Essays about: "Change in my locality"

Found 5 essays containing the words Change in my locality.

  1. 1. “It’s my city and I’m not going to move away!” : Shaping a sense of being-at-home-in-the-world and seeking balance between acting and being acted upon in developing Bratislava.

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för kulturantropologi och etnologi

    Author : Robert Repka; [2019]
    Keywords : place and space; urban; home; past; future; development; Slovakia; modernisation; uncertainty; insecurity; hope; acting;

    Abstract : Bratislava, the capital of Slovakia, is undergoing a significant change of its built environment due to a massive process of development since the mid-2000s. This series of construction, destruction, transformation and modernising processes has radically transformed a central industrial locality of the city into a wholly new business-administrative district. READ MORE

  3. 2. A sneak peek on the upcoming results of the comparison studies regarding the declining Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos minor) in Scania, Sweden

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Examensarbeten i biologi

    Author : Natalie Danielsson; [2018]
    Keywords : Biology and Life Sciences;

    Abstract : In recent years the populations of the lesser spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopos minor) has been declining in Sweden. Many other species, like for example the marsh tit (Poecile palustris), depend on woodland structures that the lesser spotted woodpecker creates such as nesting holes. READ MORE

  4. 3. The Suburb United Will Never Be Defeated : Youth Organization, Belonging, and Protest in a Million Program Suburb of Stockholm

    University essay from Socialantropologiska institutionen

    Author : Daniela Lazoroska; [2013]
    Keywords : Youth organization; Husby; community formation; protest; Järvalyftet; Million Program.;

    Abstract : This thesis examines the continually reconfiguring response of a youth organization towards a renovation project, Järvalyftet, run by the City of Stockholm in the Million Program suburbs. By analyzing this relationship, I aim to discuss how the youth organization works to mediate inclusion in political and representational spheres. READ MORE

  5. 4. Modernity & Migration

    University essay from Fakulteten för samhälls- och livsvetenskaper

    Author : Aakash Budathoki; [2009]
    Keywords : Modernity; Globalization; Risk Society; Process of becoming a migrant; Integration; Migration and social problems; Swedish migration history; micro and macro social theorist.;

    Abstract : Summery The main objective of this essay is to analyze the challenges caused by today’s modern phenomenon of change in our society and to discuss it in relationship to the process of migration. In doing so I focus on questions like, “what does it really mean when a person becomes a migrant and what does it mean to be the host country?” Becoming a migrant or a host country is a complex process which involves variety of challenges both for individuals and the locality. READ MORE

  6. 5. Migration & Modernity

    University essay from Fakulteten för samhälls- och livsvetenskaper

    Author : Aakash Budathoki; [2008]
    Keywords : Migration; Modernity; Globalization; Risk society; Migration history of Sweden; Migration and social Problems; Process of becoming a migrant; micro and macro social theorists.;

    Abstract : The main objective of this essay is to analyze the challenges caused by today's modern phenomenon of change in our society and to discuss it in relationship to the process of migration. In doing so I focus on questions like, "what does it really mean when a person becomes a migrant and what does it mean to be the host country?" Becoming a migrant or a host country is a complex process which involves variety of challenges both for individuals and the locality. READ MORE