Search for dissertations about: "meaning city"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 34 swedish dissertations containing the words meaning city.

2. 1. Meaning-Making Variations in Acculturation and Ritualization : A multi-generational study of Suroyo migrants in Sweden

   Author : Önver Cetrez; Valerie DeMarinis; Halina Grzymala-Moszczynska; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Psychology of religion; Acculturation; meaning-making; ritualization; religiosity; identity; identification; mixed-model study; Suroyo; Assyrian; Aramean; Religionspsykologi; Psychology of religion; Religionspsykologi; Psychology of Religion; Religionspsykologi;

   Abstract : This dissertation focuses on how acculturation affects meaning-making among three generations of Suroye in the city of Södertälje, Sweden. Special focus is on youth. An inter-disciplinary and a mixed-model approach is used, with the purpose to contribute to research knowledge on meta, theoretical, methodological, and empirical levels. READ MORE

4. 2. Spatial Experience and Meaning of Place in Kampala City : Narratives of personal experience

   Author : Lilian Namuganyi; Rolf Johansson; Peter Kellett; KTH; []
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5. 3. Heritage in Authority-Making : Appropriating Interventions inThree Socio-Political Contexts

   Author : Feras Hammami; Göran Cars; Lars Orrskog; Kristina Grange; Laurajane Smith; KTH; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; heritage; meaning; authority; discourse; appropriation; historic environments; kulturarv; mening; auktoritet; diskurs; historisk miljö;

   Abstract : The perpetual evolution of the value of heritage in urban development is producing newsocio-spatial realities, shaped by different relationships of power at multiple scales.Heritage has always played an important role in the construction of individual andgroup identities, but is now increasingly seen as a capital for the making of cityidentity. READ MORE

6. 4. Low-Carbon City Initiatives in China : Planning Approaches, Dilemmas and Opportunities

   Author : Guanghong Zhou; Björn Frostell; Karel Mulder; KTH; []
   Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Low-carbon city; Urban planning; Metabolic approach; Industrial Ecology; Industriell ekologi;

   Abstract : In order to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, tackle climate change and move toward sustainable development, the central government in China has proposed low-carbon city development as the national strategy and relevant initiatives have been taken by local governments. This thesis analyses current low-carbon city programmes and planning approaches in China, identifies limitations and proposes a metabolic approach that could be used to account for physical resources, monitor GHG emissions and involve stakeholders in the planning process. READ MORE

7. 5. Afloat and Aflame. Deconstructing the Long 19th century Port City Gothenburg through Newspaper Archaeology

   Author : Martina Hjertman; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; historical archaeology; digital history; media history; newspaper archaeology; newspaper studies; urbanity; marginality; othering; suburb; discourse; worldmaking; counter-narrative; counter- voice; modern era; port city; slum; those ‘of little note’; fire; travelogues; Göteborg; Majorna;

   Abstract : In line with the international historical-archaeological discipline, this study aims to increase knowledge of marginalising processes and disenfranchised groups in the past and to contribute to the recognised Swedish need to augment the know-how of researching people ‘of little note’ in urban environments. The study aspires a theoretically engaged empirical alternative for developing new knowledge about urban places which are not possible to excavate or where archaeological data is insufficient, while evincing how digitized historical newspapers can step in as a multifaceted historical- archaeological source. READ MORE