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Moderniserad dagsljusstandard

This report is the account of SBUF project 13209 “Moderniserad dagsljusstandard” (Modernized daylight standard). This is a continuation of the SBUF project 12966 “Förstudie dagsljusstandard” (Pre-study daylight standard) published in 2015. SBUF and the Swedish Energy Agency are the two sources of this project’s funding. The task has been to freely describe and interpret history, day-to-day and fut

For dwelling and for governance : the mobile phone in mobile work

The social differentiation of mobile work is complex. While some people are in a position of control over, and initiate, mobilities, others are captivated by it (Massey 1994). The focus of this WP is transport workers, those who provide mobility: truck drivers, cycle couriers and uber drivers. It is inspired by previous studies of less privileged workers in the power geometry of mobile work: of se

Between ideals and domestic practices: the micro-geographies and media technologies of home management : A Swedish case study

The home is constituted of materials, cultural meanings and practices (Blunt & Dowling 2006), which means, among other things, that we make home through our domestic practices (Hollows 2008). In an ongoing cultural historical project on home management we are studying practices of domestic paperwork during the 20th century in Sweden. Through interviews with people born before 1940, and the stu

“Do you realize what you have done @svtnyheter – public service?” The SKOLKO scandal as media mixing

In 2018, the satirical public service prime time programme ‘Svenska Nyheter’ (Swedish News, SVT, 2018-) sparked a serious and multifaceted debate in Swedish press and comments sections, after launching the web tool ‘SKOLKO’ (translates into ‘SCHOOL QUE’ but also connotes the word ‘skolka’, meaning ‘to cutting class’). The tool was designed to make fun of but also correct an unfair allocations syst

Used but not Sensed - The Paradox of D-xylose Metabolism in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

The realization that the extraction and combustion of fossil fuels is having serious effects on the environment and the climate, together with the ever-growing need for fuels, has led to the development of the concept of the biorefinery. Biorefineries are refineries in which fossil resources, such as oil, are replaced by renewable biomaterials to produce biofuels and biochemicals. Non-edible bioma