This study is about the work around festivals and traditions that takes place in multicultural preschools. The purpose of this study is to describe and reflect upon the work around festivals and traditions in multicultural preschools from the view of five preschool teachers who are active in their profession.  The purpose is also to investigate which festivals and traditions that are given attention at preschool and for what reason according to the preschool teachers.The method of research chosen in this study is qualitative in the form of individual interviews with the intention of obtaining and interpreting the descriptions and reflections of the informants around the subject. The results will be analyzed from an intercultural perspective.The results show that all investigated preschools celebrate the traditional Swedish festivals Christmas, St. Lucia?s day, Easter and Midsummer, and that these festivals take up lots of space in terms of time and labor.

Detta är ett försök att skildra den livsåskådningstradition som med utgångspunkt från moderna vetenskapliga resultat söker påvisa ett samband mellan dessa och den urgamla shamanistiska tradition som en gång varit världsomspännande och fortfarande lever i spridda rester av vissa kulturkretsar.Jag har för detta ändamål läst den litteratur som jag här sammanfattar i resultatdelen samt redovisar under rubriken "Diskussion och slutsats" med en religionsvetenskaplig analys och en fenomenografisk genomgång.Min forskningsuppgift är att utifrån ett religionsvetenskapligt perspektiv göra en deskriptiv analys av några centrala arbeten inom det som kallas den nya fysiken och en shamanistisk tradition i anslutning till den.Den röda tråd som jag ser löpa genom denna litteratur påvisar dels utifrån olika förutsättningar annorlunda sätt att uppfatta och förhålla sig till "verkligheten" och dels finns här genomgående mer eller mindre religiösa övertoner. En gemensam nämnare för denna idétradition är även den parallell man ser mellan komplementaritet, dvs. ljusets våg/partikeldualism, och olika medvetandetillstånd. Detta innebär i båda fallen ett överskridande av vår vanliga tids- och rumsuppfattning. Vidare krävs det såväl inom shamanismen som i den kvantmekaniska forskningen att man är en kreativ medskapare, inte en objektiv iakttagare..

The parrot is a common symbol, or even cliché, in Western literature, going all the way back fromancient Greece to the present date, and in many a genre. This study reads the oeuvre of the NobelPrize winner Samuel Beckett (1906-1989) as being closely related to these certain traditions andconnotations of for example religion, satire, and speaking nonsense, in his frequent use of parrotsand their symbolic potentials, in his writing. Furthermore, it is possible to distinguish a movementin Beckett?s use of parrots, from a more or less traditionally use, to one more philosophicallyprofound.Although the parrot graces us with its presence (or at least may be traced) in almost everywork written by Beckett, from the poem ?Whoroscope? (1930) to How It Is (1961), they are onlymentioned sparsely by his interpreters. Therefore, a brief history of the literary tradition of theparrot will be expounded.

The parrot is a common symbol, or even cliché, in Western literature, going all the way back fromancient Greece to the present date, and in many a genre. This study reads the oeuvre of the NobelPrize winner Samuel Beckett (1906-1989) as being closely related to these certain traditions andconnotations of for example religion, satire, and speaking nonsense, in his frequent use of parrotsand their symbolic potentials, in his writing. Furthermore, it is possible to distinguish a movementin Beckett?s use of parrots, from a more or less traditionally use, to one more philosophicallyprofound.Although the parrot graces us with its presence (or at least may be traced) in almost everywork written by Beckett, from the poem ?Whoroscope? (1930) to How It Is (1961), they are onlymentioned sparsely by his interpreters. Therefore, a brief history of the literary tradition of theparrot will be expounded.

The contemporary angel-symbol is deeply rooted in our cultural history, with connotations and implications leading to that inner transitional space where all creative activity takes place. This essay investigates the history of the depiction of angels, visions of angels both ancient and modern, and includes psychological aspects of symbols as such. A closer look at surrounding symbols of angels will hopefully result in a greater understanding of the role of the angel-symbol within the context of visual culture, seen in the light of our own symbolic universe..

Daily citizens are informed by the media about the environment and the climate changes. The schools purpose is to educate students according to events that are of current interest and take place in present time. According to Swedish curriculum, Lpf94, all Swedish education should include and discuss the problems surrounding durable development. The purpose of the study is to se how the textbooks in History, Social studies and Geography and their contents meet the demands of the curriculum. The study shows that only the textbooks in geography meets the demands that the curriculums have on durable development.

The parrot is a common symbol, or even cliché, in Western literature, going all the way back fromancient Greece to the present date, and in many a genre. This study reads the oeuvre of the NobelPrize winner Samuel Beckett (1906-1989) as being closely related to these certain traditions andconnotations of for example religion, satire, and speaking nonsense, in his frequent use of parrotsand their symbolic potentials, in his writing. Furthermore, it is possible to distinguish a movementin Beckett?s use of parrots, from a more or less traditionally use, to one more philosophicallyprofound.Although the parrot graces us with its presence (or at least may be traced) in almost everywork written by Beckett, from the poem ?Whoroscope? (1930) to How It Is (1961), they are onlymentioned sparsely by his interpreters. Therefore, a brief history of the literary tradition of theparrot will be expounded.

The parrot is a common symbol, or even cliché, in Western literature, going all the way back fromancient Greece to the present date, and in many a genre. This study reads the oeuvre of the NobelPrize winner Samuel Beckett (1906-1989) as being closely related to these certain traditions andconnotations of for example religion, satire, and speaking nonsense, in his frequent use of parrotsand their symbolic potentials, in his writing. Furthermore, it is possible to distinguish a movementin Beckett?s use of parrots, from a more or less traditionally use, to one more philosophicallyprofound.Although the parrot graces us with its presence (or at least may be traced) in almost everywork written by Beckett, from the poem ?Whoroscope? (1930) to How It Is (1961), they are onlymentioned sparsely by his interpreters. Therefore, a brief history of the literary tradition of theparrot will be expounded.

I uppsatsen analyseras hur Evert Taube skildrar Det Utomeuropeiska i sina sångtexter. Edward Saids Orientalism används som grundteori..

Titel: Human being and Christian ? creationtheology of Gustaf Wingren.Analysis of an accentshift from a juridical theological metaphor to a biological theological metaphor.Author: Tove Pilroth.The purpose of the essay is to analyse the meaning and the consequences, in a critical and constructive way, of an accentshift of interpretation and understanding of the gospel, from a juridical theological metaphor to a biological theological metaphor. The purpose is presented in the frame of the creationtheology of Wingren. To be able to make the research and to answer the purpose of the essay, the following questions are essential:The human being is captive and redemption is liberation. If we are serious about that the gospel gives the human being rehabilitation, satisfaction, liberation and a life and a future with God, the essential question is which metaphor, a juridical or a biological, that speaks to the human being in the best way? What is the meaning of an accentshift from a juridical to a biological metaphor? How does the creationtheologhy of Wingren, from a biological metaphor, meets the situation of the existence for the human being, her longing for life, health and meaning? What kind of theological resources are present in the creationtheology of Wingren, in the confrontation with future theological challenges?The essay is stressing the need of pluralism in the interpretation of the gospel.

Jag har alltid fascinerats av kaffekannan i silver, hur tydlig den är i sin form och hur den bär på en tradition inom användandet såväl som utförandet. Det finns en tyst överenskommelse hur en kaffekanna ser ut och hur vi betraktar föremål med en tydlig funktion.Ur silversmedens synvinkel fungerar kaffekannan nästan som en ikon. Detta är något som håller på att försvinna i och med att kaffekannan i silver inte används på samma sätt i dag som den gjorde förr..

Our experience of the surrounding environment is affected by all of our senses, yet, in Landscape Architecture, by tradition, mostly the visual aspect has been the focal point. In this essay, however, the subject will be the auditory and its interaction with the visual..

Syftet med undersökningen är att få ökad kunskap om hur tre grundskolelärare använder olika medier i matematikundervisningen mot bakgrund av den logocentriska traditionen i skolan. Jag kommer att utgå från följande frågeställningar i min studie: ? På vilka olika sätt gestaltas den logocentriska traditionen i matematikundervisningen i en årskurs 1, 2 och 4? ? Vilka anledningar anger lärare till att de centrala medierna i undervisningen i skolan är de logocentriska uttrycksformerna och inte de kinestetiska, visuella och auditiva uttrycksformerna? ? Hur uppfattar lärare att de visuella, auditiva och kinestetiska uttrycksformerna utvecklas i en logocentrisk skoltradition? Teorin i mitt examensarbete definierar begreppen medier och logocentrisk tradition i matematikundervisningen. Teorin innehåller tidigare forskning om hur den logocentriska traditionen gestaltas i skolan, samt skolans behov av förändring för att motsvara samhällets utveckling. Jag har använt mig av en etnografisk ansats och mina insamlingsmetoder är intervju och observation. Undersökningarna är gjorda på en skola, där jag har besökt tre olika skolklasser i två dagar per skolklass.

Cities have always been founded on nodes of different roads.The city Harnosand was founded where the road along the coast of north Sweden meets the sea and the calm bay of Nattviken behind the island of Harnon. Harnosand has a big historic heritage as one of the first cities in the north part of Sweden, centre of the church and education city. The incrising centralisation of Sweden and the globalication of the world have made north of Sweden to the backside of Sweden.The coun- tryside and the smaller cities don ?t live anymore. In Harnosand is big moving out and many empty spaces. In the middle of Harnosand next to Nattviken, is one of these empty spaces. This empty space next to the road of E4, that leads out in the world and Europa.

The parrot is a common symbol, or even cliché, in Western literature, going all the way back fromancient Greece to the present date, and in many a genre. This study reads the oeuvre of the NobelPrize winner Samuel Beckett (1906-1989) as being closely related to these certain traditions andconnotations of for example religion, satire, and speaking nonsense, in his frequent use of parrotsand their symbolic potentials, in his writing. Furthermore, it is possible to distinguish a movementin Beckett?s use of parrots, from a more or less traditionally use, to one more philosophicallyprofound.Although the parrot graces us with its presence (or at least may be traced) in almost everywork written by Beckett, from the poem ?Whoroscope? (1930) to How It Is (1961), they are onlymentioned sparsely by his interpreters. Therefore, a brief history of the literary tradition of theparrot will be expounded.