Essays about: "participatory communities"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 148 essays containing the words participatory communities.

  1. 1. Potential and Limitations of the Sketch Map Tool in the International Red Cross Red Crescent Movement

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Riskhantering och Samhällssäkerhet

    Author : Kimon Letzner; [2024]
    Keywords : Disaster risk reduction; Participatory action research; Community risk mapping; International Red Cross Red Crescent Movement; Colombia; Technology and Engineering;

    Abstract : In disaster risk management, participatory mapping (PM) closes spatial data gaps in communities by integrating local risk knowledge. The thesis examined the potential and limitations of the Sketch Map Tool (SMT) as a PM tool for community-based disaster risk reduction (DRR) through an International Red Cross Red Crescent Movement case study. READ MORE

  2. 2. “I Feel so at Home in This Subreddit" : A Netnographic Analysis of the Fan Subreddit r/ThelastofusHBOseries and Its Community-Building Aspects

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

    Author : Marlene Penn; [2023]
    Keywords : The Last of Us; fandom; online fan community; Reddit; netnography; communication; community building;

    Abstract : This thesis examines the online fan community of the HBO series The Last of Us on the social media platform Reddit. Within this study, the fans’ communication practices on the subreddit r/ThelastofusHBOseries are researched and analyzed from a community-building perspective. The subreddit was observed employing a netnographic approach. READ MORE

  3. 3. The voice of unheard : Chai Khana and the importance of independent media in encouraging diversity and inclusion

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap; Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kommunikation och medier

    Author : Leyla Abdullayeva; [2023]
    Keywords : Social imaginary; Cultural citizenship; Independent media; Participatory media; Media; Communication; Diversity; Inclusion; Gender in South Caucasus; Queer communities in South Caucasus; Media in South Caucasus; Social change; Cultural Sciences; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : “The voice of unheard: Chai Khana and the importance of independent media in encouraging diversity and inclusion” is a master thesis focusing on the case study of Chai Khana, an independent media platform located in the South Caucasus and covering the gender-related stories from the region, and how it represents the voices of gender oppression and marginalisation. Through adopting a methods triangulation approach including the interviews, and textual and visual analysis, the collected data presented interconnectedness of independent media practices, diversity and inclusion, social imaginary and cultural citizenship. READ MORE

  4. 4. The Role of Vertical Collaboration in Local Community Empowerment : Exploring the Implementation of Climate Smart Agriculture at a Local Level in Eswatini

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Charlee Salmelin; [2023]
    Keywords : Eswatini; Disaster Risk Reduction; Climate Change Adaptation; Climate Smart Agriculture; Vertical Collaboration; Community Empowerment; Sustainable Capacity Development Efforts; Minor Field Study;

    Abstract : To strengthen societies and address the increased risks generated by climate change, development projects within disaster risk reduction [DRR] and climate change adaptation [CCA] must ensure the sustainability of capacity development. However, sustainability is currently flawed in such projects, which could relate to the inadequate achievement of empowerment of targeted beneficiaries. READ MORE

  5. 5. Graffiti, Space & Safety : Exploring El Salvadoran Youth’s Conceptions and Feelings of Safety Through Participatory Documentary

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

    Author : Christine Bedenis; [2023]
    Keywords : community safety; youth; El Salvador; graffiti; public sphere; representation; violence prevention; gang violence; participatory documentary;

    Abstract : This project investigates how youth in San Salvador, El Salvador define and participate in the co-creation of safety in their neighborhoods. For many years, El Salvador topped the rankings of most dangerous countries because of street gang violence and homicides. READ MORE