Sökning: "lay public"
Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 120 uppsatser innehållade orden lay public.
1. Keeping Up with the Transition: Sex for Compensation and Women with Asylum and Transgender Experiences in Sweden
Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Graduate School; Lunds universitet/Master of Science in Social Studies of GenderSammanfattning : This thesis focuses on the practice of sex for compensation performed by women with transgender and asylum experiences living in Sweden. It aims to explore the complexities of sex for compensation by positioning this practice as both strategy and a tactic for obtaining income used for gender affirmation, considering that gender-affirmative healthcare is not available for asylum seekers in Sweden. LÄS MER
2. Shifting shorelines : reflection on visulization of sea level rise
Master-uppsats, SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural DevelopmentSammanfattning : Sea level rise is predicted to radically transform coastal landscapes in the coming centuries. Caused by climate change, the impact is already felt in low-lying communities around the world. LÄS MER
3. “But as a deeper dive, I want to focus on this” : Discourse reflexivity in TED talks
Magister-uppsats, Högskolan Dalarna/EngelskaSammanfattning : Metadiscourse, or discourse about discourse, manifests itself in both spoken and written genres. However, the focus of existing studies of spoken metadiscourse remains mainly on academic speaking (Hyland, 2017), whereas research on metadiscourse in spoken non-academic genres is much less common. LÄS MER
4. Assessing the Transformative Potential of a Sociocracy-Informed Climate Change Adaptation Lab in Lund, Sweden
Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Riskhantering och SamhällssäkerhetSammanfattning : Effective climate change adaptation necessitates enhanced public participation as there is a need for the voice of people to be meaningfully incorporated to facilitate transformational adaptation, contend with complexity, and avoid maladaptation. Despite this, widespread participation in climate change adaptation governance in Global North countries like Sweden is currently restricted by rigid power dynamics, even in spaces that purport to be transformationally participatory. LÄS MER
5. The Framing of Affordability within Ireland’s Housing Discourse : Analysis of the Negotiated Process of Narrative Struggles within the Framing of Affordability within Housing Discourse
Master-uppsats, Malmö universitet/Institutionen för Urbana Studier (US)Sammanfattning : After the 2008 Global Financial Crash, Ireland’s neoliberal housing policy turned again to housing financialisation as focus lay upon the attraction of corporate investors in order to revive the housing market. The result was a swift return to housing price rises but this came with ever growing homelessness and housing precarity as REITs and other corporate investors' influence on the housing market grew. LÄS MER