Essays about: "Marcela"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 18 essays containing the word Marcela.

1. 1. Sustainable use of calcium nitrate fertilizer under variable precipitation, soil properties and crop management

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of Soil and Environment

   Author : Liliana Marcela Daza Gomez; [2023]
   Keywords : nitrogen.; calcium nitrate; ammonium-based fertilizers; urea; nitrate leaching; nitrous oxide emissions; crop yield;

   Abstract : Application of nitrogen fertilizers in agriculture contributes substantially to global greenhouse gas emissions and nitrogen leaching. Accordingly, there is a need to increase knowledge about sustainable farming practices to reduce nitrogen losses to the environment without curtailing crop harvest. READ MORE

3. 2. Digging up memory : suppressed objects during the dictatorship in Chile 1973–1990

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för arkeologi och antik historia

   Author : Marcela Vera Oliva; [2023]
   Keywords : Materiality; agency; memory; counter-memory; Chile; dictatorship; Materialitet; agency; minne; counter-memory; Chile; diktatur;

   Abstract : This work deals with objects suppressed by individual people after the 1973 coup in Chile, due to the repression exerted by the installed civic-military dictatorship. It collects the memories of those who had to get rid of compromising objects to save their lives, pointing out the strategies chosen for this purpose, as well as the places to carry them out. READ MORE

4. 3. Seeing Lithium Extraction : Countering the Myth of ‘Green’ Transition through Contemporary Art

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för kultur och estetik

   Author : Victoria McCarthy; [2023]
   Keywords : Lithium extraction; contemporary art; extractivism; ‘green’ transition; myth; green sacrifice zones; visibility; countervisuality; Unknown Fields; Marcela Magno; Julian Charrière; Extracción de litio; arte contemporaneo; extractivismo; trancisión verde ; zonas de sacrificio verdes; visibilización; contra-visualidad;

   Abstract : This thesis examines the intersection between lithium extraction and contemporary art through a visual semiotic analysis of three contemporary artworks: Unknown Fields’ We Power Our Future With the Breast Milk of Volcanoes, Marcela Magno’s Land [2] Litio, and Julian Charrière’s Future Fossil Spaces. It explores how lithium extraction is visualised in the selected artworks, what connotations can be extracted from them, the geopolitical dimension expressed in them, and how they relate to the myth of ‘green’ transition. READ MORE

5. 4. How companies bridge the gap between the formulation the implementation of sustainability strategies?

   University essay from Jönköping University/Internationella Handelshögskolan

   Author : Marcela Tirado; Rebecca Salén; [2023]
   Keywords : Sustainability; Formulation; Implementation; Strategy; Corporate Responsibility;

   Abstract : Background: When shifting the company’s strategies to develop more sustainability conscious strategies, it can be challenging to effectively implement them if they are unaware of the level of complexity of the problem. Researchers have evidenced the lack of research regarding sustainability strategies’ implementation in practice. READ MORE

6. 5. Digging up memory : suppressed objects during the dictatorship in Chile 1973–1990

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för arkeologi och antik historia

   Author : Marcela Vera Oliva; [2023]
   Keywords : Materiality; agency; memory; counter-memory; Chile; dictatorship; Materialitet; agency; minne; counter-memory; Chile; diktatur;

   Abstract : This work deals with objects suppressed by individual people after the 1973 coup in Chile, due to the repression exerted by the installed civic-military dictatorship. It collects the memories of those who had to get rid of compromising objects to save their lives, pointing out the strategies chosen for this purpose, as well as the places to carry them out. READ MORE