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1. 1. IMAGINE THAT – DATORREKLAM SOM UTTRYCK FÖR SAMTIDA SAMHÄLLSIDEAL. En multimodal kritisk diskursanalys av 1980-talets reklambilder för persondatorer

   Kandidat-uppsats, Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för journalistik, medier och kommunikation

   Författare :Esther Malmqvist; [2024-03-06]
   Nyckelord :Persondator; Marknadsföring; Medieteknologier; Sociotechnical Imaginaries; Multimodal kritisk diskursanalys;

   Sammanfattning : Until the 1970s, computers were primarily being used by universities, bigger companies or nationstates. With the invention of the microchip the average size of computers was reduced and they became more affordable, resulting in the creation of the microcomputer and eventually personal computers. LÄS MER

3. 2. Education, Employability and Imagining the Future: A Minor Field Study of Goals and Motivations in a South African Small-Scale Development Programme

   Kandidat-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Sociologi

   Författare :Melina Pettersson; Julia Rönnbäck Finocchio; [2023]
   Nyckelord :Youth unemployment; Development; Education; Inequality; South Africa; Employability; Horizons of opportunity; Social Sciences;

   Sammanfattning : South Africa is one of the most unequal countries in the world, and that shows in the distribution of opportunities amongst South Africans. In the face of political failures to deliver improvements for unemployed youth NGO projects become more important avenues for young people to acquire resources needed to improve their lives. LÄS MER

4. 3. Multiple Futures, Diverse Paths : A Study of How Vietnamese Blockchain Professionals Imagine, Enact andNegotiate Futures

   Master-uppsats, Stockholms universitet/Socialantropologiska institutionen

   Författare :Ossian Nordgren; [2023]
   Nyckelord :Blockchain; Web3; Vietnam; Future Imaginaries; Value; Emerging Technologies;

   Sammanfattning : This thesis dives into the future imaginaries of blockchain professionals in Hanoi and Saigon. Looking at sites of futures enactment, and constant negotiations around an emerging technology, economy, and start-up ecology. LÄS MER

5. 4. Antidepressiva i tiden - En studie om att påbörja, fortsätta och avsluta behandling med antidepressiv medicin

   Kandidat-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Socialantropologi

   Författare :Emilia Olsson; [2022]
   Nyckelord :Antidepressiva; psykisk ohälsa; neoliberalism; narrativ; socialantropologi; meningsskapande; Social Sciences;

   Sammanfattning : Much research has been done on antidepressants within social anthropology, mostly focusing on the experience of being on medication. This thesis examines attitudes towards antidepressant medication with emphasis on how decisions are made regarding commencement of a treatment, whether and when to continue or stop it, and how the future regarding an individual’s antidepressant use is imagined. LÄS MER

7. 5. The Future is Familiar - Young Swedes Imagining Work-life Balance in Their Future Adulthood

   Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Graduate School

   Författare :Franciska Dis Brodersen; [2022]
   Nyckelord :imagined futures; young people; work-life balance; gender inequality; the second shift; Sweden; Social Sciences;

   Sammanfattning : This thesis explores the imagined futures of young Swedes with a focus on how they envision creating work-life balance and how they aim to divide their time between paid and unpaid work. This is done by analyzing written accounts of 168 upper secondary students from both university preparatory schools (UP) and vocational schools (VO) in a middle-sized town in Sweden. LÄS MER