Essays about: "small-scale society"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 109 essays containing the words small-scale society.

  1. 16. MAGASINET

    University essay from KTH/Arkitektur

    Author : Mika Nilsson; [2022]
    Keywords : Magasin; Eskilstuna; faluröd; odling; biokol; biochar; Folkets hus; hörnstenar; faltak;

    Abstract : The proposal aims to build on Eskilstuna municipality's work with circular ideas about sustainability to create a lively community house with focus on cultivation and creativity. By utilizing garden waste and processing it into biochar used in both large- and small-scale cultivation, carbon dioxide is bound in the soil for thousands of years. READ MORE

  3. 17. The Harmonic House

    University essay from KTH/Arkitektur

    Author : Fredrik Skyllbäck; [2022]
    Keywords : Co-living; collective; villa; house; Oxelösund;

    Abstract : Architecture is not like other artforms. All art, from cave paintings to modern dance, can be described as interpretations of human culture. Paint-ings and sculptures are attempts to freeze moments in time, and songs and poems are essentially a form of communication. READ MORE

  4. 18. Traditionella metoder i moderna tider : en studie av jordbruk i naturreservat i Södermanlands skärgård

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

    Author : Anna Haglund Ståhl; [2022]
    Keywords : naturreservat; jordbruk; biologisk mångfald; system; myndighetsutövande; governmentality;

    Abstract : Som en del i att bromsa förlusterna av biologisk mångfald har vi miljökvalitetsmålet ”Ett rikt odlingslandskap” att förhålla oss till i Sverige. En rationalisering och likriktning av jordbruket allt sedan efterkrigstiden har lett att livsmiljöer för arter förvunnit. READ MORE

  5. 19. Simulating cable fires in Fire Dynamics Simulator : Based on small scale testing in cone calorimeter

    University essay from Luleå tekniska universitet/Byggkonstruktion och brand

    Author : Hugo Zacharoff; [2021]
    Keywords : Cable fires; FDS; cone calorimeter;

    Abstract : In a society increasingly more influenced by technology and electricity, electrical and computer cables will play a more vital role in humans’ everyday life. With an increasing number of cables being introduced into society, the risk of fires caused by or involving cables will increase and become a more common danger to property and human lives. READ MORE

  6. 20. The creation of a democratic food certification : How the Slow Food Participatory Guarantee System attempts to defend local food systems and traditions

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för arkeologi och antik historia

    Author : Greta Borrelli; [2021]
    Keywords : Participatory Guarantee System; Food certifications; Food standards; Organic movement; Organic certification; Slow Food; Presidia project; Biocultural heritage; Food heritage; Traditional food knowledge; Governmentality; Empowerment;

    Abstract : This thesis explores if and how an alternative certification system for agricultural products, the Participatory Guarantee System (PGS), could support small-scale farmers to preserve and promote biocultural and food heritage, linked to the landscape they inhabit, their identity as farmers and traditional knowledge. The PGS has been identified by Slow Food as an efficient low-cost and local 'bottom-up' quality assurance system, in order to develop their Presidia project and to re-embed agricultural productions within their traditional socio-ecological contexts. READ MORE