Title: What part does the piano play in country music? – A study intended for pianists, piano pedagogues and class teachers in music Author: Elisabet Johansson The purpose of this essay is to find out what part the piano plays in country music. The research includes an interview with an artist from Texas and an analysis of five chosen music examples. The research question is: What part does the pi

Stress among children and youth is increasing and there are thought to be numerous different explanatory factors. Examples of those are the growing demands of society, lacking support from adults, as well as significant amounts of aspects in school. According to the Swedish education act a school is obliged to incorporate student care, wherein which a school nurse should be included. No other guid

Title: The ensemble teachers importance for an equal education – A study of students musicality in the upper secondary schools aesthetic program, direction music Author: Daiana Corduneanu The purpose of this paper is to study how music teachers look at the relation between gender and the choice of the instruments drums, bass, guitar and piano within the genres pop and rock. The goal is also to get

Traditional classical guitar playing position — using a footstool for the left foot to elevate the leg — is considered by some guitar pedagogues to be an important risk factor for developing Playing-Related Musculoskeletal Disorders (PRMD) among guitarists; alternative supports for the classical guitar have emerged in the past three decades as a putatively more healthy method of sitting with the i

Title in English: Creativity in instrumental teaching - How can the instrumental teacher create the necessary conditions for pupils to develop their musical creativity? This paper seeks to answer the question: How can the instrumental teacher create the conditions for pupils to develop their musical creativity? The study is based on qualitative interviews with three people who are both professiona

Uppsatsen tar upp de skräckromantiska koventionerna utifrån ett antal böcker som utgör sekundärlitteratur och en jämförelse görs mellan konventionerna och den primära litteraturen. De konventioner som undersöks i Wuthering Heights är berättarteknik, karaktärer, miljö, döden, det övernaturliga och hämnd.

The purpose of this study was to examine the views of adoption Social Workers on adoptive parenting in relation to existing norms regarding parenting. Qualitative interviews were conducted with seven Social Workers in the field of family law and adoption in different municipalities in Skåne. As theoretical framework we used gender theories by Butler as well as Hirdman, combined with Lipsky’s theor

Do individuals with highly internalized social gender roles implicitly favor their own biological gender group more than androgynous or undifferentiated individuals do? To determine this, two identical studies were conducted and compared. One in 2002 (N=83), a second in 2009 (N=82). In total 165 17-19 year-olds (78 women, 87 men) completed three tests: Bem's Sex-Role Inventory (BSRI), categori

Uppsatsens syfte är att undersöka några föreställningar om varför barn ska läsa och enligt sig själva läser skönlitteratur. För att kunna uppfylla syftet har en empiriskt inriktad etnologisk studie om barns läsande utförts. Studien grundar sig på intervjuer med fyra barn, vilka samtliga tycker mycket om att läsa skönlitteratur och tre bibliotekarier, samt observationer i en boksamtalsgrupp på ett

Våld mot kvinnor i nära relationer är ett socialt problem som blivit mer uppmärksammat de sista åren. Dock är mycket av våldet fortfarande dolt och sker inom hemmets fyra väggar. Vi har intervjuat tre kvinnor som blivit utsatta för denna typ av våld och även professionella som hjälper dessa kvinnor, för att undersöka varför kvinnor stannar kvar hos sina män som slår dem, hur de får styrkan att läm

The main purpose of this study has been to get an insight to the Roma people’s approach to integration. By identifying different discourses in the Roma magazine É Romani Glinda, attempts were done to find patterns in how the perceptions of integration are constructed. This has been done on the basis of discourse analysis with a strong emphasis on social constructivism. Contradictions in how the co

The purpose of this paper was in the light of theories of violence and threats in care, examine how they in staff groups of LSS assisted living facilities perceive and deal with violence and threats. More specified we qualitatively examined how they in staff groups from two LSS assisted living facilities in southern Sweden handle threats and violence. The paper is based on structured focus group i

The purpose of this study was to examine the discourse of unaccompanied refugee children, also called separated children, in Swedish newspapers. More specifically the aim was to observe how the separated children are presented and constructed in the Swedish newspapers after a great debate emerged around that the municipality of Vellinge was not willing to accept unaccompanied refugee children in t

In this thesis, I have, from a feminist view of family theories, welfare state theories and work life theories, visualized how parenthood and work life practices are experienced and interpreted. My research question is ‘how are family practices and work practices told to have contributed to my interviewees’ life courses and how can these practices be related to the social context’. Through life st

This paper presents a sketch of a theoretical perspective to aid in the sociological understanding of the phenomenon of “vibrant physicality”. “Vibrant physicality” is an enjoyable, embodied feeling which often results from and motivates participation in fitness practice. Yet, despite its importance, it has been neglected in existing theoretical and empirical literature. To address this gap, a the

The aim of this paper was to examine, from a social worker perspective, to what extent the clients in interaction with social workers participate when choosing a suitable recourse for their need. Client’s participation is investigated more closely based on the concepts of autonomy and influence, which both correspond to different levels of involvement. Furthermore, the purpose was to investigate h

This text investigates interpretation of the social body in general and body during child birth in particular. "The Medicalization of Childbirth" as a concept within the natural sciences is being criticized from a feminist perspective. The critique is positioned in a belief that medical and patriarchal perception of the body in birth overrules the woman's culturally embodied competen

Theoretical perspective: Existing theories within anthropology, globalization of McDonald’s and Japanese culture (household etc.) were used as providing explanations of the collected data. Methodology: This research uses McDonald’s as an example of fast food consumption in Japan. The fieldwork includes interviews, observations, and questionnaires. The research has an interpretational approach to

The purpose of this study was to examine experiences of treatment needs of women in drug abuse in social services and in women focus treatment institutions and to which extent the efforts are considered to be adapted to the women´s needs. The reason of this aim is the fact that women in drug abuse rather than men in drug abuse run a larger risk of being exposed to physical, psychical and sexual vi