This paper presents my Masters project Sadness and Repetition. The project is centered around artistic expression and repetitive processes serving a journal-keeping. This process is inspired partly by ancient traditions of prayer beads and partly by modern cultural practices of documenting everyday life through diaries. Drawing from previous work on other people’s feelings of sorrow, this project focuses on my own personal experience of everyday sadness. The journal-keeping consists of handmade steel links, connected into chains, on the one hand, and the deconstruction of a rag rug on the other. The work is framed in a wider context of personal trauma, societal mental health issues as well as female perspective.

Bakgrund: När en person i ens närhet blir sjuk leder det ofta till att någon intar en stödjande roll som närstående. Att vara närstående kan upplevas på många olika sätt och inom intensivvården har närstående en central roll för omvårdnaden av patienten. I takt med en äldre befolkning och högre överlevnad bland intensivvårdspatienter har ett större fokus riktats mot närståendes upplevelser efter intensivvårdstiden. Intensivvårdsmiljön kan av närstående upplevas som skrämmande och känslor som ångest, stress och osäkerhet kan försätta närstående i en krissituation.  Syfte: Syftet med studien var att beskriva hur närstående upplever sin tillvaro efter vårdtiden på en intensivvårdsavdelning. Metod: Studien har en deskriptiv design med kvalitativ ansats. Tio semistrukturerade intervjuer genomfördes med närstående till patienter som vårdats på en intensivvårdsavdelning. Dataanalysen genomfördes med kvalitativ innehållsanalys. Huvudresultat: Resultatet i studien beskrev närståendes upplevelse av tillvaron efter vårdtiden på en intensivvårdsavdelning. Resultatet sammanställdes i ett tema: Tillvaron förändras för närstående efter intensivvårdstiden. Sju kategorier till temat definierades; Att känna eller inte känna oro i sin tillvaro, Att få en förändrad relation, Att ha ett närståendeansvar, Att uppleva förändringar i välbefinnandet, Socialt stöd har betydelse, Att använda olika hanteringsstrategier och Att ha fått andra perspektiv.  Slutsats: Efter avslutad intensivvård kunde närstående uppleva en förändring i tillvaron och i välbefinnandet. Upplevelserna från intensivvårdstiden var betydande för tillvaron efteråt. Tillvaron kunde präglas av oro, förändrade relationer, ansvar och olika hanteringsstrategier. Intensivvårdstiden kunde också leda till ett annat perspektiv på livet och en insikt om det sociala stödets betydelse. / Background: When someone close falls ill, it often leads to someone taking on the supportive role of next of kin. The experience of being a next of kin can vary widely, and within intensive care environments, next of kin play a central role in patient care. With an aging population and improved survival rates among intensive care patients, there has been increased attention on the experiences of next of kin after the intensive care period. The intensive care environment can be daunting for next of kin, with emotions such as anxiety, stress, and uncertainty potentially leading them to crisis.  Aim: The aim of this study was to describe how next of kin perceive their lives after the period of care in an intensive care unit.  Method: The study used a descriptive design with a qualitative approach. Ten  semi-structured interviews were conducted with next of kin of patients who had been treated in an intensive care unit. Data analysis was performed with qualitative content analysis.  Main Result: The study's results described next of kin's experiences of life after the intensive care period. These results were summarized in a theme: “A Change in Everyday Life as Next of Kin to a Intensive Care Unit patient". Seven categories were delineated within this theme: Feeling of Concern or No Concern in Everyday Life, Perceived Altered Relationships, Bearing the Responsibility as Next of Kin, Noting Changes in Well-being, Understanding the Meaning of Social Support, Using Different Coping Strategies, and Gaining New Perspectives.  Conclusion: After completing intensive care, next of kin may undergo significant changes in their lives and well-being. Experiences from the intensive care period have profound consequences for life thereafter. Life after intensive care may be characterized by concerns, altered relationships, responsibilities as next of kin, and various coping strategies. The intensive care period can also lead to a change in perspective on life and an appreciation of the importance of social support.

Bakgrund: Varje år drabbas cirka 350 barn i Sverige av cancer, barnets vardag förändras till följd av sjukdom och behandling. Barnet kan vårdas på sjukhuset, i hemmet eller på hospice. I vårdandet av cancersjuka barn har sjuksköterskan en betydande uppgift genom att skapa trygghet och tillit. En familjecentrerad omvårdnad hjälper hela familjen att vara delaktig i vården. Syfte: Syftet med denna litteraturstudie var att beskriva föräldrar och syskons erfarenheter av vardagslivet när ett barn i familjen vårdas för cancer. Metod: Litteraturstudien baserades på tio kvalitativa empiriska studier. Data samlades in via PubMed och artiklarna analyserades med hjälp av Popenoe et al. (2021) dataanalysmetod. Huvudresultat: Resultatet visade att många föräldrar och syskon behövde stöd i vardagen. Information och stöd från sjuksköterskan gjorde vardagslivet hanterbart. Olika känslomässiga påfrestningar var en del av familjens vardagsliv. Oro, utanförskap, rädsla, sorg och maktlöshet var känslor som kunde uppkomma. Relationer och roller i vardagen förändrades under denna period och strategier för att hantera vardagen förekom. Syskonen tenderade att ta ett större ansvar i hemmet och över skolan medan föräldrarna belyste teamarbete som en viktig del av vardagen. Slutsats: Genom att ta del av föräldrar och syskons erfarenheter av vardagslivet när ett barn i familjen vårdas för cancer ökar förståelsen för deras känslor och stödets betydelse. Relationer, roller och rutiner i vardagslivet förändrades till följd av barnets cancerdiagnos. Sjuksköterskan bör vara lyhörd och ta hand om hela familjen med det sjuka barnet i fokus. / Background: In Sweden, approximately 350 children are diagnosed with cancer each year, which changes the child's daily life due to the disease and required treatments. The child in question may be cared for in a hospital, at home or in hospice care. When caring for children with cancer, nurses play a major role in building safety and confidence. Family-centered treatment helps the whole family participate in the treatment. Aim: The Aim of this literature review was to describe the daily life experiences of parents and siblings in the family's child's cancer treatment. Method: The literature study was based on ten qualitative empirical studies. Data were collected via PubMed, and the articles were analyzed using Popenoe et al. (2021) data analysis method. Main Result: The results showed that many parents and siblings needed support in their daily lives. Information and support from the nurse made daily life manageable. Various emotional stresses were part of the family's daily life. Worry, exclusion, fear, sorrow, and powerlessness were feelings that could arise. Relationships and roles in daily life changed during this period, and strategies for managing daily life occurred. Siblings tended to take greater responsibility at home and over school, while parents highlighted teamwork as an important part of daily life. Conclusion: By sharing the experiences of parents and siblings of everyday life when a child in the family is being treated for cancer, the understanding of their feelings and the significance of support is increased. Relationships, roles, and routines in daily life change as a result of the child's cancer diagnosis. The nurse should be attentive and take care of the entire family with the sick child in focus.

It’s about how researching pipes, a part of infrastructure and everyday life, can be a tool to see inequality in our society. To see how class issues and the consequences of capitalism are present in every corner of our everyday lives.   It has to do with seeing our cities as organisms, as bodies, connected by systems. Systems, transferring matter around, making the organism live and function. But the systems can be infected, and that will affect us.    It’s about connecting systems, to expose what’s hidden; the pipes buried in the grown, together with corporations’ greed.   It’s about depicting systems, with systems. Using weaving to produce material. To make components. Give the work ability to be in a state of possible transformation.   To make a visual comment, to start a conversation through craft.   It’s about creating systems, to make systems, that speaks of systems.

This research was designed to explore autobiographical memory in children, specifically, the personal events involved in memory and memory failures and to what extent children and adults realize what they have forgotten. Since previous research in this domain has focused mainly on adult's or children's ability to recall past events, few have ventured to investigate what underlies the process of forgetting for everyday events in parents and children, and if a link exists between the two. Survey data pertaining to self-reported memory failures along with information on the amount of interaction between parents and children was collected from parents and children at a local elementary school. The results showed that children and parents were more likely to report failure in prospective memory (forgetting to do something) than retrospective memory (forgetting something they already knew). Additionally, when asked what they thought had caused the failure, children were more likely to attribute the lapse to external distractions. Finally, the data showed that the degree of parent-child interaction was significantly related to the detail provided in a child's reported memory failures. The results are discussed in the context of developing a better understanding of, and suggest future avenues for, research in memory and memory failures in children, as well as understanding the relation between parent/child memory.

The Swedish school lunch is somewhat unique in its conception and has been an area of increasing interest in the years. Areas of recent interest have focussed predominantly on food, nutrition, health, and more recently sustainability. The aim of this thesis is to explore how children experience, interpret, interact with and make sense of the process of ‘doing school lunch’ in elementary schools in Sweden. Whilst national and local policies offer guidance as to how the Swedish school lunch should be executed, little consideration has been given to the complexities of the mundane and everyday interactions that children encounter on an almost daily basis. Through seven semi-structured interviews and the participants mapping their movements through this activity, children’s own experiences and understandings of ‘doing the school lunch’ are explored From an ontologically position of constructionism as the point of departure, I have utilised Reflexive Thematic Analysis to critically analyse the collected data and generated themes. The children describe how different spaces, adults and peers contributed to their experiences during the prescribed time of the school meal. Faced with intrusions of their personal space and time, I would argue that the children construct and influence the school meal environment into predominantly a social space and time with peers, within the constraints presented to them.

Vi uppfattar idag en ökning av det vardagliga fotograferandet och därav en ökning av passiva bilder bland de personliga bildarkiven. I ett försök att återaktivera de passiva bilderna utgår undersökningen från frågeställningen vad kan inspirera vardagsfotografen till att använda sitt bildarkiv för att skapa nya bildscener? Där syftet är att hitta en inspirationskälla för att uppmuntra användningen av passiva bildarkiv för att skapa nya bildscener. Vi strävar även efter att informera om de växande bildarkiven med passiva bilder och uppmuntrar till diskussion kring ämnet. För att skapa en bild av vårt valda tema har vi granskat forskning inom vardagsfotografering, personlig arkivering och bilder som minnen. Under processens gång har vi tagit hjälp av brainstorming, mindmaps och varför-metoden för att både skapa nya idéer och utveckla befintliga. Vi har även använt oss av metoderna workshop och crowdsourcing för att ta in utomstående personer i processen. Messiness var också närvarande under en stor del av processen då vi stötte på ett dilemma som vände upp och ner på vår undersökning och fick oss att ändra inställning. Vår slutsats och gestaltning, BuildBild, grundar sig i metoden transparent scenskapande av bilder vilket bygger på bilder utskrivna på plast. BuildBild är tänkt att användas som ett lekfullt verktyg för att inspirera vardagsfotografer att återaktivera sina bilder genom scenskapande. / There is an increasing amount of pictures taken everyday and thus an increase of passive pictures in our personal archives. In order to reactivate the passive pictures this bachelor thesis asks the research question what can inspire the everyday photographer to use their picture archive to create new image scenes? The aim of this analysis is to find an inspiration source to encourage the everyday photographers to use their passive images to create new image scenes. The further aim is also to inform and encourage a discussion about the everyday photography and the growing amount of pictures. As a foundation for our design process we have explored a variety of research within the field of everyday photography, personal archives and pictures as memories. We have during our design process also used a combination of methods to create and evolve ideas, for instance brainstorming, mindmapping and the “why-method”. The methods workshop and crowdsourcing were also used as a way to invite other people into the process. As a whole our process has revolved around the concept of messiness as we encountered a dilemma that turned our previous attitude towards the thesis upside down. Our design and conclusion, BuildBild, emerged through our method creating scenes of transparent images which is based on the idea of pictures printed on plastic. BuildBild is a playful tool which is meant to inspire everyday photographers to reactivate their passive pictures through creative scenes.

This study explores the spontaneous singing of three- and four-year-old children at home, with emphasis on how young children use singing in their everyday lives. Spontaneous singing pervades the everyday lives of young children and can provide insights into a child's musical and extra-musical experience at home. Although several studies have examined spontaneous singing in educational settings, young children's musical lives at home are rarely studied in detail. The home is a difficult space to access, and data collection methods often rely on parental reporting. As a result, some types of singing have been overlooked. Located within the sociocultural theoretical tradition, this thesis draws on and develops theories of musical agency to explore how children act musically to engage with others and manage their own experience. Audio data were collected using LENA all-day recording technology supplemented by semi-structured parental interviews. Over 183 hours of audio recording were collected from 15 children (7 boys, 8 girls), aged between 3:0 and 4:10 years (average age 3:8). The children were recorded for continuous periods during their normal everyday routines. The recordings contained more than nine hours of spontaneous singing in total. The data were analysed using qualitative thematic analysis with an element of embedded numerical analysis. Interpretive analysis indicated that the children sang to act on themselves and manage social interactions. Spontaneous singing was used as a tool through which the children could realise personal and social agency and influence themselves and others. The children used different modes of singing in social and solitary contexts, demonstrating knowledge of culturally meaningful ways of singing. The home musical environment, and particularly parental singing, appeared to influence the way young children use singing in their everyday lives. This research used an innovative methodology to access young children’s singing in the home. The findings contribute to a greater understanding of young children’s musical behaviours and the home musical lives of young children. Further, the thesis provides an original contribution to the understanding of how young children use spontaneous singing as musical agents acting in and on the world around them. This research has educational implications relating to the way young children’s musicality is understood and encouraged and the importance of music in young children’s lives.

In mathematics curricula teachers often find the more or less implicit request to link the taught subjects to the previous knowledge of the students, for example using word problems from everyday life. But in today’s multicultural and multisocial society teachers can no longer assume that the children they teach have a more or less equal background and thus everyday live can have a very different meaning for different children. Furthermore there is evidence that good previous knowledge in arithmetic can hinder the approach to other mathematical subjects, like algebra. In this paper I want to provide a brief overview on how previous knowledge in arithmetic can affect student\'s access to algebra and therefore present an early algebra teaching project which introduces elementary school children to algebraic notation by measurement in an action-oriented way. Thereby the chosen approach to algebra explicitly does not come back to the student\'s previous arithmetical knowledge but additionally may support non-proficient students in obtaining more insight in the structure of calculations and hence may help them to have more success in solving calculations and word problems.

In mathematics curricula teachers often find the more or less implicit request to link the taught subjects to the previous knowledge of the students, for example using word problems from everyday life. But in today’s multicultural and multisocial society teachers can no longer assume that the children they teach have a more or less equal background and thus everyday live can have a very different meaning for different children. Furthermore there is evidence that good previous knowledge in arithmetic can hinder the approach to other mathematical subjects, like algebra. In this paper I want to provide a brief overview on how previous knowledge in arithmetic can affect student\''s access to algebra and therefore present an early algebra teaching project which introduces elementary school children to algebraic notation by measurement in an action-oriented way. Thereby the chosen approach to algebra explicitly does not come back to the student\''s previous arithmetical knowledge but additionally may support non-proficient students in obtaining more insight in the structure of calculations and hence may help them to have more success in solving calculations and word problems.