Essays about: "Family trips"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 8 essays containing the words Family trips.

  1. 1. A Sense of Place : Outdoor Pursuits and Cabin Fever. A Nordic Haven for Gender Equality

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för kulturantropologi och etnologi

    Author : Charlotte Fisher; [2018]
    Keywords : Gender Equality; Carnal Sociology; Sense Of Place; Heterotopia; Sweden; Cabins; Sports.;

    Abstract : This thesis aims to examine how Swedish ‘sommarstuga’ (Summer Cottage) or ‘cabins’ contributes to the production of gender equal values. This ethnographic work is based on the central case study of the members from Uppsala Extremsportförening, (UppX) and their interactions during two cabin trips; one to a surf cabin in Ericeira Portugal and the other a family cabin in Ängskärs, Sweden. READ MORE

  3. 2. Accessibility strategies beyond private, motorized automobility – informing sustainability? A study of carless families with young children in Gothenburg

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet / Institutionen för ekonomi och samhälle

    Author : Ellen Lagrell; [2017-08-16]
    Keywords : accessibility; accessibility strategies; sustainable mobility; time-geography; maneuver space; proximity; non-motorized transport modes;

    Abstract : In the face of major sustainability challenges posed by social exclusion and ecologic degradation there is a pressing need to change mobility practices as well as the physical structures that condition mobility. The overarching aim of this study is to expand knowledge about everyday accessibility strategies beyond private automobility, to inform social as well as ecological sustainability in community and transport planning. READ MORE

  4. 3. Fritidens resor och det stationsnära läget : en fallstudie av barnfamiljers fritidsresvanor, färdmedelsval och livspussel

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of People and Society

    Author : Klara Harmark; [2016]
    Keywords : fritidsresor; trafikplanering; mobilitet; hållbara transporter; stationsnära läge; resvanor; färdmedelsval; barnfamiljer; Skurup;

    Abstract : Om vi ska kunna uppnå en hållbar utveckling av samhällets olika dimensioner har våra resvanor en betydande roll. Trafikens buller, trängsel, partikel- och koldioxidutsläpp har en negativ inverkan på såväl människor som miljö. READ MORE

  5. 4. For me, home wasn't a freezer : Works of postmemory in Israeli Shoah documentaries

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Centrum för teologi och religionsvetenskap

    Author : Martina Sögaard; [2015]
    Keywords : Collective memory; Shoah; Second generation; Third generation; documentary; postmemory; Israel; identity; Philosophy and Religion;

    Abstract : The purpose of this essay is to examine how the Shoah affects Israeli society today and deals with the construction of identity and collective memory of the Post-Shoah generations in Israel. The study analyzes three Israeli documentary films through the theory of Marianne Hirsch’s “postmemory”. READ MORE

  6. 5. Methane Production through Anaerobic Digestion at Backyard Pig Farms in Pampanga, Philippines

    University essay from Karlstads universitet/Fakulteten för hälsa, natur- och teknikvetenskap (from 2013)

    Author : Erika Strömvall; [2015]
    Keywords : biogas; backyard pig farms; small-scale; Pampanga Province; biogas; grisfarmar; småskalig; Pampangaprovinsen;

    Abstract : The Pampanga province is one of the largest pork-producing provinces in the Philippines. Half of the province's pigs are reared in so-called back-yard farms. At these farms, there are no regulations regarding manure management and because of this, large amounts of manure are dumped close to the stables. READ MORE