Search for dissertations about: "Humanities Social Sciences"
Showing result 21 - 25 of 398 swedish dissertations containing the words Humanities Social Sciences.
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21. The Burden of Responsibility : Predicaments of Environmental Life in the Caraballo Mountains, Northern Philippines
Abstract : Indigenous people are not obviously, or naturally, stewards of the environment. But when the idea that they are such custodians gains legal traction, and when indigenous land-use practices are codified to reflect environmental principles, they become a burden of responsibility that has significant consequences for the lives and the livelihoods of indigenous communities. READ MORE
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22. Geographies of eHealth: Studies of Healthcare at a Distance
Abstract : This thesis examines the proliferation of healthcare services using information and communication technology to overcome spatial and temporal obstacles. These services are given such names as telemedicine and telecare, which are sometimes grouped together as telehealthcare under the umbrella term eHealth. READ MORE
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23. Designing dynamic textile patterns
Abstract : Designing Dynamic Textile Patterns Progress in chemistry, fibres and polymers technology provides textile designers with new expressive materials, making it possible to design dynamic textile patterns, where several different expressions are inherent in the same textile, textiles that, for example, could alternate between a striped and checkered pattern. Textiles are traditionally designed and produced to keep a given, static expression during their life cycle; a striped pattern is supposed to keep its stripes. READ MORE
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24. Smallholders and pigs in northern Uganda : an ethnographic study of pig rearing, disease management and local knowledges
Abstract : In Uganda, pig numbers have increased rapidly in recent decades, with the majority reared by smallholder farmers in rural areas. It has been suggested that pig production can play an important role in reducing rural poverty. READ MORE
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25. The Street of Associations : Migration and Infrastructural (Re)Production of Norra Grängesbergsgatan, Malmö
Abstract : As global migration alters the demography of Swedish cities in the postwelfare era, socio-spatial polarisation and discrimination present acute challenges. In recent decades, Malmö has transformed from an industrial into a postindustrial, service economy-oriented city. READ MORE