Essays about: "tribe"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 30 essays containing the word tribe.

1. 6. Testing the (legal) waters: interpreting the political representation of a river with rights in New Zealand : “let’s talk to the river, instead of talking about the river”

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

   Author : Wouter Blankestijn; Anna Martin; [2018]
   Keywords : earth jurisprudence; rights of nature; political representation; ecocentrism; human-nature communication; river management; indigenous justice; environmental justice; communicative ethic; thematic analysis; New Zealand;

   Abstract : In 2017, after protracted litigation between Māori iwi (tribe) and the Crown, the Whanganui River in Aotearoa/New Zealand was granted the status of a ‘legal person’. The river is described as an indivisible and living whole, so-called Te Awa Tupua. READ MORE

3. 7. Factors influencing farmer’s  decision-making and resilience : The case of banana production in  Amubri, Costa Rica

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaper

   Author : Lorenza von Ketteler; [2018]
   Keywords : ;

   Abstract : The need for further research into farmer’s resilience and an enhanced communication between multinational enterprises and farmers of developing countries, led to the investigation of decision-making factors, in the context of sustainable agricultural development. Cause for this need is the current global spread of Tropical Race 4 attacking the worldwide grown Cavendish banana and the global call for action in implementing new banana cultivars resistant to this disease. READ MORE

4. 8. What is the Wonder? An ethnography of 'rewilding' at the iSimangaliso Wetland Park, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate School; Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Elizabeth Cornelia Aardenburg; [2017]
   Keywords : land reform; conservation; indigenous people; traditional authority; cultural theory; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : ‘Rewilding’, or the return of degraded lands to a state of ‘wilderness’, is a bold attempt to resolve the world’s ecological challenges. It however does not address the division between nature and society, which lies at the core of the issues. READ MORE

5. 9. Representation of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe in the fight against the Dakota Access Pipeline : A Critical Discourse Analysis of NGOs' press releases

   University essay from Högskolan i Jönköping/HLK, Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap

   Author : Johanna Walser; [2017]
   Keywords : CDA; NGOs; Media logic; Press Releases; Power; Representation; Victimization;

   Abstract : This Master Thesis studies the power relationship between NGOs, politics and the society by performing a Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) on NGO press releases concerning the case of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe in the fight against the Dakota Access Pipeline in the USA. Interactions between mass media and NGOs are rising, hence the organizations are contributing to shape the ‘reality’ and the public’s perception. READ MORE

6. 10. Illich in the valley : applying conviviality as a lens for development in tribal India

   University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

   Author : Colin McDonald; [2017]
   Keywords : Apatani; conviviality; development; Illich; sustainability science; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Sustainability has long been serving dominant political and economic interests under the guise of sustainable development. This political and economic co-option of sustainable development has given rise to a new slogan: “system change, not climate change”. READ MORE