Essays about: "homelessness Thesis"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 17 essays containing the words homelessness Thesis.

  1. 1. Exploring commoning as a tool for social integration: Re-use of abandoned buildings and plots for the creation of commons in the Greek context

    University essay from

    Author : Christina Saxoni; [2022-08-29T07:58:17Z 2022-08-29T07:58:17Z 2022 2020]
    Keywords : housing as commons; social integration; newcomers;

    Abstract : Since 2011, Europe has experienced an unprecedented influx of people fleeing countries facing political turmoil. Refugees in Greece have been admitted to state run camps, segregated and excluded from social life and have been denied their basic human rights. READ MORE

  3. 2. centre for Vulnerable Youth

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för arkitektur och byggd miljö

    Author : Claudia Iovita; [2022]
    Keywords : architecture; homeless; vulnerable; home; youth; Arts and Architecture;

    Abstract : The present thesis explores the wide definition of homelessness and its complexity as a social phenomena. It is a very complex and multidirectional problem linked to individual, interpersonal, and socioeconomic factors. READ MORE

  4. 3. 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

  5. 4. Discipline and Order: Hostile architecture in Copenhagen

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Sociologi; Lunds universitet/Sociologiska institutionen

    Author : Egill Karlsson; [2022]
    Keywords : Hostile architecture; Copenhagen; Sensory ethnography; Phenomenology; Order; Discipline; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Hostile architecture is a tool used to control and regulate behavior, individuals, and groups in public spaces. This research explores the use, purpose, and meaning of hostile architecture in Copenhagen. To explore the phenomenon, I conducted fieldwork and semi-structured interviews. READ MORE

  6. 5. Between a Rock and a Hard Place : Navigating the Housing Pathways of Newcomers in Ireland

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för Urbana Studier (US)

    Author : Mark Connaughton; [2021]
    Keywords : housing; housing studies; housing in Ireland; housing pathways; housing regimes; migration; reception policy; direct provision; housing assistance payment; marketised social housing;

    Abstract : This thesis presents research into the housing pathways of newcomers in Ireland who receive status to remain in the country and come through the Irish direct provision reception system. In the global context of financialisation of housing and local context of state reliance on the private market to provide housing to all sections of society, cities in Ireland are experiencing severe housing crises like many other cities across the globe, characterised by shortage, increasing rents and persistent homelessness rates. READ MORE