Sökning: "Farming practices"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 73 avhandlingar innehållade orden Farming practices.

1. 1. On Textile Farming : Seeds as Material for Textile Design

   Författare :Svenja Keune; Delia Dumitrescu; Högskolan i Borås; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Textiles and Fashion Design ; Textil och mode konstnärlig ;

   Sammanfattning : Presently, designing with living systems such as insects, fungi and bacteria has become an area of extended interest, proposing collaborative processes of designing and manufacturing - as a solution for symbiotic ways of living. On the scale of the interior, modern systems for interior gardening, combining both functional, e.g. LÄS MER

3. 2. On Textile Farming : Living Indoors

   Författare :Svenja Keune; Chiara Colombi; Högskolan i Borås; []
   Nyckelord :Textil och mode generell ; Textiles and Fashion General ;

   Sammanfattning : Horticultural practices are increasingly entering the private realm due to the popularity of urban gardening, indoor gardening systems, and architectural propositions to join living spaces for people and vegetable cultivation in order to promote more resilient and sustainable ways of living. While new research into symbiotic processes between living organisms and their ability to sense and reason triggers new works of art, culture, design, and architecture, the organisation of indoor plants remains mainly unaffected. LÄS MER

4. 3. Management Practices for Dealing with Uncertainty and Change : Social-Ecological Systems in Tanzania and Madagascar

   Författare :Maria Tengö; Thomas Elmqvist; Monica Hammer; Carl Folke; Kamaljit Bawa; Stockholms universitet; []
   Nyckelord :NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; resilience; ecosystem services; local ecological knowledge; traditional ecological knowledge; ecosystem management; agroecosystems; dry tropical forest; social institutions; forest regeneration; sacred forests; taboos; community conservation; Southern Madagascar; Androy; Iraqw; management practices; habitat loss; small reserves; human-dominated ecosystems; social-ecological systems; Terrestrial; freshwater and marine ecology; Terrestisk; limnisk och marin ekologi;

   Sammanfattning : The development of human societies rests on functioning ecosystems. This thesis builds on integrated theories of linked social-ecological systems and complex adaptive systems to increase the understanding of how to strengthen the capacity of ecosystems to generate services that sustain human well-being. LÄS MER

5. 4. The Lie of the Land: Gender, Farm Work, and Land in a Rural Vietnamese Village

   Författare :Cecilia Bergstedt; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Anthropology; Vietnam; gender; agriculture; farming; wet-rice cultivation; farm work; division of labour; land; land access; place;

   Sammanfattning : This anthropological study investigates ways in which perceptions of gender intersect with the everyday dealings of land and farming practices in a village in the northern part of Vietnam. The point of departure for this study is a desire to take a closer look at how processes of gendering actually take place and become meaningful on a day-to-day basis. LÄS MER

7. 5. Resource management in traditional farming : A case study in the dry zone of Sri Lanka

   Författare :Erika Daléus; Linköpings universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH AREAS; TVÄRVETENSKAPLIGA FORSKNINGSOMRÅDEN;

   Sammanfattning : The potential of the traditional small irrigation systems in Sri Lanka has to a great extent been overlooked in the efforts to satisfy increasing food requirements and to bring about social development in rural communities. The aim of this study was to arrive at an improved understanding of the resource management ofthe traditional farming system in the Dry Zone of Sri Lanka. LÄS MER