På vilket sätt kan konst var ett sätt att locka människor till att besöka naturen? Kring denna fråga, sett ur ett landskapsarkitektperspektiv, kretsar det här examensarbetet. Uppsatsen inleds med en litteraturstudie där avsikten är att få en djupare förståelse om begrepp såsom landskapsarkitektur, konst, natur och Land Art. Även vårt behov av naturen och teorier om att fånga platsens själ behandlas. Härpå följer intervjuer med personer som genom sin yrkesroll och erfarenheter är kopplade till mötet mellan konst och natur.

Relationen mellan berättelsen, berättandet och berättaren studeras ur ett semiotiskt perspektiv. Varför berättar en västernkaraktär historien om the Dude. I uppsatsen undersöks the Big Lebowskis struktur, hur berättandet är uppbyggt och vilken roll berättaren har för filmens utformning..

Den här studien undersöker hur recensenter jämför Disneyfilmen med förlagan, hur de jämför med andra Disneyfilmer, hur stor kunskap de har om förlagan och egna tolkningar de gör av filmernas teman och budskap..

The aim of this thesis was to analyse BARO WOOD AB:s timber measuring and quality sorting and to evaluate the analyse program Stockholmen. The purpose was to get a better understanding for the quality sorting made at BARO WOOD AB today, analyse differences in center board quality from logs with a good quality and logs with a bad quality, suggest new sorting criterias developed from analyses made with Stockholmen and to evaluate the program Stockholmen. All analyses are based on data gathered in a test sawing made at BARO WOOD AB in June and July 2002. The test sawing was made on four different diameter classes and every diameter class consisted out of A or M-grade logs, with a better quality, and B-grade logs with a lesser quality. The logs where sorted out with BARO WOOD AB:s existing quality criterias.

The report describes the production of graphic correspondence and marketing material for DUCIS(Dalarna University Centre for Irish Studies).A logotype symbol is created on the basis of an element from the Celtic art, and a graphic material thatharmonies with this ideal of style is built around the symbol. A unique visiting card, correspondence cardand letterhead is produced to strengthen the identity of DUCIS outwards.The work proceeds with an international education folder which is an important element in the marketingwork for the MA-education which starts in the autumn of 2003. Two posters, one for the opening ofDUCIS in may 2003 and one for a conference in 2004, are produced. Finally, a redesign of the book coverfor NIS, Nordic Irish Studies, is carried out.The report describes the working process consisting of meetings, practical work and other elementswithin the process. The conclusion is that the work has been quite successful and that this, to a largeextent, depended on an engaged and supporting commissioner.

The aim with this master's thesis is to describe the work process with the graduation film Player, by a composers perspective and given conditions. It provides a detailed insight into how the work was done from the script stage to the end result, scene by scene reflecting about both the musical performance and the collaboration between the director and me as a composer. The work was done during the spring term of 2012 at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm and Stockholm Academy of Dramatic Arts..

The aim of this study was to search for a link between the subject pictorial studies in means of expression and the ability to communicate in written and spoken language. To do so findings in relevant literature and a few complementing theories was addressed to cast light on interviews made with teachers dedicated to the subject pictorial studies in a subject-integrated curriculum.Interviews were conducted with nine teachers and all but one were teachers in the subject pictorial studies, spread across all of the nine grades in compulsory school. Informants were located in areas of socioeconomically high as well as low status, in central and densely populated areas as well as areas less densely populated. The diverse theoretical background consisted of semiotics, constructivist theory, social constructivist theory and genre theory. Theories and literature partly both contradicted and supported each other, depending on situation and circumstance.No evident conclusion could be made that discriminated one affecting cause from another on speech or writing skills.

SAMMANFATTNINGENUppsatsens titel:Mixed Martial Arts, ett slag för svensk idrott.Nivå:Kandidatexamen i ekonomi på Handelshögskolan, Umeå universitetFörfattare:David Ek och Linus HultkrantzHandledare:Håkan BoterNyckelord:(UFC), Marknadsmixen, Segmentering, Integrated Marketing Concept (IMC), SWOT, EventMarknadsföring, Virus Marknadsföring och Gerilla MarknadsföringMixed Martial Arts (MMA), Kampsport, Ultimate Figthing ChampionshipSyfte:(MMA) i Sverige och vilka marknadsföringskanaler som ger den största genomslagskraftensamt att se vilket påverkan UFC har haft på de svenska åskådarna av MMA.Syftet med studien är att undersöka om det finns en marknad för Mixed Martial ArtsTillvägagångssätt:Sverige för MMA var att genomföra en undersökning i form av en enkät utdelat till studentervid Umeå universitet. De studenter som efterfrågades var mellan 18-40 år och vilket gav enrepresentativ bild av befolkningen i Sverige.Studiens tillvägagångssätt för att observera om det fanns en marknad iEmpiri:dataprogrammet i SPSS, för att kunna visa med grafer hur sambanden mellan kön, fakultet,ålder och hemort relaterar till preferenser och om MMA är en attraktiv produkt eller inte.Det empiriska materialet insamlat från respondenterna sammanställdes iAnalys:Genom att studera de svaren kunde tendenser urskiljas om vilka potentiella målgrupper somfanns. Vidare beskrevs vilka marknadsföringskanaler som var mest effektiva och vartmålgruppen var belägen.Materialet som sammanställdes i empirin diskuteras mer djupgående i analysen.Slutsatser:var mer positivt inställda till kampsport och MMA. I förhållandet mellan fakulteterna var detden samhällsvetenskapliga fakulteten och den teknisk- naturvetenskapliga som var mestbenägna att vara potentiella konsumenter av produkten. De respondenter som ansåg attkampsport och bollsporter var mest underhållande tyckte i större utsträckning att kampsportvar underhållande.

Danmarksplass is situated just outside the centre of the city of Bergen on the Norwegian west coast. It was built in the 1930´s as a result of an architecture competition won by the prominent Norwegian architect Ole Landmark. Danmarksplass was originally meant to function as a local square, but its location next to Fjösangerveien, a road that caters for most of the through traffic in the Bergen valley today and is part of one of the main European roads, E39, would prove it difficult for that idea to prevail. Along with the ever increasing car traffic, Danmarksplass has more and more become a very busy traffic junction. Nowadays the car is the sole ruler of Danmarksplass.

There is a common belief that the arts contain knowledge of creativity that can enrich the business world. Similarly, the arts are in need of additional support from the private sector and know-how of business practices. In short, there is a need for mutual understanding. With my background as a dancer paired with my studies at the Stockholm School of Economics I have taken the challenge of bringing the two worlds closer together. By changing a social system, like an organization, it is possible to get a better understanding of it.

The aim with this master's thesis is to describe the work process with the graduation film Player, by a composers perspective and given conditions. It provides a detailed insight into how the work was done from the script stage to the end result, scene by scene reflecting about both the musical performance and the collaboration between the director and me as a composer. The work was done during the spring term of 2012 at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm and Stockholm Academy of Dramatic Arts..

There have been debates on the big differences in mathematics knowledge concerning pupils in Sweden and Finland. Especially, one common issue in the discussions of education is the Pisa test results, which take up in the media. In the Pisa research the Finnish pupils get through well year after year. Because of the discussions about the distinct school systems in Sweden and Finland, I found it interesting to investigate the divergence of the curriculums in these two countries. The main research questions asked were, what are the main differences and similarities in the Swedish and Finnish curriculums in primary school? Such as, is the assignment of primary school similar in Sweden and Finland?In my study I analyzed and compared by means of the curriculum especially mathe-matics teaching in primary schools in grade three in Sweden and in grade two Fin-land.

The aim with this master's thesis is to describe the work process with the graduation film Player, by a composers perspective and given conditions. It provides a detailed insight into how the work was done from the script stage to the end result, scene by scene reflecting about both the musical performance and the collaboration between the director and me as a composer. The work was done during the spring term of 2012 at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm and Stockholm Academy of Dramatic Arts..

Dagens konkurrensutsatta miljö gör det nödvändigt för företag och andra organisationer att nyttja de resurser som finns tillgängliga inom organisationen på bästa sätt. En viktig aspekt i arbetet med att finna konkurrensfördelar är att ta till vara och samordna den samlade kunskapen hos personalen. Ett begrepp som man allt oftare träffar på inom organiserandet av kunskap är Centre of Excellence, eller kompetenscentrum. Det finns dock ingen entydig innebörd av detta begrepp, och det förekommer i flera olika sammanhang, på skilda nivåer - som delar av stora företagskoncerner - som arbetsform i samarbete mellan myndighet, högskola och industri ? som statusgaranti för individ- eller gruppbaserad kompetens.

The aim of the study was to examine how substance abuse influences social relationships to families, friends and others. Five ex addicts in a treatment centre were interviewed. We used thematic interviews with themes that we regarded as relevant for our study. In the analysis we applied the theoretical concept of symbolic interactionism. Theories of emotions also helped us to explain feelings that arise in the social relationships.