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Architectural classification has long been constrained to visual standards, defining materials as flat surfaces or static geometric volumes. Yet, when dealing with reused materials, frequently non-standard and irregular, this surface-level consideration is not enough. To surpass this visual bias, this thesis introduces a research workflow that interrogates the hidden identity of physical materia
The Swedish defence market constitutes a relevant context for studying innovation and innovation collaboration. The market is shaped by increasing demands for technological renewal and collaboration, while state-dominated demand, regulation, secrecy requirements and a specification-based procurement logic create particular conditions for innovation activities. Against this background, this study e
This thesis examines how trans influencers narrate and negotiate identity and visibility on YouTube, a platform where trans people may find recognition and community but also encounter hostility. The study focuses on four trans influencers whose YouTube content addresses transition, gender identity, public visibility and experiences of transphobia. Using thematic narrative analysis, the thesis exp
Forest Aboveground biomass (AGB) is an important indicator of forest carbon storage, but long-term, high-resolution, and spatially continuous Aboveground biomass estimation remains challenging. This study produced annual forest Aboveground biomass estimates across mainland Spain and the Balearic Islands from 2000 to 2024 at 30 m resolution by combining Landsat time series, Global Ecosystem Dynamic
Med en krympande industriell arbetsstyrka och den snabba utvecklingen inom artificiell intelligens, börjar många företag rikta blickarna mot intelligenta humanoida robotar för att understödja dem i deras verksamhet. Denna uppsats utforskar dagens landskap av humanoida robotar och skisserar hur Saab Naval kan påbörja processen av att integrera dem i deras skeppsvarvsproduktion. Nya framsteg och nuvWith a shrinking industrial workforce and the rapid advancement of artificial intelligence, many companies are starting to look toward intelligent humanoid robots to aid them in their operations. This thesis explores the current landscape of industrial humanoid robots and outlines how Saab Naval can start the process of integrating them into their shipyard production. Recent advancements and curre
This master thesis was performed in collaboration with NP Innovation. The purpose of this project was to develop a new inlet channel and two adapters for a water filter used in fish farming. Two different sizes of filters are included in the company's product portfolio. For both filters there is one inlet channel each in a corresponding size. One inlet channel consist of an adapter welded to t
This thesis examines how Black artists in Washington D.C use creative practices to produce resistance, care and collective survival within artivist creative spaces. Based on ethnographic fieldwork conducted with ARTIVISM, a Black-led artivist company in Washington D.C. Grounded in intersectionality as critical social theory and Black feminist thought, the study investigates the interior communitie
This study examines how the Sweden Democrats discursively construct and legitimize the recognition of Somaliland within contemporary Swedish political rhetoric. By applying the Discourse-Historical Approach (DHA) within Critical Discourse Analysis, in combination with postcolonial theory and securitization theory, the thesis investigates how recognition is framed through broader narratives concern
This thesis explores the dynamics of digital feminism in 2020s China through a qualitative case study of the Yang Li controversy, focusing on her widely circulated phrase “average yet confident men” (普信男). It examines how Yang Li’s comedy is interpreted, defended, criticized, and politicized across three Chinese social media platforms: Weibo, Bilibili, and Xiaohongshu. Drawing on popular feminism,
This thesis examined how digital femininity is produced, stabilized, and normalized through platformed visibility on Xiaohongshu. It approached femininity as a visible, embodied, aesthetic, and behavioral formation shaped through platformed self presentation. Drawing on Butler’s performativity, Foucault’s concepts of discipline and visibility, and platform studies, the thesis analyzed Xiaohongshu
This thesis explores the negotiation of cultural identity under migration among South Koreans in North America through cinematic representations. Drawing on narrative identity theory, the thesis employes narrative and film analyses to examine three semi-biographical fiction films: Minari (2020), Riceboy Sleeps (2022), and Past Lives (2023). It investigates how cultural identity is represented and
This thesis examined how South Korea manages the tension between the promotion of soft masculinity through cultural figures as part of its international nation branding strategy and the domestic enforcement of militarized citizenship grounded in hegemonic masculinity through conscription. Drawing primarily on theories of nation branding, the research analyzed how masculinities are strategically co
This thesis examined how solitude is experienced and accommodated in cafés in contemporary Tokyo, and how it can constitute a form of urban belonging beyond community-centred understandings of public social life. While cafés are commonly analysed through Oldenburg’s third place theory, which emphasises sociability and informal social interactions, such frameworks cannot adequately account for the
This thesis investigates the potential of using protective relay data for power outage prediction in medium-voltage distribution networks operated by E.ON Sverige AB. The study is based on retrospective relay recordings from seven substations in the Swedish distribution grid, covering the period 2018-2026. The analysis focuses on whether abnormal relay activity before outages contains systematic p
In the digital media environment, criminal adjudication is increasingly subject to public attention and evaluation. Existing studies on how public opinion affects sentencing outcomes have often remained within the binary debate over whether public opinion influences judicial decisions, paying less attention to the specific case conditions and transformation mechanisms through which public opinion
Deep reinforcement learning has driven remarkable progress in quadrupedal locomotion, yet the resulting controllers typically treat the robot's physical limits as soft penalties in the reward, offering no guarantee that joint limits, leg kinematics, or obstacle clearance are respected during or after training. Safe-exploration methods promise such guarantees, but they have been developed almos
This thesis takes Shiershao on Douyin as a case study to examine how an African child is constructed in short videos as cute, healing and available for affective investment. The study treats cuteness as a mediated effect produced through video presentation, vlogger narration, audience comments and platform visibility. The thesis adopts a qualitative case study approach. It is also informed by a di
This thesis examines how audience responses to the trans character Player 120 in Squid Game Season 2 are constructed within mainstream celebratory online spaces in a Mexican context. Following the release of the series, the character generated an unusually positive reaction across social media platforms, where she was widely praised and described as an example of “good” inclusion. In a context whe
I denna studie analyseras framställningar av elevers läsning i tidningsartiklar och gymnasieskolans ämnesplaner för ämnet svenska. Studien syftar till att synliggöra de värderingar och perspektiv som präglar synen på elevers läsning, samt de konsekvenser uppfattningarna kan få för skolans verksamhet. Urvalet består av 70 tidningsartiklar från åren 1968-2026, samt ämnesplanerna Lgy 70, Lpf 94, Gy11
Syftet med denna studie är att undersöka CAGED-systemets för- och nackdelar för bättre förståelse kring navigeringen på gitarrens greppbräda. Med grund i det har vi formulerat följande forskningsfrågor: Hur kan vi lära oss att navigera i greppbrädans struktur med hjälp av CAGED? Vad händer med vår kunskap, vårt gitarrspel och vår förståelse för greppbrädans struktur när vi närmar oss den via CAGEDThe purpose of this study is to explore the CAGED system’s pros and cons in regard to understanding how to navigate the fretboard on the guitar. On this basis we have formulated the following research questions: How can we learn to navigate the fretboard using CAGED? How does our knowledge, guitar performance and our understanding of the fretboard evolve when we approach it with CAGED and delibera
