Essays about: "global assemblages"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 13 essays containing the words global assemblages.

1. 1. Spår i jorden : en studie av ett extraktionslandskap

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of Landscape Architecture, Planning and Management (from 130101)

   Author : Sebastian Hahn; [2023]
   Keywords : extraktionslandskap; nymaterialism; landskapshistoria; mosse; torv; torvtäkt; postindustriellt landskap; spårande; rumslighet;

   Abstract : Detta examensarbete utforskar torvtäkten som landsakap. Torvindustrin har en långtgående historia i Sverige, och de utdikade torvmossarna utgör några av de största landskapssåren i landet. Under påtryckningar från politik och samhälle har industrin minskat kraftigt, och många torvtäkter hotas nu av nedläggning. READ MORE

3. 2. Global Warming Induced by Oceanic Anoxic Event 1a Had a Pronounced Impact on the Early Cretaceous Terrestrial Vegetation of Southern Sweden

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Paleobiologi

   Author : Marcos Amores; [2022]
   Keywords : palynology; spore-pollen; biostratigraphy; oceanic anoxic event 1a; high-latitude; Early Cretaceous;

   Abstract : The Mesozoic is punctuated by several rapid global warming events that are marked by the worldwide deposition of organic-rich marine sediments. These events, known as oceanic anoxic events (OAEs), are characterised by intervals where the worldwide carbon cycle suffers a disruption due to major palaeoceanographic and climatic shifts, leading to anoxic marine environments and the creation of black shales. READ MORE

4. 3. Assembling a Healthy City : Perspective from Flen

   University essay from Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för tema

   Author : Stening Tor; [2022]
   Keywords : Healthy city; Physical activity; Assemblages; Place-assemblages; Sense-of-place; Place-making.;

   Abstract : The research field regarding healthier cities and how to promote and enable possibilities for physical activity is considered to be one of the most important research fields in current urban planning research. In academic research, there is a research gap when it comes to how urban characteristics that promote and enable possibilities for physical activity are treated in practice, as well as how municipalities are working with questions regarding creating healthier cities. READ MORE

5. 4. The Biogeographical Extent and Global Synchronicity of the Late Miocene Reticulofenestra pseudoumbilicus Paracme

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaper

   Author : Joseph Asanbe; [2022]
   Keywords : late Miocene; biogenic bloom; nannofossil biostratigraphy; paleo-productivity; Reticulofenestra size variation;

   Abstract : Previous biostratigraphic studies in the Indian Ocean, equatorial Pacific, Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea document the temporal disappearance of Reticulofenestra pseudoumbilicus in the late Miocene (Tortonian age). This interval has been subsequently defined as the R. pseudoumbilicus paracme. READ MORE

6. 5. Data centers and Indigenous sovereignty : Data center materialities, representation and power in Sápmi/northern Sweden

   University essay from Södertörns högskola/Institutionen för kultur och lärande

   Author : Satenik Sargsyan; [2022]
   Keywords : data center; Indigenous; Sámi; Sami; contrapuntal; digital infrastructure; Sápmi; Sapmi; Sweden;

   Abstract : From “disguised and concealed” (Parks and Starosielski 2015) in nature to more recent, select attempts at “visible, accessible, environmentally friendly” (Holt and Vonderau 2015), data centers are the backbone of the digital infrastructure. Studies of data centers continuously help develop media and communications studies in understanding the role of media infrastructure, representations of imaginaries of the cloud; social, political and economic realities embedded in data, and issues of power, agency and resistance against the backdrop of increased global concerns for the environment and greening practices, built into the discourse of tech companies. READ MORE