This bachelor thesis examines the library as a public sphere in the notion of Jürgen Habermas’ theory from 1962. The questions asked concerns how the public sphere is discussed in relation to Swedish public libraries today in our late modern society. The analyzed material consists of the Swedish Cultural Bill of 2009 and five qualitative interviews...
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The aim of this Master’s thesis is to investigate and increase the understanding of Swedish Public Library Websites and to determinate which activity they mediate. To analyse the Public Library Websites Andersson and Skot-Hansen’s model of roles for the Public Library has been used. This model in¬cludes four roles for the library: the library as a ...
The desire to translate constructivist and sociocultural approaches to learning in specific learning activities is evident in most forms of training at current, not least in online education. Teachers worldwide are struggling with questions of how to create conditions in this fairly new realm of education for learners to contribute to the developme...
The point of departure for this thesis was an article written by Christer Hermansson (2008). He thinks that librarians, following the development of Library 2.0 and the change of public libraries, have strayed away from what he believes should be the focus of the library: Literature. The aim of this thesis is to study how librarians in six Swedish ...
Nyckelkurs på folkhögskola för personer med långvarig smärta startade som ett samarbetsprojekt mellan Landstinget i Kalmar län och folkhögskolorna i länet. Denna studie undersöker kursens betydelse för deltagarnas liv med frågor om vad det betytt att smärtkursen förlagts till just folkhögskola. Tio personer har svarat på frågor om sitt liv med smär...
In Sweden and among Swedish popular movements there has long been a great willingness to share experiences from establishing the “Swedish model” of welfare and democracy to countries in other parts of the world. In this sharing of experience popular adult education has had an important role. Over the years, there have also been several attempts to ...
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Vad kan en samling sånger säga oss om de gemenskaper, ideal och problembilder som artikulerats i den svenska folkbildningshistorien? Utifrån Hola folkhögskolas sångrepertoar från första halvan av 1900-talet riktas här uppmärksamheten mot diskurser som presenterats som betydelsebärande vid en storskalig utbildningsinstitution. Fokus ligger...
