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The two topics highlighted in this volume, entrepreneurship and co-operatives, and education within these fields, may be regarded as essentially disparate themes. However, looking more closely it is apparent that these have some interesting intersections. The main focus relates to innovation and entrepreneurship among co-operatives, the public sector, and the private sectorThis work is a product of the collaboration between Södertörn University in Stockholm, Sweden, and Moshi Co-operative University in Moshi, Tanzania. In both countries we aim to understand, how enterprises with different ownership forms and other kinds of state and private organizations contribute to economic growth or decline. The volume is an overview of research about entrepreneurship and co-operatives but also of education in these areas. The intention is to contribute to the promotion of research on these topics in both countries and enhance future collaboration between the two Universities.

Omförhandlingar: Den offentliga konstens roll efter millennieskiftet är ett resultat av en uppdragsforskning som Statens konstråd beställt av ämnet Konstvetenskap på Södertörns högskola. Boken tar avstamp i den komplexa situation som omgärdar offentlig permanent och tillfällig konst, beställd och sanktionerad av privata eller offentliga medel, eller tillkommen på enskilda initiativ. Här diskuteras konstens roll som pågående projekt eller just konstverk, dess funktion som värdeskapande, trygghetsskapande, minnesmärke liksom som del av korta deltagandeprocesser och som verkande över lång tid.

What is the relationship between feminism and philosophy today? Although feminist philosophy is now a recognized field in the institution of philosophy, a tension between the terms feminism and philosophy persists. From the perspective of philosophy, feminist philosophy may seem too committed to political change. From the perspective of feminism, the practice of philosophy may seem too far removed from the pressing concerns of injustice in ordinary life. This volume is an interdisciplinary initiative at the intersection of philosophy, the history of ideas, and feminist theory, where philosophy is scrutinized from a feminist perspective and asks questions about what philosophy has to offer feminism.

THE ANTHOLOGY RE-NEGOTIATIONS:The role of public art after the turn of the millennium is a result of a research project commissioned by the Public Art Agency Sweden by theArt History department at Södertörn University. The book departs from the complex situation that governs public art, permanent and temporary,whether commissioned and sanctioned by private or public funds or through on individual initiative. Art is discussed here as ongoing projectsor discrete works of art, its function as value-creating, security-creating, commemorative as well as being part of short participation processes and/or acting over a long period of time.

Vilken betydelse kan konsten ha mot bakgrund av pågående klimatförändringar? Hur gestaltas människans omvandlingar av jorden, havet och atmosfären i konst och visuell kultur?Här introduceras forskningsfältet ekologisk konstvetenskap i Sverige. Läsaren får möta konstvetenskapens fossila sammanhang, miljö- och havshumaniora, gestaltade istider och gränsöverskridande artivism. Författarna utforskar vidare trädgårdars påverkan på biologisk mångfald, landskap som tecken på exploatering av naturresurser samt nya sätt att metodiskt närma sig ekokritik och ekologiskt tänkande inom konst- och bildvetenskap.Syftet med boken är att ringa in, exemplifiera och utveckla en ekologisk, hållbar konstvetenskap, som på kreativa och konstruktiva sätt ytterst kan bidra till att värna jordens ekosystem.