New forms of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) have become more influential in development contexts. The concept of ?The Digital Divide? points at a large division between rich and poor countries regarding access to ICTs. Critics say that the debate concerning this topic for far too long has focused mainly on the technology itself rather than social factors which impact social inclusion and development. Scholars agree that ICTs holds a tremendous potential, but how is this implemented in development contexts and how can it be used with more sensitivity towards local preconditions and social aspects?This paper aims to examine how ICTs are being used in the context of development within an India based organisation for women called SEWA (Self Employed Women?s Association).

New forms of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) have become more influential in development contexts. The concept of ?The Digital Divide? points at a large division between rich and poor countries regarding access to ICTs. Critics say that the debate concerning this topic for far too long has focused mainly on the technology itself rather than social factors which impact social inclusion and development. Scholars agree that ICTs holds a tremendous potential, but how is this implemented in development contexts and how can it be used with more sensitivity towards local preconditions and social aspects?This paper aims to examine how ICTs are being used in the context of development within an India based organisation for women called SEWA (Self Employed Women?s Association).

Syftet med denna uppsats var att belysa dansundervisningens ställning ochutrymme på grundskolor i Växjö kommun. Jag har valt att både fokusera på skolor som har dansundervisning på schemat och där dans ingår som ett mindre moment. Jag har undersökt de berörda skolornas styrdokument genom en kvantitativ metod, samt använt mig av kvalitativa intervjuer. Resultatet visar att dans som ämne i skolan uppskattas av både elever och lärare. Främst ses dansen som ett bra komplement till de andra ämnena samt bidrar till ökad fysisk aktivitet.

AbstractTitle: Den mångtydiga svenskheten: En studie av det svensk-amerikanska föreningslivet i Kalifornien utifrån en etnisk aspekt 1910 & 1915. (The multiplicity of Swedishness: A study of the Swedish-American society?s associations in California from an ethnic point of wiew 1910 & 1915.Author: Joakim FranssonMaster Thesis in History (10p)Växjö UniversityThe purpose of this thesis is to examine the Swedish-American associations in San Francisco and Los Angeles and how they withheld or/and formed a Swedish or American ethnic identity. The primary source for obtaining that objective is the newspapers Vestkusten and California Veckoblad were the announcements from the associations are analysed. The thesis main questions are as following: Which ethnic aspects appears in the announcements from the Swedish-American associations in the newspapers Vestkusten and California Veckoblad 1910 and 1915? And What similarities and differences in the ethnic expressions appears in the primary sources during these periods?The conclusions can be briefed as there was a great variety of Swedish-American associations during the examined periods, there was a frequent occurrence in both religious and secular movements.

AimThe purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between physical strain and recovery in dancers at The Ballet Academy in Stockholm, Sweden. Research questions used to guide the study were: How great is the dancers experience of physical strain? Do any of the dancers show mental or physical signs of overtraining syndrome?MethodPhysical strain was studied by letting the dancers fill out a booklet catloging their intensity during practice. Utilizing a questionnaire, data was gathered regarding preceding year. To give more nuance to the data gathered, The Profile of Mood States was used to detect possible mood disturbance.

This master?s thesis discusses the term physical theatre from a discourse point of view. It also focuses on aspects of power from a field theory perspective. The main theory used is Pierre Bourdieu?s field theory, and I try to apply this onto critical discourse analysis, mainly taken from Michel Foucault.

New forms of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) have become more influential in development contexts. The concept of ?The Digital Divide? points at a large division between rich and poor countries regarding access to ICTs. Critics say that the debate concerning this topic for far too long has focused mainly on the technology itself rather than social factors which impact social inclusion and development. Scholars agree that ICTs holds a tremendous potential, but how is this implemented in development contexts and how can it be used with more sensitivity towards local preconditions and social aspects?This paper aims to examine how ICTs are being used in the context of development within an India based organisation for women called SEWA (Self Employed Women?s Association).

Ämnet för denna uppsats är dans som arkivmaterial. Teckningar, dansnotation, recensioner, fotografier, rörlig bild och motion capture studeras som handlingstyper som dans bevaras genom. Syftet är att ta reda på vad som har hänt mellan dans och danshandling. Vilken slags representanter av dansen är handlingarna? Vidare knyter studien an till ett användarperspektiv och en annan frågeställning lyder: vad får forskare som studerar rörelse som har skett ut av handlingarna? Hur kan handlingstyperna användas av dansforskare?Den teoretiska utgångspunkten är semiotik och jag använder mig av Ferdinand de Saussures begrepp signifie och signifiant för att orientera mig i skillnaden mellan dansen som skett i tid- rum och danshandlingarna, som berättar om dansen.

Vår bild av omvärlden skapas utifrån det vi vet om den. Min undersökning har närmat sig frågan vem som är skapare av dessa bilder med hjälp av i huvudsak diskursanalys och semiotik. För att ringa in frågan har jag valt att studera ett specifikt fenomen som förekommit flitigt i svensk media på sista tiden, nämligen Bonden. I skrivande stund har denna yrkeskategori sedan en tid tillbaka fått stor medial uppmärksamhet, och undersökningen belyser hur detta gjorts genom att analysera ett antal texter där bonden förekommit. Dessa texter är hämtade från TV4 och deras underhållningsprogram Bonde söker fru och Let?s Dance som visats under hösten 2007 och våren 2008.Syftet med studien är att genom att belysa dessa texter med dels diskursanalysens perspektiv och semiotikens teorier, i huvudsak med hjälp av Barthes mytbegrepp, lyfta fram svaret på frågan Vem och hur är bonden i svensk nutida media? Utifrån mitt perspektiv som mediepedagog är det centralt att uppmärksamma mediernas roll i samhället, och detta arbete ger ytterligare verktyg för att gripa media.I stora drag visar studiens resultat på att programmen uppvisar kommersiellt gångbara bilder där mytbildningen innehåller både konservativa och populistiska drag.

Rami Kangas: Tidernas Midsommarvaka. En studie av Hugo Alfvéns rapsodi och tre olika inspelningar som historiska källor. [A Midsummervigil of all times. A study of Hugo Alfvén´s rhapsody and three different recordings as historical sources.] Uppsala: Musikvetenskap, 1999. C- uppsats (60 p).This essay has two purposes.

Title: Access to cultural education in a multi-ethnical context.The right to dance and play an instrument, to paint and work with film is taken for granted by many children in Malmoe today. The agenda explicitely phrases the intent of the publicly financed schools of art for children to reflect the multi-ethnic demographics of the city. Public community music schools of today, incorporate classes in all forms of art and are called "Culture schools". There is a long tradition of teaching and making music to lean on as a music teacher in Sweden. This paper tries to explore how these rights are expressed in the governing documents of the Culture school of Malmoe.

The population growth and urbanisation in low-income countries bring issues of poor living standards and miserable sanitation conditions onto the agenda. If well-functioning waste management systems were developed, this could master some of the problems. The already existing local informal waste handling system that is common in many low-income countries, needs to be developed with proper sorting and composting solutions to decrease the environmental burden and improve the overall situation in the dense cities. This master?s thesis project is performed with the intention of developing functional decentralised waste management units in the city of Pune, India.

This master?s thesis discusses the term physical theatre from a discourse point of view. It also focuses on aspects of power from a field theory perspective. The main theory used is Pierre Bourdieu?s field theory, and I try to apply this onto critical discourse analysis, mainly taken from Michel Foucault.

The population growth and urbanisation in low-income countries bring issues of poor living standards and miserable sanitation conditions onto the agenda. If well-functioning waste management systems were developed, this could master some of the problems. The already existing local informal waste handling system that is common in many low-income countries, needs to be developed with proper sorting and composting solutions to decrease the environmental burden and improve the overall situation in the dense cities. This master?s thesis project is performed with the intention of developing functional decentralised waste management units in the city of Pune, India.

Det genomgripande syftet med denna uppsats var att synliggöra ungdomsassistenternas arbete på Lyrans asylboende samt att se vilken relevans olika kunskapsformer har i detta. Utifrån frå-geställningarna handlade studien om att beskriva ungdomsassistenternas arbete samt att förtyd-liga gemensamma aspekter i arbetet med EkB. Jag utgick också från att studera ungdomsassi-stenternas beskrivelser av lyckosamma hjälpinsatser samt vilken kunskapsform som assisterar dessa.Empirin i denna studie baseras på mina tidigare erfarenheter av arbetet med ensamkommande flyktingbarn och ungdomar samt resultatet från totalt fyra intervjuer med ungdomsassistenter på Lyrans asylboende för ensamkommande barn och ungdomar. Jag har vid insamlandet av empirin utgått fån tre olika kvalitativa metoder vinjett, semi-strukturerad intervju samt en egen utarbetad interaktivt-strukturerad intervjumodell. Jag har förankrat personalens beskrivningar med aktuella forskningsstudier samt analyserat deras arbete utifrån de fyra kunskapsformerna episteme, techne, fronesis och tacit knowing.Resultatet synliggjorde delar av personalens praktiska och utförande arbete med EkB och fram-förde viktiga gemensamma teman i detta.