Essays about: "Stigmas"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 24 essays containing the word Stigmas.

  1. 11. Colombia’s Socio-Economic Stratification System : An urbanisation policy that causes intergroup conflict?

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

    Author : Emil Pålsson; [2020]
    Keywords : Urbanisation; Segregation; Inequality; Social Identity; Intergroup Conflict; Peaceful Coexistence; Bogotá; Colombia; SDG 10;

    Abstract : Rapid urbanisation is a global phenomenon on the rise. If managed poorly by the cities affected, it may lead to, e.g. segregation, air pollution and civil unrest. READ MORE

  3. 12. Asking for a friend : Youths experience with youth health centres in Sweden

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Designhögskolan vid Umeå universitet

    Author : Maja Björkqvist; [2020]
    Keywords : youth health; youth health centre; interaction design; service design; youth help-seeking; ambassadorship; Ungdomsmottagning; tjänstedesign; interaktionsdesign;

    Abstract : This thesis explores the stigmas and taboos surrounding youth health centers in Sweden and how this might be hindering young people to visit the youth health centers. It’s exploring how this can be challenged and how the threshold can be lowered by involving the informal support system and bringing the youth health center to the youth arena which allows for a more informal type of support and guidance. READ MORE

  4. 13. NIO Horizon : Future autonomous flight experience

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Designhögskolan vid Umeå universitet

    Author : Tejas Purohit; [2019]
    Keywords : Future; mobility; autonomous; drone; interior; design; styling; transportation;

    Abstract : What if future air travel was highly sustainable and appealing? What if you could hop from building rooftop to rooftop or better, from a city to an island without the worries of ground congestion and gridlocks? And how would it look like if NIO decided to take this opportunity and broaden their product offerings? These were some of the initial question that guided the project towards a mode of mobility which is new and challenging to realise. Admittedly It was also exciting to imagine what would future of autonomy look like in something other that a car and to see if A. READ MORE

  5. 14. “The pain she feels, I don’t feel it, but I feel for her” : A case study of urban teenage schoolboys’ knowledge and attitudes towards menstruation in Ghana

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Ella Bogren; [2019]
    Keywords : Menstruation; Male menstrual attitudes; Menstrual health management; Religion; Ghana.;

    Abstract : Menstrual health management can be a difficulty for menstruating women and girls, especially in low- and middle-income countries or other areas of poverty. Menstruation being characterized by stigmatisation, myths and taboo makes it especially troublesome, preventing women and girls to handle their menstruation safely and with dignity. READ MORE

  6. 15. Printing Prosthetics : Designing an additive manufactured arm for developing countries

    University essay from Luleå tekniska universitet/Institutionen för ekonomi, teknik och samhälle

    Author : Mikael Carlström; Hampus Wargsjö; [2017]
    Keywords : 3D printing; Additive manufacturing; Prostheses; Prosthetic arm; Developing countries; Nairobi; Kenya; Industrial design engineering; 3D Printing; Additiv Tillverkning; Proteser; Armprotes; Utvecklingsländer; Nairobi; Kenya; Teknisk design;

    Abstract : De traditionella armproteser som tillverkas i utvecklingsländer står inför stora problem i att leverera patienter med lämpliga hjälpmedel. Processen är inte bara tidskrävande eftersom varje enhet måste anpassas för varje enskild användare men vissa komponenter kan inte produceras lokalt vilket driver upp priset ytterligare. READ MORE