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931	Vackrare vardagsvara – design för alla? : Gregor Paulsson och Svenska Slöjdföreningen 1915–1925 / Better things for everyday life – Design for everybody? : Gregor Paulsson and the Swedish Society of Arts and Crafts 1915–1925 Ivanov, Gunnela January 2004 (has links) <p>This thesis is structured in six chapters. Chapter I contains an introduction and includes purpose, theory, method, and concepts. The main purpose, as depicted by the title, is to examine the roots of Swedish ideology concerning what today is generally named design, as embodied in the concept of more beautiful or better things for everyday life (in Swedish: ”vackrare vardagsvara”).</p><p>Chapter II contains a background and includes philosophical ideas and aesthetic movements in Europe which have influenced the Swedish Society of Arts and Crafts (in Swedish ”Svenska Slöjdföreningen”, abbreviated SSF) which was later renamed the Swedish Society of Crafts and Design (in Swedish: ”Föreningen Svensk Form”). It considers these activities: the Arts and Crafts movement in England, the Swedish national romantic movement, Deutscher Werkbund in Germany, and Swedish moulders of public opinion and new ideas, like Ellen Key, Carl Larsson and Gregor Paulsson.</p><p>Chapter III is an ideological biography of Gregor Paulsson. The chapter deals with biographical data and ideological development, and the social aesthetical texts which were important in his activity in the National Museum and as director of The Swedish Society of Arts and Crafts. Gregor Paulsson is considered mainly in his role as social aesthetical propagandist and museologist.</p><p>Chapter IV concerns the early history and activities of the Swedish Society of Arts and Crafts seen as an introduction to the Baltic Exhibition 1914, and the subsequent schism which eventually led to its reorganization and a new ideological orientation. Its activities were directed towards increased cooperation between artists and industry, and a special department was established as an employment office for companies and designers under the management of the textile artist Elsa Gullberg. This chapter also includes a brief portrait of key persons in the Society.</p><p>Chapter V is a study in several sections of the articles for everyday use seen in industrial practice, with Gustavsberg’s china factory and Orrefors’ glassworks as two separate historical studies. The 1917 Home Exhibition is surveyed as an example of the educational ambitions in the development of people’s taste. The focus of the chapter, however, is the international industrial art exhibition in Paris 1925, Exposition International des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes, and the debate about it in the Swedish and French press.</p><p>Chapter VI consists of a concluding discussion with a final epilogue. It contains suggested questions for future research including relations between design and ethics.</p> History arts and crafts art and technology industrial art arts décoratifs industrial design history of design household wares architecture and engineering housing problem home furniture romanticism Deutscher Werkbund Slöjdföreningen Svensk Form Swedish grace IKEA social aesthetics Sozial Ästhetik functionalism reformation of museums exhibitions fairs department stores artefact use taste adult education theological aesthetics Historia History subjects Historieämnen
932	Kritiska år : formativa moment för den svenska flygplansindustrin 1944-1951 Strandqvist, Kristoffer January 2008 (has links) Efterkrigstidens Sverige och dess säkerhetspolitik har kommit att uppmärksammas allt mer, även de omedelbara efterkrigsåren som präglades av osäkerhet. Något som länge stått i centrum är alliansfriheten och neutralitetspolitiken. Frågan om deras innebörd och hur teori och praktik hängt samman har diskuterats livligt. Det diplomatiska och politiska spelet har behandlats utförligt. Mindre uppmärksamhet har dock ägnats hur försvarsfrågan hanterades och krigsmaterielförsörjningen utvecklades. Den svenska flygplansindustrin är en anmärkningsvärd företeelse. Inte minst i förhållande till landets begränsade storlek och relativt avskilda, ohotade läge. Industrins förmåga var vid krigsslutet 1945 begränsad; inte något enda fullt modernt flygplan hade tillverkats. Utvecklingen ledde emellertid till att flygplansindustrin kom att etableras och bli något av en hörnsten för det svenska försvarets struktur. Ett svenskt militärindustriellt komplex kring den svenska flygindustrin kom att anta fast form, ett komplex vi lever med än idag. Hur går det att förklara den här utvecklingen? Hur kunde Saab börja tillverka state-of-the-art stridsplan? I avhandlingen nystas gåtan rörande den svenska flygplansindustrins efterkrigstida överlevnad och framväxt upp. Ett antal sammanflätade processer följs där ekonomiska, tekniska, militära och politiska spörsmål relaterade till flygvapnets och flygindustrins utveckling behandlats. Genom processerna, som utspelas både på ett inrikes och på ett internationellt plan, och deras sammanlänkning, framträder multikausala förklaringsmönster till hur det var möjligt att bygga moderna stridsflygplan i Sverige och framför allt varför de beställdes. Likaså berörs flygets roll i den större försvarsfrågan och därmed också för säkerhetspolitiken. Boken är i mycket en historia över Svenska Aeroplan Aktiebolaget, Saab, men även över flygförvaltningen och flygvapnet. En historia inbäddad i ett vitt sammanhang där formativa moment granskas under några kritiska år. / <p>Diss. Stockholm : Handelshögskolan, 2008</p> Flygindustri historia Sverige 1940-talet 1950-talet Luftförsvar historia Sverige 1940-talet 1950-talet Socialdemokratisk försvarssyn Försvarsfrågan 1945-1951 Komplext beslutsfattande Industriell dynamik Industriell omvandling Modern historia Militärindustriella komplex Soptunnemodellen/Garbage can model Svensk flygplansindustri SAABs historia Flygvapnets historia Flygförvaltningens historia Sverige under kalla kriget Aktör-strukturproblematik Business studies Företagsekonomi
933	Vackrare vardagsvara – design för alla? : Gregor Paulsson och Svenska Slöjdföreningen 1915–1925 / Better things for everyday life – Design for everybody? : Gregor Paulsson and the Swedish Society of Arts and Crafts 1915–1925 Ivanov, Gunnela January 2004 (has links) This thesis is structured in six chapters. Chapter I contains an introduction and includes purpose, theory, method, and concepts. The main purpose, as depicted by the title, is to examine the roots of Swedish ideology concerning what today is generally named design, as embodied in the concept of more beautiful or better things for everyday life (in Swedish: ”vackrare vardagsvara”). Chapter II contains a background and includes philosophical ideas and aesthetic movements in Europe which have influenced the Swedish Society of Arts and Crafts (in Swedish ”Svenska Slöjdföreningen”, abbreviated SSF) which was later renamed the Swedish Society of Crafts and Design (in Swedish: ”Föreningen Svensk Form”). It considers these activities: the Arts and Crafts movement in England, the Swedish national romantic movement, Deutscher Werkbund in Germany, and Swedish moulders of public opinion and new ideas, like Ellen Key, Carl Larsson and Gregor Paulsson. Chapter III is an ideological biography of Gregor Paulsson. The chapter deals with biographical data and ideological development, and the social aesthetical texts which were important in his activity in the National Museum and as director of The Swedish Society of Arts and Crafts. Gregor Paulsson is considered mainly in his role as social aesthetical propagandist and museologist. Chapter IV concerns the early history and activities of the Swedish Society of Arts and Crafts seen as an introduction to the Baltic Exhibition 1914, and the subsequent schism which eventually led to its reorganization and a new ideological orientation. Its activities were directed towards increased cooperation between artists and industry, and a special department was established as an employment office for companies and designers under the management of the textile artist Elsa Gullberg. This chapter also includes a brief portrait of key persons in the Society. Chapter V is a study in several sections of the articles for everyday use seen in industrial practice, with Gustavsberg’s china factory and Orrefors’ glassworks as two separate historical studies. The 1917 Home Exhibition is surveyed as an example of the educational ambitions in the development of people’s taste. The focus of the chapter, however, is the international industrial art exhibition in Paris 1925, Exposition International des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes, and the debate about it in the Swedish and French press. Chapter VI consists of a concluding discussion with a final epilogue. It contains suggested questions for future research including relations between design and ethics. History arts and crafts art and technology industrial art arts décoratifs industrial design history of design household wares architecture and engineering housing problem home furniture romanticism Deutscher Werkbund Slöjdföreningen Svensk Form Swedish grace IKEA social aesthetics Sozial Ästhetik functionalism reformation of museums exhibitions fairs department stores artefact use taste adult education theological aesthetics Historia History subjects Historieämnen
934	Nelly Hall: uppburen och ifrågasatt : Predikant och missionär i Europa och USA 1882-1901 / Nelly Hall: Esteemed and Questioned as a Preacher and Missionary in Europe and United States 1882-1901 Gunner, Gunilla January 2003 (has links) In 19th century Sweden women preached in the popular revival movements as they did in the other Nordic countries, in Great Britain and the United States. One of the most famous preachers in Sweden was Nelly Hall (1848–1916). Internal and external evidence of her public life is the main focus of the study, and in this way it seeks to uncover the origin of her inspiration and to specify her connection to the spiritual movements of the time, at the same time that it analyses the reception and the debate of women as preachers in the period when she was active. Nelly Hall studied at the Royal School for Women’s Higher Teacher Education and worked as a teacher for ten years before she decided to enter into the ministry of preaching. She was influenced by the Anglo-American Holiness movement and had close contacts with the Salvation Army in London. From 1883 she travelled in the southern parts of Sweden. Thousands of people listened to her and as part of her ministry she practised faith healing. She went on preaching tours to Finland, Norway, Germany and the United States. When the Swedish Holiness Mission started as a small mission society in 1887 it was to some extent a result of the preaching work carried out by Nelly Hall. She was elected a member of the first board and worked as a mission secretary for ten years. Around 1900 there was a shift in her theological thinking and she became more absorbed by apocalyptic ideas. In 1901 she went for the second time to the United States and lived there until 1916 when she died in Brockton, Massachusetts. Little is known about the last fifteenth years of her life. The ministry of Nelly Hall and other women raised considerable public interest and in the Swedish context her time of ministry coincided with the emerging movement for the emancipation of women. Many were against women preaching in public and the discussions often occurred in the press. Parts of these discussions as well as several pamphlets in favour of women’s preaching are analysed in this study. / <p>Contains a summary in English</p> Missionary studies Nelly Hall Women Preaching Women History Revival Movements Church History–Sweden–1882–1901 Swedish Holiness Mission Salvation Army Swedish Americans Holiness Faith Healing Apocalypticism Missionsvetenskap kvinnopredikan kvinnohistoria väckelserörelser väckelserörelseforskning kyrkohistoria-Sverige-1800-tal Helighetsförbundet Helgelseförbundet Frälsningsarmén svensk-amerikaner helighet helande apokalyptisk Missionary studies Missionsvetenskap
935	Den ensamma sjöjungfrun : Om Carina Rydbergs jagberättande ur ett genreperspektiv / The Lonely Mermaid : On Identity Narration and Genre in the Autobiographical Works of Carina Rydberg Andersson, Tamara January 2015 (has links) The focus of this study is the two autobiographical novels Den högsta kasten (1997) and Djävulsformeln (2000) by Swedish author Carina Rydberg. Both novels generated lively public debate regarding how they ought to be read and understood, what genre they belonged to, and the ontological status of the narrating “I”. The aim is to investigate why the protagonist, Carina, is perceived as unintelligible by many readers and explore how she can be understood in relation to what constitutes an intelligible identity from a literary and cultural perspective. The novels, as well as their protagonist, are approached from the perspective of genre theory, the argument being that Carina’s unintelligibility is directly dependent on what genre she is read in relation to. In the first part of the thesis the ambiguities of autobiographical texts are discussed, and the narrative and protagonist are analyzed in relation to the autobiographical genre. In the second part of the thesis the consequences of reading the texts as examples of the Gothic with emphasis on monstrosity, the uncanny and sexual transgression are examined. The two readings demonstrate how interpretations of text and character are highly influenced by the reader's expectations connected to genre. Rydberg’s transgression of the norms of genre, gender, and identity leaves the reader with a contradictory set of genre-specific expectations, which in turn makes it difficult to understand and accept the protagonist. The main theme of both novels is Carina’s unsuccessful attempts to reconcile what she sees as two separate, essentially incompatible identities: woman and author. The final chapter includes a comparative study in which Rydberg’s novels are linked to works by other Swedish female writers, both past and contemporary, to demonstrate that the conflict of woman versus author is a common problem for female writers. The thesis closes with a discussion about the possibility of placing Rydberg in a specifically female literary tradition and demonstrate how a feminist analysis can make the unintelligible intelligible. Carina Rydberg autofiction autobiography identity narrative the Gothic female Gothic genre Swedish literature identity gender sex femininity monstrosity female authors transgression the uncanny intelligibility Carina Rydberg autofiktion självbiografi jagberättande gotik genre svensk litteratur identitet genus kön femininitet monster kvinnliga författare författarroll transgression det kusliga das Unheimliche begriplighet
936	Svensk chick-lit 1996-2006 : en undersökande genrediskussion av svensk chick-lit / Swedish chick lit 1996-2006 : An investigative genre discussion of Swedish chick lit Lundhag, Malin E January 2007 (has links) Syftena med denna uppsats har varit flera. Dels att genomföra en undersökande genrediskussion av svensk chick-lit i stort där det som uppfattats som den huvudsakliga kritiken av genren omformulerats till frågeställningar. Huvudfrågan har därmed varit att ta reda på om svensk chick-lit är intressant, men också om den har några litterära kvaliteter och om den är en feministisk backlash. I uppsatsen arbetas även en definition av svensk chick-lit fram, samt empiriskt grundad teori ur materialet. Avsikten är att detta arbete ska kunna verka som förebild för andra utredningar av nya och marginaliserade genrer. En undersökning av vilka principer biblioteken, här representerade av Umeåregionens bibliotek, utgår från vid inköp av skönlitteratur i stort och chick-lit i synnerhet har också genomförts. / The aims of this paper have been more than one. One aim is to conduct an investigative genre discussion of Swedish chick lit as a whole, where what is conceived as the main critique of the genre is reformulated into questions. The main questions here are if Swedish chick lit is of interest, if it possesses any literary qualities and if it constitutes a feminist backlash. This paper also draws up a definition of Swedish chick lit and empirically grounded theory from the material. The intent is for this paper to serve as a model for other analyses of new and marginalized genres. A study of the principles adopted by libraries, here represented by libraries in the Umeå district, in fiction purchases as a whole and purchases of chick lit in particular, has also been carried out. chick lit Swedish chick lit genre discussion feminist backlash definition Elisabeth Andersson Unni Drougge Emma Hamberg Kajsa Ingemarsson Mian Lodalen Belinda Olsson Denise Rudberg Linda Skugge purchase principles of public libraries chick-lit svensk chick-lit genrediskussion feministisk backlash definition Elisabeth Andersson Unni Drougge Emma Hamberg Kajsa Ingemarsson Mian Lodalen Belinda Olsson Denise Rudberg Linda Skugge folkbibliotekens inköpspinciper Library and information science Biblioteks- och informationsvetenskap
937	Gendered experiences of work environment : A study of stress and ambiguity among dental students in Sweden / Könade upplevelser av arbetsmiljö : En studie av stress och ambiguitet bland tandläkarstudenter i Sverige Schéle, Ingrid January 2011 (has links) This thesis explores how dental students experience their education. We aim to generate ways to understand which elements relate to the students’ experience based on current theories and models regarding the quality of working life and gender (and) power relations. Methods Twelve interviews with Umeå dental students in their clinical semesters were analysed with a Grounded Theory (GT) as well as a content analysis approach. A web-survey was sent to all clinical dental students in Sweden (P ≈ 805) with a response rate of 40% (p = 322). The quantitative methods included structural equation modelling and cluster analysis. Results The GT analysis resulted in the core category “Experiencing ambiguity,” that captured the student’s role-ambiguity. Central categories focused on perceived stress and performance assessment in relation to ambiguous inner and outer demands. The content analysis resulted in three categories: “Notions of inequalities,” “Gendering,” and “The student position.” These categories present the ways groups of students are constructed in relation to the student/dentist norm and social gender relations, and how women and men of foreign descent risk subordination and stereotyping. The SEM-model contained psychosocial work environment, tolerance for ambiguity, perceived stress, and student satisfaction. Work environment influenced both perceived stress and satisfaction, and stood for almost all of the explained variance in perceived stress for women, indicating that women are constructed as co-responsible for the work environment. About half of the variance for the men was explained by tolerance for ambiguity, indicating that the feeling of uncertainty may lead to stress in men who include “being in control” in their gender identity. The cluster analysis resulted in a six-cluster solution ranging from “The fresh and positive” to “The worn critiques.” Psychosocial work environment again appeared to be the main factor. Gender also appears to be a factor as the gender distribution in the best as well as the two worst clusters differs from the population. Conclusion Work environment stands out among the factors that relate to the students wellbeing and satisfaction, but the student group is heterogeneous and the ways students perceive their work environment relate to different processes and experiences. We suggest that the ways gender and ethnicity appear to be constructed in relation to the sociocultural gender power relations and the (traditional) medical hierarchy could be of importance for how the students’ experience their psychosocial work environment. dental students Swedish dental education work and organisational theories gender power relations ambiguity perceived stress satisfaction grounded theory content analysis SEM cluster analysis tandläkarstudenter svensk tandläkarutbildning arbets- och organisations teorier genus och makt relationer ambiguitet upplevd stress nöjdhet grundad teori innehållsanalys SEM kluster analys Applied psychology Tillämpad psykologi
938	Förslag till reform av den upphovsrättsliga skyddstiden : En argumentsorienterad studie över skyddstidens längd Holmedal, Samuel January 2015 (has links) No description available. Copyright Authors' rights Term of copyright protection Copyright length Length of copyright Economic rights Moral rights Berne convention TRIPS Sweden USA Elder v. Ashcroft Author Culture industry Society Interests Balance Upphovsrätt Immaterialrätt Upphovsrättslig skyddstid Skyddstid Upphovsrättslig balans Skyddstidens längd Upphovsmannen Samhället Efterlevande Kulturindustrin Upphovsrättens historia Intressekonflikter Upphovsrättsliga argument Ekonomiska rättigheter Ideella rättighter Ideell upphovsrätt Rättspolitik Bernkonventionen TRIPS-avtalet Sverige USA Internationell upphovsrätt Svensk upphovsrätt Amerikansk upphovsrätt
939	Demokratisk innovation eller ett spel för gallerierna? : En demokratiteoretisk utvärdering av Participatory Budgeting i en svensk kommun Carlsson, Fredrik January 2014 (has links) The aim of this thesis is to explore the institutional design of Participatory Budgeting (PB) in Sweden and how the design may contribute to realize central democratic goods. The study records the different PB experiences in Sweden and focuses on one particular case, which is the only case that successfully qualifies as a genuine PB-process according to international standards and definitions. To examine this, the following questions are asked: which municipalities in Sweden have implemented Participatory Budgeting? How can the institutional design of Participatory Budgeting be described and to what extent does it enable the realization of central democratic goods? To what extent does the institutional design enable the realization of the democratic goods inclusion, popular control, considered judgment and transparency? To what extent does the institutional design enable the realization of the institutional goods of efficiency and transferability? The study is based on an institutional theory of democracy. The method used is a mixed method ideal type analysis that combines document analysis, surveys and interviews. The results of the study indicates that the PB-institutions has multiple flaws regarding the way it enables the realization of numerous of the democratic goods analyzed. The institutional design does not pay enough attention to inclusion of different social groups including marginalized groups, popular control is restricted to issues of low political salience and the PB process does not live up to the transparency level expected from a democratic institution. On the other hand, the institutional design of the PB process does take into account some aspects of inclusion among the youth inhabitants and the process has been effective in the sense that it has delivered physical results quickly. Participatory Budgeting institutional design democracy participation political science deliberative democracy democratic goods local democracy participative democracy political participation budgeting e-democracy youth participation medborgarbudget institutionell design demokrati medborgardialog statsvetenskap kommun deliberativ demokrati ideal skl kommuner lokal demokrati e-demokrati inkludering folklig kontroll transparens svensk politik kommunal demokrati samtalsdemokrati mellanvalsdemokrati politiskt deltagande ungdomsdelaktighet legitimitet stadsplanering stadsbyggnad kommunpolitik
940	What factors are influencing domestic purchasers in their purchase of imported low-involvement products due to the products' country-of-origin? : - A case study of a natural stones importer Logardt, Ulrika January 2014 (has links) The author has applied an abductive research design and performed a case study which includes a survey and e-mail interviews of workers within the construction industry. The purpose of the survey and the interviews is to investigate what factors may be the most influential for individuals in establishing their apprehension of natural stones. The research has been made on commission of the case firm which is a natural stones importer located in Sweden and the survey is based on the 17-point CETSCALE originally created by Shimp and Sharma in 1987. The survey was sent to workers with different occupations (architects, contractors and purchasers) within the construction industry who encounter natural stones in their work. Therefore, the theoretical purpose of this study is to contribute to increase the knowledge of country-of-origin effects of imported low-involvement products. The research gap this study aims to fill is to outline what factors are influencing consumers' purchasing behavior on purchasing low-involvement products. The practical purpose of this study is to provide the case firm with more knowledge of the phenomenon of negative COO-effects. Theories on ethnocentrism have been included since ethnocentric tendencies among customers have been considered by previous researchers as one of the contributing factors of fostering negative country-of-origin perceptions. The case firm can implement this knowledge in creating a more effective marketing strategy and thereby develop their operation domestically as they wish to do. Empirical findings of this study demonstrate that cognitive influence is the factor with the largest influence on country-of-origin effects while factors such as familiarity and environmental concerns are less influencing. The author recommends future researchers to further investigate this phenomenon, especially to investigate its connection to cognitive- and other psychosocial factors in order to gain a more solid understanding for why problems related to this phenomenon arise and how they may be encountered. Since Corporate Social Responsibility was demonstrated to be the most influencing factor in consumers’ purchasing decisions of this study, it is suggested to future researchers to investigate the phenomenon of country-of-origin in relation to ethical- and moral standards of individuals. COO-effects coo effect effects country-of-origin import purchaser purchase Sweden ethnocentrism CETSCALE low-involvement low-involvement products low involvement natural stones stone swedish case study COO-effekter coo effekt effekter ursprungsland tillverkningsland import inköpare inköp Sverige etnocentrism CETSCALE natursten sten svensk fallstudie

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