Essays about: "Centre periphery"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 34 essays containing the words Centre periphery.

  1. 21. Don’t Mess with My Milk! The Mystery of Spectacular Mundane Consumption

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Katrin Humal; Julia Schönström; [2016]
    Keywords : mundane consumption; everyday consumption; local identity; centre-periphery; milk; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : This study aims to deepen the understanding of mundane consumption by examining hidden meanings in the case of the Milk Uprising, when sharp decreases in the availability of Skånemejerier’s milk in Scania, Sweden, in 2009 ignited a major consumer revolt. We argue that existing literature is inadequate to explain this case where mundane consumption all of a sudden became spectacular, and that such a case presents a great opportunity for deeper exploration of the role that everyday consumption has in people’s lives. READ MORE

  3. 22. Farstas nya stadspark : utredning av placering och ett gestaltningsförslag

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

    Author : Erik Sundin; Hannah Theorell; [2015]
    Keywords : landskapsarkitektur; stadspark; parkstråk; tyngdpunkt; Farsta;

    Abstract : Ett aktuellt ämne inom landskapsarkitekturen är den potentiella konflikten mellan förtätning och grönområden i städer. Ett sätt att kompensera förlusten av kvantitativa grönområden på grund av förtätningsprojekt är att omvandla delar av återstående grönområden till mer högkvalitativa parker med plats för många användningsområden samt öka tillgängligheten till dessa parker. READ MORE

  4. 23. Assessment of radionuclide content in waste barrels using the Canberra In-Situ Object Counting System (ISOCS)

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Sjukhusfysikerutbildningen; Lunds universitet/Medicinsk strålningsfysik, Lund

    Author : Marcus Persson; [2015]
    Keywords : Medicine and Health Sciences;

    Abstract : In order to store radioactive waste its contents need to be known. Determining radioactive waste can be achieved by different means. The most common method is using a detector to measure the gamma photons produced by the radionuclides in the waste. READ MORE

  5. 24. Two Millennia of Lexical and Typological Change in Western Europe - a quantitative approach

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Allmän språkvetenskap; Lunds universitet/Masterprogram: Språk och språkvetenskap

    Author : Filip Larsson; [2013]
    Keywords : Lexicology; typology; historical linguistics; Western Europe; Indo-European; Celtic; Germanic; Romance; Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : This thesis aims to examine the lexical and typological change found in the Western European language families of Germanic, Romance and Celtic over the last two millennia. The method used was to create one lexical and one typological database and the data was analysed according to etic grids. READ MORE

  6. 25. Caring for the Caregiver

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för etnologi

    Author : Miriam Gottschalk; [2013]
    Keywords : Patient support; Patient- family centered care; Care giving; Heterotopia; Female ethic of care; Maori value system; Belonging; Travel; Ethics; Centre and Periphery; Ethnology; Ethnographics; Etnologi; Etik; Vård; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : When a person becomes a patient in the Auckland City Hospital, the largest public hospital in New Zealand, they often bring one or more family members with them for mental and physical support. This thesis focuses on these support persons, who in this thesis are referred to as the patient caregivers and their perspectives on staying at Te Whare Awhina (TWA). READ MORE