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  • 1.
    A. Aljundi, Rachelle
    Umeå University, Faculty of Arts, Department of Creative Studies (Teacher Education).
    Bildklassresa mellan konststilar och epoker: om bildlärares konstsyn och teknikval i grundskolans bildundervisning2014Independent thesis Advanced level (degree of Master (One Year)), 20 credits / 30 HE creditsStudent thesis
    Abstract [en]

    The purpose of this study was to to examine what teachers think about visual art and how the learning process in this subject does look like. To answer these issues, I made interviews with five teachers of visual art from different schools, and I examined several examples of pupils’ artworks. The stories of the teachers were analyzed in relation to governing documents and with assumptions from sociocultural theory, postmodernism and pedagogical - aesthetic research as theoretical point of view.

    By the qualitative interview method, the observations of the pupil’s artworks, and by the analysis of the interviews with the teachers, I have come to the conclusion that teachers think differently about art but they try to keep themselves in line with the national governing documents. Its affects aspects of disciplines, styles, techniques and medium that is exemplified by the pupil’s art works, and it points out similarities and differences between the pupil’s art works and between the teachers when teaching visual art.

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  • 2.
    Aalto, Sirpa
    et al.
    Faculty of Humanities, University of Oulu, Finland.
    Lehtola, Veli-Pekka
    Giellagas Institute, University of Oulu, Finland.
    The Sami Representations Reflecting the Multi-Ethnic North of the Saga Literature2017In: Journal of Northern Studies, ISSN 1654-5915, E-ISSN 2004-4658, Vol. 11, no 2, p. 7-30Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    This article focuses on contextualizing the Sami (finnar) representations in Old Norse saga literature. The purpose is to show that the Sami representations reflect multi-layered Old Norse textual and oral traditions, and complex interaction between the Sami and the Norwegians in the Middle Ages. The stereotypes of the Sami tell us more about the society that created them than about real, historical events. We can be sure that behind them lie very mundane phenomena such as trade and marriages.

    The ultimate goal of the article is therefore to reveal the multi-ethnic North that provided the background for the saga sources, a North whose history is not as homogeneous as sources suggest and quite unlike the modified version which found its way into the histories of nation states. The literary conventions of sagas are not just imaginary tales—their use in various contexts can reveal something essential in otherwise schematic images or configurations. Even researchers of the sagas have certain personal conceptions of what the “real” lives of the Sami were like at the time, and how the sagas depict this. In fact, they participate in a continuum of saga literature that generates representations of the Sami in history.

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  • 3. Aaro, Fredrik
    The Joy of Riding2015Independent thesis Advanced level (degree of Master (Two Years)), 20 credits / 30 HE creditsStudent thesis
    Abstract [en]

    2045 a progressive European city is banning driving and BMW has to respond. Technological evolution, and a culture used to new interfaces leads to the option to recreate the relationship between human and car. But how to interact with our new friends?

    Talking to experts in the fields of science fiction, environmentalism, horse riding and piloting helped in first constructing a future and then tailoring an interface-vision for its inhabitants and their autonomous cars.

    The result is a tactile bond connecting driver and machine. Working together with your car doesn't have to mean loosing control, it's just another quality of control.

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  • 4.
    Aase, Zandra
    Umeå University, Faculty of Arts, Department of language studies.
    Collage etnolingüístico en la poesía mapuche2015Independent thesis Basic level (degree of Bachelor), 10 credits / 15 HE creditsStudent thesis
    Abstract [en]

    This study has the goal to analyze the strategy used by the Mapuche poets so called collage ethno-linguistic and to reveal how it is used by their authors. Given that we will analyze poems in which its authors are Mapuche, we want to investigate whether their own worldview, culture and religiosity is reflected into the poem.

     

    For this purpose we will analyze three poems written by the Chilean Mapuche poets in order to have the proper overview of their lyrical poetry. Those poems are “Huida”, by Maribel Mora Curriao, “Quila” from Pedro Alonzo Retamal, and “Desde aquí” from the poet Jaqueline Caniguán.  On the other hand we will also inquire into other papers of several researchers that have studied the ethno-literature, such as Iván and Hugo Carrasco Muñoz and the paper written by the researcher Maria Ester Greve  in order to support our investigation.

     

     

    Key words: ethnolinguistic collage, Maribel Mora Curriao, Pedro Alonzo Retamal, Jaqueline Caniguán, Mapuche poetry, world view, Mapuche religiosity. 

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  • 5.
    Abbasi, Farid
    Umeå University, Faculty of Science and Technology, Umeå School of Architecture.
    The High Garden: An architectural exploration on how to integrate vertical farming and modular architecture inside city centres2020Independent thesis Advanced level (degree of Master (Two Years)), 20 credits / 30 HE creditsStudent thesis
    Abstract [en]

    The state of the world is changing. By 2050, The earth’s population will increase by 3 billion and building sector is asked to construct 3 billion new housing units inside urban centres. Since one of the fundamental needs is food, agriculture sector also needs to adjust itself to this growing number of people. Nevertheless, in 2019, Agriculture used 50 per cent of all earth’s habitable land and experts estimate that we need 109 hectares more land to cultivate however this amount of habitable land is approximately the land which is represented by the country of Brazil and 20 per cent more. Moreover, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations states that water use grew twice as much as population increase and agriculture already is using approximately 70 per cent of the global freshwater. At this point, experts like Professor Dickinson Despommier suggests that the only way humanity can tackle its future food safety issues is to find ways to introduce vertical farming inside Urban centres. The High Garden project is resulted by the world state today and is trying to find an architectural solution to the mentioned issues. It starts firstly by studying the issues more thoroughly and then tries to form a framework which includes and transcends them. It studies how the construction sector is acting now and how it can reorient itself to the situation whilst limiting its negative environmental impact. Then the thesis tries to understand the basics of vertical farming methods compared to the conventional geoponics farming as it is practised today and how it can integrate the better cultivation solution inside city centres. The last step of the theoretical studies of the project is to look at the history of integrated farming and EcoArchitecture. After understanding the theories of the issue, then the thesis starts to form itself as an architectural intervention using the architectural tools and methods and combining the studied disciplines. The result of the thesis is a modular configuration which can accommodate various activities such as aeroponic farming, local markets, zen areas, and drone subscription deliveries etc. Because of the modular construction of the project, it can adapt and adjust itself to different situations and it uses an algorithmic tool to analyse and study existing cities to find proper intervention points. Then it is attached to the existing buildings as a sustainable green extension solving some issues and revitalizing the dead city edges. Keywords: State of the World, rapid urbanization, population growth, geoponic agriculture, Co2 emission, greenhouse gas emission, aeroponic farming, modular architecture, sustainable architecture, EcoArchitecture

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  • 6.
    Abbevik, Julia
    Umeå University, Faculty of Science and Technology, Umeå School of Architecture.
    A city for youths: An urban strategy to encourage and enhance existing activities and activate social space to strengthen youths leisure time in Lycksele2020Independent thesis Advanced level (degree of Master (Two Years)), 20 credits / 30 HE creditsStudent thesis
    Abstract [en]

    On a national scale, statistics relating to moving patterns shows that youths and young adults are the ones who tend to move the most. The case in Västerbotten is similar as in the rest of Sweden and many municipalities are experiencing a population decline. This thesis aims to look into the motives behind moving from the perspective of youths and young adults and through that propose a strategy to strengthen the place attachment youths and young adults feel to their home municipality. The research is centered around Lycksele in Västerbotten.

    The research questions that the thesis aims to seek answers for are; What could an architectural strategy that aims to support youths in their leisure time and also strengthen their connection to the area look like? and What programmatic aspects are important to consider in such a strategy?

    The thesis investigates spatial needs from the perspective of youths and young adults which have been investigated through literature studies and action based research focused on interviews and a workshop. Four themes were common in both interviews and the workshop, these were; closeness to nature, possibility of work, valuable leisure time and a sense of home. To understand how an urban strategy can respond to the themes, strategies applied in other municipalities have been analysed. A finding was that in order for strategies to attract more inhabitants, they need to have a holistic approach and offer a complete lifestyle. Creativity is a theme which came up during interviews and literature studies as a possible platform around which an area can become considered as more attractive.

    The proposal is an urban strategy which aims to respond to the common themes from interviews and the workshop by enhancing and encouraging activities taking place and activating social space. This proposal suggests a strategy which aims to strengthen the notion of sense of place to enhance place attachment and through that possibly invite more young adults to move back in the future.

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  • 7.
    Abbevik, Julia
    Umeå University, Faculty of Science and Technology, Umeå School of Architecture.
    Open Music2017Independent thesis Basic level (degree of Bachelor of Fine Arts), 10 credits / 15 HE creditsStudent thesis
  • 8.
    Abdallah, Wissam
    Umeå University, Faculty of Arts, Department of historical, philosophical and religious studies.
    Det sistakorståget: Operation Barbarossa: En historiografisk studie om orsakerna till den tyska invasionen av Sovjetunionen2010Independent thesis Advanced level (degree of Master (One Year)), 10 credits / 15 HE creditsStudent thesis
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  • 9.
    Abdallah, Wissam
    Umeå University, Faculty of Arts, Department of historical, philosophical and religious studies.
    Vad är rättvisa?: En undersökning om vem eller vilka Platons teori riktar sig till2017Independent thesis Advanced level (degree of Master (One Year)), 10 credits / 15 HE creditsStudent thesis
    Abstract [en]

    Plato´s Republic is maybe the most widely read philosophical work of all times. It is the earliest surviving, systematic utopia in Europe´s history and continues to inspire people today. But who did Plato want to address with his work and why? In this paper I will discuss these issues. My thesis is that Plato wanted to direct his Republic to people, men and women, who have a good character and love wisdom in order to make them to think radically differently from the traditional norms. If these would-be philosophers could challenge the old-fashioned way of seeing things they could take the lead to establish a just society. I will also discuss critically two alternative approaches from other philosophers.

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  • 10.
    Abdipour, Morteza
    Umeå University, Faculty of Science and Technology, Umeå Institute of Design.
    Arrangement Design Studies: the introduction of the digital wall in domestic environments2021Licentiate thesis, monograph (Other academic)
    Abstract [en]

    This research focuses on the emergence of 'digital walls' that can project images onto almost all or even the entirety of interior (and perhaps exterior) walls, and what implications this might have for how we arrange our rooms. It demonstrates the arrangement, i.e., the way that domestic products are arranged physically, of rooms changes in the domestic environment in a complex scenario when using large screens. Due to the fast-growing demand for large screens, this product could potentially be available to be used by people in their home environments; however, it does not yet exist in reality at this scale. Constructing large screens can be carried out using different production methods. Here, this concept is called the digital wall, a very thin wall-sized interactive screen. The characteristics of the digital wall will vary to be able to create different scenarios. One such scenario is a space in the home where the surface of the wall is covered with screens, which allows multiple possibilities to experience and interact with digital content. 

    In this research, the social gathering space of homes, nowadays called the living room, is considered as a highly relevant space for installing the digital wall. In this space, the conceptual framework outlines the basic elements of the research and demonstrates the relationships between people’s interactions with the digital wall and domestic products in the domestic environment. I show two examples from design history to understand how arrangement changes impact the home environment: the transformation of the parlor to the living room, and entry of the television into the living room. These two examples are focused on the place in the home where people gather for socializing. The discussion of these examples led to the elaboration of the relationships between the elements in the conceptual framework.

    I explored relevant design research methodologies to bring this future scenario into the present to understand the relationships between people and the digital wall. I applied research through design and the constructive design research approaches to frame the design research methodology. In this thesis, I set up seven series of design studies in two cluster groups: Supportive studies and Main studies. All of the design studies were conducted in the Design Research Lab, the actual space for carrying out the design experiments, prototyping the digital wall, and the setting of the experiments for user participation. The Lab was fully equipped with relevant technology and allowed me to use multiple methods to collect data while people were experiencing the design study sessions. The Lab was useful as a platform to understand user experiences, barriers for interactions as well as people's experiences in a simulated space of a domestic environment. 

    The main contribution of this research is to understand the forms of arrangement changes when people use the digital wall in homes. The research demonstrates two significant implications that are seen in two forms of arrangements: tangible arrangement and imperceptible arrangement. These findings are useful for both designers and users of the elements of domestic contexts and the relations that can be shaped by the presence of a digital wall in home environments. This understanding may provide design guidelines in future scenarios in which the digital wall is used in homes. The findings are also beneficial for designing the domestic environment, improving the arrangement of space, and raising the requirements for designing domestic products.

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  • 11.
    Abdipour, Morteza
    Department of Design, Mid Sweden University.
    User Participatory Design Evaluation and Education through Design Lab2019Conference paper (Other academic)
    Abstract [en]

    This paper presents the possibilities of a design lab that can be used in evaluation processes for different design subjects in design education. Three student projects from different domains are studied to explore how utilizing a design lab for user involvement can affect the design process. The Design Lab is situated at Mid Sweden University and can project images, video and online materials on three walls and provide sound. Different tools to collect data are available, such as video cameras, equipment for psychophysical measurement and software for analysis. The studies show that design students can use the lab to prototype different scenarios or environments as well as to display large subjects at an appropriate scale. The study found that the Design Lab offers possibilities to involve diverse groups of users, such as people with disabilities, the elderly and even dogs, which gave the students the possibility to obtain feedback from the specific users that could provide the most valuable input.

  • 12.
    Abdipour, Morteza
    et al.
    Mid Sweden University.
    Lorentzen, Lena
    Olin, Håkan
    A Design Research Lab—An Integrated Model to Identify Conscious and Unconscious Behavior in the Design Process2016In: Advances in Design for Inclusion: Proceedings of the AHFE 2016 International Conference on Design for Inclusion, July 27-31, 2016, Springer, 2016Conference paper (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    To understand how different design solutions affect users, designers traditionally use different evaluation methods that mainly rely on conscious feedback from the users. However, the complexity of human behaviour, where a large part is unconscious, point to a need for an extended tool box addressing the part not accessible to human conscious knowledge. Here, we describe a design research lab where traditional methods are complemented with tools to measure physiological signals influenced by emotional and sympathetic responses. These tools include galvanic skin response (GSR), electrocardiograph (ECG), and electroencephalograph (EEG). Typical sessions with acquired data of conscious and unconscious user reactions are described. The large body of data collected, which also require non-design expertise for interpretation, suggest that a further development towards simplified output data of the unconscious reactions is needed to allow wider use within industrial design work.

  • 13.
    Abele, Alexander
    Umeå University, Faculty of Science and Technology, Umeå Institute of Design.
    Acculan System: The next generation of a Surgical Power Tool2019Independent thesis Advanced level (degree of Master (Two Years)), 20 credits / 30 HE creditsStudent thesis
    Abstract [en]

    Orthopedic surgery is dangerous, especially for the surgeon! Tool failures belong to the ten most frequent causes of operation delays. Nowadays, hospitals are pressured to optimize procedures and lower costs. Especially, orthopedic surgery is physically demanding for the ergonomics of the surgeon and tools wear out more quickly.

    Could the evolution of a surgical power tool be used in these scenarios to ease and support the surgeons work, increase the efficiency and flexibility of usage and at the same time offer more control and knowledge about the condition of the tools?

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  • 14.
    Abrahamsson, Bengt-Ivar
    et al.
    Umeå University, Faculty of Teacher Education, Department of Creative Studies.
    Lundmark, Mats
    Umeå University, Faculty of Teacher Education, Department of Creative Studies.
    Med naturen som inspirationskälla2007Independent thesis Basic level (professional degree), 10 credits / 15 HE creditsStudent thesis
    Abstract [sv]

    Syftet med studien har varit att beskriva undervisning i utomhuspedagogik ur ett didaktiskt och sociokulturellt perspektiv. De frågeställningar vi hade var: Hur kan man arbeta med naturen som inspirationskälla? Hur kan undervisning i utomhuspedagogik ske utifrån ett didaktiskt perspektiv? Vad kan vi som blivande pedagoger lära oss av denna studie utifrån ett sociokulturellt perspektiv på lärande? Varför är det viktigt att elever får kunskaper om naturen och vad ett hållbart samhälle är? Studien har utförts genom bearbetning av relevant litteratur samt en kvalitativ intervjuserie med elever i år 6 och lärare på tre skolor. Lärarna undervisar på följande nivåer: förskola, fritidshem, år 3, och år 9. De resultat som framkommit är att lärare och elever gemensamt upplever att kunskaper om utomhuspedagogik är av största vikt. Samt att kunskapsinlärningen av utomhuspedagogik underlättas i autentisk miljö.

    Sökord: Utomhuspedagogik, biologisk mångfald, hållbart samhälle.

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  • 15.
    Abreu Zavaleta, Martin
    Umeå University, Faculty of Arts, Department of historical, philosophical and religious studies.
    Disagreement Lost2021In: Synthese, ISSN 0039-7857, E-ISSN 1573-0964, Vol. 199, no 1-2, p. 1899-1932Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    This paper develops a puzzle about non-merely-verbal disputes. At first sight, it would seem that a dispute over the truth of an utterance is not merely verbal only if there is a proposition that the parties to the dispute take the utterance under dispute to express, which one of the parties accepts and the other rejects. Yet, as I argue, it is extremely rare for ordinary disputes over an utterance’s truth to satisfy this condition, in which case non-merely verbal disputes are extremely rare. After examining various responses to the puzzle, I outline a solution using the framework of truthmaker semantics.

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  • 16.
    Abreu Zavaleta, Martin
    Umeå University, Faculty of Arts, Department of historical, philosophical and religious studies.
    Gómez-Torrente on reference to ordinary substances2020In: Manuscrito, ISSN 0100-6045, E-ISSN 2317-630X, Vol. 43, no 4, p. 97-107Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    According to the Kripke-Putnam orthodoxy, a term like 'water' refers to samples of the same substance as the items on the basis of which the term was introduced. However, observations due to Needham (2000) and Leslie (2013) cast doubt on the idea that there is a uniquely privileged notion of substance relevant to the determination of reference, in which case it would seem at best indeterminate what the word `water' refers to. In response to this problem, Gómez-Torrente (2019) has argued that there is a privileged notion of substance that plays a role in the determination of reference, namely, the ordinary notion of substance. This paper argues that Gómez-Torrente's proposal is not successful. Contrary to what Gómez-Torrente supposes, there is no uniquely privileged ordinary notion of substance; rather, there are many notions of substance compatible with the meaning of 'substance' none of which seems privileged over the rest.

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  • 17.
    Achinioti Jönsson, Sebastian
    Umeå University, Faculty of Science and Technology, Umeå School of Architecture.
    Sequence Lane: De-centralization of the social arena in the modern city plan2019Independent thesis Basic level (degree of Bachelor), 10 credits / 15 HE creditsStudent thesis
    Abstract [en]

    Reconstruction and densification of Gamla storgatan in Holmsund.

  • 18.
    Ackermann-Boström, Constanze
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Languages, Department of Modern Languages, Uppsala, Sweden.
    Guest Editor’s Note2021In: Multiethnica: Journal of the Hugo Valentin Centre, ISSN 0284-396X, E-ISSN 2002-3413, Vol. 41, p. 7-10Article in journal (Other academic)
  • 19.
    Ackermann-Boström, Constanze
    Umeå University, Faculty of Arts, Department of language studies.
    "Språket fick jag inte med mig som liten": unga meänkielibrukares samtal om språkbevarande i sociala medier2021In: Tidskrift för Genusvetenskap, ISSN 1654-5443, E-ISSN 2001-1377, Vol. 42, no 4, p. 32-50Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    Young members of minoritized linguistic communities often face a situation of double marginalization. On one hand, many communities have struggled to maintain their languages due to oppression and assimilation politics, which often leads to a language shift. On the other hand, many uoung members also experience a language purism within the community, mostly from older generations, criticizing the young members' linguistic practices and language skills. This paper explores how young Tornedalians, Kvens and Lantalaiset use social media as an arena for metapragmatic reflexions on minority language learning and Meänkieli maintenance. Drawing on data from the social media platform Instagram, this paper examines the role of Meänkieli in young peoples' life and identity. The paper also explores how social media can contribute to create community among young Tornedalians, Kvens and Lantalaiset.

  • 20.
    Adam, Cortés Bergström
    Umeå University, Faculty of Arts, Department of language studies.
    Afrocolombianos: Un retrato estereotipado en dos series televisivas colombianas.2023Independent thesis Basic level (degree of Bachelor), 10 credits / 15 HE creditsStudent thesis
    Abstract [es]

    Los afrocolombianos viven en tiempos cambiables, donde su estatus étnico depende de varios aspectos como la estructura social, la percepción pública y la visibilidad dentro del sector televisivo que vacila entre una visión progresista, la aspiración de progresar hacia adelante y tener una mente abierta por un lado, y por el otro, conservadora y tradicional.

    Esta ambivalencia se produce en ambas series, debido al retrato diverso de los afrocolombianos donde en PE la esterotipación de Kiko y Caín aparece automáticamente, mientras que en HDC, se la narra mediante la reproduccion de expresiones verbales y de la cultura como un intento de distinguirlo de los demás.

    El lado conservador y tradicional a veces es significativo, puesto que estos aspectos impiden la representación de los afrocolombianos de manera diferente en las producciones televisivas contemporáneas. Kiko y Caín de PE por ejemplo, son retratados de forma estereotipada por medio de un contexto religioso. La religiosidad en sí misma no es estereotipada, pero se utilizan en la serie como una herramienta para reforzar las características negativas de los personajes. Su ridiculez y personalidad como menos listos, así como algunos de los comentarios y hechos reflejados en las escenas analizadas, contribuyen a la imagen estereotipada. Asimismo, el hecho de que son sicarios delincuentes además aumenta esta percepción.

    En contrapartida, Luis Andrés de HDC es retratado de una forma más positiva y modesta, siendo una persona tierna, inteligente y de alguna manera exitoso. Esta imagen de él, se ve reforzada por la ternura que muestra al cuidar a su mamá. Lo único estereotípico sería su alegría y espontaneidad, la pasión mostrada hacia la música afrocolombiana, y que repetitivamente se le es referido como el “Negro”, en lugar de su nombre verdadero, lo cuál podría interpretarse como un intento de deshumanizar y hacerle inferior a los demás.

    A lo largo del trabajo hemos resaltado que el discurso estereotípico es cambiable y que el término en sí mismo es problemático, porque las evaluaciones y los atributos casuales que se le asignan a la persona estereotipada, ya sean positivos o negativos, se basan en las normas cambiantes de la sociedad. Nos referimos con eso a que existan dos categorías de estereotipos, donde el primero en mayor grado crea curiosidad e interés hacia este grupo de personas. Por otro lado, este último crea una imagen y percepción despectiva del grupo de personas objeto del estereotipo, lo que también crea pensamientos negativos de los que es difícil deshacerse.

    Hemos demostrado que el retrato de los afrocolombianos sigue siendo estereotípico en algunos aspectos en las series observadas. De lo contrario, ha sido posible distinguir matices donde la imagen ha sido a favor para ellos. En cuanto al discurso lingüístico, no ha sido posible situar a los afrocolombianos en un contexto estereotípico específico. En algunos aspectos de las series analizadas hemos podido observar acciones despreciativas a través de de la terminología y expresiones verbales que podrían ser estereotipadas, pero no mediante los dialectos lingüísticos.

    Finalmente, la imagen estereotipada que se da de una persona es una de las causas principales de una visión despreciativa y por ende racista, con lo cual las producciones televisivas empeñan un rol importante en cambiar esta percepción pública. En este aspecto, el establecimiento cultural y por lo tanto el sector cinematográfico en Colombia, podría funcionar como un enlace en cuanto a la preservación y desarrollo de una visualización diferente de los afrocolombianos. Al aumentar la visibilidad de personalidades afrocolombianas reconocidas en el espacio televisivo, tanto actores de cine como artistas y personalidades culturales, estas pueden ayudar a crear recursos normativos y mejorables y de esta manera cambiar la imagen estereotipada de los afrocolombianos.

  • 21.
    Adam, Palo
    Umeå University, Faculty of Science and Technology, Umeå School of Architecture.
    Elderly Care Home Lake Nydala: Creating Architectural frameworks for a meaningful life in old Age2020Independent thesis Basic level (degree of Bachelor of Fine Arts), 180 HE creditsStudent thesis
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  • 22.
    Adcock, Tina
    et al.
    Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, Canada.
    Roberts, Peder
    Department of History of Science, Technology and Environment, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden.
    Nations, Natures, and Networks: The New Environments of Northern Studies2015In: Journal of Northern Studies, ISSN 1654-5915, E-ISSN 2004-4658, Vol. 9, no 1, p. 7-11Article in journal (Refereed)
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  • 23.
    Adelhult, Sara
    Umeå University, Faculty of Arts, Department of language studies.
    Är det fria ordet fritt i läromedlen?: En studie av synen på argumenterande texter.2023Independent thesis Basic level (degree of Bachelor), 10 credits / 15 HE creditsStudent thesis
    Abstract [en]

    Based on the democratic goals and mission in the Swedish curriculum and the rapidly changing media landscape, this study examines how textbooks, for pupils aged 13-15, present the writing of argumentative texts. Using content analysis and Ivanić's six discourses of writing and learning to write as a framework, fundamental aspects are reviewed: the writer, the reader, the media, the function attributed to the argumentative texts, and the writing discourse. The results show that the genre discourse dominates, closely followed by the skills discourse. If the same pattern also can be found in the practice it can be interpreted as a problem in relation to the democratic goals and mission. Furthermore the result depict the writer as a person with simple skills who write about ordinary issues (in contrast to the professional writer who can change major issues). In the textbook the reader is highlighted as important, but the pupil is not provided with any guidance to understand and find the reader. The textbooks also suggest that argumentative writing mainly has a dialogic function. However, this might be an issue in the classroom as writers will encounter difficulties conducting a dialogue with an unknown reader.  

     

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  • 24. Adelmann, Kenneth
    et al.
    Bergman, Lotta
    Dahlbeck, Per
    Hermansson, Carina
    Malmö högskola.
    Jönsson, Karin
    Nygård Larsson, Pia
    Olsson Jers, Cecilia
    Persson, Magnus
    Thavenius, Marie
    Widén, Pär
    Språkutveckling, medier och demokrati2014In: Medie- och informationskunnighet i Norden: en nyckel till demokrati och yttrandefrihet / [ed] Ulla Carlsson, Göteborg: Nordicom, 2014, p. 117-129Chapter in book (Other academic)
  • 25.
    Aditya, Pawar
    Umeå University, Faculty of Science and Technology, Umeå Institute of Design.
    Composing the Umeå pantry: a platform for dialogue on food production and human survival2015In: Participatory Innovation Conference, PIN-C / [ed] Rianne Valkenburg, Coen Dekkers, Janneke Sluijs, The Hague, 2015, Vol. 1, p. 83-90Conference paper (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    The Umeå Pantry was a five-week long public art event held in Umeå, Sweden, aimed at making concerns about food production public and supporting local communities interested in food related practices.

    The event consisted of a series of performances where participant communities were invited to a dialogue on food concerns and practices in the region. The performances took the form of communal activities such as food harvesting, cooking, workshops, debates and demonstrations.

    The making of the art event highlights the practice of creating forms for engagement and participation of disparate communities around social issues.

    In the broader picture, this project contributes to the understanding of community participatory design and design for social innovation.

  • 26.
    Aditya, Pawar
    Umeå University, Faculty of Science and Technology, Umeå Institute of Design.
    Open-collaborative libraries: Libraries as generative community centres2015Conference paper (Other (popular science, discussion, etc.))
  • 27.
    Aditya, Pawar
    Umeå University, Faculty of Science and Technology, Umeå Institute of Design.
    Prototyping boundary objects: Boundary objects as means for negotiating a cultural imaginary2015Conference paper (Other academic)
  • 28.
    Aditya, Pawar
    Umeå University, Faculty of Science and Technology, Umeå Institute of Design.
    The Ability To Make A Difference In Participatory Design Projects2017Conference paper (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    The case study presented here is an intensive nine day community participation project in a Swiss town, aimed at fostering community food production. The approach to participatory design presented here seeks to emphasize the in-situ improvisatory ‘doing' of collaborative activities.

    Using notions such as diffusing, reifying and catalyzing the study describes the iterative movement of the project that is bound up in material arrangements and social relations.

    Through a reflection in action approach, the author unpacks how the designer's agency is understood through social interactions and acts of summarizing, materialization and translation.

    The paper concludes by discussing power and agency, both as an outcome and central to the design process. This reflective exploration through the lens of agency seeks to encourage the reflexivity of designers in collaborative practice.

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  • 29.
    Adolfsson, Linda
    et al.
    Umeå University, Faculty of Arts, Department of culture and media studies.
    Nilsson, Emelie
    Umeå University, Faculty of Arts, Department of culture and media studies.
    Strategisk kommunikation i ideella organisationer: En retorisk analys av hur Världsnaturfonden WWF kommunicerar förtroende i olika kommunikationskanaler2020Independent thesis Basic level (degree of Bachelor), 10 credits / 15 HE creditsStudent thesis
    Abstract [en]

    This study has aimed to examine how Världsnaturfonden WWF communicates trust in various communication channels. We also wanted to see if there are any differences in the different channels on how WWF communicates trust. It is a qualitative study that uses critical rhetoric analysis as method. We choose to analyze the communication channels sponsored facebookposts, personalized letters and two sites from WWF:s website. The empirical data has been analyzed with the aid of theories of strategic communication, non-profit organizations, rhetoric and media specificity. The results show that WWF uses various communication strategies to communicate trust in all of the examined channels. The most important aspects of trust is communicated through presenting what WWF:s collected money has contributed to, that the organization appears to be knowledgeable and engaged in the various areas they work for. In all of the channels we have examined, we have also seen that WWF uses a personal address to the reader. In the sponsored facebookposts and in the personalized letters, we find that WWF communicates more trust than on the website by using more emotions. WWF express more gratitude for donors and more concern for the various animals and the environment affected. Other differences we have seen between the channels are that they differ in how they are designed, but these differences are mainly due to different norms relating to the specific channels. This study has contributed with knowledge of how a non-profit organization such as WWF rhetorically communicates trust to different target groups through different communication channels. This study has also contributed to knowledge of the differences and similarities regarding how WWF communicates trust through the three different communication channels.

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  • 30.
    Adrià, Carbonell
    Umeå University, Faculty of Science and Technology, Umeå School of Architecture.
    Rethinking the urban: ecology, infrastructure, urbanization2015In: ASA15 Symbiotic anthropologies: theoretical commensalities and methodological mutualisms, University of Exeter , 2015, p. 64-64Conference paper (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    This paper will explore a new notion of urbanity in the context of planetary urbanisation, through the investigation and analysis of the following themes: urban-ecology, urban-infrastructure, and new processes of urbanisation.

  • 31.
    Afvander Westman, Sara
    Umeå University, Faculty of Arts, Department of Creative Studies (Teacher Education).
    MAN FÅR LÄRA DEM VARFÖR DE VET SAKER: en kvalitativ studie kring slöjdlärares outtalade hantverksundervisning2022Independent thesis Advanced level (degree of Master (One Year)), 10 credits / 15 HE creditsStudent thesis
    Abstract [sv]

    Den tysta kunskapen förstås på olika sätt, det kan vara en kunnighet som inte verbaliseras och det kan vara en inövad och underförstådd kunnighet när det kommer till ett hantverk. Studiens syfte är att skapa större förståelse för hur slöjdlärare reflekterar kring och kännetecknar tyst kunskap som del av sin undervisning. Genom kvalitativa intervjuer med fem slöjdlärare samlas data in och analyseras med hjälp av en tolkning av Lindströms teoretiska modell gällande estetiska lärprocesser. Studiens resultat visar att slöjdlärare definierar den tysta kunskapen som en del av en redan erövrad kunnighet. Lärarnas egen hantverkskunnighet överförs till eleverna genom interaktion kring det hantverk som praktiseras, detta sker både verbalt och icke-verbalt. Användandet av metaforer och inkludering av slöjdspecifika begrepp nyttjas för att öka elevernas förståelse. Några av slöjdlärarna i studien verbaliserar gärna sitt handlande samtidigt som de visar och de andra slöjdlärarna visar hellre utan att verbalisera. Slöjdlärarna väljer att tala om tyst kunskap i relation till sin undervisning som det outtalade, det icke verbaliserade, den del av undervisningen då läraren fungerar som ett stöd för elevens egen utveckling av kunnighet.

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  • 32.
    Agamalova, Medeya
    Umeå University, Faculty of Arts, Department of historical, philosophical and religious studies.
    Klimat och Rättvisa: Varierande grader av utsatthet för klimatförändringar2021Independent thesis Basic level (degree of Bachelor), 10 credits / 15 HE creditsStudent thesis
    Abstract [en]

    It is widely recognized that changes in climate have an effect on people all around the world.There is also data supporting the claim that people are affected differently based on their ability (or lack thereof) to handle the imposed risks. The degree of ability can also determine whether adaptation and mitigation measures will be successful. This thesis discusses a few climate justice theories and principles to settle on those that can handle the variety in degrees of imposed risks. Arguments against isolated treatment of greenhouse gas emissions are drawn from discussion of the per capita principle. It is also argued that ideas about justice ought to be included into the theories and principles which guide international agreements. It is also shown that the absence of an account of historical responsibility ignores important considerations. Arguments against the rival account of Posner and Weisbach further strengthens the defended view.

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  • 33.
    Agdahl, Anders
    Umeå University, Faculty of Arts, Department of historical, philosophical and religious studies.
    Krigets kugghjul.: En undersökning av den svenska militära resursstrategins mål, medel och resultat under perioden 1776-1810.2015Independent thesis Advanced level (degree of Master (Two Years)), 20 credits / 30 HE creditsStudent thesis
    Abstract [en]

    The Gears of War

    The study of states, their expansion and interaction has always been an important part of political history and often involves military as well as economic perspectives. Relations between economic capital and means of coercion is according to Charles Tilly an integral part of the state and the security policies of early modern states included a high degree of resource mobilisation, preparation for and making of war. How were these problems meant to be solved and what really happened? These historical problems are brought together in this thesis to examine the Swedish government's intentions in the form of military and resource strategic objectives, how these were implemented in the form of rules and regulations and how this was followed by the armed forces in reality. By analysing strategical and operational plans, regulatory documents and muster-rolls with the help of Tillys statemaking theories as well as Lars Wedins strategical analysis model, the thesis sets out to define the swedish states' foreign  policy, military doctrine and strategy, compare regulations with reality and evaluate the ties between theory and practice.The study shows that geopolitical factors created demands for a new general military strategy that was based on warfare with higher mobility in the border provinces of the swedish realm. The security policy seems to have been an expression of the unity of the swedish state, however, the conflict between aristocratic and royal interests shows an interesting dynamic within the political system that is characteristic for the period. The resource strategy that supported the developing doctrine of mobile warfare in Sweden was based on a well equipped fleet, a smaller and more manageble baggage train for the infantry and a military storage system that together would enable faster responses, better transport and supply capability and a more agile defence that differed from the previous fortification doctine. The strategy for procuring and maintaining of outfitting and equipment of the infantry was decentralised during the early 1800's and the civil society became more involved in the resource mobilisation. This constituted a nationalisation of resource strategical means that aimed to alleviate the natural economic limitations in Sweden.The muster-rolls of Västerbottens' infantry regiment shows that the regulations were implemented in reality but that a deficient transport capability caused by disrupted supply lines and slow aquisition of new equipment led to a sometimes severe shortage of equipment and uniforms. Apart from the deficiencies there were substantial changes to more practical equipment in line with the mobile military doctrine and security policy of Sweden. In conclusion, a clear connection between political goals, regulatory documents and implemented changes are seen and an organic relationship between intention, regulation and reality. Further investigation of these historical problems, with ample source material and useful theoretic models in a swedish context, is encouraged. 

  • 34.
    Aggarwal, Akansha
    Umeå University, Faculty of Science and Technology, Umeå Institute of Design.
    DONOR SPACE: Bringing everyone together to support volunteer donors in Blood stem cell donation process2018Independent thesis Advanced level (degree of Master (Two Years)), 20 credits / 30 HE creditsStudent thesis
    Abstract [en]

    Globally in the medical and healthcare field, due to technological advancement and higher success rate of life-saving procedures, there has been a dramatic increase in the number of blood stem cell transplants performed each year. Consequently, the demand for blood stem cells from the donors is continual. The process of acquiring these cells from donors has its obstacles. Once volunteers are willing to donate and are identified as a potential match to the patient, they go through various stages, involving a long waiting period for the donors. 

    The aim of the project  is to apply and combine interaction design practices in the healthcare and medical world: how it would affect and shape specific experiences for the blood stem-cell donor. I would propose a digital service design that provides strategies to enhance the donation journey experience for the volunteer donors and the stakeholders involved in the process.

    The thesis project explores how we might design alternative ways to enhance a donor experience through digital services. 

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  • 35.
    Aglert, Katja
    et al.
    Umeå University, Faculty of Arts, Umeå Academy of Fine Arts.
    Norberg, MicaelUmeå University, Faculty of Arts, Umeå Academy of Fine Arts.
    Sleeping with ghosts: Kandidatutställning 20192019Collection (editor) (Other (popular science, discussion, etc.))
  • 36.
    Agnidakis, Paul
    Institutionen för kulturantropologi och etnologi, Uppsala universitet, Sverige.
    Christer Ericsson: Bandybaronen ifolkhemmet – familjen De Geer, bruket och folket2015In: RIG: Kulturhistorisk tidskrift, ISSN 0035-5267, E-ISSN 2002-3863, Vol. 98, no 2-3, p. 155-158Article, book review (Other academic)
  • 37.
    Agnidakis, Paul
    Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för kulturantropologi och etnologi.
    Ethnology: Theories and methods2018In: The International Encyclopedia of Anthropology: Topic: Theory and method / [ed] Hilary Callan, Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, 2018, 1, p. 1-13Chapter in book (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    Ethnology is a disciplinary field that is more or less interwoven with anthropology. Its main focus is the analysis of various cultures and cultural expressions, usually within a national context. In practice, ethnologists favor an approach toward culture from the individual perspective, with a key interest in how single ordinary individuals, seen as active cultural beings, think and act in their everyday lives. This implies that they are both shaped by and contributors to the shaping of cultures in their everyday lives. However, within ethnology, culture viewed as a bidirectional phenomenon is not merely regarded as an individual process. Rather, it is regarded as something that occurs in collective social contexts. When analyzing culture, ethnologists usually employ a combined focus on its ideational and folkloric aspects as well as aspects of materiality, locality, and identity. Ethnology's general methodological approaches comprise ethnographic fieldwork as well as studies of artifacts and sociocultural structures.

  • 38.
    Agnidakis, Paul
    Institutionen för kulturantropologi och etnologi, Uppsala universitet, Sverige.
    Etnologi: Kontinuitet och anpassning av ett kulturvetenskapligt ämne2018In: RIG: Kulturhistorisk tidskrift, ISSN 0035-5267, E-ISSN 2002-3863, Vol. 101, no 1, p. 1-18Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    Ethnology. The Adaptability and Continuity of a Discipline

    This article discusses the development throughtime and space of ethnology as a multifaceted disciplinaryfield. The objective of the article,however, is to challenge possible pre-assumptionsof ethnology as an incoherent i.e. variable and inconstant discipline, due to national limitations andtheoretical and methodological responsiveness, byproposing some core aspects regarding focalpoints,perspectives and methods that may beconsidered as prominent and unifying amongstethnologists both in Sweden and abroad. The articleargues for a general and continuing disciplinarianfocus on culture as a pluralistic, complexand individual-based phenomenon, as well as fundamentalinterest in the functions, social structures,constructions and experiences of cultures.Furthermore, the article describes how both earlierand later generations of ethnologists in generalhave chosen to study culture based on a selectionof recurring perspectives that comprise boththe intangible and tangible aspects of culture, aswell as the spatial and social contexts in whichcultures are formed and maintained. Finally, thearticle highlights how different types of ethnologicaldata are collected and analyzed via a combinationof constantly developed methods of culturalanalysis, though rooted in a disciplinarian tradition. In conclusion, despite a continuous progressionand adjustments within ethnology in regardto perspectives and methods over time and space,this has more often resulted in additions ratherthan replacements. For this reason, it seems relevantto define ethnology as a coherent discipline,designated by both adaptation and continuity.

  • 39.
    Agnidakis, Paul
    Institutionen för kulturantropologi och etnologi, Uppsala universitet, Sverige.
    Folkfest kring lokalhistoriska betydelser: Kulturarvsbetonade festivaler för främjandet av lokal identitet på postindustriella mindre orter2018In: Tidsskrift for kulturforskning, ISSN 1502-7473, E-ISSN 2387-6727, Vol. 17, no 2, p. 45-65Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    Celebrating local history – Cultural heritage festivals in post-industrial small towns as prerequisites for local identification

    Many minor post-industrial communities in Sweden, such as Surahammar and Timrå, struggle with financial difficulties and socio-cultural challenges due to the industrial decline and increased dependency on immigration from neighboring cities. In the light of this, arranging annual local festivals with a focus on cultural heritage can be seen as an opportunity to strengthen local identity as well as its inhabitant’s coexistences and sense of belonging. This article aims to analyze two local festivals, viewed as platforms for the production, communication and experiences of local cultural heritage values. Empirically resting on data collection and analysis of mainly ethnographic fieldwork, comprising interviews and observations, the article argues that these post-industrial local festivals involves identificational negotiations in regard to both the ritualized communication and implementation of local cultural heritage values. In conclusion, these festivals confirms a clearly industrial linked local cultural heritage but at the same time challenges it through enlargements, sufficiently vigilant connected to a local past in order to allow for inclusive local identifications, regardless of e.g. spatial origins.

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  • 40.
    Agnidakis, Paul
    Institutionen för kulturantropologi och etnologi, Uppsala universitet, Sverige.
    Ideologisering, manifestering och gemenskapande: kulturarvsproduktion som process i lokala industrisamhällen under omvandling2019In: RIG: Kulturhistorisk tidskrift, ISSN 0035-5267, E-ISSN 2002-3863, Vol. 102, no 2, p. 65-86Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    Ideologization, manifestation and community making 

    - Processes of heritage production in two local communities in transition

    As the local industry has taken on an increasingly marginalized role in post-industrial small towns, like Surahammar and Timrå, in Central and Northern Sweden, an industrial past has emerged as the more valuable politically, economically but also socio-culturally, to nurture, preserve and identify with in these local industrial communities that undergo transition. This article aims to analyze local heritage production as a use and representation of history. Empirically resting on data collection and analysis of primary and secondary sources, comprising interviews, observations, archives and contextual literature, the article argues that local post-industrial heritage production may involve continuation as well as alterations of processes started in the past industrial society. Also, it comprises local adaptation as well as adjustments on heritage discourses. In conclusion, despite of local differences similarities may, as shown in Surahammar and Timrå, indeed occur in both design and content. This involves a pre-dominance of “non-professional” producers and including and excluding representations of places and people. Furthermore, local heritage provide combined political, economic and socio-cultural arenas of different ideologies as well as sites for creation of shared values and evoking emotions of belonging in diversified communities. In Surahammar and Timrå this has been done recurrently with the use of effective homogenization strategies within the field of heritage, i.e. by emphasizing sufficiently remote pasts to induce temporary but nevertheless efficient “classless and rootless” unity in pride of local place and values.

  • 41.
    Agnidakis, Paul
    Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för kulturantropologi och etnologi.
    Kulturella värden och värderingar av kultur i ett industrisamhälle i förändring2005In: Historiens vägar: Gestaltning, historia och kulturarv, Härnösand: Landstinget Västernorrland/ISKA, Härnösand , 2005, 1Chapter in book (Refereed)
  • 42.
    Agnidakis, Paul
    Institutionen för kulturantropologi och etnologi, Uppsala universitet, Sverige.
    Mobile lives and communities: Towards an ethnological understanding and knowledge production of belonging and spatial identity in the "rural" Commuter community2018Conference paper (Other academic)
  • 43.
    Agnidakis, Paul
    Umeå University, Faculty of Arts, Department of culture and media studies. Uppsala universitet.
    Pendlarliv med tillgång till både land och stad: det berikade goda livet?2022In: Polarisering och samexistens: kulturella förändringar i vår tid / [ed] Maria Zackariasson; Magnus Öhlander & Oscar Pripp, Umeå: Borea , 2022, p. 155-193Chapter in book (Refereed)
  • 44.
    Agnidakis, Paul
    Institutionen för kulturantropologi och etnologi, Uppsala universitet, Sverige.
    Place as Cultural heritage?: Towards a norm critical and norm creative spatial cultural heritage production2014Conference paper (Other academic)
  • 45.
    Agnidakis, Paul
    Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för kulturantropologi och etnologi.
    Recension av Carlsson, Bergdahl, Annika & Andersson, Jerker: Hembygd - någonstans i Sverige2013In: RIG: Kulturhistorisk tidskrift, ISSN 0035-5267, E-ISSN 2002-3863, Vol. 96, no 4Article, book review (Other academic)
  • 46. Agnidakis, Paul
    Rekrytering och genomströmming: Pedagogiskt fokus på Antropologin som mångfacetterat och multilokalt ämne2019Conference paper (Other academic)
  • 47.
    Agnidakis, Paul
    Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för kulturantropologi och etnologi.
    Rätten till platsen [Elektronisk resurs]: tillhörighet och samhörighet i två lokala industrisamhällen under omvandling2016Book (Other academic)
    Abstract [sv]

    Surahammar och Timrå är två mindre orter i mellersta respektive norra Sverige som förenas i ett framgångsrikt industriellt förflutet. Båda har även, i likhet med många andra orter som präglats av en industriell produktion, drabbats av den senare tidens förändrade villkor för industrin. För Surahammars och Timrås del innebär det att ett beroende av industrin succesivt kommit att ersättas med ett beroende av nyinflyttning från i första hand de intilliggande städernas befolkning. Invånare som har ett förflutet från tiden då industrin dominerade i samhället samsas numera om den lokala ytan med dem som har flyttat in under senare tid. Den här etnologiska studien handlar om hur människor skapar sig en plats i två mindre industrisamhällen som genomgår omvandling. Vilka betydelser tilldelar man platsen man bor och verkar på, och hur hävdar man sin lokala existens inför sig själv och gentemot andra?

  • 48.
    Agnidakis, Paul
    Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för kulturantropologi och etnologi.
    Rätten till platsen: Tillhörighet och samhörighet i två lokala industrisamhällen under omvandling2013Doctoral thesis, monograph (Other academic)
    Abstract [en]

    This thesis is based on the demise of industry that has led to a search for new solutions for the survival of smaller communities traditionally dependent on industrial production. In two local industrial communities in central and northern Sweden, Surahammar and Timrå, industrial dependency has gradually been replaced by a dependency on immigration, largely from the neighboring cities of Västerås and Sundsvall. In the changed order of these local communities, old and new inhabitants have had to negotiate positions in order to co-exist. The objective of the thesis is to present how old and new inhabitants relate to and are attached to the local community as a place in which they reside and live their lives. In focus is an interest in the local identity construction of the inhabitants, i.e. how they identify with the place in which they dwell and live their everyday lives, with and in reference to each other and the outside world. Another concern relates to just how different local options for identification can be for individuals and for collective groups of people.

    Adopting a phenomenological and constructivist perspective, I regard local place as something that both old and new inhabitants are shaped by and shape in a collective process based on contrasts. The analysis is based on empirical data gathered during several years of fieldwork in the studied communities. The empirical data mainly consists of interviews and participant observations with old and new inhabitants in Surahammar and Timrå. Moreover, biographical literature, newspaper articles and data retrieved from the Internet have contributed important insights into how the local place is experienced and valued among the different groups of inhabitants. The thesis recognises the values and symbols that old and new inhabitants agree upon and that often result in spatial attachments. In addition, ideological, social and cultural differences are depicted as factors that shape a place as old and new inhabitants articulate local attachment and identification based on different grounds, needs and dreams.

  • 49.
    Agnidakis, Paul
    Institutionen för kulturantropologi och etnologi, Uppsala universitet, Sverige.
    Trans-local identities: Regional belonging and communality in rural Post-Industrial/agricultural Sweden2014Conference paper (Other academic)
  • 50.
    Agnidakis, Paul
    Institutionen för kulturantropologi och etnologi, Uppsala universitet, Sverige.
    Urban commuting: Expanding urban spaces through mobility practices in post-industrial Swedish regions2015In: / [ed] Stockholmia, 2015Conference paper (Refereed)
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