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1. 1. The urban cure : design with local landscape dynamics

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

   Author : Lilja Will; [2023]
   Keywords : landscape architecture; landscape as a medium; landscape urbanism; process based design; eco-social services; shrinking city; post-industrial revitalisation; sustainable urban planning;

   Abstract : The worlds cities are currently facing challenges related to climate change, resource loss, poverty, social inequality, and technological disruptions. Sustainable urban planning is crucial, especially with the increasing global population and urbanization. Cities are the vital organs that determine the growth and further development of a region. READ MORE

3. 2. Activism in MMORPGs: A case studyof the MapleStory player boycott

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Medier och kommunikation

   Author : Tanzila Hakeem; [2022]
   Keywords : Gaming; Consumer Activism; Networked Social Movements; Digital Activism; Fandom; Participation; Consumerism; Globalization; Boycotting; Internet studies; social movements; Participatory politics;

   Abstract : This thesis explores how online gaming has become a central tool for networked social movements to participate in consumer activism. I look at the case study of MapleStory: a Korean MMORPG game and their consumer activism efforts started by the players. READ MORE

4. 3. The Effects of Globalisation, Modernization and Politics on the Apprenticeship of Dāphā Music : An Ethnographic Study from Tahnani, Kirtipur, Nepal

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för musikvetenskap

   Author : Rabindra Maharjan; [2021]
   Keywords : Music in Nepal; Dāphā Music; Musical Apprenticeship; Ethnomusicology; Music and Globalisation;

   Abstract : This dissertation explores the changing apprenticeship environment within the Dāphā Khalaḥ from Kirtipur Newar communities. The Dāphā music tradition comes from Nepal and is one of the oldest music traditions in South Asia.  This tradition has been practiced for centuries by the Newars, the indigenous people of Kathmandu. READ MORE

5. 4. Defining Urban Terroir : The Placemaking Qualities of a City

   University essay from KTH/Urbana och regionala studier

   Author : Zaid Al-karkhi; [2021]
   Keywords : Terroir; placemaking; authenticity; urban design; cultural identity; exclusion; interculturalism;

   Abstract : Throughout the history of Architecture and Urbanism, many efforts were made and continue being done in order to learn how to successfully design good built environments for human beings. This goal has not only expanded to several other fields such as Geography, Sociology, and Environmental Psychology but also received new and invaluable contributions from several other unexpected fields. READ MORE

6. 5. Nepal and Bhutan two similar nations with different strategic approach towards their big neighbors-India and China

   University essay from Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för ekonomisk och industriell utveckling

   Author : Anupama Ghimire; [2021]
   Keywords : Land Locked; Neighbors; Realism; Foreign Policies; Domestic Politics;

   Abstract : There have has been instances when a powerful neighboring countries are observed as being difficulty for the smaller ones. Moreover, the phenomena of subjugation roots back to imperialism era and its loitered notion of superiority is still practiced by most of the developed and sturdy countries. READ MORE