Denna forskningsstudie syftar till att analysera förskollärares uppfattning i samband med införandet av digitala teknologier inom förskoleverksamheten samt undersöka hur dessa attityder och beteenden påverkas av etablerade normer och riktlinjer inom förskolan. Studien besvarar frågeställningarna om hur förskollärare anpassar sig till den ökande digitaliseringen, hur de förhåller sig till införandet av digitala verktyg, samt vilka konflikter och dilemman som uppstår mellan traditionella pedagogiska normer och de möjligheter som digitala verktyg erbjuder inom förskolan. För att samla data genomfördes semistrukturerade intervjuer med fem förskollärare från tre olika förskolor i samma region. I analysen användes struktureringsteorin som grund, och ett antal centrala begrepp inom teorin tillämpades som analysverktyg, vilka presenteras i teoridelen av studien. Resultaten visar att förskollärare är medvetna om och i överensstämmelse med läroplanens mål när det gäller digital teknisk användning i förskolan. De anpassar användningen av digitala verktyg för att matcha varje barns individuella behov och ser dem som ett komplement till traditionella undervisningsmetoder. Samtidigt innebär införandet av digital teknik att etablerade pedagogiska normer kan kollidera med de nya digitala normer som främjar digitala verktyg för barns lärande.  Studien drar slutsatsen att förskollärarna strävar efter att upprätthålla en balans mellan det digitala och de traditionella pedagogiska metoderna, och betonar vikten av denna balans. Integreringen av digital teknik ses som meningsfull och kompletterande snarare än som ett fullständigt ersättande för de befintliga pedagogiska traditionerna. Slutligen betonar denna forskning vikten av att utveckla digital kompetens inom förskoleverksamheten och möjligheterna till kompetensutbildning som finns tillgängliga för förskollärare. Denna kompetensutveckling underlättar integrationen av digital teknik i undervisningen och stärker förskollärares förmåga att möta samhällets krav på digital integration inom förskolan. Detta arbete visar att implementeringen av digitalisering i förskolan är en komplex process som kräver förmågan att balansera traditioner med de nya möjligheter som digital teknik erbjuder, för att skapa en berikad och meningsfull undervisningsmiljö som rustar barn för den digitala framtidens utmaningar.

Studies at Uppsala university was from the beginning based in theology, which also mean that students of theology founded the student nations. In similarity to the separation between the church and the state in Sweden in the year 2000, all nations have a clear statement today of not being connected to either religion or politics, however, the question that rises is; to what extent has it been possible to leave the religious aspect on which they were founded. The purpose of this study is to analyze controlling documentation of Östgöta and Gotland´s nation closer to see if it is possible to identify elements of religion within them that can be interpreted as cultural religion. Based on the theory of cultural religion, with focus on Kasselstrand´s interpretation of “Belonging without Believing”, elements of religion will be analyzed as examples of how the nations as organizations struggle with the historical background of theology, and the strive to modernize and become more inclusive. The result presented, identifies cultural religion within the material, highlighting holidays and festivities as main sources, with the reasoning of the documents bringing the information of the ritual forward, and not necessarily the religious values. The result is also strengthened with Hervieu-Léger´s idea of group memory as a chain through time and society together with Connerton´sthoughts on the collective memory and how it can be interpreted as one way to explain the continuity of traditions and the upkeep of ceremony.

<p>John Clark Murray (1836 - 1917) held the Chair of Mental and Moral Philosophy at Queen's College from 1862 to 1872, and at McGill University from 1872 until his retirement in 1903. The purpose of the present study is to offer a close historical examination of a thinker who has often been treated as a transitional thinker in histories of philosophical activity in nineteenth century Canada. The opening biographical chapter establishes the Scottish cultural tradition in which Murray was raised and whose social and educational values he continued to perpetuate in his own writing and teaching. The Scottish tradition clarifies the critical discussion in Chapter Two of some of the ambiguities of Murray's position with regard to the philosophical movements of the nineteenth century. In particular, the difficulties of classing Murray with either the Scottish Common Sense Realists, the Neo-Kantian or Neo-Hegelian Idealists, or the rising group of 'professional' philosophers are considered. Specific elements of the intellectual framework of John Clark Murray's thought are dealt with in Chapter Three. Such characteristic concerns as the structure of knowledge, the relation of materialism and idealism, freedom and necessity, and moral philosophy are considered in themselves and as components of the unified order of truth which Murray found best expressed in Christianity. The final chapter focuses on Murray's effort to formulate a response to the social problems emerging as a consequence of industrialism. After establishing the ideological strength of Murray's economic and political liberalism, this chapter traces the efforts of a concerned liberal to understand contemporary problems and of fer solutions to them.</p> / Thesis / Master of Arts (MA)

Friedrich Nietzsche represents a radical departure from alroost all of the philosophical tradition which preceded him. His stylistic differences from the tradition in philosophy find their basis in his perspectivism1 a strong form of relativism. Perspectivism is the theory that there are an indefinite number of different perspectives on the world, none of which can legitimately claim to be the true definition of it. Nietzsche bases a number of interesting arguments about language, truth and logic on perspectivism. His perspectivism is problematic because it cannot be asserted as true without also encountering a paradox: if perspectivism is a definitive perspective on the world, then perspectivism is false. Nietzsche found a method of dealing with this paradox through his writing style itself, viz. through his style he exenplifies perspectivism without seriously asserting it. That means that his style constantly refers to and serves as an exanple of perspectivism, and yet he never plainly asserts that perspectivism is a true description of the world. Nietzsche's style is intended to distinguish him from the rest of the philosophical tradition because he thought that was the only way to have his ideas accepted: on his own terms standing in opposition to the rest of the tradition, especially Socrates. / Thesis / Master of Arts (MA)

The predominance of post-modern thought in the latter half of the 20th century has brought philosophy to a crisis of confidence in its ability to investigate and understand our current reality. The complacent relativism that has emerged from post-modern discourse leaves us unprepared to face either the dominance of a dis-associative free-market or the emergence of regressive fundamental totalitarianism. Alain Badiou tasks philosophy with recovering the process of logical investigation into the primary forces which shape our lives, and he does so by equipping philosophy with both a means and an end: philosophy is a mathematical ontology in the endless pursuit of truth. In an attempt to address the issues of infinitely relative position and totalitarian authority, I understand Badiou to draw most significantly from Wittgenstein's (not Sartre's) notion of the situation and Heidegger's notion of Being, placing both of these insights within the mathematical framework of set theory as informed by Paul Cohen, doing so in the distinctly Platonic spirit of an appeal to truth as the antidote to the sophistry of post-modern thought. Such concerns with the intersection of authority and position are distinctly modern ones, and for Badiou we remain caught on the horns of the modern dilemma of the undisputed Master and the infinite Place. The process of overcoming such a false dichotomy, Badiou suggests, involves a return to the scene of its founding in the century's imagination, the moment of its poetic enunciation. Through an investigation of the critical and creative work of Ezra Pound and T.S. Eliot between the wars, I present their striking awareness of this problem and their attempts to overcome it, focusing on their respective moments of success and failure as understood through a critique based on Badiou's ethics and aesthetics. / English

Yes / Marital surname change is a striking example of the survival of tradition. A practice emerging from patriarchal history has become embedded in an age of de-traditionalisation and women’s emancipation. Is the tradition of women’s marital name change just some sort of inertia or drag, which will slowly disappear as modernity progresses, or does this tradition fulfil more contemporary roles? Are women and men just dupes to tradition, or alternatively do they use tradition to further their aims? We examine how different approaches - individualisation theory, new institutionalism and bricolage - might tackle these questions. This examination is set within a comparative analysis of marital surname change in Britain and Norway, using small qualitative samples. We find that while individualisation and new institutionalism offer partial explanations, bricolage offers a more adaptable viewpoint.

As the placeless globalization is accelerating around the world and especially in China, places that have strong ties to the particularities of a locale are desirable destinations to escape the generic monotony of placeless urbanization. The thesis here stipulates that even in a placeless globalization, opportunities exist to understand, interpret and celebrate local cultural phenomena. While many formal architectural artifacts may have outgrown their purpose and no longer have direct relevance today, a number of desires, customs and rituals persist as desirable conditions to be supported by architectural space. The thesis proposes to seek out an architecture, that embraces and reinterprets targeted aspects of the built form of traditional elements with modern means. / Master of Architecture / This thesis discusses possibilities to reinterpret the vernacular. Specifically, the sense of identity generated by the architecture traditions in Western China can be attributed to shape and construction of the roof, organization in plan, the central fire place, and a protected courtyard all enclosed by rammed earth. Reinterpretations of those elements in modern forms propose a continuity of culture and identity.

The architecture in Bahrain is now lost between tradition and modernity. The drastic economical changes that occurred there had a large influence on the architecture of the Island. My thesis is a study of the changes that occurred to the architecture of Bahrain over the past thirty five years. It is also a design of a modern house in Bahrain that does not neglect the traditional architectural values of the country. In my work I focused on using geometry and geometrical proportions which in turn unifies the different parts of the house in harmony. / Master of Architecture

The custom of coffee drinking in Turkey dates back to the sixteenth century coffeehouses of Istanbul, which were once important forums for community integration. Even though coffee drinking today is still an important custom in Turkey, traditional coffeehouses have lost their importance in urban areas and are rapidly being replaced by contemporary cafes that promote European themes. With the new generation placing less emphasis on traditional values and accepting a modernized lifestyle, the existence of Turkish coffeehouse culture is struggling to survive. The purpose of this thesis project was to develop a design concept for a contemporary Turkish coffeehouse franchise retaining important aspects of the traditional coffeehouses of the past. Historic features were identified through observations and visual recordings of historic Turkish coffeehouses and interviews with older patrons of traditional coffeehouses. Focus group discussions were held with graduate and undergraduate Turkish students enrolled at Virginia Tech to obtain information on their perceptions of traditional coffeehouses and responses to the idea of a contemporary coffeehouse. Based on the information gathered, design criteria were established for the design of individual coffeehouse components with a consistent image, adaptable to various sites and spaces. Coffeehouse logo, nameplate, and facade designs were proposed. Presentations for the design included detailed elevations, plans, sketches, and perspective views. / Master of Science

Under 1500- och 1600-talet invandrade tusentals finska bönder till Sverige varav många bosatte sig i Värmland. En del av de så kallade skogsfinnarnas matkultur har kommit att leva kvar och sedan utvecklats såsom motti/nävgröt och skrädmjöl, och idag anses de vara en viktig värmländsk tradition. Syftet med denna uppsats är att utifrån intervjupersoners och informanters berättelser undersöka hur nävgröt och skrädmjöl konstrueras och bevaras som en tradition och ett matkulturarv i Värmland, samt att belysa hur konstruerandet och bevarandet kan förstås utifrån en lokal och regional identitet. Materialet består av intervjuer med fem personer som på olika sätt aktivt brukar och bevarar nävgröt och skrädmjöl i offentliga sammanhang i Värmland, samt arkivmaterial där olika informanter lämnat information om skrädmjöl och/eller nävgröt. Uppsatsen visar hur nävgröt och skrädmjöl genom människors mer eller mindre aktiva val konstrueras som en tradition och ett matkulturarv, samt hur deras och platsens lokala och regionala identitet formas och framställs genom matkulturen.