Essays about: "Community Acceptance"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 110 essays containing the words Community Acceptance.

  1. 1. Writing Your Way out of a Cage : Agency and Dehumanization in Colson Whitehead’s The Underground Railroad

    University essay from Karlstads universitet/Institutionen för språk, litteratur och interkultur (from 2013)

    Author : Alberto Ramos Vicario; [2024]
    Keywords : antiracism; slavery; American history; assimilationism; agency; discourse; antirasism; slaveri; amerikansk historia; assimilationism; agency; diskurs;

    Abstract : This thesis analyzes the conceptualization of agency as a form of resistance against dehumanizing slavery discourses present in the narrative The Underground Railroad (2016) by Colson Whitehead. For the historical contextualization and the theoretical background, the scholarly work Stamped from the Beginning by Ibram X. Kendi is used. READ MORE

  3. 2. To dig or not to dig? An integrated post-structuralist analysis of the EU Critical Raw Materials Act and its justice implications for local communities

    University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

    Author : Valeska Götz; [2023]
    Keywords : critical materials; environmental justice; policy narrative; extractivism; sustainability science; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : In its proposed 2023 Critical Raw Materials Act, the European Commission considers access to critical raw materials within its territory as key to both the green transition and to reduce import dependencies. This onshoring of extractivist practices warrants a critical analysis that reflects on the justice implications this may have for local communities. READ MORE

  4. 3. Vindkraft i Tönsen : en studie om lokal acceptans för vindkraft

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

    Author : Viktor Rombrant; [2023]
    Keywords : vindkraft; klimatomställning; energirättvisa; platstillhörighet; landsbygdsutveckling;

    Abstract : Syftet med denna studie är att undersöka invånares och politikers samt tjänstepersoners syn på befintlig vindkraft i Bollnäs kommun. Studien syftar också till att bidra med förståelse för vilka utmaningar som finns med fortsatt utbyggnad av vindkraft, och hur acceptans för vindkraft kan förbättras. READ MORE

  5. 4. Community Continuity Management : An Exploration of the Energy Production and Use of a Fictional Stockholm Neighbourhood in a Crisis

    University essay from KTH/Urbana och regionala studier

    Author : Nils Brattgård; [2023]
    Keywords : Business Continuity Management; Community Continuity Management; Energy Community; Energy Resilience; Energy; Resilience; Preparedness; Adaptation; Wellness; Wellbeing; Blackout; Power Failure; High Impact Low Probability; Crisis; Disaster; Kontinuitetshantering; Community Continuity Management; Energigemenskap; Energiresiliens; Energi; Resiliens; Beredskap; Anpassning; Välmående; Välbefinnande; Strömavbrott; Elkris; High Impact Low Probability; Kris; Katastrof;

    Abstract : In an increasingly interconnected, and electricity-reliant world, households are asked to build up their resilience to crises. Local, distributed electricity production within a microgrid with capability to operate disconnected from the larger grid has been shown to be an effective tool for increasing power system resilience in the past. READ MORE

  6. 5. Ethnic Chinese of Vietnam: Perceptions of belonging in the context of growing anti-China sentiment

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Centrum för öst- och sydöstasienstudier

    Author : Nolwenn Guéguen; [2023]
    Keywords : Vietnam; ethnic Chinese; Hoa; anti-China sentiment; Identity; social identity complexity; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This thesis investigated the perceptions of the identity of the ethnic Chinese minority in Vietnam. During the 2010s, tensions were high in the South China Sea between Vietnam and China, and Vietnamese citizens were taking to the street to express their disapproval of China. READ MORE