This is a report concerning the body of artwork I have formulated in the last two of my three years spent as a graduate student in the M.F.A. program at the University of Texas at Austin. It provides a chronological description of key works and the influences drawn upon within this time frame. Broken into eight substantive sections, the report reflects an in-depth study on “object-hood.” / text

I wanted to focus this essay on the operative’s perspective of running religious organizations in the city of Karlstad and to see positive and negative aspects of their day-to-day life working with their organization, following up with a comparison of the difference and the similarities between those groups. After delimitating which groups I was going to examine, I implemented a qualitative study of four people, from two different religious groups, whom I performed interviews with. My method of performing these interviews and understanding the perspective of the informants, I had a semi structured interview guide along with a recent study that was opting for similar conclusions, only in a different county and with different input perspective. The result of my study showed a difference in establishment of their region but with a lot of similarities in problems with their religious and structural premises. Consequently, the difference of the organizations size and membership does not mean that they are treated different by the community, rather that they share a need for structural upgrades and contributions from the state.

Detta arbete syftar till att tillföra kunskaper om hur buddhismen framställs i svenska lärobokstexter i skolämnet religionskunskap. Arbetet innehåller en kvalitativ textanalys av tre nya läroböcker skrivna för årskurs 4-6. Analysen sker utifrån tre teman med utgångspunkt i frågeställningarna. De behandlar jämförelser med andra religioner, variationer inom buddhismen och buddhistiska trosuppfattningar och riter. Utgångspunkten för analysen finns i begreppet orientalism, då tidigare forskning har visat att läroböcker ofta framställer icke-kristna religioner utifrån orientalistiska strukturer. Efter en genomgång av tidigare forskning, begreppet orientalism och vad som utmärker läroboken som text, beskriver och analyserar därför arbetet vilka övergripande strukturer som finns i framställningen av buddhismen utifrån de tre tidigare nämnda frågeställningarna. Här visas att läroböckernas urval, så som val av rubriker, begreppsanvändning, styckesindelning, formuleringar och förklaringar, ofta leder till att buddhismen framställs som främmande. Buddhismen förklaras också på sätt som kan skapa missförstånd över vad som är centralt för religionen. Buddhister framstår dessutom ofta som primitiva och vidskepliga. Allt detta uppstår på grund av att texterna innehåller strukturer som påverkats av orientalismen. Detta diskuteras ytterligare i slutet av arbetet. Som slutsats kan sägas att lärobokstexterna innehåller orientalistiska strukturer och att detta gör att buddhisternas egen tolkning av buddhismen sällan ges utrymme i texterna.

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Hawaii at Manoa, 1983 / Bibliography: leaves [185]-188. / Microfiche. / vii, 188 leaves, bound 29 cm

This is a creative practice-based photographically researched project that is contextualised by a written exegesis. I am attempting to conceptualise the apparent visual experiences that occur during the dying process, death, and rebirth as believed within Tibetan Buddhism. The Bardo of life is also relevant as it pre-ordains the visual context of the experiences within the dying, death and rebirth Bardos.Through the medium of photography, my methodology and practice are reflective of two fundamental ideas. These are: Luminosity and Illusion. They are supported by my research into the phenomenon of the 'Near Death Experience' and the Jungian concept of the conscious and subconscious mind. These states of reality are explored in relation to the Tibetan Book of the Dead's concept of the Bardo. My focus is to photograph the four elements of Earth, Fire, Air and Water as mediums familiar to all human beings and relate these in context to the Tibetan Book of the Dead's description of entering the Bardo of death. Illusion and luminosity are discovered by 'seeing' these within the four elements, and are related in context to the Tibetan Buddhists' belief of an after-death reality. This transition from the dying process into the unknown Bardo of death is supported by the familiarity of these four elements in life, and the mind's notion of reality.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--McMaster University, 2005. / Supervisor: Graeme MacQueen. Also available online.

Thesis (M.A.). / Written for the Faculty of Religious Studies. Title from title page of PDF (viewed 2008/05/12). Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (M.A.)--Taiwan da xue. / Cover title. Includes bibliographical references (p. 143-145).