Essays about: "cultural issues and values"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 103 essays containing the words cultural issues and values.

1. 1. Learning How to Learn : Challenges and Learning Experiences in a Network of Southern African - North European Municipal Partnerships

   University essay from Jönköping University/HLK, Globala studier

   Author : Ulrika Nilsson; Julia Rothoff; [2023]
   Keywords : Municipal Partnership; interorganizational cooperation; bilateral cooperation; efficiency; symbolic value; SDG 17; North-South relations; southern Africa; South Africa; Botswana; Zambia; development cooperation; learnings; challenges; mutuality;

   Abstract : In the light of the urgence of cooperation in the world, for handling global issues, this study offers a discussion on bilateral cooperation, more specifically on municipal partnerships. While previous research has examined some specific cases on possibilities and challengeswith this kind of cooperation, the view of proven efficiency in relation to the symbolic value has fallen short. READ MORE

3. 2. Identifying motivations and barriers to vegetarian diets--An exploratory study on young internationals in Sweden

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Internationella miljöinstitutet

   Author : Ziyue Wang; [2023]
   Keywords : Sustainable food consumption; Vegetarian diet; Vegetarian motivation; Vegetarian barrier; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

   Abstract : Our current food system is a significant contributor to anthropogenic greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, land and water use, biodiversity loss among other issues. In order to achieve the sustainability agendas, a shift in the food system is required. READ MORE

4. 3. The Potential of The Witcher : In an interdisciplinary work between Religious studies and English

   University essay from

   Author : Isabel Cardin; [2023]
   Keywords : Fantasy; fundamental values; ethical issues; Christianity; Hinduism; Religious studies; English studies; interdisciplinary work; Fantasy; värdegrunden; etiska problem; kristendomen; hinduismen; Religionskunskap; Engelskaundervisning; ämnesövergripande arbete;

   Abstract : This essay examines if The Witcher: The Last Wish can be used as a pedagogical tool for interdisciplinary literary seminars about current issues and events in students’ daily lives and society between the Swedish upper secondary school courses English and Religious studies. Additionally, the study investigates if literary seminars about how The Witcher: The Last Wish can broaden the students’ understanding of religious practices in daily lives and what effect their religion has on their relation to ethical and existential issues. READ MORE

5. 4. Cultural Sustainability : Influence of Traditional craft on Contemporary craft cross-culturally

   University essay from Konstfack/Textil

   Author : Bhumika Sethi; [2023]
   Keywords : Culture; Tradition; Regional craft; Circulation; Hand-made; Sustainability; Perspective;

   Abstract : Among the four dimensions of sustainability (environmental, economic, social, and cultural), it is the latter aspect that is least examined. However, understanding how culture contributes to the long-term sustainability of communities and societies is one key to a holistic understanding of sustainability itself, and further how it can impact the textile in different cultures. READ MORE

6. 5. Place-based education through partnerships between teachers and local actors : A nested case study exploring encounters between primary school teachers and local actors within the local wood industry in the Regional Natural Park of Gruyère Pays-d'Enhaut, Switzerland

   University essay from Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för beteendevetenskap och lärande

   Author : Carole Chappuis; [2023]
   Keywords : Place-based education; partnership; Environmental and Sustainable Education; experiential learning; Cultural Historical Activity Theory;

   Abstract : This nested case study inquires about the partnership between primary school teachers and local actors within the wood industry to perform a place-based educative lesson in the Swiss region of Gruyère Pays-d’Enhaut. Five different cases relate the encounter between a teacher and a local actor and enable the description of the particularities and outcomes of such partnerships. READ MORE