Essays about: "foster home"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 32 essays containing the words foster home.

  1. 11. The home as a foreign place in film : A case study of The Foster Boy (Der Verdingbub, Markus imboden, 2011), Undine (Undine, Christian Petzold, 2020) and Synonyms (Synonymes, Nadav Lapid, 2019)

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för mediestudier

    Author : Vera Bühl; [2022]
    Keywords : home; foreign; diaspora; exile; nomadism; identity; homelessness; rootlessness; Heimat;

    Abstract : This thesis explores the home as a foreign place in the three films The Foster Boy (Der Verdingbub, Markus Imboden, 2011), Undine (Undine, Christian Petzold, 2020) and Synonyms (Synonymes, Nadav Lapid, 2019). The theoretical framework draws on the concepts of Heimat and home as well as on aspects of diaspora, exile and nomadism, which are combined in a conceptualisation to which I refer to as ‘the foreign home’. READ MORE

  3. 12. Vattenintag hos katt på katthem

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Animal Environment and Health

    Author : Louise Sandgren; [2022]
    Keywords : beteende; felis catus; vattenbehov; välfärd; vätskebrist;

    Abstract : Cats have trouble using essential resources when put in an unfamiliar and stressful environment. This can affect their water intake and make them suffer from dehydration. In the long run this can lead to a number of diseases such as bladder issues, heart disease, or kidney failure. READ MORE

  4. 13. Home sweet home? : Free housing project and integration in Bogotá, Colombia

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

    Author : Tobias Andersson; [2021]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : Every year millions of human beings are forcibly displaced from their homes due to armed conflicts and natural disasters. By the end of 2019, more people than ever before were identified as Internally Displaced People (IDP), with numbers exceeding 45 million worldwide. READ MORE

  5. 14. Perceptions from foster care practitioners on the best interest of children and teenagers within the Brazilian strategy for reforming out-of-home care

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Tema Barn

    Author : Myung Hwa Baldini; [2021]
    Keywords : Child Studies; deinstitutionalization; foster care; children’s best interests; thematic analysis;

    Abstract : Within the Brazilian strategy to reform out-of-home care services, efforts have been directed to the prioritization of foster care over congregate care. This study draws from the perspective that childhood is socially construed, therefore child protection systems are dependent of notions and ideals of childhood, especially concerning the child deprived of parental care. READ MORE

  6. 15. Skills and competencies for sustainable food systems : case study of young market gardeners in Sweden

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Plant Breeding (from 130101)

    Author : Lotten Lundgren; [2020]
    Keywords : market gardening; sustainability; food system; skills; competencies; lock-in; transition;

    Abstract : Global food systems are locked into a sociotechnical regime where actors are dependent on high external inputs and economies of scale, and systemic innovation is necessary to meet sustainability targets. Recent research into the development of education for fostering sustainability leaders, such as the Horizon 2020-project NextFood, have largely focused on mainstream agriculture, despite the importance of niches in driving systems change. READ MORE