Essays about: "urban catalyst"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 35 essays containing the words urban catalyst.

  1. 1. Cultivating connections: exploring the impact of community garden on social cohesion : in a socio-economic disadvantaged neighbourhood in Sweden

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

    Author : Reham Ghallab; [2024]
    Keywords : Social cohesion; social capital; community garden; socio-economic neighbourhoods; segregation;

    Abstract : The study delves into the interplay between the social dynamics of the community garden space and broader socio-political forces, exploring how these factors mold practices and interactions within the community garden, thereby influencing social cohesion. Despite the apparent segregation, Tensta Garden serves as a catalyst, inspiring residents to construct relationships, actively participate, and cultivate connections and shared experiences. READ MORE

  3. 2. Att genomföra och utveckla sociala investeringar i samverkan mellan kommun och privata fastighetsägare - förutsättningar, möjligheter och utmaningar : en enfallsstudie om fastighetsrenovering i miljonprogramsområdet Lindängen i Malmö

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

    Author : Sanna Perlborn; Fanny Tallqvist; [2023]
    Keywords : offentlig-privat samverkan; samverkansprojekt; sociala investeringar; social innovation; hållbara fastighetsrenoveringar; socialt hållbar stadsutveckling;

    Abstract : Stadsutvecklingens och kommunernas betydelse för en hållbar samhällsutveckling ökar. Samtidigt innebär detta att allt fler komplexa hållbarhetsutmaningar ska hanteras. På grund av komplexiteten, har dessa utmaningar blivit allt svårare för enskilda aktörer att hantera och samverkansprocesser har fått ett allt större fokus. 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. Woolgathering : Wool as a resource for rural regeneration

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Arkitekthögskolan vid Umeå universitet

    Author : Rebecca Lindkvist; [2022]
    Keywords : rural development; rural regeneration; architecture; waste utilization; wool;

    Abstract : Woolgathering aims to speculate around ways to reduce the wasteof wool and how wool can catalyze the regeneration of ruralvillages in the north of Sweden. In Sweden today, we producearound 1000 metric tons of wool per year, yet only about half of it isused. READ MORE

  6. 5. Feral Futures: speculating more-than-human interactions in urban environments

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för konst, kultur och kommunikation (K3)

    Author : Marsali Miller; [2021]
    Keywords : more-than-human; feral; anthropocene; interaction design; speculative design;

    Abstract : This thesis explores the concept of ‘feral’ while speculating possible futures of more-than-human interactions in urban environments. Feral in this project is described as living and non-living entities that are uncontrollable, unintentional, situated and dethatched from humans. READ MORE