Essays about: "cultural sociology"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 76 essays containing the words cultural sociology.

  1. 11. Pushing Authenticity. Challenging Narratives and Performances on Women’s Subcultural Participation

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Sociologi; Lunds universitet/Sociologiska institutionen

    Author : Filippa Nilsson; [2021]
    Keywords : cultural sociology; subcultural theory; gender; ethnography; rave; skateboarding; authenticity; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This thesis examines women’s subcultural participation based on ethnographic fieldwork and 73 interviews with women within the skateboarding and rave cultures. The study explores and develops how we view female participation. READ MORE

  3. 12. Morphogenesis and Morphostasis: What forms and maintains the safety norm?

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Riskhantering och Samhällssäkerhet

    Author : Carl Horsley; [2021]
    Keywords : Safety science; healthcare; sociology; FLMU06; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Progress in patient safety in healthcare has been frustratingly slow despite 20 years of intense effort. Recent literature suggests that current approaches inadequately address the complexity of healthcare, possibly explaining this lack of progress. READ MORE

  4. 13. The Construction of Sex Trafficking - Swedish Policy-making, Effects and the Complexity of a Global Social Problem

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Sociologi; Lunds universitet/Sociologiska institutionen

    Author : Tekla Münger; [2021]
    Keywords : Keywords: sex trafficking; victims; policy analysis; public sector; non-governmental organisations; Bacchi; intersectionality; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Author: Tekla Münger Title: The Construction of Sex Trafficking – Swedish Policy-making, Effects and the Complexity of a Global Social Problem Master’s thesis SOCM04 Cultural Criminology, 30 credits Supervisor: Erik Hannerz Department of Sociology, spring 2021 The purpose of this qualitative study is to analyse how sex trafficking is constructed and represented as a social problem in policy documents. Further, to investigate how the problem representation of sex trafficking impacts the work of public and non-governmental organisations, and in the end the victim’s right to support and protection. READ MORE

  5. 14. Defining Urban Terroir : The Placemaking Qualities of a City

    University essay from KTH/Urbana och regionala studier

    Author : Zaid Al-karkhi; [2021]
    Keywords : Terroir; placemaking; authenticity; urban design; cultural identity; exclusion; interculturalism;

    Abstract : Throughout the history of Architecture and Urbanism, many efforts were made and continue being done in order to learn how to successfully design good built environments for human beings. This goal has not only expanded to several other fields such as Geography, Sociology, and Environmental Psychology but also received new and invaluable contributions from several other unexpected fields. READ MORE

  6. 15. Cleaning off stigmas: Domestic work and collective identity building in Uruguay.

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Nordiska Latinamerikainstitutet

    Author : Elena Achotegui Sebastian; [2021]
    Keywords : domestic work; identity building; sociology of work; trade unions; Uruguay;

    Abstract : Domestic work and care tasks have historically been assigned to women and have never been considered as real work, as they happen within the private scene of the home in both its forms, salaried and unpaid. Due to this conception, dating back from the servitude and slavery systems of the colonial era, and rooted in the patriarchal structure of societies, domestic workers have struggled, and still struggle today in many countries to see their rights recognised. READ MORE