Search for dissertations about: "nature"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 4108 swedish dissertations containing the word nature.

2. 1. Facing Nature : Cultivating Experience in the Nature Connection Movement

   Author : Henrik Ohlsson; David Thurfjell; Cecilie Rubow; Kocku von Stuckrad; Södertörns högskola; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; face; facing; cultivation of experience; nature connection; nature connection movement; animism; compartmentalisation; de-compartmentalisation; hermeneutic phenomenology; Historical Studies; Historiska studier;

   Abstract : Through field research in Sweden and Finland between 2017 and 2022, the thesis follows a burgeoning social movement in which connection with nature is seen as a means of both personal wellbeing and ecological sustainability at the societal level. The thesis describes and analyses ideas, practices, organisations, and literature in a contemporary cultural context in the borderland between health practice, environmental activism, and spirituality. READ MORE

4. 2. Thick Nature : Morality and Practice in Swedish Urban Gardens

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

   Abstract : 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. READ MORE

5. 3. Shapeshifting Nature : Ambivalent Ways of Seeing the Non-Human World within Swedish National Park Tourism and its Visual Culture

   Author : Emelie Fälton; Sofie Storbjörk; Johan Hedrén; Keri Cronin; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Nature-Based Tourism; Discourse Analysis; Nature Culture; Representation; Problematization; Naturturism; Diskursanalys; Natur kultur; Representation; Problematisering;

   Abstract : National parks are often assigned a self-identical role as protectors of valuable pieces of the non-human world, generally depicted as nature. Besides, many parks are also popular tourism destinations that attract millions of tourists each year. National park tourism and its visual culture impact how people relate to and see the non-human world. READ MORE

6. 4. Reading Nature : Developing ecological literacy through teaching

   Author : Ola Magntorn; Gustav Helldén; Michael Reiss; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Readiing nature; Ecology; Outdoor studies; Teaching; Education; Pedagogik;

   Abstract : In this study the concept reading nature and its contribution to science education is discussed. Some scientific concepts relevant for reading nature are defined. Reading nature has to do with the ability to recognise organisms and relate them to material cycling and energy flow in the specific habitat which is to be read. READ MORE

7. 5. The moral status of nature : reasons to care for the natural world

   Author : Lars Samuelsson; Roger Fjellström; Johan Brännmark; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Environmental ethics; ecocentrism; reasons; reason for action; normative reason; moral status; moral standing; moral considerability; final value; intrinsic value; biocentrism; nature-considerism; nature; nature as a whole; the natural world; complexity; indispensability; interests; Practical philosophy; Praktisk filosofi;

   Abstract : The subject-matter of this essay is the moral status of nature. This subject is dealt with in terms of normative reasons. The main question is if there are direct normative reasons to care for nature in addition to the numerous indirect normative reasons that there are for doing so. READ MORE