Lennart Johnsson – författare

En hyllning till sjöfartsyrket! Stefan F Lindbergs fotobok är en fristående uppföljare till Sjömän, utgiven tillsammans med Ove Allansson 1984. Den boken skildrade sjömansyrkets utveckling från 1900-talets början till 1980-talet. När Stefan F Lindberg nu ger ut Sjömän II är det ett försök att i bild och text föra berättelsen vidare från början av 1980-talet fram till idag. Totalt har Stefan F Lindberg samlat in material under tre år. Han har rest med tjugo svenskägda eller svenskkontrollerade fartyg under olika flaggor och på vitt skilda trader. Det är en ömsom dokumentär, ömsom poetisk fotodokumentation av dagens sjöfolk – Stefans bilder speglar lika mycket yrkesstolthet, kunnande och hårt arbete som gemenskap, ensamhet och längtan. Ca 130 fantastiska färgfotografier ramas in av texter av Ove Allansson, Lennart Johnsson och Anders Lindström. Foto: Stefan F Lindberg Bildredaktör: Stefan F Lindberg och Barbro Vivien Bildbearbetning: Johanna Hedborg, Breakwater Publishing Textförfattare: Ove Allansson, Lennart Johnsson och Anders Lindström Textredaktör: Lennart Johnsson Grafisk formgivning: Emma Hässel, Breakwater Publishing, och Stefan F Lindberg

It is now 30 years since the network for digital communication, the ARPA-net, first came into operation. Since the first experiments with sending electronic mail and performing file transfers, the development of networks has been truly remarkable. Today's Internet continues to develop at an exponential rate that even surpasses that of computing and storage technologies. About five years after being commercialized, it has become as pervasive as the tele­ phone had become 30 years after its initial deployment. In the United States, the size of the Internet industry already exceeds that of the auto industry, which has been in existence for about 100 years. The exponentially increas­ ing capabilities of communication, computing, and storage systems is also reshaping the way science and engineering are pursued. Large-scale simulation studies in chemistry, physics, engineering, and sev­ eral other disciplines may now produce data sets of ,several terabytes or petabytes. Similarly, almost all measurements today produce data in digital form, whether from collections of sensors, three-dimensional digital images, or video. These data sets often represent complex phenomena that require rich visualization capabilities and efficient data-mining techniques to under­ stand. Furthermore, the data may be produced and archived in several differ­ ent locations, and the analysis carried out by teams with members at several locations-possibly distinct from those with significant storage, computation, or visualization facilities. The emerging computational Grids enable the transparent use of remote instruments, computational and data resources.

The twentieth century may be said to have been the century of ecumenism, a striving worldwide to realize church unity at different levels. It has frequently been asserted that one condition for reaching visible Church unity is that there should be basic agreement on baptism, eucharist and ministry. These three topics are dealt with in the Lima-document or BEM (1982). In the present study the sections of the latter that concern baptism are analyzed and also contextualized through a closer study of one of the responses to BEM, the official response of the Baptist Union of Sweden. This response gives a more traditional, closed Baptist opinion: baptism cannot be the basis of the church unity sought by BEM. The author shows here, however, that fundamental Baptist principles are being reconsidered, indicating considerable diversity within the Baptist Union concerning these questions. On the local level there are many ecumenical strivings, concretized in ecumenical congregations where different theologies and practices meet. This has opened up possibilities of church unity on the basis of both types of baptism (infant baptism and believers’ baptism), and also membership on the basis of faith alone. By comparing official documents with public expressions of unofficial opinion, this study shows that the reality is more complex and ambiguous than is apparent in official documents. This book could be of interest because of its application of new methods to the study of »reception». To help an international readership, a historical presentation of the Baptist Union of Sweden introduces this study.

This book covers the new topic of GPU computing with many applications involved, taken from diverse fields such as networking, seismology, fluid mechanics, nano-materials, data-mining , earthquakes ,mantle convection, visualization. It will show the public why GPU computing is important and easy to use. It will offer a reason why GPU computing is useful and how to implement codes in an everyday situation.

This book covers the new topic of GPU computing with many applications involved, taken from diverse fields such as networking, seismology, fluid mechanics, nano-materials, data-mining , earthquakes ,mantle convection, visualization. It will show the public why GPU computing is important and easy to use. It will offer a reason why GPU computing is useful and how to implement codes in an everyday situation.

It is now 30 years since the network for digital communication, the ARPA-net, first came into operation. Since the first experiments with sending electronic mail and performing file transfers, the development of networks has been truly remarkable. Today''s Internet continues to develop at an exponential rate that even surpasses that of computing and storage technologies. About five years after being commercialized, it has become as pervasive as the tele­ phone had become 30 years after its initial deployment. In the United States, the size of the Internet industry already exceeds that of the auto industry, which has been in existence for about 100 years. The exponentially increas­ ing capabilities of communication, computing, and storage systems is also reshaping the way science and engineering are pursued. Large-scale simulation studies in chemistry, physics, engineering, and sev­ eral other disciplines may now produce data sets of ,several terabytes or petabytes. Similarly, almost all measurements today produce data in digital form, whether from collections of sensors, three-dimensional digital images, or video. These data sets often represent complex phenomena that require rich visualization capabilities and efficient data-mining techniques to under­ stand. Furthermore, the data may be produced and archived in several differ­ ent locations, and the analysis carried out by teams with members at several locations-possibly distinct from those with significant storage, computation, or visualization facilities. The emerging computational Grids enable the transparent use of remote instruments, computational and data resources.

This book covers the new topic of GPU computing with many applications involved, taken from diverse fields such as networking, seismology, fluid mechanics, nano-materials, data-mining , earthquakes ,mantle convection, visualization. It will show the public why GPU computing is important and easy to use. It will offer a reason why GPU computing is useful and how to implement codes in an everyday situation.

Drömmen om ett bättre liv människan som handelsvara skildrar några av de hundratals miljoner människor som arbetar som migrantarbetare långt ifrån sina hemländer för att kunna försörja sina familjer. Ett land som Filippinerna är t.ex. helt beroende av inkomster från arbetskraftsexport. Minst tio miljoner av landets mest välutbildade arbetskraft arbetar i dag runt om i världen som kontraktsarbetare. Gemensamt för migrantarbetarnas och deras anhörigas berättelser är att det inte är några eländesskildringar. Även om människornas situation ofta är svår, blir det historier om hopp och framtidstro, om att det är möjligt att förändra sina liv mot alla odds. Boken rymmer en text- och bildberättelse som löper parallellt och kompletterar varandra med nedslag i bl.a. Hongkong, Macau, Indien, Nepal och Filippinerna. Drömmen om ett bättre liv är den första boken i en planerad serie om tre, denna första bok fokuserar på syd- och sydostasien. Lennart Johnsson har arbetat i drygt fyrtio år som journalist och författare och redan i sin första bok, Människor som exportvaror (1993), skriver han om migrantarbetare. Fotografen Stefan L. Lindberg arbetar främst med större fotografiska projekt i form av böcker, utställningar och filmer. Han är även lärare i bildjournalistik vid Mittuniversitetet.

Nio författares samtid. Hundra år i Göteborg Här tar nio Göteborgsförfattare under de senaste hundra åren till orda, men först får deras respektive författarskap en presentation av en kunnig introduktör. Urvalet är subjektivt, men intressant och välmotiverat. Till och med själva begreppet Göteborgsförfattare är diskutabelt, men gemensamt för de nio är att de på något sätt har en anknytning till staden. Ett annat urval hade kanske kunnat göras lika intresseväckande. Dock finns här inga deckar- eller barnboksförfattare. Många av dem är mycket lästa och populära, andra i begynnelsen, någon rentav bortglömd. Texterna av resp. författare ger förhoppningsvis en tillräcklig bredd för hela författarskapet. Alla författarna berättar om sin tid, om samtiden. Följande författare ingår: Bengt Anderberg (1920 2008), Evert Taube (1890 1976), Marie Hermanson (f. 1956), Jeanna Oterdahl (1879 1965), Olivia Bergdahl (f. 1989), Gidein Martins (1882 1938), Claes Hylinger (f. 1943), Ove Allansson (1932 2016), Johannes Anyuru (f. 1979). Deras presentatörer är: Uno Rodin, David Anthin, Johan Wermäster, Annika Skott, Martin Bengtsson, Gudrun Nyberg, Arne Florin, Lennart Johnsson och Johanna Wiman. Gudrun Nyberg är läkare, litteraturvetare och författare. På Carlssons har hon tidigare utgivit Doktor Carlanders Göteborg Folkliv, sjukdom och död 1793 1814 (2007), Doktor Carlander i praktiken. Läkekonst 1793 1814 (2009), Grosshandlare Peter Militz: En bortglömd gustavian stiger fram ur arkiven (2010), Clas Alströmer Vetenskapsman Mecenat Patient (2011), Naturvetare i motvind Bengt Euphrasén: Om slavar, vulkaner och regnskog (2013), Systrar till lärda män (2015) och Medicinen, människorna, vården (2017).

In Seamen's Wives Lennart Johnsson and Leif Hansson, the photographer, provide a woman's eye view of a mainly male industry. Seamen's wives, mostly from the Philippines, talk about their lives today. These women describe a life that is filled with responsibility for their family's economy, home and children, but also a life of loneliness, worrying and longing for the men who sail on ships that are often thousands of kilometres from the Philippines. There are also flashbacks to the daily life of Swedish seamen's wives 40–50 years ago. Lennart Johnsson has previously written several books about the situation in the Philippines, such as Human beings as commodities, Philippine daily life, from play school to politics and Philippines – Heaven or Hell?. His other writings include Funny Flags, Antwerp sailor and Union on the sevel seas and he has contributed to several anthologies. Leif Hansson has worked as a photographer for more than 30 years, and has been active in all parts of the world. During his journeys, he has visited and documented life in over 100 countries. In recent years, he has done documentary journeys to Haiti, Thailand and Croatia.

Förbund på sju hav del 4, skildrar främst sjöfolkets fackliga kamp från början av 1990-talet fram till och med 2011.

This photo-book by Stefan F Lindberg portrays the life of seamen of today. During the past three years Stefan F Lindberg has been documenting seafaring on widely different trade routes, and he has been aboard 20 ships, flying different flags. The book alternates between being a documentary and a poetic narrative of today’s seafarers – Lindberg’s photographs reflects both vocational pride, knowledge and hard work, as well as solidarity, loneliness and longing. Stephen Cotton, Ove Allansson and Lennart Johnsson textually frame 120 magnificent seafaring images by Stefan F Lindberg. Photography: Stefan F Lindberg Photo editor: Stefan F Lindberg and Barbro Vivien Image processing: Johanna Hedborg, Breakwater Publishing Authors: Stephen Cotton, Lennart Johnsson and Ove Allansson Text editor: Lennart Johnsson Graphic design: Emma Hässel, Breakwater Publishing, and Stefan F Lindberg

Journalisten Lennart Johnsson har under flera år rest runt och intervjuat hustrur till filippinska sjömän. När maken är borta många månader i sträck är det dessa kvinnor som får sköta familjen hemma på Filippinerna. Här presenteras kvinnorna och deras livsöden. Boken är rikt illustrerad med bilder av fotografen Leif Hansson.