Essays about: "community building"
Showing result 21 - 25 of 517 essays containing the words community building.
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21. Dreaming in Colour : Desirable future scenarios for Mombera Kingdom
University essay from Stockholms universitet/Stockholm Resilience CentreAbstract : Stories about the future are a powerful tool for navigating uncertainty, building agency, and detecting opportunities for transformation. For communities that have weathered colonialism, future visions grounded in local values and knowledge are especially powerful. READ MORE
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22. Using a GIS to enable an economic, land use and energy output comparison between small wind powered turbines and large-scale wind farms: the case of Oslo, Norway.
University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskapAbstract : Responding to an identified knowledge gap, the study aims to determine if smaller wind turbines located on top of existing urban buildings are more resource efficient (land utilization and economically) than large scale wind farms. To answer this question, using a GIS, the resource efficiency of the Roan wind farm in Northern Norway was compared to a theoretical modeled installation of small-scale wind turbines on top of buildings within a 2km radius study zone in central Oslo. READ MORE
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23. Indigenous Peoples and the shifting paradigm on conservation - From the myth of untouched nature to the role of human cultures in protecting biodiversity
University essay from Blekinge Tekniska Högskola/Institutionen för strategisk hållbar utvecklingAbstract : This master thesis explores the shifting paradigm in conservation, moving away from the myth behind the preservationist approach that separates humans from nature towards a more inclusive conservationist approach. The study focuses on the role of Indigenous Peoples in this evolving paradigm and examines factors that influence their ability to participate in and influence conservation debates and policies. READ MORE
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24. The Silent University at Tensta konsthall : From educational platform to community building activities
University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för kultur och estetikAbstract : This thesis analyzes the decade-long collaboration between The Silent University and Tensta konsthall, investigating its role as a lasting, solidarity driven, educational, socially engaged art project within an art institution. Utilizing qualitative methods and institutional ethnography, the study examines the relationship between The Silent University within Tensta konsthall. READ MORE
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25. "Life is better when you girlboss together" : Building a Safe Space Within the Digital Sphere, a Case Study
University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för konst, kultur och kommunikation (K3)Abstract : The study is located in feminist studies through the lens of cultural theory, more specifically in the area of "Girlhood studies", developed in the 1990s. The development of the field correlates with the rise of cultural goods targeted at girls: movies, music, and magazines as well as the development of teenagehood as an identity of its own right. READ MORE