Essays about: "Localisation of Knowledge"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 28 essays containing the words Localisation of Knowledge.

  1. 1. Changing Tides and Navigating Uncertainty : An ethnographic study of NGO resilience in coastal South India

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

    Author : Emma Berglund; [2023]
    Keywords : NGO; India; Localisation; Resilience; India; Blue Economy; Community centered practice;

    Abstract : What makes an non-governmental organisation (NGO) agile and resilient towards changes, pressures or uncertainties at community, state or macro-political level? By adopting a single case study based on semi-structured interviews and fieldwork, this thesis will dive into the life-world of a community-based NGO based in Nagapattinam, Tamil Nadu. Social Needs Education and Human Awareness (SNEHA) has since founding in the 1980s had a strong rights-based identity and evolved through various phases of community organising, disaster relief work, evidence-based advocacy and upholding of fisher communities traditional and customary rights. READ MORE

  2. 2. Development of a real-time navigation and collisionavoidance system for an autonomous naval rover : A Contribution to the Environmental Initiative for Flexible andReal-time Water Monitoring of the CatFish team

    University essay from Högskolan i Halmstad/Akademin för informationsteknologi

    Author : Esmee Tackx; [2023]
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    Abstract : This thesis explores the design and optimisation of a sensor system for real-time position determination of the Fish component in the CatFish naval drone and the development of a sonar sensor system for accurate object localisation and safe navigation in dynamic and uncertain underwater conditions. Through comprehensive experimentation and analysis, this thesis demonstrates the effectiveness of the proposed sensor system and sonar sensing system in enhancing underwater navigation and obstacle avoidance capabilities. READ MORE

  3. 3. Academic Human Rights Education in a Transnational Perspective on the Example of the Raoul Wallenberg Institute

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för globala politiska studier (GPS)

    Author : Julia Seipel; [2023]
    Keywords : Transnational Human Rights Education; Decolonising; Post-Colonialism; Localisation of Knowledge; Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law;

    Abstract : In this thesis, I explore positions of power in transnational human rights education, using The Raoul Wallenberg Institute as example in a case study. I am interested to know how human rights knowledge is produced and transferred in a global system of human rights education. READ MORE

  4. 4. Påverkan av ett fysiskt träningsprogram på hull, muskelmassa och kroppsvikt hos hund : ”Body condition score” och morfometriska mått för bröst-, buk- och låromfång

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Clinical Sciences

    Author : Johanna Berndtsson; Emilia Deimel; [2022]
    Keywords : BCS; bröstomfång; bukomfång; hullbedömning; låromfång; morfometriska kvoter; morfometriska mått; övervikt;

    Abstract : Det finns begränsat med forskning om hur fysisk träning påverkar hundar och såvitt kandidatarbetets författare känner till finns detingen tidigare studie som undersökt hur “body condition score” (BCS), kroppsvikt, bröst- och buk- och låromfång förhåller sig till varandra hos hundar före och efter ett fysiskt träningsprogram. Syftet med detta kandidatarbete var därför att undersöka hur ett träningsprogram påverkar BCS, kroppsvikt och olika morfometriska mått hos hund. READ MORE

  5. 5. Cultural awareness for competitiveness in the global market  IKEA’s Japan adventures as case study

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

    Author : Yulia Lindholm; [2022]
    Keywords : Culture; Culture awareness; Globalization; Marketing Mix; Adaptation; Standardisation; Case Study;

    Abstract : In internationalisation, entering new markets is a challenging and risky process.  There are various factors to consider when planning a strategic approach to meet the demand and preferences of customers in a foreign market. To meet this challenge, knowledge of the new market plays a major role in the outcome of internationalization. READ MORE