Essays about: "utopia"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 79 essays containing the word utopia.

  1. 1. Between Environmental Burden and Utopia: Music and Art Festivals as Prefigurative Spaces for Sustainability Transformations

    University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

    Author : Jakob Wondra; [2023]
    Keywords : festivals; prefiguration; three spheres of transformation; sustainability science; leverage points; culture and sustainability; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : There is a need to identify leverage points for a broader cultural transformation that addresses the root causes of the nature-climate emergency. Music and art festivals are creative free spaces outside the everyday workings of society that have the potential to plant the seeds of a holistic, sustainable future. READ MORE

  3. 2. Rural utopia image building in slow variety show : a case study of Back to Field

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap; Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kommunikation och medier

    Author : Yanlin Song; [2023]
    Keywords : Social Sciences;

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  4. 3. A Changing Utopia : A critical analysis of a heritage of change in a Swedish 20th century single-family housing area

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Kulturvård

    Author : Jelrik Ate Hupkes; [2023]
    Keywords : cultural heritage; built heritage; change; authenticity; sustainable conservation; environmental humanities;

    Abstract : During the past decades there has been an increasing interest in the conservation of the cultural-historical character of 20th century single-family housing areas in Sweden. Many of these areas are characterised by the fact that they have changed significantly over time, creating highly diverse historic urban landscapes. READ MORE

  5. 4. The realistic idea to be a dreamer : using utopias in landscape architecture to enable hope for a different future

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

    Author : Beatrice Palmquist; [2023]
    Keywords : utopian landscape architecture; hope; speculation; future; utopia; storytelling;

    Abstract : This paper investigates whether utopia can be a lens in landscape architecture to open the imagination toward possible outcomes of the future. The springboard for the subject is a call for hope as it is the main ingredient driving change in our society. While hope is a vital resource for progression, it also demands certain conditions to thrive. READ MORE

  6. 5. Beyond the Fossil Era - potential for a pedagogy of sustainability

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Humanekologi; Lunds universitet/Kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi

    Author : Signe Tolstrup Mathiasen; [2023]
    Keywords : Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Education has the potential to play a critical role in the sustainable transformation of society which is needed to limit the consequences of the multiple ecological crises society is facing. While this has been recognised internationally at least since 1992, not a lot has been done within the Danish educational system to address issues of climate change, biodiversity loss, and sustainability within education policies and practice. READ MORE