Search for dissertations about: "place based"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 1372 swedish dissertations containing the words place based.
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1. Through the Looking Glass : An Identity-Based View of Place Branding
Abstract : Places of today face intense global competition for crucial resources. Attracting visitors and retaining residents is vital especially for post-industrial cities and rural places facing a loss of traditional industrial jobs, and urbanization and centralization of the population and economy. READ MORE
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2. Communicating Place : Methods for Understanding Children's Experience of Place
Abstract : This dissertation explores how children communicate their experiences of place. It focuses on the qualitative methods of group interviews, walks, drawings and photographs, and asks how children communicate different aspects of place. READ MORE
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3. Becoming-place : (Re)conceptualising friluftsliv in the Swedish physical education and health curriculum
Abstract : This thesis aims to critically examine taken for granted assumptions underpinning friluftsliv and outdoor education as a learning area in the curriculum, and to explore the educational potential of a place-responsive pedagogy. A growing body of critical research in outdoor studies suggest that there has been a discursive shift away from an activity-based personal and social development discourse, in favour of more critical awareness in outdoor education research. READ MORE
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4. Place matters : understanding the role of place in entrepreneurial ecosystems
Abstract : This thesis consists of four papers and an introductory chapter. Drawing on sociological theories of place, this thesis contextualises how entrepreneurial ecosystems (EEs) evolve, exploring how the socio-spatial, socio-economic and place-based dimensions of context interact across multiple geographies over time. READ MORE
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5. A place apart? : Debating landscapes and identities in the Shetland Islands
Abstract : Based around the concepts of landscape and identity, this thesis examines several contemporary debates in the Shetland Islands with a view to finding out more about where people in this group of islands currently ‘are’ in terms of their geographical and cultural location, from both a local and non-local perspective.Drawing on a multi-method approach, including textual analysis, participant observation and semi-structured interviews, the study points to the often complex and contentious relationship between power structures and notions of local versus national interests, particularly in the areas of landscape management and nature conservation. READ MORE