Essays about: "Transnational practices"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 53 essays containing the words Transnational practices.

  1. 1. Cultivating Resilient Local Food Systems: Identifying opportunities and strategies for sustainable public procurement

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaper

    Author : Madison Sherwood-Walter; [2023]
    Keywords : Sustainable Development; Local Food Systems; Public Procurement; Innovation; Agricultural Policy; Rural Development;

    Abstract : The industrialization of the global food system has drastically altered agricultural practices, transitioning from small-scale, subsistence farming to large-scale, transnational supply chains dominated by agribusinesses. While this shift has increased productivity, it has led to environmental degradation, economic inequity, and loss of traditional agricultural knowledge. READ MORE

  3. 2. Being Together through ICTs : Transnational Family Practices in the Context of Ukrainian Forced Migration

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för globala politiska studier (GPS)

    Author : LARA SANCHEZ GIL; [2023]
    Keywords : Ukrainian narratives; transnational living; co-presence; family practices; information and communication technologies ICTs ; and Spain; Narrativas ucranianas; vida transnacional; co-presencia; prácticas familiares; tecnologías de la información y comunicación TIC ; España.;

    Abstract : According to the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR, 2023), some 117.2 million people will be forcibly displaced or stateless by 2023. In this scenario, a large number of families will have to be reconfigured within a transnational setting. READ MORE

  4. 3. “It’s like my blood, like my oxygen” : Life in a Kimbanguist community in Stockholm

    University essay from Högskolan Dalarna/Institutionen för kultur och samhälle

    Author : Marco Tenti; [2023]
    Keywords : Kimbanguism – Community – Religion – Transnationalism - Ritual;

    Abstract : The aim of this work is to discuss the religious life of the Kimbanguist community in Stockholm; more specifically, it analyses the ways in which religion (in particular Kimbanguism) allows the members of a small religious community, originated by migration, to maintain sense of belonging and to give meaning to their experiences. In order to do this, I focus on the concept of community to define the ways in which a group of people, embedded in a much wider social field, can be defined with this analytical term: community emerges as a social group whose members share a specific inventory of symbols; symbols include representations and narratives, but also practices, artifacts and images. READ MORE

  5. 4. “Without my phone, I cannot move one step forward” : A Qualitative Study of the Information Practices of Immigrants to Sweden through their Smartphones

    University essay from Högskolan i Borås/Akademin för bibliotek, information, pedagogik och IT

    Author : Ali Jasim; Hannah Mills; [2023]
    Keywords : Smartphones; Smartphone applications; Transnational practices; Information practices; Belonging; Immigration; Information; Library and Information Science;

    Abstract : Given increased immigration rates in recent years and the rapid rate technology has become part of daily life, understanding the role of technology in the immigration process is important. Smartphones, in particular, are now commonplace, yet little is known about their role in immigration, still less from an information perspective. READ MORE

  6. 5. Wartime paths to and experiences of Swedish education : A study of Ukrainian refugees with school-aged children in Sweden

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för pedagogik, didaktik och utbildningsstudier

    Author : Helen Pidgorna; [2023]
    Keywords : forced migration; war in Ukraine; refugee children; Swedish school; education strategies; вимушена міграція; війна в Україні; діти біженці; швецька школа; освітні стратегії; påtvingad migration; krig i Ukraina; flyktingbarn; svensk skola; utbildningsstrategier;

    Abstract : Transnational population migration is a multifaceted phenomenon that has been shaping human history and continues to shape the world today. War and conflict are among the major drivers of forced migration. READ MORE