Essays about: "resist change"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 42 essays containing the words resist change.

  1. 1. Trendspaning på skogsintressenter – Lärk

    University essay from SLU/School for Forest Management

    Author : Malin Ullberg; Johan Knuts; [2023]
    Keywords : samhällsvetenskaplig studie; djupintervju; miljövänligt; alternativt träslag; klimatförändring; skogsbruk;

    Abstract : Med en medeltemperatur som ökar och ett torrare klimat till följd av klimatförändringar står det svenska skogsbruket inför utmaningar. Det torrare klimatet medför en ökning av skadeinsekter som gynnas av högre temperaturer och angriper de trädslag som utgör majoriteten av det svenska skogsbruket. READ MORE

  3. 2. How to cope and how to resist : Religion, Culture and Courage Among Thai Women in Belgium Faced with Intimate Partner Violence.

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

    Author : Philip Lane; [2023]
    Keywords : Intimate Partner Violence ; Lived Religion ; Migration; Coping; Buddhism; Thai;

    Abstract : This thesis studies, through a series of interviews, the use of Lived Religion and cultural practices by migrant Thai women in Belgium as they seek to cope with the intimate partner violence they have suffered. The research looks at which strategies help the women to cope and which empower them to resist and leave their abusive context. READ MORE

  4. 3. Wait here and be grateful - The illusion of colonial hospitality and the decolonial resistance of asylum seekers in the Netherlands

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Tema Genus

    Author : Valerie van Schaik; [2023]
    Keywords : Agency; Asylum Seekers; Change; Community; Colonialism; Coloniality; Crisis; Decoloniality; Dehumanization; Exclusion; Feminist Studies; Forced Migration; Gender; Hospitality; Inclusion; Intersectionality; Liminality; Migrants; Migration; Modernity; Pluriversality; Race; Racism; Refugees; Relationality; Resistance; Victimization.;

    Abstract : This thesis addresses the pervasive influence of coloniality in the lived experiences of asylum seekers in the Netherlands. Based in intersectional and decolonial feminist theories and methodology, my aim was to centre the silenced narratives of this marginalised group. READ MORE

  5. 4. Food systems of the Andean Quechua: Countering industrial agriculture through harmonious living, food sovereignty, and traditional knowledge

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

    Author : Vera Kozak; [2022]
    Keywords : Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The Potato Park is an Andean Quechua biocultural heritage territory where six communities restored a rich biodiversity of native potatoes and other crops. Their food system has gained global recognition over the past two decades for the communities’ cultural and agricultural conservation efforts. READ MORE

  6. 5. Enhancing community flood resilience in Lusaka's unplanned settlements: A case study of multi-stakeholder perspectives

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Internationella miljöinstitutet

    Author : Lena Carlotta Grobusch; [2022]
    Keywords : Community flood resilience; multi-stakeholder perspective; unplanned settlements; Lusaka; pluvial flooding; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : In Lusaka, 70% of the residents live in unplanned settlements. Here, they are regularly exposed to flooding events which exacerbate existing development challenges and have adverse social and economic impacts. Climate change will likely increase the frequency, magnitude, and variability at which such flooding events occur. READ MORE