Essays about: "money and relations"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 51 essays containing the words money and relations.

  1. 1. The Illumination of Money : An Ethnography of Bitcoin in El Salvador

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Socialantropologiska institutionen

    Author : Anton Angwald; [2023]
    Keywords : infrastructure; payment; bitcoin; financial inclusion; el salvador; future imaginaries; speculation; infrastruktur; betalning; bitcoin; finans; el salvador; framtidsstudier; spekulation; pengar;

    Abstract : Money can be understood as a disembedding mechanism, detaching social relations from a spatiotemporal context. However, different infrastructural instantiations of money make visible–and invisible–different qualities of money. READ MORE

  3. 2. Understanding the social dimension of sustainable agriculture : Swiss dairy farmers perspectives

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Energy and Technology

    Author : Magdalena Margarita Halter; [2022]
    Keywords : social sustainability; dairy farmers; farming; agriculture; Switzerland; Q-Methodology; focus group; factor analysis; perspectives;

    Abstract : The current food systems need to become more sustainable, and this involves the creation of balance between the economic, environmental and social dimension of these systems. The social dimension, however, is least clearly conceptualized and likely to be overlooked when the issues are not very obvious as this is the case for many regions in the global north. READ MORE

  4. 3. The role of gender equality on rural women development in agriculture : case study: koperative duhinge ikigori kanjongo “KODIKA”, Nyamasheke district, Rwanda

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

    Author : Christella Mukakalisa; [2021]
    Keywords : gender equality; rural women development; agriculture;

    Abstract : Gender is as a contract in society regulating the relations between men and women. But Gender equality is referred to as equal rights, roles and responsibilities for men and women. It is a crucial element in sustainable development, and it is considered as human rights. READ MORE

  5. 4. Precarious working conditions in gig organisations: saving money or losing value? : A qualitative study of food deliverers in Sweden

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Företagsekonomi; Linköpings universitet/Filosofiska fakulteten

    Author : Daria Revina; Camilo Lopes Bringel Netto; [2021]
    Keywords : Gig economy; labour relations; precarity; Bourdieu capital; organisation of work;

    Abstract : Background: Considering the growing popularity of gig organisations and the socioeconomic situation enabling precarity in this type of firms, there is the need to investigate potential gains and losses of this type of work contract from the organisational side.  Aim: The aim is to understand the benefits and losses platform organisations may face by offering precarious work conditions. READ MORE

  6. 5. Who is the Economista? : The Paradox of Feminism: Collectivism and Individualism Within an Online Group for Female Private Investors

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för informatik och media

    Author : Nathalie Saller; [2021]
    Keywords : Fourth wave feminism; postfeminism; neoliberal feminism; social media; Facebook groups; separatism; women’s communities; economy; investing; consciousness raising; safe spaces online;

    Abstract : In the last few years, there has been an explosion of Facebook groups specifically directed at a female audience. One topic that seems to organize and interest Swedish women especially is money. READ MORE