Essays about: "Socially Engaged Practices"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 10 essays containing the words Socially Engaged Practices.

1. 1. Changing everyday waste sorting practices : a qualitative study of the relation between organisational strategic communication and everyday waste sorting practices in Sweden

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

   Author : Emilia Hultman; [2023]
   Keywords : Strategic communication; social practice theory; environmental communication; waste sorting practices; municipal waste management; social change;

   Abstract : All EU member states are supposed to meet the EU goals for material recycling of consumer packaging waste. Despite having established systems for collection of packaging waste and recycling processes, Sweden has not been able to reach these goals. READ MORE

3. 2. Stories of Change: Alternative Food Networks in the Urban Setting of Zurich

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Humanekologi

   Author : Patricia Catherine Schmid; [2021]
   Keywords : Food systems; alternative food networks; agriculture; sustainability; good living; food sovereignty; pluriverse; Zurich; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Food is political: from seed over production to distribution and consumption. Large scale agriculture infused multi-layered social, ecological, and economic issues. The need to change the dominant food system approach is widely recognised. Alternatives in food production and distribution emerged and persisted over time. READ MORE

4. 3. Peruvian Trainee Teachers as Mestizas. Pedagogies of Tolerance and Respect Towards Gay and Lesbian People

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate School

   Author : Magrith Mena Portocarrero; [2020]
   Keywords : Tolerance; Respect; Standpoint theory; Gay; Lesbian; Engaged pedagogy; Mestiza consciousness; Nos otras; Gender binary discourse; Border crossing; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Given the polarized political context in Peru that was provoked by the inclusion of LGTBIQ+ identities in the official school curriculum, this study analyzes the meanings that students of pedagogy in Lima ascribe to tolerance and respect towards gay and lesbian people, and how these meanings inform their pedagogical practices. Based on two focus groups and eight individual interviews grounded in standpoint theory, this study engages in a dialogue with the work of Wendy Brown regarding tolerance. READ MORE

5. 4. Money Talks-Institutional Investors' Ability to Affect Their Holdings Using Norm Based Exclusions and Dialogues

   University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för finansiell ekonomi

   Author : Jakob Kalbe; Martin Warin; [2018]
   Keywords : Norm-based Exclusions; Investor Dialogues; Socially Responsible Investments; Institutional Investors; Climate Change;

   Abstract : Institutional investors hold unique power, as they can use SRI-strategies to change the behavior of companies not contributing to a sustainable development. While most studies that are investigating investors' usage of SRI-strategies are focused on the financial implications in terms of returns, this paper focus solely on the environmental performance of holdings affected by the SRI-strategies. READ MORE

6. 5. PRINTMAKING IN TRANSITION : Curating relations with printmaking as a tool for action

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för kultur och estetik

   Author : Niki Kralli Anell; [2017]
   Keywords : Printmaking; Collaboration; Curating; Grafikens Hus; Contemporary Art; Socially Engaged Practices; Audience; Participation; Curating Context.;

   Abstract : This thesis investigates how the contemporary museum for printmaking Grafikens Hus motivates printmaking in socially engaged art projects based outside of the conventional gallery. It explores how printmaking is practiced as a tool to achieve artistic and curatorial goals, and investigates what Grafikens Hus strives to achieve by making space for meeting places. READ MORE