• Design through vulnerability: Designing presence in a time of pandemic
  Troel--Madec, Maureen T.  : Malmö universitet/Kultur och samhälle (2020)	Master thesis (two year)

  

  

  English abstract:

  This thesis explores the dimensions of an emerging vulnerable design space in the context of COVID-19 pandemic through a design process that rethinks designer's presence and power in a context of remote exploration and embraces diary as a method and prototype to integrate interdisciplinary research in exploring different temporalities to record the past, to deal with the present and to speculate about what can happen afterwards.

  Design through vulnerability_Maureen Troel.pdf   (5.883Mb)

• Play for the Black Box — Using Critical Play to raise awareness of d...
  Giesa, Anette Isabella  : Malmö universitet/Kultur och samhälle (2020)	Master thesis (two year)

  

  

  English abstract:

  In the development of digitally connected solutions that require the use of personal data, the issue of data privacy is an important factor that must be taken into account. Simply informing users about how data is used and getting their consent with a simple click is not enough to create awareness of the issue of data privacy and let them make a conscious decision about the use of their personal data. Furthermore, there is a big gap in knowledge about what personal data is and what is considered sensitive data. Especially the knowledge about what biometric identifiers that they are used in a variety of everyday life applications and in which sense the handling can be problematic is unknown. This thesis project explores how the use of critical play in form of an activist game can create awareness of the issue of data privacy, inform about the value of biometric data and foster self-reflection of handling one’s own personal data. Through the simulation of dependencies between personal data, the motivation to share them and the aggregation of personal data in combination with real and prospective use cases, players are empowered to reflect on their behaviour and to critically deal with the topic of data privacy.

  Play_for_the_BlackBox_TP2_AnetteGiesa.pdf   (8.465Mb)

• Researching sensitive topics: Adjusting cultural probes to research a...
  Jackson, Gregory Alexander  : Malmö universitet/Kultur och samhälle (2020)	Master thesis (one year)

  

  

  English abstract:

  Research tools to identify sensitive topics and thus new opportunities to design for have grown in popularity in the last twenty years within HCI, with many projects and areas to note. However, the research tools used are still underdeveloped (Crabtree, 2003), and many universal designs of the 20th century have failed to develop for more sensitive areas, bar the conventional young, non-disabled, white, cis-male (Clarkson, 2003). The topics discussed in the thesis are reviews and arguments for the use of an adapted cultural probe’s place to research sensitive topics, identify perhaps previously hidden “sensitive-HCI” (Waycott et al. 2015) design spaces. The focus is on the tools to gather data, and discover design opportunities, rather than the particular and actual findings from the study.

  Gregory Jackson - TP1 Adjustments (3).pdf   (8.546Mb)

• Brottsbrytet. En kvalitativ studie av programledares uppfattning om b...
  Magnusson, Johanna; Ingvarsson, Kate  : Malmö universitet/Hälsa och samhälle (2020)	Bachelor thesis

  

  

  English abstract:	Brottsbrytet has been going through some changes since 2018, including going from being a theory-based program to becoming a module-based program. Since the change, not much research has been done either on the effectiveness or on the implementation of the treatment program, which made the subject relevant to study. The purpose of the study was therefore to study the moderator's perception of the treatment program Brottsbrytet in Sweden. The current study is based on a cross-sectional design with a qualitative approach and is using semi-structured telephone interviews. The sample was 20 institutions that, according to information, are working with Brottsbrytet and were asked to participate in the current study. Of all people who were asked to participate, the results were six interviews from six different institutions. This study showed an overall positive attitude towards the specific program. The common guidelines are used in a flexible way, which means that the manual is followed partly and other components in the starting points are also used. Education and experience are important for the effect of the process and that is used by moderator's of Brottsbrytet in Sweden today. The result shows that there exist some problems with the treatment program according to the moderators that can affect the implementation and the effect of the program. Brottsbrytet may, based on the results of this study, need a longer treatment process where for example enforcement may be relevant.
  Swedish abstract:	Brottsbrytet har sedan år 2018 genomgått en del förändringar, bland annat gått från att vara ett teoribaserat- till att bli ett modulbaserat program. Forskning har sedan förändringen inte genomförts varken kring effekten eller genomförandet vilket gjorde ämnet aktuellt att studera. Syftet med studien var därför att studera programledares uppfattning om behandlingsprogrammet Brottsbrytet i Sverige. Den aktuella studien har utgått från en tvärsnittsdesign med en kvalitativ ansats i form av semistrukturerade telefonintervjuer. Det aktuella urvalet var 20 anstalter som enligt uppgifter bedriver Brottsbrytet och tillfrågades att medverka i den aktuella studien. Av alla tillfrågade blev resultatet sex intervjuer hänvisat från sex olika anstalter. Studien visade en övergripande positiv inställning till programmet. De gemensamma riktlinjerna används genom manualen på ett flexibelt sätt, vilket innebär att riktlinjerna följs tills viss del då även andra komponenter i utgångspunkterna används. Utbildning och erfarenhet är av betydelse av processens effektivitet och det används även hos programledare för Brottsbrytet i Sverige idag. Det har framkommit en del brister och problem med behandlingsprogrammet som kan påverka genomförandet och effekten. Brottsbrytet kan utifrån denna studies resultat behöva en längre behandlingsprocess där exempelvis vidmakthållande kan vara aktuellt.

  JohannaKate.pdf   (288.3Kb)

• Rekryteringsprocessen hos fastighetsmäklarföretag
  Bloss, Rebecca; Bode, Märta  : Malmö universitet/Kultur och samhälle (2020)	Bachelor thesis

  

  

  English abstract:

  In many job sectors the recruitment process is something that is considered so complex and protracted that 60% choose not to complete it (Careerbuilder, 2013). The recruitment process in the real estate sector is an area where only slight research exists. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to examine and get a deeper knowledge about the recruitment process in real estate brokerage companies and if recruitment failure is an eventuel consequence of this process. The study is based on a qualitative method where six semi structured interviews have been done with recruitment managers from the different real estate companies that have been selected for the study. The theoretical outsets that have been used to analyze the result from the interviews is institutionalisomorphism and two different aspects within recruitment, which is the psychometric and the social aspect. From these two aspects the Matchningsmodell and the Bedömningsmodell have also been very important for the analytical chapter. The result shows for an example that the real estate companies have three different recruitment processes depending on which kind of candidate that is requested. These three processes both have their similarities and differences in those different interviewed companies. The main similarity is that all respondents use interviews as a recruitment method where the personality of the candidates are the most deciding factor. The significant difference in their recruitment processes is the first meeting. Since the largest recruitment of real estate brokers happens among the students there are many that want to access these as early as possible into the education. It occurs “mass recruitments” that some of the companies advocates and others oppose. The conclusion shows that the real estate sector is a job sector where companies, in many ways, follow the stream and do as their competitors do. Some companies choose to break free from the stream and go their own way but many decide to keep on doing as the others do. Recruitment failure occurs, like in other job sectors, but not only because of the recruitment process.

  Bode, Bloss.pdf   (384.4Kb)

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