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1. 11. A non-governmental organization’s communication for social change: a qualitative case study of Kvinna till Kvinna

   Master-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för informatik och media

   Författare :Elsa Bergh Brorsson; [2022]
   Nyckelord :non-governmental organization NGO ; external communication; women’s rights; political challenges; communication for development and social change CDSC ; strategic communication;

   Sammanfattning : This study investigates how the non-governmental women’s rights organization Kvinna till Kvinna structures their external communication to raise public awareness in Sweden of issues important for social change; and in what way strategic communication is used in this process in order to cope with contemporary challenges. A qualitative research approach is applied to create an in-depth understanding of this. LÄS MER

3. 12. Earth Architecture - Towards a Sustainable Future?

   Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Institutionen för arkitektur och byggd miljö

   Författare :Caroline Halje; Hanna Wernersson; [2022]
   Nyckelord :Earth architecture; clay; building material; sustainability; future building; Tanzania; Dar es Salaam; field study; green building; Arts and Architecture;

   Sammanfattning : It is widely recognised that the two major challenges of the 21st century are climate change and poverty. The building sector is responsible for over a third of all global carbon dioxide emissions. LÄS MER

4. 13. Salvaging through War and Recycling in Peace : A Comparison of Prior British Salvaging Efforts during World War II and Present Swedish Recycling Efforts

   Master-uppsats, Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för ekonomisk historia och internationella relationer

   Författare :Linda Xing Luo; [2022]
   Nyckelord :recycling; salvage; wartime mobilization; discursive mobilization; material ecological mobilization;

   Sammanfattning : Recycling has often been overlooked in the conversation on how to combat climate change. The reasons behind recycling being pushed to the wayside point to difficulties in mobilizing the general public, the inherent design of recyclables, and confusing legislation. LÄS MER

5. 14. Bibliophiles : Amateur Reviews in a Media Compact Society

   Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap; Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kommunikation och medier

   Författare :Alva Svenning; [2022]
   Nyckelord :Literary field; Bourdieu; social media logic; user agency; Facebook groups; readers; mediatization; book industry; amateur reviews; literary critics; Social Sciences;

   Sammanfattning : Bourdieu once spoke of ‘autonomy’ as a cornerstone to the making of a field, an element that demands the creation of contextually tied social values and hierarchies. Within the literary field, these hierarchical structures have been embedded for a long time, ranking cultural producers and other industry-leading agents above the social and the common; the ordinary reader. LÄS MER

7. 15. Sustainable Entrepreneurship as a Driving Force for the SDGs? : A Case Study about the Identity of Sustainable Entrepreneurs and Their Potential within Contemporary Social Structures

   Master-uppsats, Malmö universitet/Institutionen för Urbana Studier (US)

   Författare :Lukas Pérez Aleth; [2022]
   Nyckelord :Identity work; Entrepreneurial identity; Sustainable entrepreneurship; Sustainable Development Goals;

   Sammanfattning : This master’s thesis explores the case of sustainable entrepreneurs in Malmö to examine how they perceive themselves and their situation compared to the social imagination of how the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are connected to entrepreneurship. The case study follows a hermeneutic approach intending to generate a deeper understanding of the subjective realities of sustainable entrepreneurs in an interpretative dialogue between the preunderstanding of the phenomenon based on three theoretical aspects of identity work that are considered important in contemporary identity research (power relations, authenticity, identity economics) and the understanding of the phenomenon based on empirical text collected in interviews. LÄS MER