Essays about: "language ecology"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 12 essays containing the words language ecology.

  1. 1. LYNK&CO CIRC : WHAT IF THE AUTOMOTIVE BUSINESS EMBRACED A CIRCULAR MINDSET?

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Designhögskolan vid Umeå universitet

    Author : Karl Marteliusson; [2018]
    Keywords : Circular Economy Automotive Design;

    Abstract : This project is questioning our modern way of life. With the current capitalistic economy we are draining the world on resources and creating inequality among people. It is often said the the capitalistic system is lifting people out of poverty and there is no better way. READ MORE

  3. 2. “To shape God, Shape Self”: The Political Manipulation of the Human Body and Reclamation of Space in Octavia E. Butler’s The Parable of the Sower

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Kultur och samhälle

    Author : Lisa James; [2018]
    Keywords : Butler; human body; space; society; Contemporary America; literature; dystopia; Los Angeles; Southern California; ecology; global warming; sociopolitics; gender; stereotypes; race; ethnicity; stagnation; patriarchy; female voice; hysteria; feminist studies; social reform; movement; migration; nomadology; Octavia Butler; empathy; sympathy; Parable of the Sower; hyperempathy;

    Abstract : This paper considers the role of the human body in Octavia E. Butler’s The Parable of the Sower and the way it interacts with defined space to stage expressive forms of political opposition. READ MORE

  4. 3. The Impacts of Forest Management Discourse and Conservation Practices

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi

    Author : Aske Hjarvard Raaschou; [2018]
    Keywords : Natural resource management; discourse; Indonesia; critical discourse analysis; political ecology; conservation; NGO; development aid.; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Political ecology research has been prone to link conservation efforts and development programmes with structural relations such as neoliberal political economy. This thesis argues that this linkage is a too simplistic judgment and that more nuanced contextual understandings of the impacts of conservation programmes are needed. READ MORE

  5. 4. Skogen som integrationsarena : kopplingen mellan svensk skogsnäring och integration

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Forest Ecology and Management

    Author : Stina Köppler; [2017]
    Keywords : landsbygdsutveckling; utbildning; språk; integration; Rural development; education; language; integration;

    Abstract : Sammanfattning Rapporten presenterar en studie om integration av nyanlända svenskar till skogsnäringen genom en skogsrelaterad utbildning anpassad efter målgruppens behov. Det huvudsakliga syftet är att närmare granska och analysera nyanlända kvinnor och mäns erfarenheter och föreställningar om skog samt att utvärdera de utbildningsinsatser som tillhandahållits målgruppen för att integreras i skogsarenan. READ MORE

  6. 5. Linguistic Landscaping in Singapore: The Local Linguistic Ecology and the Roles of English

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Masterprogram: Språk och språkvetenskap

    Author : Hoa Tang; [2016]
    Keywords : linguistic landscape; the ecology of language; language ecology; linguistic dominance; niches; multilingual ism ; English imperialism; diffusion-of-English paradigm; language shift; Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : The present thesis, adopting the ecology of language as its conceptual orientation as well as employing linguistic landscape as its methodological tool to collect and analyze data, firstly aims at investigating (1) how the four official languages of Singapore namely Malay, (Mandarin) Chinese, Tamil, and English have been deployed on signs by three different social actors, i.e. READ MORE