Essays about: "placemaking"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 62 essays containing the word placemaking.

1. 11. Governing Displacement in Times of Uncertainty - The role of local actors in placemaking for Ukrainian Displaced Persons in Malmö and Rotterdam

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi

   Author : Jacopo Frati; [2023]
   Keywords : Placemaking; Humanist Geography; Lefebvre s Spatial Triad; Ukrainian Displaced People; Urban Governance; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : The decision by the European Union to enforce the Temporary Protection Directive to respond to the inflow of Ukrainian displaced people in member states has resulted in a peculiar governance system that sets Ukrainian displaced people as an exceptional category of vulnerable migrants. Their stay is temporary, but as it is impossible to predict a date for Ukraine to be deemed a safe country again, it is likely that these people will stay in host countries for a long time. READ MORE

3. 12. "Be fit, my age, big c**k": Engagements with Hegemonic Masculinity, Hetero(homo)normativity and Discrimination among Queer Male Dating App Users in Malmö and Copenhagen - A Thematic and Summative Content Analysis

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi

   Author : Aaron West; [2023]
   Keywords : MSM dating apps; hegemonic masculinity; heteronormative; homonormative; misogyny; body shaming; racism; queer digital geographies; self- re presentation; online disinhibition.; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : This exploratory research addresses a significant gap in feminist, cultural, and digital geographies by examining the geographic variations of how hegemonic masculinity, hetero(homo)normativity and discrimination is exhibited by MSM dating apps users in two distinct city contexts. Drawing from a post-structuralist humanistic perspective, the study explores how dominant ideologies shape exclusionary online queer spaces made unique by digital placemaking. READ MORE

4. 13. Exploring the Everyday Experiences of African Migrant Entrepreneurs in Malmö, Sweden.

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för Urbana Studier (US)

   Author : Aisha Mugo; [2022]
   Keywords : African migrant entrepreneurs; networking; embeddedness; everyday; Malmö;

   Abstract : Entrepreneurship is a common choice of occupation amongst migrants in Malmö. African migrant entrepreneur experiences however, are identified as homogenous to other immigrant groups. READ MORE

5. 14. Othering Heights : A critical urban approach to the narratives embedding the proposed Österskans development in Halmstad, Sweden

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för Urbana Studier (US)

   Author : Anna Stohr; [2022]
   Keywords : Urban studies; conviviality; convivial urbanism; Halmstad; Österskans; Sweden; critical urbanism; socio-spatialisation; placemaking; urban design; social sustainability; the built environment; segregation; urbanisation; public space; cityscape; neoliberal planning; densification; social mobility; spatial theory; uneven geographical development; the right to the city; David Harvey; thinking spatially; discourse;

   Abstract : This thesis examines the proposed Österskans development in Halmstad, Sweden from the approach of critical urbanism. With a steady increase of population growth for the past decades and despite the income level of the municipality's population being above the national average - the socio-economic segregation in Halmstad is prevalent. READ MORE

6. 15. Food Delivery Couriers and the City : From Humans to Objects. From Objects to Place Makers.The City as the Aftermath of Posthuman Encounters.

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

   Author : Guillermo Valladares López; [2022]
   Keywords : food delivery courier; agency; posthumanism; urban friction; placemaking;

   Abstract : In recent years, many academics have noticed the presence of food delivery couriers in theurban space. Likewise, activism has emerged calling for the recognition of food deliverycouriers, and many have addressed the dehumanization they have suffered by becomingcommodities and, thus, objects. READ MORE