Essays about: "Cultural Awareness"

Showing result 31 - 35 of 372 essays containing the words Cultural Awareness.

  1. 31. “One can imagine one’s making a conscious choice” : AI and algorithmic awareness among Swedish public librarians

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för ABM, digitala kulturer samt förlags- och bokmarknadskunskap

    Author : Ben Hogan; [2023]
    Keywords : Library; Information; Library and Information Studies; algorithms; AI; algorithmic awareness; algorithmic imaginary; infrastructure theory; Cultural Sciences;

    Abstract : In this thesis I provide insight into how librarians at public libraries perceive, understand, and interact with algorithms and AI in relation to their profession. My main focus lies in how librarians’ perceptions of algorithms and AI ultimately shape their actions. READ MORE

  3. 32. A Bridge Between Home and School : A qualitative study about promoting parental school involvement of immigrant parents, for enhancing children’s academic success

    University essay from Örebro universitet/Institutionen för beteende-, social- och rättsvetenskap

    Author : Hasnaa Amouri; [2023]
    Keywords : parental involvement in children’s schooling; school-family partnership; parental motivation; cultural understanding; strength based social work; relational social work; social work with immigrant parents.; föräldraengagemang i barns skolgång; partnerskap mellan skola och familj; föräldramotivation; kulturell förståelse; styrkebaserat socialt arbete; relationell socialt arbete; socialt arbete med invandrarföräldrar.;

    Abstract : The overall purpose of this thesis was to explore the program “Bredsands Brobyggare,” which aims to increase immigrant parents’ involvement and participation in their children’s schooling. This was achieved by studying how the “bridge builders” experience relationship building with the parents and what strategies they use while working with the target group, as well as how these strategies are considered to affect the parents’ involvement in school. READ MORE

  4. 33. World Heritage in the Making : An ethnography of the cultural heritage conservation practices in İzmir, Türkiye

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för kulturantropologi och etnologi

    Author : Ece Karakaş; [2023]
    Keywords : Cultural heritage; UNESCO; World Heritage List; heritage conservation; heritage anthropology; multiculturalism; İzmir Studies; Türkiye;

    Abstract : This thesis is an ethnographic research of the cultural heritage conservation practices in İzmir, focusing particularly on the heritage site Historical Port City of İzmir’s conservation on individual, local, and global levels from an anthropological point of view. With its ongoing inscription process to UNESCO’s World Heritage List, the study aims, first, to understand the motivation behind this inscription, the current conservation practices in the city that are undergone by individual and local actors, and to analyze the impact and connection between the individual, local and global efforts to protect İzmir’s multicultural and multilayered heritage. READ MORE

  5. 34. “If I was told about the Lucia tradition - I would have loved to join” : A qualitative study on how Swedish For Immigrants (SFI) students experience a sense of belonging through communication.

    University essay from Jönköping University/HLK, Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap

    Author : Petra Pethrosson; Sara Knowles; [2023]
    Keywords : Communication; integration; social integration; SFI; Hofstede; Cultural identity; language; belonging.; Kommunikation; integration; social integration; SFI; Hofstede; Kulturell identitet; språk; tillhörighet.;

    Abstract : This study aims to bring awareness about culture and social integration to investigate how newly arrived immigrants in a Swedish municipality experience their process of social inclusion, through communication whilst learning the Swedish language. The knowledge of a host country language helps an individual with cultural adaptation and integration. READ MORE

  6. 35. Barriers for help-seeking refugee- and asylum seeker women with mental ill-health : A qualitative interview study

    University essay from Röda Korsets Högskola

    Author : Hanna Placid Solimena; [2023]
    Keywords : asylum seeker women; help-seeking barriers; mental ill-health; refugee women; Sweden; asylsökande kvinnor; flyktingkvinnor; hjälpsökande hinder; psykisk ohälsa; Sverige;

    Abstract : Backround: Many patients from ethnic and minority groups have cultural needs and belief perceptions about health and care that differ from the mainstream population. To be able to cover the needs of the ongoing changing society in healthcare, does the nursing care professionals have awareness of the differences a patient’s cultural background is related to their health and how to help the patient in her new health related cultural environment. READ MORE