Sökning: "Ecological imaginary"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 8 uppsatser innehållade orden Ecological imaginary.

1. 1. Imagining and Enacting Desirable Futures : A Study of French Eco-Communities

   Master-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för arkeologi och antik historia

   Författare :Hélène Clouet; [2023]
   Nyckelord :Eco-communities; imaginaries; transformative change; local change; desirable futures; Écolieux;

   Sammanfattning : This thesis departs from the assumption that the current socio-ecological crises require new and alternative imaginaries as well as lifestyle changes. Following a qualitative research method, seven semi-structured interviews were conducted with eco-community members and analysed thematically to determine their motivations, values and beliefs, and search for a potential common imaginary. LÄS MER

3. 2. "If they win, we disappear": An interview study of local mining opposition in northwestern Ecuador

   Kandidat-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Socialantropologi

   Författare :John Jederlund; [2022]
   Nyckelord :Social Anthropology; Mining; Extractivism; Cultural politics; Ecological imaginary; Development; Social fabric; Social Sciences; Agriculture and Food Sciences; Cultural Sciences;

   Sammanfattning : In the contemporary globalised era, social and economic development is being increasingly associated with extractivism. Opening up resource markets to multinational extractive industries is a common strategy used by Latin American states for promoting economic growth and reducing poverty. LÄS MER

4. 3. Dystopian Narratives:Testing Qualitative Story Completion Method with Theory from Degrowth

   Kandidat-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; Lunds universitet/Humanekologi

   Författare :Michelle Appelros; [2022]
   Nyckelord :Story Completion; Method; Degrowth; Climate crisis; Decolonization of the Imaginary; Social Sciences;

   Sammanfattning : In the global north, we seem well informed of the pending climate crisis, but despite criticism of un-sustainability, it seems as if we lack alternatives to eco-modernist solutions. Although not unproblematic, degrowth and other alternatives do exist, but are somehow non-existing in the public debate. LÄS MER

5. 4. What Kind of Home Makes a ‘Good Life’? A critical exploration of the Swedish kollektivhus to support a degrowth transition

   Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Humanekologi

   Författare :Charlotte Estey; [2021]
   Nyckelord :degrowth; ecological modernization; kollektivhus; co-housing; narratives; Stockholm; Social Sciences;

   Sammanfattning : Under the capitalist growth imperative, mainstream housing is connected to high social and ecological consequences. In light of the need for an alternative approach to housing, my thesis adopts a degrowth perspective to critically explore an alternative housing model: the Swedish kollektivhus (‘collective house’; co-housing). LÄS MER

7. 5. Kamp om naturens gränser : En etnologiskt studie om hur svenskt skogsbruk problematiseras på Facebook i en situation av miljö - och klimatförändringar

   Master-uppsats, Umeå universitet/Institutionen för kultur- och medievetenskaper

   Författare :Sara Bäckström; [2021]
   Nyckelord :etnologi; Facebook; fantasi; klimatförändringar; logik; skogsbruk;

   Sammanfattning : The purpose of the study is to investigate how people, in a situation of ongoing environmental and climate change, problematize Swedish forestry. Based on the discourses and logics that are expressed, the focus is on how the resistance is made through notions of the Swedish forest, social categories, nature and man's place in nature. LÄS MER