Essays about: "value of social life"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 216 essays containing the words value of social life.

  1. 11. The Promise of a Green Revolution : Conceptions of climate change and sustainability in local movements objecting to mining establishment

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för kulturantropologi och etnologi

    Author : Caroline Reinhammar; [2023]
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    Abstract : This study explores how vernacular understandings of climate change and sustainability are formed in relation to local disputes concerning mineral exploration. In a search for a solution to climate change, the interest in rare earth elements (REEs), and other metals used in green technology has resulted in granting mining companies processing concessions in Sweden. READ MORE

  3. 12. Pixels to Purls : Unravelling the Revival of Knitting in the Digital Age

    University essay from KTH/Skolan för elektroteknik och datavetenskap (EECS)

    Author : Emma Niemelä; [2023]
    Keywords : Knitting; Online communities; Participatory culture; Knowledge sharing; Stickning; Onlinenätverk; Delaktig kultur; Kunskapsdelning;

    Abstract : Denna studie utforskar återuppträdandet av stickning som en populär aktivitet och den roll som online-plattformar spelar för att stödja och upprätthålla denna trend. Genom intervjuer med stickare och analys av online-gemenskaper för stickning visar studien att stickning har upplevt en återkomst på grund av dess nostalgiska och terapeutiska drag, vilket främjar kreativitet, gemenskap och en känsla av samhörighet. READ MORE

  4. 13. Make America Green Again: Understanding Trumpism as it Relates to Environmental Injustice Legislation

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Internationella miljöinstitutet

    Author : Brooke Moore; [2023]
    Keywords : Trumpism; Environmental Justice; Environmental Legislation; Framing Analysis; Earth and Environmental Sciences; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : The United States is witnessing the emergence of what has popularly been coined Trumpism – a new conservatism inspired by the administration of Donald J. Trump, however, extending beyond to other far-right politicians. READ MORE

  5. 14. Borderland Peripheries. from dead end - to new beginning

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för arkitektur och byggd miljö

    Author : Maya Kranner; [2023]
    Keywords : Rural renewal; cross-border initiatives; periphery; social sustainability; Arts and Architecture;

    Abstract : It’s been 34 years ago now since the iron curtain has parted the European continent and its inhabitants in an East and a West. The analysed area for the following thesis on the border between northern Austria and southern Czechia gives a case example of a region, that is still suffering from an era, where one sky-direction has been erased from people’s everyday living and thinking – leaving the border areas as a dead end for either country. READ MORE

  6. 15. The Challenges of Achieving Work-Life Balance in the Digital Age: A Study of Young Professionals : Exploring the Impact of New Ways of Working on Early Career Adults

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Företagsekonomi

    Author : Hugo Ljungkvist; Marcus Moore; [2023]
    Keywords : Work-life balance; New Ways of Working; YoungProfessionals;

    Abstract : Technological advancements have paved the way for flexible working arrangements across offices globally. This has fundamentally changed the notion of how work should be conducted, causing new opportunities and challenges to arise. READ MORE