Essays about: "locals’ participation"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 16 essays containing the words locals’ participation.

1. 1. Samarbetet för det som är och ska bli : en studie av Etelhems eldsjälar och civila engagemang

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

   Author : Felicia Sandberg Vilén; [2023]
   Keywords : Etelhem; eldsjäl; tillit; strukturella hål; samarbete; civilt engagemang; Gotland;

   Abstract : Utvecklingsarbete på en ideell basis anses kunna bidra till att skapa en bra grund för att kunna bo kvar på små orter där statens och kommunens investeringar successivt minskat, och för att förbättra människors generella välmående. Den här studien handlar om civilt engagemang i Etelhem, ett mindre samhälle på Gotlands landsbygd, cirka fyra mil söder om Visby. READ MORE

3. 2. Local Patriotism and the Emergence of UrbanSocial Movements : A case study of referendums from below in a postmaterialist society

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Faris Henry Gergis; [2023]
   Keywords : Local patriotism; sub-national referendums; referendums from below; urban social movements; political participation; trust in local government; Folkinitiativet för Flygplatsens Framtid.;

   Abstract : Referendums are enigmatic in their sense as consolidating— or erosive tools of representative democracy; nonetheless, an upswing in the referenda from below was recently highlighted in the literature. Thus, how local referendums from below are mobilized and whether they affect trust in local government is a significant question to be answered, which mandates bridging social movements to tools of deliberative democracy. READ MORE

4. 3. Exploring commoning as a tool for social integration: Re-use of abandoned buildings and plots for the creation of commons in the Greek context

   University essay from

   Author : Christina Saxoni; [2022-08-29T07:58:17Z 2022-08-29T07:58:17Z 2022 2020]
   Keywords : housing as commons; social integration; newcomers;

   Abstract : Since 2011, Europe has experienced an unprecedented influx of people fleeing countries facing political turmoil. Refugees in Greece have been admitted to state run camps, segregated and excluded from social life and have been denied their basic human rights. READ MORE

5. 4. Participation as a Way for a Postcolonial Design of ICT4Ds

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för konst, kultur och kommunikation (K3)

   Author : Georgios Koletis; [2022]
   Keywords : C4D; ICT4Ds; design for social change; participatory design; postcolonialism; stereotypes; knowledge and identity creation; pluriverse; universalisms;

   Abstract : The ongoing digital transformation of our societies impacts all aspects of our lives aswell as the international development and the design for social change. Having said that,in this paper I studied whether the design of participatory ICT4Ds can engage the localend-users/beneficiaries in the processes of knowledge and identity creation, and thus,achieve their self-representation in order to break the colonial-based stereotypes. READ MORE

6. 5. The paradox of community seed systems : a case of Lumezi and Chasefu districts

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

   Author : Clement Raphael Banda; [2022]
   Keywords : community-based seed systems; seed; seed sovereignty; Zambia;

   Abstract : Availability of quality seeds is very key to production in agrarian societies such as Zambia. However, the focus on cereals like maize, a staple, has negatively affected the availability of quality seed for other crops like legumes which are equally important. This has been one of the reasons the community seed initiatives have been necessitated. READ MORE