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- Henriksson, Malin, 1971-
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Att bygga ett samhälle : Tid, rum och politiska visioner i bostadspolitiken 1901–1947
- 2021
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Doctoral thesis (other academic/artistic)abstract
- This dissertation is a study of political modernization in Sweden, focusing on the formation of modern housing policy. The analysis reveals how changing concepts relating to time and space redefine a political and social order, thereby laying the foundation for the welfare state. In the late nineteenth and the early twentieth century Sweden saw rapid industrialization, urbanization and extensive migration in and out of the country, but also problems such as poverty, poor working conditions, overcrowded housing and epidemics. Housing policy did not only express ideas and strategies for how people should live in the modern industrialized world; it was also introduced as a political instrument to create a modern society and a modern population. In the first decades of the twentieth century, government reports and bills on housing presented new ways of constructing political subjects and political community, along with an emerging conviction that political reforms were necessary to create a modern society.The investigation emphasizes the importance of adopting a longer time frame when analyzing political change. It combines Reinhart Koselleck’s research program and method for the study of diachronic conceptual change with Quentin Skinner’s speech-act theory and tools for the synchronic study of political rhetoric. The aim of the dissertation is to analyze conceptual change in Swedish public policy about housing in the period 1901–1947. The aim is specified by the following research questions: How does the construction of political subjects and political community change during this period? How does meaning-making concerning time and space change, and how does such change relate to new ways of conceptualizing political subjects and political community? How do these conceptual shifts contribute to shape the conditions for the welfare state?The dissertation contributes to the scholarly understanding of welfare state formation by demonstrating how temporality and spatiality in conceptual formations contributed to the making of the Swedish welfare state. It demonstrates in empirical detail how time and space were used in the shift from an organically interpreted nation to a modern society, and in the emphasizing and evaluation of political subjects such as the earth-bound and loyal peasant, the transcendent modern worker, the flexible yet stable nuclear family, and the sociable democratic human being.
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- Antonsson, Malin, 1986, et al.
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Narrative writing in patients with low-grade glioma - using keystroke logging to investigate differences in the writing process before and after tumour resection
- 2017
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In: Meaningful outcomes Nordic Aphasia Conference. Copenhagen, 15 -17 June 2017.
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Conference paper (other academic/artistic)abstract
- The aim of this study was to investigate the writing process, using a keystroke logging program, in narratives written by patients with LGG and to compare the patients’ writing processes and products three months after tumour resection with their pre-operative performance. Twenty consecutive patients scheduled for tumour resection at Sahlgrenska University Hospital wrote to a picture-elicited narrative before and at three months follow-up using the keystroke logging program, ScriptLog (Frid, J., Johansson, V., Johansson, R., Wengelin, Å., & Johansson, M., 2014). After surgery there was a significant decline in production rate, i.e. words produced per minute. An analysis of pause distribution in different micro contexts revealed a significant increase of pauses before initiating the typing of a word. The decline in production rate suggests an increase in cognitive effort in narrative writing for patients who have undergone surgical treatment for LGG. The analysis of pause distribution indicates lexical retrieval difficulties. Investigation of the writing process can give information about subtle changes in language and cognitive processing for patients undergoing tumour resection.
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- Antonsson, Malin, 1986, et al.
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Writing fluency in patients with low-grade glioma before and after surgery
- 2018
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In: International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders. - : Wiley. - 1368-2822 .- 1460-6984. ; 53:3, s. 592-604
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- © 2018 Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists. Background: Low-grade glioma (LGG) is a type of brain tumour often situated in or near areas involved in language, sensory or motor functions. Depending on localization and tumour characteristics, language or cognitive impairments due to tumour growth and/or surgical resection are obvious risks. One task that may be at risk is writing, both because it requires intact language and memory function and because it is a very complex and cognitively demanding task. The most commonly reported language deficit in LGG patients is oral lexical-retrieval difficulties, and poor lexical retrieval would be expected to affect writing fluency. Aims: To explore whether writing fluency is affected in LGG patients before and after surgery and whether it is related to performance on tasks of oral lexical retrieval. Methods & Procedures: Twenty consecutive patients with presumed LGG wrote a narrative and performed a copy task before undergoing surgery and at 3-month follow-up using keystroke-logging software. The same tasks were performed by a reference group (N = 31). The patients were also tested using the Boston Naming Test (BNT) and word-fluency tests before and after surgery. Writing fluency was compared between the patients and the reference group, and between the patients before and after surgery. Relationships between performance on tests of oral lexical retrieval and writing fluency were investigated both before and after surgery. Outcome & Results: Different aspects of writing fluency were affected in the LGG patients both before and after surgery. However, when controlling for the effect of typing speed, the LGG group differed significantly from the reference group only in the proportion of pauses within words. After surgery, a significant decline was seen in production rate and typing speed in the narrative task, and a significant increase was seen in pauses before words. Strong positive relationships were found between oral lexical retrieval and writing fluency both before and after surgery. Conclusions & Implications: Although aspects of writing fluency were affected both before and after surgery, the results indicate that typing speed is an important factor behind the pre-surgery differences. However, the decline in overall productivity and the increase in pauses before words after surgery could be related to a lexical deficit. This is supported by the finding that oral lexical-retrieval scores were strongly correlated with writing fluency. However, further exploration is needed to identify the language and cognitive abilities affecting writing processes in LGG patients.
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- Enroth, Henrik, 1971-, et al.
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The Civil Sphere and the Welfare State
- 2019
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In: The Nordic Civil Sphere. - Cambridge : Polity Press. - 9781509538843 ; , s. 15-38
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Book chapter (peer-reviewed)
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- Niska, Anna, 1971-, et al.
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Cykling bland barn och unga : en kunskapssammanställning
- 2017
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Reports (other academic/artistic)abstract
- Cyklandet bland barn och unga har minskat, vilket får negativa effekter på hälsa och barns självständiga mobilitet. VTI har i detta regeringsuppdrag sammanställt kunskap om tänkbara orsaker till detta, baserat på litteraturstudier och kontakter med relevanta aktörer samt analyser av resvanedata och olycksstatisk. Statistiken visar att det är andelen personer som cyklar som minskat medan den cyklade sträckan inte förändrats. Framförallt har barns och ungas fritidscyklande minskat, vilket kan förklaras av ökade avstånd till fritidsaktiviteter, föräldrars heltidsarbete och att barns vardag idag är mer institutionaliserat. Även cyklandet till skolan har minskat, bland annat då det fria skolvalet lett till ökade avstånd. Andra orsaker är fler bilar i hushållen, förändringar i hur barn leker och kommunicerar, bristande faktisk och upplevd säkerhet och trygghet i kombination med föräldrars förställningar om barns trafikförmåga. Cykelresorna har delvis ersatts av bilresor men framförallt av ett ökat gående och resande med kollektivtrafik. Cyklingen har minskar mest bland de äldre barnen. Då de främst ersatt sitt resande med kollektivtrafik, kan en förklaring vara att fler erbjuds gratis busskort. Det finns ett stort engagemang och kompetens kring barns och ungas cykling bland olika aktörer, men behovet är stort av ökad samordning och att de initiativ och åtgärder som vidtas utvärderas systematiskt.
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- Sjögren, Hanna, et al.
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Human–animal relations beyond the zoo : the quest for a more inclusive sustainability education
- 2015
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In: Pedagogy, Culture & Society. - : Taylor & Francis. - 1468-1366 .- 1747-5104. ; 23:4, s. 597-615
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- This paper investigates human–animal relations in sustainability education. To understand what educational relationships and boundaries are challenged and/or strengthened in education promoting future sustainable societies, we argue that educational theory and practice must move beyond the anthropocentric framework’s sole focus on relationships between humans. Drawing on focus group interviews with teacher instructors at eight Swedish universities, we discuss cases in which sustainability education benefits from being understood as crafted via human–nonhuman relations. By concentrating on human–animal relations, we discuss the political and ethical implications arising from relationships being created in certain ways and not others. The empirical examples illustrate how the relations between teacher instructors and various animals can be a critical starting point for understanding the limitations and possibilities fostered by sustainability education.
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