Essays about: "authoritative knowledge"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 14 essays containing the words authoritative knowledge.

  1. 1. Industry Outlook on Legume Farming : A case study on market dynamics, actor network and interaction mapping in India.

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för samhällsbyggnad och industriell teknik

    Author : Abhimanyu Harish; Ujjwal Muniraju; [2022]
    Keywords : Meat Substitutes; TIS; Technological Innovation Systems; Legumes; Interactions; Market Structure; Market Structure; Farming; Agriculture Market; Indian Farming; Agricultire Policy;

    Abstract : Meat substitutes are an increasingly popular subject area for sustainability studies and industrial transition.  A transition to plant-based alternatives requires a substantial value chain with the ability to withstand transitional structure and market changes. READ MORE

  3. 2. "PINKWASH THIS: Resisting the mainstreaming management of queer cultural heritage"

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för globala studier

    Author : Hanna Malmsten; [2021-02-03]
    Keywords : Queer Culture; Cultural Heritage; Pinkwashing; LGBTQIA ; Space; Resistance;

    Abstract : As Pride festivals around the world in 2019 celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall riots, the word pinkwashing is on the tip of many tongues. The question of whether or not political parties, business enterprises and authoritative institutions should have an obvious place in the celebrations is frequently discussed, considering Pride, at the start, was a demonstration for the rights of lgbtqia+ people. READ MORE

  4. 3. Starving for safe spaces : knowledge production, consciousness-raising and “the political” in the Facebook group Fittlife

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap; Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kommunikation och medier

    Author : Dajana Kovacevic; [2020]
    Keywords : knowledge production; political participation; feminism; postfeminism; consciousness-raising; experiential knowledge; authoritative knowledge; digital affordances; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The thesis explores online knowledge production around a subject that has been considered taboo and inappropriate through history – sexual, reproductive and genital health for people with female genitals. Therefore, it also examines the political potential of coming together to openly discuss such “delicate issues”. READ MORE

  5. 4. Think tanks and the construction of authority in the UK : Ideological representations of private sector knowledge producers in broadcast television news

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/JMK

    Author : Minenor-Matheson Graham; [2020]
    Keywords : think tanks; primary definition theory; authority signalling; broadcast television news; marketplace of ideas; public sphere;

    Abstract : Private sector knowledge producers, more commonly known as think tanks or research institutes, are used as authoritative sources in Western media either as interview guests or their research quoted by journalists.  Most studies have focused on their ability to influence government policy, but very little has focused on their role in the public sphere, particularly their visibility in media. READ MORE

  6. 5. ACCESSING MICROFINANCE THROUGH FINANCIAL LITERACY : A Case Study of Hand in Hand Eastern Africa’s Operations in Kenya

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Företagsekonomi

    Author : Pontus Lindahl; Linda Mokvist; [2020]
    Keywords : Financial Literacy; Microfinance; Microcredit; Women Empowerment; Financial Inclusion; Social Capital; Social Learning Theory; Dynamic Capabilities; Poverty Alleviation; Developing Countries; Kenya; Bottom of the Pyramid; Hand in Hand andHand in Hand Eastern Africa;

    Abstract : In 2015, United Nations implemented seventeen Sustainable Development Goals along with 169 sub-targets with the ambition to transform the world through achieving sustainable development and, hence annihilate poverty. In light of the foregoing, both authoritative and non-governmental entities accentuated the significance of ‘financial inclusion’ which, in turn, has developed into an evangelical advocacy reminiscent of the extensive publicity that microfinance received at the end of last century which, in turn, has led to an unprecedented passion among philanthrocapitalists, transnational corporations, and other benefactors to financially and socially assist the impoverished. READ MORE