Essays about: "life-world"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 31 essays containing the word life-world.

  1. 1. Changing Tides and Navigating Uncertainty : An ethnographic study of NGO resilience in coastal South India

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

    Author : Emma Berglund; [2023]
    Keywords : NGO; India; Localisation; Resilience; India; Blue Economy; Community centered practice;

    Abstract : What makes an non-governmental organisation (NGO) agile and resilient towards changes, pressures or uncertainties at community, state or macro-political level? By adopting a single case study based on semi-structured interviews and fieldwork, this thesis will dive into the life-world of a community-based NGO based in Nagapattinam, Tamil Nadu. Social Needs Education and Human Awareness (SNEHA) has since founding in the 1980s had a strong rights-based identity and evolved through various phases of community organising, disaster relief work, evidence-based advocacy and upholding of fisher communities traditional and customary rights. READ MORE

  3. 2. The decision-making process to leave the audit profession : How female senior managers reach their decision to resign

    University essay from Jönköping University/IHH, Företagsekonomi

    Author : Carita Ly; Ulrika Karsberg; [2022]
    Keywords : Auditing; Audit Profession; Audit firm; Decision-making process; Female senior manager; Resignation.;

    Abstract : Background/problematization: The audit industry has historically been characterized by male dominance, and it has long been a problem to succeed in retaining women throughout the work life. Female senior managers are influenced by triggering factors that cause them to consider their continuation in the audit profession. READ MORE

  4. 3. Traditionella metoder i moderna tider : en studie av jordbruk i naturreservat i Södermanlands skärgård

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

    Author : Anna Haglund Ståhl; [2022]
    Keywords : naturreservat; jordbruk; biologisk mångfald; system; myndighetsutövande; governmentality;

    Abstract : Som en del i att bromsa förlusterna av biologisk mångfald har vi miljökvalitetsmålet ”Ett rikt odlingslandskap” att förhålla oss till i Sverige. En rationalisering och likriktning av jordbruket allt sedan efterkrigstiden har lett att livsmiljöer för arter förvunnit. READ MORE

  5. 4. Adoption of Sustainable Packaging Solutions for the Fish Industry : A case study on a corrugated cardboard packaging solution for fresh fish

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

    Author : Andreas Kopp; Robin Falconer; [2020]
    Keywords : Fish industry; sustainable packaging; EPS; corrugated cardboard; diffusion of innovation; innovation adoption; sustainability; Fiskindustrin; hållbara förpackningar; EPS; wellpapp; innovationsspridning; innovationsadoption; hållbarhet;

    Abstract : The rapid development of plastic production the last couple of decades has led to extensive use of plastic products and vast problems with littering, waste management and exploitation of natural resources. Due to the cheap and easy production of plastics, the world’s population has extended the limit of acceptable usage. READ MORE

  6. 5. Service på landsbygden : en studie av den sociala roll olika serviceinrättningar och föreningsliv spelar för det offentliga rummet i Sparreholm

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

    Author : Johanna Blidfors; [2020]
    Keywords : service på landsbygd; Habermas; livsvärld; Bourdieu; kapital; mötesplatser;

    Abstract : Varför behövs serviceställen på landsbygden? I denna uppsats undersöks den sociala och kulturella funktion som olika sorters serviceställen fyller som mötesplats på orten Sparreholm. För att analysera dessa funktioner har jag dels använt mig av Jürgen Habermas begrepp livsvärld, dels Pierre Bourdieus uppdelning av den offentliga sfären i olika sociala fält samt hans begrepp kopplade till hur aktörer inom dessa strävar efter olika symboliska tillgångar. READ MORE