greenhouse gas emission.
89	Contested Landscapes/Contested Heritage : history and heritage in Sweden and their archaeological implications concerning the interpretation of the Norrlandian past Loeffler, David January 2005 (has links) <p>This case study explores how geo-political power structures influence and/or determine the conception, acceptance and maintenance of what is considered to be valid archaeological knowledge. The nature of this contingency is exemplified through an examination of how the prehistory of Norrland, a region traditionally considered and portrayed as peripheral vis-à-vis the centre-South, was interpreted and presented by Swedish archaeologists during the 20th century. This contextual situation is analysed through the implementation of three interrelated and complimentary perspectives;</p><p>1) The relationship between northern and southern Sweden is examined using concepts concerning the nature of colonialism, resulting in the formulation of 20 particulars that typify the colonial experience, circumstances that characterise the historical, and unequal, association that has existed between these two regions for the last 600 years.</p><p>2) Ideals of national identity and heritage as manufactured and employed by the kingdom and later by the nation-state, with the assistance of antiquarianism, archaeology and/or centralised cultural management, are outlined. The creation of these various concepts have reinforced and perpetuated the colonial and asymmetrical association between what has naturally come to be viewed as the peripheral-North and the centre-South.</p><p>3) A century of archaeological research into the Norrlandian past is studied using the concepts ‘thoughtstyle’ and ‘thought-collective’ as devised by Ludwik Fleck. This analysis disclosed a persistent set of reoccurring explanations that have constantly been invoked when interpreting and presenting the prehistory of Norrland. This archaeological thought-style has normalised the unbalanced power relationship between North and South that has existed for the last 600 years by projecting it far back into the prehistoric past.</p><p>This case study has demonstrated that archaeologists, unless acutely aware of the historical context in which they themselves move and work, risk legitimising debilitating economic and political power relationships in the present through their study and presentation of the past.</p> Archaeology Scandinavia Sweden Norrland Norrbotten Västerbotten Lappland Ångermanland Medelpad Jämtland Härjedalen Hälsingland Gästrikland history prehistory archaeology philosophy antiquarianism heritage cultural management identity Fleck thought-collective thought-style colonialism colony periphery hinterland kingdom empire industrialism nationalism romanticism Sámi Stone Age Mesolithic Neolithic semi-subterranean dwelling typology C14 shoreline displacement Arkeologi Archaeology subjects Arkeologiämnen
90	Contested Landscapes/Contested Heritage : history and heritage in Sweden and their archaeological implications concerning the interpretation of the Norrlandian past Loeffler, David January 2005 (has links) This case study explores how geo-political power structures influence and/or determine the conception, acceptance and maintenance of what is considered to be valid archaeological knowledge. The nature of this contingency is exemplified through an examination of how the prehistory of Norrland, a region traditionally considered and portrayed as peripheral vis-à-vis the centre-South, was interpreted and presented by Swedish archaeologists during the 20th century. This contextual situation is analysed through the implementation of three interrelated and complimentary perspectives; 1) The relationship between northern and southern Sweden is examined using concepts concerning the nature of colonialism, resulting in the formulation of 20 particulars that typify the colonial experience, circumstances that characterise the historical, and unequal, association that has existed between these two regions for the last 600 years. 2) Ideals of national identity and heritage as manufactured and employed by the kingdom and later by the nation-state, with the assistance of antiquarianism, archaeology and/or centralised cultural management, are outlined. The creation of these various concepts have reinforced and perpetuated the colonial and asymmetrical association between what has naturally come to be viewed as the peripheral-North and the centre-South. 3) A century of archaeological research into the Norrlandian past is studied using the concepts ‘thoughtstyle’ and ‘thought-collective’ as devised by Ludwik Fleck. This analysis disclosed a persistent set of reoccurring explanations that have constantly been invoked when interpreting and presenting the prehistory of Norrland. This archaeological thought-style has normalised the unbalanced power relationship between North and South that has existed for the last 600 years by projecting it far back into the prehistoric past. This case study has demonstrated that archaeologists, unless acutely aware of the historical context in which they themselves move and work, risk legitimising debilitating economic and political power relationships in the present through their study and presentation of the past. Archaeology Scandinavia Sweden Norrland Norrbotten Västerbotten Lappland Ångermanland Medelpad Jämtland Härjedalen Hälsingland Gästrikland history prehistory archaeology philosophy antiquarianism heritage cultural management identity Fleck thought-collective thought-style colonialism colony periphery hinterland kingdom empire industrialism nationalism romanticism Sámi Stone Age Mesolithic Neolithic semi-subterranean dwelling typology C14 shoreline displacement Arkeologi Archaeology subjects Arkeologiämnen

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