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This study examines the notion of substitutionalism, which assumes that the introduction of sustainable alternatives will inherently displace unsustainable production and consumption systems. By studying the emergence of two historical examples of sustainable consumption, book and video rental, this study offers a unique opportunity to understand the effects of sharing from a distance and as a dominant consumption practice. The findings show that commercial lending did not displace new sales; instead, it transformed these subjects into mass-consumer products. Rental offered a lower price, greater supply, established new branches, and turned reading books and watching movies at home into consumer cultures. Producers initially resisted rental, but seized shares of the income as rental grew, and controlled the rental market so that cannibalization of the conventional consumption practices was avoided. This research challenges the core assumption of substitutionalism and highlights the need for a deeper understanding of market dynamics. QC 20240403

Over the past half century, the global environment has become subject to an accelerated pace of mediation and datafication. This ongoing transition has become so comprehensive that the knowledge, management and governance of the Earth system is dependent on enormous flows of data from a “vast machine” of measuring tools. These processes combined have formed what we call a “mediated planet,” subject to interpretation and shared human decision-making – that should ideally be democratic, inclusive and accountable. As environmental datafication continues to accelerate, private corporations are gaining increasing influence on and power over the associated collections of data. This is a cause for concern, as the global environmental commons are a public interest of concern to all people. This article argues for the need to critically research the challenges and risks associated with the rapid datafication of the environment, specifically in relation to the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for climate change (13), the ocean (14), biodiversity (15) and inclusive and accountable institutions (16). More knowledge is needed of how the SDGs and their supporting networks influence data-generation on a mediated planet, and how issues of access to and use of environmental data, as well as data ownership and AI implementation, can best be navigated. We contend that such knowledge can help enhance the democratic potential of the SDGs to build public trust and secure broad participation in global environmental governance in ways that also support peaceful and inclusive societies, as promised by SDG 16. QC 20240115

Sports historians have argued that the type of ball games commonin the British Isles, which were practiced by two teams andin which the ball was driven with sticks towards predeterminedgoals – i.e., hurling, shinty, bandy and hockey – were never playedin early modern Sweden. By highlighting descriptions of ballgames in Johannes Schefferus’s The History of Lapland (1674), asource previously ignored by sports historians, this article challengessuch a claim. One of the games described by Schefferus hassome similarities with the violent stick-and-ball game known inIcelandic sagas as knattleikr. Even greater similarities (such as thestart of the game with a face-off and the goals consisting of lineson the short edges) emerge when the game is compared with theScottish game of shinty. Thus, pre-modern Scandinavia does notappear to have been as isolated in terms of sports and games ashas been suggested by Swedish sports historians.

Waste management has been developing in response to needs. The need to get rid of unwanted materials has always been a motivation but using the resource value of waste has also been a driver from the stone age and forwards. In affluent times not so much. Sanitation became a motivation with the discovery of pathogenic microorganisms in the mid-19th century, and after World War 2 (WW2) a strong focus on environmental protection developed, and in recent times, the resource aspect has received an interest despite material affluence. Legislation has been one of the drivers for recent developments, in the case of Sweden, the environmental protection legislation came in the late 1960s, and a few years later, the municipalities got the exclusive right to collect and manage household waste. Many local and regional waste management companies were established, owned by the municipalities. These organizations became agents of development, due to the increased scope and capacity. Adding to the environmental protection agenda, a renewed interest in waste as a resource was initiated by the oil crises of the 1970s, resulting in new waste incineration plants, with energy recovery, connected to already existing district heating networks. Mistakes, failures and alarms in the 1970s and the 1980s resulted in treatment method improvements and the establishment of source separation as an integral part of waste management. The waste management community stands strong today and is taking a more proactive role than before, which includes a stronger focus on communication with other stakeholders.

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Skidvallans historia framstår som en spegelbild av samhällets utveckling, där svensk ingenjörskonst länge ledde jakten på en universalvalla. När fluorvallan nu av ekologiska skäl förbjudits kanske vi åter börjar söka fästet i tjärdalen och glidet i talg? QC 20240223

What a politician says in the parliament is not always what gets printed. In turning spoken words into printed records, the language changes, often towards formalization. The stenographers play a key role in this linguistic transformation. Their job is to align oral speeches with linguistic norms and parliamentary nomenclature. In this context, the formulaic trumps the personal. In our paper, we target these formulaic transformations, which we call the stenographic bias. Our analytical work is guided by the following research questions: In what ways are the printed records shaped by the stenographic bias? And what mechanisms are part of shaping this bias? The paper is empirically based on stenographic guidelines defining language norms and procedural rules, primarily from the 1980s and 2020s, as well as supplemented parliamentary material. To study the formulaic language over time and how language norms and rules affected the printed debate records on the aggregated level, we make use of a recent annotated dataset of Swedish parliamentary speeches from 1920 to 2020. By combining close reading and distant reading we aim to identify and discuss cases and phrases that shed light on the way stenographic norms and procedures have influenced parliamentarians’ speeches as they are recorded in the protocols.

Blekinge museum har på uppdrag av Länsstyrelsen i Blekinge undersökt och dokumenterat vraket efter flöjtskeppet Constantia (1676), beläget öster om Inlängan i Blekinge skärgård. Lämningen dokumenterades genom fotogrammetri och manuell uppmätning. Därutöver sågades fem prov för dendrokronologisk analys och ett fyra tegelstenar bärgades för ICP-analys. Området runt vraket metalldetekterades och flera större utslag noterades, möjligtvis kanoner. På lämningen påträffades en träsked samt flera metallfragment från en klocka vilka skyddsbärgades efter samråd med Länsstyrelsen. Undersökningen visar att lämningen trots sitt nedbrutna tillstånd innehåller flera välbevarade och orörda arkeologiska kontexter vilka kan ge en unik inblick i livet ombord på ett krigsfartyg under stormaktstiden och inte minst användningen av bestyckade handelsfartyg. Därutöver illustrerar hela händelseförloppet kring Constantias förlisning på det strategiska behovet av en flottbas i södra Östersjön, ett behov som Karlskrona därefter kommit att tillgodose.  Den glömda flottan – Sveriges "blåa" kulturarv 1450-1850

Denna masteruppsats undersöker det ökade användandet av A-traktorer och mopedbilar iDanderyds kommun. Undersökningen har genomförts med hjälp av kvalitativa metoder föratt analysera detta fenomen ur ett etnografiskt perspektiv för att förstå den påverkan somA-traktorer och mopedbilar har på infrastrukturen, den fysiska miljön och trafiksäkerheten iDanderyds kommun.Genom analysen av enkätundersökningar bland eleverna i Danderyds kommun, intervjuermed relevanta aktörer och myndighetsrepresentanter har data samlats in för att kartläggaanvändningsmönster, drivkrafter och eventuella konsekvenser av ökat antal A-traktorer ochmopedbilar på vägarna i Danderyds kommun.Resultaten av studien visar att ökningen av både A-traktorer och mopedbilar kan ha flerakonsekvenser för Danderyds kommun i form av ökad trängsel på vägar och parkeringar,förändringar i trafikflöden, ökad belastning på vägnätet, samt potentiella säkerhetsrisker förbåde förare och andra trafikanter.Slutsatserna från studien framhåller vikten av att åtgärder implementeras kring bådeA-traktorer och mopedbilar i stadsplanering, som till exempel en trafikpolitik somsäkerställer en hållbar mobilitet en säker trafikmiljö i Danderyds kommun och liknandeurbana områden. Dessutom är det av vikt att utbildningen för både A-traktorer ochmopedbilar förändras och ger en ökad kunskapsnivå. This master's thesis examines the increased use of A-tractors and moped cars in Danderydmunicipality. The study has been conducted using qualitative methods to analyze thisphenomenon from an ethnographic perspective, to understand the impact that A-tractors andmoped cars have on the infrastructure, the physical environment and road safety in themunicipality of Danderyd.Through the analysis of surveys among students in the municipality of Danderyd, interviewswith relevant stakeholders and government representatives, data is collected to map usagepatterns, drivers and possible consequences of increased numbers of A-tractors and mopedcars on the roads in the municipality of Danderyd.The results of the study highlight that the increase in both A-tractors and moped cars canhave several consequences for the municipality of Danderyd, including increased congestionon roads and parking lots, changes in traffic flows, increased strain on the road network, aswell as potential safety risks for both drivers and other road users.The conclusions from the study emphasize the importance of measures being implementedaround both A-tractors and moped cars in urban planning and traffic policy to ensuresustainable mobility and a safe traffic environment in Danderyd municipality and similarurban areas, as well as the importance of a change in education for both A-tractors andmoped cars and an increased level of knowledge