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  • 51.
    Amir, Alia
    Linköping University, Department of Culture and Communication, Language and Culture. Linköping University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences.
    The language-policing practices constituting the emerging micro-level language policy-in-process in the EFL classroom: The example from a Swedish EFL classroom2012Conference paper (Other academic)
  • 52.
    Amir, Alia
    Linköping University, Department of Culture and Communication, Language and Culture. Linköping University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences.
    Tracing micro-level language-policy in foreign language classrooms: a case study of English as a foreign language (EFL) in Sweden2012Conference paper (Other academic)
  • 53.
    Amir, Alia
    et al.
    Linköping University, Department of Culture and Communication, Language and Culture. Linköping University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences.
    Musk, Nigel
    Linköping University, Department of Culture and Communication, Modern Languages. Linköping University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences.
    Language policing: Micro-level language policy-in-process in the foreign language classroom2013In: Classroom Discourse, ISSN 1946-3014, E-ISSN 1946-3022, Vol. 4, no 2, p. 151-167Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    This article examines what we call micro-level language policy-in-process – that is, how a target-language-only policy emerges in situ in the foreign language classroom. More precisely, we investigate the role of language policing, the mechanism deployed by the teacher and/or pupils to (re-)establish the normatively prescribed target language as the medium of classroom interaction in the English as a foreign language classroom of an international school in Sweden. Using ethnomethodological conversation analysis, we have identified a regular three-step sequence for language policing: (1) a (perceived) breach of the target-language-only rule, (2) an act of language policing and (3) an orientation to the target-language-only rule, usually in the guise of medium switching to the target language. Focusing primarily on teacher-to-pupil policing, where the teacher polices pupils’ (perceived) use of their L1 (Swedish), we identify three different categories of teacher-policing. These categories are based on particular configurations of features deployed in the three steps, such as initiator techniques (e.g.reminders, prompts, warnings and sanctions) and pupils’ responses to being policed (e.g. compliance or contestation).

  • 54.
    Amir, Alia
    et al.
    Linköping University, Department of Culture and Communication, Language and Culture. Linköping University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences.
    Musk, Nigel
    Linköping University, Department of Culture and Communication, Modern Languages. Linköping University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences.
    Pupils Doing Language Policy: Micro-interactional insights from the English as a foreign language classroom2014In: Apples - Journal of Applied Language Studies, ISSN 1457-9863, Vol. 8, no 2, p. 93-113Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    In this paper, we examine instances of the methods pupils deploy to do language policy in an English as a foreign language classroom in Sweden, where there is a locally practised English-only rule. Although we exemplify some more tacit methods of constructing a monolingual classroom (Slotte-Lüttge 2007), we focus primarily on instances where pupils police other pupils and on occasion even the teacher, when they are perceived not to be upholding the rule. This blatantly explicit method of pupils doing language policy, which we term language policing, generally serves to (re-)establish and maintain English as the medium of interaction and instruction. The data for this study consists of video-recordings of 18 EFL lessons in an International Swedish school and was collected in grade 8 and 9 classes (15-16 year olds) between the years 2007-2010. In order to reveal the interactional orientations of the participants in situ (Seedhouse, 1998:101), conversation analysis has been used to identify and analyse naturally occurring cases of pupils doing language policy. By discussing the analyses with reference to different policing trajectories, how participants employ a range of initiator techniques, and the nature and distribution of their policing methods, for example, we elucidate the empirical basis for our subcategories of pupil- initiated policing. We also relate language policing practices to the maintenance of a monolingual classroom and conclude that establishing and maintaining the English-only rule “sufficient[ly] for all practical purposes” is a routine matter (cf. Zimmerman 1971:227), since little language policing is needed to maintain it. In cases where the language rule is breached, both pupils and teacher play an active role in (re-)establishing themonolingual classroom.

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  • 55.
    Amundin, Mats
    et al.
    Kolmården Wildlife Park.
    Hållsten, Henrik
    Filosofiska institutionen, Stockholms universitet.
    Eklund, Robert
    Linköping University, Department of Culture and Communication, Language and Culture. Linköping University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences.
    Karlgren, Jussi
    Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan.
    Molinder, Lars
    Carnegie Investment Bank, Swedden.
    A proposal to use distributional models to analyse dolphin vocalisation2017In: Proceedings of the 1st International Workshop on Vocal Interactivity in-and-between Humans, Animals and Robots, VIHAR 2017 / [ed] Angela Dassow, Ricard Marxer & Roger K. Moore, 2017, p. 31-32Conference paper (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    This paper gives a brief introduction to the starting points of an experimental project to study dolphin communicative behaviour using distributional semantics, with methods implemented for the large scale study of human language.

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    A proposal to use distributional models to analyse dolphin vocalisation
  • 56.
    Andersson, Alexzandra
    et al.
    Linköping University, Department of Culture and Communication.
    Jönsson Segrell, Claudia
    Skräcken i läromedlen: En studie av skräcklitteratur i läroböcker för Svenska 22019Independent thesis Advanced level (degree of Master (One Year)), 10 credits / 15 HE creditsStudent thesis
    Abstract [sv]

    Läroböcker är en stor del av svenskundervisningen, men det är inte helt enkelt att avgöra vilka läroböcker som ska väljas i en uppsjö av läromedel. Denna studie behandlar skräcklitteratur i aktuella läroböckers epokstudier anpassade för Svenska 2. Skräck är en populärlitterär genre som är en stor del av ungdomars läsvanor, samtidigt som den finns representerad i flertalet läroböcker. Skräckkapitlet fungerar därför som ett stickprov av hur läroböckerna är uppbyggda. Genom att analysera utvalda läroböcker besvaras frågeställningarna:

    • Hur presenteras skräckkapitlen i skrift och bild?
    • Vilka klassrumsaktiviteter och läsarter främjas av läromedlens upplägg?
    • Vilka litterära verk och författare återkommer i de utvalda läromedlen och hur förhåller sig urvalet till begrepp som kanon och kulturarv?

    Analysen landar i en diskussion om författarens stjärnroll, problematiken med korta utdrag och vilka verk och författare som utgör en återkommande ”skräckkanon”.

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  • 57.
    Andersson, Alexzandra
    et al.
    Linköping University, Department of Culture and Communication.
    Segrell, Claudia
    Linköping University, Department of Culture and Communication.
    Monster i klassrummet: Fantasy och skräck i gymnasiets litteraturundervisning2018Independent thesis Basic level (degree of Bachelor), 10 credits / 15 HE creditsStudent thesis
    Abstract [sv]

    Lärare har svårt att välja och motivera sina val av litteratur i svenskundervisningen. Frågan är om de ska använda sig av endast kanonlitteratur, eller även populärlitteratur som skräck och fantasy. Syftet med denna studie är att skapa kunskap om och diskutera vad forskningen uttrycker om fantasy- och skräcklitteratur i gymnasieundervisningen, samt vilka möjligheter och problem sådan litteratur kan medföra. Arbetet bygger på dessa frågeställningar: – Hur ser forskningen på användandet av fantasy och skräck i litteraturundervisningen? – Kan lärare öka elevers motivation till att läsa med hjälp av populärlitteratur såsom fantasy och skräck, och i så fall hur? – Vad kan litteraturundervisning utifrån elevernas läsvärldar få för konsekvenser? För att besvara frågeställningarna granskades litteratur och forskning från 1980-talet och framåt. Resultat visade att skräck och fantasy ofta ingår i kanonlitteratur och därför inte kan uteslutas ur klassrummet. Lärares litteratursyn påverkar litteraturvalet i stort och därför bör syftet med läsningen vara tydligt. Vidare visar resultatet att det finns flertalet aspekter av fantasy och skräck som kan motivera elever i klassrummet. Däribland metoden språngbräda, där populärlitteraturen fungerar som en väg till kanonlitteratur.

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  • 58.
    Andersson, Anna-Karin
    Linköping University, Department of Culture and Communication, Centre for Applied Ethics.
    Title Legitimacy of power: an argument about the justification of redistributions and restrictions of liberty of action within a state2002Independent thesis Advanced level (degree of Master (One Year))Student thesis
    Abstract [en]

    This thesis aims at answering the following questions:1) How can the existence of a state be justified?2) To what extent does the state have the right to restrict individual´s liberty of action?3) To what extent does the state have the right to restrict or redistribute any kind of "goods", and if so, which restrictions should be allowed on which"goods"?4) Can a moral theory be "goal-directed", and are there moral reasons that it should be "goaldirected"?

    In order to answer these questions, I will analyze Robert Nozick´s and Michael Walzer´s answers to these questions, as presented in Anarchy, State and Utopia (1974) and Spheres of Justice (1983). My answers, which are founded on an argument for the necessity of freedom of choice and ambition-sensitivity in theories of justice, are results of a compromise between the ideas in these theories, but also partially on criticism of both theories.

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  • 59.
    Andersson, Christoffer
    Linköping University, Department of Culture and Communication. Linköping University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences.
    Mesopotamiens gudomligförklarade kungar: En undersökning av teologiska perspektiv på två gudomligförklarade kungar i det forntida Mesopotamien2015Independent thesis Basic level (degree of Bachelor), 10 credits / 15 HE creditsStudent thesis
    Abstract [sv]

    Ämnet för denna undersökning är de teologiska perspektiven runt två gudomligförklarade kungar i det forntida Mesopotamien, nämligen den gammalakkadiske kungen Naram-Sin (ca. 2254-2218 f.kr.) och den nysumeriske kungen Shulgi (ca. 2094-2047 f.kr.). De teologiska perspektiven behandlas här med hjälp av en induktionsbaserad historisk undersökning som utgår från vad olika forskare har skrivit i ämnet. Eftersom detta är en c-uppsats och det inte har varit möjligt att använda sig av primärkällor såsom arkeologiskt material och historiska källor på originalspråk så utgår denna undersökning uteslutande från forskningslitteratur. Undersökningen består av tre delar, i de två första delarna behandlas de teologiska perspektiven på kungarna var för sig och i det tredje görs en jämförelse mellan perspektiven. Undersökningens upplägg ser ut på så sätt att först har det gjorts observationer av vad som står om de teologiska perspektiven på monarkerna i de olika forskarnas verk. Sedan har perspektiven brutits ner i olika delämnen och därefter har informationen om dem sorterats in i de olika delämnena. Utifrån detta försöker sedan undersökningen att skissa fram en bild av de teologiska perspektivens karaktär. Uppsatsens tyngdpunkt ligger framförallt på att peka på olika tendenser i de religiösa föreställningarna runt dem med avseende på vilka teman de kretsar kring. I undersökningen framkommer det att perspektiven är ganska spretiga och går i många olika riktningar och även att det finns skillnader och likheter i perspektiven mellan kungarna. Två teman som dock ofta återkommer är fruktbarhet och himlen.

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    Religionshistoria, c-uppsats, slutgiltig version, Christoffer Andersson
  • 60.
    Andersson, Emelie
    Linköping University, Department of Culture and Communication. Linköping University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences.
    Inspiration i skapande arbete: Hur beskrivs begreppet av skapande människor2015Independent thesis Basic level (degree of Bachelor), 10 credits / 15 HE creditsStudent thesis
    Abstract [sv]

    Uppsatsens syfte är att undersöka hur skapande människor beskriver inspiration i sina skapandeprocesser genom att analysera texter skrivna utav fem olika skapande människor själva. Birger Gerhardsson (2014) har skrivit i Nationalencyklopedin att inspiration är ett andligt fenomen som övergår människans förmåga. Vidare i uppsatsen beskrivs den tidigare forskning och teori som funnits inom inspiration och kreativitet. Metoden som använts är textanalys och det för att kunna analysera vad det är författarna verkligen menar. Uppsatsen tar även upp kreativitet i relation till inspiration då de är två begrepp som relaterar till varandra. I resultatanalysen har Helene Billgren (2011) skrivit om hur hon kan titta på klippdockor för att hitta inspiration medan flera av de andra författarna inte har skrivit om inspiration med just det begreppet utan har skrivit mer om sina skapandeprocesser på ett sätt som går att tolka som inspiration. I summeringen av resultatanalysen beskrivs kortfattat vad uppsatsens resultat är, bland annat att det finns många olika sätt att beskriva inspiration och att alla beskrivningar kommer ifrån olika utgångspunkter. Diskussionsdelen diskuterar och argumenterar kring varför valet av metod var bra, hur frågeställningen blev besvarad och hur en vidare forskning på ämnet inspiration skulle kunna se ut.

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  • 61.
    Andersson, Emelie
    Linköping University, Department of Culture and Communication.
    Religionskunskapen och de rörliga bilderna: Vad gör film och TV till meningsfulla redskap i undervisningen?2014Independent thesis Advanced level (professional degree), 10 credits / 15 HE creditsStudent thesis
    Abstract [sv]

    Filmer är fulla av dolda värden samt religiösa och anti-religiösa budskap. Det blir mer och mer vanligt att man tar vara på detta i religionsstudier. Detta examensarbete syftar till att belysa frågan om och i så fall vad som gör att film och TV kan vara användbara pedagogiska redskap i religionskunskapsundervisning. Detta görs genom att undersöka tidigare forsknings syn på att använda film och TV i undervisning. Metoden som används är en systematisk litteraturstudie. Examensarbetet undersöker närmre vad är det som gör film och TV till användbara pedagogiska redskap samt vilka negativa effekter användandet av film och TV i undervisning kan leda till. Dessutom berör examensarbetet förutsättningarna för att film och TV ska kunna ses som användbara pedagogiska redskap. Resultaten visar att film och TV kan ses som en resurs från elevernas värld som förknippas med känslomässiga upplevelser, att film och TV formar elevers liv och identitet och kan väcka samtal som förändrar elevers synsätt samt att användandet av film och TV kan ge elever en mer kritisk blick. Samtliga fördelaktiga aspekter riskerar dock att medföra negativa effekter om inte förutsättningarna är de rätta. Olika sätt att studera film på diskuteras. En slutsats som dras är att film och TV inte automatiskt kan ses som användbara pedagogiska redskap, utan den avgörande förutsättningen för att film och TV ska kunna ses som användbara är att elever lär sig se film och TV med en kritisk blick. För att uppnå detta behövs en kunnig lärare som kan leda in diskussionerna på rätt spår.

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    Religionskunskapen och de rörliga bilderna
  • 62.
    Andersson, Emelie
    et al.
    Linköping University, Department of Culture and Communication. Linköping University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences.
    Yngve, Karolina
    Linköping University, Department of Culture and Communication. Linköping University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences.
    Lust och motivation i textilslöjden: utifrån lärares och elevers uppfattningar2013Independent thesis Advanced level (professional degree), 10 credits / 15 HE creditsStudent thesis
    Abstract [sv]

    Syftet med detta examensarbete är att synliggöra vilka uppfattningar lärare och elever har om lust och motivation i textilslöjden. Forskning visar att slöjd upplevs som ett lustfyllt ämne och att lustfyllda situationer påverkar elevers inlärning och utveckling positivt. Frågeställningarna i detta examensarbete syftar därför till att synliggöra lärares och elevers uppfattningar om lustens roll i textilslöjdundervisning, orsaker till lust och motivation samt strategier för att skapa lust och motivation i textilslöjden.

    För att svara på dessa frågor har en undersökning med kvalitativ ansats utförts. Intervjuer med fyra lärare och fem elever på skolor i grundskolans senare år och på gymnasiet har analyserats och resulterat i flera kategorier som visar på lärares och elevers uppfattningar.

    Dessa kategorier beskriver uppfattningar kring lustens och motivationens roll i textilslöjdundervisning. De intervjuade menar att lust gör det lättare att lära sig. Variationen av praktisk-estetiska och teoretiska ämnen skapar lust och motivation. I lustfylld textilslöjdundervisning driver elever arbetet framåt själva, de har stort medbestämmande, arbetet flyter på och de klarar av utmaningar. Orsaker till lust och motivation är inspiration, inflytande, intresse, problemlöning, görandet, visionen av en produkt, att få med sig något hem, att bli nöjd med resultat, att ha kontakt med andra, och en kunnig lärare. När lust och motivation saknas används strategierna att ta en paus, att sätta igång fast man inte har lust, hitta lust och motivation själv, att söka eller ge hjälp samt att vara positiv.

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  • 63.
    Andersson, Jeanette
    et al.
    Linköping University, Department of Culture and Communication.
    Meriläinen, Päivi
    Linköping University, Department of Culture and Communication.
    Hur används IKT i slöjden?: Hur kan IKT vävas ihop med didaktik och pedagogik i slöjd?2015Independent thesis Basic level (professional degree), 10 credits / 15 HE creditsStudent thesis
    Abstract [sv]

    Syftet med denna studie är att utifrån lärarperspektiv genomföra en kvalitativ undersökning om och hur satsningen på IKT, informations-och kommunikationsteknik, påverkat, förändrat och utvecklat slöjdundervisningen. Hur används IKT i slöjden? Frågan väcker många tankar och frågor kring slöjdlärarens arbete, undervisning, lärande och bedömning. Hur kan IKT vävas samman med didaktik och pedagogik i slöjd? Citatet av Degerfält och Porko-Hudd (2008) har inspirerat oss:

    Det roliga med kombinationen informationsteknik och slöjd är att det osannolika mötet mellan modern teknik och traditionellt slöjdande har blivit en succéhistoria och att film, bild och ljud, ihopbyggt till klickvänliga multimedieprogram kan visa handens kunskap och förmedla traditionella slöjdtekniker till nya generationer. När eleverna dessutom får lära sig att använda olika dataprogram, databaser och portaler som naturliga delar i sina slöjdprocesser, kan vi säga att slöjd som skolämne har utvecklats i takt med samhället och att informationsteknik har blivit ett redskap i slöjden” (Degerfält och Porko-Hudd, 2008, s.122)

    Vi har sökt svar på våra frågeställningar genom att ta del av tidigare forskning och genomfört en undersökning i två delar, dels genom samtalsintervjuer med slöjdlärare och dels i form av en handling, aktion, där slöjdelever skrivit loggbok digitalt. Resultatet av studien visar att slöjdlärare använder IKT till att organisera undervisningen genom planering, information, kommunikation och dokumentation. Arbetsmaterial blir lättillgängligt, det blir enklare att strukturera upp lektionstillfällen och arbetsområden via program/appar, enligt slöjdlärarna. Bilder och filmer används som inspiration och instruktion för att variera innehållet och individanpassa undervisningen. Slöjdlärarens arbetssätt förändras när digitala verktyg används i undervisningen. Studien visar också att digitalt loggboksskrivande tillsammans med formativ bedömning, i t.ex. appen Showbie, ökade kommunikationen mellan lärare och elever. Eleverna ökade medvetenheten om sin arbetsprocess, använde ämnesspecifika begrepp, blev mer delaktiga i sin egen utveckling och kom bättre förberedda till lektionen.

    Resultatet av studien visar att den digitala loggboken inte kan ersätta slöjdlärarens arbete i klassrummet och mötet med eleverna. Den kan däremot användas för att samla dokumentation som rör lärande, för kommunikation genom positiv feedback varvat med elevernas egna tankar före, under och efter genomförande.

  • 64.
    Andersson, Jenny
    Linköping University, Department of Culture and Communication.
    Det otänkbara i att dansa med en afrikan utan taktkänsla och få sin pizza bakad av en svensk: – om fördomar och rasism2016Independent thesis Advanced level (degree of Master (One Year)), 10 credits / 15 HE creditsStudent thesis
    Abstract [en]

    Through this study I will attempt to show how a public might understand and relate to prejudice, racism and discrimination. How perceptions about ethnicity, race and nationality relate to cultural differences and how othering and stereotypes are being motivated by the informants and how they view them. The participating informants generally show significant tolerance towards others, but also show clear tendencies of othering and in-group bias. In their interpretation of “the cultural other”, assumptions and reasoning suggests that they are based on collective and individual group stereotypes. They do not accept interpersonal racism and discrimination but are seemingly unaware of what constitutes and creates structural discrimination and they are more tolerant towards discrimination based on economic interest. 

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  • 65.
    Andersson, Jenny
    Linköping University, Department of Culture and Communication.
    Från segregation till segregation: En familjs ackulturation i en mångkulturell miljö2016Independent thesis Basic level (degree of Bachelor), 10 credits / 15 HE creditsStudent thesis
    Abstract [en]

    Hageby is a district in Norrköping, which is mainly perceived as segregated with a large number of inhabitants of foreign origin. It's also associated with low socioeconomic status, criminality, high unemployment and social exclusion. The external perception of the area is mainly negative, whilst the internal experiences and views, on the contrary are quite positive. Some internal conflicts, based on ethnicity and religion is clearly present here, but most informants expresses a positive view of the Swedish people, though many have little opportunity to interact with ethnic Swedes. Living in a multicultural area, seems for many of the local inhabitants to be something partly positive. For newcomers living there, closeness to family and their ethnic group, also helps soften the stress of settling in and adjusting to a new community. Extensive research shows that living in a segregated area, tend to slow the integration process, having negative effect on learning the new language, developing networks necessary for finding work, understanding of and full participation in society. Newer the less, my informants show that living in a segregated area, does not necessarily have these effects on an individual level. Although the extended influence of negative stereotyping of the area and the people who live there, tend to have an effect on self image and the construction of identity.

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  • 66.
    Andersson, Johan
    et al.
    Linköping University, Department of Culture and Communication.
    Eld, Nicklas
    Linköping University, Department of Culture and Communication.
    Vem behöver kunna hantera hammare och spik när det finns rotavdrag?: En systematisk litteraturstudie rörande den Svenska skolslöjdsdebatten2016Independent thesis Basic level (professional degree), 10 credits / 15 HE creditsStudent thesis
    Abstract [sv]

    När Ann- Charlotte Marteus skrev en insändare ställde hon frågan: Hur många smörknivar tål Sverige? För att utreda vår framtida professions ställning ville vi därför undersöka vad skolslöjden har för egentlig nytta för individen. Vi ville även utreda ämnets ställning över tid för att sätta dagsläget i perspektiv.

    Detta arbete är en systematisk litteraturstudie där slöjdämnets ställning belyses ur samhällets olika syn på kunskap. Detta utreds genom en djupgående litteraturkonsumtion, för att få en vetenskaplig grund till de områden uppsatsen berör.

    Resultatet visar att skolslöjden har ifrågasatts på grund av flera faktorer. Slöjdlärare visar inte upp en enhetlig förståelse för ämnets syfte. Ämnet ses som statiskt, detta på grund av kursplanernas utformning och tolkning. Bristen på yrkeskompetens hos verksamma slöjdlärare belyses som ett problem då de antingen inte besitter den fackkunskap, eller den pedagogiska grundkunskap som yrket kräver.

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  • 67.
    Andersson, Johanna
    Linköping University, Department of Culture and Communication.
    Heterosexuella skådespel i Margareta av Navarras Heptameron2009Independent thesis Advanced level (degree of Master (One Year)), 10 credits / 15 HE creditsStudent thesis
    Abstract [en]

    In this study I am analyzing how categories of sexuality and gender are represented in Marguerite de Navarre’s Heptameron. I have narrowed the object of study down to two of the seventy-two novellas; number forty-seven and forty-three, and to four of the ten devisants; Oisille, Parlamente, Hircan and Dagoucin. The theoretical frame is taken from Judith Butlers Gender Trouble. Feminism and the Subversion of Identity (1990) and Undoing Gender (2004) and from Thomas Laqueurs Making Sex. Body and Gender from the Greeks to Freud (1990). Butler’s aim is to deconstruct terms such as feminine and masculine, which function as imagined normalization categories due to power relations. In Undoing Gender she asks: “If I am a certain gender, will I still be regarded as part of the human? Will the ‘human’ expand to include me in its reach? If I desire in certain ways, will I be able to live?” These questions are of great importance for my study, which presents how the categories of sexuality and gender can be negotiated in the equalized frame Marguerite de Navarre creates for her ten devisants and novellas. At the same time I assess how every attempt to go beyond the boundaries of norms fails due to a norm of heterosexuality, which constrains the binary categories of man and woman.

    There are four main discourses by which the heterosexual norm is internalized by the devisants in Heptameron: the Christian, the aristocratic, the patriarchal and the neo-platonic. I suggest that each of the four devisants that I have studied represents one of these discourses. Since there are no definitive lines or definitive conclusions reached in the discussions among them it would be more correct to say that all the discourses effect all of the devisants to some extent, but that all the devisants act through a main discourse when he/she express his/her individual opinions.

    When the devisants in the frame leave it to the reader to come to a conclusion about right or wrong behavior for men and women, they are still rather set in their own opinions and, also, quite unforgiving. It is my contention that the novellas create more room for negotiations of the sexual and gender roles than the frame. In novella forty-three a woman acts within the role of the active, hence masculine, part of a love affair, and novella forty-seven tells the story of a parfaicte amytié between two men. But it is also obvious that these attempts to stress and break the norms of sexuality and gender are unsuccessful, once again due to the fixed norm of heterosexuality which constrain the binary categories of man and woman. In the novellas these very failures put the norms under stress, since they point out the very problem with the determination of sexual and gender categories which were prevalent during the Renaissance.

    I conclude my results by returning to Butler’s question above; “If I desire in certain ways, will I be able to live?” In Heptameron one can always find a chance to try a different way, but in the end only the heterosexual desire in which man and woman are in dichotomy survives.

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  • 68.
    Andersson, Karin
    Linköping University, Department of Culture and Communication, Department of Social Anthropology.
    Svärmorsdröm goes Punk: En studie om den senmoderna människan2009Independent thesis Advanced level (degree of Master (One Year)), 20 credits / 30 HE creditsStudent thesis
    Abstract [en]

    The purpose of this study is to examine how the late modern man's opinions manifest themselves with regards to education, work, leisure, travel, consumption and faith. Furthermore, I examine whether the informants and their views may be linked to Mary Douglas's cultural theory of cultural types. I also want to analyze whether they are classifiable as David Brooks` recently introduced type, BoBos. Finally, I examine whether my informantsare typical of today's late modern society.

    The conclusion I came to was that the informants are typical of today's late modern society and that they usefully can be referred to as BoBos. They are individualistic, relativistic and partly paradoxical, which is apparent in their views of themselves as being classifiable as a group.

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    Andersson, Karin
    Linköping University, Department of Culture and Communication, Department of Social Anthropology.
    Trend eller Etik - Vad styr?: En studie om ekologisk medvetenhet och vilka som besitter den2008Independent thesis Basic level (degree of Bachelor), 10 credits / 15 HE creditsStudent thesis
    Abstract [en]

     

    The purpose of this study is to examine whether the informants interviewed for the study believe that ecological awareness is a trend or a permanent aspect of the clothing industry and whether ecological thinking manifests itself in the work and private life of the informants.  The interviews investigated their views on environmental issues and the ethical aspects of organic production. Similarly, analysis of informants can be categorized as an analysis of a newly introduced cultural type, Bobo.

    The conclusion I achieved was that the informants have an ecological awareness which manifests itself in their work and personal life. Their views and awareness can be characterized as boboitian and is considered to be timely for today's society.

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  • 70.
    Andersson, Réka
    Linköping University, Department of Culture and Communication, Department of Social Anthropology.
    Breastfeeding on demand: Negotiating between contradictory ideals2009Independent thesis Advanced level (degree of Master (One Year)), 10 credits / 15 HE creditsStudent thesis
    Abstract [en]

    The aim of this study was to examine four women’s experiences of and attitudes towards breastfeeding. In order to achieve this end, the four women were interviewed individually. Breastfeeding is a controversial subject, which is also mirrored by the women and the different advice and recommendation that they meet. Consequently, each woman has to take a stand for what she thinks is suitable regarding her individual situation. Moreover, breastfeeding is embedded in complex historical, political and cultural systems. This becomes obvious in the contemporary principle of breastfeeding on demand, according to which breastfeeding is adapted to the child’s needs. Thus, a majority of the interviewees have difficulties with combining breastfeeding on demand with ideas of gender equality. Due to breastfeeding on demand, the women must also breastfeed in public. In those situations, the women are keen on breastfeeding as discretely as possible.

     

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  • 71.
    Andersson Sköld, Lisa
    Linköping University, Department of Culture and Communication.
    Livet med gränsen: Norsk närvaros påverkan på gränskommunen Strömstad2007Independent thesis Advanced level (degree of Master (One Year)), 10 credits / 15 HE creditsStudent thesis
    Abstract [en]

    Increasing globalization and mobility has reduced as well as enhanced the significance of borders. The Swedish-Norwegian border has barely changed in the last 350 years. During this time both national and cultural identities have been created. Strömstad’s location at the national border creates a situation where it is affected by national events in a different way than most of Sweden and at the same time Strömstad is strongly influenced by the national politics of another state.

    The purpose of this study is to examine the effects of the Norwegian presence on Strömstad from a social and cultural perspective. Most noticeable are the effects in the financial sector; however effects can also be seen in the way the borderers see themselves as well as their community.

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  • 72.
    Andersson Sköld, Lisa
    Linköping University, Department of Culture and Communication.
    Water usage behaviour and discourse in Cambodia2010Independent thesis Advanced level (degree of Master (One Year)), 10 credits / 15 HE creditsStudent thesis
    Abstract [en]

    Cambodia is one of the poorest countries in Asia and the mortality and morbidity due to lack of improved water supply sources are high. Improvement in this area could better the situation for many Cambodians and as a consequence better the situation for the state of Cambodia.

    The purpose of this thesis is to depict how water issues are being handled in Cambodia. This is done from an anthropological point of view and as a result the focus is on the interviewees of this study. Issues that will be of interest are water consumption and management behaviour, and their explanations. Thoughts and knowledge on water treatments, water safety and how to prevent water related health issues will also be of interest. Other important aspects are sanitation, garbage and the work of non-governmental organizations and the Royal Government of Cambodia. The field work was carried out though interviews and observations in three main areas, urban Phnom Penh, Khsach Kandal and Angk Snuol.

    The result focuses on risk behaviour and behaviour change and shows that there is a lack of knowledge among the people I talked to when it comes to water related health risks. There is a big mistrust in the quality of the water and most people regard boiling a necessity before drinking the water. However, storage is generally the big problem as well as lack of information on how, where and why water gets contaminated.

    Another problem that emerged is that there is a lack of financial commitment from the Royal Government of Cambodia and much work is done by NGOs which might be the reason for conflicting and confusing messages towards the public.

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  • 73.
    Andrén, Mats
    et al.
    Lund University.
    Sanne, Johan M.
    Linköping University, The Tema Institute, Technology and Social Change. Linköping University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences.
    Linell, Per
    Linköping University, Department of Culture and Communication, Language and Culture. Linköping University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences.
    Striking the Balance between Formality and Informality in Safety-Critical Communication: The Case of Train Traffic Control Calls2010In: Journal of Pragmatics, ISSN 0378-2166, E-ISSN 1879-1387, Vol. 42, no 1, p. 220-241Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    Talk in safety-critical activities displays features that distinguish it from both ordinaryconversations as well as from other institutional talk, but it also shares some features with these.Formality and informality are both interactionally accomplished phenomena, but they are shapedthrough different sources. Safety rules and pre-printed forms constitute two sources offormalization, dictating how to carry out communicative exchanges in certain types of situations,irrespective of the more specific circumstances in individual cases. Sources of informalization arethe participants’ need to adapt to situation-specific communicative needs, but also, ironicallyenough, routinization itself.In contemporary literature, safety-critical talk tends to be treated either in terms of strictadherence to a formal code, where all informalities are seen as potential sources of accidents, orinformalization is treated as natural and inevitable, focusing on routine conditions where they areapparently harmless. In this paper, based upon detailed analysis of telephone calls between traindrivers and dispatchers on the Swedish railway network, we propose a middle ground. We suggest acontingent theory of formalization, identifying four main types of informalizations, as well asdiscussing when and why they may be harmless and when they may be detrimental.

  • 74.
    Anemar, Linda
    Linköping University, Department of Culture and Communication. Linköping University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences.
    Avmystifiering av ett helhetsperspektiv: Komplementärmedicinska terapeuters syn på kropp och hälsa2011Independent thesis Basic level (degree of Bachelor), 20 credits / 30 HE creditsStudent thesis
    Abstract [en]

    This paper will be discussing a holistic approach used by my informants who works as complementary medical therapists. These therapists looks at the body from three different angles. They tell me that the body has a physical. an emotional and a soul level that needs to be looked at during a treatment and I find that this approach is shared with for example shamans. I will be comparing this holistic approach with how the western medicine talks about holistic approach to see what or if there is a difference.

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  • 75.
    Aniago, Wilfred Onyekachi
    Linköping University, Department of Culture and Communication, Centre for Applied Ethics.
    International Debt Cancellation and the Question of Global Justice: A Case Study of Nigeria.2006Independent thesis Advanced level (degree of Magister), 20 points / 30 hpStudent thesis
    Abstract [en]

    There is so much hunger in the developing poor countries of the world that the extent of inequality calls for a re-examination of global resources distribution especially as it concerns global debt crisis. The debts and their servicing obligation worsen the condition of the poor. Their cancellation could grant some respite to these global poor. This is why the call for a total and unconditional cancellation of Third World debt becomes a moral imperative. This needs to be given a normative approach especially as most of the debts were said to have arisen from morally questionable contracts. The demand for their cancellation is therefore a demand for global justice viewed from the stand point of rectification and distribution.

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  • 76.
    Animasaun, Emmanuel Dare
    Linköping University, Department of Culture and Communication, Centre for Applied Ethics.
    Professional Medical Ethicist: A Weed or Desired Member in Medical Ethics Debates?2006Independent thesis Advanced level (degree of Magister), 10 points / 15 hpStudent thesis
    Abstract [en]

    We now live in an era of experts on virtually everything, among which we have professional medical ethicists, who gained prominence in the late 60s due to dramatic advances in medical technology. Before then, medical ethics issues were not thought as separable from the warp and woof of the everyday life. Medical technology’s advancement cascades legions of moral problems in medicine and biomedical research. Series of innovative interventions in medicine raise throngs of ethical questions. In most cases that have to do with issues of life and death, there are perceived moral conflicts. Due to this swath of problematic issues that need solutions, some apologists favour medical ethics experts as fit for the job, while critics argue that no one has the knowledge or skill for dealing with moral quandaries because objective truth is not feasible in ethics and moral judgment is relative to cultures, beliefs and values. The necessity for medical ethicists to take active role in Medical Ethics Debates, either in Committees at the institutional level, or at any other decision-making mechanisms is justified in this thesis. In addition to this, the thesis also justifies medical ethicists’ role as expert consultants to clinicians and individuals alike This justification is based on complex moral problems accentuated by medical technology, which are far from being easily solved through mere appeal to individual reason, but rather by involving medical ethicists based on their specialized knowledge and high level understanding of research and practice. Although critics question the authority with which experts speak on these issues, nevertheless, the thesis unravels the roles, functions, significance and components of expert’s expertise that separate him/her from the crowd. Arguments are critically analysed and medical ethicists’ limits and professional flaws are addressed, with a view to establishing a virile foundation for the profession of medical ethics.

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  • 77.
    Antoncich, Ivan
    Linköping University, Department of Culture and Communication.
    Resan med FC Nörd: Gemenskap i utanförskap2015Independent thesis Basic level (degree of Bachelor), 10 credits / 15 HE creditsStudent thesis
    Abstract [en]

    I will in this paper to use my own experience and my own perspective to retell that which can be crucial to a football team must clear all obstacles in front of him . What that might mean for untrained individuals to be in a group and try to act as a group . What leadership role mean for a group or whatever it may cause problems if that becomes the leader does not know how a leader should be or what its role is in fotboll.vad it means to be in a group and what it takes to a group to work as a team.

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  • 78.
    Antoncich, Ivan
    Linköping University, Department of Culture and Communication.
    Resan med FC Nörd: Gemenskap i utanförskap2016Independent thesis Basic level (degree of Bachelor), 10 credits / 15 HE creditsStudent thesis
    Abstract [en]

    In this essay i will retell my experience and my view on what can be crucial for a soccer team to clear all obstacles in front of a team. The paper focus on how different individuals kan create a unity and kinship when they share a context when they are viewed as outsiders in the society. The unity in the exclusion connects to theories about ethnic groups and group structures.

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  • 79.
    Anwar, Obaidullah
    Linköping University, Department of Culture and Communication.
    “Misunderstanding in Telephone Interaction”: A Qualitative Study of how Non-native Interactants Manage Misunderstanding in a Mediated Communication2010Independent thesis Advanced level (degree of Master (One Year)), 10 credits / 15 HE creditsStudent thesis
    Abstract [en]

    This study contributed to study how Chinese and Pakistani interactants in 10 telephone conversations, despite their different cultural backgrounds and different speech habits, managed miscommunications and misunderstandings in their communications. It focused on various aspects that hurdle the inter-subjectivity and progressivity of talk between the interlocutors during the telephone interactions. The purpose behind the data collection for this research on miscommunication and (mis)understanding was to obtain audio recordings of real life telephonic conversation in which misunderstanding or reduced understanding as well as not understanding occurred. Out of 10 audio-recordings, the researcher chose the ones in which the participants were Chinese and Pakistani interactants in such a way that the telephone communication always took place cross culturally i.e. between a Pakistani person on one side and a Chinese person on the other. They used English as medium of communication. The participants of the study were introduced with their initials for the purpose of anonymity. Although the conversational corpus had a small size, yet suitably designed analyses aiming at finding the misunderstandings with the help of clear-cut proofs and solid evidences in the transcripts; could yield the required results. The recordings were then transcribed using the Ian Hutchby and Robin Wooffitt’s transcription glossary.The following research questions were designed for the study:1. What is the background of the miscommunication in the recording?2. What proof do the transcripts provide for the miscommunication?3. How does miscommunication emerge?4. How is miscommunication negotiated by the speaker and the recipient?5. What makes an interactional unit a trouble source?Different softwares like Audacity, CLAN, ELAN and Sound Forge will be used for repeated listening and then transcribing purpose. Finally, the data will be analyzed using procedures used specifically in the field of CA.

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  • 80.
    Anward, Jan
    Linköping University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences. Linköping University, Department of Culture and Communication, Language and Culture.
    Att befolka samtalsrummet. En fallstudie2007In: Interaktion och kontext. Nio studier av svenska samtal. / [ed] Elisabet Engdahl & Anne-Marie Londen, Lund: Studentlitteratur , 2007, 1, p. 187-202Chapter in book (Other academic)
  • 81.
    Anward, Jan
    Linköping University, Department of Culture and Communication, Language and Culture. Linköping University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences.
    Dialogue and tradition: The open secret of language2014In: Grammar and dialogism: sequential, syntactic, and prosodic patterns between emergence and sedimentation / [ed] Susanne Günthner, Wolfgang Imo and Jörg Bücker, Berlin / Boston: Walter de Gruyter, 2014, 1, p. 53-76Chapter in book (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    It is argued that a language, a langue in a modified Saussurean sense, is a regular outcome of conversation. Based on an analysis of a series of five Swedish telephone conversations, it is demonstrated through a turn-by-turn analysis of the first of these phone calls that an embedded and dynamic system of linguistic resources emerges in conversation and is stabilized in a tradition of conversations, and that the very methods which participants use to structure conversation - turn-taking, sequence organization, and repair - also structure conversation like a language.

  • 82.
    Anward, Jan
    Linköping University, Department of Culture and Communication, Language and Culture. Linköping University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences.
    Doing language2015Book (Other academic)
    Abstract [en]

    In this book, I demonstrate how people in conversation (and other forms of communicative practices) on-line construct working, and re-usable, systems of linguistic resources, through turn-taking and a method of turn construction (recycling with différance), which together structure material at hand - syllables and intonation units - like a language.

    Moreover, I explore a number of properties of such systems, in particular their character of embedded and dynamic systems, solidly entrenched in space, time, and social relations.

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  • 83.
    Anward, Jan
    Linköping University, Department of Culture and Communication, Language and Culture. Linköping University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences.
    Doing language2019Book (Other academic)
    Abstract [en]

    In this book, I demonstrate how people in conversation (and other forms of communicative practices) on-line construct working, and re-usable, systems of linguistic resources, through turn-taking and a method of turn construction (recycling with différance), which together structure material at hand - syllables and intonation units - like a language.

    Moreover, I explore a number of properties of such systems, in particular their character of embedded and dynamic systems, solidly entrenched in space, time, and social relations.

    Edition 2 includes an introduction by Per Linell, as well as minor changes suggested by Jan Anward’s close colleagues and approved by him.

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  • 84.
    Anward, Jan
    Linköping University, Department of Culture and Communication, Language and Culture. Linköping University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences.
    Interaction and constructions2014In: Constructions, E-ISSN 1860-2010, no 1, p. 1-7Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    In this article, I observe how a construction emerges, through a method of turn construction whichI call recycling with différance, in an informal conversation between four peers. Basing myself on a detailed analysis of the social impact of the turns at talk through which the construction emerges, I argue that a construction never substitutes for or absorbs a series of individual turns, but is a socially negotiated interim structuring of these turns. As such, it is potentially open to new modifications and new uses, which, however, also have to be socially negotiated.

  • 85.
    Anward, Jan
    Linköping University, Department of Culture and Communication, Language and Culture. Linköping University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences.
    Making Units: Comments on Beatrice Szczepek Reed "Intonation phrases in natural conversation: A participants’ category?"2010In: Prosody in Interaction / [ed] Barth-Weingarten, Dagmar, Reber, Elisabeth & Selting, Margret, Amsterdam: Benjamins , 2010, p. 213-216Chapter in book (Other academic)
    Abstract [en]

    Prosody is constitutive for spoken interaction. In more than 25 years, its study has grown into a full-fledged and very productive field with a sound catalogue of research methods and principles. This volume presents the state of the art, illustrates current research trends and uncovers potential directions for future research. It will therefore be of major interest to everyone studying spoken interaction. The collection brings together an impressive range of internationally renowned scholars from different, yet closely related and compatible research traditions which have made a significant contribution to the field. They cover issues such as the units of language, the contextualization of actions and activities, conversational modalities and genres, the display of affect and emotion, the multimodality of interaction, language acquisition and aphasia. All contributions are based on empirical, audio- and/or video-recorded data of natural talk-in-interaction, including languages such as English, German and Japanese. The methodologies employed come from Ethnomethodology, Conversation Analysis and Interactional Linguistics.

  • 86.
    Anward, Jan
    Linköping University, Department of Culture and Communication, Language and Culture. Linköping University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences.
    Om Hills metod2010In: Aiolos, ISSN 1400-7770, no 38-39, p. 49-64Article in journal (Other academic)
  • 87.
    Anward, Jan
    Linköping University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences. Linköping University, Department of Culture and Communication, Language and Culture.
    Om språkutveckling2007In: Det enkla är det sköna - en vänbok till Kjell Granström / [ed] Charlotta Einarsson, Eva Hammar Chiriac, Gunilla Jedeskog, Tobias Lindberg, Marcus Samuelsson, Linköping: Skapande vetande, Linköpings universitet , 2007, p. 25-38Chapter in book (Other academic)
  • 88.
    Anward, Jan
    Linköping University, Department of Culture and Communication, Language and Culture. Linköping University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences.
    On the open secret of language2011In: PERILUS 2011: Symposium on Language Acquisition and Language Evolution / [ed] Lacerda, Francisco; Bjursäter, Ulla, Stockholm: Institutionen för lingvistik, Stockholms universitet , 2011, p. 31-37Conference paper (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    Language is not inside speaking but comes forth as a consequence of dialogue and tradition.

  • 89.
    Anward, Jan
    Linköping University, Department of Culture and Communication, Language and Culture. Linköping University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences.
    Språklig bildning: Avsnitt 12015In: Skola & Samhälle, ISSN 2001-6727Article in journal (Other academic)
    Abstract [sv]

    Vad är egentligen språklig bildning? I den första artikeln av tre ställs ett antal frågor om dagens språkundervisning.

  • 90.
    Anward, Jan
    Linköping University, Department of Culture and Communication, Language and Culture. Linköping University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences.
    Språklig bildning: Avsnitt 22015In: Skola & Samhälle, ISSN 2001-6727Article in journal (Other academic)
    Abstract [sv]

    Vad är egentligen språklig bildning? I den andra artikeln ges en historisk bakgrund.

  • 91.
    Anward, Jan
    Linköping University, Department of Culture and Communication, Language and Culture. Linköping University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences.
    Språklig bildning: Avsnitt 32015In: Skola & Samhälle, ISSN 2001-6727Article in journal (Other academic)
    Abstract [sv]

    Vad är egentligen språklig bildning?  I den tredje artikeln presenteras ett blygsamt förslag.

  • 92.
    Anward, Jan
    et al.
    Linköping University, Department of Culture and Communication, Language and Culture. Linköping University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences.
    Linke, Angelika
    Linköping University, Department of Culture and Communication, Language and Culture. Linköping University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences.
    Familienmitglied ‚Vofflan‘. Zur sprachlichen Konzeptualisierung von Haustieren als Familienmitglieder.: Eine namenpragmatische Miniatur anhand von Daten aus der schwedischen Tages- und Wochenpresse.2015In: Beiträge zur Namenforschung, ISSN 0005-8114, Vol. 50, no 1/2, p. 77-96Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    In Swedish newspapers and journals an interview with or a feature article

    about a person is normally accompanied by an infobox, where, among other items, there

    is a headline named familj (family). Under this headline are mentioned not only partners,

    children, and other relatives, but also pets, notably dogs and cats. Our contribution poses

    the question to what extent this verbal (written) presentation of pets serves to construct

    them as ‘family members’. Based on our findings – the fact that pets are frequently mentioned

    in connection with family members, overlap between names of pets and names of

    human family members, and close textual alignment of humans and pets, among other

    things – we discuss whether these findings should be interpreted as a tendency towards

    anthropomorphism with regard to pets, or, somewhat more radically, whether we are witnessing

    a linguistic practice where cultural species boundaries are blurred.

  • 93.
    Arcon, Tjasa
    Linköping University, Department of Culture and Communication.
    Putting Your Ass on the Line: The Conceptualization of Risk in English and Spanish2010Independent thesis Advanced level (degree of Master (Two Years)), 30 credits / 45 HE creditsStudent thesis
    Abstract [en]

    The present study sets out to shed light on the conceptualization of risk in two different languages, English and Spanish. In order to reveal how risk is perceived in the minds of speakers of the two languages, I undertook a comprehensive cross-linguistic survey of the conceptual metaphors related to risk-taking. This was done through the examination of the conventional collocations of the noun and the verb risk in English, and the noun riesgo and the verb arriesgar(se) in Spanish. In addition, I also focused on the analysis of the idioms that deal with risk and risk-taking in both languages. This contrastive cross-cultural linguistic study of the conceptual field of risk and risk-taking was conducted within the frameworks of corpus linguistics as well as cognitive linguistics, which means that I worked with naturally occurring data gathered from various corpora while using the conceptual theory of metaphor for the analysis of potential conceptual metaphors related to risk.

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  • 94.
    Ardic, Sara
    Linköping University, Department of Culture and Communication.
    The Troubled Young Man in J.D Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye and “For Esmé - with Love and Squalor”2008Independent thesis Basic level (degree of Bachelor), 10 credits / 15 HE creditsStudent thesis
    Abstract [en]

    The aim of this essay was to show that the theme of how a troubled young man in a crisis who is saved by the love of a little girl is central in J.D Salinger’s novel The Catcher in the Rye, as well as in his short story “For Esmé - with Love and Squalor”. Furthermore, the argument was that there is a strong kinship between the protagonists of both stories as well as the little girl, thereby supporting the existing opinion of critics that Salinger is a writer who returns to favored themes and characters.

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  • 95.
    Aronson, Torbjörn
    et al.
    Skandinavisk Teologisk Högskola, Uppsala.
    Lejon, Kjell O.
    Linköping University, Department of Culture and Communication, Culture and Aesthetics. Linköping University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences. Johannelunds Teologiska Högskola, Uppsala .
    Lindholm, Hans
    Johannelunds Teologiska Högskola, Uppsala .
    Söderlund, Rune
    Centrum för teologi och religionsvetenskap, Lunds universitet.
    Persson, Magnus
    Pingstförsamlingen United, Malmö.
    Confessio Augustana: Augsburgska Bekännelsen: Nyöversatt och kommenterad2017Book (Other academic)
    Abstract [sv]

    Confessio Augustana utgavs år 1530 och utgör en av den reformatoriska rörelsens centrala dokument och har även använts som en ekumenisk utgångspunkt. Denna utgåva av Augsburgska bekännelsen är en nyöversättning med kommentarer av Rune Söderlund. Utgåvan innehåller även en parafrasering, av Hans Lindholm, som gör texten ännu mer lättillgänglig. Den svenska texten presenteras parallellt med originaltexten på latin.

    Augsburgska bekännelsen är en nyöversättning med kommentarer av Rune Söderlund. Utgåvan innehåller även en parafrasering, av Hans Lindholm, som gör texten ännu mer lättillgänglig. Den svenska texten presenteras parallellt med originaltexten på latin.

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  • 96.
    Aronsson, Jan
    Linköping University, Department of Culture and Communication.
    Det estetiska problemet: Relationen mellan det estetiska och etiska i Kierkegaards filosofi2007Independent thesis Advanced level (degree of Master (One Year)), 10 credits / 15 HE creditsStudent thesis
    Abstract [en]

    This paper is about Soren Aabye Kierkegaards (1813-1855) philosophy regarding the relation between the aesthetic and the ethic stage. The result of the essay is a modification of the aesthetic problem. The suggestion is to convert part of Kierkegaard’s metaphysical claims into an epistemic approach. An epistemic approach means to hold a position of well grounded stipulative beliefs. The argument for this suggestion is that it’s not possible to decide the truth in Kierkegaard’s metaphysical claims and therefore is it more fruitful to take an epistemic position. This paper claims that for the aesthetic person an argumentation on an epistemic level should be enough to choose the ethic way of life.

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  • 97.
    Artemenko, Oleg
    Linköping University, Department of Culture and Communication, Centre for Applied Ethics. Linköping University.
    Inspirations from Potential: Does Human Embryo in vitro Possess Full Moral Status?2010Independent thesis Advanced level (degree of Master (One Year)), 10 credits / 15 HE creditsStudent thesis
    Abstract [en]

    The paper deals with the problem of the moral status of human embryos in vitro obtained via somatic cell nuclear transfer, in vitro fertilization and similar biotechnologies. The purpose of research is to investigate whether it is possible to ascribe the position of full moral status to the embryo in vitro relying on its intrinsic properties. In particular, the property of totipotency of a human zygote was taken as presupposition in carrying out further moral assessments. To achieve these goals I have examined the applicability of the potentiality argument for evaluating moral status of the embryo within the frameworks of modal logic. The potential of the human embryo to become a person with full-fledged number of moral rights was interpreted using real, dispositional and counterfactual predicates. It was found that the role of potentiality argument is reduced to a precautionary principle and it failed to provide full moral status to the embryo in vitro. The potential of the embryo proper has a strong relational component that assigns it certain instrumental value. The latter implies that biomedical experimentation with the embryos in vitro cannot be considered as morally unacceptable.

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  • 98.
    Arvidsson, HG.
    Linköping University, Department of Culture and Communication, Centre for Applied Ethics.
    How to Enhance the Usefulness of Public Debates as a Support for Political Decision-Making2004Independent thesis Advanced level (degree of Magister), 20 points / 30 hpStudent thesis
    Abstract [en]

    The objective for this study is to examine whether it is possible to use the method of reflective equilibrium in order to enhance the usefulness of public debates as a support for political decision-making. Since public debates from political quarters are seen as an important tool for policy-making, the need for a rational assessment of the views put forward in such debates are important. And since reflective equilibrium aims for coherence between judgments on different levels – intuitions, principles and theories, which all are put forward in public debates – the point of departure for this theses is that this method could be useful for the matter of bringing some kind of structure to public debates.

    The analysis in this study shows that there actually are similarities between the method of reflective equilibrium and the course of public debates, since they both are characterized by the fact that viewpoints are mutually scrutinized in the light of one another. Further, it is argued that a more systematic applying of the method of reflective equilibrium would further the justification force of the outcome of public debates, since the method stresses the need of rationality and the importance of taking all relevant opinions into consideration. Therefore, the conclusion is that applying reflective equilibrium to public debates could make the political decision-making more democratic.

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  • 99.
    Arvola, Mattias
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    Linköping University, Department of Computer and Information Science, Human-Centered systems. Linköping University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences.
    Nordvall, Mathias
    Linköping University, Department of Computer and Information Science, Human-Centered systems. Linköping University, Faculty of Science & Engineering. SICS East Swedish ICT, Linköping, Sweden.
    Broth, Mathias
    Linköping University, Department of Culture and Communication, Language and Culture. Linköping University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences.
    Transmodal interaction and user experience2016In: Proceedings of the 12'th SweCog Conference / [ed] Alexander Almér, Robert Lowe, Erik Billing, Skövde: The University of Skövde , 2016, p. 5-5Conference paper (Other academic)
    Abstract [en]

    We are in a series of studies, ranging from news production to computer gaming, looking into the intersection of transmodal interaction and user experience. The purpose of this abstract is to outline the theoretical framework for that intersection. The first area we are studying is Transmodal Interaction, which is a concept that refer to a specific aspect of multimodal interaction. Human action is multimodal (Streeck, Goodwin, & LeBaron, 2011), and different sensory modes play an important role in action. However, little attention has been given to the intricate ways in which sensory modalities (seeing – drawing, hearing – saying, moving – touching, etc.) integrate, affect, and transform each other during the course of an activity. There are transformations of meaning in every new materialisation of an idea or a thought, partly depending on the communication potential of the sensory modality. This render what we refer to as a transmodal process where ideas and thoughts materialise action by action in an emergent sequence across relatively long and discontinuous timespans (Murphy, 2012). Over a sequence of actions, the meanings expressed in one modality, dynamically blend and shape what is expressed in other modalities. This produces, according to (Murphy, 2012) “a series of semiotic modulations in which certain core qualities persist, but others are noticeably transformed in the transition from one mode to another. (p. 1969)” We can, in intersemiotic translation (Jakobson, 1959) between modalities, address what is lost, how we introduce distortions, or even introduce perceptions of things that do not exist. A question is then how continuity of meaning and experience is preserved in modality changes. The second area we are studying is User Experience. The term refers to a person's perceptions and responses resulting from the use and/or anticipated use of a product, system or service (ISO, 2010). We employ a three level model of user experience based on Leontiev’s account of consciousness (Kaptelinin & Nardi, 2012; Leont ́ev, 1978), which also relate closely to Norman’s model of emotional design (Norman, 2005). The first level is the sensory fabric of consciousness, Norman refers to this as the visceral level. It is the largely subconscious level of how things feel. The second level is the personal meaning of things, related to what and how we do things action by action. Norman (ibid.) refers to this level as the behavioural level. The third level has to do with meaning, and what Norman refers to as a reflective level. It is the level of cultural meaning and what things mean for us in our socially and historically rooted activities. The intersection of these two areas constitutes our current focus of research. We are, in domains as different as news production and computer gaming, investigating persons’ perceptions and actions resulting from interaction with each other and with materialisations across different sensory modalities that give rise to intersemiotic translation effects. 

    References ISO. (2010). ISO 9241-210: 2010 Ergonomics of human-system interaction -- Part 210: Human-centred design. Geneva: International Standardization Organization. Jakobson, R. (1959). On linguistic aspects of translation. In R. A. Brower (Ed.), On translation (pp. 232-239). Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press. Kaptelinin, V., & Nardi, B. (2012). Activity theory in HCI: Fundamentals and Reflections. Synthesis Lectures on Human-Centered Informatics, 5(1), 1-105.  Leont´ev, A. N. (1978). Activity, Consciousness, and Personality. Englewood Cliffs, NJ.: Prentice-Hall. Murphy, K. M. (2012). Transmodality and temporality in design interactions. Journal of Pragmatics, 44(14), 1966-1981. doi:10.1016/j.pragma.2012.08.013 Norman, D. A. (2005). Emotional design: Why we love (or hate) everyday things. New York, NY.: Basic Books. Streeck, J. r., Goodwin, C., & LeBaron, C. (2011). Embodied interaction: language and body in the material

  • 100.
    Arwidson, Frida
    Linköping University, Department of Culture and Communication.
    Skapande i relation till hållbar konsumtion: Hur människor som arbetar med skapande i form av hantverk uppfattar och förhållersig till hållbar utveckling2016Independent thesis Basic level (degree of Bachelor), 10 credits / 15 HE creditsStudent thesis
    Abstract [sv]

    För att svara på frågeställningarna om hur nuvarande och tidigare studenter på kandidatprogrammet Slöjd, hantverk och formgivning vid Linköpings universitet, som arbetar med skapande i form av hantverk, uppfattar och förhåller sig till hållbart skapande och hållbar konsumtion har materialet från fokusgruppsintervjuerna delats in i fyra kategorier. Dessa kategorier är Hållbar design, Hållbara produktionsmönster, Hållbara konsumtionsmönster och Stödjande system. För att sammanfatta det som framkommit i analysen är alla deltagare i de båda grupperna förvånansvärt överens om vad hållbar utveckling innebär för dem i deras skapande arbete. Det finns vissa uppfattningar som skiljer sig och resulterar i olika arbetssätt, till exempel om produkten ska gå att bruka eller om budskapet i produkten prioriteras. En annan uppfattning som skiljer sig mellan grupperna är anpassningen till kunder. Fokusgrupp 2 som har påbörjat sitt arbetsliv inom området finner en drivkraft i att förhålla sig till kundernas önskemål samtidigt som de förhåller sig till ett hållbart skapande.

    Det uppstår ett dilemma gällande skapande och hållbar konsumtion. Förutsatt att människor som arbetar med skapande i form av hantverk har för avsikt att försörja sig, åtminstone till viss del, på sitt skapande arbete innebär det att produkterna måste säljas och konsumtion uppstår. För att kunna arbeta hållbart krävs en minskning av användandet av resurser, naturen måste kunna återskapa materialen i samma takt som de används (Thorpe 2008:36). Det krävs då att produkterna har kvalitet och en lång livslängd, men även att de har ett värde som får konsumenter att göra avvägande och begrundade beslut i vad de köper.

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