Essays about: "indigenous youth"

Showing result 6 - 9 of 9 essays containing the words indigenous youth.

  1. 6. Ecuadorian indigenous youth and identities : cultural homogenization or indigenous vindication?

    University essay from Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

    Author : Sandra Backlund; [2013]
    Keywords : CONAIE; social movement; indigenous; identities; youth; Ecuador;

    Abstract : There exists a scholarly debate on the cultural impact of globalization and how and to what extent it is affecting indigenous people in particular. Three theoretical standpoints can be discerned from the debate; the homogenization-perspective which holds that globalization is making world cultures more similar, the hybridization-perspective which emphasizes that it is fragmenting cultural boundaries and the differentiation-perspective which implies that globalization is augmenting differences and making humanity as a whole more diverse. READ MORE

  3. 7. Art as a tool for social transformation : A minor field study examining the increase of social and human capital amongst the urban indigenous youth of El Alto Bolivia through active participation in local cultural association ALBORs activities

    University essay from Institutionen för samhällsvetenskaper

    Author : Fazlji Denis; [2012]
    Keywords : Ursprungsfolk; urban; socialt kapital; inflytande; välmående; Indigenous; urban; social capital; influence; wellbeing; indígena; urbano; capital social; influencia; el bienestar;

    Abstract : Denna uppsats handlar om den andra generationens ursprungsfolks urbana migranter i El Alto området Bolivia. ALBOR är en kulturförening som arbetar med ledarskapsutbildning och tala offentligt genom skapandet och framträdandet av poesi och scenkonst. READ MORE

  4. 8. Social Safeguards for REDD+ in Mexico’s Watershed Management Program

    University essay from Institutionen för geovetenskaper; Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Philippe Youssef Garduño Diaz; [2012]
    Keywords : Sustainable development; environmental governance; REDD ; watershed management; Chiapas;

    Abstract : Case studies on environmental governance are essential to improve comprehension on howto implement international agreements. This study focuses on seven social safeguards relevant toREDD+. The existence of these social safeguards is examined in Mexico’s watershed managementprogram in La Sierra Madre and La Costa of Chiapas. READ MORE

  5. 9. Applications of Cultural Analysis in Marketing in a Mainland Chinese Context

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för etnologi

    Author : Yu Bei Gong; [2010]
    Keywords : marketing; applying cultural analysis.; Chinese young adults; MACA; mainland Chinese context; ethnography; Cultural Sciences;

    Abstract : Although China is changing rapidly, Chinese values and culture change much slower than economic statistics. Simultaneously, interests in culture have grown dramatically in marketing study and practice worldwide, however culture is by and large the least investigated part in terms of marketing in mainland China. READ MORE