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- Svedjemo, Gustaf, 1958-
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Ontology as Conceptual Schema when Modelling Historical Maps for Database Storage
- 2007
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Licentiatavhandling (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Sweden has an enormous treasure in its vast number of large-scale historical maps from a period of 400 years made for different purposes, that we call map series. The maps are also very time and regional dependent with respect to their concepts. A large scanning project by Lantmäteriverket will make most of these maps available as raster images. In many disciplines in the humanities and social sciences, like history, human geography and archaeology, historical maps are of great importance as a source of information. They are used frequently in different studies for a variety of problems. A full and systematic analyse of this material from a database perspective has so far not been conducted. During the last decade or two, it has been more and more common to use data from historical maps in GIS-analysis. In this thesis a novel approach to model these maps is tested. The method is based on the modelling of each map series as its own ontology, thus focusing on the unique concepts of each map series. The scope of this work is a map series covering the province of Gotland produced during the period 1693-1705. These maps have extensive text descriptions concerned with different aspects of the mapped features. Via a code marking system they are attached to the maps. In this thesis a semantic analysis and an ontology over all the concepts found in the maps and text descriptions are presented. In our project we model the maps as close to the original structure as possible with a very data oriented view. Furthermore; we demonstrate how this ontology can be used as a conceptual schema for a logical E/R database schema. The Ontology is described in terms of the Protégé meta-model and the E/R schema in UML. The mapping between the two is a set of elementary rules, which are easy for a human to comprehend, but hard to automate. The E/R schema is implemented in a demonstration system. Examples of some different applications which are feasibly to perform by the system are presented. These examples go beyond the traditional use of historical maps in GIS today
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- Eriksson, Britas Benjamin, 1986
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Att inventera ett folk. Populariseringar av vetenskaplig släktforskning i Sverige i början av 1900-talet
- 2022
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Licentiatavhandling (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- This licentiate-thesis aims to describe and analyse the popularisation of what was called “scientific genealogy” in Sweden during the early 20th century. The study is constructed around two case-studies where I describe and analyse two different attempts to popularise “scientific genealogy” amongst Swedish amateur family-researchers, a knowledge-practise first formulated by the Historian Ottokar Lorenz in 1898. According to the proponents of these attempts, amateur family-resear-chers were not only expected to collect names, dates of birth and death and other traditional genealogical data but also other parameters, e.g. inherited diseases, physical and psychological traits, personality traits, and in some cases and if possible shape of skulls and predominant race-type; parameters that in the time-period was seen as being of scientific interest. I examine if these attempts can be understood as following the same mode of knowledge-production as the field networks described by Jeremy Vetter. This mode of knowledge-production involved amateurs as information-gatherers to acquire larger sets of data than earlier possible. I conclude that it is fruitful to understand the attempts to popularise “scientific genealogy” to laymen as a part of broader trends in historical changes of knowledge-production. Furthermore, the tendency to try to include laymen in broader surveys also made it possible to use the attempts to include laymen in the knowledge-production, as a tool to legitimize political ideas and ideologies – including but not exclusive to visions of eugenics and racial hygiene.
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- Alfsdotter, Clara, 1988-
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Bad Death at Sandby borg : A Bioarchaeological Analysis of Intergroup Violence and Postmortem Agency of Unburied Corpses
- 2018
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Licentiatavhandling (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- The subject of corpses from mass violence is surprisingly unexplored, even though the materiality of the corpse carries strong symbolic capital in conflicts. The aim of my PhD research is to create new knowledge about the implications of unburied corpses that stem from intergroup conflicts, and subsequently to add knowledge concerning how intergroup violence is organised to achieve desired social agendas.In the licentiate thesis presented here, I research the conditions for postmortem agency and how treatment of corpses can be studied in prehistory, specifically through the material remains of unburied corpses from the Sandby borg massacre. The Sandby borg case study is explored through a bioarchaeological perspective. Inside the Iron Age ringfort, the remains of at least 26 individuals have been recovered hitherto. Several of the dead display traces of lethal intergroup violence. By integrating osteology, archaeology, taphonomy and social theories, I show how bioarchaeological research can contribute to the understanding of past postmortem agency in relation to intergroup violence as a social process. The thesis is comprised of four articles.
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- Estenberg, Martin, 1970-
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"Ett snäpp högre" : En studie av historielärares hanterande av tankeredskap.
- 2016
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Licentiatavhandling (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Abstract The aim with this study is to examine how practicing history teachers in upper secondary school deal with historical thinking concepts. The three main questions are: which concepts do teachers use in their courses and when do they use them? How can teachers’ use of different historical thinking concepts be described in terms of reconstruction and construction? What factors influence teachers when they work with historical thinking concepts? To answer these questions, the material, for example tests, lesson plans and notes of seven teachers has been analyzed. These analysis were followed by interviews with the teachers. The empirical data have been handled in two steps. The first step is a survey of what historical thinking concepts teachers use and when they use them. The survey was done as a detailed reading of the teachers’ material. In this survey two historical thinking concepts, evidence and cause and consequence, have been selected for further analysis, which is the second step. The results show that when teachers deal with the historical thinking concept of evidence they show their students models and ways to handle evidence. This is not the case when teachers handle the historical thinking concept of cause and consequence. Models are shown here as well but not to the same extent. The result also shows that the teachers’ handling of evidence in a greater extent leads to construction compared with their handling of cause and consequence. The explanations provided in the study also point to the different character between the two concepts and what form of test the teachers’ use and what words are used to communicate for example cause and consequence. Furthermore, the explanations also indicate that the teachers’ view of what historical knowledge contains of, together with what kind of students and what other subject they teach play some part in their dealing with historical thinking concepts.
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- Dutra Leivas, Ivonne, 1973-
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Stadsarkeologi, Förmedling och Skolan : Bortom historieämnets horisont
- 2020
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Licentiatavhandling (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- The title of this licentiate thesis is: Urban contract archaeology, public outreach and schools. Beyond the horizons of history teaching. The aim of my licentiate thesis is to investigate how educational programs for schools are implemented within the framework of contract archaeology. I study the underlying incentives that motivate public outreach within contract archaeology, who carries out the outreach and what impact educational programs have on schools. My research project also aims to explore how public outreach within contract archaeology can be organized to meet schools´ demand for knowledge and activities. With an interdisciplinary approach, taken from archaeology and educational sciences, the goal is to instigate a dialogue between the scientific community and contract archaeology, as well as between contract archaeology and schools.As a primary goal, midway into in my doctoral degree, I have chosen in this licentiate thesis to study the practices of public outreach on urban excavation sites in Sweden, specifically studying outreach practices towards schools.The research queries in the licentiate thesis are: What are the purposes and objectives with public outreach in contract archaeology?What are the preconditions for working with public outreach in contract archaeology?How are the practices of public outreach aimed at schools conducted at urban excavation sites?How do educational programs within contract archaeology address the needs and goals of school education? Based on these queries, I also discuss how contract archaeology in the future can make possible broader collaborations with schools. This serves as an introduction to how archaeo-didactics can evolve bringing together contract archaeology's goals and potential in an educational situation, with the needs and goals of school education.
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- Gunnarsson, Fredrik, 1983-
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Archaeological Challenges, Digital Possibilities : Digital Knowledge Development and Communication in Contract Archaeology
- 2018
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Licentiatavhandling (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- This research concerns the digitalisation of archaeology, with a focus on Swedish contract archaeology. The aim is to understand how the archaeological discipline relates to the change that digitalisation brings and human involvement in these processes. The thesis is a study of its impact on processes connected to archaeological knowledge production and communication. The work problematises how digital data might be understood within these contexts but also illustrates where the potential of the digitalisation lies and how archaeology can make use of it. The theoretical approach re-actualises the concept of reflexivity in a digital context, combining it with various communication theories aiming to challenge the archaeological workflow and connect it more closely to present-day society. The digitalisation of archaeology can be seen across the whole discipline withan emphasis on academia. This digital development has greater opportunities in larger research projects which have sufficient funding than in contract archaeology. In those projects leading the digital development, the reflexive approach has been re-discovered and the digital enabled for new processes of knowledge production to take place. In case studies of Swedish contract archaeology several observations are made where it becomes clear that the digitalisation already shows positive effects at a government level, in organisations and projects within the sector. But there are also issues regarding digital infrastructure, knowledge production, archiving, accessibility and transparency. The biggest challenge is not technical but in attitudes towards digitalisation. The research concludes that digital communication based on archaeological source material can be something more than mediation of results. With digital interactive storytelling there are ways to create emotional virtual connections with the user, relating to the present and the surrounding society. By interlinking the processes of interpretation and communication an archaeological knowledge production might become an archaeological knowledge development.
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- Holmér, Gunnel, 1955-
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Kosta glasbruk - en etnisk smältdegel? : Arbete och arbetskraftsinvandring 1943-1973
- 2009
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Licentiatavhandling (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Avhandlingen fokuserar på arbetskraftsinvandringen till Kosta glasbruk under perioden 1943-1973. Den övergripande frågan är om svenskar och invandrare tilldelades likvärdiga arbetsuppgifter eller om diskriminering kopplad till arbetet förekommit. Vidare undersöks varför företaget rekryterade utländsk arbetskraft, vilka nationaliteter som var representerade, orsakerna bakom migrationen, invandrarnas kvalifikationer samt den lokala fackföreningens inställning till immigranterna. Studien bygger på arkivmaterial kompletterat med ett 40-tal intervjuer med såväl svenska som invandrade glasarbetare samt med tjänstemän.
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- Sabel, Ellinor, 1969-
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Deltagande arkeologi : Värden och praktiker
- 2022
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Licentiatavhandling (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Denna licentiatuppsats utforskar vilka värden som uppstår när allmänheten, tillsammans med professionella arkeologer, får möjlighet att engagera sig i arkeologiskt fältarbete. Projektformen där professionella arkeologer arbetar tillsammans med aktörer ur allmänheten kallas i denna studie för Deltagande arkeologi. Uppsatsen utforskar även vilka praktiker som omgärdar denna projektform samt vilka traditioner och politiska beslut som har påverkat allmänhetens möjligheter för praktiskt deltagande inom kulturmiljöarbetet. Forskningen baseras till stor del på studierna av tre svenska arkeologiprojekt, som alla bygger på allmänhetens deltagande, vilka utforskas genom enkätstudier, intervjuer och deltagande observation. Resultaten visar att projektformen genererar flera olika former av värden och vinster. För den arkeologiska vetenskapen bidrar projektformen till att platser som ligger långt från uppdragsarkeologins verksamhetsområden kan uppmärksammas och undersökas vilket resulterar i en bättre geografisk spridning av arkeologiska undersökningar och därmed en jämnare kunskapsuppbyggnad. För arrangörerna (arkeologer) är projekten en möjlighet att få ägna sig åt långvarig forskning och för deltagarna (allmänheten) en möjlighet att få ägna sig åt sina intressen, skapa värdefulla kontaktnät och vänskaper. Samtidigt uppger båda aktörsgrupperna att deltagandet bidrar till en förbättrad hälsa och välbefinnande samt till att förstärka känslorna av delaktighet till, och i arbetet kring, det materiella kulturarvet.
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