Sökning: "spatial injustice"

Hittade 5 avhandlingar innehållade orden spatial injustice.

  1. 1. Parched Injustice : Unravelling the production and distribution of drought risk in South Africa

    Författare :Elisa Savelli; Maria Rusca; Giuliano Di Baldassarre; Hannah Cloke; Emily Boyd; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; drought; water crises; social power; inequalities; sociohydrology; critical social sciences;

    Sammanfattning : Droughts and water shortages constitute some of the most urgent challenges that society must address. Due to anthropogenic pressure and human-induced climate change, future projections expect droughts to escalate and most heavily affect those who are socially, economically and politically disadvantaged. LÄS MER

  3. 2. The Making of Us : How affects shape collective bodies resisting gentrification

    Författare :Maíra Magalhães Lopes; Jacob Östberg; Joel Hietanen; Robin Canniford; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; collective bodies; multiplicities; packs; crowds; gentrification; affect; spatial injustice; wider consumption ideology; företagsekonomi; Business Administration;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis explores how we can think of collective bodies as amalgamations of interplaying affects (i.e., multiplicities), rather than compositions of individuals. Using ethnography as my main method, I study urban activism collectives resisting gentrification in the city center of São Paulo, Brazil. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Designing with care : Self-centered research for interaction design otherwise

    Författare :Karey Helms; Ylva Fernaeus; Airi Lampinen; Anna Ståhl; Laura Forlano; KTH; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; interaction design; care; care ethics; posthuman; posthuman feminism; more-than-human; design theory; research program; design otherwise; first-person; autotheory; Människa-datorinteraktion; Human-computer Interaction;

    Sammanfattning : This dissertation is about the research program designing with care as a pathway towards interaction design otherwise amid a world in crisis. Considering how established ways of doing interaction design will change involves recognizing the role of digital materials in social injustice and systemic inequality. LÄS MER

  5. 4. The Privilege to Select : Global Research System, European Academic Library Collections, and Decolonisation

    Författare :Nora Schmidt; Kultur och Samhälle Informationspraktiker: Kommunikation; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Scholarly communication; Critlib; Collection management; Academic libraries; Decolonialism; Scientometrics;

    Sammanfattning : A large part of the literature published in the ‘Global South’ is barely covered by bibliographic databases. Institutional policies increasingly require researchers globally to publish in ‘international’ journals, draining local infrastructures. The standard-setting power of ‘Global South’ scholars is minimised further. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Where the Wind Blows : the socio-political geography of wind power development in Finland, Norway and Sweden

    Författare :Johanna Liljenfeldt; Örjan Pettersson; Kerstin Westin; Olof Stjernström; Peter Schmitt; Umeå universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; wind power; planning; land use; participation; power relations; energy justice; mixed methods; Finland; Norway; Sweden; Social and Economic Geography; kulturgeografi;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis analysis the planning process for large-scale wind power development in Finland, Norway and Sweden. The aim is to explore the emerging power relations and socio-economic dynamics of the negotiation, planning and realization of this new development. LÄS MER