Essays about: "reflexive modernity"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 6 essays containing the words reflexive modernity.
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1. Sápmi, Sweden's Smörgåsbord? On Human Rights, Rights of Nature and Extractivism
University essay from Lunds universitet/Mänskliga rättigheterAbstract : In North Sweden, Sámi activists are resisting the proposed Gállok mine, disapproving of their land being treated as a 'smörgåsbord' and countering the assumption of modernity that dichotomises the human and the nonhuman. Against this backdrop, this thesis looks at some of the unprecedented challenges the rapid extension of globalisation poses to the human and nonhuman world. READ MORE
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2. Filling the Void: Investigating the Impact of The Digital Society on Generation Z’s Relationships
University essay from Lunds universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionenAbstract : Purpose: The purpose of this research is to contribute to the knowledge about Generation Z in the consumer society context, through a critical investigation of the possible negative impacts of the internalization of the consumerist mentality within the digital capitalist society. This is relevant since such internalization could interfere with the capacity of individuals to maintain long-term relations and influences their overall wellbeing through the stimulation of anxiety, loneliness, sense of inadequacy, and fleeting actions, among others. READ MORE
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3. Young people on the move: A study about young Europeans who participate in European Voluntary Service.
University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för socialt arbeteAbstract : The primary aim of this study is to investigate young people´s motives and expectations for participating in the action two “European Voluntary Service” (EVS) under the Youth In Action programme supported by the European Commission at the youth center Villa Elba in Finland. The study also aims to identify which competences the young people think they have developed through EVS. READ MORE
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4. Pics or it didn't happen: Instagram in Prosumer Capitalism and Reflexive Modernity
University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för etnologiAbstract : Drawing on practice centered approaches to consumption, this study situates a cultural analysis of Instagram, a smartphone-‐based image sharing application used by over 80 million people worldwide, within wider discourses on reflexive modernity, critical media studies, prosumption, and late-‐modern consumer culture. A seven-‐day diary study with 25 international participants, supplemented by participant observation, helps tie these theoretical engagements to specific lived experiences illustrating what it means to live with a networked camera almost permanently on-‐hand to record and share images of daily life. READ MORE
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5. Do modern people dream of organic sheep? : A review of the Risk Society thesis.
University essay from Stockholms universitet; Sociologiska institutionenAbstract : Some sociologists think that contemporary society calls for new ways of analyzing it, and Ulrich Beck is arguably one of them. Suggesting that some classic sociological variables such as class are losing their relevancy, Beck advances a theory based on the concept of “reflexive” modernity – modern society cutting the ground from under itself and ending up as something new – advanced modernity. READ MORE
