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  1. 21. Weaving stories of a workshop under suspension : Experiences of female weavers in rural Greece

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för beteendevetenskap och lärande

    Author : Anna Gkirmpa; [2021]
    Keywords : women; low educational background; employability; rug weaving; suspension; biographical narrative approach;

    Abstract : A weaving program initiated in 1981 by the National Welfare Organization to support the women with low educational background living in a Slavic-speaking area of the mountainous borderlands of Northern Greece, and continued for thirty years until its suspension in 2010. This research aims to shed light on factors that are experienced as important by participants in handcrafted employability projects. READ MORE

  3. 22. Pagoism – An architectural response to a declining village in South Lapland

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för arkitektur och byggd miljö

    Author : Pontus Wirf; [2021]
    Keywords : Arts and Architecture;

    Abstract : The village of Vilhelmina in South Lapland, Sweden is declining. Despite the general trend of urbanization more and more people are leaving Vilhelmina which have resulted in economic insecurity and a disassembly of basic public services and buildings. READ MORE

  4. 23. A techno-economic case study of external timber wall assemblies in Swedish single-family homes

    University essay from Högskolan Dalarna/Institutionen för information och teknik

    Author : Deaa Maad; Mohamad Feras Alkhen; [2021]
    Keywords : IsoTimber; cross-laminated timber CLT ; timber frame; energy performance; wall construction; IDA ICE; heating demand; life cycle cost; massive wood; energy demand; heat capacity; one-story single-family house; two-story single-family house.;

    Abstract : Decisions made at the early stage of building design can significantly influence theenvironmental, energy and economic performance of buildings. Future homeowners anddevelopers often have to make decisions concerning the design and specification of thebuilding. READ MORE

  5. 24. InVíkorate - Exploring self-sufficiency in a tourist-dependent Icelandic village

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för arkitektur och byggd miljö

    Author : Vera Wetzels; [2021]
    Keywords : Urban Design; Rural Design; Iceland; Vík í Myrdal; Greenhouse Horticulture; Sustainability; Microclimate; Forestry; Tourism; Walkability; Local Businesses; Arts and Architecture; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : In a rapidly urbanising world, the importance of rural towns and villages is often forgotten. Many people see more opportunities for employment, social life and their children’s future in the big city, leaving smaller, rural places empty and abandoned. READ MORE

  6. 25. Being and making home in the world : A glimpse into the complexity of ordinary life in the Swedish northern village Vittangi

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för kulturantropologi och etnologi

    Author : Maja Söderberg; [2020]
    Keywords : Place; Space; Home; Place-making; Precarity; Phenomenology; Participation; Sweden; Continuity;

    Abstract : Having the Swedish northern village Vittangi as its field, this thesis asks what it is that makes Vittangi feel like home to its inhabitants and, further, how the sense of home motivate its inhabitants to participate in its place-making, i.e., in making it their home. Home is, in the thesis, understood as a subjective experience of rootedness. READ MORE