Essays about: "life histories"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 20 essays containing the words life histories.

  1. 1. Childhood family structure in 16 European countries

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Sociologiska institutionen

    Author : Andreas Gustafsson; [2024]
    Keywords : child outcomes; Europe; comparative; divorce; stepfamily; sequence analysis;

    Abstract : At the end of the 20th century we saw great changes in family dynamics with rates ofseparation and re-partnerning increasing across Europe. Previous research has primarilyfocused on adults but less is known about how these family demographic changes haveaffected children's family structure. READ MORE

  3. 2. Climate Change on the English Wikipedia

    University essay from Högskolan i Borås/Akademin för bibliotek, information, pedagogik och IT

    Author : Sanyal Rukshin; [2023]
    Keywords : Wikipedia; Traces; Controversy; Climate change; ANT; Conflict; Society;

    Abstract : Climate change is one of the greatest threats to humanity, and yet society is unable to agree on its existence, causes and mitigation actions. This controversy in society manifests in all areas of public life including online channels. READ MORE

  4. 3. The female perspective on a situation of uncertainty : examining gendered and accumulated vulnerability in multiexposure to stressors through a case study in rural Nepal

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

    Author : Filippa Dahlback; [2023]
    Keywords : Multi-exposure; stressors; climate change; Ghorka earthquake; COVID-19; vulnerability; gender; Nepal; life histories; small-scale farmers;

    Abstract : Climate change impacts are becoming more severe globally, with estimations of a continued negative trend in the future. This interacts with increasing natural disasters as well as non-climatic stressors, such as pandemics or social stressors, creating a multi-exposure to stressors especially harmful for rural populations and small-scale farmers who depend on natural resources for their livelihoods. READ MORE

  5. 4. The In-Visible : Life as an IDU with HIV in Romania

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för kulturantropologi och etnologi

    Author : Georgia Cristiana Zavatti; [2022]
    Keywords : IDU; homeless; HIV; post-socialist; structural violence; biopolitics; governmentality; homo sacer; other; stigma; risk; ID card; drugs; vulnerability; visibility; invisibility;

    Abstract : The aim of this thesis is to present the situation of the intravenous drug-users (IDUs) living with HIV in Romania, with a focus on Bucharest. The study follows the IDUs experiences from the environment they live in, to the day-to-day examples of structural violence they face. READ MORE

  6. 5. Critical perspectives: North Sea offshore wind farms. : Oral histories, aesthetics and selected legal frameworks relating to the North Sea.

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för arkeologi och antik historia

    Author : Joanne Moss; [2021]
    Keywords : Aesthetics; Coastal; Decay; Decommission; Development permission; European Landscape Convention; Fluid dynamics; Horizon; Industrial; Judicial review; Marine management; Maunsell; Monopile; NASA; North Sea; Offshore; Oral history; OSPAR; Scotland; Scour; Sealand; Sea plumes; Seascape; Sediment; SPM; Suspended particulate matter; Transience; Trawler; Turbine; United Kingdom; Wind farm.;

    Abstract : The study is developed from five in-depth interviews with individuals from different walks of life who have interacted significantly with the North Sea. The study discusses change in the North Sea specifically in the development of fixed turbine wind farms and their physical and aesthetic effects. READ MORE