Essays about: "life course theory"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 43 essays containing the words life course theory.

  1. 1. Deep Breath - An auto-reflexive account of a collective journey into the healing practices of shared, embodied, breathing meditation

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Centrum för teologi och religionsvetenskap; Lunds universitet/Religionshistoria och religionsbeteendevetenskap

    Author : Michel Starco; [2023]
    Keywords : Quality of safety; Belly2Belly; Liminality; Interpretive drift; Embodiment of intimacy; Embodiment; Lived religion; Intimacy; Co-regulation; Intercorporeity; Ritual; Auto-reflexive ethnography; Negotiating somatic consent; Habitus; Socialization; Polyvagal theory.; Philosophy and Religion;

    Abstract : When we first encounter past traumatic experiences in ourselves, we are left with a conundrum; how are we to move forward in our everyday lives and thrive, rather than just cope and survive? By participating in the Belly2Belly ritual, providing analytical reflections and a detailed account from an auto-reflexive perspective, I attempt in this thesis to show, through the Belly2Belly ritual, how participants progress from a state of ill-being into a state of well-being, a form of evolution of well-being. This, it can be argued, takes form when the ritual participants are provided with the opportunity to engage with their unconscious habitus and autonomous physiological reactions through embodiment of intimacy. READ MORE

  3. 2. A glance at everyday life of New Elder Group in China: A case study of Xiamen, China

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

    Author : Jianmei Zhou; [2023]
    Keywords : everyday life; diversity of older people; New Elder Group; LaoPiaoZu; time-geographic approach; life course theory; Xiamen; China; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This thesis targeted a new group in the transitioning Chinese society---the New Elder Group (NEG) --- at the private level, focusing on their everyday life. NEG refers to retired people who are relatively young (55-80), financially independent, and in good health. Their primary desires in everyday life is to “live a good every day”. READ MORE

  4. 3. “Always been an Alien” - A qualitative study on how multilingual young adults experience and navigate identity and belonging in Skopje, North Macedonia.

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för socialt arbete

    Author : Milan Wall Kovacevski; [2022-12-12]
    Keywords : Ethnicity; Social Work; Identity; Belonging; Multilingual; Young Adults; North Macedonia;

    Abstract : This study offers empirical arguments for how multilingual young adults navigate and experience identity and belonging in Skopje. A city reported to be, one of the most multicultural cities in South-East Europe, where ethnic exclusion and interethnic segregation is outmost present (Veron, 2016:1448; Stojanov, 2020:74). READ MORE

  5. 4. Environmentally friendly, or friendly environment? Exploring environmental sustainability as a motive for residential mobility

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet / Institutionen för ekonomi och samhälle

    Author : Felix Stööp Lindgren; [2022-08-10]
    Keywords : Residential mobility; residential migration; life course migration; amenity migration; lifestyle migration; time-geography; environmental sustainability; sustainable urban development; proximity.;

    Abstract : Considering worldwide urban growth, and the challenges involved concerning sustainable development, the aim of this thesis is to broaden knowledge about the drivers and motivations concerning intra-urban residential mobility. With a specific focus on exploring environmental sustainability as a possible motive for residential mobility, the empirical data is gathered from fourteen semi-structured, in-depth interviews with residents in the Gothenburg metropolitan area, in Sweden. READ MORE

  6. 5. Innovating the learning process in higher education throughthe integration of theory and practice in partnership with Industry and Students

    University essay from KTH/Skolan för industriell teknik och management (ITM)

    Author : Daniel Anderson Mlabwa; Farhang Hajipour; [2022]
    Keywords : VUCA; Work-Integrated Learning; Knowledge-Economy; Learning Innovation; Paradigm Shift; Higher Education; Employability; Experiential Learning; VUCA Prime.;

    Abstract : The VUCA (which stands for volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity) conditions have overshadowed the national and global higher education systems, and social and economic systems are increasingly becoming dependent on knowledge and innovations. There is a call for the global higher education systems to attain a new set of quality standards (Waller et al. READ MORE