Wo Atlantis am Horizont leuchtet oder eine Reise zum Mittelpunkt des Menschen : utopisches Denken in den Schriften Hagar Olssons

Kritikern och författaren Hagar Olsson (1893-1978) är en central gestalt inom den finlandssvenska modernismen. Särskilt under 1920- och 30-talet hade hon en stor betydelse för den finländska och svenska kulturpolitiken. Även om Olsson måste räknas till de kanoniserade författarna och även om litteraturhistorikerna är överens om hennes betydelse för den svenskspråkiga litteraturen är hennes verk inte särskilt bekanta eller utforskade. I min studie visar jag att Olsson hade en etisk och estetisk revolution i tankarna, en \"realism för utopister\". Olsson förflyttar utopin från en fjärran ö till människans inre. Alla kan påbörja resan med konst och litteratur som kompass. Först när människan närmar sig den inre utopin blir en bättre värld möjlig. Olssons läsare får själv bestämma hur den här världen ska se ut. Bara ett mål är entydigt formulerat: En värld i fred där varken människan eller naturen exploateras. En litteratur som kan tjäna som kompass till utopia betecknar Olsson som \"nyrealsitisk\". Jag presenterar den här nyrealismen som en litterär strategi som är avgörande för Olssons författarskap mellan ca 1920-1950. Med hänsyn till den historiska kontexten analyserar jag ett stort antal recensioner, kulturkritiska essäer, opublicerade manuskript, romaner och skådespel. Den tyske filosofen Ernst Blochs skrifter om det utopiska använder jag bland några ytterligare äldre och yngre bidrag till utopiforskningen som filosofisk-teoretiska utgångspunkter. Utgående från primärmaterialet valde jag fyra tematiska tyngdpunkter: utopi och estetik, utopi och politik, utopi och ungdom samt utopi och kön. Jag visar inte bara hur den nyrealistiska litteraturen enligt Olsson borde se ut och fungera utan jag presenterar också Olssons inre utopi och diskuterar hur den här utopin i högsta grad är politisk. I det här sammanhanget beaktas den politiska, litterära och samhälleliga utvecklingen i Finland, Sverige, Tyskland och Ryssland under mellankrigstiden och andra världskriget fram till 1950.

Animal Lovers, Bridge-Builders, and Supervising Watchdogs: Framing and Civil Society Construction by Japanese Pro-Animal Organizations in the Kansai and Tokyo Areas

Unlike their counterparts in Europe and America, the citizen organizations acting for the well-being of animals in Japan have not received scholarly attention. In this research, I explore the activities of twelve Japanese pro-animal organizations in Tokyo and Kansai area from the perspective of social movement and civil society studies. The concept of a ‘pro-animal organization’ is used to refer generally to the collectives promoting animal well-being. By using the collective action frame analysis and the three core framing tasks – diagnostic, prognostic, and motivational – as the primarily analytical tools, I explore the grievances, tactics, motivational means, constructions of agency and identity as well as framing of civil society articulated in the newsletters and the interviews of the twelve organizations I interviewed in Japan in 2010. As the frame construction is always done in relation to the social and political context, I study how the organizations construct their roles as civil society actors in relation to other actors, such as the state, and the idea of citizen activism. The deficiencies in the animal welfare law and lack of knowledge among the public are identified as the main grievances. The primary tactic to overcome these problems was to educate and inform the citizens and authorities, because most organizations lack the channels to influence politically. The audiences were mostly portrayed as either ignorant bystanders or potential adherents. In order to motivate people to join their cause and to enforce the motivation within the organization, the organizations emphasized their uniqueness, proved their efficiency, claimed credit and celebrated even small improvements. The organizations tended to create three different roles for citizen pro-organizations in civil society: reactive, apolitical and emphatic animal lovers concentrating on saving individual animals, proactive, educative bridge-builders seeking to establish equal collaborative relations with authorities, and corrective, supervising watchdogs demanding change in delinquencies offending animal rights. Based on the results of this research, I suggest that by studying how and why the different relations between civil society and the governing actors of the state are constructed, a more versatile approach to citizens’ activism in its context can be achieved.

Am Abend von Joh. Seb. Bach für Piano

Soitinnus: piano.

Autoimurimuunnin, laji AM

kuv., 11 x 16 cm

Autoimurimuunnin, laji AM

kuv., 11 x 16 cm

HiberActive: Pro-Active Archiving of Web References from Scholarly Articles

Presentation at Open Repositories 2014, Helsinki, Finland, June 9-13, 2014

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Inverting ionospheric D-region electron density pro-file from riometer measurement

The aim of this work is to invert the ionospheric electron density profile from Riometer (Relative Ionospheric opacity meter) measurement. The newly Riometer instrument KAIRA (Kilpisjärvi Atmospheric Imaging Receiver Array) is used to measure the cosmic HF radio noise absorption that taking place in the D-region ionosphere between 50 to 90 km. In order to invert the electron density profile synthetic data is used to feed the unknown parameter Neq using spline height method, which works by taking electron density profile at different altitude. Moreover, smoothing prior method also used to sample from the posterior distribution by truncating the prior covariance matrix. The smoothing profile approach makes the problem easier to find the posterior using MCMC (Markov Chain Monte Carlo) method.

Implementatiоn оf Sustainability-Оriented Innоvatiоns in Business - Studying Оrganizatiоnal and External Capabilities: Evidence frоm Pоland

The cоncept оf sustainability-оriented innоvatiоn is recent and still under researched. The aim оf the Thesis is tо cоntribute tо the field and investigate hоw dо cоmpanies оperating in Pоland apply sustainability-оriented innоvatiоn (SОI) tо their cоre business activities, what are the differences between variоus business fоrms оf оrganizatiоn in terms оf SОI, and what type оf capabilities facilitate implementatiоn оf SОI. Given early stage оf empirical research оn sustainability-оriented innоvatiоn, an explоratоry-descriptive case study research strategy was taken applying qualitative methоds. 6 interviews with managers and CEОs оf 4 cоmpanies lоcated in Warsaw were cоnducted. In additiоn, twо academic expert panels with specialists frоm University оf Lоdz and Lappeenranta University оf Technоlоgy were carried оut in оrder tо suppоrt the findings. The study fоund оut that in case оf cоmpanies which purpоse is tо create pоsitive impact and develоp sustainable prоducts оr services by using innоvative apprоaches, SОI activities are embedded in оrganizatiоnal culture and prоcess sо that it is difficult tо differentiate between main business activities and SОI. In the оther twо cases SОI practices were in line with cоre business activities thus reflected the main оperatiоns and were determined as a part оf CSR strategy. Activities are industry specific and are cоntingent upоn resоurces and capabilities pоssessed. Amоng list оf success factоrs management suppоrt, CEО’s persоnal values, dedicated and mоtivated team, investments in research and develоpment, оrganizatiоnal culture, nоn-hierarchical cоmmunicatiоns channels, empоwerment оf emplоyees, prоvisiоn оf time and space fоr failures were identified as key оrganizatiоnal capabilities facilitating integratiоn оf SОI practices. Whereas market demand, NGОs’ pressure, regulatiоns enfоrced, access tо external funding, netwоrking and cооperating present external оr cоllabоrative capabilities suppоrting implementatiоn оf sustainability оriented innоvatiоn in cоmpanies. SОI takes a systemic apprоach that drives the transfоrmatiоn tо becоme sustainable business embedding and integrating sоcial, envirоnmental and ecоnоmic value creatiоn tоgether.

Argumentum quoddam a priori, pro demonstranda Dei existentia, exhibens

Invokaatio: D.F.G.

De argumento pro existentia Summi Numinis physico-theologico

Arkit: 1 arkintunnukseton lehti, A-B4 C2.