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Goodlett, Dana Louise. "Resilience in Uncertainty: An Examination of a Moroccan Centre Serving Unwed Mothers." Scholar Commons, 2016. http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/6089.
Full textSouza, Daniel Maurício Viana de. "Divulgação científica em museus e centros de ciência interativos : a construção social de uma ciência-espetáculo." reponame:Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações da UFRGS, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10183/142489.
Full textThis thesis aims to analyze the social representation of science as a result of the actions of scientific divulgation performed in exhibitions from interactive museums and science centres. Starting from the premise that the promotion of public communication channels, democratic and inclusive about science and its production is necessary to the understanding that such phenomena are in a relationship of dependency and reciprocity with other elements that make up the social structure, discusses about the factors that prevent a dialogue capable of identifying with clarity that the science is ultimately, socially constructed. The insistence on adoption of languages based on a rectilinear and progressively historicity and in a super-stimulus visual massive of ‘images/appearance’, has contributed to the affirmation of a universal and homogenous idea of science, in other words, a-processual and producer of irrefutably true knowledge. So considering, here takes the notion of 'society of the spectacle' as much a theory of society, as, social condition that is projected in a vertical way on the scientific divulgation operated in museological institutions, implying directly in the construction of science and their social meanings. This conditioning exercised by the 'spectacle' is based, therefore, on two fundamental ideological vectors, on the one hand, the 'image' as 'appearance', setting up a linguistic and narrative territory based on alienation, naturalization and universalization. And on the other hand, the 'historicity' as suppression of social time - socially constructed - outlining a framework within which the communicability is based on the absence of processes, in the conception of time as a commodity, in the concept of 'idea out of place/time' and the premise of neutrality (scientific). From an empirical point of view, chooses to investigate different exhibitions in four interactive museums and science centres, in Brazil and Portugal, implementing the techniques of observation and interview, fundamentally.
Lerosier, Thomas. "Itinéraires technopolitains : la formation d’un territoire scientifique et technologique (Grenoble – 1950-2015)." Thesis, Université Grenoble Alpes (ComUE), 2016. http://www.theses.fr/2016GREAP002.
Full textThe creation of a scientific and technological territory results from a historical process. It takes its institutional origins in the 19th century, but many phenomena take part of it since the 1950s. This doctoral thesis examines several ‘trajectories’ in the history of one of the first scientific cities of the French Province. Between 1950 and 2015, the research structures itself. It becomes the heart of the higher education institutions. The Grenoble scientific instruments and the development of the electronic technology define the organization of the scientific research and shape the scientific environment altogether. New ways of occupying the space and integrating the urban structure are developed with the deployment of the university campus and of technology parks. Progressively, scientific and political actors are involved in the scientific territory by integrating it to their own strategies or by producing a normative discourse about it. Besides, the creation of this territory generates social protests that, however, barely succeed in influencing the development of science and technology. Ultimately, Grenoble really becomes a scientific and technological territory after the 1980s when science and innovation become central in social and geographic space of Grenoble
Helgason, Ingi. "Complex pleasures : designing optional interactions for public spaces." Thesis, Edinburgh Napier University, 2017. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/1022893.
Full textNilsson, Olof. "Access Barriers - from a user´s point of view." Doctoral thesis, Mittuniversitetet, Institutionen för informationsteknologi och medier, 2005. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:miun:diva-5799.
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Ralston, Stuart Edward. "Virtual reality science centre exhibits." Thesis, University of Canterbury. Computer Science, 1994. http://hdl.handle.net/10092/9275.
Full textBlomley, Matthew. "The new science, social science, and society." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2002. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.620289.
Full textNeves, Fabrício Monteiro. "Bíos e Techné : estudo sobre a construção do sistema de biotecnologia periférico." reponame:Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações da UFRGS, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10183/18352.
Full textThis thesis deals with the relationship between science and society. It particularly seeks to understand the process of construction of biotechnology and its context. Beyond this, it searches to link biotechnology research to the global society and to the specific context of peripheral science The theoretical argument is structured around issues raised by social studies of science and technology, and uses the theoretical framework of the theory of social systems of Niklas Luhmann, who considered the difference system / environment to understand the relationship between science and society. The main question raised refers to the structure of the reproduction of contemporary science and its relation with the environment. Therefore, our hypothesis argues that the structure of the biotechnology has changed from a reproduction based on "truth" to a reproduction based on "operation". The latter form of reproduction emerges in the light of disturbances around the science, especialy in a context characterized by technological requirements. Besides theses, there are requirements for application, legality, profitability, safety and innovation. This research was conducted using semi-structured interviews with leaders of biotechnology research groups from six brazilian states. Besides, a documentary research was conducted and a thematic content analysis was performed. Particularly, this research is located at the periphery of the global system of science and technology, and presents how the differentiation center/periphery also affects the reproductive system of biotechnology. In this sense, we construct the concept of knowledge production regime, a regime of mutual disturbances between systems, which is limited by the institutional configurations of national states. In Brazil, such regime was characterized by systems of law, economy, policy and science. This research has focused on the disturbance of the first three on biotechnology. It is concluded that research biotechnology produces another kind of truth, namely truth effectively.
Durusan, Firat. "Debates On Civil Society: From Centre-periphery To Radical Civil Societarianism." Master's thesis, METU, 2008. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12610292/index.pdf.
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Kruger, Cornelius Erick. "The design of an interactive science centre in the centre of Pretoria." Tshwane University of Technology. Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment. Department of Architecture, 2012. http://encore.tut.ac.za/iii/cpro/DigitalItemViewPage.external?sp=1000170.
Full textThe current state of the South African education system is woefully inadequate to support and sustain students’ interest in further studies, especially in the field of science and technology. The number of young scientists graduating from tertiary education facilities is very low and should be increased greatly during the next few years if South Africa is to progress technologically. The introduction on of an interactive science centre is one of the methods which could affect the youth and potentially spark their interest in science and technology. The current network of science centres in South Africa is unable to provide sufficient facilities to support the informal education sector.
Ely, Joshua J. "Society and Science: Ancient Astronomy." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2012. https://dc.etsu.edu/honors/31.
Full textAndrei, Elena mihaela. "Figures de l'excentricité dans la littérature française du XIXe siècle : le cas des Illuminés de Gérard de Nerval." Phd thesis, Université Jean Monnet - Saint-Etienne, 2013. http://tel.archives-ouvertes.fr/tel-00977376.
Full textHassmund, David. "WSC Wind Science Centre : Centret för vindenergi." Thesis, Mittuniversitetet, Avdelningen för industridesign, 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:miun:diva-20246.
Full textPalacpac, Eric Parala. "Science-Society interface in the Philippines." Thesis, University of Leeds, 2009. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.515554.
Full textReza, Faisal 1980. "Human cloning : science, ethics, policy, society." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/29582.
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The interplay of science, ethics, policy and society contribute to our understanding of and relation with human cloning. Genetic science and technology at the end of the twentieth century has permitted successful cloning of mammals and other animals. Such advancement has raised key ethical issues regarding the prospect of cloning human beings. Evaluation of these issues has led to policies aimed at regulating this novel technology. In tum, these policies strive to prepare our society for the scientific possibilities and ethical implications of human cloning.
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Lundberg, Karin. "Citizens and Contemporary Science Ways to dialogue in science centre contexts." Thesis, Högskolan Dalarna, Vetenskapskommunikation, 2005. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:du-2536.
Full textSchmitt, Daniel. "Expérience de visite et construction des connaissances : le cas des musées de sciences et des centres de culture scientifique." Phd thesis, Université de Strasbourg, 2012. http://tel.archives-ouvertes.fr/tel-00802163.
Full textKoekemoer, Hannes. "A descriptive study of offender on offender assaults in Pollsmoor Medium B Correctional Centre." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/25049.
Full textFu, Shun Tom. "I.T. museum & E-learning Centre." Click to view the E-thesis via HKUTO, 2002. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B31986420.
Full textStankevičiūtė, Veslava. "Kokybės vadybos sistemų diegimas mokslo centre." Master's thesis, Lithuanian Academic Libraries Network (LABT), 2005. http://vddb.library.lt/obj/LT-eLABa-0001:E.02~2005~D_20050627_105236-91678.
Full textOppenheim, Beth T. "The periphery as the centre: trajectories of responsibility and community support in contemporary Maputo, Mozambique." Doctoral thesis, University of Cape Town, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/25403.
Full textJafari, Rad Shirin. "Time, knowledge & space sharing : Science & Discovery Centre - Lund Science Village." Thesis, KTH, Arkitektur, 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-133493.
Full textByggnaderna står i landskapet och påverkar stadsstrukturen runtom där det skulpturala samspelet utav höljet & marken transformeras på dess glasfasader. Här kommer tid, idéer, utrymme och kunskap delas genom skapandet av miljöer där deltagarna kan informera och åter-informeras av arkitektur omgiven. Dynamiken i rummen genererar kreativt tänkande och ökar den sociala interaktionen & utbytet emellan genom de transformbara sekvenserna i de olika rumsliga upplevelserna.
Daneshpour, Negar. "Time, knowledge & space sharing : Science & Discovery Centre - Lund Science Village." Thesis, KTH, Arkitektur, 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-123064.
Full textByggnaderna står i landskapet och påverkar stadsstrukturen runtom där det skulpturala samspelet utav höljet & marken transformeras på dess glasfasader. Här kommer tid, idéer, utrymme och kunskap delas genom skapandet av miljöer där deltagarna kan informera och åter-informeras av arkitektur omgiven. Dynamiken i rummen genererar kreativt tänkande och ökar den sociala interaktionen & utbytet emellan genom de transformbara sekvenserna i de olika rumsliga upplevelserna.
Hay, Gordon Lindsay. "Ideology, science, and discourse in contemporary society." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1996. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk3/ftp05/mq22049.pdf.
Full textHartwick, Elaine R., and Louise Zimmer. "The dialectic relation between society and science." Thesis, Boston University, 1985. https://hdl.handle.net/2144/30810.
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The questions examined are central to the ongoing debate in science, which encompasses two general positions when answering the question, what is science? One position is the positivist tradition which views science as objective and value-free, while the other more structural tradition views science as value-laden. It was the latter position we adopted in handling the material.
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Dick, Barbara Kathleen. "Modern Arabic science fiction : science, society and religion in selected texts." Thesis, Durham University, 2016. http://etheses.dur.ac.uk/11907/.
Full textIslam, Md Khademul. "Pupils' interaction with a Science Centre: Communication perspective analysis." Thesis, Högskolan Dalarna, Vetenskapskommunikation, 2005. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:du-2535.
Full textThomas, Geoffrey. "A virtual musical instrument exhibit for a science centre." Thesis, University of Canterbury. Department of Computer Science, 1995. http://hdl.handle.net/10092/3992.
Full textSeekings, Jeremy, Khehla Shubane, and David Simon Simon. "An evaluation of the European community / Kagiso Trust Civic and Advice Centre Programme." Commission of the European Communities, 1993. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/66010.
Full textHallim, Robyn. "Marie Corelli science, society and the best seller /." University of Sydney. English, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/2123/521.
Full textKemp, Stephen. "Reconciling science and society : a critical historicist approach." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/22369.
Full textWhite, Avery F. "An Open Society: Robert Nozick’s Utopian Project." The Ohio State University, 2019. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1565805139549975.
Full textLay, Jean-Pierre. "Le centre sous la Ve République." Lyon 3, 1988. http://www.theses.fr/1988LYO23016.
Full textCenter is a political position which existence is contested. Still, she is rather often claimed by differents political parties because she can appear advantageous in many respects. Yet, after us, only certain political formations can really take advantage of it. Two great political families has been selected in this study : radical family on one side which is divided in two formations : the "parti radical valoisien" and the "mouvement des radicaux de gauche", and the family of the christian democracy on the other side which is representated by the centre des democrates sociaux". These political families have known too many difficulties under the fifth republic to such an extent that we should have thought that she went to disappear. Meanwhile, in spite of mode of poll for parliamentary elctions (assemblee nationale only) and in spite of the election of the president of the republic at the direct universal suffrage, they have succeeded to maintain them. Best same, at the all last period a political group claims again from center at the "assemblee nationale". But center don't constitute the axis of french politic and bipolarisation remains always very strong. From 1969 till 1986 major part of center has progressively join the right. In 1988 we can ask if an inverse movement is not engaged
Martin, Claudette. "Examining Visitor Attitudes and Motivations at a Space Science Centre." Thesis, Högskolan Dalarna, Vetenskapskommunikation, 2004. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:du-1162.
Full textLemmon, Danielle Kelly. "An outcome evaluation of the Centre of Science and Technology." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/25363.
Full textJoshi, Ayush. "The germinal centre artificial immune system." Thesis, University of Birmingham, 2017. http://etheses.bham.ac.uk//id/eprint/7532/.
Full textJudson, Tracey F. "Civil society, second society and the breakdown of Communist regimes in Central and Eastern Europe : Poland, Czechoslovakia and Romania." Thesis, Loughborough University, 1999. https://dspace.lboro.ac.uk/2134/33163.
Full textAbramsky, R. S. "Lay empowerment in science." Thesis, Loughborough University, 1999. https://dspace.lboro.ac.uk/2134/33212.
Full textJolibert, Catherine. "Governance of Biodiversity: Bringing together society, policy and science." Doctoral thesis, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/117448.
Full textThis research is underpinned by two observations: despite man-made directives, laws and initiatives, biodiversity is still shrinking; and the very concept of biodiversity combines societal, political and scientific considerations. The challenge of biodiversity loss therefore requires us to consider a three-layered theoretical framework that contains social and ethical (what are the values of biodiversity?), political (what are the legitimate mechanisms by which biodiversity can be protected?) and epistemological questions (how can we understand biodiversity?). In this thesis I develop this three-layered understanding of biodiversity and of the general issue of how we may best improve biodiversity governance from these three viewpoints in order to highlight the social, political and scientific foundations that humanity must understand and support if it is to address the issue of biodiversity protection in an effective way. To respond to this question, I focus on science-stakeholders interfaces in the field of European biodiversity research. I adopt a normative standpoint in which research that includes stakeholders was by definition more ‘social’, integrating human needs and the impact of human activity as fundamentals that should be considered if we are to meet the environmental challenges of the present and the future. In this context, the objectives of this thesis are (i) to shift from an anthropocentric human needs-based approach to a more global and ecosystemic one, (ii) to highlight perspectives that acknowledge the redistribution of state functions towards non-state, and bottom up environmental governance process, (iii) to shift toward multi-faceted, multi-directional process of knowledge production and transfer, and (iv) to turn the tensions and challenges related to interdisciplinary and intercultural research for sustainable development into opportunities. To reach these objectives, the thesis builds on four case studies that cover a critical assessment of (i) the extension of the Human-scale Development model to non-humans in analysing environmental conflict in South Europe, (ii) two mechanisms of governance: the participation of non-state actors and scenario-building for environmental planning in Western Europe, (iii) the level and modalities of stakeholder engagement in EU-funded FP6 biodiversity research projects and the impact of a more participatory approach, and (iv) the challenges and opportunities that arise when nine PhD students set out to write a doctoral dissertation within an interdisciplinary research project (GoverNat). To improve biodiversity governance, I therefore propose a holistic view of human and non-human needs, recognizing the intrinsic value of the living world (i.e. the social dimension of the concept of biodiversity, chapter 1); strengthen community life present and future, encouraging bottom-to-top collective decision-making (i.e. political dimension of the concept of biodiversity, chapter 2); involve and share experiences of key stakeholders, creating local networks for the co-construction of common knowledge (i.e. scientific dimension of the concept of biodiversity, chapter 3); and enable interdisciplinary communication and networks that require time and patience (chapter 4). This thesis offers arguments and tools to justify the protection of biodiversity in its social, political and scientific dimensions, and therefore also in an interdisciplinary context. It also feeds the debate on sustainable public policy-making. From now on, we need to support an integrative approach to governance in which the public are involved based on fundamental needs. This would enable an inclusive, permanent but dynamic reflexion on future environmental policy proposals.
Kawana, Y. "John Stuart Mill's projected science of society, 1827-1848." Thesis, University College London (University of London), 2009. http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/18561/.
Full textCrosswhite, F. S. "Editorial - Trivia, Computers, Research, American Society, and Plant Science." University of Arizona (Tucson, AZ), 1985. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/554217.
Full textCatford, Andrew Robert, and andrew catford@worldvision com au. "Putting the Community in the Centre: Towards Effective Village-Based Planning and Development in Vietnam." RMIT University. Global Studies, Social Science and Planning, 2008. http://adt.lib.rmit.edu.au/adt/public/adt-VIT20080731.114440.
Full textFrémont, Jean-Pierre. "La quadrature du centre : histoire du centre en France de 1945 à 1998." Paris 1, 1998. http://www.theses.fr/1998PA010317.
Full textContemporary, few historians in political families talked about the centre; however, those from the left and right parties are subjected to a plentiful literature including many masterly works. Nevertheless, for the centre, we can notice a domination of an historical explosion. The writers through the parties and trends considered the question, which gives a break up vision of this one. At the conclusion of this study about the centre party in france from 1945 to nowadays, we can notice that this subject is still ambiguous. During this period, it didn't exist a unique and identified party on political affairs, but many centres or even successive or concomitant avatars of the centre
Beiers, Robin John. "Conceptions of sound before and after visiting an interactive science centre." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 1994. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/36481/1/36481_Beiers_1994.pdf.
Full textThornton, Timothy John. "Political society in early Tudor Cheshire 1480-1560." Thesis, University of Oxford, 1993. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.359719.
Full textHassan, Qais Mahmoud. "A multilayered agent society for flexible image processing." Thesis, University of Hull, 2008. http://hydra.hull.ac.uk/resources/hull:1688.
Full textGiustozzi, Antonio. "War, politics and society in Afghanistan 1978-1992." Thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London), 1997. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.265765.
Full textGuénolé, Thomas. "Les centres en France : idéologie et incarnations contemporaines du centre." Paris, Institut d'études politiques, 2013. http://spire.sciences-po.fr/hdl:/2441/7o52iohb7k6srk09n8lg2cgrj.
Full textFirst, we prove the existence of a specific centrist political thought that goes from Aristotle to French centrist President Valery Giscard d'Estaing. To do so, considering each great age of political thought, we build a syndox (Ancient greek, « common thought ») of thinkers who stood for the virtue of moderation on the field of political thought. Thus we can identify a paradigm of centrist political thought. We then prove this paradigm is an ideology. Secund, we prove contemporary centrist voters (1999-2012) approve this ideology. We also deduct from their preferences among political parties and famous politicians that there are four families embodying Centre: centre-right, centre-left, green-centre, extreme-centre. We also identify parties and politicians that embodied these four families from 1999 to 2012. Third, we identify these four families from French Revolution to nowadays. We also prove, thanks to tools coming from economic science, that financing of political parties is a competitive market, whereas access to seats at National Assembly is a duopoly. We then build a model that allows us to explain and predict tactical choices made by parties: the « GRADD model. » It explains that centre is divided into four families because of divergent tactical preferences when considering both sides of the duopoly. Interviews with major politicians also make it possible to confirm our conclusions
Gleason, Mary Louise. "The Royal Society of London years of reform, 1827-1847 /." New York : Garland, 1991. http://books.google.com/books?id=_rHaAAAAMAAJ.
Full textOrjuela, Luis Javier. "Columbian society in the 1990s : fragmentation, legitimacy, and efficiency." FIU Digital Commons, 2003. http://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/etd/2638.
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