Essays about: "design in Social context"
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1. Spatial Stories of Peace. The case of the Greater Gola Landscape.
University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate SchoolAbstract : This thesis follows the interdisciplinary tradition that exists in global studies by performing a spatial analysis of the imaginary of peace(s) and conservation as a practice of peace(s) and thus contributing to the fields of environmental peacebuilding, peace- and conflict studies, and geography. The thesis has its theoretical starting point in environmental peacebuilding and is drawing and building on spatial theory as a way of understanding the construction of peace(s) in the context of the Greater Gola Landscape, straddling the border of Sierra Leone and Liberia. READ MORE
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2. How Storytelling Drives Activism and Resistance? : Mobilization behind the Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation
University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för Urbana Studier (US)Abstract : This thesis focuses on the stories of activists in Kosovo and why and how they resist in a context where powerful actors increasingly use strategic lawsuits against public participation (SLAPP) as a new mode of exercising power. The thesis seeks to understand resistance and new ways of exercising resistance in the context of SLAPP. READ MORE
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3. Collaborative Learning in an Immersive Virtual Environment: The Effects of Context and Retrieval Practice
University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för psykologiAbstract : The accessibility of Virtual Reality (VR) enables the investigation of desirable difficulties originating from memory research with increased ecological validity. The two desirable difficulties include contextual variation and retrieval practice. READ MORE
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4. Dynamic Risk Management in Air Traffic Management System Failures
University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Riskhantering och SamhällssäkerhetAbstract : Context This research looks at managing uncertainty and recovery processes following failure of a sociotechnical system. The provision of Air Traffic Services (ATS) is an essential service that must continue to function supporting at a minimum; medical flights, search and rescue operations, humanitarian aid, State and military flights (as demonstrated during the recent global pandemic). READ MORE
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5. Bridging Nature and Care : nurturing Individuals with Dementia in a Residential Care Facility in Denmark
University essay from SLU/Dept. of People and SocietyAbstract : The global demographic shift towards an aging population, with a projected 22% of the world over 60 by 2050, presents a significant challenge because of the soaring rates of dementia, carrying profound economic, political, and social consequences. Research emphasizes the potential of naturebased interventions in improving the well-being of individuals with dementia. READ MORE