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- Andersson-Schwarz, Jonas, et al.
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Transaktionsdimman på nätet hotar digitaliseringen
- 2017
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Ingår i: Dagens Nyheter. - 1101-2447.
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Tidskriftsartikel (populärvet., debatt m.m.)abstract
- På nätet är vi inte längre bara medborgare eller kunder. Vi är också varor. De data vi läm-nar ut om oss själva är vad andra tjänar pengar på. Men vi vet inte vad de är värda ochvad vi skulle kunna begära i betalning. Transaktionsdimman på internet bör skingrasoch ersättas av transaktionstransparens, skriver sju medie- och it-debattörer.
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- Christensen, Miyase, et al.
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Global Climate Talks from Failure to Cooperation and Hope : Swedish News Framings of COP15 and COP21
- 2017
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Ingår i: Environmental Communication. - : Routledge. - 1752-4032 .- 1752-4040. ; 11:5, s. 682-699
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The purpose of this study is to offer an analysis of how two UN Conferences of Parties, COP15 in Copenhagen 2009 and COP21 in Paris 2015, were covered and debated in Swedish newspapers. Two national and two regional newspapers were selected for the study, and a qualitative frame analysis was conducted on 309 articles. A typology of frames applicable to science-related policy and climate change debates was used and its relevance for global climate summit context was discussed. Having territory in the Arctic region, indigenous populations affected by climate change measures, and political and public sensitivity to environmental issues, the climate debate has particular significance in the Swedish case. Findings indicate a trust in the role of national and supra-national governance to address climate change problems, but also that newspapers in Sweden maintained a focus on the global aspects of the two meetings, rather than framing them as surrogate battlefields for domestic politics.
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- Christensen, Miyase, et al.
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When the ice breaks : The Arctic in the media
- 2016
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Ingår i: Curating the Future. - New York : Routledge. ; , s. 242-251
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Bokkapitel (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- The climate change “debate” on a global level has been partly twisted into a distorted representation by journalists operating within norms of objectivity, broad political and economic contexts and institutional restraints. To the extent that our primary sources of information are the mainstream media, such skewed representations lead not only to a grossly problematic understanding of climate change in the public realm, but to public policies premised upon misinformed decision-making and, ultimately, to increased risks for our collective future. Mediated pro and con arguments have planted doubts and uncertainties in our minds over decades. Meanwhile, climate change has remained on the world political agenda and thus in the news, with ups and downs. Or is it the other way around: because it has been on the news, climate change has been on the world political and social agenda? There is clearly a feedback loop between the two and the dynamics are complex. What we know with certainty, however, is the fact that the planet is warming and that human activities are the primary reason. The Fifth Assessment Report of the Intergovern - mental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), released in September 2014 in Stockholm, confirmed that scientific fact with certainty. The report further stressed that only with radical cuts in emissions can we have influence on the ever-worsening progress of climate change’s effects. Yet, based on what we see in the media, we know that even at this point in time, the political will to tackle this planetary problem that threatens our future is unlikely to be forthcoming. The Arctic is clearly at the center of these developments. The IPCC report emphasized that the Arctic sea-ice cover is very likely to continue to follow a downward slide. The Arctic sea ice has already decreased significantly, both in thickness and extent, hitting a record low of 24 percent Arctic Ocean coverage in 2012-after the record low of 29 percent in 2007, which made the headlines. The 2007 coverage was 39 percent below the 1979-2000 average, and the media started to incorporate increasingly more dramatic imagery and narratives such as starving polar bears, disappearing local cultures and global disasters. As the Yale Forum on Climate Change and the Media note in relation to the latest storms in Great Britain, “historic” and “epic” are terms commonly being used to describe what the BBC has called “weeks and weeks and weeks” of continuous furious rains and flooding. There is no doubt that the Arctic of today, both in the mediated public and political realms, has gained new meaning and significance. It is the bellwether of climate change, an ever-changing present showcase for ominous future scenarios. It is also a region potent with commercial possibilities, and thus a hotbed of contested interests. Rich resources becoming available, new shipping routes and opportunities arising, and questions related to sovereignty and rights have all become part of the media discourse. Media stories have pointed to the Northern Sea Route, which connects Asia and Europe by way of the northern Russian coast, as the “New Panama Canal”, with the North Pole at the center of this New World. In 2012 we witnessed the deliberately spectacular voyage of the Chinese icebreaker, Snow Dragon, from Akureyri, Iceland, across the Arctic Ocean to Shanghai. Through such narratives and debates, the northern polar region has morphed into occupying a status of center from formerly being on the planetary margins. A new Arctic cartography, illustrated in photograph-like images originating from satellite data, has entered our social imaginary. The Arctic sea-ice minima of 2007 and 2012, combined with alarming messages from the IPCC, have made it clear that a fundamental change in our public understanding of climate change is necessary. Due to variability, the rate of change follows slower pace at times. Yet, at other times, the change can be fast and furious, catching us inadequately prepared to handle its consequences. 2013 did not bring yet another Arctic sea-ice minimum, and fed into denials of global climate change as well as the credibility of climate science and scientists. However, for the Arctic, the record sea-ice lows in 2007 and 2012 also have brought a shift in our understanding: continued shrinkage is seen as inevitable, and so are major regional and global transformations. In that sense, Arctic climate change has become a meta-event of the evolving global climate. As we will explore below, our society is a media-centric one where policy, politics, culture, economics and science-to name but a few areas-are interlinked through the media. The constant co-production of media and society means that media are both produced by and producing society and social norms. Arrows of simple cause and effect are not particularly interesting to draw. However, this does not make it less interesting to study, just more complex.
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- Emanuel, Martin, 1977-, et al.
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Politiken kring svensk rymdverksamhet : Transkript av ett vittnesseminarium på Tekniska museet i Stockholm den 17 januari 2018
- 2018
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Rapport (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- The witness seminar “Politiken kring svensk rymdverksam-het” (Politics relating to Swedish space activities) was held at Tekniska museet on January 17, 2018, and was led by Lennart Nordh, assisted by Johan Gärdebo. The seminar focused on the relationship between Swedish space activities and various forms of politics, from the 1960s until the 2000s. The discus-sants presented various definitions of politics, recurrently re-turning to the question whether or not Sweden ever had a comprehensive space policy or not. According to the partici-pants, Swedish space activities have been linked to their real or perceived contributions to other policy areas—research, technology, foreign policy, regional policy, and European in-tegration—but without a clear overriding political vision per-taining to space specifically. Initiatives were characterized as “management by opportunities,” which implies making full use of opportunities arising in- or outside of the space activi-ties. In addition to this, policy-makers, whether within the Swedish National Space Board, the Swedish Space Corpora-tion, or the Swedish space industry, have called upon allies in other European governments, organizations and industries, as well as individuals within the Swedish establishment to exert pressure on the Swedish Government at critical moments. On other occasions foreign pressure was exerted without any proposals from Swedish actors. It was noted that regional support for Kiruna has been important since Swedish space activities began in the 1960s, and the Esrange space range was established. The seminar identified several examples of how policy-makers within the Swedish space sector negotiated with governmental officials to gain support for projects and to expand the scope of space activities into other policy areas. Telecommunication, remote sensing and meteorology were discussed as the main areas in which space technology found operational use—although research and geographic surveying was also mentioned. Since the 1990s, the main changes have been driven by the Swedish integration into the European Union, the reduced Swedish ownership in major industrial companies, and the increased commercialization of space ac-tivities. The previously dominant state funding was comple-mented by increasing private financing, and new start-ups be-gan to compete with previously established companies. Meanwhile, the ability of Swedish state actors to influence the future of Swedish space enterprises has diminished.
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- Gärdebo, Johan, 1986-
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Environing Technology : Swedish Satellite Remote Sensing in the Making of Environment 1969–2001
- 2019
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Doktorsavhandling (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- The state-owned Swedish Space Corporation established a satellite remote sensing infrastructure and defined uses for the technology both within and beyond Sweden during the latter part of the twentieth century. This thesis studies Swedish satellite remote sensing as an environing technology – a technology that environs, that produces environments and our perceptions of the environment. This perspective is important in historicising Sweden’s role in developing a technology that now is used both to manage environments on a global scale and to provide an understanding of what the environment is. It is also important to understand these environing activities as motivated by and related to other aims, for example Swedish non-alignment, development aid, and the export of expertise to new markets. I ask two questions. Firstly, how did Swedish satellite remote sensing activities contribute to the making of environment? Secondly, why did the Swedish satellite remote sensing experts conduct these activities?Studying environing technologies requires combining the theoretical understandings of history of technology and environmental history and treats technology and environment as outcomes of environing activities. Methodologically, the thesis studies written and oral sources to find activities related to satellite remote sensing that take part in sensing, writing about, or shaping environments. From these activities, new understandings of technology and environment emerge over time.The thesis is structured around five empirical chapters: 1) the institutionalisation of remote sensing as part of environmental diplomacy in Sweden, 1969–1978; 2) the establishment and expansion of a French-Swedish remote sensing infrastructure, showcased by sensing the Chernobyl meltdown in 1986; 3) the export of Swedish technoscientific expertise as a form of development aid, 1983–1994; 4) the promotion of satellites as a tool for sustainable development, 1987–1993; and 5) the establishment of an environmental data centre to monitor the European environment as part of managing the expansion of the European Union, 1991–1999.Swedish satellite remote sensing experts contributed to numerous international demonstrations that emphasised the technology as a tool for sustainable development of environments on a global scale. These activities beyond Sweden, often through transnational collaborations, were undertaken to establish satellite remote sensing within Sweden. The lack of a long-term strategy for the Swedish government’s space activities forced the technoscientific experts to find ad hoc uses for their technology, of which environmental applications were the most significant.
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- Gärdebo, Johan, et al.
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Kerstin Fredga : En intervju av Nina Wormbs och Johan Gärdebo 1 december 2017
- 2017
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Annan publikationabstract
- The interview treats Kerstin Fredga’s experiences as a scientist and increasingly a decision-maker for Swedish space activities, from the 1960s until present. Fredga became involved in astronomy from an early age. She studied astronomy at Uppsala University and Stockholm University, and also participated in summer schools where she met many future decision-makers of scientific organisations in Europe. She later travelled to the US and Goddard Space Flight Center. This period allowed Fredga to focus and make contributions to studies of the sun. It was during this period in the US that she formed a close friendship with Bengt Hultqvist who would later build up the Kiruna Geophysical Institute. Back in Sweden, Fredga participated in the establishment of the Swedish Board for Space Activities (SBSA) in 1972. In 1988, Fredga took over as director general for SBSA and oversaw its transformation into the Swedish National Space Board (SNSB). SNSB worked closely with the Swedish Space Corporation (SSC) in promoting Swedish space activities. Fredga was project scientist for Viking, the first Swedishsatellite. Fredga describes that many of the successes for SNSB and SSC were due to influential networks. As part of building scientific programmes, like Viking, Fredga sought to make the space activities also support industrial aims and be of regional support to Kiruna,where many of the space activities were conducted. Membership in the European Space Agency (ESA) provided Swedish scientists with opportunities to participate in the European space programmes with instruments on major European satellites. Meanwhile, the European Union took a greater role in financing space applications. During this period, Fredga’s work to support the Swedish space activities became more complex.
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- Kaiserfeld, Thomas, et al.
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Inledning
- 2015. - 500
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Ingår i: Med varm hand. - Stockholm : KTH Royal Institute of Technology. ; , s. 7-20
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Bokkapitel (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)
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- Sörlin, Sverker, et al.
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Environing Technologies : A Theory of Making Environment
- 2018
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Ingår i: History & Technology. - : Routledge. - 0734-1512 .- 1477-2620. ; 34:2, s. 101-125
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The central proposal of this article is that environing technologies shape and structure the way in which nature becomes environment, and as such used, perceived and understood. The argument builds on the understanding that environment is the result of human intervention.Technology is here understood broadly as a terraforming practise, materially and conceptually. We suggest that the compound environing technologies enable us to see environmental change on multiple scales and in new registers. That technologies alter the physical world is not new; our contribution focuses on the conceptual, epistemological, economic and emotional appreciation of systems and aggregates of technologies that is part and parcel of material change. The environing technologies that enable such articulation and comprehension hold potential in the future transformation that our societies need to undergo to overcome the crisis of environment and climate.
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