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Digital Competence: State of the Art and Future Needs in the Swedish Wooden House Manufacturers
Get PDFInteractive 360-degree Video Training Tool and Training Scenario Development for Emergency Medical Services – a Co-design and Participatory Study
Get PDFTypologies of Business Models of Integrated Home Renovation Services: Accelerating Energy Efficient Renovations for Homeowners Associations in The Low Countries and France
Get PDFThe need for energy efficient buildings has become increasingly important in the context of climate change mitigation. Across the European Union (EU), 41,2% of the population resides in multiple ownership apartment buildings with figures rising in some countries as high as 65%. A majority of these buildings are in need of energy renovation. Integrated home renovation services (IHRS) have emerged as a potential solution to accelerate highly energy-efficient renovations for Home-Owner Associations (HOAs). The question arises: How do the business models of current integrated home renovation services address highly energy-efficient renovations by HOAs? This paper explores the current state of IHRS from the viewpoint of the Low Countries and France. The methods used are desk research and interviews. Four business models of service providers in the Netherlands, Flanders, and France were analyzed, to define their strategies within the regional context. The analysis categorizes and compares IHRS business model (BM) typologies to increase knowledge about IHRS functioning and capacity to bring innovation to home renovation processes. The results show that the BMs of these providers share some similarities and differ in other aspects. Regarding the similarities, all four providers share the value of offering customized energy renovation packages, also in terms of customer segments, by addressing the specific needs of HOAs. They slightly differ in terms of the channels used, customer relationships, key resources, key activities and key partners. They differ in revenue streams and cost structure, owing to context-specific aspects of the type of organization. The outcome of this study can help inform the development of effective and targeted IHRS initiatives in the EU
Ask the Countryside: Designing Capacity for an Alternative Narrative about Urban and Rural
Get PDFThis extended abstract takes as its starting point the urban logic and norms that set the agenda for developing rural areas, which carries the risks of commercializing the countryside that overlooks the needs and conditions of the people who already live there(Nilsson,2020).
Fråga landet (Ask the Countryside) is a podcast in the making where people living in the county of Kronoberg answer and reflect on questions posed by people living in the big Swedish cities concerning their everyday life, wonders, and dilemmas. Sharing reflections about how to live and dwell as humans in these challenging times is a way to a mutual shift of perspectives.
For the SBEUT – conference, I will use Tiny House on Wheels as a meeting spot/podcast studio to let the participants reflect and add responses to the collected questions, as well as pose additional questions. The wonders and responses braid stories of life, of everyday beings and doings (Adsit-Morris & Art, 2015), inevitable for the long-term sustainable growth and development of the rural the Swedish government strives for (Prop.2017/18:179)
To pose a question is two-fold. It involves inquiring about what someone finds intriguing and simultaneously learning to engage with the transformations arising from unforeseeable responses (Haraway, 2016). It is about “cultivating the wild virtue of curiosity, to retune one’s ability to sense and respond” (ibid:127).
How can we get silence in public spaces? How can I live well with stressed people all around me? How do I live in harmony with nature while living in a big city? How do I deal with my fear of darkness even though I live in a bright city?
To sense and respond to the everyday struggles and being by posing matters of concern (Latour, 2004) to the public encourages dreams and hopes for alternative ways of living. We can’t cultivate curiosity without a relational gesture, the questions are invitations to commonly engage in making worlds, to be able to wordling as Donna Haraway (2016) puts it. In this project, worldling is to share what you care for, for others to build reflections on which could lead to an action of some sort.
I see rats in the street almost daily; how do I deal with the fact that I live with rats? How can I live and think more collectively while living in the city? How do I connect with strangers when they hardly look at me?
When the rural residents respond to the questions posed by citizens, the subject of concern transforms into a matter of care (Puig de la Bellacasa, 2017) through the involvement of giving and receiving. I see this relaying practice as becoming accountable for everyday living enactments and recognizing that small concerns are valued for changing the way we think of others. By means of a reciprocal interchange of everyday life, unforeseen aspects emerge- such as initiating contact with a stranger on a bus, or receiving a confession from a villager struggling to engage with someone he encounters daily, who consistently ignores him.
To respond involves suggesting alternative possibilities, not as rigid solutions but rather as fostering curiosity that shapes meaningful conversations and stories. As a designer, I explore Ask the Countryside as a space for the “capacity for responses” (Giaccardi & Redström, 2020:42) to create the possibility to pose questions and responses differently for new worlds to appear. Thinking with and playfully approaching the relationship between the center and the periphery the question of how do we live well together in many worlds. The podcast is about collecting and combining questions and responses from lived experiences to craft a story about contemporary urban and rural life that “emerges relationally” (Binder et al., 2015:162). Cultivating curiosity for the mundane aspects of life is a design practice that cares for complex relations among humans, more than humans and the inhabited built environment. In a society that often prioritizes acceleration and progression over the contemplation of dreams and wonders, we as humans need profound narratives capable of delving into the essence of becoming human and transcending the boundaries of urban and rural, self and others to build worlds of collective possibilities. Ask the Countryside is one design practice that explores these narratives
Planning and Managing Future Green Cities for Human Health and Well-being
Get PDFAs urban environments continue to expand at an unprecedented pace, the world faces a new set of challenges. Rapid urbanization, while fostering economic growth and social progress, also brings a range of complex health issues driven by environmental changes. From the increase in pollution to the expansion of urban heat islands and the pervasiveness of noise pollution, these multifaceted issues are intricately intertwined, creating a nexus of health concerns that are far-reaching in their impact.
In this paper, we explore these challenges and delve into potential solutions, focusing on the role of green spaces in mitigating the health risks associated with urbanization. Additionally, the importance of strategic planning in promoting urban green infrastructure is discussed. To make the vision of 'green cities' a reality, an evidence-based approach is needed, one that calls for multi-disciplinary collaboration and active community participation. Beyond the planning stage, there is also a need to address the ongoing management of these green spaces utilizing smart technologies and digital tools, coupled with strong community engagement.
In conclusion, while the rapid pace of urbanization presents significant challenges, it also opens opportunities for innovative, health-centered urban planning. By embracing green cities, we can find a balance between urban growth and environmental sustainability, creating urban habitats that foster human health and well-being
Biochar Improves the Growth of Urban Sweet Cherry
Get PDFThe use of biochar in urban green infrastructure is increasing in cities. Creating a carbon sink by using biochar is a working technique that is available for the city planners and has been viewed as an attractive soil remediation solution. Biochar is mainly used to improve the soil conditions for urban trees and the long-term effect on tree growth is important to evaluate. Soil amended with biochar may have increased water and nutrient holding capacities, the soil texture may be improved, and the microbial community may change. These characteristics are more or less permanent and the long-term effect on the growth of the trees is important to evaluate. Biochar was added to the construction soil when sweet cherry trees were planted alongside a road in a suburban residential area in Sweden. The growth of the trees was determined for six years after establishment. Trees growing in the biochar-amended soil grew faster than the other trees. The circumference was 35% greater after six years. The N level was higher and the P level lower in the trees growing in the soil with added biochar, indicating that the growth increase may be due to increased N availability in the soil as a response to the biochar addition
Modernize or Ecologize? Following the footsteps of Bruno Latour into the City of the Anthropocene
Get PDFCities were main drivers in the geological shift from the Holocene to the Anthropocene through the ‘Great Acceleration’ beginning in the 1950s. Cities also should be main drivers for the remedy of anthropogenic disasters such as climate change, biodiversity decline etc. The Keynote speech will explicate the reasoning behind Bruno Latour’s option for an ecological and not a modernizing approach to such questions
Insinuerande språk i mediekritiska kommentarer till SVT Nyheters Facebook-rapportering
Get PDFI mitt föredrag utreder jag hur nyhetskommentarer i sociala medier möjliggör och begränsar utrymmet för ett allmänt nyhetsdeltagande. Genom att undersöka vilka språkliga och kommunikativa resurser som nyhetskommentatorer gör bruk av när de explicitgör olika mediekritiska argument, tar jag reda på vilken kunskap som kommentarerna förutsätter av deltagare i offentliga nyhetsdiskussioner.
Att allmänheten förhåller sig kritisk till medier är viktigt för samhällsdeltagandet (Stiernstedt, 2014, s. 8ff). Särskilt viktiga blir mediekritiska kompetenser i ett s.k. post-politiskt tillstånd, där fokus hamnar på medborgares individuella färdigheter snarare än samhällsstrukturella åtgärder (Kaun, 2014, s. 40). Förekomsten av mediekritik har belysts i både språkvetenskapliga och medievetenskapliga undersökningar (bl.a. Salö, 2022; Widholm & Mårtenson, 2018). Som en aspekt av digital nyhetsinteraktion är den dock underbeforskad (Reimer m.fl., 2021, s. 16f). Litet fokus har legat på hur mediekritiken uttrycks kommunikativt, t.o.m. i Sverige, där nyhetsinteraktion förekommer brett och där mediekritiken är framträdande, inte minst i sociala medier (jfr Jakobsson m.fl., 2022, s. 107).
I mitt material, som inkluderar 214 kommentarer till ett nyhetsinlägg om elförbrukning på SVT Nyheters Facebooksida, har jag fokuserat på kategorier av insinuerande kommentarer som avser abstrakta mediekritiska aspekter bortom nyhetsinslaget. Bland kommentarernas insinuerande resurser förekommer särskilt inbäddningar: av värdeord i nominalfraser, relativsatser i faktiska påståenden och värderande led i sammansättningar (jfr Idevall Hagren, 2014, s. 85). Vanligt är även att dessa insinuerande kommentarer ställer upp dikotomier och motsatsförhållanden, uttrycker såväl bestämda som ospecificerade nominalfraser samt gör bruk av insinuerande negationer, modalpartiklar och emojier
Utlandsfödda svenska elever i ett engelsktalande land – translanguaging och skriftlig språkutveckling
Get PDFPå grund av globalisering och ökad migration befinner sig alltfler människor i en situation där deras barn lär sig sitt förstaspråk/modersmål i ett land där ett annat språk är majoritetsspråk. Ett exempel är elever som deltar i modersmålsundervisning i Sverige. Ett annat exempel är utlandsfödda svenska barn som deltar i en skolform som benämns kompletterande svenskundervisning i utlandet (Skolverket, 2023). De senare tillhör en relativt obeforskad grupp och är fokus för de två studier som presenteras i föredraget. Ur ett flerspråkighetsperspektiv har forskning om modersmålsundervisning och kompletterande språkundervisning mycket gemensamt. Båda berör elever som försöker uppehålla och utveckla sina modersmål.
Den ena studien (Harkin, 2019) utgår från ett sociokulturellt perspektiv och utforskar sex flerspråkiga gymnasieelevers användning av translanguaging (García & Wei, 2014) som pedagogiskt verktyg för djupare förståelse av svenska texter. Genom ljudinspelade grupparbeten, dokumentanalys och fokusgruppintervjuer undersöktes elevernas användning av sina två förstaspråk, svenska och engelska.
I den andra studien (Harkin, 2022) genomfördes s k frekvensanalys av 25 elevtexter. Syftet var att undersöka hur två elever utvecklade vissa grammatiska språkdrag i sitt svenska skriftspråk under två år och fem månader. Eleverna var elva respektive tolv år gamla vid studiens början och hade svenska och engelska som förstaspråk. Studien bekräftar teorier om inlärarspråk gällande variabilitet och icke-linjäritet samt crosslinguistic influence. Ett exempel på det senare är att eleverna verkade föredra perifrastisk passiv framför morfologisk vilket är intressant eftersom den morfologiska är vanligare i svenskan (Nyqvist & Lindström Tiedemann 2021:50)