Essays about: "everyday mobility"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 62 essays containing the words everyday mobility.
-
1. Teleworking and the Countryside. An explorative thesis regarding telework as an enabler for residential relocations and life in the countryside
University essay from Göteborgs universitet / Institutionen för ekonomi och samhälleAbstract : The research on teleworking, and its spatial implications, is well explored. However, anticipations of a rising diffusion of teleworking never really got actualised, until a global pandemic emerged, and redrew the map of teleworking considerably. READ MORE
-
2. "They call us corona boys". A qualitative study of multilocal lifeworlds and social implications of multilocality during the Covid-19-pandemic in the area of Åre, Sweden
University essay from Göteborgs universitet / Institutionen för ekonomi och samhälleAbstract : In accordance with contemporary scholars, the identified increase of urban-rural mobility during the pandemic testifies that multilocality, in terms of living an everyday life in more than one place, is gaining momentum (Di Marino, 2022; Willberg, 2021). In a Swedish context, however, the qualitative research on this emerging housing phenomena is sparse, despite the rich tradition of examining nonresidential housing in terms of second homes. READ MORE
-
3. Taking off the Tourism Hat : An Exploratory Analysis of Bi-national Partnerships in the Swedish Tourism-migration Nexus
University essay from Mittuniversitetet/Institutionen för ekonomi, geografi, juridik och turismAbstract : What is the definition of being a tourist, and when do you stop being one? Does it depend on your intention or duration of a visit, or is it when you are no longer legally regarded as such? The definition of tourism is slowly changing. Some types of tourism already transcend tourism’s traditional boundaries, such as Visiting Friends and Relatives [VFR] travel. READ MORE
-
4. Racist Police Practices, Mobilities, and the Production of Urban Space : Power, Resistance, and Subjectification in the City of Malmö
University essay fromAbstract : This study aims to explore the relationship between racist police practices and the production of space in the city of Malmö, Sweden. Acknowledging the systemic inequalities inherent in Nordic welfarism and how past Swedish colonialist efforts inform such systems, it presupposes that racist police practices should be considered structural rather than dependent on individual actors. READ MORE
-
5. Characterization of Bi-incorporated InSb(111)A/B Surfaces : An STM and XPS Study
University essay from Lunds universitet/Synkrotronljusfysik; Lunds universitet/Fysiska institutionenAbstract : In recent years, III-V semiconductor materials have received increasing attention due to their admirable electronic properties like direct tunable bandgaps and high charge carrier mobility. Indium Antimonide (InSb) possesses the largest electron mobility among III-V materials and is promising for infrared detectors, high-speed field effect transistors, and spintronics. READ MORE