Essays about: "social design"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 2763 essays containing the words social design.

  1. 1. Spatial Stories of Peace. The case of the Greater Gola Landscape.

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Nicholas Eklund; [2024]
    Keywords : spatial theory; Liberia; Sierra Leone; environmental peacebuilding; conservation; case study; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This thesis follows the interdisciplinary tradition that exists in global studies by performing a spatial analysis of the imaginary of peace(s) and conservation as a practice of peace(s) and thus contributing to the fields of environmental peacebuilding, peace- and conflict studies, and geography. The thesis has its theoretical starting point in environmental peacebuilding and is drawing and building on spatial theory as a way of understanding the construction of peace(s) in the context of the Greater Gola Landscape, straddling the border of Sierra Leone and Liberia. READ MORE

  3. 2. How Storytelling Drives Activism and Resistance? : Mobilization behind the Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation

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

    Author : Suad Sadullahi; [2024]
    Keywords : Resistance; SLAPP; Activism; Space; Storytelling; Power relations; Mobilization;

    Abstract : This thesis focuses on the stories of activists in Kosovo and why and how they resist in a context where powerful actors increasingly use strategic lawsuits against public participation (SLAPP) as a new mode of exercising power. The thesis seeks to understand resistance and new ways of exercising resistance in the context of SLAPP. READ MORE

  4. 3. Accessibility in Social Media : Facebook and the Older Adult

    University essay from Högskolan i Borås/Akademin för bibliotek, information, pedagogik och IT

    Author : Angie Jeansson Hall; Arshed Al-Hadeethi; Jenny Gustafsson; [2024]
    Keywords : Older Social Media Users; Heuristic Evaluation; Inclusive Design; WCAG Compliance; Digital Exclusion; Facebook Usability; User Study;

    Abstract : In recent years, there has been a substantial increase in the percentage of seniors using social media, yet few studies have been conducted to understand the challenges underlying social network utilisation by seniors. By understanding what motivates seniors to use social media, the difficulties they encounter while using them and what would be an inclusive social media from their perspective is paramount for designing inclusive user interfaces that suit this growing population. READ MORE

  5. 4. Hav av blommor : ett gestaltningsförslag för ängsmark i historisk parkmiljö, Tornerparken, Uppsala

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

    Author : Magdalena Maria Wojcicka; Sarah Kallmén; [2024]
    Keywords : äng; park; historisk parkmiljö; gestaltningsförslag;

    Abstract : Idag minskar grönområden och biologisk mångfald i stadsmiljöer. För att motverka detta bör grönområden användas mer effektivt och öka i kvalitet, exempelvis genom att omvandla gräsmattor till äng. Syftet med detta examensarbete är att göra ett gestaltningsförslag för äng i Tornerparken, Uppsala. READ MORE

  6. 5. Collaborative Learning in an Immersive Virtual Environment: The Effects of Context and Retrieval Practice

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för psykologi

    Author : Noelle Bender; [2024]
    Keywords : VR; collaborative Mapping; retrieval practice; contextual variation; desirable difficulty; ecological validity; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The accessibility of Virtual Reality (VR) enables the investigation of desirable difficulties originating from memory research with increased ecological validity. The two desirable difficulties include contextual variation and retrieval practice. READ MORE