Essays about: "Islanders"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 13 essays containing the word Islanders.

  1. 1. “Stop the ferry” : A Qualitative Study on Residents’ Attitudes During The COVID-19 Pandemic

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för organisation och entreprenörskap (OE)

    Author : Linnéa Ahlin; [2022]
    Keywords : COVID-19 Pandemic; Domestic Tourism; Gotland; Islanders; Social Exchange Theory; Perceptions; Impacts.;

    Abstract : A contagious virus appeared in late 2019 and later led to the COVID-19 pandemic being declared in March 2020. The pandemic has since seen detrimental socioeconomic effects worldwide which led to a halt in the global tourism industries. Sweden has used a different and criticized approach to combating the pandemic compared to other countries. READ MORE

  3. 2. Planning for Sustainable Development in Fiji: indigenous knowledge, Western knowledge, or something in between?

    University essay from KTH/Urbana och regionala studier

    Author : André Klaassen; [2020]
    Keywords : Climate change; climate crisis; indigenous; indigenous knowledge; Western knowledge; sustainable development; planning; planner; Fiji; bula vakavanua;

    Abstract : Climate change poses paramount challenges to our world. While more developed nations in the West are not without harm, among the hardest hit are vulnerable indigenous islanders in the South Pacific. Without sufficient action, Pacific Island nations might become uninhabitable, or practically disappear, in the near future (Belson, 2018). READ MORE

  4. 3. ”För att utveckla samhället krävs driftiga människor som tar tag i saker” : en studie om att bo i Stockholms skärgård

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

    Author : Fredrik Svanberg; [2020]
    Keywords : lokal utveckling; skärgård; relationer; socialt kapital; turism; platsidentitet; The tourist gaze;

    Abstract : Öarna belägna i Stockholms skärgård har utvecklats från platsbundna egenskaper och förutsättningar vilket har skapat samhällen som är anpassade efter historia, geografi och klimat. Trots att det finns tydliga olikheter mellan öarna finns problem och utmaningar som återfinnes på flera öar. READ MORE

  5. 4. Inconspicuously foreign: Everyday identity work within the Faroese diaspora in Copenhagen

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Sociologi

    Author : Brandur Nolsøe; [2018]
    Keywords : Presentation of self; symbolic interactionism; situational ethnicity; impression management; ethnic identity; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The aim of this study is to explore the identity work of members of the Faroese diaspora in Copenhagen from a sociological perspective. Building on a symbolic interactionist view of social interaction, I explore the strategies of presentation of self in a diasporic environment, in which members adapt their role performances according to ongoing changes to rules of interaction. READ MORE

  6. 5. Landscape and Identity in Kiribati

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för arkeologi och antik historia

    Author : Jana Gheuens; [2017]
    Keywords : Landscape; Identity; Climate Change; Kiribati; Migration;

    Abstract : In this thesis, I will look into the relationship between landscape and identity on the island nation of Kiribati, a low lying island nation in the Micronesian region of the Pacific that is currently under threat by climate change. Based on qualitative research from several islands in Kiribati (semi-structured interviews and observations), I explore how landscape and landscape changes, identity, and present and future challenges are perceived by Kiribati residents. READ MORE