Search for dissertations about: "dispossession"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 18 swedish dissertations containing the word dispossession.

  2. 6. From Words to Voids : Absencing and Haunting in Crimean Semiotic Landscapes

    Author : Natalia Volvach; Christopher Stroud; Caroline Kerfoot; Brigitta Busch; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; semiotic landscapes; linguistic landscapes; multilingualism; bilingualism; indexicality; semiosis; materiality; Linguistic Citizenship; in visibility; erasure; resemiotization; absence; trace; ghost; spectre; haunting; interdiscursivity; Crimea; Ukraine; tvåspråkighet; Bilingualism;

    Abstract : This thesis seeks to contribute to the body of ethnographically-oriented semiotic landscape research by addressing linguistic and non-linguistic signs in the landscapes of contemporary Crimea. It is based on research conducted in the region back in 2017 and 2019 after the Russian annexation but before the full-scale war against Ukraine, which started on 24 February 2022. READ MORE

  4. 7. Adding Fuel to the Fire : North-South dynamics in the geographies of transport energy: the case of EU biofuels

    Author : David Harnesk; LUCSUS; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; energy geography; geopolitics; territorialisation; climate change mitigation; transport; biofuels; agrofuels; European Union EU ; certification; sustainability criteria; sustainability science; energi; geografi; geopolitik; territorialisering; klimatomställning; transport; biodrivmedel; biobränsle; Europeiska Unionen; certifiering; hållbarhetskriterier; hållbarhetsvetenskap;

    Abstract : Since the 2000s, the European Union (EU) has promoted biofuels for transport to achieve climate change mitigation, and rural development in the global South. In contrast, critiques have argued that biofuel promotion impedes more meaningful mitigation while also resulting in dispossession of land and loss of labour opportunities in the global South. READ MORE

  5. 8. Chocó challenges : communities negotiating matters of concern and care on Colombia’s margin

    Author : Nicolas Acosta García; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

    Abstract : Chocó is a remote and biodiverse region located on Colombia’s Northern Pacific Coast. The region is home to indigenous Embera and Afro-descendant communities. Both communities share and contest a legacy of colonisation, violence, dispossession and discrimination. READ MORE

  6. 9. A QUEST FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SOVEREIGNTY : Chicana/o Literary Experiences of Water (Mis)Management and Environmental Degradation in the US Southwest

    Author : María Isabel Perez-Ramos; Sverker Sörlin; Marco Armiero; Joni Adamson; Maria Herrera Sobek; KTH; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Environmental humanities; ecocriticism; environmental history; comparative literature; U.S. Southwest; Chicana o; subaltern literature; environmental justice; water; political ecology; postcoloniality; decoloniality.; Miljöhumaniora; ekokritik; miljöhistoria; litteraturhistoria; sydvästra USA; Chicana o; subaltern litteratur; miljörättvisa; vatten; politisk ekologi; postkolonialitet; dekolonialitet.; Historiska studier av teknik; vetenskap och miljö; History of Science; Technology and Environment;

    Abstract : The U.S. Southwest is a semi-arid region affected by numerous environmental problems. Chicana/o communities have been directly affected by such problems, especially ever since the region was annexed from Mexico by the United States in the mid-nineteenth century. READ MORE

  7. 10. Remittances, Access & Adaptation: Options to Secure Rural Livelihoods in Morocco and Myanmar

    Author : Laura Kmoch; Chalmers tekniska högskola; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; LANTBRUKSVETENSKAPER; AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Income Poverty; Disaster Risk Reduction; Remittances; Local Agroecological Knowledge; Resource Frontiers; Climate Vulnerability; Sustainable Rural Livelihoods; Swidden Farming; Land System Governance; Myanmar;

    Abstract : State leaders have adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and pledged to leave no one behind. This thesis advances knowledge for attaining these goals, through systems thinking and place-based research in the context of climate and land-change processes in Morocco and Myanmar. READ MORE