Essays about: "bordering practices"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 10 essays containing the words bordering practices.

  1. 1. Fences are like Ghosts are like Monuments : ephemeral social agreements under the neoliberal rule

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för kultur- och medievetenskaper

    Author : Herkules Jansson; [2024]
    Keywords : territoriality; nationalism; fencing; bordering; monumentality; nationalist symbolism; nation building myths; memory production; Berzelii park; Raoul Wallenberg; territorialitet; nationalism; staket; gränsdragning; monumentalitet; nationalistisk symbolism; nationsbyggande myter; minnesproduktion; Berzelii park; Raoul Wallenberg;

    Abstract : This essay delves into the intricate dynamics of Berzelii Park, focusing on the interaction between the mesh fence constructed in 2016 and the Raoul Wallenberg monuments. It examines the fence as a nationalist monument, revealing its transformative impact on the communal space and highlighting its role in shaping memories, identity, and ideological conflicts within the urban landscape. READ MORE

  3. 2. Tree growth and field vegetation in forest edge zones on a property in southeast Sweden

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för skog och träteknik (SOT)

    Author : Pieter van Tongeren; [2023]
    Keywords : tree growth; diversity; field vegetation; edge zones; edge effect;

    Abstract : Summary  In the 1990s a new way of thinking about forestry started. One of the effects of the changing silvicultural practices was that the size of clearcuts became smaller. As the felling areas were reduced in size, the areas where young and older forest meet grew, with this also the occurrence of edge zones increased. READ MORE

  4. 3. How Do Civil Society Organizations Challenge Bordering Practices in Calais?

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för globala politiska studier (GPS)

    Author : Zazie Schilke; [2022]
    Keywords : Migration; Practices; Bordering; Ethnography; Solidarity; Civil Society Organizations;

    Abstract : In this thesis, I explore the topic of migration and specifically the case of Calais. Approaching it from a non-state perspective, I focus on the practices of civil society organizations that support people on the move and ask if and how these practices challenge state policies and practices. READ MORE

  5. 4. Bordering the borderlands : The Sweden-Finland border during the Covid-pandemic

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Sociologiska institutionen

    Author : Jonathan Ekersund; [2022]
    Keywords : Covid-19; pandemic; Sweden; Finland; borderlands; border; social constructivism; rebordering; debordering;

    Abstract : The current study was conducted with the purpose of investigating what influence a pandemic may have on the everyday lives and border perceptions of people living on a border, and also how such a change might influence the social construction of that border. To fulfill this purpose, focus was set on the border between northern Sweden and Finland during the border-defining Covid-19 pandemic. READ MORE

  6. 5. "Where there is room to fight for your beliefs that is the ideal place" : Imagination and agency of Athenians with migratory background

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Socialantropologiska institutionen

    Author : Georgia Dekavalla; [2022]
    Keywords : Migration; city; space; bordering; othering; imagination; hybridity;

    Abstract : In the globalized world, border regimes are ambiguous, withdrawn or reinforced based on who approaches them, where and how. Borders are equally the boundaries that permeate spaces of nation-states and cut across them through racialized, gendered, and classed divisions. READ MORE