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Denna uppsats behandlar hur vårt språk påverkar vår förståelse av verkligheten, och hur detta i sin tur kan tänkas påverka människor med funktionsskillnader. Analysen utgår ifrån en korpusundersökning av olika benämningar för människor med funktionsskillnader, detta för att se i vilka kontexter de olika orden används. Orden som analyseras är: handikappad, funktionsnedsättning, funktionshinder och

Studiens syfte är att undersöka fyra trumlärares syn på hur de undervisar sina elever vid det Estetiska programmet i att öva på sitt instrument och hur de ser på elevernas motivation. Studien syftar också till att undersöka hur trumlärarna ser på att undervisa sina elever i att utveckla det specifika övningsområdet spelteknik på trumset. Utifrån litteratur och tidigare forskning kring temat övningThe purpose of this study is to examine four drum teachers' views on how they teach their students at the aesthetic program how to practice as well as how they look at their students' motivation. The study also specifically aims to examine how the drum teachers approach teaching their students how to develop their playing technique on the drum kit. Based on the literature and previous rese

Vulnerability to climate change and the capacity to adapt to it are the result of intersecting power structures, system dynamics, and social identity markers otherwise known as intersectionality; and thus, differ greatly between contexts. However, despite the stark contextual differences between small and metropolitan cities, and lower and higher income countries, the policy and study of climate c

This thesis presents and analyses the results of a bibliometric mapping study of the field of consumer research between 2000 and 2019, aiming to provide a simultaneously descriptive and analytical account of consumer research that identifies the overall structure of the field, as well as the major sub-specializations within it. By utilizing Pierre Bourdieu’s social theory and sociology of science,

Investment behavior is strongly affected by the level of risk we are willing to take and to what extent we believe an investment is going to be successful. It has been found in previous experiments that men and women tend to have different risk preferences and beliefs, with dissimilar investment behavior as consequence. In this study risk preferences and beliefs among men and women are elicited wi

I denna uppsats analyseras spelet Bioshock Infinite genom en analysmodell för ludologisk representation framtagen av Óliver Pérez Latorre, utifrån Robert Cassars adaption av Antonio Gramscis teori om kulturell hegemoni. Svårigheterna och konflikten inom det vetenskapliga fältet rörande spel adresseras inledande för att leda till en diskursanalys av spelet i sig, där vi ingående analyserar de ludis

A voice prosthesis is a medical device that helps people who have undergone a total laryngectomy to speak again. It is placed in the wall that separates the trachea and esophagus and consists of a valve that opens when speaking. Atos Medical is one of the few companies that manufactures voice prostheses. One of their voice prosthesis models is called Provox ActiValve. A problem with this model is

This paper looks at how China’s domestic development discourse creates and governs realities of objects, and subject. Using the works of Xi Jinping, the thesis uses the methods of governmentality by Mitchel Dean to analyze the data from the four analytical tools of epistheme, visibility, technical aspect, and identity to look at how the subject is positioned within collective mentalities, status o

Parallel with demographic concerns and an individualization process alternative burial practices in Japan have developed. One of them is tree burials that eliminates obligations for descendants to tend the grave, takes up relatively little space in a graveyard and enables memorialization while also providing an opportunity for the dead to remove one’s self from household constraints. The thesis in

Since 2017, tuwei (土味) culture has emerged in Chinese online space and the manifestation of it varies. On the basis of a case study on two Chinese social media platforms and gathered data from interviews, online videos and relating comments, the aim of thesis was to explore this culture with the main focus on tuwei videos and their producers, including the definition and classification of it, and

With the introduction of Forecast-based Financing (FbF) in 2013, the ability and incentive to do early action based on forecasting has increased over the last couple of years. In this study eleven semi-structured interviews were conducted with FbF practitioners of the Red Cross and Red Crescent (RCRC) Movement with the purpose of shedding light on challenges and opportunities associated with the a

Online shopping is becoming more common. Many consumers prefer to order their groceries online rather than visit an actual physical store, as online shopping is a lot more convenient. Another growing trend in the retailing industry is the increasing number of environmentally conscious consumers who are aware of the impact their actions have. Retailers such as ICA and Axfood are investing quite a l

This study centers around museum ethics with a focus on provenance research and how changing attitudes, both societal and sector-based, has affected the representation, communication and usage of provenance research and objects with provenance concerns within the public museum sector. The aim of this study is to gain increased and deeper knowledge about this phenomenon and the underlying processes

China is on a transition to waste management charging reform and pursuing effective eco-nomic incentives on an individual level. Pay-As-You-Throw (PAYT)/Unit pricing is recog-nized as an important and effective means to waste prevention and source segregation ren-dered by the government mostly in the developed countries. Following the in-depth case study analysis and the environmental, the study e

Uppsatsen syftar till att undersöka argumentationen i två debattartiklar från två överläkare inom palliativ vård med flera års erfarenhet rörande införandet av frivillig dödshjälp. Första debattartikeln konstruerades av Juha Hänninen som är överläkare och andra artikeln framställdes av Gunnar Eckerdal som också är överläkare. Båda har flera års erfarenhet inom palliativ vård. Denna uppsats baserasThis paper aims to examine the arguments in two debate articles from two doctors with years of experience in palliative care concerning the legitimization of voluntary euthanasia. The first debate article by Juha Hänninen who is a chief physician and the second article is produced by Gunnar Eckerdal who is also a chief physician, both of them have years of experience in palliative care. This essay

This master thesis work was performed in collaboration with the agricultural cooperative Lantmännen. With the ambition to take a world leading role in the development of unique products based on oats, Lantmännen has developed two oat based powders; one protein powder, PrOatein™, and one β-glucan powder, PromOat®. The aim of this master thesis project was to investigate the functional properties of

The observable, RT , is investigated using two-dimensional (∆η, ∆φ) angular correlations, where ∆η and ∆φ are the differences in pseudorapidity and azimuthal angle respectively, between the trigger and associated tracks. The analysed data consists of reconstructed tracks, from proton-proton collisions at collision energy ps = 13 TeV, taken from the ALICE detector at the LHC. Correlations are const

I denna uppsats analyseras hur diskursen om DO:s uppdrag, i två debattartiklar och en replik från 2017-2018, kan analyseras utifrån kritisk diskursanalys från Norman Fairclough. Därefter görs en undersökning på hur diskursen kan kopplas till frågan om access to justice, i synnerhet om individens tillgång till domstolsprövning. Den ena debattartikeln är skriven av juristen Rami Al-Khamisi och den aIn this essay I will analyse how the discourse regarding The Equality Ombudsman duties can be analysed using the method critical discourse analysis as defined by Norman Fairclough on two debate articles and one reply from the years 2017-2018. Following this, the essay examines how this issue can be linked to the concept of access to justice. One article is written by previous law student Rami Al-K

I denna uppsats undersöker jag Moderaterna och Vänsterpartiets valmanifest från 1988, 1998 och 2018 med hjälp av metoden kritisk diskursanalys och Jasbir K. Puars teori om homonationalism, för att se vad partierna säger om HBTQ-personers rättigheter. Jag tar avstamp i det faktum att både Moderaterna, som är liberalkonservativa, och Vänsterpartiet, som är socialistiska, båda gick i Stockholms PrideIn this essay I am examining Moderaternas and Vänsterpartiets manifestos from 1988, 1998 och 2018, using the method critical discourse analysis and Jasbir K. Puar’s theory of homonationalism, to see what the parties say about LGBTQ people’s rights. I start my study with the fact that both Moderaterna, who are a liberal-conservative party, and Vänsterpartiet, who are a socialist party, marched in S