Essays about: "locals"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 183 essays containing the word locals.

  1. 21. Here Comes the Sun: Imagination, Development, and Technology in Malawi

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för etnologi

    Author : Catarina Santos; [2022]
    Keywords : Applied Cultural Analysis; Development; Energy access; Imagination; Malawi; Solar technology; Technology.; Cultural Sciences; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This paper explores how electrical appliances, together with the idea of attaining energy access in the near future, create hope in a northern village in Malawi. Even though less than one per cent of the rural population has energy access, some of these locals already own solar systems. READ MORE

  3. 22. Sustainability and waste sorting management in small scale hotels in Sri Lanka : A Minor Field Study in Sri Lanka

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

    Author : ALEX SELLÉN STACKEGÅRD; RAGNA IVARSSON; [2022]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : Sri Lanka is a small island located on the tip of India in the Indian Ocean. Following the end of the civil war, Sri Lanka’s tourism numbers have increased drastically. Up until the pandemic, more and more tourists flocked to the island. READ MORE

  4. 23. Syria Between Revolution and Ngoisation : A Case Study

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

    Author : Mazin Al Balkhi; [2022]
    Keywords : Ngoisation; Ngoizationability; Syria; Revolution; Gaziantep; buzzwords; decoloniality; CDDA.; الأنجزة ثورة سوريا;

    Abstract : After the eruption of the demonstrations along the Syrian cities, in March 2011, the Syrian regime responded with hostile acts against the civilians, therefore, waves of IDPs and refugees occurred for millions of Syrians causing one of the largest catastrophes in the modern era, as a result, the international community specifically the EU and USA intervened to address the needs of those IDPs and refugees.  The thesis aimed at analyzing the Western development interventions in NW of Syria, the interventions were initiated through their development agencies and INGOs and were implemented by local stakeholders. READ MORE

  5. 24. A QUALITATIVE STUDY OF LOCAL POLITICIANS’ CHANGED ATTITUDES TOWARDS WIND POWER PROJECTS

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaper

    Author : Tomas Bolvin; [2022]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : This qualitative study investigates the complex relation between wind power developments and municipal decision-making in two Swedish project cases. The study is investigating why the municipalities have changed their attitude towards the developments and thus used their veto-right to stop it. READ MORE

  6. 25. 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