Essays about: "cultural dominance"
Showing result 21 - 25 of 36 essays containing the words cultural dominance.
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21. Charging the Void : (Perception Odd Logic)
University essay from Umeå universitet/Arkitekthögskolan vid Umeå universitetAbstract : As a concern for how new city developments invest in commercial public space of economic activity rather than cultural activity and inclusion, part of a global trend and also the case of Umeå’s ambition to reach the population growth of 200 000 inhabitants by the year of 2050. The question to be asked in this regard is what kind of effect does this produce on the way we as local inhabitants can take control and be part of the creation of our own living environment? Or are we just victims of a life consumed by slow decay due to the capital dominance? In relation to this main concern, the project has been developing through the aspect of acknowledging inferior space and abandoned objects as a method and typology to analyze alternative ways to perceive the city off based the logic of clear function and use, but in terms of human interaction and subjective perception of space. READ MORE
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22. POWER IN TRANSLATION. Bringing Japan to the West
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturerAbstract : Studying the Japanese language in translation is highly interesting, given its many unique linguistic features and the distinctive cultural setting in which it is primarily used. Adopting Japanese works into Western languages like Swedish or English is therefore very challenging, as there is no shared syntax, language family or cultural background. READ MORE
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23. Building resilience through food : the case of the Network of Agroecological Peasants' Markets of Valle del Cauca (Red MAC), Colombia
University essay from SLU/Dept. of People and SocietyAbstract : The dominance of conventional (chemical and industrial) agriculture has eroded the ecological, economic and socio-cultural conditions to sustain production for a growing population, undermining humanity´s capacity to feed itself (Gliessman, 2007; Altieri & Toledo, 2011). As a consequence, we have a decoupled global food system: the social is decoupled from the ecological; farmers are decoupled from the land; farmers and consumers are decoupled from each other; and culture is decoupled from agri-culture. READ MORE
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24. IKEA in India : A study of the cultural aspects of deploying an IKEA store in India
University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för organisation och entreprenörskap (OE)Abstract : Introduction: This study is about organisational culture and different cultural influences in a cross-cultural environment at an IKEA office in India. Statement of Purpose: The purpose of this master thesis is to provide increased understanding of the cross-cultural setting in regards to conceptualisation of the concept of culture as well as sense-making and sense-giving processes of employees in a trans-cultural environment in India. READ MORE
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25. The dystopia between a universal "Empire of meaning" and local contexts : a study of humanity, UN dominance and the interaction process of sensemaking
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionenAbstract : There seems to be a gap between human rights theory and human rights practice. This gap disables rights to be applicable in practice in a meaningful manner. READ MORE
