Essays about: "Anna Tsing"

Found 5 essays containing the words Anna Tsing.

  1. 1. Hambach Forest Occupation : Relationships of Care between Plants and Humans

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för kulturantropologi och etnologi

    Author : Tereza Lehečková; [2023]
    Keywords : interspecies ethics of care; more-than-human ethics; more-than-human sociality; Chthulucén; violent-care; activism; mental health; multispecies ethnography; plant ethnography;

    Abstract : This thesis focuses on the interspecies relationships of care in the Hambach Forest, Germany. It covers the caring relations between the human activists protecting the Forest by occupying it and the trees growing there. READ MORE

  3. 2. Talk to the Sea: Deep-sea mining, the arts, and contesting narratives of extraction in the deep ocean.

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; Lunds universitet/Humanekologi

    Author : Nicholas Frederick Olivier Lepage; [2023]
    Keywords : deep-sea mining; resource frontier; commodities; arts; extractivism; narratives; imaginaries.; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The deep-sea may be on the verge of becoming the latest frontier for resource extraction of critical metals and minerals in order to build renewable energy technologies such as electric vehicles. This thesis examines the narratives used by the deep-sea mining company The Metals Company to justify the extraction of polymetallic nodules from the seabed in the Clarion Clipperton Zone in the Pacific Ocean. READ MORE

  4. 3. The Green In-between: A Cultural Analytical Study of Small-Scale Urban Greenery

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för etnologi

    Author : Svea Anstis; [2021]
    Keywords : cities; urban; natural features; greenery; small-scale; densification; ethnographic städer; naturliga egenskaper; grönska; småskalighet; förtätning; etnografi; Cultural Sciences;

    Abstract : Interaction with nature, especially in cities, is important for both physical and mental wellbeing and comes with many benefits. Unfortunately, as cities continue to grow and densify access to nature in urban environments is becoming increasingly difficult to find. READ MORE

  5. 4. Architecture in the Anthropocene

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

    Author : Linnea Pettersson; Anton Rosenberg; [2021]
    Keywords : Architecture; Anthropocene; Nature preservation; Built environment; Sustainable architecture; Donna Harraway; Bruna Latour; Gaia; Forccast; Harry Gugger; laba; Anna Tsing; Albena Yaneva; Cosmopolitical design; Norra Ljunghusen; Ljunghusen; Falsterbonäset; Falsterbohalvon; Falsterbo Island; Arts and Architecture;

    Abstract : Imagine your daily surroundings. Imagine your route to work, the busride, the sidewalk, the buildings, the parks, the beaches, the countryside with the agricultural fields. READ MORE

  6. 5. Friction: The interplay of a Bedouin community, the Egyptian Government, local and global NGOs, South Sinai (August – December 2010)

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Humanekologi

    Author : Nihal Ragab; [2011]
    Keywords : Friction; Bedouins in South Sinai; Representation; Dwelling; Benevolent; Colonialism; Narratives; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : My thesis uses Anna Tsing’s metaphorical concept friction to investigate the interaction between the Egyptian national government, the international, national and local development organizations, and a local Bedouin community. My research is based on fieldwork in South Sinai, Egypt from August until December 2010. READ MORE