Essays about: "fieldwork"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 483 essays containing the word fieldwork.

1. 21. "Three meals a day and a place to stay" : Non-waged labor, household formation and the politics of scale on organic farms in the southeastern United States

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Kulturgeografiska institutionen

   Author : Dean Mirabito; [2023]
   Keywords : family farm; agrarian question; self-exploitation; home; social reproduction; non-waged labor; scale; WWOOF;

   Abstract : Family farms practicing organic agriculture often struggle to make a profit. Unable to pay wages, farms are increasingly recruiting laborers who agree to work without pay, instead receiving food and accommodation. READ MORE

3. 22. Multiple Futures, Diverse Paths : A Study of How Vietnamese Blockchain Professionals Imagine, Enact andNegotiate Futures

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Socialantropologiska institutionen

   Author : Ossian Nordgren; [2023]
   Keywords : Blockchain; Web3; Vietnam; Future Imaginaries; Value; Emerging Technologies;

   Abstract : This thesis dives into the future imaginaries of blockchain professionals in Hanoi and Saigon. Looking at sites of futures enactment, and constant negotiations around an emerging technology, economy, and start-up ecology. READ MORE

4. 23. Bonderevolt eller överlevnadskreativitet : en studie om mjölkproducenters resa till egen förädling av gårdens mjölk

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

   Author : Lisa Valleräng; [2023]
   Keywords : gårdsmejeri; förädling; mjölkgård; globala livsmedelssystem; lokala livsmedelssystem; berättande; värdeskapande; relationsmat;

   Abstract : I denna uppsats undersöks mjölkgårdar som investerat i och utvecklat förädling av gårdarnas egen mjölk. Fyra mjölkgårdar har besökts och där har jag genomfört djupgående intervjuer och observationer i två dagar på vardera gård. READ MORE

5. 24. Changing Tides and Navigating Uncertainty : An ethnographic study of NGO resilience in coastal South India

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

   Author : Emma Berglund; [2023]
   Keywords : NGO; India; Localisation; Resilience; India; Blue Economy; Community centered practice;

   Abstract : What makes an non-governmental organisation (NGO) agile and resilient towards changes, pressures or uncertainties at community, state or macro-political level? By adopting a single case study based on semi-structured interviews and fieldwork, this thesis will dive into the life-world of a community-based NGO based in Nagapattinam, Tamil Nadu. Social Needs Education and Human Awareness (SNEHA) has since founding in the 1980s had a strong rights-based identity and evolved through various phases of community organising, disaster relief work, evidence-based advocacy and upholding of fisher communities traditional and customary rights. READ MORE

6. 25. Scrutinizing local views of the role of education in relation to western mainstream views : a case-study from Tanzania

   University essay from Södertörns högskola/Utveckling och internationellt samarbete

   Author : Najah Abyan; Caroline Petersen; [2023]
   Keywords : Babati; capability; education; freedom; gender; socioeconomic differences; Babati; Tanzania; kapabilitete; frihet; utbildning; genus; socioekonomiska skillnader;

   Abstract : This case study was conducted to give an in-depth analysis of the local stakeholder’s views on the role of education in Babati, Tanzania. The goal is to investigate differences and similarities between the views in Babati and mainstream western views, exemplified by the theory of Martha Nussbaum and Amartya Sen while being attentive to gender and socioeconomic differences. READ MORE