Essays about: "labor relations"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 63 essays containing the words labor relations.

1. 16. A climate of difference: gender, farming, and climate variability : an investigation into the varied experience of gender vulnerability and agency among small-scale farmers in Ky Anh district, Central Vietnam

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; Lunds universitet/LUMID International Master programme in applied International Development and Management

   Author : Eoin O'Dwyer; [2020]
   Keywords : Gender; Climate Variability; Differentiated Vulnerability; Agency; Intersectionality; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : This study explores gender identity, vulnerability, and agency in the lives of smallholder farmers, within the context of climate variability in Ky Anh, Central Vietnam. The study first explores how gender identity and power is constructed within everyday rural practices. READ MORE

3. 17. The Vicious Circle of Social Exclusion : A qualitative study on poverty alleviation in Rwanda

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

   Author : Hampus Hartvigsson; [2020]
   Keywords : Social Exclusion; Poverty Reduction; Girinka; Multidimensional Deprivation; Rwanda;

   Abstract : In the discourse of poverty, there is no scientific consensus on how to measure poverty. In the theory of social exclusion, analyzing poverty goes beyond traditional economic measures of poverty. The theory of social exclusion implies that there is a downward spiral of multidimensional deprivation, creating a vicious circle of social exclusion. READ MORE

4. 18. Defining the Voice of Montreal: Exploring Possibilities for Human-Machine Companionship

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för etnologi

   Author : Malik Dehbi Talbot; [2020]
   Keywords : critical posthumanism; artificial intelligence; virtual assistant; tourism; science and technology studies; human-machine relationships; voicebot; labor relations; companion; sociomaterial assemblage; History and Archaeology; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : This thesis explores the possibility for (re)defining the relationship between humans and robots with conversational interfaces. It does so by looking at the creation process of a voice and text-based virtual assistant for tourists from the perspective of critical posthumanism and posthuman performativity. READ MORE

5. 19. Catalyzing climate change adaptation capacity : potential effects of “GALS” Approach in transforming rural farm households towards gender inclusive climate change adaptation in KIREHE District. Rwanda

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

   Author : Adrien Mutarambirwa; [2020]
   Keywords : adaptive capacity; rural livelihoods; climate change; gender relations; coping mechanism;

   Abstract : This study explores the impact of climate change on the livelihoods of rural farm households and the adaption strategies used to cope with the effects of climate change in Kirehe District. To thoroughly understand the case, a particular attention has been paid to gender dynamics and climatic change adaptation; the main intent was to comprehend how gender relations and adaptation strategies are intertwined in rural households which are exposed to climate-related hazards. READ MORE

6. 20. Automatic Invoice Data Extraction as a Constraint Satisfaction Problem

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för informationsteknologi

   Author : Jakob Andersson; [2020]
   Keywords : constraint programming; invoice processing;

   Abstract : Invoice processing has traditionally been heavily dependent onmanual labor, where the task is to identify and move certaininformation from an origin to a destination. A time demandingtask with a high interest of automation to reduce time ofexecution, fault-risk and cost. READ MORE