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  1. 1. Gender roles in households : A case study on gender roles in households in northern Tanzania

    University essay from Jönköping University/HLK, Sustainable Societies (SUS)

    Author : Ottilia Lundh; [2022]
    Keywords : Case study; gender roles; Tarime; northern Tanzania; gender inequality; gender perspectives; Serengeti-Mara Ecosystem Project SEMA ; sustainable livelihoods; oppression; physical violence; female genital multination; household activities; education; gender equality.; Fallstudie; könsroller; Tarime; norra Tanzania; ojämlikhet mellan könen; genusperspektiv; Serengeti-Mara Ecosystem Project SEMA ; hållbar försörjning; förtryck; fysiskt våld; kvinnlig könsstympning; hushållsaktiviteter; utbildning; jämställdhet;

    Abstract : This case study investigates perspectives and changes in gender roles in household activities from a gender (in)equality context in Tarime, northern Tanzania. The participants in this study part-took in a previous project called the Serengeti-Mara Ecosystem Project (SEMA) which aimed to integrate gender perspectives and sustainable livelihoods in rural parts of Tarime. READ MORE

  3. 2. Towards Regenerative (Agri)Cultures. An ethnographic case study of integrated socio-ecological restoration at the Hof Lebensberg community farm, Germany

    University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

    Author : Cina Tanzarella; [2021]
    Keywords : Socio-Ecological Systems; System Thinking; Regenerative Agriculture; Agroecology; Ecosystem Restoration; Sustainability Transformations; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Agriculture is today the human activity most vulnerable to Climate Change, and one of its leading causes. Regenerative Agriculture offers powerful tools to restore ecosystems, without sacrificing abundant food production; nevertheless, a systematic adoption of such practices is incompatible with the existing economic structures and calls for a radical societal change. READ MORE

  4. 3. A Terrific Paper: A Corpus Study of Amelioration and Pejoration in Adjectives Related to Fear

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

    Author : Ilse de Wit; [2021]
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    Abstract : The paper looks into the differences and similarities in amelioration and pejoration of adjectives related to the concept of fear. It specifically investigates awesome, awful, and terrific with the aim to find possible patterns and factors which influence change. READ MORE

  5. 4. So that our children can dream : A study that follows five people’s emigration journey from North Macedonia to Sweden

    University essay from Jönköping University/HLK, Globala studier

    Author : Claudia Kamceva; [2020]
    Keywords : Unemployment; North Macedonia; Corruption; Migration; Work related migration; emigration; living standards; Arbetslöshet; Nordmakedonien; emigrera; levnadsvillkor;

    Abstract : I denna studie följer man fem olika personers erfarenheter av att ha flyttat från Nordmakedonien till Sverige för att arbeta. Studiens mål är att ta reda på vilka utmaningar individerna upplevde på den Nordmakedonska arbetsmarknaden samt orsakerna som lett till att individerna valt att lämna sitt hemland i hopp om en bättre framtid i Sverige. READ MORE

  6. 5. Bracing for the inevitable: An exploratory multi-case study of local climate change adaptation plans

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Internationella miljöinstitutet

    Author : Mariana De La Luz Sanchez Vargas; [2020]
    Keywords : Climate change adaptation; adaptive planning; resilience; local government; intersectionality; equity; justice; fairness; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : Vulnerability to climate change and the capacity to adapt to it are the result of intersecting power structures, system dynamics, and social identity markers otherwise known as intersectionality; and thus, differ greatly between contexts. However, despite the stark contextual differences between small and metropolitan cities, and lower and higher income countries, the policy and study of climate change adaptive planning has often focused on capital cities and technocratic solutions as a default blueprint for adaptation processes. READ MORE