Search for dissertations about: "farm work"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 77 swedish dissertations containing the words farm work.

2. 1. The Lie of the Land: Gender, Farm Work, and Land in a Rural Vietnamese Village

   Author : Cecilia Bergstedt; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Anthropology; Vietnam; gender; agriculture; farming; wet-rice cultivation; farm work; division of labour; land; land access; place;

   Abstract : This anthropological study investigates ways in which perceptions of gender intersect with the everyday dealings of land and farming practices in a village in the northern part of Vietnam. The point of departure for this study is a desire to take a closer look at how processes of gendering actually take place and become meaningful on a day-to-day basis. READ MORE

4. 2. Resisting feminised precarity : Farm workers in post-strike Western Cape, South Africa

   Author : Åsa Eriksson; Lena Gemzöe; Camilla Elmhorn; Irene Molina; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; gender; race ethnicity; precarity; feminisation of labour; resistance; intersectionality; farm work; South Africa; Sweden; genusvetenskap; Gender Studies;

   Abstract : This dissertation seeks to contribute to the body of research on gender, neoliberal globalisation and work, and on the forms of resistance people engage in within a deeply unequal global order. It was devised in relation to developments during and after widespread, unprecedented labour and social protests among farm workers in export-oriented agriculture in the Western Cape, South Africa, 2012–2013. READ MORE

5. 3. East of Arcadia : Three studies of rural women in northern Sweden and Wisconsin, USA

   Author : Gun-Marie Frånberg; Ulla Johansson; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : rural women; gender mode of living; leisure; work; local mobilization; cultural reproduction; migration;

   Abstract : This dissertation deals with three different studies of rural women in northern Sweden and Wisconsin, USA. All three of them aim at identify and elucidate pertinent aspects of women's lives in rural areas. In the first study, The Åsele study, women's work and free time activities are in the focus of investigation. READ MORE

6. 4. On the occurrence and possible causes of motor neuron disease in Sweden

   Author : Lars-Gunnar Gunnarsson; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : Epidemiology; amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; incidence; prevalence; mortality; cluster; Iisk factors; occupation; environment; agricultural work; electrical work; welding; solvents; heredity; MEDICINE; MEDICIN;

   Abstract : A series of investigations have been performed to study secular trends of motor neuron disease (MND) morbidity and mortality in Sweden, to identify time and/or space clusters, if any, and to uncover risk factors. The occurrence of the disease was estimated from incidence, prevalence and mortality rates, and the strength of various determinants was evaluated by means of the case-control approach, using population controls. READ MORE

7. 5. Ocean Wave Energy : Underwater Substation System for Wave Energy Converters

   Author : Magnus Rahm; Mats Leijon; Ted Brekken; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; wave energy; wave power; wave energy converter; direct-drive; permanent magnet linear generator; point absorber; array; farm; park; offshore; marine; substation; electrical transmission system; Electrical engineering; electronics and photonics; Elektroteknik; elektronik och fotonik; Engineering Science with specialization in Science of Electricity; Teknisk fysik med inriktning mot elektricitetslära;

   Abstract : This thesis deals with a system for operation of directly driven offshore wave energy converters. The work that has been carried out includes laboratory testing of a permanent magnet linear generator, wave energy converter mechanical design and offshore testing, and finally design, implementation, and offshore testing of an underwater collector substation. READ MORE