Essays about: "Pluriverse"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 8 essays containing the word Pluriverse.
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1. Future Imaginaries of Negative Emission Technologies and Folklore Myths in Icelandic Basalt: Provisional Order Emerges from the Possible Magma in the Age of ‘Hauntology’ and Broken Time
University essay from Lunds universitet/Kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; Lunds universitet/HumanekologiAbstract : Why do we in the Western part of world today tend to believe in technology’s mythical promises rather than in folklore myths? Imaginaries of the future influence political subjects’ actions in the present and play a key role in composing the trajectory towards the future. I have critically applied this notion to the implementation of negative emission technologies in the climate-neutrality strategy. READ MORE
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2. Exploring Pluriversal Design Principles : for a Sustainable Cultural Heritage Mapping Platform in Kuching Division
University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för konst, kultur och kommunikation (K3)Abstract : Designing in a world of cultural diversity demands a break from traditionally Western-centric paradigms. This project explores a more respectful approach to design, deeply rooted in participatory methodologies and acknowledging the coexistence of diverse realities—a "pluriverse. READ MORE
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3. Participation as a Way for a Postcolonial Design of ICT4Ds
University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för konst, kultur och kommunikation (K3)Abstract : The ongoing digital transformation of our societies impacts all aspects of our lives aswell as the international development and the design for social change. Having said that,in this paper I studied whether the design of participatory ICT4Ds can engage the localend-users/beneficiaries in the processes of knowledge and identity creation, and thus,achieve their self-representation in order to break the colonial-based stereotypes. READ MORE
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4. Decolonial Resistance in Agriculture: The Role of Spirituality in the Work of Food Sovereignty Organizations in Mexico
University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografiAbstract : Recent decades have exposed the crisis inherent in the globalized agriculture system characterized by nature commodification, trade liberalization, corporatization and environmental destruction. The crisis is driven by a colonial and neoliberal-capitalist ideology grounded in the supposed universality of western knowledge. READ MORE
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5. Social Leaders under threat: A critical analysis of the Colombian government and its party members discourse regarding threats, violence, and assassinations of Social Leaders.
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaperAbstract : Social Leaders in Colombia in their efforts to defend their territories and communities have been victims for years of threats, violence, and assassinations by some of the power structures present in the country. After the signing of the peace process Between the FARC and the government of Colombia in 2016, the situation has worsened. READ MORE