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  1. 1. Planning Paradigms for Social Cities : A Multidimensional Case Study of Uppsala and Minneapolis

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Kulturgeografiska institutionen

    Author : Felicia Johnson; [2021]
    Keywords : Uppsala; Minneapolis; Intersectionality; Social Cohesion; Metamodernism;

    Abstract : The focus of this research aims to target feelings, tendencies, and perceptions of community belonging in order to highlight current challenges in negotiating urban social relationships. The mixed-methods empirical study deployed attempted to identify the multiple and intersecting perspectives contributing to the conceived representations of community in each city. READ MORE

  3. 2. Building Community Capacity through Urban Agriculture

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Internationella miljöinstitutet

    Author : Mallory Anderson; [2014]
    Keywords : social sustainability; community gardens; community capacity; urban agriculture; Social Sciences; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : Urban agriculture is promoted as a tool to meet goals of social sustainability. Although urban agriculture as a whole is a large sector of gardening and farming activities within and near urban areas and social sustainability is most affiliated with how the urban environment has been built to foster opportunities to pursue a “good life” for citizens. READ MORE

  4. 3. A Platform For Somali Ice-Fishing : Changing Media Representations Of Somalis In Minneapolis

    University essay from Institutionen för medier och journalistik (MJ)

    Author : Christian Preston; [2013]
    Keywords : I AM A STAR; Somali; Media representation; Integration; Content analysis;

    Abstract : This study looks at how media representations change regarding Somalis in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, under the course of a project called “I AM A STAR for Somalia”, launched in April 2011. A quantitative content analysis of print media is employed, concentrating on factors such as actors, subjects, patterns of quoting, involvement and article prominence. READ MORE

  5. 4. The formations of identities in a multicultural world

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för psykologi

    Author : Hawine Merdasa; [2012]
    Keywords : identities formations; socio-cultural context; culture; the Oromo people; Dialogical Self Theory; phenomenology.; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The aim of this explorative study is to gain knowledge about the question of identities formations in different socio-cultural contexts. This is done by looking at the specific case of the Oromo people living in a larger community (Minneapolis, USA) as compared to living in a smaller group (Stockholm, Sweden). READ MORE

  6. 5. The Development of a Balance Training Device in a Clinical Setting

    University essay from KTH/Maskinkonstruktion (Inst.)

    Author : Philip Fahlborg; Jonas Staaf; [2010]
    Keywords : rehabilitation; balance; stroke; innovation; user involvement; clinical setting; home use; rehabilitering; balans; stroke; innovation; användarinvolvering; klinisk miljö; hemmabruk;

    Abstract : Det finns många människor med nedsatt funktion som hindrar deras mobilitet i vardagen. Sister Kenny Research Center är ett forskningscenter inom rehabilitering i Minneapolis, USA, där man utvecklar produkter och tjänster tillsammans med kliniker och patienter för att förbättra rehabiliteringen. READ MORE