Essays about: "civic roles"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 9 essays containing the words civic roles.

1. 1. Sink or Swim: Sea Level Rise Adaptation in Venice, Italy : A case of citizen non-participation

   University essay from KTH/Hållbar utveckling, miljövetenskap och teknik

   Author : Jesper Karlsson; [2023]
   Keywords : civic capacity; climate change; Gioia methodology; MOSE; project development; public involvement;

   Abstract : Due to global warming, sea levels will irreversibly continue to rise around the world throughout this century. Therefore, coastal urban communities will need to adapt to new environmental challenges, such as more frequent and intense flood events. READ MORE

3. 2. Being young and navigating online cultures in an algorithmic media setting : A qualitative study of young-adults perception of mediated public shaming on TikTok

   University essay from Södertörns högskola/Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap

   Author : Evelina Ketola; [2022]
   Keywords : Public shaming; call-out culture; cancel culture; TikTok; media design; Algorithmic literacy; participatory democracy; civic engagement;

   Abstract : TikTok differs from how the media audience is used to seeing other social media platforms. When opening the app, the user does not see the friends you have decided to follow. Instead, you are faced with an algorithmically decided and never-ending feed of content personified individually for the specific user. READ MORE

4. 3. POSTCOLONIAL DISSENT SCENOGRAPHY: setting civic scene, building urban voice, new societies prototyping facilitation for Tensta.

   University essay from KTH/Arkitektur

   Author : Mariia Otkalenko-Povalinska; [2022]
   Keywords : Social sustainability; feminist postcolonial theory; intersectionality; dissent; civic space; popular education; protest; parade; space occupation; grassroots society prototyping; urban design; Tensta;

   Abstract :   Urban space is a product of power relations and negotiations in society. Who gets represented and monumentalised in it, you? One is being formed and deformed by the environment they are placed into through the way it functions and suggests certain actions in a particular sequence, through the power distribution in its spatial equivalent. READ MORE

5. 4. The ABC's of Placemaking Governance : Learning from Amsterdam, Berlin and Copenhagen

   University essay from KTH/Urbana och regionala studier

   Author : Filemon Wolfram; [2021]
   Keywords : urban planning; placemaking; urban governance; governance structure; spatial leadership; diy urbanism; collaborative planning; Amsterdam; Berlin; Copenhagen;

   Abstract : Placemaking is an approach to designing urban spaces based on their existing values and identities. It has emerged as a response to citizens wishing to have an active role in the planning process and influence the development of their own surroundings. READ MORE

6. 5. Combating GBV and Building Feminist Peace in the Southern Cameroon Armed Conflict: The case of WILPF- Cameroon and SCEW.

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate School

   Author : Bibiana Bienka'a Tanda; [2021]
   Keywords : Gender-Based Violence; armed conflict; cultural norms; Women’s organisations; feminist Peace.; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Gender-based violence (GBV) be it in peace or conflict settings is a persistent problem that has gained grounds and concerns for activists, women’s organisations, Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) in general and international bodies like the United Nations. Social inequalities and cultural ideologies inform GBV and other forms of violence that are amplified in war times. READ MORE