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MED EN SCHYSST SERIESTAD KAN MAN SLÅ HELA VÄRLDEN MED HÄPNAD OM SERIESTADEN MALMÖ, DESS AKTÖRER OCH SERIENÄTVERK
(2017-06-27) Nilsson, Lars; University of Gothenburg/Department of Cultural Sciences; Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för kulturvetenskaper
This master thesis in ethnology explores the creative actors and networks in Seriestaden Malmö (Comic City Malmö). A concept created by comic writer, comic scholar and critic Gunnar Krantz in 1999, but now a part of the the city of Malmös cultural branding. In Malmö, Swedens 3rd largest city, there is, both from active indivuals and collectives/networks/organisations/institutions as well as from the people working with the city council, a great interest in comics. In different ways and for different reasons. The city council wants to use the brand Seriestaden Malmö to put Malmö on a cultural map. To establish a unique cultural identity. This master thesis, through field work and interviews with active actors in the comic scene i the city, explores how this cultural identity as Seriestaden affects their lives. Mainly on a professional level. Malmö has one of Swedens most famous schools for comics – Serieskolan (The Comic School) – as well as a few university courses. This master thesis then examines how Malmö through a industrial crisis went from a industrial town to a town focused on culture and education. Gentrification and cultural branding effects, and are affected, by the actors in the often small networks of comic writers in different ways. Fanzine and underground culture is a part of Seriestaden Malmö. Using the theories of Pierre Bourdieus symbolic capital and social capital and Sharon Zukins as cities as symbolic economy – that unifies material practices of finance, labor, art, performance and design – this analysis of Seriestaden Malmö, shows how based on the either the individual comic or the comic network/collectives position(s) and symbolic and social capital, he/she/they interact with this cultural branding in different ways. There are several different comics and networks in Malmö. All using comics in their own way. This helps to create a diverse picture of what comics are and should be. It also makes the idea of Seriestaden Malmö a question of ”cultures”, rather than a unified culture.
Nordiska taflor. Sigurd : en dikt / 1,
(1883) Nilsson, Lars
Samverkan i rehabilitering - hur fungerar den och vilka förväntningar finns
(Göteborgs universitet. Sahlgrenska akademin, 2004) Nilsson, Lars; Affärshälsan
En betydande del av företagshälsovårdens verksamhet består i rehabilitering av anställda vid våra kundföretag som är långtidssjukskrivna. Syftet med denna studie har varit att studera hur samverkan i rehabiliteringen fungerat mellan sjukvård försäkringskassa och arbetsgivare, och vilka förväntningar som finns på rehabiliteringen. Den undersökta gruppen utgjordes av 21 personer som varit sjukskrivna mellan 3 och 12 månader vid ett av våra kundföretag. Ett frågeformulär med 16 frågor besvarades av de sjukskrivna och senare har samma frågor ställt till arbetsgivare och försäkringskassa avseende de sjukskrivna som deltagit i undersökningen. De sjukskrivna var överlag nöjda med den medicinska vård man fått och de flesta tyckte att det fanns ett stort engagemang i rehabiliteringen från arbetsgivaren, vidare hade de flesta en fungerande kontakt med försäkringskassan. Arbetsgivaren ansåg att informationen som stöd för rehabiliteringen från sjukvården var bristfällig i var tredje ärende. Läkarintyg till försäkringskassan betecknades som dåliga endast i några enstaka fall. Det förelåg en samsyn mellan de sjukskrivna, arbetsgivare och försäkringskassa avseende behov av arbetsplatsinriktade åtgärder och värdering av genomförd rehabilitering medan synen på vad som orsakat besvären och prioritering av fortsatta åtgärder skilde sig år. Patientgruppen ansåg dubbelt så ofta att besvären orsakats av arbetet, och prioriterade medicinska åtgärder före yrkesmässiga i rehabiliteringen i betydligt högre grad än arbetsgivare och försäkringskassan. Sammanfattningsvis har studien givit en bild av en samverkan där informationsutbytet fungerat bra i de flesta fall och den förhoppningsvis utgöra grund för fortsatt diskussion för en förbättrad rehabilitering. Exempelvis bättre information till arbetsgivaren som stöd i den fortsatta rehabiliteringen.
Strålande tider, härliga tider? Konsumtion av pilsnerfilmer och äldre svenska komiska filmer i en nutida kontext
(2015-02-09) Nilsson, Lars; University of Gothenburg/Department of Cultural Sciences; Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för kulturvetenskaper
In Sweden there has been a surge of interest in the films classified as pilsnerfilms, i.e. comical films produced for little money in the 1930's and containing a more working class and/or rural setting then the so called "champagne comedies" from the same era. The concept "pilsnerfilm" is how ever a little vague and although the main focus of this paper is pilsnerfilms, it will also cover other types of comical films made in Sweden between the 1930's and 1940's. This paper examines the now-existing network of people interested in these types of movies. It will do so by interviewing seven of the most prominent fans of movies made during the 1930's and 1940's. Most of them are living in Stockholm. The paper discuss how through the consumption of these types of films, a nostalgic gaze is created. With a nostalgic gaze the enthusiasts for pilsnerfilms can in the present create a history of a bygone Sweden and they can also try to establish a form of contact with the actors in the movies from the 1930's and 1940's. The contact can be by collecting the movies, but more prominently the contact is even more grounded in a physical world, by having contact with still living actors who were active during that time or the now deceased actors relatives or by visiting the departed actors grave. The paper also discuss questions regarding cultural heritage and how the network thinks about the treatment the pilsnerfilms and other comical films from 1930's and 1940's have received from the owner's of the movies. Particularly the main company the owns the large majority of Swedish films; SF. It evokes questions regarding how to present movies as cultural heritage and which people should have to power to do that. The aspects brings the question of knowledge and feelings to mind. The network of enthusiasts can be viewed as a affective alliance, meaning it exists a emotional connection between cultural expression and individuals. It is the networks affective alliance that the connoisseur can organize it's knowledge. Emotions and knowledge can't be separated. To both have the right knowledge and the right emotions is crucial for the network. And through the networks emotions and knowledge, the fragments that create the story of pilsnerfilm is put together.
The Role of Energy Efficiency in the Deregulated Swedish Electricity Market
(Proceedings from the ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings. American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy, Washington, DC., 2000) Bergmasth, Mikael; Nilsson, Lars; Lewald, Anders; Strid, Mats; Department of Business Administration
Four years have passed since January 1996 when retail competition was introduced in the Swedish electricity market. These years have been characterized by a rapid restructuring of the electricity supply industry through mergers and acquisitions, lower electricity prices, and a search for new marketing strategies in the competitive market. General trends and the results of two market surveys, undertaken in 1999, of energy efficiency services from electricity suppliers in Sweden are reported here. One survey targeted a sample of industrial and commercial customers, and one survey targeted all electricity suppliers. Energy services, in particular energy efficiency services, are offered by 83 per cent of the surveyed electricity suppliers. Customer relations and building customer loyalty is reported by 88 per cent of the suppliers as a motivation for offering energy services. Nearly half of the customers report a great confidence in the suppliers' ability and sincerity to deliver energy efficiency services. 22 per cent of the customers have contracted for energy efficiency services and those customers that have contracted for energy services have often contracted for several services. Less than 20 per cent of the customers think energy services is a way for suppliers to distract customers and remove focus from electricity price. In both surveys, roughly half of the respondents report that services are priced separately from electricity. The future role of government to facilitate and support the market for energy efficiency services is discussed based on market experiences so far.