In this thesis I have used post-colonial theory to analyze the Uyghurs, a Muslim minority group located in Xinjiang province in the Northwest of China, and their identity shaping process in relation to the dominating Han Chinese. I have analyzed the possibilities to use the power perspectives in post-colonial theory, especially Edward Said's Orientalism and the creation of the Other in a new context, where the main focus is on the Uyghurs through the eyes of Han Chinese. I have argued that Han Chinese, with colonial tendencies, have created two generalizing pictures of the Uyghurs; one romantic picture to use as an exotic tourist attraction and one threatening picture that portray Uyghurs as Islamic terrorists to win support in international politics. The thesis is a qualitative single case study with the aim of gaining a deeper understanding for the Uyghurs as well as examine possibilities of widening the analyze areas for post-colonialism. My conclusion is that the power perspectives in post-colonial theory are usable implements also for non-western contexts and in this case function as a way to understand the identity shaping process for the Uyghurs and their relation to Han Chinese..

This is a qualitative study about Art transformation and commodification in the digital age. The study applies a rhetoric analysis with the aim to understand how art sellers, gallery owners and entrepreneurs take part in this transformation process through their websites? presentation texts ?about us?. The analysis is related to communication theories but it is also inspired by other theories such as Gramsci?s hegemony theory and Bourdieu?s cultural critical theory.

In this thesis I analyse civilizations in South America. I construct civilizationalnarratives through the method of emplotment, to build a historic continuity, whichI subsequently connect to the theoretical framework. The theory emphasise that,when confronted with globalization and free market capitalism, civilizationsembark on different strategies to challenge the power of transnational marketforces. I find that South America is a polarised continent, and is divergingconcerning the relationship towards the USA and free trade agreements. On thesame time the issues that concern the social movements are not being reproducedin a significant matter at state level.

Energy losses are an essential part of a power grid company?s costs. From anenvironmental and economic perspective, it is important to reduce these costs. Toknow where efforts should be deployed, it is important to have good knowledge ofwhere in the network losses are situated. When creating network tariffs, there is alsonecessary to have a correct distribution such that the network customers that use acertain part of the network, only pays for the network losses in this area.

In this thesis I have done a discourse analysis of the documentary movie A Jihad for Love. A Jihad for Love came out 2007 and is directed by Parvez Sharma. The documentary movie is about homosexual Muslims and their jihad, struggle, for love and to be accepted in a world where they are barely recognized as a group. My aim of the thesis was to see how the movie portrays the persons who are in the film and their relationship to Islam and who gets access to the religion. I have also analyzed if Islam can be used to strengthen the sexual identity or if it works in the opposite way.

Kitron had wishes to be able to test and measure how disturbance affects their vehicle electronic units before they have been verified by SP Technical Research Institute of Sweden in Borås. This work started with the writing of a demand specification together with Kitron for a product PSQS, Power Supply Quality Simulator, which can generate some test pulses according to a standard for electronic units to Volvos vehicles. A design proposal was developed with the help the demand specification and was verified with the help of simulations. All electric schematics was designed with the guide of the design proposal. The pulses realized in the works of this thesis are those which Kitron experienced that they have a need to test in their own premises and which are possible to generate with the means available.

The fishing port of Bläsinge is located on the east coast of Öland, Sweden?s second largest island. Today the port has a limited supply of freshwater. The economic association of the fishing port wants to expand their business, so that they will also include tourist services. To do this the harbor will need a more independant source of freshwater, with a higher quality than the present well.

Sammanfattning Andersson Nina och Arnesson Hanna (2013). Barn kan...! En studie av förskollärares resonemang kring dilemman som rör barns delaktighet och inflytande i vardagen på förskolan. Malmö: Lärande och samhälle, Malmö högskola Syftet med denna studie är att diskutera hur några förskollärare resonerar kring dilemman som rör barns delaktighet och inflytande i vardagen på förskolan. Studien har utgått från följande frågeställningar: Hur resonerar förskollärare kring vardagsdilemman som rör barns delaktighet i och inflytande över planerade aktiviteter? Hur anser förskollärare att man kan skapa möjligheter för barnen att påverka aktiviteters innehåll och utformning? För att få svar på våra frågeställningar har vi tagit del av teori och tidigare forskning som har fungerat som ett verktyg för att analysera vår empiri. Några av de teoretiska begrepp som varit användbara för vår studie är Demokrati, Barnperspektiv och barns perspektiv, Bristdiskurs och kompetensdiskurs och utforskande arbetssätt.

Johansson, Nina & Mårtensson, Anna (2009) Utomhuspedagogikens betydelse för barns språkutveckling Malmö: Lärarutbildningen, Malmö Högskola. Vårt syfte är att undersöka hur tre utomhusförskolor tar tillvara på situationer som utvecklar barns språk. Vi har utgått från tre frågeställningar som innefattar vilken syn pedagoger har och vilket arbetssätt de använder som redskap för barns språkutveckling. Barns användning av språket vid oplanerade situationer i utemiljön undersöktes också. Vi kontaktade olika utomhusförskolor i Skåne där tre stycken visade intresse av att delta.

Kurs: Kandidatuppsats 41-60p, våren - 2002, Företagsekonomi Titel: Kartläggning och utvärdering av utbildningar - en svaghet i företag? Författare: Annika Andersson , Nina Blomkvist och Goce Lamevski Handledare: Göran Alsén, IEM, Blekinge Tekniska Högskola Syfte: Vårt syfte med uppsatsen är att beskriva och skapa förståelse för vilka faktorer som ligger bakom hur företag kartlägger utbildningsbehov, vilka utvärderingsmetoder som används samt hur effekter kan tydliggöras i organisationen. Vidare är syftet att efter studien kunna bemöta den kritik som vi tar upp i problemdiskussionen. Metod: Vi har i denna studie använt oss av semistrukturerade, kvalitativa intervjuer med utbildningsansvariga inom telecombranschen. Slutsats: I vår studie har vi kommit fram till att företag lägger ner, ett till synes noggrant arbete med att karlägga behov för utbildning, i kontrast till den kritik som har framhållits av forskare. Vidare har vi funnit att företag främst använder sig av enkäter vid utvärderingsprocessen, samt att syftet med utvärderingen i första hand, verkar vara att förbättra kommande utbildningar.

Our purpose with this essay is to find explanations to the genesis of the Swedish law against prostitution now in power, known as Sexköpslagen 1998:408. We enter deeply into the official reports behind the law. This Swedish law implies that in a sex trade a crime is committed only by the consumer, and not by the seller. Our essay will result in an analysis of what sexköpslagen is an expression for. Our assumption is that the so called ideology of (gender) equality in Sweden might be a part of the explanation to the genesis of sexköpslagen.

Nina Fredriksson: Nils Lindbergs körmusik. Analys av tre stycken ur O Mistress mine. Uppsala: Musikvetenskap, 60 p., 2002.Uppsatsens syfte är att studera Nils Lindbergs sätt att komponera för kör. En central fråga är hur de framträdande stildragen i musiken skapar och påverkar musikens expansion och avspänning. Som analysmaterial har använts tre stycken ur körsviten O Mistress mine.

Youth unemployement in Sweden is at an all-time high, a fifth of all university and college students live in poverty and the number of young on welfare is increasing. This study attempts to answer the question of how youth deprivation has been made possible as a consequence of political action, focusing on youth unemployment.I critically examine the role of the Swedish government, the Swedish Labour Organisation (LO), and the various government departments through text analysis, in order to answer the question of how the current discourse on youth position in the labor market. Because youth unemployment is not an isolated phenomena the analysis covers several policy areas, such as education policy, labor market regulation and housing policy. I use discourse theories drawn from Laclau and Mouffe to expose how language is used as an instrument of political power.I conclude that the current situation is a result of policy choices where the young have fallen behind due to lack of political organization. Their situation is not problematized to the required degree and is often explained on an individual level rather than on a structural level..

The purpose of this paper is to view Karlstad Municipality and their financial support to non-profit organizations within equestrian sports. Despite the varying representatives of various equestrian sports in Karlstad, there seems to be a single beneficiary within the sport when it comes to financial support from the municipality. The policies and plans concerning cultural development are directly compared to the Karlstad Municipality and its contribution to these organizations within equestrian sports. Through interviews and reports I have studied the process of financial support from the Karlstad municipality using an intersectionality theory based on Nina Lykkes guide on gender studies and feminist theory. Pierre Bourdieu?s theories on field, habitus and capital are also used as a method to enhance the understanding of equestrian sports and its role in modern Swedish society. The conclusion is that the Karlstad Municipality is, for a several of reasons, promoting non-profit organizations within equestrian sports, which are operating as riding schools.

The Swedish society woke up Boxing Day 2004 to the greatest disaster in modern times. As a result of a strong earthquake in the Indian Ocean tsunamis occurred that devastated resorts where thousands of Swedes were. In the disasters tracks were uncovered government paralysis and shortcomings of the systems control. The purpose of this study is to examine the capacity and means to demand accountability of politicians and officials of the Swedish political system. Extensive studies and the report from the commission of disasters will form the basis for the study.