Essays about: "Thessaloniki"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 21 essays containing the word Thessaloniki.

  1. 1. Exploring commoning as a tool for social integration: Re-use of abandoned buildings and plots for the creation of commons in the Greek context

    University essay from

    Author : Christina Saxoni; [2022-08-29T07:58:17Z 2022-08-29T07:58:17Z 2022 2020]
    Keywords : housing as commons; social integration; newcomers;

    Abstract : Since 2011, Europe has experienced an unprecedented influx of people fleeing countries facing political turmoil. Refugees in Greece have been admitted to state run camps, segregated and excluded from social life and have been denied their basic human rights. READ MORE

  3. 2. Parametric Analysis of Thermal Comfort and Energy Efficiency in a Building Located in Different Climate Regions

    University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Energisystem och byggnadsteknik

    Author : Nikolaos Patsatzis; [2022]
    Keywords : building; thermal comfort; simulation;

    Abstract : One of the biggest challenges of a residential building, when it is designed, is to be energy efficient and to provide simultaneously many hours of thermal comfort throughout the year. So, this was the scope of this thesis: to perform a parametric analysis of thermal comfort and energy efficiency in a house that was designed for the climate of Gotland in Sweden. READ MORE

  4. 3. Urban agriculture initiatives: Understanding the role of citizens in sustainable development

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

    Author : Natalia Varsami; [2022]
    Keywords : Community engagement; urban agriculture; social entrepreneurship;

    Abstract : Within a highly complex and interconnected system of cities, community involvement tools that engage citizens in developing the urban context could move towards more sustainable solutions while bringing social change. Literature shows that urban agriculture conducted in the form of shared community gardens can be a significant component of sustainable community development strategies, particularly in disadvantaged neighbourhoods (Ohmer et al, 2009). READ MORE

  5. 4. Remembering Imbros Island : Studying The Memory Of Imbros Greeks From The Imvriwtika Magazine

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Historiska institutionen

    Author : Iason Giannakis; [2022]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : Once a thriving community of farmers and fishermen consisting mostly of ethnic Greeksbelonging to Christian Orthodoxy who inhabited the Aegean island of Imbros, the ImbrosGreeks left their natal land between 1923 and the 1970s. Through the theory on culturalmemory and the method of thematic analysis, this study aims to uncover the story of thiscommunity and the way their suffering is depicted through the Imvriwtika magazine, aquarterly publication by the Imbros Greeks residing in Thessaloniki, Greece. READ MORE

  6. 5. Keep it Radical”: A qualitative analysis of contemporary queer discourse around gay pride

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate School; Lunds universitet/Master of Science in Development Studies; Lunds universitet/Master of Science in Social Studies of Gender

    Author : Aikaterini Tomana; [2021]
    Keywords : Social Sciences;

    Abstract : In the last 50 years the gay pride movement has gained more momentum worldwide than ever before. The increased visibility obtained from the Stonewall riots of 1969 in the US, granted queer identities agency. READ MORE