Essays about: "Long-Term Shifts"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 45 essays containing the words Long-Term Shifts.

  1. 1. “Excuse me, I am still here” : Designing for the Wellbeing of People With Dementia

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Medier och kommunikation

    Author : Rosemary Andrade Lima Nerell; [2023]
    Keywords : dementia; wellbeing; design; interaction qualities; critical dementia; ECD; design; meaning-making; media and technology;

    Abstract : A growing number of studies have been addressing the use of technology in dementia care. As traditional views of society focus mostly on the symptomatic aspects of dementia, the use of technology is limited to people’s impairments. READ MORE

  3. 2. The Construction of Security : A Discourse Analysis of Sweden’s Foreign and Security Policy between 2014 and 2023

    University essay from Högskolan Väst/Avd för informatik; Högskolan Väst/Institutionen för ekonomi och it

    Author : Jarl Hulterström; Matteus Berglund; [2023]
    Keywords : Swedish Foreign and Security Policy; Securitisation; Discourse Analysis; Speech Acts; Shifts;

    Abstract : This thesis is conducted as a descriptive single case study to establish empirical knowledge regarding how securitisation is expressed in discourse by the Swedish policymaking elite, in other words “securitising actors”. The thesis takes an ontological approach of interpretivism with a theoretical approach of securitisation theory. READ MORE

  4. 3. Clear as a Bell : A sensory and aesthetic history of timekeeping and eco-social relations in Uppsala and the world

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för arkeologi och antik historia

    Author : Isabel Inkpen; [2023]
    Keywords : Timescape; eco-social relations; time foraging; church bells; clocks; sensory history;

    Abstract : Methods of timekeeping have changed drastically throughout history and especially in the last century, as has humanity’s relationship to nature. Building upon existing research into the history of clocks and clock-time this study sketches a long-term chronology with a novel environmental, sensory, and aesthetic analysis. READ MORE

  5. 4. The Road Towards Service-Integrated Offerings for Product-Centred Manufacturing Firms : A Case Study within Husqvarna

    University essay from KTH/Skolan för industriell teknik och management (ITM)

    Author : Kajsa Ivarsson; Eric Seing; [2023]
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    Abstract : In recent years there has been an increase in servitisation amongst manufacturing firms. Change could be inevitable to stay competitive in this fierce innovative environment and is therefore an ongoing topic that needs to be addressed. READ MORE

  6. 5. Reversing Roe - A Case Study of Institutional Change of Abortion Rights in the United States

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Ellinor Ackefors; [2023]
    Keywords : abortion; Roe v. Wade; United States; historical institutionalism; gradual institutional change; gender-inequitable change;

    Abstract : Building on historical institutionalism, this paper explores gradual institutional change. As previous research on institutional change has focused on shifts towards gender equality, there is less known about gender-inequitable changes. The reversal of abortion rights in the United States by overturning Roe v. READ MORE