Sökning: "urban sociology"

Visar resultat 21 - 25 av 107 avhandlingar innehållade orden urban sociology.

1. 21. More than flowers! : On the transformative practice of commoning urban gardens

   Författare :Nathalie Bergame; Rebecka Milestad; Sara Borgström; Flaminia Paddeu; KTH; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; City of Stockholm; transformative practices; emancipatory mechanisms; commoning; structureagency dialectic; urban gardening.; Strategier för hållbar utveckling; Strategies for sustainable development;

   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. 22. Stadsplanering som professionellt verksamhetsfält : En studie av yrkesgrupper och deras arbete

   Författare :Johan Edman; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Sociology; occupation; profession; system of professions; professional structure; task area; jurisdiction; Andrew Abbott; urban planning; Sweden; Sociologi; Sociology; Sociologi; sociologi; Sociology;

   Sammanfattning : The aim of this dissertation is to study how the relation between professions and their work is created, developed and reproduced at the interprofessional level. With reference to Andrew Abbott's theory of the system of professions, the relation is analyzed using a conceptual framework that entails three main concepts: professional structure, task area, and jurisdiction. LÄS MER

4. 23. Från miljonprogram till högskoleprogram - plats, agentskap och villkorad valfrihet

   Författare :Mats Widigson; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; urban marginalization; educational barriers; social mobility; social inclusion; equity in education; place identity; critical realism; agency; sociology of emotions; sociology of education;

   Sammanfattning : This is a dissertation about young people’s experiences of their journeys from a socially marginalized suburb to higher education. Many students from these areas do not continue to higher education, but some do. There is little empirical knowledge about what makes this achievable. LÄS MER

5. 24. Thick Nature : Morality and Practice in Swedish Urban Gardens

   Författare :María Florencia Langa; Tora Holmberg; Stefan Bargheer; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; nature; urban gardening and agriculture; morality; valuations; practice; urban nature; environmentalism;

   Sammanfattning : Recent studies have shown the way assumptions about nature have blinded us to the classed and racialized morality of environmental activism and the deeply moral nature of our debates about the environment. Moral values and imaginaries that trust in the transformative capacity of nature to improve people, cities and society are ubiquitous in the urban context. LÄS MER

7. 25. Valuation practices, value conflicts and coordination in urban development: The case of active frontages design in urban regeneration

   Författare :Stefan Molnar; Chalmers tekniska högskola; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; inter-organisational collaboration; coordination; active frontages; value conflicts; valuation studies; Valuation practices; urban studies; urban co-design;

   Sammanfattning : This thesis contributes to an ongoing discussion between the classic field of urban studies and the emerging field of valuation studies, the latter being devoted to the study of valuation as a social practice (Helgesson and Muniesa, 2013). The thesis is oriented around the questions of: How valuation practices in urban development can be conceptualized; Why certain articulations of value gain legitimacy rather than others, and; How friction between values are expressed and resolved. LÄS MER