Essays about: "nature conception"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 39 essays containing the words nature conception.
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1. The Benefits of Indigenous Knowledge Systems in Law and Decision Making - A case study on Sumak Kawsay, Buen Vivir and Rights of Nature in the Ecuadorian Constitution
University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; Lunds universitet/HumanekologiAbstract : This research is investigating the socio-ecological benefits of Indigenous Knowledge in law and decision making, focusing on the inclusion of the indigenous concept Sumak Kawsay, translated to Buen Vivir, and the Constitutional Rights of Nature in Ecuador. The Eurocentric and dominant cultural model has had a monopoly on the production of knowledge ever since the start of colonialism but today's socio-environmental issues are forcing us to look for other alternatives. READ MORE
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2. As Dark As Darkness : Using Star Maker and The Hobbit to Promote a Constructionist Understanding of Race in the ESL Classroom
University essay from Södertörns högskola/EngelskaAbstract : Although the popular conception of fantasy has nothing to do with race, in fact, the genre frequently exhibits underlying concerns with racial dynamics. Conversely, science fiction, due to its speculative perspective on the universe and the potential existence of alien species is, by nature, more inherently preoccupied with the concept of race. READ MORE
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3. First blood: Menarche as the foundation for women's self-realisation
University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för humanioraAbstract : Goddess-based civilisations worshipped the divine as a parthenogentic primordial creative force. Parthenogensis a Greek word that derives from parthenos “virgin” and genesis “from the beginning” was the path of liberation or rebirth into one’s divine nature. READ MORE
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4. Towards a new aesthetics of care : a critical reading of Nassauer’s cues to care
University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural DevelopmentAbstract : Joan Nassauer’s concept of cues to care has been influential within landscape design since her seminal essay Messy Ecosystems, Orderly Frames was published in 1995 and her research is often used to justify the need for marking landscapes as owned, although there have been critical voices too. The enduring popularity of cues to care as a design method is due to how open it is to interpretation, and this thesis examines various landscape interventions that can be classed as cues to care, both explicitly and implicitly. READ MORE
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5. Design without Nature : reflektioner kring naturbaserade lösningar med Ekostaden Augustenborg som exempel
University essay from SLU/Dept. of Landscape Architecture, Planning and Management (from 130101)Abstract : Intresset för naturbaserade lösningar ökar och de bedöms vara ett viktigt verktyg för att möta samtidens och framtidens samhällsutmaningar, så som global uppvärmning, massutdöende av arter, kollapsande ekosystem, m.m. En central idé med naturbaserade lösningar är att de ser till naturen som en förebild för bra lösningar. READ MORE
