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  1. 1. Land Inequality, Agrarian Development and Peace in Colombia : A Political Ecology View

    University essay from KTH/Hållbar utveckling, miljövetenskap och teknik

    Author : Michelle Silva Vásquez; [2023]
    Keywords : Colombia; land accumulation; dispossession; peace; political ecology; peasants;

    Abstract : One of the major problems that characterizes the Colombian countryside is the extreme concentration of land. When addressing the question of how land has been concentrated in Colombia, often the emphasis is placed on phenomena such as armed violence and drug-trafficking. READ MORE

  3. 2. Guardians of the Ecology : Navigating Challenges in Municipal Urban Planning in Stockholm County – Insights and Strategies from Ecologists

    University essay from KTH/Urbana och regionala studier

    Author : Ebba Sidh; [2023]
    Keywords : municipal ecologists; value articulation; ventriloquism; municipal planning process;

    Abstract : Urban planning plays an essential role in preparing cities to handle and counteract the climate changes – and connected consequences – of today and the future. Municipal ecologists are specialists in environmental protection and therefore carry a crucial role when developing contemporary and future cities. READ MORE

  4. 3. The renegotiation of Swedengate : A temporal and discursive examination of a viral phenomenon

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Sociologiska institutionen

    Author : Felicia Lundstedt; [2023]
    Keywords : viral phenomenon; social media; discourse; articulation; floating signifier; antagonism; hashtag publics; nation branding;

    Abstract : This study examines the discursive development of the viral online phenomenon known by the hashtag #swedengate. Having originally revolved around Swedish dinner customs, the discussion and the meaning of ‘Swedengate’ soon came to encompass more serious themes, including various forms of criticism directed at Sweden. READ MORE

  5. 4. Thresholds of Taksim, a new strategy of urban revitalization

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för arkitektur och byggd miljö

    Author : Burak Ertugrul Güney; [2022]
    Keywords : Arts and Architecture;

    Abstract : Spatial experience can be perceived as a kind of exploration of space that evolves within the fragments of lived moments and transforms over time. Squares, parks, and streets are the primary urban spaces where social interactions are experienced at an extremely high level. READ MORE

  6. 5. The Social Construction of Vulnerable Areas in Sweden: the institutional mechanisms that produce, reproduce and transform urban marginalization

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Rättssociologiska institutionen

    Author : Lina Olsson; [2022]
    Keywords : territorial marginalization; urban marginalization; Wacquant; welfare state; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The term “utsatta områden”, understood as socially vulnerable areas, is highly relevant within the Swedish criminal policy discourse where the Swedish Police Authority’s definition of vulnerable areas function as both foundation and support for a variety of political strategies concerning social interventions as well as penal policies. However, the criteria of vulnerable areas have come to be linked together with a more general picture of insecurity and vulnerability that does not account for the wider range of problems in the individual’s existence, as well as mean to legitimize social control and police interventions in marginalized areas targeting certain populations. READ MORE