Essays about: "bodies"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 800 essays containing the word bodies.

  1. 11. Efforts for eutrophication mitigation on the Santa Lucía River Basin: farmers’ experiences, attitudes and motivations

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaper

    Author : Juan Hordenana; [2020]
    Keywords : Sustainable Development; Eutrophication; Mitigation; Best Management Practices; Farmers; BMP adoption;

    Abstract : Anthropogenic eutrophication has become an issue of foremost importance in water bodies all around the globe. Nutrients coming from agricultural activities have been identified as one main contributor to this problem. Technologies and inovations (Best Management Practices, BMPs) have been designed for mitigating agricultural impact on water bodies. READ MORE

  3. 12. Multiculturalism for integration and the repertoires of racializing the other: A case of Kenyan immigrants living in Sweden

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

    Author : Diana Waruhiu Magnusson; [2020]
    Keywords : Integration; Multiculturalism; Stereotyping;

    Abstract : This study is grounded on qualitative interviews with 12 adult Kenyan immigrants living in Sweden regarding their experiences of othering, racialisation, creation of divisions in society based on “us” and “them” linked on repertories of racializing the other in the Swedish multicultural environment. I engage with stereotyping as theory which is used as a tool to pick difference, racialize the respondents by white Swedish natives, and how these actions affect the respondents in their everyday life in Sweden. READ MORE

  4. 13. Body Ownership : An Activation Likelihood Estimation Meta-Analysis

    University essay from Högskolan i Skövde/Institutionen för biovetenskap

    Author : Martin Nilsson; [2020]
    Keywords : Body ownership; fMRI; ALE meta-analysis; Region of interest; Multisensory integration;

    Abstract : How is it that we feel that we own our body? And how does the brain create this feeling? By manipulating the integration of multisensory signals, researchers have recently begun to probe this question. By creating the illusory experience of owning external body-parts and entire bodies, researchers have investigated the neurofunctional correlates of body ownership. READ MORE

  5. 14. Queer workers and workspaces: Stories about emotions and embodied experiences of LGBTQIA people in work-related spaces

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Genusvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Tristan Williamson; [2020]
    Keywords : space; body; emotions; labour; queer; rum; kropp; känslor; arbete; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The aim of this study is to map and investigate the embodied experiences of LGBTQIA people in work-related spaces. The study analyses stories of emotions and experiences based on gender, sexual orientation, and other social categories and how these intersect with normative workspaces. READ MORE

  6. 15. Livsmedelsproduktion, ett framtidsämne? : grundskolelärares syn på lärandet om livsmedelsproduktion

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

    Author : Lovisa Filipsson; [2020]
    Keywords : livsmedelsproduktion; lärande; grundskola; studiebesök; läroplan;

    Abstract : Historiskt sett har livsmedelsproduktionen varit en del av gemenemans vardag. Dagens långa avstånd till livsmedelsproduktionen är både fysiskt och mentalt stort, vilket har visats sig ha en negativ inverkan på kunskapen om livsmedelsproduktion (Lundström, 2010). READ MORE