Essays about: "social structuring"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 53 essays containing the words social structuring.
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1. The new Italian take on food sovereignty : a discourse analysis of food sovereignty in different contexts
University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural DevelopmentAbstract : This research is investigating the Italian Government’s use of the food sovereignty discourse. This study aims to gain a deeper understanding of the semantic term and how its meaning changes in different contexts. Food sovereignty was originally coined by the “peasant movement” called La Via Campesina. READ MORE
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2. “It’s like my blood, like my oxygen” : Life in a Kimbanguist community in Stockholm
University essay from Högskolan Dalarna/Institutionen för kultur och samhälleAbstract : The aim of this work is to discuss the religious life of the Kimbanguist community in Stockholm; more specifically, it analyses the ways in which religion (in particular Kimbanguism) allows the members of a small religious community, originated by migration, to maintain sense of belonging and to give meaning to their experiences. In order to do this, I focus on the concept of community to define the ways in which a group of people, embedded in a much wider social field, can be defined with this analytical term: community emerges as a social group whose members share a specific inventory of symbols; symbols include representations and narratives, but also practices, artifacts and images. READ MORE
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3. PLANNING TIME: Structuring of the Everyday among Young Adults in Non-Traditional Jobs
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för globala studierAbstract : Unstructured time and “wasted” time is often shunned and unwanted in today’s society focused on productive and progressive use of time. In this essay, I examine how planning of everyday activities gives structure and purpose to the day with the help of tools such as personal calendars and to-do lists. READ MORE
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4. Personlighetens betydelse i yrket som ridlärare
University essay from SLU/Dept. of Anatomy, Physiology and BiochemistryAbstract : Varje person är unik och varje person som undervisar gör det utifrån sin egen personlighet. I sin yrkesutövning möter ridläraren människor i olika åldrar och med olika kunskap vilket skapar pedagogiska utmaningar. READ MORE
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5. Forest damage in the eyes of scientists : framing damage perspectives in Swedish forestry
University essay from SLU/Southern Swedish Forest Research CentreAbstract : Forest damage is a complex concept. Damaging agents appear naturally in ecological systems, but forest management also impacts their quantities. Damage can also be viewed from its interactions with a social system, where it appears and is understood. READ MORE