Sökning: "Human agency"

Visar resultat 6 - 10 av 184 avhandlingar innehållade orden Human agency.

  1. 6. Governing street and market vending in Kitwe, Zambia : Shifting rationalities and vendors' individual and collective agency

    Författare :Lennert Jongh; Ilda Lindell; Andrew Byerley; Amin Kamete; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; urban informality; informal economy; street vendors; market vendors; vendors’ agency; urban space; collective organizing; vendors’ connections; gray spaces; government rationality; assemblage; Kitwe; Zambia; sub-Saharan Africa; Geography with Emphasis on Human Geography; geografi med kulturgeografisk inriktning;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis studies the governing of street and market vending in the Zambian city of Kitwe. Street and market vending has often been studied in relation to neoliberal urban developments. Such studies have shown how governing practices are driven by ambitions to create “world-class cities” and to attract (international) investment. LÄS MER

  3. 7. Homeless in 'The People's Home' : Exploring the experiences of 'vulnerable EU citizens' in Stockholm, Sweden

    Författare :Joshua Levy; Thomas Borén; Ilda Lindell; Jon May; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; homelessness; international mobility; punitive; revanchism; relational; agency; emotion; begging; policing; hygiene; water and sanitation; discourse; qualitative case studies; Roma; Romanian; Stockholm; Sweden; EU; geografi med kulturgeografisk inriktning; Geography with Emphasis on Human Geography;

    Sammanfattning : Since the early 2010s, Stockholm has seen a visible emergence of homelessness and begging amongst predominantly Romanian citizens, many of whom identify as Roma, who have collectively come to be known as ‘vulnerable EU citizens’. Despite their prolonged presence and a great deal of political attention, there remains a lack of in-depth research into their experiences of homelessness in the city. LÄS MER

  4. 8. det meränmänskliga museet : Konservatorns bevarandepraktik som flyktlinje i modernitetens museum

    Författare :Caroline Owman; Christina Fredengren; Märit Simonsson; Stefan Bohman; Lotten Gustafsson Reinius; Umeå universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Museology; museum; modernity; conservation; conservator; curator; more-than-human; posthumanism; environmental humanities; material feminisms; anthropocentrism; agency; dualism; dichotomies; agential realism; schizoanalysis; onto-ethico-epistemology; climate change; process ontology; care; thing ethics; killable creatures; invasive species; ecology; time; rhythm; alternative temporalities; intra-generational; Museologi; museum; modernitet; konservering; konservator; curator; more-than-human; posthumanism; miljöhumaniora; materiell feminisms; antropocentrism; agens; dualism; dikotomier; agentiell realism; schizoanalys; onto-etisk-epistemologi; klimatförändring; processontologisk; omsorg; tingetik; dödbara djur; skadedjur; ekologisk; tid; rytm; alternativa temporaliteter; intra-generationell; museology; museologi;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis takes the conservator as a starting point to explore more-than-human aspects of the museum of modernity. Assuming that built-in obstacles impinge when museums today deal with environmental issues‚ it investigates new and alternative perspectives on the engagement with our immediate surroundings, in this case the museum objects. LÄS MER

  5. 9. Teachers in the marketisation of education

    Författare :Sara Falkensjö; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; primary school teachers; marketisation; low-fee private schools; public schools; essential interests; social relations; agency; Kenya;

    Sammanfattning : In many parts of the world, marketisation processes in welfare sectors like education are mobilised and legitimised through a discourse professing how market competition will bring about accountability, quality, and efficiency. In much of the Global South, the growth of so called low-fee private schools (LFP schools) is part of such marketisation processes. LÄS MER

  7. 10. Att äga rum : En undersökning av skogsägande och lokal utveckling i tre värmländska församlingar

    Författare :Svante Karlsson; Sune Berger; Gerhard Gustafsson; Tor Selstad; Karlstads universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Skogsägare; äganderätt; landsbygdsutveckling; lokal utveckling; Värmland; Human geography; Kulturgeografi; Kulturgeografi; Human Geography;

    Sammanfattning : Karlsson, S. 2007: Att äga rum. En undersökning av skogsägande och lokal utveckling i tre värmländska församlingar. (Ruling Spaces. LÄS MER