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  • 1. Aarsand, Pål
    et al.
    Forsberg [Gottzén], Lucas
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Sociology.
    Producing children's corporeal privacy: ethnographic video recording as material-discursive practice2010In: Qualitative Research, ISSN 1468-7941, E-ISSN 1741-3109, Vol. 10, no 2, p. 249-268Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    This article discusses the use of video cameras in participant observation drawing on approximately 300 hours of video data from an ethnographic study of Swedish family life. Departing from Karen Barad’s post-humanistic perspective on scientific practices, the aim is to critically analyse how researchers, research participants and technology produce and negotiate children’s corporeal privacy. Ethnographic videotaping is understood as a material-discursive practice that creates and sustains boundaries between private and public, where videotaping is ideologically connected to a public sphere that may at times ‘intrude’ on children’s corporeal privacy. The limits of corporeal privacy are never fixed, but open for negotiation; ethnographers may therefore unintentionally transgress the boundary and thus be faced with ethical dilemmas. The fluidity of privacy calls for ethical reflexivity before, during and after fieldwork, and researchers must be sensitive to when ethical issues are at hand and how to deal with them.

  • 2. Aarsand Simonsen, Pål
    et al.
    Forsberg [Gottzén], Lucas
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Sociology.
    De öppna och stängda dörrarnas moral: Dilemman i deltagande observation med video2009In: Den västentliga vardagen: Några diskursanalytiska perspektiv på tal, text och bild / [ed] Anna Sparrman, Jakob Cromdal, Ann-Carita Evaldsson & Viveka Adelswärd, Stockholm: Carlsson Bokförlag, 2009, p. 148-168Chapter in book (Other academic)
  • 3.
    Aarum Hansen, Heidi
    et al.
    Department for Health and Social Studies, Østfold University College, Halden, Norway .
    Björktomta, Siv-Britt
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Sociology.
    Svalastog, Anna Lydia
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Public Health and Caring Sciences, Centre for Research Ethics and Bioethics. Department for Health and Social Studies, Østfold University College, Halden, Norway .
    Digital society generates new challenges on Child Welfare Services2017In: Croatian Medical Journal, ISSN 0353-9504, E-ISSN 1332-8166, Vol. 58, no 1, p. 80-83Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    Digital society has created a new situation that challenges the present discourse on public services. Since it is only a recent phenomenon, digital society has not yet been in-cluded in the broader filed of social work education and practice. In the present text, we focus on casework with children. The examples described in the text are taken from Scandinavian experiences and reflect our background and practice in social work with children. However, we dare to say that the situation is more or less the same in the rest of Europe, as illustrated by the presented social work examples and references from wider European context.

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  • 4.
    Abens, Liene
    et al.
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Sociology.
    Hellström, Karin
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Sociology.
    Barnavårdsutredningar av ensamkommande barn: En kvalitativ studie av socialsekreterares erfarenheter2015Independent thesis Basic level (degree of Bachelor), 10 credits / 15 HE creditsStudent thesis
    Abstract [sv]

    Bakgrund: Det utredningsverktyg som idag används vid barnavårdsutredningar är verktyget Barns behov i centrum (BBIC), ett verktyg som är anpassat till att stötta nätverk som finns i barnets närhet, vanligtvis familjen, som socialt system runt barnet. För ensamkommande barn däremot, lyser dessa sociala nätverk med sin frånvaro. Ensamkommande barn till Sverige är en idag ökande grupp av människor i samhället vilket har skapat ett behov av väl anpassade verktyg i utredningsarbetet för att identifiera, strukturera, och utreda insatser för dessa grupper, inom ramen för det sociala arbetet.

    Syfte: Studiens syfte är att undersöka socialsekreterares erfarenheter av det sociala utredningarbetet av ensamkommande barn till Sverige.

    Metod: För att uppnå studiens syfte har nio semi-strukturerade intervjuer med socialsekreterare i Mellansverige genomförts och analyserats med en hermeneutisk deduktiv tolkningsmetod.

    Resultat: Resultatet visar på svårigheter i det praktiska sociala arbetet kring ensamkommande barn enligt socialsekreterares erfarenheter. Svårigheter beskrevs som att (i) utredningsverktygen inte var anpassade till uppgiften, (ii) att det fanns bristande riktlinjer kring arbetets utförande, (iii) att det kunde finnas en misstro från barnens sida gentemot myndigheter, (iv) att utreda inom den lagstadgade tidsramen, samt (v) att det kunde finnas bristande resurser för arbetets genomförande. Socialsekreterarna hade även erfarenhet av stå ensamma i att finna lösningar på dessa brister. Erfarenheterna analyseras utifrån Bronfenbrenners utvecklingsekologiska modell.

    Slutsatser: Utformningen av BBIC-verktyget kan möjligtvis skapa svårigheter i socialsekreterares utredningsarbete av ensamkommande barn, då ensamkommande barn kan ha en annan utvecklingsekologi än vad BBIC förutsätter.

    Implikationer för det sociala arbetet: En anpassning av BBIC-verktyget efter de särskilda omständigheter och behov som gäller för ensamkommande barn i Sverige kan vara till fördel för framtida socialt arbete. Vidare forskning bör göras inom området utredningsarbetet av barn som lever i en utvecklingsekologi skild från den BBIC förutsätter. 

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  • 5.
    Abou-soultan, Norhan
    et al.
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Sociology, Centre for Social Work - CESAR.
    Andersson, Irene
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Sociology, Centre for Social Work - CESAR.
    Ensamkommande barn och psykisk ohälsa: En kvalitativ studie om socialarbetarens upplevelser av arbetet med ensamkommande barn med psykisk ohälsa efter flyktingströmmen 20152018Independent thesis Basic level (degree of Bachelor), 10 credits / 15 HE creditsStudent thesis
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  • 6.
    Abrahamsson, Mikael
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Sociology.
    "Bara jag ser till att göra mitt jobb": En hermeneutisk studie i uppfattningar kring tomt arbete2010Independent thesis Basic level (degree of Bachelor), 10 credits / 15 HE creditsStudent thesis
  • 7.
    Abrahamsson, Sebastian
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Sociology.
    A defense of waste: the case of municipal food recycling in Sweden2023In: Environmental Sociology, ISSN 2325-1042, Vol. 9, no 1, p. 107-116Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    This article is an empirical analysis of food waste management and food recycling in Sweden. Currently, across Sweden, attempts are being made to achieve a circular economy whereby food wastes are transformed into resources. Food waste is used to produce biogas and bio fertilizer, and the enactment of food waste as a resource turns the waste into a raw material over which waste management organizations compete. Against this backdrop, the article interferes with research in ‘waste studies’ that highlight transformation of waste into something valuable, and proposes instead to ‘defend’ waste against the CE. The paper contributes to ‘waste studies’ and research on the circular economy by cautioning about the risks involved both in the establishment of a circular economy, and the treatment of waste as valuable. The empirical material used draws on a research project in which interviews were carried out with ‘waste workers’ in Swedish waste management organizations.

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  • 8.
    Abrahamsson, Sebastian
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Sociology.
    An actor network analysis of constipation and agency:: Shit happens2014In: Subjectivity, ISSN 1755-6341, E-ISSN 1755-635X, Vol. 7, no 2, p. 111-130Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    As of late, claims have been made in social and political theory that agency is neither a property of subjects nor of objects, but is instead an emergent effect of constellations or assemblages – that agency takes place ‘between’ various things. The question that follows is how to then account for what happens and what to make of the ‘betweenness’ of agency. The answer offered by this article is to trace and situate agency empirically through practices. Exploring the happening and non-happening of a particular object – shit – I show that for things to happen, a lot of work has to be done. By evoking three examples of constipated bodies, I show that while the work that has to be done is different, and that the actors involved are diverse, agency is located in practices.

  • 9.
    Abrahamsson, Sebastian
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Sociology.
    Compost politics:: experimenting with togetherness in vermicomposting2014In: Environmental Humanities, E-ISSN 2201-1919, no 1, p. 125-148Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    Emerging from the question of how to live together with our planet, more-than-human approaches to interspecies relations have often presented ‘cozy’ versions of conviviality (Whatmore 2002; Haraway 2008; Hinchliffe 2010). This was usually set against a (supposedly) exclusionary politics of nature, in a move that betrayed a still largely humanist ethics. From the focus on friendly companions, to the attention to practices of care or living-together, the notion of companion species and their entanglements with humans has been polarized towards a pleasant and ‘nice’ version of coexistence. But, dealing with composting, it becomes clear that relations with the environment are never so neat and clean. What are, then, the modes of being together with the ‘dirty’ side of the ‘green’? What practices emerge at the mundane interstices of the ‘big picture’ of a functional ecology? Wasting, eating, rotting, consuming, transforming and becoming-with are brought together in a variety of ways in practices of composting-with earthworms. Reporting on our own and others' attempts to ‘live-together’ with earthworms, this paper tracks the non-relations and asymmetries of the transformations of more-than-human materialities inside (and outside) domestic composting bins. We argue that the example of living-together with dung earthworms sheds light on the interplays between attachment and detachment (Candea 2010), shifting the notion of conviviality from a green and comfortable ‘democratic collective’ (Latour 2004) to a messy, yet constantly productive and on-going coexistence.

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  • 10.
    Abrahamsson, Sebastian
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Sociology.
    Cooking, eating and digesting:: Notes on the emergent normativities of food and speeds2014In: Time & Society, ISSN 0961-463X, E-ISSN 1461-7463, Vol. 23, no 3, p. 287-308Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    This article analyses conflicting versions of speed and temporal work that are involved in engaging with food. The dominant discourses around fast and slow food are challenged and extended by juxtaposing three kinds of food-related activities: cooking, eating, and digesting. Drawing on a wide range of empirical and theoretical examples and dietary advice, I illustrate how modes of engaging with foods also produce and come with specific “goods” and “bads.” Problematizing these normativities, I use the Swedish word ‘lagom’ to denote a temporal and spatial normativity that is always located in a specific situation.

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  • 11.
    Abrahamsson, Sebastian
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Sociology.
    Empiricist interventions:: Strategy and tactics on the ontopolitical battlefield2012In: Science & Technology Studies, E-ISSN 2243-4690, Vol. 25, no 1, p. 52-70Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    Recent papers by prominent scholars in science and technology studies (notably John Law and Bruno Latour) have crystallized a fundamental disagreement about the scope and purpose of intervention in actor-network theory or what we here choose to bracket as empirical philosophy. While the precept of agnostic description is taken as a given, the desired eff ects of such descriptions are highly debated: Is the goal to interfere with the singularity of the real through the enactment of multiple and possibly confl icting ontologies? Or is it (also) to craft new and comprehensive common worlds supported by notions of due process and parliamentary procedure? In this paper we think about this disagreement as a question of research strategy (a normative discord about the desirable outcome of an intervention) in order to assess its implications for research tactics (a descriptive accord about the practical crafting of an adequate account). A key point here is to challenge the impermeability of such a division and show how the strategic dispute, if to be taken seriously, invariably spills over to swamp the level of tactics. To illustrate this point, we draw upon materials from our recent doctoral research projects and to facilitate the discussion we make two deliberate caricatures: Firstly, we operate with a simplifi ed history of actor-network theory in which a strategy of epistemological critique has been replaced by two contending agendas for ontological intervention. Secondly, we address these two contending agendas as distinct options which map on to the positions of our two main interlocutors. In doing so, it becomes possible to compare their respective tactical implications as we work through two examples of what might constitute an empiricist intervention.

  • 12.
    Abrahamsson, Sebastian
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Sociology.
    Food repair: An analysis of the tensions between preventing waste and assuring safety2019In: Ephemera : Theory and Politics in Organization, ISSN 2052-1499, E-ISSN 1473-2866, Vol. 19, no 2, p. 283-301Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    Research into food waste has shown that around one third of the food that is produced for human consumption ends up going to waste. The reasons for this are many but in reports and campaigns the role of the consumer, their careless behavior and anxieties related to food are often raised as two of the main causes for food going to waste. By way of contrast, this article asks what practices of saving, experimenting with, growing and eating food – what is here conceptualized as ‘food repair’ – may tell us in terms of the specific materialities of foods, and the work involved in repairing it. Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork with dumpster divers, a studio for the experimental arts, and urban gardeners, I suggest firstly that the actual work of food repair is mundane, small-scale and often remains largely invisible. Secondly, food repair is caught in the tension between avoiding waste and assuring safety. This tension, and the work of living with it in practice, is analyzed in terms of caring: caring for the food, for sustainable consumption, for the eater. As such, this text articulates the concept of food repair as a conceptual contrast to the notion of careless consumers and throw-away societies in order to map alternative stories and practices. Rather than offering a critique of known food wasting practices, then, this text is intended both to articulate and strengthen marginal food repair practices.

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  • 13.
    Abrahamsson, Sebastian
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Sociology.
    Foods2014In: The Routledge Handbook of Mobilities / [ed] Peter Adey; David Bissell; Kevin Hannam; Peter Merriman; Mimi Sheller, London: Routledge, 2014Chapter in book (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    In a book that explores global transportations and mobilities, food definitely deserves to be included.1 Over the last few decades, the total mileage that food travels across the globe – difficult to imagine, let alone calculate – has not just risen, but also become increasingly contested ( Jackson et al., 2006). Many decry that all in all food travels far too far. But how does it do so? How does it move across the globe? The answer is: in many different ways. It moves out and it moves in. It moves fresh and it moves cooked. It moves as ingredients and as a recipe. The implication is that, more often than not, on any single plate many places come together. Here, we will illustrate the topological complexity of ordinary meals by presenting a mundane but intricate case: that of Pizza Hawaii.

  • 14.
    Abrahamsson, Sebastian
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Sociology.
    Peter, Jackson (Contributor)
    Hayes-Conroy, Allison (Contributor)
    Sandover, Rebecca (Contributor)
    Sheller, Mimi (Contributor)
    Henderson, Heike (Contributor)
    Hallet, Lucius (Contributor)
    Imai, Shoko (Contributor)
    Maye, Damian (Contributor)
    Hill, Ann (Contributor)
    Food's cultural geographies:: Texture, creativity and publics2013In: The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Cultural Geography / [ed] Johnson, N.; Schein, R.; Winders, J., Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell, 2013, p. 343-354Chapter in book (Refereed)
  • 15.
    Abrahamsson, Sebastian
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Sociology.
    In conversation with the body conveniently known as Stelarc2007In: Cultural Geographies, ISSN 1474-4740, E-ISSN 1477-0881, Vol. 14, no 1, p. 293-308Article in journal (Refereed)
  • 16.
    Abrahamsson, Sebastian
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Sociology.
    Bertoni, Filippo (Contributor)
    Ibáñez Martín, Rebeca (Contributor)
    Living with Omega-3:: New Materialism and Enduring Concerns2015In: Environment & Planning. D, Society and Space, ISSN 0263-7758, E-ISSN 1472-3433, Vol. 33, no 1, p. 4-19Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    In the early 21st century quite a few social scientists and scholars in the humanities are arguing that we should pay more attention to things material. For, as they say, not only humans act but so, too, do materials. Joining this discussion, in this paper we will use the case of omega-3 fatty acids to address the questions of how materials may act; in which ways this is relevant; and what is linked up with it. Hence, we will come to speak about research in prisons where inmates were badly nourished; fish being caught in the Global South for Scandinavian fish pills; and the urgency of shifting from the verb ‘to act’ to a differentiated list of modes of doing. Learning from the natural sciences, we will argue, requires that their methods and concerns be carefully attended to. Taking matters seriously comes with the obligation of tracing where such matters come from and where they go. And talking about ‘action’, finally, demands that, beyond liberal notions of isolated individual actors, it be creatively retheorised.

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  • 17.
    Abrahamsson, Sebastian
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Sociology.
    Stillness re-animated:: experiencing Body Worlds and the work of art2010In: Stillness in a mobile world / [ed] David Bissell; Gillian Fuller, London: Routledge, 2010, p. 155-171Chapter in book (Refereed)
  • 18.
    Abrahamsson, Sebastian
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Sociology.
    The limits of the body:: boundaries, capacities, thresholds2011In: Social & cultural geography (Print), ISSN 1464-9365, E-ISSN 1470-1197, Vol. 12, no 4, p. 331-338Article in journal (Refereed)
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  • 19.
    Abrahamsson, Sebastian
    et al.
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Sociology.
    Ek, Richard
    Karlstads Universitet.
    The Swedish COVID-19 Enigma/Exception2022In: COVID-19 and a World of Ad Hoc Geographies / [ed] Brunn, D. Stanley & Gilbreath, Donna, Cham: Springer, 2022, p. 97-112Chapter in book (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    During the COVID-19 pandemic Sweden stood out globally as a country that persistently refused to take drastic measures like proclaiming a curfew or a lockdown on public and commercial facilities. Instead, a “softer” approach was chosen. The population was only recommended to restrain as much as possible from social contact as well as other cautionary measures. In this chapter this Swedish “exception” is addressed, with a focus on regional differences. Much political and media focus has been on the spread of COVID-19 in the large postindustrial cities. Instead, we focus on the situation in the sparsely populated northern part, Sápmi, once colonized by the Swedish kingdom. Here, the city of Gällivare was severely affected by the virus. In symbiosis with the state-controlled mining industry, the community had a steady national and international inflow of mining-related personnel which resulted in one of the highest infection rates per capita nationally.

  • 20.
    Abushaqfa, Marwa
    et al.
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Sociology, Centre for Social Work - CESAR.
    Sörum, Alma
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Sociology, Centre for Social Work - CESAR.
    Rätten till goda levnadsvillkor: En kvalitativ studie av förvaltningsrättens domar kring rätten till LSS insats2018Independent thesis Basic level (degree of Bachelor), 10 credits / 15 HE creditsStudent thesis
    Abstract [sv]

    Sammanfattning:

    Syftet med denna uppsats var att undersöka hur funktionshindradepersonersrättigheter enligt SFS 1993:387 Lagen om stöd och service till vissa funktionshindrade (LSS) befästs eller eventuellt urholkas inom ramen för beslut som fattasinom offentlig förvaltning. Det empiriska materialet i denna studie bestod av tolv rättsfall från förvaltningsrätten. En kvalitativ abduktiv ansats användes, där en socialkonstruktionistisk grundsyn och Nancy Frasers kritiska perspektiv på kampen om behoven i ett senkapitalistiskt välfärdssamhälle utgjorde förståelseramen genom analysprocessen, vilken utgjordes av en kombination av kritisk diskursanalys och tematisk analysprocess. Detta tillvägagångssättbedömdes användbart för attidentifiera diskurser som kom till uttryck genom resonemangen förda kring innebörden av begreppet “goda levnadsvillkor”, vilket var centralt för undersökningen.Forskningsansatsen möjliggjorde även ett synliggörande avojämlika sociala maktrelationer och maktordningar som kan anses framträda inom LSS domar. Genom att relatera undersökningensfynd till tidigare forskning kring problemområdet har fynden kunnattolkas och förståsur ett större sammanhangoch på så sätt har rimliga slutsatser kunnat dras utifrån frågeställningen. Resultatet av studienhar formulerats genom följande diskurser: diskursen om definitionen och tolkningen av behoven, diskursen om behovet av social gemenskap och att “komma ut i samhället”, fritidsaktivitetsdiskurs & normal livsföringsdiskurs, juridisk diskurs, anhörig-och familjediskurs, samt diskursen om frigörelse, självständighet och normal livsföring.Dessa diskurser anses vara möjliga tolkningar avstudiensempiri samt möjliga exempel på vad en större forskning som omfattar ett större material skulle kunna komma fram till.Undersökningen har lett till ett konstaterande om att ett grundläggande antagande hos beslutsfattare tycks vara att LSS ska tolkas restriktivt. I denna studie relateras denna restriktiva tillämpning till en nyliberalistisk politisk syn vilken anses gradvis ha bidragit till att konstruera om politikers och beslutsfattares förståelse av syftet med LSS åt det restriktiva hållet, vilket kan anses urholka det ursprungliga syftet med LSS, som det beskrevs då lagen först infördes.

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  • 21.
    Adams, Bert
    et al.
    University of Wisconsin.
    Trost, JanUppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Sociology.
    Handbook of world families2005Collection (editor) (Other (popular science, discussion, etc.))
  • 22.
    Adawe, Ikram
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Sociology.
    Vad gör en kund problematisk?: En komparativ kvalitativ studie av problematiskt kundbeteende vid studentverksamheter kopplade till KTH och Lunds universitet2023Independent thesis Basic level (degree of Bachelor), 10 credits / 15 HE creditsStudent thesis
    Abstract [sv]

    Att definiera vad som utgör ett problematiskt kundbeteende kan vara en utmaning. Uppfattningar och upplevelser av fenomenet anses vara bundet till den individ som definierar det. Forskning inom fältet hävdar att detta gör det svårt att ge en konkret universell definition av fenomenet då dess definition kan variera mellan person, stad, bransch och land. Inom kommersiella serviceverksamheter är problematiskt kundbeteende ett väl studerat och dokumenterat fenomen, med bristande kunskap om hur fenomenet ter sig inom ideellt drivna serviceverksamheter. Därmed har syftet med denna studie varit att belysa hur ideellt arbetande servicepersonal definierar och hanterar problematiskt kundbeteende inom kontext av sitt ideella arbete. För att utföra denna studie har ideellt drivna studentnationer och studentpubar kopplade till Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan och Lunds universitet valts. Studien genomförde sex semistrukturerade intervjuer med studenter arbetandes vid studentnationer och studentpubar kopplade till Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan och Lunds universitet. Studien använde en fenomenologisk ansats för att förstå studenternas definition och upplevelser av problematiskt kundbeteende. Vidare användes en abduktiv ansats med hjälp av Erving Goffmans frame analysis för att strukturera studenternas subjektiva erfarenheter av fenomenet. Studiens resultat tyder på att de två lärosätena uppvisade en större grad av likheter än skillnader när det gällde deras tillvägagångssätt för att definiera och hantera problematiskt kundbeteende. Trots att studenterna kunde presentera en tydlig och koncis definition av fenomenet hade de svårigheter att tillämpa denna kunskap i praktiken. Det faktum att studenterna var engagerade i ideellt arbete hade ingen betydande inverkan på deras definition och hantering av problematiskt kundbeteende. 

  • 23.
    Adeborn Fortea, Matilda
    et al.
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Sociology.
    Andersson, Amanda
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Sociology.
    Sanning eller Fördom?: En diskursanalys av identiteten "invandrare" i två svenska nyhetsmedier2019Independent thesis Basic level (degree of Bachelor), 10 credits / 15 HE creditsStudent thesis
    Abstract [sv]

    Syftet med uppsatsen var att undersöka hur identiteten “invandrare” konstrueras, samt vilka diskurser kring “invandrare” som framträder, i svenska nyhetsmedier under mars månad 2017. Vi ämnar belysa hur den aktuella diskursen ser ut. Då vi lever i en alltmer globaliserad värld där vi interagerar med människor från andra kulturer blir det än viktigare att vara medveten om hur diskurser kring andra människor förs. Med hjälp av diskursanalys, i kombination med en kvalitativ och socialkonstruktivistisk ansats, tillsammans med postkolonialism och orientalism samt gestaltningsteorin, har vi analyserat 19 artiklar som publicerades under mars 2017 i Aftonbladet och Dagens Nyheter. I resultatet besvaras frågeställningarna: Hur konstrueras identiteten “invandrare” i det analyserade materialet? och Vilka diskurser framträder i analysen? Analysen visar att identiteten “invandrare” är starkt förknippad med negativa aspekter, trots att det finns de som försöker erbjuda en alternativ bild. Det framkommer även att integrationsdiskursen är dominerande, utan att för den delen vara fristående från de tre övriga diskurserna, förorten, problem och motverka fördomar. Inom diskurserna framträder “invandraren” nästan uteslutande i samband med sociala problem, vilket tolkas härstamma från postkoloniala tankar om de Andra. Resultatet bryter något från tidigare forskning på området i och med att vi identifierar en diskurs med positiva förtecken som erbjuder motstånd mot de övriga diskurserna.

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  • 24.
    Adem, Jasmin
    et al.
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Sociology.
    Khalaf, Linda Nidae
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Sociology.
    Idioter väljer att sätta ord i våra munnar: En kvalitativ fokusgruppstudie om hur unga män med utländsk bakgrund från socioekonomiskt utsatta områden upplever massmedias rapportering2018Independent thesis Basic level (degree of Bachelor), 10 credits / 15 HE creditsStudent thesis
    Abstract [sv]

    Denna studie handlar om hur unga män med utländsk bakgrund bosatta i socioekonomisktutsatta områden upplever massmedia och dess föreställning gentemot området de bor i.

    Studien är kvalitativ genom fokusgruppsintervjuer och berör frågor om hur dessa unga mänmed utländsk bakgrund beskrivs, hur massmedia talar om socioekonomiskt utsatta områdensamt hur massmedia spelar en roll i rapporteringen av dessa ovanstående faktorer.

    Vi kom fram till att dessa unga män med utländsk bakgrund bosatta i socioekonomiskt utsattaområden upplever att massmedia målar upp och reproducerar en övervägande negativ bild avde och området de bor i. De talar mycket kring sina egna känslor och hur upplevelsernapåverkar dem samt hur de speglar sig i deras liv.

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  • 25.
    Aden, Nadifo
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Sociology.
    Ungdomsbrottslighet: En kvalitativ forskning om kriminella ungdomars upplevelser i socio-ekonomiskt utsatta områden2019Independent thesis Basic level (degree of Bachelor), 10 credits / 15 HE creditsStudent thesis
    Abstract [sv]

    Denna uppsats behandlar ett ämne som jag har sett diskuteras och debatteras mycket i nyhetstidningar, sociala medier, arbetsplatser och i olika sammankomster där människor möts – Ungdomskriminalitet!

    Genom den kvalitativa forskningsmetoden ville jag ta reda på hur ungdomar med kriminell bakgrund ser på sina livsval och kartlägga hur arbetet med och för ungdomar med kriminell bakgrund kan te sig hos svenska myndigheter.  Sammanfattningsvis visar min studie på att det finns olika orsaker – bostadsområde, skola, arbete, socialt nätverk samt familjeförhållande är av betydelse för hur våra liv kommer att formas i framtiden. Denna studie visar på vikten av samverkan, men ger också en inblick i hur verkligheten ser ut för många ungdomar i dagens samhälle, där bl.a. ekonomisk- och social status leder till att ungdomar begår brott i tidig ålder. Jag har intervjuat fem killar som bor i vad man definierar som socio-ekonomiskt utsatta områden i Stockholm. Jag lyfter deras berättelser och analyserar resultatet så att läsaren kan få en helhetsbild av ungdomskriminaliteten i socio-ekonomiskt utsatta områden. Vidare lyfter jag deras egna upplevelser och förklarar dem med hjälp av sociologiska teorier/begrepp så som – konsumtion, socialisering och kapital.

  • 26.
    Adilsdotter, Liin
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Sociology.
    Konflikthantering och kommunikation inom hälso- och sjukvården: Hur medarbetare uppfattar konflikthanteringen och kommunikationen i det dagliga arbetet2021Independent thesis Basic level (degree of Bachelor), 10 credits / 15 HE creditsStudent thesis
    Abstract [sv]

    Studien ämnar undersöka medarbetarnas upplevelser av hur kommunikation och konflikthanteringen av arbetsrelaterade konflikter sköts på den egna avdelningen. Detta görs genom kvalitativa semi-strukturerade intervjuer. Den valda teoretiska utgångspunkten omfattar Thomas Jordans (2019) teorier om Samarbetskultur samt Tre konflikt ansatser som tillämpas på tre konfliktnivåer om: individnivå, relationsnivå och systemnivå. 

    Resultatet visar på brister i konflikhanteringsstrategier som respektive chef och medarbetare utgår ifrån i sin problemlösning. Kommunikationsstörningar förekommer vilket påverkar arbetet jämte relationer och försvårar samarbete och återkoppling. Resultatet har vidare visat konflikter på samtliga nivåer om individ, relation och systemnivå. Detta kan indikera på ett behov av förändringsarbete i bland annat organisationsstrukturen på exempelvis arbetskultur, arbetsorganisation och kommunikationsmönster.

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  • 27.
    Adlerteg, Hanna
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Sociology.
    "Vad gör en personalvetare?": Fyra påverkansfaktorer vid övergången från student till yrkesverkan2005Independent thesis Basic level (degree of Bachelor), 10 credits / 15 HE creditsStudent thesis
  • 28.
    Adner, Cecilia
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Sociology.
    Attraktiva arbetsgivare: En studie i hur två företag förhåller sig till employer branding som företagsstrategi2006Independent thesis Basic level (degree of Bachelor), 10 credits / 15 HE creditsStudent thesis
  • 29.
    Adolfsson, Kajsa
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Sociology.
    Den ekonomiska diskursen infiltration av omsorgsideologin2006Independent thesis Advanced level (degree of Master (One Year)), 20 credits / 30 HE creditsStudent thesis
  • 30.
    Adrianzon, Louise
    et al.
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Sociology.
    Gund, Erik
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Sociology.
    DISTANSARBETETS KONTROLLERANDE VERKAN: En kvalitativ studie om hemarbete och dess påverkan på styrning av anställda2021Independent thesis Basic level (degree of Bachelor), 10 credits / 15 HE creditsStudent thesis
    Abstract [en]

    Control and management of employees has and is a central activity in organizations to achieve efficiency and productivity. In step with the development and change of work, control and management of employees has gone from a more direct control to an increasingly indirect control, where the focus is on influencing the individual's feelings in order to be able to control them. An important component for being able to use tools to control employees has then been that they are present at the workplace.The purpose of this study has been to investigate how control and governance is expressed in an organization, where a forced situation because of Covid-19 has led to staff being forced to switch from office work to working from home. The theoretical standing point of the study is normative control through identity regulation. Seven qualitative interviews with respondents from a family-owned company have been conducted, where two hold a leading position in the company and the remaining five are employees in different departments.The results of the study show that there was a clear, elaborate normative control in the workplace which in turn has characterized the employees when they now work from home.This has resulted in the employees identifying with the company despite working from home, which has made it possible for management to continue to be able to use identity-regulated management where trust and belonging plays a major role. Working from home has led to certain changes and challenges where the results show that the company today uses a combination of direct and indirect control with the help of digital approaches. 

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  • 31.
    Age, Age categories, and Generations: A Discussion of Conceptualisations
    Uppsala University, Humanistisk-samhällsvetenskapliga vetenskapsområdet, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Sociology.
    Hammarström, Gunhild2001Conference paper (Other scientific)
  • 32.
    Agevall, Ola
    Uppsala University, Humanistisk-samhällsvetenskapliga vetenskapsområdet, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Sociology.
    A science of unique events: Max Weber's methodology of the cultural sciences1999Doctoral thesis, monograph (Other academic)
    Abstract [en]

    Max-Weber's methodological essays, published-posthumously as Gesammelte Aufsätze zur Wissenschaftslehre, continue to attract scholarly attention. They also continue to pose formidable problems to a modern reader. Part of the reason for this is that Max Weber both responds to and draws upon scholarly work that has long ceased to be familiar to social scientists. In order to grasp Weber's methodological project, we therefore need to uncover the historical co-ordinates within which it was framed. A framework of this order is to be found in the discourses over method that took place in the human sciences in Germany during the 19th century - particularly in jurisprudence, economics and history. Max Weber's methodological views, however, did not square with any of the positions taken in these debates. He had other methodological convictions. They were partly taken over from Heinrich Rickert, partly from Johannes von Kries. Heinrich Rickert's philosophy of science furnished Weber both with a general theory of science and with a theory of concept formation in the historical sciences, whereas Johannes von Kries provided him with a theory of causality. It can be shown that these theories combine in Max Weber's methodological thought to provide the basis for theoretical notions such as the ideal type - but also that this has implications both for Weber's empirical work and for the characteristic way in which he criticises the different standpoints in the prevailing methodological discourse.

  • 33. Aglert, Katja
    et al.
    Holmberg, Tora
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Sociology.
    Bryndis Snaebjornsdottir and Mark Wilson. You must carry me now. The cultural lives of endangered species2016In: Humanimalia: a journal of human/animal interface studies, E-ISSN 2151-8645, Vol. 8, no 1, p. 149-153Article, book review (Other academic)
  • 34.
    Agné, Oskar
    et al.
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Sociology.
    Hellsten, Jonathan
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Sociology.
    Pulsmätningar - länken mellan ledningen och medarbetare: En kvalitativ studie om arbetsgivares perspektiv på pulsmätningar2020Independent thesis Basic level (degree of Bachelor), 10 credits / 15 HE creditsStudent thesis
    Abstract [sv]

    Vi lever i ett samhälle där organisationer under de senaste decennierna har blivit mer vinstfokuserade på grund av avkastningskrav till aktieägare. I och med detta har vi sett ökade kontroll- och mätmekanismer, inte minst av medarbetarnas prestationer mot uppsatta mål. Det traditionella tillvägagångssättet att mäta medarbetarnas välmående har varit via en årlig medarbetarundersökning. Men det vi nu ser är en mer digital trend: att i realtid göra så kallade pulsmätningar vilket innebär kontinuerliga mindre undersökningar av personalens välmående och organisationens arbetsmiljö. Organisationer använder ett digitalt mätverktyg för att genomföra dessa. På så sätt kan organisationer agera mer agilt på både negativa och positiva resultat. Forskning visar att medarbetare som trivs och mår bra på arbetsplatsen också presterar bättre mot uppsatta mål. Att inkludera medarbetare mer frekvent kan få en positiv effekt på engagemanget och motivationen. Vi har därför genomfört en kvalitativ studie i form av semistrukturerade intervjuer. Respondenter har varit personer som arbetar inom organisationer som använder ett digitalt mätverktyg av personalens välmående i realtid. De har dessutom haft en betydande roll för arbetet av implementeringen av ett sådant verktyg, men också arbetat med resultatet från det. Vår insamlade empiri har analyserats i relation till Finansialiseringsteori samt Isomorfism som är ett fenomen inom Nyinstitutionell teori. Vårt syfte med studien var att ta reda på om pulsmätningar är ett uttryck för ökad finansialiseringen och varför organisationer implementerar ett digitalt mätverktyg av personalens välmående, hur det kan tänkas se ut samt hur resultatet sedan används. Resultatet indikerade på att organisationer använder ett digitalt mätverktyg av personalens välmående på grund av employer branding, att de genuint vill att personalen ska må bra, men inte utan att det ska leda till ekonomiska fördelar som exempelvis färre sjukskrivningar och ökade intäkter. Genom studien har vi också kunnat presentera resultat för hur ett digitalt mätverktyg kan se ut och då främst vad organisationer mäter. Här visar det övergripande resultatet att det är främst ledarskap och arbetsmiljö som står i fokus. Men också att medarbetarengagemanget har gått upp som en effekt av ett digitalt mätverktyg som mäter välmående på arbetsplatsen. Med den här studien hoppas vi kunna bidra med en bredare förståelse för varför organisationer använder pulsmätningar och hur det används som en länk mellan arbetsgivare och arbetstagare. 

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  • 35.
    Ahl, Andreas
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Sociology.
    Mångfaldens utmaningar: En kvalitativ undersökning om hur tre bemanningsföretag arbetar med mångfald2006Independent thesis Basic level (degree of Bachelor), 10 credits / 15 HE creditsStudent thesis
  • 36.
    Ahlberg, Beth
    et al.
    Uppsala University, Humanistisk-samhällsvetenskapliga vetenskapsområdet, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Sociology.
    Kimani, V.N.
    Kirumbi, L.W.
    Kaara, M.W.
    Krantz, I
    The Mwomboko Research Project. The practice of male circumcision in Central Kenya and its implications for the transmission and prevention of STD/HIV in Central Kenya1997In: African Sociological Review, no 1 (1)Article in journal (Other scientific)
  • 37.
    Ahlberg, Beth Maina
    et al.
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Sociology. Skaraborg Inst Res & Dev, Skövde, Sweden..
    Bradby, Hannah
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Sociology.
    Ethnic, racial and regional inequalities in access to COVID-19 vaccine, testing and hospitalization: Implications for eradication of the pandemic2022In: Frontiers in Sociology, E-ISSN 2297-7775, Vol. 7, article id 809090Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    The COVID-19 pandemic has made visible inequalities as exemplified by unequal access to COVID-19 vaccine across and within countries; inequalities that are also apparent in rates of testing, disease, hospitalization and death from COVID-19 along class, ethnic and racial lines. For a global pandemic such as the COVID-19 to be effectively addressed, there is a need to reflect on the entrenched and structural inequalities within and between countries. While many countries in the global north have acquired more vaccines than they may need, in the global south many have very limited access. While countries in the global north had largely vaccinated their populations by 2022, those in the global south may not even complete vaccinating 70% of their population to enable them reach the so-called herd immunity by 2024. Even in the global north where vaccines are available, ethnic, racialized and poor working classes are disproportionately affected in terms of disproportionately low rates of infection and death. This paper explores the socio-economic and political structural factors that have created and maintain these disparities. In particular we sketch the role of neoliberal developments in deregulating and financializing the system, vaccine hoarding, patent protection and how this contributes to maintaining and widening disparities in access to COVID-19 vaccine and medication.

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  • 38.
    Ahlberg, Beth Maina
    et al.
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Sociology. Skaraborg Institute for Research and Development, Skövde, Sweden.
    Hamed, Sarah
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Sociology.
    Bradby, Hannah
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Sociology.
    Moberg, Cecilia
    Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden.
    Thapar-Björkert, Suruchi
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Government.
    “Just Throw It Behind You and Just Keep Going”: Emotional Labor when Ethnic Minority Healthcare Staff Encounter Racism in Healthcare2022In: Frontiers in Sociology, E-ISSN 2297-7775, Vol. 6, article id 741202Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    Encountering racism is burdensome and meeting it in a healthcare setting is no exception. This paper is part of alarger study that focusedonunderstandingandaddressingracismin healthcare in Sweden. In the paper, we draw on interviews with 12 ethnic minority healthcare staff who described how they managed emotional labor in their encounters with racism at their workplace. Data were analyzed using thematic analysis. The analysis revealed that experienced emotional labor arises from two main reasons. The first is the concern and fear that ethnic minority healthcare staff have of adverse consequences for their employment should they be seen engaged in discussing racism. The second concerns the ethical dilemmas when taking care of racist patients since healthcare staff are bound by a duty of providing equal care for all patients as expressed in healthcare institutional regulations. Strategies to manage emotional labor described by the staff include working harder to prove their competence and faking, blocking or hiding their emotions when they encounter racism. The emotional labor implied by these strategies could be intense or traumatizing as indicated by some staff members, and can therefore have negative effects on health. Given that discussions around racism are silenced, it is paramount to create space where racism can be safely discussed and to develop a safe healthcare environment for the benefit of staff and patients.

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  • 39.
    Ahlberg, Beth Maina
    et al.
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Sociology. Skaraborg Institute for Research and Development, Skövde, Sweden.
    Hamed, Sarah
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Sociology. Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Women's and Children's Health.
    Thapar-Björkert, Suruchi
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Government.
    Bradby, Hannah
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Sociology.
    Invisibility of Racism in the Global Neoliberal Era: Implications for Researching Racism in Healthcare2019In: Frontiers in Sociology, E-ISSN 2297-7775, Vol. 4, article id 61Article, review/survey (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    This paper describes the difficulties of researching racism in healthcare contexts as part of the wider issue of neoliberal reforms in welfare states in the age of global migration. In trying to understand the contradiction of a phenomenon that is historical and strongly felt by individuals and yet widely denied by both institutions and individuals, we consider the current political and socioeconomic context of healthcare provision. Despite decades of legislation against racism, its presence persists in healthcare settings, but data on these experiences is rarely gathered in Europe. National systems of healthcare provision have been subject to neoliberal reforms, where among others, cheaper forms of labor are sought to reduce the cost of producing healthcare, while the availability of services is rationed to contain demand. The restriction both on provision of and access to welfare, including healthcare, is unpopular among national populations. However, the explanations for restricted access to healthcare are assumed to be located outside the national context with immigrants being blamed. Even as migrants are used as a source of cheap labor in healthcare and other welfare sectors, the arrival of immigrants has been held responsible for restricted access to healthcare and welfare in general. One implication of (im)migration being blamed for healthcare restrictions, while racism is held to be a problem of the past, is the silencing of experiences of racism, which has dire consequences for ethnic minority populations. The implications of racism as a form of inequality within healthcare and the circumstances of researching racism in healthcare and its implication for the sociology of health in Sweden are described.

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  • 40.
    Ahlberg, Beth Maina
    et al.
    Uppsala University, Humanistisk-samhällsvetenskapliga vetenskapsområdet, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Sociology.
    Nordberg, E.
    Tomson, G.
    North-South health research collaboration. Challenges in institutional interaction,1997In: Soc Sc Med, no 44(8), p. 1229-1238Article in journal (Other scientific)
  • 41.
    Ahlqvist, Magnus
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Sociology.
    Jämlikhet eller Närhet?: De äldres rättigheter, det sociala medborgarskapet och kommunerna2005Independent thesis Basic level (degree of Bachelor), 10 credits / 15 HE creditsStudent thesis
  • 42.
    Ahlstrand, Kajsa
    et al.
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Theology, Department of Theology, Church and Mission studies, Science of Mission.
    Palmer, Brian
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Theology, Department of Theology, Studies in Faith and Ideologies.
    Willander, Erika
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Sociology.
    Guds närmaste stad?2008In: Guds närmaste stad?: En studie om religionernas betydelse i ett svenskt samhälle i början av 2000-talet / [ed] Kajsa Ahlstrand och Göran Gunner, Stockholm: Verbum , 2008, p. 9-24Chapter in book (Other academic)
  • 43.
    Ahmadi, Fereshteh
    Uppsala University, Humanistisk-samhällsvetenskapliga vetenskapsområdet, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Sociology.
    Abendländisches Gedankengut im Rahmen des islamischen Feminismus im Iran2000In: Inamo, Vol. 21, no 6, p. 38-41Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    Die vorliegende Arbeit beschäftigt sich mit der Möglichkeit des islamischen Feminismus, für die Emanzipation der Frauen innerhalb des Rahmens eines modernen globalen Diskurses, nämlich des postmodernistischen, zu wirken. Der Artikel geht hypothetisch davo

  • 44.
    Ahmadi, Fereshteh
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Sociology.
    Culture, Religion and Spirituality in Coping: The Example of Cancer patients in Sweden2006Book (Other academic)
    Abstract [en]

    Recent research has shown significant associations (negative and positive) between religious and spiritual factors and mental health. Much of this research, however, has been conducted in the US, where religion is an integrated part of most people’s lives. Other studies on religious and spiritually oriented coping conducted outside the US have also focused on religious people. Yet many are non-believers, and many believers do not consider themselves religious, i.e. religion is not an important part of their life. There are also societies in which the dominant culture and ways of thinking dismiss the role of religion in people’s lives. Research on religious coping rarely takes these people into consideration. This book is based on a research project aimed at identifying the religious and spiritually oriented coping methods used by cancer patients in Sweden as an example of societies where religion is not an integrated part of the social life of individuals. The empirical data for the study were based on interviews with cancer patients. Fifty-one interviews were conducted in various parts of Sweden with patients suffering from different types of cancer. The chosen method was semi-structured interviews. Based on the study, the book discusses the impact of rationalism, individualism, secularism, natural romanticism and a tendency toward spirituality rather than religiosity in Swedish ways of thinking on the choice of coping methods among informants. Concerning the use of religious and spiritually oriented methods by the Swedish informants, we learn that gaining control over the situation is a very important coping strategy among Swedish informants. The informants show a strong tendency toward relying primarily on themselves for solving problems related to their disease. Receiving help from other sources, among others God or a supreme power, seems to primarily be a way to gain more power to help oneself, as opposed to passively waiting for a miracle. For the informants, thinking about spiritual matters and spiritual connection seems to be more important than participating in religious rituals and activities. Turning to nature as a sacred and available resource is a coping method that all informants have used, regardless of their outlook on God, their religion and philosophy of life or their age and gender.

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  • 45.
    Ahmadi, Fereshteh
    Uppsala University, Humanistisk-samhällsvetenskapliga vetenskapsområdet, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Sociology.
    Den postmoderna islamiska feminismen i Iran och religionens tillfälliga aspekter2008In: Svensk religionshistorisk årsskrift 2006-2007 årsskriften, vol 15, 2006-2007., Svensk samfund för religionshistorisk forskning , 2008, p. 151-180Chapter in book (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    Islamic women in Iran challenge the clergy's monolithic rights of interpretation by radically reconstructing gender and Islamic discourses. The result has been the flourishing of a new Islamic feminism in Iran which interprets certain aspects of the Koran's view on gender differently than other Islamic feminist movements.

    In Iran, Islamic feminists emphasize the historical context of the Koran and by doing so reformulate Islamic concepts and Islamic law from a "feminine" per¬spective. They open the door to the interpretation of sacred texts and dialogue on women issues to groups other than Muslims. They wrestle with the clergy's gen der conservatism and their hate of the West. By finding common ground with Western feminists and by viewing their struggle as an integral part of the global feminist struggle, Islamic feminists in Iran weave new textual connections between Muslim and Western women.

  • 46.
    AHmadi, Fereshteh
    Uppsala University, Humanistisk-samhällsvetenskapliga vetenskapsområdet, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Sociology.
    Elderly Migrants and the Concept of Home: A Swedish Perspective2005In: Home and Identity in Late Life. International Perspectives, Springer Publishing, New York , 2005Chapter in book (Refereed)
  • 47.
    Ahmadi, Fereshteh
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Sociology.
    Hard and Heavy Music: Can It Make a Difference in the Young Cancer Patients’ Life?2009In: Voices: A World Forum for Music Therapy, Vol. 9, no 2Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

     The aim of the study on the basis of which this article is written was to examine, from the patients’ perspective, the role music plays as a coping method when facing cancer. Here, using music as a coping method refers to using music (listening to and/or playing music individually or participating in a music therapy program) frequently in order to deal with the significant demands presented by cancer. A semi-structured interview with 17 cancer patients who have used music (listened to or played music) in order to cope with their illness was applied. Five of interviewees were men and twelve women. The youngest informant was 24 and the oldest 73 years old. In the paper presented in this conference I will discuss the result of my study concerning the effects of hard and heavy music in coping with cancer. The result of study shows that hard and heavy music as a coping method:

    - by calling in question the cultural demands of having control over their feelings, helps the young cancer patients to obtain their control,

    - by questioning what are conventionally defined as meaning of life, helps the young cancer patients to find a meaning,

    - by calling in question  the cultural requests of being calm and collected helps the young cancer patients to get their tranquility,  

    - by cheering unhealthy behaviors like using drug and having violent sex helps the young cancer patients to recover their mental health.

    All this due to the possibility the heavy and hard music provides for the young cancer patients to get self-confidence by putting away the false mask one wear and be who she/he really is.

    The aim of the study on the basis of which this article is written was to examine, from the patients’ perspective, the role music plays as a coping method when facing cancer. Here, using music as a coping method refers to using music (listening to and/or playing music individually or participating in a music therapy program) frequently in order to deal with the significant demands presented by cancer. A semi-structured interview with 17 cancer patients who have used music (listened to or played music) in order to cope with their illness was applied. Five of interviewees were men and twelve women. The youngest informant was 24 and the oldest 73 years old. In the paper presented in this conference I will discuss the result of my study concerning the effects of hard and heavy music in coping with cancer. The result of study shows that hard and heavy music as a coping method:

    - by calling in question the cultural demands of having control over their feelings, helps the young cancer patients to obtain their control,

    - by questioning what are conventionally defined as meaning of life, helps the young cancer patients to find a meaning,

    - by calling in question  the cultural requests of being calm and collected helps the young cancer patients to get their tranquility,  

    - by cheering unhealthy behaviors like using drug and having violent sex helps the young cancer patients to recover their mental health.

    All this due to the possibility the heavy and hard music provides for the young cancer patients to get self-confidence by putting away the false mask one wear and be who she/he really is.

  • 48.
    Ahmadi, Fereshteh
    Uppsala University, Humanistisk-samhällsvetenskapliga vetenskapsområdet, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Sociology.
    Identitetsproblem och skilda attityder gentemot det svenska samhället hos iranska flyktingmän och kvinnor1997In: Invandrarrapport, Vol. 25, no 3Article in journal (Other scientific)
  • 49.
    Ahmadi, Fereshteh
    Uppsala University, Humanistisk-samhällsvetenskapliga vetenskapsområdet, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Sociology.
    Immigrants and Globalization: identity crisis and the concept of the Individual2005In: The XXIX Conference on Sociotechnics - Sociological Practice. “Networks and Partnership for learning Regions in an area of Micro-globalization in Everyday Practices. The International Sociological Association (ISA) Research Committee Conference RC # 26 in Association with the Sociology Department of the University of the Aegean. Molyvos, Greece. June 8-12, 2005., 2005Conference paper (Other (popular scientific, debate etc.))
  • 50.
    Ahmadi, Fereshteh
    Uppsala University, Humanistisk-samhällsvetenskapliga vetenskapsområdet, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Sociology.
    Islamic feminism in Iran: Feminism in a new Islamic Context2005In: The word Meeting of Democracy, Promoting Foundations,, Stockholm 28-30 August 2005. The Swedish Parliament house., 2005Conference paper (Other (popular scientific, debate etc.))
    Abstract [en]

    Abstract:

    If it is true that Feminism as well a social movement as a philosophical aspect is based on a whole system of individual rights where these rights constitute a framework within which every person has right to choose his/her own separate goods, provided that no one does deprived others of theirs. Seeing in this light feminism is not originated from the Islamic milieu, but is imported from the Western world.

    The emergence of the “Islamic feminism” during the last two decades is however an indication of, from one side, the failure of pro-western feminism in many Middle Eastern societies in understanding the social and cultural circumstance of these societies, and from the other side, of a serious and immediate need for a fundamental change in the status of the women in this region.

    It is obvious that so-called “Islamic feminists” base their ideas and claims, first of all, on Islam and legitimise their activities with the help of the Islamic tradition. Yet, Islamic thought is not the only grounds for the Islamic feminists' ideas and demands, especially in Iran. We can trace the footprint of Western ideas in their ways of thinking. Certain issues witness this claim: Gender as a social construction, individualistic perspective, Post-modern ideas and affiliation with Western feminism. The aim of this article is to discuss some possible reasons which have made possible the opening a “windows of opportunity” in Iran for the development of an approach to the issue of women among Muslim women which can lead to a radical Chang in the view of these women on the women’s’ place in the private as well as social life.

    In two ways these Muslim “feminist” women represent “a new direction“ within “Islamic feminism”.

    The first way in which the Iranian Islamic feminists’ interpretive work departs from previous attempts is the way in which they expand the domain of reinterpretation to new linguistic construction of the Arabic language.

    Another way, which signifies the Iranian Islamic feminists from the other Muslim feminists, is their emphasis in a radical expansion of the domain of interpretation.

    Why such a “radicalism”? The aim of this article is to answer this question.

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