Essays about: "volunteers."

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  1. 16. Participatory Design Adapted for Elderly Collaborators : Design of a Platform to Support Elderly Museum Volunteers

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för konst, kultur och kommunikation (K3)

    Author : Fermin Aranda Avila; [2023]
    Keywords : Participatory design; elderly; platform studies;

    Abstract : The thesis purpose is to gather recommendations to adapt participatory design to elderly users, through the involvement of an association of elderly museum volunteers. The outcome is the result of a participatory process that included forms, interviews, cultural probes, and workshops where the volunteers and designer collaborated tightly to explore volunteers’ needs and find solutions to address them. READ MORE

  3. 17. Community awareness regarding the páramos: an exploratory study on Colombian eco-social organizations

    University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för socialt arbete och kriminologi

    Author : Mariana Caviativa Rojas; Marie Karunaratne Chathurika; [2023]
    Keywords : Rural and urban communities; eco-social work; environmental justice framework; eco-social approach; eco-social organizations; páramos; Colombia.;

    Abstract : This qualitative study explores how eco-social organizations in Colombia work with the communities to protect the páramos, and the issues affecting the páramos. Workers, volunteers, and advisors of the organizations were interviewed to examine the issues affecting the páramos and how they work with the communities to protect this ecosystem. READ MORE

  4. 18. Sustainability in non-profit organizations : Exploring drivers, challenges, and opportunities

    University essay from Södertörns högskola/Företagsekonomi

    Author : Walter Forsberg Meinhart; [2023]
    Keywords : Non-profit organizations; non-profit; sustainability; drivers; challenges; opportunities; sustainability efforts; cultural influences; institutional pressure; collaboration; Icke vinstdrivande organisationer; non-profit; hållbarhet; drivkrafter; utmaningar; möjligheter; hållbarhetsarbete;

    Abstract : Title: Sustainability in non-profit organizations. Exploring drivers, challenges, and opportunities This study explores the drivers, challenges, and opportunities that non-profit organizations face when adopting sustainability practices. READ MORE

  5. 19. Policing Humanitarianism : The Impact of Policing on the Humanitarian Operations of Search and Rescue NGOs in the Aegean Sea between 2015-2022

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

    Author : Adinde Huizenga; [2023]
    Keywords : Policing; search and rescue; resilience and resistance; NGOs; humanitarian assistance; migration; deviance;

    Abstract : Throughout 2015, the European Union’s response to the large number of migrants crossing the Aegean Sea became increasingly securitised. It translated to the policing of non-governmental search and rescue organisations (SAR NGOs) active in the Aegean Sea. READ MORE

  6. 20. World Heritage in the Making : An ethnography of the cultural heritage conservation practices in İzmir, Türkiye

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för kulturantropologi och etnologi

    Author : Ece Karakaş; [2023]
    Keywords : Cultural heritage; UNESCO; World Heritage List; heritage conservation; heritage anthropology; multiculturalism; İzmir Studies; Türkiye;

    Abstract : This thesis is an ethnographic research of the cultural heritage conservation practices in İzmir, focusing particularly on the heritage site Historical Port City of İzmir’s conservation on individual, local, and global levels from an anthropological point of view. With its ongoing inscription process to UNESCO’s World Heritage List, the study aims, first, to understand the motivation behind this inscription, the current conservation practices in the city that are undergone by individual and local actors, and to analyze the impact and connection between the individual, local and global efforts to protect İzmir’s multicultural and multilayered heritage. READ MORE