Search for dissertations about: "conviviality"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 6 swedish dissertations containing the word conviviality.
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1. Negotiating Reproduction: Family Size and Fertility Regulation among Shuar People of the Ecuadorian Amazon
Abstract : The focus of this dissertation is situated in the realm of the global reproductive health discourse and its interplay with national politics in Ecuador. It addresses how high fertility rates are perceived as an issue that hinders development and modernisation. READ MORE
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2. Careful Convivial Listening : Making Sound Work Apparent as Political Action
Abstract : Focusing on the creation and performance of sound work this doctoral thesis considers the value of listening as a site of political action. The meaning of sound work is dual; connoting both an artifact that is created and performed, a work of art, and the processes of creating sound, the work of listening. READ MORE
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3. Peacebuilding in post-genocide Rwanda: The role of cooperatives in the restoration of interpersonal relationships
Abstract : This thesis is aimed at contributing to the lack of knowledge in the field of peacebuilding from below, notably regarding the mechanisms to be used in order to overcome the painful past between conflicting parties. The study makes this contribution through an empirically based exploration of the relational outcomes resulting from conflicting parties’ memberships of the same cooperative organization after the 1994 genocide in Rwanda. READ MORE
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4. (Not) Representing Cycling : Exploring the subjugation and multiplicity of cycling
Abstract : Cycling is often represented as a symbol of sustainable mobility change. This thesis builds on the argument that even in acclaimed cycling cities possibilities for cycling to become part of transformative change are stifled. READ MORE
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5. Safeguarding nature and people : Integrating economics, politics, and human rights to transform biodiversity policies and governance
Abstract : None of the world’s biodiversity goals from the last decade were fully met, as biodiversity losses are occurring at an unprecedented rate. Policies are not always effective; their use may have adverse effects on people and nature. READ MORE