Sökning: "slow activism"

Hittade 5 uppsatser innehållade orden slow activism.

  1. 1. The Promise of a Green Revolution : Conceptions of climate change and sustainability in local movements objecting to mining establishment

    Master-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för kulturantropologi och etnologi

    Författare :Caroline Reinhammar; [2023]
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    Sammanfattning : This study explores how vernacular understandings of climate change and sustainability are formed in relation to local disputes concerning mineral exploration. In a search for a solution to climate change, the interest in rare earth elements (REEs), and other metals used in green technology has resulted in granting mining companies processing concessions in Sweden. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Futuristic Heritage: Palestinian Craftculture in the Context of Settler Colonialism

    Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för etnologi

    Författare :Iman Hamdy Sharbati; [2022]
    Nyckelord :artisans; slow activism; Sumud; counter-futurism; Palestine; settler colonialism; crafts; heritage; embroidery; decolonization; sustainable materialism; Cultural Sciences;

    Sammanfattning : Through the study of the creative practices of young artisans in Palestine, this thesis addresses the symbolic and lived time experiences in the context of settler colonialism. It is based on interviews with seven craftspeople from Ramallah and Jerusalem who practice artistic forms of reproducing and rethinking heritage. LÄS MER

  4. 3. The Powers of Poetry: Creative writing from the Niger Delta as a tool for environmental justice

    Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Humanekologi

    Författare :Kerime van Opijnen; [2021]
    Nyckelord :Human Ecology; Environmental Justice; Poetry; Writer Activism; Niger Delta; Shell; Decoloniality; Social Sciences;

    Sammanfattning : Inspired by centuries of activists who used creative writing as a tool to encourage reflections and inspire change, this thesis looks at the possibility of poetry to be used as an environmental justice tool. In particular the ability of poetry from Nigeria to engage Dutch people with problems around Shell’s exploitation of the Niger Delta and its people, is investigated. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Rejecting Fate : The challenge of a subaltern community to the creation of a sacrifice zone in Can Sant Joan, Catalonia

    Master-uppsats, KTH/Historiska studier av teknik, vetenskap och miljö

    Författare :Sergio Ruiz Cayuela; [2018]
    Nyckelord :political ecology; environmental justice; environmental humanities; subaltern environmentalism; slow violence; sacrifice zones; environmental humanities;

    Sammanfattning : It was my first visit ever to the neighborhood association – in February 2017 – and the phone rang again in the contiguous room. “I’m sorry” apologized José Luis “but our colleagues are not here yet and I need to answer the phone”. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Transformative gender narratives in South Caucasus: Conversations with NGO women in the Armenian-Azeri conflict

    Magister-uppsats, Malmö högskola/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

    Författare :Mindaugas Jocbalis; [2016]
    Nyckelord :gender; conflict; Caucasus; Armenia; Azerbaijan; Kvinna; Georgia; displacement; activism; Nagorno-Karabakh;

    Sammanfattning : The purpose of this thesis is to discuss the role of women as intermediaries, mediators and arbitrators in conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the de facto region of Nagorno-Karabakh. It is highly relevant to comdev due to several reasons. First, it is an active issue. LÄS MER