Essays about: "Rift"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 94 essays containing the word Rift.
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1. The perceptions and experiences of urban dwellers, regarding the transition from an agrarian to an urban society : A qualitative interview study conducted in Urban Babati, Tanzania
University essay from Södertörns högskola/Institutionen för naturvetenskap, miljö och teknikAbstract : This study investigates how farmers, authorities, day laborers and full-time employees experience and perceive the transition from an agrarian to a more urban society in Babati, Tanzania. It is an interview-based essay, and an inductive thematic analysis method has been used to analyze the perceptions and experiences about the transition, and to profoundly examine the main environmental, social, and economic benefits and challenges that follows. READ MORE
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2. Surrender to Dagaa : An ethnographic study of Fishing in Zanzibar
University essay from Stockholms universitet/Socialantropologiska institutionenAbstract : This thesis explores Zanzibari fishing practices and the fishermen’s relation to the ocean, within the context of the global political economy. The study focuses on catching small pelagic fish, locally known as dagaa, which has become vital for food security in Zanzibar. READ MORE
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3. Wild cimarrones: Cuban maroon ecology in the first half of the 19th century and the corporeal rift
University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; Lunds universitet/HumanekologiAbstract : Analyses of enslaved labor and marronage in the Caribbean and beyond abound. As insightful and important as many of these works have been, they have often overlooked the ecological dimension of the maroons’ struggle for their liberation, the relationship between nature and the political struggle for emancipation. READ MORE
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4. The odd man out : A study of the implications of the covid-19 pandemic for Nordic status seeking
University essay from FörsvarshögskolanAbstract : This thesis contributes to the literature on status seeking and transboundary crises by studying the dynamics of a group of states’ collective status seeking during times of crisis. The implications of the covid-19 pandemic for the common status seeking of the Nordic countries are explored through a study of the collective Nordic identity. READ MORE
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5. The Significance of Giant Flank Collapses on Magma Ascent in the NE Rift Zone of Tenerife, Canary Islands: A Structural Modelling and Diffusion Approach
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaperAbstract : On the volcanic ocean island Tenerife in the Canary archipelago, several giant flank collapses haveoccurred over the last one million years. The link between the lateral collapses and the resultingvolcanism in the rift zones is not fully understood and was investigated within the framework of thisproject. READ MORE
