Sökning: "Gender city"
Visar resultat 11 - 15 av 92 avhandlingar innehållade orden Gender city.
11. Att resa rätt är stort, att resa fritt är större : Kommunala planerares föreställningar om hållbara resor
Sammanfattning : Minskning av transporters negativa miljöpåverkan, eller en ökning av hållbara resor, har blivit en allt viktigare fråga för lokala aktörer. Genom samhälls- och trafikplanering ska dagens ohållbara transportsystem bli mer hållbart. Det gör hur planerare i Helsingborg planerar för hållbara resor intressant att studera. LÄS MER
12. In-Between: Contemporary Art in Australia. Cross-culture, Contemporaneity, Globalization
Sammanfattning : This study emerges from the question: what is contemporary art, and mainly what criteria constitute contemporary art in a globalized art world in general? Thus, the focus of this dissertation is on the postcolonial context of Australia and the fact that the contemporary art scene in Australia is divided into Australian and Aboriginal art respectively. This is a division originating from the colonization of Australia that began in the 1770’s, resulting in an Australian art descending from a Western art practice, where there is further focus on two categories within this art. LÄS MER
13. Rural encounters with the city. A study of the gendered livelihood strategies of migrant youth in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Sammanfattning : More than half of the world’s population growth will be accounted for by cities in the coming decades, with sub-Saharan Africa at the centre of this change. While studies have pointed to the disproportionate effects unemployment and urban poverty have on women in urban areas, gender-focused livelihood research continues to occupy a peripheral space in the field of Human geography. LÄS MER
14. Surviving in the city : The urban poor of Santiago de Chile 1930-1970
Sammanfattning : This thesis deals with the survival patterns of the urban poor in Santiago de Chile during a period of profound structural changes (1930-1970). Using a qualitative approach and a dynamic analysis, the life histories of 54 interviewees are studied in the framework of the historical, economic, social and cultural conditions of the period. LÄS MER
15. Bland hederligt folk. Organiserat sällskapsliv och borgerlig formering i Göteborg 1755 - 1820 : Honourable people. Organized social life and the making of the bourgeoisie in Gothenburg 1755-1820
Sammanfattning : This thesis deals with orders, clubs and societies and their impact on the making of the bourgeoisie in Gothenburg during the eighteenth and early nineteenth century. Clubs and societies worked as platforms for the articulation of the collective experiences among merchants, public officials, army officers, civil servants, and just as important their daughters and wives. LÄS MER
