Sökning: "democratic imagination"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 8 uppsatser innehållade orden democratic imagination.

  1. 1. Amphibia : Living on both sides

    Uppsats för yrkesexamina på avancerad nivå, Umeå universitet/Arkitekthögskolan vid Umeå universitet

    Författare :Elvira Nielsen; [2023]
    Nyckelord :zero growth; lithium-ion battery factory; agenda 2030; great crested newt; local global sustainability; the rights of the child;

    Sammanfattning : Mariestad municipality participated in a global competition to become Volvo’s site for a new lithium-ion battery factory. The competition was between eleven different countries and three different locations in Sweden. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Framing Food Geographies : Framing analysis, food distancing, and the democratic imagination in rural and urban Ontario, Canada

    Master-uppsats, Stockholms universitet/Kulturgeografiska institutionen

    Författare :Sarah Ramsay; [2020]
    Nyckelord :framing analysis; democratic imagination; food distancing; food geographies; alternative food systems; virtual mapping.;

    Sammanfattning : The current global food system is market-driven and depends on the exploitative commodification of our basic need to eat. It has been consistently condemned for its incapacity to account for justice, sustainability, welfare, and health. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Racism, Mark Twain and Close Reading in the English Language Classroom

    Uppsats för yrkesexamina på grundnivå, Örebro universitet/Institutionen för humaniora, utbildnings- och samhällsvetenskap

    Författare :Hannes Wikman; [2020]
    Nyckelord :Racism; racial inequality; intercultural competence; understanding; narrative imagination; narration; empathy; democratic values; Close Reading;

    Sammanfattning : This essay argues that Mark Twain’s novels The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and Pudd’nhead Wilson can be applied in Swedish upper secondary schools to address racial inequality in the purpose of achieving intercultural competence and understanding. Racism is a vast issue, evident in both schools and in our society, locally as well as globally, where ethnical minorities are abused or disfavored societal privileges. LÄS MER

  5. 4. The Transformative Potential of the Right to the City : An Analysis of the Potential Contribution of the Right to the City in Formulating a Human Rights Response to Urban Socio-Economic Inequalities

    Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Juridiska fakulteten

    Författare :Ramindu Perera; [2019]
    Nyckelord :The Right to the City; Human Rights and inequality; Urbanization; Urban inequalities; Law and Political Science;

    Sammanfattning : The demographic patterns in developing countries have significantly changed in the recent few decades due to the impact of urbanization. The urbanization process has created new challenges; and the enormous divide between haves and have nots has become a defining feature of contemporary urban spaces. LÄS MER

  7. 5. “The War for the Imagination” : Author Representations of the UK Public Library Service in an Age of Austerity

    Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för ABM, digitala kulturer samt förlags- och bokmarknadskunskap

    Författare :Anna Karlsson; [2018]
    Nyckelord :Public library; librarians; public library development; public debate; United Kingdom; authors; austerity; Big Society; public library closures; funding cuts; field theory; four-space model; Social Sciences;

    Sammanfattning : This study explores author texts on public libraries in the United Kingdom between the years 2010 and 2018. The texts appear in a national public debate about the value, purpose and direction of the library service following a significant number of library closures and funding cuts. LÄS MER