Sökning: "rural production"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 163 avhandlingar innehållade orden rural production.

  1. 1. Rural/urban redux: Conceptual problems and material effects

    Författare :Mirek Dymitrow; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; rural; urban; concepts; knowledge production; geographers;

    Sammanfattning : Concepts are the basic building blocks of all knowledge, while the strength of the theories that guide any societal project is dependent on the quality those concepts. Contrarily, the utilization of questionable concepts will result in questionable material effects. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Behind the scenes of land grabbing : conflict, competition, and the gendered implications for local food production and rural livelihoods in Cameroon

    Författare :Frankline Ndi; Simon Batterbury; Australia Victoria University of Melbourne; []
    Nyckelord :NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Land grabbing; conflict; competition; access to land; gender; food production; rural livelihoods; political ecology; Cameroon;

    Sammanfattning : Large-scale land acquisitions or land grabbing are widespread – cutting across almost all parts of the developing world – Asia, Latin America and Africa. In recent years, this phenomenon has grown at unprecedented rates with Africa being the most targeted continent. LÄS MER

  4. 3. The Common Thread, Textile Production during the Late Iron Age and Viking Age

    Författare :Eva Andersson; Arkeologi; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Haithabu; Birka; Scania; Viking Age; Late Iron Age; household production; textile valuables; sail cloth; bone needle; loom weight; textile production; spindle whorl; Archaeology; Arkeologi;

    Sammanfattning : The initial aim of the present PhD thesis was to develop the method of classification for textile tools to facilitate the study of textile production in an archaeological context. The thesis consists of five separate projects and a concluding summary. The study covers the late Iron Age, mainly the Viking Period. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Hooked on Markets : Revaluing Coastal Fisheries in Liberal Rural Capitalism

    Författare :Alexander Dobeson; Patrik Aspers; Vessela Misheva; Koray Çalışkan; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; marketisation; economisation; valuation; evaluation; practice theory; technology; quality; relational ethnography; natural resources; fisheries; rural capitalism;

    Sammanfattning : Natural resource–based economies are typically embedded in rural networks of production. In recent years, however, the privatisation of access rights and the organisation of markets have substantially transformed some of these rural economies. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Feminist sanitary engineering in rural South Africa : a theoretical framework

    Författare :Birgitta Rydhagen; Luleå tekniska universitet; []
    Nyckelord :TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Genus och teknik; Gender and Technology;

    Sammanfattning : This licentiate thesis is a compilation of three papers with an introductory chapter. The papers cover the theory used in the doctoral research project 'Gender and technology. A Comparative study of Water Supply and Sanitation Technologies in India and South Africa'. LÄS MER