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1. 11. Urban consolidation centres impact on event venues - Applying Materials Flow Mapping and Actor-Resource-Activity on the case study of Svenska Mässan Gothia Towers AB

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

   Author : Jacqueline M. Uruchima; Oscar Niemann; [2022-08-04]
   Keywords : Consolidation centre; Hub; Material Flow Mapping; Activity-resource-Actor; Sustainability; Events; Event logistics; Stakeholders; Congestion; Change management;

   Abstract : Firms located in urban areas struggle with constraints on space, congestion, safety, pollution, and varying stakeholder demands. These constraints place added pressure on the logistics of these firms and will continue to amplify as populations in cities increase. READ MORE

3. 12. BUILDING RELATIONS WITH NATURE BY DESIGN METHODS

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/HDK-Valand - Högskolan för konst och design

   Author : Matt Christoph; [2022-06-03]
   Keywords : Kinship; More-than-human; Posthumanism; Anthropocene; Design Camp; Design Workshop; Design toolkit; Participatory Design; Embedded design; Sustainability;

   Abstract : Culture, art, and design can help us as a society and for each earthling to reflect on the ambivalent relationship between nature and humans in the Anthropocene by raising the critical question of how we can build more sustainable relations with nature through design. Respectively, this project documentation informs about my graduation project within the MFA embedded design program at HDK-Valand, focusing on design, organization, and sustainability. READ MORE

4. 13. The impacts of farm shops on enhancing community well-being in rural areas (Kalmar Case Study)

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för organisation och entreprenörskap (OE)

   Author : Shiva Soroushnia; [2022]
   Keywords : Farm shops; Rural Community Well-being; Agritourism; Rural Tourism;

   Abstract : To attract visitors to stay and enjoy the rural landscapes and reduce out-migration to cities, there is a need to enhance practices and policies to boost rural community well-being. Community well-being is about residents' feeling of satisfaction with their local place with considering the social and physical environment, the services, and facilities regarding place attachment (Forjaz et al. READ MORE

5. 14. A Cognitive Mapping Approach to Circular Transition Efforts Within Hospitality Organisations : The Case of Plastics

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för organisation och entreprenörskap (OE)

   Author : Johanna Charlotte Fuhlendorf; [2022]
   Keywords : Circular Tourism; Circular Economy; Circular Transition; Cognition; Plastics;

   Abstract : This qualitative study investigates circular transition efforts in accommodation businesses through a cognitive lens. The circular economy has been proposed as a solution to the global problems of resource overuse and pollution. The tourism industries have been identified as critical contributors to a macroeconomic circular shift. READ MORE

6. 15. Who is this about? : A multimodal critical discourse analysis of the communication from volunteer organizations

   University essay from Örebro universitet/Institutionen för humaniora, utbildnings- och samhällsvetenskap

   Author : Ewa Almkvist Lundberg; Nadja Flood; [2022]
   Keywords : Multimodal critical discourse analysis; social semiotics; systemic functional grammar; postcolonialism; othering; volunteer work; voluntourism;

   Abstract : The purpose of this study is to examine how three volunteer organizations present volunteer projects on their websites to identify who is constructed as central in the description of the project and which role is created for the reader. This study uses Multimodal Critical Discourse Analysis (MCDA), Systemic Functional Grammar (SFG) and Post-colonial theory as a theoretical framework to analyze visual and textual elements from three project descriptions. READ MORE