Essays about: "environmental anthropology"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 17 essays containing the words environmental anthropology.

  1. 1. Slow environmental violence and the socio-political recognition of air pollution : The case of Poland

    University essay from Jönköping University/HLK, Globala studier

    Author : Speelman Chantal; [2023]
    Keywords : Slow environmental violence | human-nature relations | political ecology | medical anthropology | air pollution | social perception | health | young-adults;

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  3. 2. Sanctuary : The Lifeworlds of Seaweeds in Loch Hourn

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Socialantropologiska institutionen

    Author : Guadalupe Canale; [2023]
    Keywords : sea anthropology; environmental perception and experience; seaweeds; ethnophycology; multispecies ethnography; the Scottish Highlands;

    Abstract : As living beings, seaweeds exist at the periphery of people’s awareness, and not much is known about what they mean to people, and the relationships we can have with them. They are useful, versatile commodities, and multitask as foodstuffs for people and other beings, as sources of biofuel and medicinal compounds, and the list goes on... READ MORE

  4. 3. The adaption of cultural activities : A qualitative study on families with young children during a pandemic

    University essay from Högskolan i Borås/Akademin för bibliotek, information, pedagogik och IT

    Author : Ann-Sofie Eliasson; [2021]
    Keywords : Pandemic; libraries; cultural activities; young children; photovoice; four spaces; environmental anthropology; Covid-19;

    Abstract : Libraries play an important role in society by offering cultural activities to families with younger children. Because of the Covid-19 pandemic, the libraries had to restrict their services. Due to the restrictions, families have lost many of the opportunities that the library offered. READ MORE

  5. 4. ‘Our own law is making us beggars’ : understanding the marginal experiences of governed, mine-side communities in Mutoko district, Zimbabwe

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

    Author : Saymore Ngonidzashe Kativu; [2021]
    Keywords : unequal ecological exchange; lifeworld; granite mining; governance; mining anthropology; natural resources curse; natural resources governance; Zimbabwe;

    Abstract : There is a rising interest in the Global South, to ensure that mineral resources are governed to benefit local communities where they are extracted. The shared Africa Mining Vision and economic aspirations in Zimbabwe seeking to integrate equity in governing and extracting mineral resources reflects such interests. READ MORE

  6. 5. The Swedish Allemansrätt: An Embodiment of Swedishness

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Socialantropologi

    Author : Dagný Bryndís Sigurjónsdóttir; [2021]
    Keywords : ublic Right to Access Nature; Code of Conduct; Public Right to Roam; Cultural Anthropology; Social Anthropology; Environmental Anthropology; Dissonant Culture; allemansrätt; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The aim of this thesis is to broaden the understanding of the Swedish “allemansrätten” as a cultural phenomenon and embodiment of Swedishness. The complications regarding the translation of concepts as well as problems in the general understanding of this public right will be brought to the reader’s attention. READ MORE