Sökning: "Indigenous Agency"
Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 39 uppsatser innehållade orden Indigenous Agency.
1. Indigenous Peoples and the shifting paradigm on conservation - From the myth of untouched nature to the role of human cultures in protecting biodiversity
Magister-uppsats, Blekinge Tekniska Högskola/Institutionen för strategisk hållbar utvecklingSammanfattning : This master thesis explores the shifting paradigm in conservation, moving away from the myth behind the preservationist approach that separates humans from nature towards a more inclusive conservationist approach. The study focuses on the role of Indigenous Peoples in this evolving paradigm and examines factors that influence their ability to participate in and influence conservation debates and policies. LÄS MER
2. "Man känner sig alltid som en förlorare efter ett samråd" : - En analys av samebyars utrymme förinflytande över skogsavverkning i svenska Sápmi
Kandidat-uppsats, Umeå universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenSammanfattning : This thesis examines the relationship between the forestry industry and indigenous Sámi peoplein northern Sweden, focusing on institutional mechanisms for resolving land-use conflictsregarding forest logging on reindeer herding lands. Sámi reindeer herding communities andforestry companies have overlapping usage rights, making Swedish forests a common poolresource. LÄS MER
3. Data centers and Indigenous sovereignty : Data center materialities, representation and power in Sápmi/northern Sweden
Master-uppsats, Södertörns högskola/Institutionen för kultur och lärandeSammanfattning : From “disguised and concealed” (Parks and Starosielski 2015) in nature to more recent, select attempts at “visible, accessible, environmentally friendly” (Holt and Vonderau 2015), data centers are the backbone of the digital infrastructure. Studies of data centers continuously help develop media and communications studies in understanding the role of media infrastructure, representations of imaginaries of the cloud; social, political and economic realities embedded in data, and issues of power, agency and resistance against the backdrop of increased global concerns for the environment and greening practices, built into the discourse of tech companies. LÄS MER
4. Locating Indigenous Agencies in Climate Policies of the Arctic : Positionalities of Indigenous People(s) and Traditional Knowledge in the Science-Policy Discourse of Climate Change
Kandidat-uppsats, Malmö universitet/Institutionen för globala politiska studier (GPS)Sammanfattning : Indigenous people in the Arctic are recognized as being on front line of confronting the effects of changing climate as well as of the global measures taken for its management, however, remaining marginalized under the conventional ways of governing. This thesis examines the positionalities of indigenous people(s) and traditional knowledge in the science-policy discourse of climate change. LÄS MER
5. Decolonial Resistance in Agriculture: The Role of Spirituality in the Work of Food Sovereignty Organizations in Mexico
Kandidat-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografiSammanfattning : Recent decades have exposed the crisis inherent in the globalized agriculture system characterized by nature commodification, trade liberalization, corporatization and environmental destruction. The crisis is driven by a colonial and neoliberal-capitalist ideology grounded in the supposed universality of western knowledge. LÄS MER
