Essays about: "Community Centre"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 170 essays containing the words Community Centre.

  1. 16. peripheral dancing : a peripheral essay and a peripheral toolbox

    University essay from Stockholms konstnärliga högskola/Institutionen för dans

    Author : Laura Linna; [2023]
    Keywords : dance; choreography; performance; periphery; pheripheries; centre; centres;

    Abstract : This text is the second part of a Bachelor's degree project, dealing with the artistic research and presentation, peripheral dancing, conducted as the first part of the project. The research started from a question: Can one challenge, rethink and explore the peripheries, centres, and orientations of and through one's dancing? The work is perceived through the context of Stockholm University of The Arts, specifically through the lens of the BA in Dance Performance programme. READ MORE

  2. 17. The Role of Technology in Humanitarian Accountability : Analysis of Social Listening Role During the COVID-19 Response

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för konst, kultur och kommunikation (K3)

    Author : Mariana Palavra; [2023]
    Keywords : AAP; accountability; technology; social listening; humanitarian response;

    Abstract : During recent public health emergencies, such as COVID-19 pandemic, the spread of over, false and misinformation in social media, resulted in an exponential use of digital social listening methodologies- in summary defined as collection and analysis of voices, concerns and/or perceptions expressed by individuals and communities- as part of the humanitarian response.  This raises the question on how those social listening findings are being used and influence emergency responses, while also addressing affected people’s needs and concerns, as part of the Accountability to Affected Populations (AAP) mandate- an obligation of every organisation on the ground to place people affected by crisis at the centre of humanitarian action and promote respect for their human rights. READ MORE

  3. 18. Wait here and be grateful - The illusion of colonial hospitality and the decolonial resistance of asylum seekers in the Netherlands

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Tema Genus

    Author : Valerie van Schaik; [2023]
    Keywords : Agency; Asylum Seekers; Change; Community; Colonialism; Coloniality; Crisis; Decoloniality; Dehumanization; Exclusion; Feminist Studies; Forced Migration; Gender; Hospitality; Inclusion; Intersectionality; Liminality; Migrants; Migration; Modernity; Pluriversality; Race; Racism; Refugees; Relationality; Resistance; Victimization.;

    Abstract : This thesis addresses the pervasive influence of coloniality in the lived experiences of asylum seekers in the Netherlands. Based in intersectional and decolonial feminist theories and methodology, my aim was to centre the silenced narratives of this marginalised group. READ MORE

  4. 19. Vår festival 2022

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/HDK-Valand - Högskolan för konst och design

    Author : Prachi Patil; [2022-05-27]
    Keywords : Community building; social innovation; participatory design;

    Abstract : Vår festival focuses on community building from a participatory design perspective within a multi-ethnic small town in Sweden where 7 to 9 year old children are deprived of participating in their local community and influencing its culture. During this project, I used my position as a child culture designer to investigate the realities of child participation and aimed to expand children's agency and belonging in their neighbourhood. READ MORE

  5. 20. Libraries of Things - Drivers for a sustainable sharing economy? A case study of Circle Centre Lund

    University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

    Author : Florence Kunert; [2022]
    Keywords : collaborative sharing; social change; prefiguration; sustainability science; non-profit sharing organizations; transformative potential; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The gradual destruction of global ecosystems enhanced by the predominant growth paradigm and overconsumption, require social change and alternative practices. A sustainable sharing economy is one alternative pathway to challenge the current socio-economic system. READ MORE