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  1. 1. Ribersborgs strandstråk : hållbar upprustning av urbana stråk utifrån besökares olika hastigheter

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Landscape Architecture, Planning and Management (from 130101)

    Author : Frida Westberg Ekerljung; [2023]
    Keywords : social hållbarhet; shared space; trafikintegrering; trafikseparering; gång- och cykelstråk;

    Abstract : På obebyggd mark finns potential att utveckla städer. Här konkurrerar grönområdens attraktivitet med behovet av bostäder. På områden mellan husen tenderar efterfrågan på fler funktioner öka liksom variationen av trafikslag som ska samsas där. READ MORE

  3. 2. ‘We do what we can with what we have’ - The daily life of people with disabilities and the long and complicated road to improve it in Pando Bolivia

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Sociologiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Socialantropologi

    Author : Cecilie Kyed Reese Andersen; [2023]
    Keywords : disability; poverty; family; intersectionality; mobilizing; social anthropology; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : In the search for grasping how the everyday life experience for people with a disability is shaped in relation to the local social and political complexities in Cobija/Pando four themes are crucial to understand. Firstly, illustrating how the rhetorical definition of disability removes the wrongfulness or responsibility from the shoulders of the individual to an exclusive social environment. READ MORE

  4. 3. Nairobi on Board: Skateboarders' Sensory Experiences of Community, Body, and Space

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Socialantropologi

    Author : Emmi Zittel; [2023]
    Keywords : social anthropology; skateboarding; Kenya; collective effervescence; ritual performance; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : In this paper, I argue skateboarding to be a ritualizing performance that acts as a catalyst for transformative energies and heightened emotional states. Aided by the sensory experience of riding a board, powerful feelings of connectedness and unity arise amongst those who practice skateboarding, so intense that they transgress day-to-day social boundaries and temporarily overcome the socioeconomic segregation of ordinary urban life. READ MORE

  5. 4. Organising Civil Resistance : Understanding the effects and dynamics of organisational structures on the outcome of civil resistance campaigns

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för freds- och konfliktforskning

    Author : Lars Heuver; [2021]
    Keywords : Civil resistance; campaigns; organisational structures; nonviolent tactics; collective action;

    Abstract : The use of nonviolent tactics has become the most common way to achieve change. The field of civil resistance has been predominantly focussed on the dynamics related to the outcome, however, about the types of organisational structures that are most effective, is no general consensus, yet. READ MORE

  6. 5. Making Sense of the Challenges of Diversity Management : An Explorative Study from the Perspective of Change Agents

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Hanna Glas; Victoria Ulander; [2021]
    Keywords : Diversity Management; Inclusion; Organizational Change; Process; Culture; Communication; Change agents; Change recipients; Sensemaking; Sensegiving; Mental models;

    Abstract : The importance of incorporating Diversity Management (DM) in organizations has become a viral debate in recent years in response to social pressures worldwide. While there is extensive research on the effects of DM, how the implementation process is managed is much less obvious. READ MORE