Essays about: "Karolina Ek"

Found 2 essays containing the words Karolina Ek.

1. 1. The pursuit of a sustainable energy culture at Taplow Court : A space of faith where British heritage and Japanese Buddhism coincide

   University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

   Author : Karolina Ek; [2023]
   Keywords : Sustainability Science; Energy Cultures; Spaces of Faith; Sufficiency; Spirituality; Soka Gakkai; Soft Systems; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : As efforts to decarbonise energy systems have failed, attention turns to addressing disproportionate energy consumption through behavioural adjustments. Given the influence of religion on worldviews and behaviour, this thesis inductively and intimately examines the energy-related practises of the UK headquarters of the Buddhist organisation Soka Gakkai International. READ MORE

3. 2. The ideological symptom of tenure insecurity : peasant experience of formalisation between dispossession and neoliberal discourse in rural Tanzania

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

   Author : Karolina Wallin Fernqvist; [2015]
   Keywords : land tenure formalisation; ideology; dispossession; neoliberalism; peasant experience;

   Abstract : This thesis describes the peasant experience of land tenure formalisation in a context of repeated and continuous dispossession, from the introduction of colonial land legislation to current processes of alienation of land in favour of large-scale investment, and in the presence of a strong neoliberal discourse. Taking a stand against measuring the success of land tenure formalisation simply based on statistics and numbers and advocating a stance whereby experience is explored in the presence of a strong neoliberal discourse, a qualitative infield interview study was executed over nine weeks in Bugaga village, Tanzania. READ MORE