Essays about: "Concepts of Belonging"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 86 essays containing the words Concepts of Belonging.

1. 11. Between Worlds : An Exploration of Cultural Identity Development of Third Culture Kids

   University essay from Linköpings universitet/Avdelningen för migration, etnicitet och samhälle (REMESO)

   Author : Giulia Purri Gomes; [2023]
   Keywords : Third Culture Kids; Cultural Identity; Non-Place; Identity; Belonging;

   Abstract : This thesis aims to understand and explore how the experience of adult Third Culture Kids (TCKs) – individuals who live abroad outside of their parents' passport country in their developmental years – impacted the development of their cultural identity. Child migrants on a global level are increasing in the modern context, and not enough literature has focused on exploring the impact a highly mobile and transient upbringing has on children. READ MORE

3. 12. Influential factors of experiential outdoor consumption - A qualitative study investigating the experiences and perceptions of experiential outdoor consumers

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

   Author : Josefin Holst-Norén; [2022-09-13]
   Keywords : Experiential consumption; Experiential outdoor consumption; Well-being; Theory of planned behaviour TPB ; Consumer behaviour; Materialism;

   Abstract : Researchers agree on the harm materialistic values and consumption have on consumers’ well-being in society today (Black, 2010; Goldsmith & Clark, 2012; Isenhour & Black, 2010; Muñiz-Velázquez et al., 2017; Pieters, 2013; Richins, 2017; Shrum et al., 2013; Van Boven & Gilovich, 2003). READ MORE

4. 13. ”It’s a blessing and a curse for us”. Negotiating postcolonial identity in the context of Greenlandic climate discourses

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Karoline Tolstrup Sørensen; [2022-08-10]
   Keywords : Greenland; identity; climate discourses; independence and senses of belonging;

   Abstract : The original decision by the Greenlandic government to abstain from the Paris Agreement in 2016, following COP21 was justified with criticism of the Agreement not protecting Indigenous rights to development and thus impeded Greenlandic goals of independence from the Danish Realm. This argument was utilised again at the recent announcement at COP26 in November 2021, by the Greenlandic Premier, to remove previous territorial reservations and now sign the Agreement. READ MORE

5. 14. Female Fans in Formula 1 : A Qualitative Study of Spanish Female Fans’ Behaviours, Attitudes, and Motivations towards F1 and its Consumption through Twitter

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

   Author : Anne Llamas Mayoral; [2022]
   Keywords : Formula 1; Twitter; Spain; female fans; participatory culture; fan community; postmodern feminism;

   Abstract : Sports fandoms, historically, have been categorized as a male domain, even in academic studies. Therefore, as Formula 1 has been a sport with a remarkable increase in digital engagement and women are one of their main target audiences, I study Spanish F1 female fans’ behaviours, attitudes, and motivations towards F1 and Twitter as part of their fan experience. READ MORE

6. 15. Through the lens of a timebank: Gotlandic perceptions about community building

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Vivian Davis; Anne-Katrin Otto; [2022]
   Keywords : social capital; timebank; collective action; community building; social sustainability;

   Abstract : Using the alternative currency concept of a timebank, this qualitative study aims to evaluate attitudes towards community life on Gotland using three distinct island communities: the Uppsala University Campus Gotland, the city of Visby and the countryside of Gotland. Focus groups and expert interviews have been used to create a holistic understanding of community life on the island, with relation to concepts of timebanks. READ MORE