Essays about: "effects of history society"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 47 essays containing the words effects of history society.

1. 6. Gendering Ethnicity : Colonialism and Structural Violence in the Swedish 1928 Reindeer Grazing Act

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för kulturvetenskaper (KV)

   Author : Alva Blomkvist; [2022]
   Keywords : Swedish colonialism; Reindeer Grazing Act; Sámi; Sápmi; gender; violence;

   Abstract : This thesis examines how the gendering of ethnicity in the Swedish Reindeer Grazing Act of 1928 (RBL 1928) was part of a colonial structure of violence. The research context in which this thesis places itself is in the intersection of previous scholarship on the colonial interest in controlling Indigenous marriage, and scholarship on Swedish colonial history in Sápmi. READ MORE

3. 7. The Cars’ Role in New Urban Development Projects:implications and considerations when planning away from car dependencies. : A comparative study of Stationsstaden and Brunnshög

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för Urbana Studier (US)

   Author : Louise Andersson; Jenny Gustavson; [2022]
   Keywords : Car planning; Car dependencies; Sustainable mobility; Accessibility; Transport justice;

   Abstract : Due to cars' negative impact on our cities and the strain cars put on the environment, more and more cities strive towards sustainable mobility and a reduction of car dependencies. This thesis will examine how two new contemporary planning projects view the car and what implications follow an eventual decrease of car dependent planning. READ MORE

4. 8. Historical ecology of the Greater Burgan oilfield : economy, technology, politics, and workers

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för arkeologi och antik historia

   Author : Saleh Youssef; [2022]
   Keywords : Oil extraction; The Greater Burgan Oilfield; Petrocultures; Assemblage thinking; Kuwait econ-omy; Oil peak; Migrant labour; Environmental History;

   Abstract : This thesis examines the current state of crude oil extraction and production in the Greater Burgan oilfield, Kuwait's largest and oldest oilfield. This thesis is based on interviews with oilfield workers, analyses of official documents from the Kuwaiti government and the Kuwait Oil Company (KOC), and my own experience as an oilfield worker in Kuwait. READ MORE

5. 9. Exploring the effects of green certification labeling in online grocery shopping platform in China

   University essay from KTH/Skolan för elektroteknik och datavetenskap (EECS)

   Author : Yifei Wang; [2022]
   Keywords : Online shopping experience; Food purchase; Shopping history; Organic food; datauppsättningar; neurala nätverk; blickdetektering; texttaggning;

   Abstract : The global pandemic has impacted daily life significantly, particularly in China. Fears of the virus, in addition to stay-at-home policies made more and more people choose to shop online instead of going to a brick-and-mortar store. READ MORE

6. 10. Knowledge is Power : A Qualitative Study About Child Marriage and its Effects on Girls’ Education in Nepalgunj Municipality

   University essay from Jönköping University/Högskolan för lärande och kommunikation

   Author : Andrea Stålberg; Elin Selling; [2022]
   Keywords : Child Marriage; Education; Nepal; Nepalgunj Municipality; Gender Equality; Human Rights; Girls’ Rights;

   Abstract : The practice of child marriage is deeply rooted in the Nepali history and still occurs in today’s society, even though it is illegal. Child marriages occur frequently in the Terai region, where Nepalgunj Municipality is located. READ MORE