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Visar resultat 21 - 25 av 41 avhandlingar innehållade ordet anthropocene.

1. 21. Bridges, Walls, Doors : On Democracy and Nature

   Författare :Rickard Andersson; Statsvetenskapliga institutionen; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; human-nature relations; democracy; nature; political order; conceptual analysis; intellectual history; the Anthropocene;

   Sammanfattning : The concept of green democracy has been advanced in green political theory as a way to include the natural world in the political and, by that, overcome an alleged wall, a fundamental disunity, separating humans and nature in modernity and substitute it with a unity of identity that would bridge the gap between them. It has also been vested with the coupled power to transform society in a sustainable direction. LÄS MER

3. 22. Wild Enchantments in the Anthropocene : Exploring the Wild in Narratives, Practices and Place in Dark Green Spirituality

   Författare :Ive Brissman; Religionshistoria och religionsbeteendevetenskap; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Wild enchantments; Anthropocene; ecological self-awareness; negotiating baselines; dark green spirituality; rewilding; the wild mind; wild places; deep time; the eerie; ecological shadows; riddling power; wonder and wounds; making kin; the larger-than-human world;

   Sammanfattning : This thesis is ta study of the intersection between dark green spirituality and the green movement in relation to climate change and ecological crisis, and it explores how some ecologically concerned people try to orientate themselves in facing the challenges and especially the role of spirituality in this context. The study is set in the period 2009–2015, and it is based in fieldwork conducted in Devon and Dartmoor, UK. LÄS MER

4. 23. Ecosystems in the Anthropocene: the role of cropland management for carbon and nitrogen cycle processes

   Författare :Stefan Olin; Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskap; []
   Nyckelord :NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Carbon; Nitrogen; DVM; Ecosystem modelling; Cropland; Management; Yields;

   Sammanfattning : Through deforestation and conversion of natural ecosystems to croplands and pastures, have humans released vast amounts of carbon (C) dioxide (CO2) into the atmosphere. Roughly one third of the cumulative anthropogenic emissions until today stem from these practices, the remainder being mostly due to fossil fuel combustion. LÄS MER

5. 24. Innovation Resistance : Moving Beyond Dominant Framings

   Författare :Helena Fornstedt; Marcus Lindahl; David Sköld; Hervé Corvellec; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Innovation; Innovation Resistance; Barriers to Innovation; Actor-Network Theory; Critical Innovation Studies; Science; Technology and Innovation Studies; Knowledge production; Innovation in the Anthropocene; Sustainability; Engineering Science with specialization in industrial engineering and management; Teknisk fysik med inriktning mot industriell teknik;

   Sammanfattning : Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) research has mainly had an outlook that frames innovation in a pro-innovation, pro-firm, manner. Connected to this perception of innovation is a view of human and non-human resistance as a temporary unwanted response that will eventually be overcome. LÄS MER

7. 25. The Transformative Imagination : Re-imagining the world towards sustainability

   Författare :Diego Galafassi; Victor Galaz; Tim Daw; Karen O'Brien; Stockholms universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; ways of knowing; transformations; complexity; futures; practice; transdisciplinarity; creativity; art-based; embodied meaning; action-research; science-policy; Sustainability Science; vetenskap om hållbar utveckling;

   Sammanfattning : A central task for sustainability science in the Anthropocene is to offer guidance on alternative pathways of change. Even though this search and implementation of pathways towards sustainability is likely to require profound social-ecological transformations, little is yet known about the individual and collective capacities needed to support such transformations. LÄS MER