Essays about: "weaving sustainable"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 14 essays containing the words weaving sustainable.

  1. 1. Weaving relations: Exploring the epistemological interaction between indigenous & traditional ecological knowledge and Eurowestern paradigms in education for sustainable development - an umbrella review

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för didaktik och pedagogisk profession

    Author : Alexandra Silvestru; [2023-06-08]
    Keywords : Indigenous traditional ecological knowledge ITEK ; education for sustainable development ESD ; education for sustainability EfS ; sustainable development; western epistemology; ontology; epistemic justice; decolonization; transformative paradigm; umbrella review; systematic review;

    Abstract : Aim: This thesis aims to explore the epistemological challenges and opportunities of integrating Indigenous and Traditional Ecological Knowledge (ITEK) in Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) within the context of Euro-Western paradigms. Theory: In considering epistemological interactions between ITEK in ESD, the theoretical framework for this study is a "weave" of the transformative paradigm as the warp; postcolonial, decolonial, and Indigenous research methodologies as the weft; and the transdisciplinary approach as the frame. READ MORE

  2. 2. 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

  3. 3. Weaving a Story of Collaboration: The Case of the New Cotton Project : A Circular Business Ecosystem working towards a Circular Economy in the Fashion and Textiles Industry

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Delphine Froment; Marianna Siljander; [2022]
    Keywords : Circular Economy; Collaboration; Fashion and Textiles Industry; Circular Business Ecosystem; Circular Business Model; Textile Waste; Textile Recycling; Innovation; Theory of Collaborative Advantage;

    Abstract : The fashion industry is ranked as the fourth most environmentally harmful industries in the world. A main cause being the overruling destructive model of take-make-dispose that maintains our reliance on virgin materials. Academia and European Union policymakers believe the Circular Economy is a more sustainable alternative to this linear model. READ MORE

  4. 4. Shifting perspectives through Choreography : a study on bodily rights from an Indigenous perspective

    University essay from Stockholms konstnärliga högskola/Institutionen för scenkonst

    Author : Marit Shirin Carolasdotter; [2021]
    Keywords : Indigenous; Dance; Choreography; Repatriation; Weaving; Body; Ritual; Indigeneity; Retribution;

    Abstract : In the current globalisation of the planet, Indigenous peoples are attempting to reclaim their lands from extraction and natural disruptions due to new sustainable energy projects and dam constructions. This study is exploring how choreography and dance are addressing the issue of exploitation of land and bodies, directly weaving together ideas of ancestry and indigeneity through gathered testimonies from three Indigenous choreographers. READ MORE

  5. 5. The gatekeepers of Moroccan cultural heritage : Amazigh women and the status quo

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för samhällsbyggnad och industriell teknik

    Author : Madisson Macdonald; [2021]
    Keywords : Berber women; Berber carpet weaving; cultural heritage preservation; rural gender norms; nomadic tourism; placemaking; authenticity; sustainable destination development;

    Abstract : This study aims to determine the role of Amazigh/Berber women in maintaining and preserving the cultural heritage of their people through carpet weaving, as well as how this tradition contributes to gender norms and tourism in rural Morocco. The research method consisted of conducting semi-structured interviews and a literature review of intangible cultural heritage preservation, traditional gender norms in rural areas, and nomadic tourism theories. READ MORE