Search for dissertations about: "biocultural"

Found 5 swedish dissertations containing the word biocultural.

2. 1. Understanding poverty traps in biocultural landscapes

   Author : L. Jamila Haider; Maja Schlüter; Flora Hajdu; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; poverty trap; biocultural; development; review; Sustainability Science; vetenskap om hållbar utveckling;

   Abstract : Over one and a half billion people live in poverty, with some 795 million suffering from chronic malnourishment. For many of these people this perilous situation has persisted for decades or more, in what is popularly characterized as a poverty ‘trap’. READ MORE

4. 2. Development and Resilience : Re-thinking poverty and intervention in biocultural landscapes

   Author : L. Jamila Haider; Maja Schlüter; Wiebren Boonstra; M. Jahi Chappell; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; biocultural diversity; coevolution; development; interdisciplinary; Pamir Mountains; poverty traps; resilience; social-ecological systems; Sustainability Science; vetenskap om hållbar utveckling;

   Abstract : The practices related to the growing, harvesting, preparation, and celebration of food over millennia have given rise to diverse biocultural landscapes the world over. These landscapes – rich in biological and cultural diversity – are often characterised by persistent poverty, and, as such, are often the target of development interventions. READ MORE

5. 3. Health, cattle and ploughs : Bioarchaeological consequences of the Secondary Products Revolution in southern Sweden, 2300-1100 BCE

   Author : Anna Tornberg; begravning och social identitet Gravarkeologiska forskargruppen – Död; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; senneolitikum; äldre bronsålder; södra Sverige; bioarkeologi; vård; hälsa; karies; biokulturell; politisk-ekonomisk; sekundära produktrevolutionen; paleopatologi; paleodemografi; kroppslängd; trauma; humanosteologi; isotoper; Late Neolithic; Early Bronze Age; southern Sweden; bioarchaeology; Care; health; dental caries; biocultural; political-economy; Secondary Products Revolution; paleopathology; paleodemography; stature; trauma; human osteology; isotopes;

   Abstract : In this thesis diet and health of people who lived in southern Sweden 2300-1100 BCE is studied. The study is based on bioarchaeological analyses of human remains from 46 localities in the areas of Uppland, Närke, Östergötland, Västergötland, and Scania. READ MORE

6. 4. Sentiments of Segregation : The Emotional Politics of Apartheid in South Africa, c. 1948-1990

   Author : Jagger Kirkby; Forskarskolan i historia; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; apartheid; history of emotions; South Africa; race and racism; cultural history; Segregation;

   Abstract : This dissertation studies the relationship between emotions and the everday application of apartheid in South Africa between 1948 and 1990. Histories of apartheid have long been politics-driven, focusing on the rise and fall of the regime with its reception being studied primarily through the lens of the popular struggle that, in part, led to apartheid’s downfall. READ MORE

7. 5. Reconnecting with nature through concepts : On the construction of values in the ecosystem services paradigm

   Author : Sanna Stålhammar; BECC: Biodiversity and Ecosystem services in a Changing Climate; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; ekosystemtjänster; hållbarhetsvetenskap; Vetenskapsteori; människa↔natur; värde; Ecosystem Services; Ecosystem services concept; ecosystem services value; Ecosystem service assessment; Cultural ecosystem services; socio-cultural valuation; connectedness; Relational value; experienced and context-based perspective.; Urban green infrastructures;

   Abstract : The alarming rates of extinction and degrading ecosystems call for new means of understanding and accounting for how people depend on nature. Ecosystem services (ES) is a contested but widely applied concept aiming to connect ecosystem functions to human wellbeing and to assess and account for how nature matters in decision-making. READ MORE