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Kärnkraften har så länge den funnits varit en omdebatterad energikälla. Syftet med dennauppsats är att utreda och få en bild av hur och på vilket sätt natursynen hänger ihop medåsikter om kärnkraft. Jag har redogjort för vad energi är, kärnkraftens historia i Sverige ochsom energikälla samt beskrivit för- och nackdelarna med kärnkraften. För att kunna ge en bildav kärnkraft och natursyn har jag genomfört kvalitativa intervjuer med personer som på olikasätt är insatta i problematiken kring kärnkraften. Min undersökning visar bland annat attnatursyn är ett komplext och stort begrepp som vi bör vara medvetna om hur det fungerar iarbetet för att förbättra miljön. / The nuclear power have, as long as it has been existing, been a discussed source of energy.The purpose with this report is to study and to get a picture if how and in what way the viewof nature cohere with the opinions about nuclear power. I have described what energy is, thehistory of nuclear power in Sweden and as a source of energy. I have also described thepositive and the negative aspects of nuclear power. To be able to present a picture of view ofnature and nuclear power I have done quality interviews with persons who, in different ways,are familiar with the problems of nuclear power. My investigation has shown that view ofnature is a complex and wide concept that we should be aware of in our work towards a moresustainable society.

This is an ecocritical analysis of the novel Glupahungern by Andrea Lundgren. I investigate how nature is viewed by looking at two things. First, I look at two functions in the novel. I analyze the function of characters that seem to be in between the human side and the animal side. I call them creatures of the border. I also analyze the function of places that can be seen as borderlands. Places between nature and society. Second, I do a small comparison between Glupahungern and the novel Hjortronlandet by Sara Lidman since they both are written by authors from the north of Sweden and the novels also takes place in the northern parts. Through this comparison I find similarities between the novel and how nature is viewed in them and I come to the conclusion that the place has an impact on the view of nature. Keywords: Nature, Border, Ecocriticism, View on nature, Northern Sweden

The purpose of this thesis is to look into the teaching methods and content in Zimbabwean biology education, and the possible influences that the teachers’ view of nature have on this education. The study was performed in and around Mutare in eastern Zimbabwe with eleven observations and six interviews in primary and secondary schools, corresponding to years four to nine in the Swedish compulsory school. My study shows that the teachers’ view of nature is in many parts similar to the Swedish view of nature, but differ in a closer connection to religiosity and in a more every-day-life relation to nature. This is reflected in several of the concepts that view of nature consist of. The view of nature is influencing the content in biology partly. Since science hold universal concepts which are the same all around the world, the view of nature does not influence the scientific parts of biology, but have influence on where the emphases in the education is put. The results show no direct influence of the view of nature on teaching methods, but indirectly influenced by the choice of content.

<p>The purpose of this thesis is to look into the teaching methods and content in Zimbabwean biology education, and the possible influences that the teachers’ view of nature have on this education. The study was performed in and around Mutare in eastern Zimbabwe with eleven observations and six interviews in primary and secondary schools, corresponding to years four to nine in the Swedish compulsory school. </p><p>My study shows that the teachers’ view of nature is in many parts similar to the Swedish view of nature, but differ in a closer connection to religiosity and in a more every-day-life relation to nature. This is reflected in several of the concepts that view of nature consist of. The view of nature is influencing the content in biology partly. Since science hold universal concepts which are the same all around the world, the view of nature does not influence the scientific parts of biology, but have influence on where the emphases in the education is put. The results show no direct influence of the view of nature on teaching methods, but indirectly influenced by the choice of content.</p>

This thesis conducts a comparative and ecocritical examination of Blackfish and Grizzly Man, two nature documentary films dealing with separate cases of human fatalities caused by wild animals. The aim was to show how nature and non-human animals as well as the relationship between humans/civilization and non-human animals/nature are represented in the films. Additionally, the effects of the representations of non-human animals on a viewer are also examined. For examining representations, the main theoretical frameworks used were: Frans De Waal’s understanding of the concepts of animalcentric and anthropocentric anthropomorphism, and Hillevi Ganetz’s understanding and use of the concept of natursyn (english: view on nature), meaning cultural interpretations of nature, which divides into three views: beautiful, sublime and picturesque. For the additional aim, the concepts of trans-species empathy and false-intimacy were used, the former via Alexa Weik von Mossner’s understanding and use, the latter via Derek Bousé’s. Essentially, the related concepts refer to the human ability to engage emotionally with non-human characters.  What the results show is that both Grizzly Man and Blackfish have ambivalent attitudes toward nature. In both Grizzly Man and Blackfish there are signs of different kinds of anthropomorphism. In terms of natursyn, Grizzly Man consists of a picturesque and a sublime view, articulated verbally and visually, whereas Blackfish consists of a beautiful and a picturesque view, articulated verbally, visually and sonically. The thesis also shows that the representations of orcas as human-like and close-ups of orcas with physical injuries in Blackfish have the potential of creating trans-species empathy. In Grizzly Man, Werner Herzog’s indifferent conception of nature, proclaimed through spoken narration as close-ups of a bear face are shown, discourages the potential effects of such imagery, namely false intimacy.

Syftet med den här studien är att öka kunskapen om naturfotografers natursyn. Studien baseras på kvalitativa intervjuer med sex naturfotografer. Som teori används Hannigans typologi över 1900-talets utveckling av miljödiskurser som inkluderar den arkadiska dis- kursen, ekosystemdiskursen och rättvisediskursen. Naturfotografi är ett exempel på den arka- diska diskursen, och min studie visar att det är den starkaste diskursen inom det naturfoto- grafiska fältet även om vissa fotograferar dessutom ansluter sig till ekosystemdiskursen och rättvisediskursen. Den arkadiska diskursen påverkar både hur naturfotografer konstruerar naturen och utvecklingspotentialen för naturfotografin. Den utveckling som Hannigan ser som en samhällelig utveckling över tid av diskurserna kan också ses som en individuell utveckling hos fotograferna. Efter en tids fotograferande börjar man röra sig ifrån den arkadiska diskursen och ifrågasätta idén om den vackra naturbilden. / The aim of this study is to increase the knowledge of nature photographers’ view on nature. The study is founded in qualitative interviews with six nature photographers. Hannigans typology of environmental discourse development during the twentieth century is used as theory for the study, including the arcadian, ecosystem and social justice discourse. Nature photography is an example of the arcadian discourse and my study shows that it is the strongest discourse in the field of nature photography, although some nature photographers also adhere to the ecosystem and social justice discourses. The arcadian discourse affects both how nature photographers construct nature and the potential for development of nature photography. The development of discourses over time that Hannigan sees in society can also be seen in individual photographers; following some time of photographing they move from the arcadian discourse and start questioning the beautiful nature photography as a concept.