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Wendt, Bo-A. "Landslagsspråk och stadslagsspråk stilhistoriska undersökningar i Kristoffers landslag /." Lund : Lund University Press, 1997. http://catalog.hathitrust.org/api/volumes/oclc/38168730.html.
Full textKrantz, Magnus. "UPPLEVELSER OCH HANTERING AV ANXIETY OCH SJÄLVFÖRTROENDE HOS LANDSLAGSBASKETSPELARE FÖRE SAMT UNDER ETT INTERNATIONELLT MÄSTERSKAP." Thesis, Halmstad University, School of Social and Health Sciences (HOS), 2009. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hh:diva-2648.
Full textAnxiety och självförtroende är två idrottspsykologiska faktorer som enligt tidigare forskning
är av betydelse för idrottsprestationen i tävlingssammanhang. Syftet med studien var att skapa
en djupare förståelse för hur fem landslagsspelare i basket upplever och hanterar anxiety och
självförtroende före samt under ett stort internationellt mästerskap. Fem manliga svenska
basketspelare intervjuades två gånger vardera; en gång före och en gång efter mästerskapet.
Instrumenten som användes var två konstruerade intervjuguider baserade på CSAI-2.
Intervjutexten analyserades genom kvalitativ innehållsanalys och citatplockmetoden.
Resultaten visade på att anxiety och självförtroende många gånger kan upplevas som starka
påverkansfaktorer vid idrottsprestationen i tävlingssammanhang. Av resultaten framkom även
att hanteringen av anxiety och självförtroende kan ha betydelse för prestationen. I
diskussionen sammankopplas resultaten med tidigare forskning samt att förslag ges på
framtida forskning kring anxiety och självförtroende inom idrott.
Danielsson, Sebastian. "Framställningen av afrikanska landslag under fotbolls-VM 2010 i Dagens Nyheter och Expressen." Thesis, Södertörns högskola, Institutionen för kommunikation, medier och it, 2010. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-5987.
Full textUtterström, Tommy. "Kungen i lagen : En studie av kungens ställning i de svenska landskapslagarna och Magnus Eriksson landslag." Thesis, Umeå universitet, Institutionen för idé- och samhällsstudier, 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-94768.
Full textMörner, Stenberg Maria. "Guds lag och reformationens teologi : Kyrkohistoriskt perspektiv på gammaltestamentliga straffbud i Appendix till Kristofers landslag år 1608." Thesis, Umeå universitet, Institutionen för idé- och samhällsstudier, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-175687.
Full textAndersson, Fredrik. "Heja Sverige – eller framåt Malmö FF? : En kvalitativ studie om hur Aftonbladet och Sydsvenskan framställer landslag och klubblag." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för medier och journalistik (MJ), 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-79804.
Full textKalén, Anton, and Harald Naumann. "Statistik som talangidentifikationsverktyg i basket : En retrospektiv studie av deltagare i de europeiska ungdomsmästerskapen." Thesis, Gymnastik- och idrottshögskolan, GIH, Institutionen för idrotts- och hälsovetenskap, 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:gih:diva-4339.
Full textKiersz, Martin. "Samspelet mellan antropometri och prestation för guardpositionen i basket." Thesis, Gymnastik- och idrottshögskolan, GIH, Institutionen för idrotts- och hälsovetenskap, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:gih:diva-5384.
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Westermark, Gabriela, and Moa Lindgren. "Är tidig specialisering vägen till landslaget? : Konståkares och truppgymnasters erfarenheter kring specialisering." Thesis, Gymnastik- och idrottshögskolan, GIH, Institutionen för idrotts- och hälsovetenskap, 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:gih:diva-4343.
Full textJackson, Joakim, and Viktor Westin. "Svenska ishockeyspelares väg till professionell nivå : Vad kännetecknar framgångsrika manliga hockeyspelare i form av deltagande inom TV-pucken, U/J-landslag, studier vid Riksidrottsgymnasium – en studie med fokus på utvecklingsbana och ålderseffekt." Thesis, Högskolan Dalarna, Idrotts- och hälsovetenskap, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:du-28155.
Full textPurpose The purpose with this essay is to identify the differences between professional Swedish male hockey players from the 2017/2018 season which have played in the NHL, SHL and HA. The compression consists of looking at the differences in participation concerning TV-pucken, youth- and junior national-teams and studies at RIG. Furthermore, it refers to explore if there is any sign of Relative Age Effect (RAE) among the participants. Methods In this essay a statistical investigation has been done. The information has been collected from different websites with open registers. Eliteprospects and SCB is the biggest sources of information for the investigation. Results By a quantitative investigation concerning participation in TV-pucken, youth-and junior national-teams and studies at RIG results has been produced. From that it´s visible that the NHL is the league which have the most participants in the examined contexts based on percentage. Furthermore, the SHL have a bigger percentage which have participated in the examined contexts then HA, with exception for TV-pucken where the results where similar. The issue concerning RAE shows indications of it in SHL and HA, but not in the NHL when looking at the selected group. Also, performed where Chi-2 tests that where compared to a significance level of 0.05 which means a critical value of 7,82 or 3,64 depending on if two or four variables parted in the calculation. Out of fifteen tests, eight of them showed out to be statistically significant. Conclusion By the results which have been brought out its visible that there are statistical significant differences between the examined leagues. To be able the reach professional level there is a clear advantage to participate in the examined contexts, especially if a possibility to play in the NHL will appear. Also, it shows signs of RAE in the SHL and HA, though a study on a larger group of individuals performing different sport would give the possibility to generalize the group of professional athletes.
Persson, Nadja. "Förflutna landskap idag : en diskussion om begreppet landskap." Thesis, University of Kalmar, School of Human Sciences, 2009. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hik:diva-1816.
Full textThe first part of this essay focuses on how we relate to the landscape at the international and the national level today. The landscape convention is presented and compared to actual current Swedish policies. Different definitions of landscape are discussed. The second part renders the landscape in different archaeological contexts. The central theme is the attempt to investigate if and how we can approach prehistoric man by looking at the landscape as a socially constructed concept. How we should relate to thelandscape from a prehistoric standpoint today is the topic of the third and final part of the study.
Carlsson, Erik, and Joel Lillie. "Rullande landsväg." Thesis, Halmstad University, School of Business and Engineering (SET), 2007. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hh:diva-724.
Full textThis Thesis is performed in cooperation with Kalmar Industries in Lidhult, Sweden. The
projects main purpose was to develop a draft design of a test equipment. The equipment
will simulate and valuate the drive-train and brakes at Kalmar’s bigger forklifts.
The equipment will be designed so the wheels of the forklift are placed on two rollers;
these absorb and affect the forklifts brake- and driving force. With this characteristic an
up- and downhill can be simulated. Today, the forklifts are being tested on a test track.
This test method is both very time consuming and the repeatability is miscellaneous with
insecure values as result.
The thesis has consisted of determining base dimensions like axle load, torque, power
requirement, etc. Even roller, bearings and axle dimensions was created. Searching for
proper application to drive and brake the rollers was also done.
Under the project’s time mechanics- and strengths calculations were made. Even
investigations of available and existing equipment have been done. The result of the
project is proposition of a drive/brake equipment and a beginning of primary design.
Eklund, Ellinor. "Förlorade landskap." Thesis, KTH, Arkitektur, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-231786.
Full textKasic, Irhan. "Vindkraft och landskap." Thesis, Högskolan på Gotland, Institutionen för kultur, energi och miljö, 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hgo:diva-1054.
Full textDagens miljödebatt kring klimatförändringar har bidragit till att man satsar mer och mer på nya förnyelsebara energikällor som vindkraft, sol och biogas. Riksdagen har satt upp målet att vindkraft ska producera 10 TWh år 2015. I Sverige började man med vindkraftsetableringen i början av 1980 –talet. Sedan dess har utvecklingen fått en enormfart. Syftet med denna uppsats var att ta reda på vilka problem och vilka maktrelationer som förekommer i samband med vindkraftsetableringen och hur landskapet påverkas av vindkraftsetableringen med fokus på vissa fall i Falkenbergs och Varbergs kommuner. Denna studie visar att vindkraftsetableringen är en mycket komplicerad process. Vindkraftenspåverkan på landskapet är påtaglig i båda kommunerna och kan ses i form av fysisk och visuell påverkan. Dit räknas också skuggor och buller. Vindkraftsetableringen kan också påverka djurlivet, särskilt fåglar, i ett område. De flesta vindkraftsparker är placerade utmed kusten men på sistone har man också börjat med vindkraftsetableringen i inlandet och till havs. I båda kommunerna finns det många människor som upplever vindkraft som störande på grund av ändrad utsikt, buller, skuggor eller att deras egendom tappar i ekonomiskt värde. Trots att vindkraft genererar ren och miljövänlig energi, med litet utsläpp och påverkan på naturresurser, är det många människor som motsätter sig vindkraftsutbyggnad. En viktig anledning till detta är placering av vindkraft och otillräcklig kommunikation mellan myndigheter, politiker, företag, närboende och alla andra inblandade i vindkraftsetableringeni en kommun. Detta kan kopplas ihop med myndigheternas makt och dess bruk som kan skapa grund till olika maktgrupperingar och konflikter mellan berörda intressenter. Gruppmakt och instrumental makt är de två maktkategorier som oftast förekommer i samband med vindkraftsetableringen. Denna studie visar också att, trots allmänna protester beviljar ansvariga myndigheter både i Falkenbergs och Varbergs kommuner utbyggnad av vindsnurror i en del miljökänsliga områden. Ett annat resultat som denna studie visar är att vindkraftsetableringen i Falkenbergs kommun har kommit längre än i Varbergs kommun. Orsaken till detta kan ses i att Falkenbergs kommun har en längre tradition än Varbergskommun.
Silander, Camilla, and Emelie Nielson. "LEK I LANDSKAP." Thesis, KTH, Arkitektur, 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-96524.
Full textThe spaces in the pre-school creates a walk up the hill both on top of- and inside the building in which each age has its own part with direct connection out to nature. The preschool is the children's world. It should challenge, stimulate and give room for the children's own imagination. A diagonal play with lines, how the building lies in the landscape, the flow through the building and the subtle sense impressions are important aspects. We believe that the rooms we are proposing will encourage movement, curiosity and creativity in the preschool.
Weibull, Lindborg Matilda. "Sverige ömsar landskap." Thesis, KTH, Arkitektur, 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-116764.
Full textAccording to a survey made in spring 2012, Sweden is the fastest urbanizing country in Europe. While we are witnessing how the countryside gradually defoliates, questions about the future relationship between the densely populated and almost deserted parts of the country, are being raised. What external conditions are the urban expansion depending on - and what role is assigned to the non-urban? The project can be described as a study of the future rural areas of Sweden, based on 4 future scenarios - The era of the large-scale industries, Country life, Return of the village communities and The exotic nature reserve.
Lovén, Britta. "Själ och landskap." Thesis, Kungl. Musikhögskolan, Institutionen för klassisk musik, 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kmh:diva-1481.
Full textGuevara, Esperanza. "Förskolegården, barnets landskap." Thesis, Stockholm University, The Stockholm Institute of Education, 2007. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-7639.
Full textDet här arbetet handlar om hur fem olika barn på två olika förskolor upplever sina förskolegårdar och hur gårdarnas utseende påverkar dessa barns möjligheter till lek. Med hjälp av både samtal med barnen och observationer fick jag lära känna barnens egna platser på gården. Det visade sig att barnens lek påverkades av själva utformningen av utemiljön. Tillgången till naturmark var en förutsättning för att barnen skulle kunna delta i lekar som kunde utvecklas på olika sätt. Oavsett hur lite eller hur mycket naturmark som fanns på gårdarna så var naturen alltid en viktig del av leken. Just tillgången till naturmark på den ena förskolan gjorde att barnen kunde leka och utveckla sina lekar på olika sätt medan barnen på den andra förskolan var mer beroende av vad deras redskap gav för möjligheter. Förutsättningarna för lekarna på de båda gårdarna skilde sig åt väsentligt. Barnen på den första gården hade tillgång till olika gömställen som fungerade bra i leken eftersom gården var stor och naturmarken tillät det. Men barnen på den andra gården hade inte samma möjligheter. De bästa gömställena var en bänk och några låga buskar planterade vid en mur.
Floryd, Welin Malin. "Berättelse i landskap." Thesis, Konstfack, Keramik & Glas, 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:konstfack:diva-4734.
Full textFranzen, Matilda. "Ett lärande landskap." Thesis, KTH, Arkitektur, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-229701.
Full textThe heavy traffic flow that lies close to the school yard implies major risks for the children. Noise and air pollution levels that according to the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency are too high for children to stay in as well as heavy vehicles at high speeds that do not take into account playful children. In order for the schoolyard to be a safe environment for the children, it is framed with a landscape wall. A wall that closes out all the dangers of the street with its strict facade, but against the school yard carries up a rolling landscape.The school yard is safe with its clear direction towards Anders Franzéns playground. As school activities are over in the evenings, the school yard can easily be used as a continuation of the park for the area’s children / adolescents. The rolling terrain returns many natural features to the ground. It invites creativity and creates a particularly strong place for children for a long time. With the help of the added vegetation, the school yard also operates air purifying.The terrain also gives the children more school grounds to play at.
Victor, Madri. "Die funksie van 'landskap' binne Lettie Viljoen se roman 'Landskap met vroue en slang'." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/52772.
Full textENGLISH ABSTRACT: Landskap met vroue en slang, Lettie Viljoen's fifth novel, differ substantionally from her previous novel Karolina Feirrera. Landskap met vroue en slang concentrates on the inner processes of the main character rather than a series of external happenings. Because of the fragmentary presentation, wide reference field and many intertexts critics saw the novel as difficult, complex and challenging. It is clear that the title and cover of Landskap met vroue en slang "landscape," emphasize. In my opinion this serve as a point of orientation for the reader. Landscape not only plays an important roll in the text but also functions as a medium to make the text more accessible. With this research I focus on the function of the different landscapes in the novel. Almost all the reviews of Landskap met vroue en slang focus on the input of Nicolas Poussin, a seventeenth century artist, within the novel. On the cover of the novel is an illustration of two landscape paintings of Poussin. The title also call to mind one of Poussin's landscape paintings, "Landscape with two nymphs and a snake". By looking into the sublime landscape paintings of Poussin, one can come to a better understanding of Lena Bergh, the main character's, inner development. In addition to the sublime landscape as found in landscape paintings of Poussin, the domesticated landscape of gardens and parks, and the body as a landscape also plays an important roll to make the text more accessible. Lena's development during her psychological journey is clearly portrayed through her perception of and association with her garden while in parks and cemeteries she is confronted with issues of her past which she has to work through during her psychological journey. She uses bodily metaphors to get a better understanding of the landscape. The opposite also takes place. Lena uses the landscape to get a better understanding of her own changing body and sexuality. Her psychological journey is completed during the autopsy. Furthermore, one can draw interesting conclusions with regards to Lena's development by looking as how the colonel, a character that can be seen as the opposite of Lena, experience the landscape. In my opinion by focusing on landscape readers can gain a better understanding of this challenging and complex text.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Landskap met vroue en slang (1996), Lettie Viljoen se vyfde roman, verskil grondig van sy voorloper Karolina Feirrera, deurdat die roman eerder op die hoofkarakter se innerlike prosesse as 'n reeks uiterlike gebeure konsentreer. Dit, tesame met die fragmentariese aanbod en wye verwysingsvelde en intertekste wat deur die teks opgeroep word, het veroorsaak dat die roman deur verskeie resensente as moeilik, kompleks en uitdagend beskou is. Uit die titel en buiteblad van Landskap met vroue en slang is dit duidelik dat "landskap" in hierdie roman vooropgestel word. Volgens my bied die titel en buiteblad 'n oriëntasiepunt vir die leser: landskap speel nie net 'n belangrike rol in die roman nie, maar dien ook as sleutel om die teks te ontsluit. In hierdie ondersoek fokus ek op die funksie van landskap in die roman en probeer sodoende die teks vir die leser meer toeganklik maak. In byna al die resensies oor Landskap met vroue en slang, word gewys op die belangrike rol wat Nicolas Poussin, 'n sewentiende eeuse skilder, binne die roman speel. Op die buiteblad van die roman is 'n afbeelding van twee landskapskilderye deur Poussin. Die titel herinner ook aan een van Poussin se landskapskilderye, Landskap met twee vroue en 'n slang. Deur die sublieme landskapskilderye van Poussin te ondersoek, kan belangrike insigte ten opsigte van die hoofkarakter Lena Bergh se innerlike ontwikkeling verkry word. Behalwe die sublieme landskappe soos dit in Poussin se landskapskilderye voorkom, speel die gedomestikeerde landskap van tuine en parke en die liggaam as landskap ook 'n belangrike rol om die teks meer toeganklik te maak. Lena se ontwikkeling tydens haar psigiese reis word duidelik uitgebeeld in haar persepsie van en omgang met haar tuin terwyl sy in parke en begraafplase met inhoude uit haar verlede gekonfronteer word wat sy op hierdie psigiese reis moet deurwerk. Sy gebruik liggaammetafore om 'n beter begrip van en greep op die vreemde Natalse landskap te kry. Die omgekeerde vind egter ook plaas: Lena gebruik die landskap om 'n beter begrip van haar eie veranderende liggaam en seksualiteit te kry. Haar psigiese reis word voltrek deur haar konfrontasie met die liggaam as landskap tydens 'n lykskouing. Deur verder die landskapsbelewing van die kolonel te ondersoek, 'n karakter wat as keersky van Lena beskou kan word, kan insiggewende kommentaar op Lena se beskouing van die landskap en psigiese reis gelewer word. Deur die verskillende landskappe te ondersoek, kan die leser myns insiens 'n beter greep op hierdie uitdagende en komplekse teks kry.
Suadicani, Henrik. "Dansk kystzone : landskab og forvaltning /." Roskilde : Roskilde universitetscenter, Institut for miljø, teknologi og samfund, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/1800/2080.
Full textLust, Jennie. "Hedningahällan : Landskap, platsval och fenomenologi." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Arkeologi, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-446608.
Full textGravert, Katalina. "Tillgänglig lärmiljö- ett komplext landskap." Thesis, Malmö universitet, Fakulteten för lärande och samhälle (LS), 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-35358.
Full textKværnum, Kirsti. "Omstridte landskap : Stedstilhørighet og endring på Sotra." Thesis, Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet, Sosialantropologisk institutt, 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:no:ntnu:diva-17451.
Full textSalestam, Christer. "Förflutenhetens landskap : synen på det fotografiska kulturarvet." Thesis, Linköping University, Culture, Society, Media Production, 2009. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-51853.
Full textI vårt samhälle har bilden fått en allt större betydelse för att förse oss med information om vår omvärld och det förflutna. I ett modernt samhälle utgör bilder från kameror vår huvudsakliga källa till verkligheten som vi inte har direkt erfarenhet av. Genom de bilder som finns samlade runtom på våra museer skapar vi en föreställning om hur världen såg ut förr. Hur dessa bilder används styr hur vi ser på det förflutna, vilket i sin tur bidrar till samhällets kollektiva minne. Syftet med studien har varit att problematisera fotografiet som kulturarv och visa på dess komplexitet. Genom intervjuer med fem kulturinstitutioner Östergötlands länsmuseum, Bild Linköping, Norrköpings stadsmuseum, Norrköpings stadsbibliotek och Arbetets museum har jag undersökt synen på fotografiet som kulturarv. Bilden som framträder i studien är av ett medium som både attraherar och förför oss. Samtidigt som dess förmåga att passa in i olika kontexter bidrar till en tvetydighet som möjliggör ett ifrågasättande av sanningshalten i fotografier.
In our society photographic images have assumed an ever greater role in providing us with information about the world around us and about our past. In modern society pictures taken by cameras are the main source of real life information distant from personal experience. Through pictures stored in museums we can create an image of the world as it appeared in past times. The way these pictures are used can influence our perception of the past and they affect society’s collective memory. The purpose of this study is to question the use of photography in cultural heritage work and show the complexity of the situation arising from their use. Through interviews with 5 different institutions – Östergötlands länsmuseum, Bild Linköping, Norrköpings stadsmuseum, Norrköpings stadsbibliotek and Arbetets museum – I have examined how the use of photographs is perceived when working with cultural heritage. The results of the study throw light on a medium which both attracts and seduces us. At the same time it also reveals that the capacity of photographs to be used in so many diverse contexts leads to an ambiguity which allows their truth content to be questioned.
Zhao, Rui. "Image diachronique de Nanjing d'après Landsat." Lille 3 : ANRT, 1986. http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb37595247g.
Full textStork, Fredrik. "Öppna landskap : En artikelserie om miljövård inom jordbruket." Thesis, Södertörn University College, School of Discourse Studies, 2006. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-633.
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För hundra år sedan drevs ett familjenära jordbruk i Sverige. I takt med stigande konkurrens har många gårdar tvingats till valet att lägga ner eller öka sin produktion. De småskaliga jordbruk som för tankarna till Astrid Lindgrens böcker om Emil i Lönneberga och Alla vi barn i Bullerbyn finns knappt kvar längre.
Idag producerar Europas bönder mer mat än vi någonsin behöver. EU:s jordbruksstöd kostar mycket pengar, och leder till en överproduktion samt en snedvriden konkurrens. Och bland riksdagspartierna råder en bred enighet om att avreglera många av EU:s jordbruksstöd och ändra deras inriktning.
Denna artikelserie belyser en ny produktion inom jordbruket. Bönderna ska få betalt för att producera öppna landskap, bevara en biologisk mångfald och sköta om vårt kulturarv på landsbygden. Frågan är: Vad ska vi använda framtidens jordbruk till?
Olsson, Kristofer. "Walakäringa : Tjärtallar och tjärframställning i landskap och samhälle." Thesis, Högskolan Kristianstad, Sektionen för lärande och miljö, 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hkr:diva-12156.
Full textSvensson, Ola. "Nämnda ting men glömda : Ortnamn, landskap och rättsutövning." Doctoral thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för svenska språket (SV), 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-46565.
Full textAndersson, Helena. "Gotländska stenåldersstudier : Människor och djur, platser och landskap." Doctoral thesis, Stockholms universitet, Institutionen för arkeologi och antikens kultur, 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-127911.
Full textÖster, Mathias. "Biological diversity values in semi-natural grasslands : indicators, landscape context and restoration /." Stockholm : Department of Botany, Stockholm university, 2006. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-1352.
Full textMichael, Gerald T. "Terrain analysis using Landsat thematic mapper imagery." Thesis, Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 1990. http://hdl.handle.net/10945/37547.
Full textThis thesis examined two sites from a Landsat scene of portions of Honduras and Nicaragua. One site was examined for potential water obstacles, and the other was examined for cover and concealment provided by vegetation. The results suggest that potential water obstacles can be detected. It is not clear if vegetative cover and concealment can be reliably detected. A study using better ground reference information than was available is necessary to answer that question. Several unsupervised classification algorithms were used and compared. A histogram clustering algorithm followed by a minimum distance classifier provided results comparable to the much slower K-means and isodatatype algorithms. Several methods to reduce the dimensionality of the classification problem were examined, including band subsets, between-band ratios, the principal component transformation, and the tasseled cap transformations. Band subsets provided adequate accuracy and is the easiest method to implement.
Boggione, Giovanni de Araújo. "Restauração de imagens do satélite Landsat-7." Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE), 2003. http://urlib.net/sid.inpe.br/jeferson/2003/08.19.08.48.
Full textThe techniques of image restoration are oriented for the modeling of the degradation and recovery of the original signal that was degraded during the process of image formation. In Remote Sensing, sensor?s nominal spatial resolution, that defines the precision with which details of objects of interest in the image are perceivable, is one of the most importa nt characteristics. During the process of image generation, the spatial resolution is degraded due to optic diffraction, to detector size, to limitations of the electronic filter, to means of transmission, etc. This degradation makes that the images present a blurred aspect that characterizes the loss of details. A form to evaluate the performance of the sensor, in terms of spatial resolution, is through Effective Instantaneous Field of View parameter (EIFOV) that defines the effective spatial resolution of the sensor. In the on board satellite systems, the values of EIFOV are usually worst then the nominal resolution, which does not take in account the imperfections of the sensor. Using restoration techniques, it is possible to improve the effective resolution of the image up to a certain level. Thus, this work?s proposal is to accomplish an evaluation of the effective resolution of Enhanced Thematic Mapper (ETM+) bands of Landsat-7 satellite, and to implement a restoration method to correct the images generated by this sensor. The model of imaging system of ETM+ sensor, as well as, the factors that contribute for the degradation of its effective spatial resolution are discussed in this work. The restoration algorithm is based on the method of the compensation of transference function of the sensor or on the method of the modified inverse filter. Moreover, the combination of processes of restoration and resampling are used to generate ETM+ images in a finer grid with better visual quality then the images resampled through conventional interpolation filters such as the one of cubic convolution.
Oliveira, Hermeson Nobrega Barros de. "Segmentação e classificação de imagens LANDSAT TM." reponame:Repositório Institucional da UFPR, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/1884/24745.
Full textHowman, Alison M. "Landsat : water quality surveillance of Roodeplaat Dam." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 1986. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/17068.
Full textThe need for accurate, synoptic, up to date information, concerning the quality of South African impoundments, prompted a study into the relationship between Landsat reflectance data and chlorophyll ~ and turbidity in Roodeplaat Dam. Surface and integrated chlorophyll a as well as surface and integrated turbidity were collected simultaneously with the satellite's overpass, from 32 sampling sites on the impoundment. Six days, between 81.10 .14 and 82 .11.16, were cloud free and the data were analysed in order to establish the relationship between the specific water quality conditions and the satellite reflectance data. Prior to the analysis certain factors required attention. Firstly, it was important to accurately align the sampling sites with their corresponding Landsat pixels. Secondly, the satellite reflectance data were corrected for influences of haze and the angle of the sun. Thirdly, the requirement that the water quality surface reference data be representative of the range of conditions in the impoundment was recognised. Lastly, the interrelationship between chlorophyll a and turbidity and the multicollinearity evident between the four reflectance bands, demanded that a multi-variate statistical technique be implemented, in order to adequately analyse the available data.
Rydberg, Tomas. "Landskap, territorium och identitet i Sapmié : Exemplet Handölsdalens sameby." Licentiate thesis, Uppsala universitet, Kulturgeografiska institutionen, 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-152724.
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Ek, Erik. "”Sumpighet och Vattensjuka” en centralmakts påverkan på ettlokalt landskap." Thesis, Linköping University, Department of Water and Environmental Studies, 2004. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-2281.
Full textThe purpose of this study was to examine the goals, possibilities and rationales that could be found in the discussions concerning the digging of ditches by governmental subsidiaries in order to drain the peat bogs of late nineteenth century Sweden. A further aim was to look at the effect on the landscape on a local level i.e. Släthults moss in Bäckaby parish, Småland in the south eastern part of Sweden.
In order to be able to explain the connections between politics and landscape changes in a local population and its deciding bodies, influenced by ideas, science and production, a quadruple helix model developed from a triple helix model by Björn-Ola Linér was used. As a model of environmental history, three step thought was used, borrowed from Donald Worster.
The three steps are firstly nature itself, working without human intervention, in this study, the bog; secondly, the socioeconomic level, here the village and landowners and thirdly, human ideas, culture etc., in this case the parliament.
Primary sources were used and critically evaluated. Statements and arguments expressed by the members of the parliament were collected and divided into five main groups. Other materials were relatively scarce even though the planning itself was in force and acted as a starting point.
The study has shown how ideas, utility and scientific results affected a local landscape through the landowners themselves, supported by governmental subsidiaries administrated by a regional bureaucracy. The digging of ditches in the peat bogs was not a way to gain agricultural land; it was supposed to be a way to make the local climate better. In fact, projects where not even entitled to subsidies if the digging of the ditches positively affected agricultural land because of a difficulty in identifying the actual eneficiaries.
The study context suggests that subsidiaries rather were a way to help the people and strengthen the state by bypassing a local democracy. During this period, the Swedish state transformed from pro free trade to prorotectionism which implied, among other things a conflict between the old conglomerate of parts that constituted the whole and the new thought of a responsible central governing body. There are similarities between the reasoning around the ditch digging in Sweden and that of Linth Valley, Switzerland. The landowner in this case appeared to have wished to make the area better and invest in the land, something that might have been a way to get a better price for it. The area was sold as a farm thirteen years later. There seem to have been two other people directly interested in the project, the head of Bäckaby municipality and the responsible bureaucrat. The first had areas of land which benefited directly from the ditch digging and was said to have been the inspiration. The second was still in his learning period and seems, according to the material, to be eager to finish his education. The focal point of this study was the changing of a landscape for what seems to be political rather than absolutely practical reasons, such as obtaining agricultural land. This change has, in some sense, been reversed but the landscape has now turned into forest, from what was probably a rather flat open space. To get a glimpse of the situation today from a relevant point of view, the environmental programme of the social democrats is presented in one chapter, something meant to point ahead.
Dahl, Gaute R. "Harbakfjellet, umistelig og fornybart - om vindkraft, natur og landskap." Thesis, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Department of Geography, 2007. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:no:ntnu:diva-1636.
Full textFacing global warming and increasing energy consumption, eyes have fallen on wind power as a renewable source of energy at the turn of the 20.century. The era of hydropower development has been said to come to an end, as nearly all Norwegian lakes, rivers and waterfalls are developed or protected against hydropower industry. Controversy on localization of hydropower has played a crucial role in this history, and is an important backdrop for this thesis.
Entering the planning of a wind-power station with 33 wind turbines on the mountain Harbakfjellet on the west coast of Trøndelag (see figure 1 and 2), the study examines how views on nature and landscape are mobilized and expressed in the formal and informal processes of planning. The combination of dossiers, local and regional newspapers and informal interviews with 10 key informants, are used to show the meanings of nature and landscape, and how they manifest themselves, in the local discourse. As important participants in the local decision process, landowners and planners, politicians and business life representatives share their views and illuminate how personal/individual experiences, as well as collective and shared cultural symbolic history is important for the foundation of knowledge. Stating in this way that knowledge is local, this local case of planning with its negotiation of meaning and struggle for power, shows how people relate differently to nature and landscape and how they make sense of their personal experiences when knowledge about their environment is established.
Borrowing a classification from Milton, (2002) views on nature is examined as ‘personal’ identification or a more or less impersonal or ‘rational’ attitude to the external environment. Further, the thesis, in line with Latour (2004), discusses briefly how the nature-culture dualism in similar ways is reproduced by many human geographers and other spokesmen for the social construction of knowledge, despite their efforts not to. The study is closed by questioning if labeling some local knowledge as alienated by romantic ideology and at the same time celebrating the local knowledge of people who make their living from the land as ‘utilize-romanticist’, themselves suppress and marginalize ‘local heroes’ who ‘dare’ to have a personal view on nature and promote subjective values in their landscape.
Bruwer, Naomi. "Landskap en identiteit in Tikoes deur Henk van Woerden." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/53484.
Full textENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study explores the way in which the construction of landscape interacts with the development of identity in Tikoes by Henk van Woerden. Taking the metaphor of traveling in Tikoes as vantage point, the coterminous development of the South African landscape and the characters' identities are explored. The study is placed in a theoretical framework by defining space, landscape and place, with specific reference to the interaction of landscape and identity, especially as portrayed in migrant literature. The difference between observation of space and the experiencing of landscape and place out of space through cultural processes are emphasized. It is postulated that these processes not only lead to the development of landscape and place out of space, but also contributes to the development of the characters' identities. Through an in-depth study of Tikoes, it is established that landscape and identity not only develop coterminously in this novel, but that these processes of development are actually interdependent. Tikoes, apparently a mere story about the journey of two lovers, is well constructed regarding the integration of themes and motives, which culminates in the cardinal interaction between observation and experience. The theme postulated by the motto is thus reflected in the structure of the novel: Let shallow people call me frivolous, when it comes to the point I have always been conscientiously precise.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Die studie ondersoek die wyse waarop die konstruksie van landskap in wisselwerking tree met die ontwikkeling van identiteit in Tikoes deur Henk van Woerden. Met die reismetafoor binne Tikoes as uitgangspunt, word die samevallende ontwikkeling van die Suid-Afrikaanse landskap en die karakters se identiteite bestudeer. Die ondersoek word geplaas binne 'n teoretiese raamwerk oor ruimte, landskap en plek, met spesifieke verwysing na die verhouding tussen landskap en identiteit, soos veral verwoord in migranteliteratuur. Daar word onderskei tussen die waarneming van ruimte, en die gewaarwording van landskap en plek na aanleiding van die geografiese ruimte, deur kulturele prosesse. Dit word geponeer dat hierdie prosesse nie net lei tot die ontwikkeling van landskap en plek uit ruimte nie, maar ook bydra tot die ontwikkeling van die karakters se onderskeie identiteite. Deur 'n analise van Tikoes, word gevind dat landskap en identiteit nie net samevallend in dié roman ontwikkel nie, maar dat dié ontwikkelingsprosesse as't ware interafhanklik van mekaar staan. Tikoes, oënskynlik bloot 'n verhaaloor die reis van twee geliefdes, bied 'n deurgekomponeerdheid van temas en motiewe wat kulmineer in die kardinale wisselwerking tussen waarneming en gewaarwording, waardeur die roman die tema wat in die motto aangekondig word ook struktureel waar maak, naamlik: Laat de oppervlakkigen mij lichtzinnig noemen. Als het erop aankwam was ik altijd heel nauwgezet.
Hallberg, Daniel. "Friluftsliv, plats och landskap : En undersökning via mobilapplikationen ARK56." Thesis, Högskolan Kristianstad, Avdelningen för miljö- och biovetenskap, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hkr:diva-21808.
Full textThe purpose of the thesis is to investigate how the use of the mobile application ARK56, has affected the user's outdoor recreation, place attachment, and landscape identity in the Blekinge Archipelago area. The ARK56 project was developed in conjunction with the biosphere reserve, as a network of trails for outdoor recreation and activities linked to the business community in the area. The mobile application ARK56 has an important part in this project and contains an interactive mapping tool based on the Nature Map, and filter functions give the user the opportunity to customize the information presented in the mobile application. Previous studies on mobile phone use in outdoor recreation show that accessibility to areas has increased, but that technology can also affect how we perceive the outside world. Studies on how attachment and identity can affect residents' stance on issues concerning place and landscape in a biosphere reserve also show the importance of disseminating information. As there is a lack of research on how a mobile application such as ARK56 affects outdoor recreation, place attachment, and landscape identity, a web-based survey was created which was sent out in the mobile application's news feed. This survey was aimed at users within the municipalities in Blekinge Archipelago, where the survey included questions about outdoor recreation, place attachment, and landscape identity linked to the use of the mobile application. The results show that over eighty percent of the users have visited a place they have not been to before, and more than half of the respondents believe that the mobile application ARK56 has contributed to more outdoor visits. The results also show a complex and highly individualized place attachment. Further, results also reveal user landscape identity inclusive of place characteristics that are sensitive to future changes.
Larsson, Angelica. "Gyllene landskap : En landskapsstudie om brakteaters kontexter i Sydsverige." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för kulturvetenskaper (KV), 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-52305.
Full textFeldmann, Eellend Beate. "Visionära planer och vardagliga praktiker : Postmilitära landskap i Östersjöområdet." Doctoral thesis, Stockholms universitet, Institutionen för etnologi, religionshistoria och genusvetenskap, 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-89277.
Full textSilva, Natalia Soares da [UNESP]. "Estimativa da umidade do solo por sensoriamento remoto no cultivo do feijão com palha em Itaí-SP." Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/11449/148619.
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O sensoriamento remoto tem sido uma ferramenta bastante utilizada em diferentes campos das ciências e não seria diferente na agricultura sendo um dos principais motivos de sua utilização a facilidade para a obtenção de dados dos sensores, já que muitos são disponibilizados gratuitamente em plataformas na internet. É indiscutível que a agricultura é um dos maiores consumidores dos recursos hídricos e que seu uso quando de forma adequada pode gerir excelentes resultados na produção dos cultivos agrícolas. A hipótese do estudo é que técnicas de sensoriamento remoto, aplicadas na área de interesse, podem se transformar em ferramenta para a gestão dos recursos hídricos dedicados à agricultura irrigada com cobertura de palha no solo. Nesse contexto o objetivo principal da pesquisa foi monitorar através do sensoriamento remoto o desenvolvimento do feijoeiro conduzido em sistema de Pivô Central cultivado com cobertura de palha no solo, na região de Paranapanema-SP, determinando quais parâmetros poderão ser utilizados para a gestão da irrigação. O estudo foi desenvolvido através da análise de imagens Landsat e Terra para obtenção do índice de vegetação por diferença normalizada (NDVI) por sensoriamento remoto e suas relações com outras variáveis (umidade do solo, índice de área foliar e evapotranspiração) a fim de parametrizar o desenvolvimento do feijoeiro, além da aplicação do modelo de índice de umidade do solo (IUS). Observou-se uma similaridade no comportamento do NDVI tanto nas imagens obtidas pelo satélite Landsat quanto Terra, onde no início do cultivo o NDVI é baixo devido à baixa porcentagem de cobertura verde e à medida que a cultura se desenvolve esses valores aumentam com o acréscimo da cobertura vegetal onde o ponto máximo é verificado na fase de enchimento do grão e decréscimo na maturação. Com a determinação de um índice (IUS) por sensoriamento remoto infere-se a umidade do solo e é possível monitorar as condições do feijoeiro durante o período de cultivo.
Remote sensing has been a tool widely used in different fields of science and it would not be different for agriculture. It is ease to obtaining data from sensors, since many are available on platforms on the internet. There is no doubt that agriculture is one of the largest consumers of water resources, and when properly manage, excellent results are obtained from agricultural crops production. The main objective of the study was to monitor through remote sensing the development of bean conducted under Central Pivot irrigation, cultivated with no-till and direct seedling, in the region of Paranapanema-SP. Additionally determining which parameters may be used for the irrigation management. The study hypothesis was that remote sensing techniques, applied in the area of interest, can become a tool for the management of water resources devoted to irrigated agriculture with no-till and direct seedling. The study was developed through the analysis of Landsat and Terra images, obtaining the normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) by remote sensing and its relations with other variables (soil moisture, leaf area index and evapotranspiration) in order to the parametrization of the development of common bean, as well as the application of the model index of soil moisture (IUS). There were similarities in the behavior of NDVI for images from Landsat satellite and Terra. At the beginning of bean development NDVI was low due to the low percentage of cover; as the crop develops these values increased with the development of vegetation cover. The maximum value of NDVI was obtained during the filling phase of the grain in the pods and a decrease in maturation. With the determination of the IUS by remote sensing it can be infers soil water content.
Kirk, Judith. "Defining regenerating fire scars with Landsat TM data /." Title page, contents and abstract only, 1990. http://web4.library.adelaide.edu.au/theses/09AR/09ark59.pdf.
Full textMah, G. R., R. Pater, K. Alberts, M. O’Brien, and T. Senden. "A MODULAR APPROACH TO LANDSAT 7 GROUND PROCESSING." International Foundation for Telemetering, 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/607708.
Full textCurrent Landsat 7 processing is based on a single-string, multifunction approach. A follow-on system has been designed that repartitions functions across multiple hardware platforms to provide increased flexibility and support for additional missions. Downlink bit stream acquisition has been moved to lower cost systems functioning as “capture appliances” with high-speed network interconnections to Level 0 processing on generic compute servers. This decouples serial data stream acquisition from the processing system to allow the addition or replacement of compute servers, without the reintegration of specialized high-speed capture hardware. Moreover, it also allows the easy integration of new systems and missions without extensive system redesign or additional software.
Hjelmberg, Andreas, and Erik Holmlund. "Alla Känner alla : En studie om samverkan mellan kommun och landsting." Thesis, Umeå universitet, Institutionen för socialt arbete, 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-64030.
Full textPüssa, Kersti. "Forest edges on medium resolution landsat thematic mapper satellite images /." Online version, 2006. http://dspace.utlib.ee/dspace/bitstream/10062/891/5/pyssakersti.pdf.
Full textDuarte, Maria Irian de Mascena. "Analise integrada de dados aplicada a geologia do Supergrupo Rio das Velhas (NE do Quadrilatero Ferrifero)." [s.n.], 1998. http://repositorio.unicamp.br/jspui/handle/REPOSIP/287320.
Full textDissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Geociencias
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Resumo: O presente trabalho aborda o tratamento e integração de dados aerogeofisicos (gamaespectrometria e magnetometria), geológicos e de imagens do Landsat5- TM. Os mesmos foram analisados individualmente e de forma integrada, utilizando-se técnicas de processamento digital de imagens (PDI) e de sistemas georeferenciados de informações (SIG), com ênfase na geologia do Supergrupo Rio das Velhas (NE do Quadrilátero Ferrífero, MG). procurou-se com isto contribuir para a compreensão do contexto geológico da região e de seu potencial metalogenético para ouro. A análise dos produtos individuais mostrou que os melhores resultados foram obtidos através dos dados aerogeofisicos, onde a gamaespectrometria exibiu uma grande eficácia na correlação com as unidades geológicas mapeadas na área, enquanto a magnetometria mostrou-se eficaz no reconhecimento e correlação com a estruturação geral da área. As imagem do Landsat5- TM não apresentaram bons resultados na discriminação litológica, em virtude da presença da grande quantidade de vegetação e ao espesso manto de intemperismo existente na área. A extração e o tratamento dos alinhamentos estruturais, permitiu separar áreas com diferentes níveis de fTaturamento que podem servir como uma ferramenta na seleção de áreas favoráveis a mineralizações, em especial as auríferas. A partir da integração dos dados gamaespectrométricos com os traços de fTaturas extraídos da imagem do Landsat5- TM, procurou-se selecionar áreas favoráveis ou prioritárias a pesquisa mineral para ocorrências de ouro. Os resultados demonstram a possibilidade da aplicação dos dados gamaespectrométricos integrados aos traços de fraturas à seleção de áreas prioritárias a pesquisa mineral, mesmo em regiões de densa cobertura vegetal
Abstract: The analysis of the geology of the Archean Rio das Velhas Supergroup, in the northeastem portion of the Quadrilátero Ferrífero, and its gold mineralizations, using remote sensing, aerogeophysical and geological data integration was the main objective of this work. Digital image processing and georeferenced information systems (GIS) techniques were applied to Landsat-TM and aerogeophysical data (magnetics and gamma-spectrometry), in order to obtain additional lithological and structural information and its relationship with known gold deposits in the area. For lithology, the best results were obtained with gamma-spectrometric data which presented a good correlation with the known mapped units. Magnetic data were useful for mapping iron formations as well as the main structural trends. Landsat-TM image analysis presented poor results for lithology due to the presence of intense weathering and vegetation cover. However, its infra-red bands were useful for extraction of fracture traces whose digital processing allowed the identification of zones with different brittle behavior, potentially linked to hydrothermal processes. GIS data integration, using gamma-spectrometry, :fracture trace data and location of mineral occurrences, resulted in the definition of areas potentially favourable for mineral exploration, even in areas with thick soil and vegetation covers
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Anvik, Cecilie Høj. "Synshemming, embodiment og meningsdannelse : Om bevegelse gjennom landskap av erfaringer." Doctoral thesis, Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet, Sosialantropologisk institutt, 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:no:ntnu:diva-14898.
Full textThe present thesis seeks to gain insight into and an understanding of the parts that the body and its environment play in experiences from living with vision impairments. Its main topic is the weaving together of human experiences and material aspects where embodied and emplaced experiences are used as the main framework for understanding. The body engages in and places experiences, such as knowledge, moral and feelings, in a spatial form. Within what Csordas terms a cultural, phenomenological understanding, embodiment is not something private, something belonging to the individual, but is instead about the self, about culture and experience. Focus is therefore placed on bringing together the immediate bodily experiences with the multitude of cultural meanings which we continuously need to relate to. Within this perspective being in the world is about being bodily (Merleau-Ponty, Csordas). The experiences of people with visual impairments are, similar to the rest of us, connected to bodily practices. Visual impairment as a phenomenon gains importance when encountering social and cultural, but also, material surroundings. The study on which the thesis is based involves extensive fieldwork carried out amongst Norwegians with visual impairment, and the major part of the empirical material comes from situations where I as a researcher have accompanied blind and visually impaired persons. In addition to Chapter 1, Introduction, Chapter 2, Theoretical and analytical framework, and Chapter 8, Conclusions, the thesis contains five chapters which have been built round selected ethnographic texts. The first of these, Chapter 3, describes and discusses Stine, who is a blind woman, and her everyday experiences. The next one, Chapter 4, analyses blind aesthetics, and the ethnographic framework for this study is a non-visually based experience from and an interest in and liking for aesthetics in everyday life and at home. Both chapters are analytically framed within what is known and predictable, i.e. everyday life. The following three chapters deviate in various ways with the well known since they focus on new kinds of experiences, in foreign surroundings, new places, and they describe how such experiences contribute to the creation of new locations of orientation. Chapter 5 describes the interplay between the human being, animals and surroundings by taking as a starting point what visually impaired experience when they get a new guide dog and have, together with the dog, to learn to find their bearings and function in their environment. Chapter 6 is built on different experiences from fieldwork when accompanying blind persons on holiday abroad, in unknown surroundings. Both in this and in the previous chapter the break with everyday life skills and routines becomes very clear. Chapter 7 deals with body, society and politics and discusses the different ways in which one may claim that ideas and values regarding independence relate both to individual bodies, politics and society. Throughout the thesis focus is put on the body as a starting point for our thinking, attention, feelings and orientation in the world. This is not only relevant for practical situations, but also for academic knowledge development. Central to the thesis is the body and how it experiences the world, something which is relevant both for the researcher and the people amongst who we carry out our fieldwork. The recognition of the anthropologist’s own body and its attention and importance in fieldwork situations is something which is seldom made a topic for methodological and theoretical reporting and reflection. Within the thesis the anthropologist is seen as a sensing and experiencing participant who involves and engages herself in the world and in the other, and the argument is put forward that such kinds of engagement may offer access to knowledge and insights that one would otherwise miss (Jackson, Hastrup). It is in the relation and interplay between sensual and experiencing bodies and particular rooms and places that the conditions for the thesis’ ethnographic studies and analyses lie. Through describing, making visible and analyzing concrete conditions for the visually impaired person’s experiences the thesis aims at giving insight into and expanding scientific understandings of visual impairment.