Essays about: "socio-cultural domain"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 6 essays containing the words socio-cultural domain.
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1. Salvaging Death Worlds : Drivers and Barriers to the Adoption of Biogas and Biofertilizer Production Systems on Gotland
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för samhällsbyggnad och industriell teknikAbstract : Utilizing an interdisciplinary, multi-level perspective analysis this thesis reviews niche- regime-landscape interactions (analogous to the clusters of actors working at the local level of Gotland representing niche; the regime being national governance goals; and the landscape incorporating global level affairs and institutions such as the European Union (EU)) and their (mis)alignments within the biogas/biofertilizer production system of Gotland, Sweden, a small-island case study for energy-food-transportation transition and sustainable destination development. The study analyzes the heterarchical and polycentric development of biogas on Gotland—a socio-technical niche, nested within a larger energy regime and global landscape for transition—developing an understanding of (mis)alignments of pressures interacting on, at, and between the niche-regime- landscape as they combine with the peculiar competencies, as Loorbach describes, “creative minds, strategists, and visionaries” of a cluster of actors working in the food- energy-transport nexus on the island (2010, p. READ MORE
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2. “It’s like having three children when it comes to cooking with my husband”
University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural DevelopmentAbstract : Within the last decades, alternative food production networks (AFN), which oppose the well-documented social, economic, and environmental flaws of the conventional food production system, have received increased attention by scholars. Yet, notions of gender often remain overlooked. READ MORE
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3. First-time mothers & Symbolic Consumption - The role of baby clothing consumption in woman's transition to motherhood
University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för tjänstevetenskapAbstract : The parents growing interest towards children clothing has become apparent when following Finnish media during the past years. In similar vein consumer culture literature has noticed the rise of clothing markets for newborns. It is scientifically proven that consumption objects have a significant role in life transitional phases. READ MORE
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4. Transnational Activities of the Zimbabwean diaspora in London, United Kingdom: Evidence from a Survey
University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)Abstract : The key question that this paper seeks to answer is (1) To what extent are Zimbabweans living in London, in the United Kingdom involved in transnational activities to their country of origin? To try to answer this question I have carried out quantitative analysis of primary data gathered in London and the results show that the Zimbabwean migrants are actively involved in transnational activities to their country of origin. Contact with family and sending money home seem to be the most carried out transnational activities than others. READ MORE
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5. MITIGATION APPROACHES FOR COMMON ISSUES AND CHALLENGES WHEN USING SCRUM IN GLOBAL SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT
University essay from Blekinge Tekniska Högskola/Institutionen för programvaruteknikAbstract : Context. Distributed software development teams frequently faced several issues from communication, co-ordination and control aspects. Teams are facing these issues because between teams there is socio-cultural distance, geographical distance and temporal diatance. READ MORE
