Essays about: "social change revolution"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 46 essays containing the words social change revolution.

  1. 1. The Promise of a Green Revolution : Conceptions of climate change and sustainability in local movements objecting to mining establishment

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för kulturantropologi och etnologi

    Author : Caroline Reinhammar; [2023]
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    Abstract : This study explores how vernacular understandings of climate change and sustainability are formed in relation to local disputes concerning mineral exploration. In a search for a solution to climate change, the interest in rare earth elements (REEs), and other metals used in green technology has resulted in granting mining companies processing concessions in Sweden. READ MORE

  3. 2. The Scientific Article: A Critical Interpretation of Twenty-First Century Scientific Communication

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

    Author : Daniel Widén; [2023]
    Keywords : scientific article; practice of research; communication; paradigm; identity reason; commodity; capitalism; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This study investigates the doing of research from the standpoint of communication. The ambition is to offer a historically specific critical interpretation of how to conceptualize the scientific article and its relation to contemporary sociological research. READ MORE

  4. 3. The Implementation of the New Engineering Contract in Australia : An Institutional Perspective

    University essay from KTH/Fastigheter och byggande

    Author : Dannie O’Brien; [2022]
    Keywords : Institutional Theory; New Engineering Contract; Risk allocation; Collaboration; Standard Form Contracts; Instititutionell teori; New Engineering Contract; samarbete; riskfördelning; standardkontrakt;

    Abstract : Current traditional delivery models used in the Australian construction industry are seen as highly bespoke and adversarial where there is an inappropriate contractual risk allocation, lack of collaboration and poor project management. With the pipeline of investment compounded with the impact that global macroeconomic trends and events (e.g. READ MORE

  5. 4. Salvaging through War and Recycling in Peace : A Comparison of Prior British Salvaging Efforts during World War II and Present Swedish Recycling Efforts

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för ekonomisk historia och internationella relationer

    Author : Linda Xing Luo; [2022]
    Keywords : recycling; salvage; wartime mobilization; discursive mobilization; material ecological mobilization;

    Abstract : Recycling has often been overlooked in the conversation on how to combat climate change. The reasons behind recycling being pushed to the wayside point to difficulties in mobilizing the general public, the inherent design of recyclables, and confusing legislation. READ MORE

  6. 5. A sociotechnical perspective of Artificial Intelligence in the context of Industry 4.0: The impact of AI on the social dimension of sustainability

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för informatik

    Author : Salla Rautiainen; Patrick Egloff; [2022]
    Keywords : Business and Economics;

    Abstract : Due to the increasingly concerning threat of climate change, organizations, including industrial companies, are pressured by various stakeholders to consider their impact on the environment, economy and society. The Industry 4.0 (I4. READ MORE