Search for dissertations about: "Human"
Showing result 41 - 45 of 12411 swedish dissertations containing the word Human.
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41. Transforming geographies of tourism and gender : Exploring women's livelihood strategies and practices within tourism in Latvia
Abstract : This thesis explores different geographies of tourism, gender, work and livelihood in post-socialist Latvia. The study puts focus on the overall transformation process and the reshaping of the tourism sector, in how Latvia is reimagined both as a nation state and as a tourism destination. READ MORE
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42. Protected Attractions : Tourism and Wilderness in the Swedish Mountain Region
Abstract : Europe's first national parks were established in northern Sweden in 1909 and this region has thus functioned as a protected and aesthetic pleasure landscape for a century. In 1996, due to the combination of spectacular natural environment and ancient Sami traditions the Laponian World Heritage Area was established here. READ MORE
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43. Outdoor Recreation and Environmentalism : Social and Spatial Perspectives
Abstract : Outdoor recreation and environmentalism are interlinked phenomena. Historically, they have clear parallels; both emerged at the dawn of the last century, drew inspiration from the Romantic Movement, and were reactions against elements in the modern industrialized and urbanized society. READ MORE
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44. Becoming Wilderness : a topological study of Tarangire, Northern Tanzania 1890-2004
Abstract : Based on field and archival research, Becoming Wilderness analyses the fluid constructs of game preservation and their affect within networks and landscapes to the west of Tarangire National Park, Northern Tanzania from the late 19th Century until the present. The initial query of this thesis is how and why Tarangire comes to be separated as different from its surrounding (on the map and within policy) and what this has entailed for what is ‘within’ and ‘outside’. READ MORE
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45. Human Rights Learning : The Significance of Narratives, Relationality and Uniqueness
Abstract : Whereas educational policy is mainly concerned with the content of Human Rights Education (HRE), philosophers of education have widely explored the subject and her social condition in terms of social justice education. This thesis draws on philosophers of education in exploring the subject rather than the content of HRE, focusing the study on ontological rather than epistemological aspects of learning. READ MORE