Sökning: "relational agency"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 59 avhandlingar innehållade orden relational agency.

  1. 1. Homeless in 'The People's Home' : Exploring the experiences of 'vulnerable EU citizens' in Stockholm, Sweden

    Författare :Joshua Levy; Thomas Borén; Ilda Lindell; Jon May; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; homelessness; international mobility; punitive; revanchism; relational; agency; emotion; begging; policing; hygiene; water and sanitation; discourse; qualitative case studies; Roma; Romanian; Stockholm; Sweden; EU; geografi med kulturgeografisk inriktning; Geography with Emphasis on Human Geography;

    Sammanfattning : Since the early 2010s, Stockholm has seen a visible emergence of homelessness and begging amongst predominantly Romanian citizens, many of whom identify as Roma, who have collectively come to be known as ‘vulnerable EU citizens’. Despite their prolonged presence and a great deal of political attention, there remains a lack of in-depth research into their experiences of homelessness in the city. LÄS MER

  2. 2. Reconfiguring Environmental Sustainability in Early Childhood Education: a Post-anthropocentric Approach

    Författare :Kassahun Weldemariam; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Sustainability; Anthropocentrism; Post-qualitative research; Assemblage; Subjectivity; Affect; Ontology; Epistemology; Agency; Becoming-With; Distributed Agency; Materiality;

    Sammanfattning : The purpose of this dissertation is twofold. First, it explores how the notion of sustainability is conceptualized within early childhood education discourses and how it is manifested in early childhood curricula. Second, the dissertation examines post-anthropocentric possibilities of sustainability within early childhood education. LÄS MER

  3. 3. Arctic geographies in the making : understanding political economy, institutional strategic selectivity, and agency in tourism pathway development

    Författare :Dorothee Bohn; Doris A. Carson; Linda Lundmark; E. Carina H. Keskitalo; Dimitri Ioannides; Umeå universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Arctic tourism; political economy; institutional strategic selectivity; agency; tourism pathways; uneven development; metagovernance; regional development funding; resort enclave; firm financing;

    Sammanfattning : Tourism has long been promoted as a catalyst for socio-economic development in sparsely populated areas based on the commodification of culture and natural environments. This thesis examines the case of Arctic tourism in the two neighbouring northern counties of Finnish Lapland and Norrbotten (Sweden). LÄS MER

  4. 4. Living Longer, Living Harder : Ageing in Extreme Poverty in Bangladesh

    Författare :Owasim Akram; Thomas Denk; Jan Jämte; Ilaria Pitti; Johan Vamstad; Örebro universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Ageing; Agency; Extreme Poverty; Generational Bargain; Life History Interviews; Othering; Postcolonial; Qualitative; Social Policy; Welfare Regimes;

    Sammanfattning : The overall aim of this dissertation is to understand the lived experience of age-ing in extreme poverty in developing countries, in this case Bangladesh, a country that hosts a large number of extreme poor and ageing population. By focusing on the role of the family, the most neglected pillar of welfare, this dissertation sheds new light on the microprocesses of welfare politics. LÄS MER

  5. 5. Flerspråkiga matematikklassrum : Diskurser i grundskolans matematikundervisning

    Författare :Eva Norén; Astrid Pettersson; Torbjörn Tambour; Paola Valero; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; multilingual mathematics classrooms; discourse; Swedishness; agency; identities; foreground; ethnography; socio-political; Subject didactics; Ämnesdidaktik; matematikämnets didaktik; Mathematics Education;

    Sammanfattning : The aim of this thesis is to investigate and analyze practices in multilingual mathematics classrooms in compulsory school in Sweden. By using ethnographic methods, mainly participant observation, data were collected in a number of multilingual mathematics classrooms in suburban areas of a major city. LÄS MER