Essays about: "globalization and lifestyle"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 14 essays containing the words globalization and lifestyle.

  1. 1. Nomadism without Borders: Exploring Connections in Digital Nomad Destinations : An Ethnographic Multiple-Case Study in Malaysia & Colombia

    University essay from Jönköping University/Internationella Handelshögskolan

    Author : Joan Boluda Chova; Konstantin Trutz von Ehrlich-Treuenstätt; [2023]
    Keywords : digital nomad; destinations; practices; locals; gentrification; alienation;

    Abstract : Background: Globalization and remote work following COVID-19 have boosted the tourism profiles of lifestyle travelers. Especially digital nomads, individuals that work remotely while traveling. These arising tourists contrast with the mass tourism industry, in the sense that digital nomads stay longer and may engage with local culture. READ MORE

  3. 2. Unpacking taste : the social life of wine

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

    Author : Henrik Mikael Waldin; [2022]
    Keywords : social fields; modernity; tradition; authenticity; natural wine;

    Abstract : Wine’s context exceeds the story of pleasure and natural enchantment as it is also laden with conflict and controversy. Wine is part of contemporary discussions on globalization, class and postcolonialism, biodiversity and climate change. In a sense, wine does not only reflect nature, but wine also reflects and is embedded in its social context. READ MORE

  4. 3. Examining the Post-purchase Behaviour of Second-hand Clothing : Extending Expectation Confirmation Theory

    University essay from Karlstads universitet/Handelshögskolan (from 2013)

    Author : Frida Hjerpe; [2022]
    Keywords : Collaborative fashion consumption; post-purchase behaviour; expectation confirmation theory; Swedish consumers;

    Abstract : Amongst production industries, the fashion industry is one of those with the most negative impact on the environment. Globalization has driven consumption of contemporary fashion products, such as clothes, to the highest quantities ever recorded in history. READ MORE

  5. 4. Lassa fever epidemic outbreak causing maternal mortality on pregnant women : A statistical and systematic review on prevalence and occurrence of maternal mortality in Nigeria

    University essay from Södertörns högskola/Institutionen för naturvetenskap, miljö och teknik

    Author : Joy Offor; [2020]
    Keywords : Lassa fever; endemic occurrence in Nigeria; viral haemorrhagic fever; pregnant women and mortality in Nigeria;

    Abstract : Introduction/background: Epidemics of infectious diseases (ID) are re-occurring now more often and spreads faster into many different parts of the world due to globalization. The increasing evidence of climate change and man-made events have shown impacts to increase the emergency and re-emerging of animal- borne IDs. READ MORE

  6. 5. “A simple life is not an easy life, but it is worth fighting for.” – A qualitative study of slow lifestyles and identity

    University essay from Örebro universitet/Institutionen för humaniora, utbildnings- och samhällsvetenskap

    Author : Alva Hall; [2020]
    Keywords : Sow living; slow lifestyles; identity; identity construction;

    Abstract : The world is moving at an increasingly rapid pace due to widening globalization. As a result of the technological development that has accelerated over the past decades, today, people are not only offered the opportunity to travel faster over geographical distances but also experience and achieve more per unit of time. READ MORE