The purpose of this phenomenological study was to facilitate increased understanding of immigrant's experience of the meaning of work with focus on how that meaning can change as a part of the acculturation process. Participants (n=13) from eight countries answered an open question. The responses were analysed using Meaning Construction Analysis (MCA)-Minerva and the individual's life-worlds were made visible and discussed. The themes meaning of work, work, unemployment, education, adjustment, immigration, Sweden/country of origin, dreams, possibilities and self appeared as jointly shared important aspects. The results indicate that work is of central importance, and although the individuals share certain experiences, the meaning associated with the themes is of a complex and individual nature..

The purpose of this paper is to examine whether the sentences handed down to young offenders can be considered fair. We wanted to take an in-depth look at the penalties to understand how they work. To clarify our purpose, we used the following questions: How does organizing sanctions work in practice? What support services are offered to the young? What can be done to ensure sentences are as favorable as possible for young people? The empirical material is based on qualitative semi-structured interviews with six social workers from two different municipalities. We also made use of previous research in the field as a reference tool.

The aim of this study was to deepen the knowledge about the meaning of being internationally adopted for individuals living in Sweden. Through group discussions with young adults data was retrieved, and then analysed with a qualitative phenomenological approach. The study revealed three main themes: 1) experiences of being Swedish, 2) experiences of ethnic origin, and 3) the interaction between the two aspects of the identity, how the internationally adopted individual integrate's his/her ethnical origin with his/her Swedish identity. With regards to previous studies about adoption and psychological theories the meaning of being internationally adopted in Sweden is discussed..

The majority of the Swedish population were self-provided within agriculture a hundred years ago. Times do change and today the situation is the other way around - most of us live within city boundaries and only few work with farming and related agricultural businesses. One thing that has not changed though, is the need of supplies from Swedish agriculture.What do we think of those products? Are we even aware of the connection between us and agriculture? The Federation of Swedish Farmers, LRF (Lantbrukarnas riksförbund), started their project to strengthen the link between consumers and producers in 2008.This paper is part of the project and its aim is to investigate consumers' views and values upon the effects and products from Swedish agriculture.Opinions and values have been studied through interviews influenced by Phenomenology. The results show that the informants in general had a positive approach and thinking concerning the products and effects from Swedish agriculture.

This study aims to examine play as a phenomena from a phenomenological approach. This I do by discussing a dominant approach to play, an perspective which is reproduced in the context of pre-school and in where the play and learning is in single focus. Using alternative perspective on play, mainly by Gadamer and Bakthtins philosophical thoughts about the feast or the carnival, contents differ significantly from educational or developmental psychology perspectives. I open up for an understanding of what play as ontology can be understood as, and thereby enable second readings. I illustrate this thought by an empirical example from a pre-school context which where created alongside with the children in the study.

Undersökningen tar upp hur rösten används, närmare bestämt berättarröstens påverkan, när den tjänstgör som berättarverktyg för läsupplevelsen. Språket är inte bara förknippat med det mänskliga intellektet utan också med den mänskliga kroppen. Språket är bundet till kroppen via vår röst. Vi har analyserat röster från ljudböcker och har använt oss av en lyssningsmodell för att byta fokus var vi lyssnade. Rösten i ljudboken bär med sig orden från författaren men även en del av sig själv.

The purpose of this essay is to investigate how parents of children with ADHD or autism experience the transition between preschool and preschool classes. To get answers to my questions, I interviewed five parents representing three different schools in one municipality. I have chosen to use a qualitative research interview inspired by Phenomenology. The results of this study show that parents perceptions differ, in terms of how well the transition work for children, and how support and treatment are at a transition. For children with a documented diagnosis, schools have an action plan for those in the gray area there are no procedures.

Studiens syfte a?r att se hur jag som trumslagare arbetar ? och upplever arbetet ? med att fo?rba?ttra min fo?rma?ga att improvisera med en tydlig ro?d tra?d. Under cirka tre ma?nader video- och loggboksdokumenterade jag min o?vning fo?r att se vilka metoder och strategier som anva?ndes fo?r att utveckla det solistiska improvisationsspelet. I resultatet framga?r att begra?sningar a?r ett viktigt och flitigt anva?nt verktyg under o?vningen.

The aim of the study was to distinguish if there was a difference between how work is perceived and how unemployed are viewed by people in collectivistic and individualistic cultures. A phenomenological approach was used in order to capture the participants life-worlds and their meaning constitution of a phenomenon, in this case the meaning of work and how unemployed are viewed. Subjects from different parts of the world, belonging to either a collectivistic or individualistic culture, participated in this study. Data was collected by self-reports which were analyzed by the method of MCA (Meaning Constitution Analysis) and the software Minerva. The results indicated that there were differences in how individuals from collectivistic cultures compared to individuals from individualistic cultures reflected about the meaning of work.

PROBLEM: Finns det, trots vidden av situationer där förhandlingar kan uppkomma, raden av potentiella förhandlingssituationer och inblandade parter några gemensamma aspekter eller nämnare som alltid verkar finnas där när parterna upplever att en förhandling i kris är lyckad?SYFTE: Syftet med denna uppsats är att beskriva vilka beståndsdelar en lyckad förhandling i kris består av.METOD: Uppsatsens vetenskapliga ansats är i huvudsak fenomenologi.RESULTAT: Essensen i upplevelsen av en lyckad förhandling i kris utgörs av graden av förberedelse, att motparten känner ett förtroende för representanten, att representanten agerat sakligt i bemärkelse att denne stöder sig på fakta, samt att en hög grad av målkongruens mellan parterna uppnås..

Syftet med arbetet är att utforska vad självförtroende påverkas av i samband med musikutövande och lärande i musik. Metoden som används är kvalitativa halvstrukturerade intervjuer och den teoretiska utgångspunkten är livsvärldsfenomenologi. I bakgrundskapitlet beskrivs ett antal teorier och tidigare forskning som är till hjälp för att förstå vad som formar och påverkar självförtroende. I resultatet framkommer två huvudkategorier: ?Mänskliga möten? och ?Vägen framåt?.

Sammanfattning Gymkultur i förändringKvinnogym Denna uppsats undersöker med hjälp av intervjuer samt observationer hur olika individer ser på gymkulturen och då främst hur kvinnor som tränar på kvinnogym ser på gymkultur. Genom att intervjua fem kvinnor som har tränat på unisexgym men som nuvarande tränar på kvinnogym har frågor om de olika typerna av gym och gymkultur diskuterats. Genom observationer av olika gym har även gymkulturen på unisexgymmen studerats för att närmare kunna se skillnader mellan de båda typerna av träningslokaler. En fenomenologisk ansats har använts och då främst genom Sara Ahmeds ?Queer Phenomenology?.Slutsatser kunde dras att kvinnorna ansåg männen som störande och att kvinnorna kände sig uttittade på unisexgymmen.

This study aims to examine how adolescents with diabetes describe and value their experience of participating in a support group and how they describe the issues of being a teenager with diabetes. This is a qualitative study and we have interviewed three young women who have been participating in a support group. The results of the interviews were analyzed through a phenomenological method and then compared to earlier research and interpreted through symbolic interactionism and Erikson's development-theory, which were our theories of choice. Our findings support earlier research when stating that support groups are important and necessary for adolescents with chronic illnesses. Our interviewees stated that they think that one of the most important benefits of support groups is to meet other people in their situation; same age and same chronic illness..

The aim of this study is to examine the experienced life situations of siblings growing up with a brother or a sister diagnosed with autism. The study is qualitative and therefore suitable to the purpose of studying the informants´ own experiences. Three women and one man, aged between 18-24 years, were interviewed through chatt programs on the Internet. The constituted perspective is phenomenological and the analysis were made by identifying meaning units in the text from the interviews. The theory used to interpret the result is systems theory and more specifically the structual family therapy by Salvador Minuchin.

In this essay we aimed to find how economic scarcity among children and youth presents itself in school, according to how school staff experience it. We have conducted interviews with student welfare staff to hear their experiences of this subject and how the schools try to help these pupils. We have used interpretative Phenomenology as a base for our work. We have also used some of this traditions most important notions along with notions of Erving Goffman and Sara Ahmed during our processing off the material.  With help from these, we report our most interesting results. We have seen that a lack of resources exists among youth today and that everyone not has easy access to things many of us might take for granted.