Essays about: "Maker"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 218 essays containing the word Maker.

  1. 1. Who is the Research for? : Exploring a Funder’s Approach to Development Research Communication

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för konst, kultur och kommunikation (K3)

    Author : Kristin Colenbrander; [2023]
    Keywords : Development research; communication; research uptake; decolonisation; critical discourse analysis; research funder; research to policy;

    Abstract : Recent debates about decolonising research suggest that researchers should reframe how they think of research participants in the Global South: not as data points, but as partners who are involved from research design to dissemination. However, the findings of development research are rarely shared with participants or other non-decision-maker audiences in the Global South. READ MORE

  3. 2. Recommendations for Improving the Use of Risk Matrices in Coarse Risk Analyses

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Riskhantering (CI); Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Riskhantering och Samhällssäkerhet

    Author : Olga Selitski; Esko Roos; [2023]
    Keywords : Risk Matrix; Coarse Risk Analysis; Risk Assessment; Probability-Consequence Diagram; Guidance; Guidelines; Recommendations; Improvement.; Technology and Engineering;

    Abstract : Risk matrices are tables with rows representing consequences, and columns representing frequencies. The risk matrix is considered a simple and convenient tool for visualizing risk. However, it has faced critique from the scientific community. READ MORE

  4. 3. Frankenstein and the Timelessness of Queer Identities: Teaching Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein through Queer Theory in the Upper-Secondary EFL classroom

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Engelska; Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för engelska

    Author : Elsa Brandt; [2023]
    Keywords : Frankenstein; Mary Shelley; queer theory; queer pedagogy; EFL; Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : This paper analyses the pivotal gothic novel Frankenstein by Mary Shelley through a close queer reading, focusing on excerpts featuring the artificially created creature and their maker, Victor Frankenstein. The queer perspective is applied to the gender identity and expression of the creature, which is a reading that lends itself to the teaching of the novel to Swedish upper-secondary students because of the timelessness of the themes and its close ties to the 2022 recommendations of the Swedish National Agency for Education regarding sexuality, consent, and relationships. READ MORE

  5. 4. As Dark As Darkness : Using Star Maker and The Hobbit to Promote a Constructionist Understanding of Race in the ESL Classroom

    University essay from Södertörns högskola/Engelska

    Author : Martin Svanborg; [2023]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : Although the popular conception of fantasy has nothing to do with race, in fact, the genre frequently exhibits underlying concerns with racial dynamics. Conversely, science fiction, due to its speculative perspective on the universe and the potential existence of alien species is, by nature, more inherently preoccupied with the concept of race. READ MORE

  6. 5. Determinants of Female Farmers Access to Agrarian Extension Services: A case study from Ethiopia

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Miranda Savini Nicci; [2023]
    Keywords : Agrarian Development; Agricultural Extension Services AES ; Female Small-holder Farmers; Ethiopia; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : This paper aims at investigating the determinants of female farmers access to Agrarian Extension Services in Ethiopia, where extension services represent a critical tool for the development of the agrarian sector. Despite the country’s efforts to develop a gender-responsive extension system, several bottlenecks are negatively driving down women’s access to these services. READ MORE