Essays about: "Stigmatisation of Place"

Found 5 essays containing the words Stigmatisation of Place.

  1. 1. “People would say this was the bad side!” : An ethnography of everyday strategies for managing place stigma.

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Kulturgeografiska institutionen

    Author : Nicolina Ewards Öberg; [2020]
    Keywords : neighbourhood; boundaries; inter-geographies; intra-geographies; images; stigma; socially vulnerable; experiences; stories;

    Abstract : This thesis investigates the myriad of responses and complex relationships residents have to the stigma attached to their neighbourhood, one categorised by the police as socially vulnerable (Nationella operativa avdelningen 2019). This research explores the narrative of place to diffuse some complexity around the multidimensional positions people have to stigma and stigmatising imagery of place. READ MORE

  3. 2. A Place Outside Danish Society. Territorial Stigmatisation and Extraordinary Policy Measures in the Danish ‘Ghetto’

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi

    Author : Sara Høier Olsen; [2019]
    Keywords : Territorial Stigmatisation; Ghetto ; Discourse; Production of Space; Everyday Life; Extraordinary Policy Measures; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : In November 2018, the Danish government passed a bill that introduced the category ‘severe ghetto’ to the law on non-profit housing. Moreover, the bill prescribes extraordinary policy measures in the targeted areas in order to encourage urban regeneration. READ MORE

  4. 3. Fukushima Daiichi as a heterotopia : Dark tourism in dystopian places

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Centrum för öst- och sydöstasienstudier

    Author : Klas Bergman; [2018]
    Keywords : Fukushima; Heterotopia; Tourism; Dark tourism; Digital and visual methods; Japan; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This thesis deals with tourism to Fukushima. Specifically, it examines how traditional tourism and dark tourism shape the identity of Fukushima. READ MORE

  5. 4. Araby: A Self-fulfilling Prophecy? : The Reproduction of Rumours and Socio-Economic Conditions in Araby, Växjö

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

    Author : Theodora Pettersson; [2016]
    Keywords : Socio-Economic Conditions; Zone in Transition; Rumours; Stigmatisation of Place; Identification with Place; In-and-Out Migration;

    Abstract : Questions of integration and immigration are increasingly subject to public debate in Sweden. With the arrival of many immigrants, the current ethnic housing segregation in the country is enforced. READ MORE

  6. 5. "Putting AIDS in its Place" : How HIV/AIDS affects livelihood strategies in Mwanza City, Tanzania

    University essay from Kulturgeografiska institutionen

    Author : Gustaf Norlén; [2010]
    Keywords : HIV AIDS; Livelihood; Household; Mwanza; Tanzania; Vulnerability; Informalisation; Social Capital; Strategies; Urban areas;

    Abstract : The general aim of this essay is to situate the AIDS-epidemic in its socio-economic context, in order to see how HIV/AIDS affects households at a micro level. The material for the study was gathered during a minor field study conducted in Mwanza City, Tanzania. READ MORE