Sökning: "degradation narrative"

Hittade 2 avhandlingar innehållade orden degradation narrative.

1. 1. Local Worlds : Rural Livelihood Strategies in Eastern Cape, South Africa

   Författare :Flora Hajdu; Anders Hjort af Ornäs; Thembela Kepe; Linköpings universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; livelihood strategies; local scale; natural resource use; local employment; degradation narrative; poverty relief programmes; Transkei; Pondoland; Försörjningsstrategier; lokalitet; naturresursutnyttjande; narrativ; fattigdomsbekämpning; Pondoland; Transkei; Sydafrika; Human geography; Kulturgeografi;

   Sammanfattning : Local perceptions and livelihood strategies have in this study been examined through extensive fieldwork in two villages in rural Pondoland in the former homeland Transkei in South Africa’s Eastern Cape Province. Using a bottom-up perspective, changes in livelihoods and the processes involved in choosing between and combining various types of livelihood activities are analysed. LÄS MER

3. 2. Seasons of migrations to the North : a study of biographies and narrative identities in US-Mexican and Swedish-Chilean return movements

   Författare :Aina Tollefsen Altamirano; Umeå universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Return migration; US-Mexican labour migration; Chilean exile in Sweden; desexilio; biographies; circulation; grounded theory; narrative identity;

   Sammanfattning : The purpose of this thesis is to examine dynamics and consequences of geographical return movements in two North-South contexts based on migrants' biographies. The thesis examines the consequences of return migration in terms of social mobility, meanings of return and the shaping of identity-place relationships for the subjects of migration. LÄS MER