Essays about: "Productivism"

Found 4 essays containing the word Productivism.

  1. 1. Food Security in Swedish Crisis and Contingency Policy : What's the problem represented to be?

    University essay from Försvarshögskolan

    Author : Hannah Stewart; [2021]
    Keywords : Food Security; crisis and contingency policy; civil preparedness;

    Abstract : Most countries in the Global North have enjoyed relative food security over the past decades, but recent events such as the Covid-19 pandemic have highlighted how global food supply chains are fragile and susceptible to be affected by a range of disturbances. In Sweden, a revived interest for civil defense planning has led to a policy shift with new government instructions to plan for food security in the event of a crisis or war. READ MORE

  3. 2. The Wastefulness of the Environmental Movement - An Investigation into Sustainable Activism

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Humanekologi

    Author : Eva Junge; [2018]
    Keywords : Sustainable Activism; Climate Justice Movement; Ende Gelände; Sustainability; Scholar Activism; Participatory Action Research; Burn-Out; Overwork; Health; Capitalism; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This thesis examines how the Climate Justice Movement in Germany is set up today and how activists relate to and feel about their activism. Specifically, factors are investigated that make people feel unhappy about their activism or even leave the movement. READ MORE

  4. 3. Small-scale farmers’ intentions to carry out conservation-oriented agriculture through participation in the Entry-Level Stewardship Agri-Environment Scheme : the role of attitudes and values in farming behaviour

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

    Author : Andrew Gallagher; [2018]
    Keywords : Agri-Environment Schemes; Productivism; Multifunctionality; Conservation-oriented Agriculture; Attitudes; Values; Identity; Behaviour; Agricultural Transition;

    Abstract : This thesis investigates the attitudes of small-scale farmers towards conservation-oriented farming as prescribed through the Entry-Level Stewardship Agri-Environmental Scheme. It aims to understand whether values and identity play a role in how agricultural practices are perceived by farmers and whether this affects their behavioral intentions. READ MORE

  5. 4. Designing technologies for unproductive citizens

    University essay from Malmö högskola/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

    Author : Sergio Manuel Galán Nieto; [2012]
    Keywords : technology; social innovation; urban informatics; Design; activism; degrowth; participative design; Interaction design;

    Abstract : This is a project to design digital technologies to promote uses of public spaces challenging the social religion of productivism + consumerism. Instead I celebrate participative leisure, free time, political involvement and social relationships. Digital artefacts for what I'm calling the "unproductive city". READ MORE