Sökning: "Spaces of Collective Care"
Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 8 avhandlingar innehållade orden Spaces of Collective Care.
1. Towards a Minor Urbanism : Thinking Community without Unity in Recent Makings of Public Space
Sammanfattning : HOW CAN WE PLAN AND DESIGN FOR community in diverse urban situations? In response to segregation and social fragmentation, public space is increasingly being conceived of as a vehicle for fostering openness towards differences, both in planning practice and theory. Drawing on two recent public space projects – Superkilen in Copenhagen, Denmark, and Jubileumsparken in Gothenburg, Sweden – this thesis explores what this hopeful idea may mean in terms of the actual making of public space. LÄS MER
2. More than flowers! : On the transformative practice of commoning urban gardens
Sammanfattning : Urban gardening is a burgeoning practice that increasingly takes place in urban centres of the world. In this thesis, I define urban gardens as socially mediated yet materially rooted phenomenon through which social and material relations are elaborated in common through time and space. LÄS MER
3. Divergences, dissonances and disconnects : implementation of community-based accountability in India’s national rural health mission
Sammanfattning : Accountability of health systems to the individuals and communities they serve is increasingly recognized as a key aspect in efforts at health system strengthening. This has led to a greater focus on efforts to evolve systems that enable communities to hold health systems accountable. LÄS MER
4. Common spaces in assisted living for older persons. Aspects of usability from the residential and workplace perspectives
Sammanfattning : This thesis is about space. It assumes that space forms a necessary part of the structure of existence. The architectural space becomes an existential space in the encounter with the user. Common unit spaces in assisted living (AL) for older persons are the principal venue for social interaction and have no parallel in ordinary housing. LÄS MER
5. I moderskapets skugga : berättelser om normativa ideal och alternativa praktiker
Sammanfattning : This study explores the relationship between ideals of motherhood and heterosexual normativity, from the perspective of women at the margins of these discourses. The title, In the shadow of Motherhood, illustrates the overriding power of the image of motherhood to marginalise alternative experiences. LÄS MER