Essays about: "Participatory politics"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 40 essays containing the words Participatory politics.
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1. The Benefits of Indigenous Knowledge Systems in Law and Decision Making - A case study on Sumak Kawsay, Buen Vivir and Rights of Nature in the Ecuadorian Constitution
University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; Lunds universitet/HumanekologiAbstract : This research is investigating the socio-ecological benefits of Indigenous Knowledge in law and decision making, focusing on the inclusion of the indigenous concept Sumak Kawsay, translated to Buen Vivir, and the Constitutional Rights of Nature in Ecuador. The Eurocentric and dominant cultural model has had a monopoly on the production of knowledge ever since the start of colonialism but today's socio-environmental issues are forcing us to look for other alternatives. READ MORE
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2. Growing Stronger Together: Cultivating socioeconomic community development through social mix housing policy
University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : The thesis focuses on the use of social mix policies within the framework of Denmark's public housing system and their impact on economic connectedness and upward mobility for low-income, vulnerable beneficiaries. By conducting a meta-ethnographic review, the research aims to examine a total of six key ethnographic studies on the implementation of social mix strategies, with a view to generating a new, comprehensive conceptualisation of their contribution to socioeconomic mobility outcomes. READ MORE
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3. BUILDING RELATIONS WITH NATURE BY DESIGN METHODS
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/HDK-Valand - Högskolan för konst och designAbstract : Culture, art, and design can help us as a society and for each earthling to reflect on the ambivalent relationship between nature and humans in the Anthropocene by raising the critical question of how we can build more sustainable relations with nature through design. Respectively, this project documentation informs about my graduation project within the MFA embedded design program at HDK-Valand, focusing on design, organization, and sustainability. READ MORE
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4. Activism in MMORPGs: A case studyof the MapleStory player boycott
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Medier och kommunikationAbstract : This thesis explores how online gaming has become a central tool for networked social movements to participate in consumer activism. I look at the case study of MapleStory: a Korean MMORPG game and their consumer activism efforts started by the players. READ MORE
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5. Where Boundaries are Drawn
University essay from Lunds universitet/SocialantropologiAbstract : In this paper I will be analyzing a Scottish political party and their collective identity. This includes the party’s history and how their collective identity is created by drawing boundaries, as well as showing solidarity. I will be using an anthropological approach and anthropological theory to help define their collective identity. READ MORE