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When We Get Out, It's a Matter of Survival

This investigation is an exploratory case study examining the challenges that juvenile offenders in El Salvador face in integrating into their communities after a significant period of confinement. Given the repressive trend to crime prevention in the Central American context, labeling theory was used as a lens to examine how stigmatization challenges youth’s integration. Moreover, the theories of

Players’ stake in the game? A Governmentality Study of the EU Programme in Peru: Non-State Actors and Local Authorities in Development

This is a study of the European Union (EU) development programme in Peru “Non-State Actors and Local Authorities in Development”. The purpose of the study was to understand how governmentality is created and practiced in the programme. A Foucauldian perspective was applied to the analysis of how neo-liberal rationalities and techniques are practiced in the programme. The principal data collection

DECENTRALISATION EQUALS PARTICIPATION? A CASE STUDY OF VILLAGE RESIDENTS´ CAPABILITIES TO PARTICIPATE IN THE MANAGEMENT OF DRINKING WATER IN MAHOBA DISTRICT, UTTAR PRADESH, INDIA

This study examined to what extent the decentralised drinking water management system in Mahoba district, Uttar Pradesh, India, is participatory. The central questions focused on how participation is taking place, what socio-political factors affect participation, and how the community members explain their capability to participate. Methodologically the study was interpretivist in nature and base

REBUILDING A COMMUNITY TOGETHER: A CASE STUDY ON SOCIAL CAPITAL AND INTEGRATED RURAL DEVELOPMENT IN KIREHE DISTRICT, RWANDA

A variety of contemporaneous factors contribute to the existence of sustained rural poverty, such as inefficient infrastructure, poor access to markets, difficulty in accessing credit, land tenure issues, gender inequality, lack of crop diversity, unsustainable or unproductive farming practices, and limited access to inputs and technology. With this in mind, integrated approaches to rural developm

No Documents, No Rights - Exploring agency and vulnerability in the experiences of irregular migrant women from Zimbabwe in South Africa

This research draws attention to the way irregular migrants in South Africa experience their journey towards a better life, the vulnerability they face, and their capacity to adapt and to be agents of change. Qualitative interviews were held with 10 irregular migrant women, which were analyzed through an analytical framework of vulnerability and agency, while keeping a focus on their illegal migra

Vägar att finna vägar - Metoder att finna historiska och förhistoriska vägar i Uppåkras lokalområde

This thesis is about finding methods, by relating the roads on historical maps, landscape and ancient remains, to find prehistoric roads of different kinds with the area around Uppåkra as an example. By using different maps, modern as well as historical, I have tried to understand the landscape and how the roads stretch within it. Then comparing that to ancient remains and some important changes i

Defining and redefining the "trupla man" Expressions of masculinities and HIV-related risk taking amongst young men from the Highlands region of Papua New Guinea

The purpose of this study was to investigating the linkages between expressions of masculinities, risk taking in heterosexual relationships and the transmission of HIV and AIDS amongst young men from the Highlands region in Papua New Guinea. With a starting point in feminist theory and masculinities theory, this study has shown that strong linkages between expressions of masculinities, risk taking

The State of the Nation in Timor-Leste: Understanding the Shape of the Nation through the Perspectives of Timorese Youth

With the new governing structures created through the transitional administration of the United Nations (UN), old and new fault lines in the past decade have exposed themselves in Timor-Leste: rural-urban divides, generational divides, communal divides, and political divides. This paper utilises Anthony D. Smith’s ethno-symbolism approach to understanding nationalism by focusing on subjective elem

Vem är dokumenten till för?

Denna uppsats är en kvalitativ studie av Lunds Universitets internkommunikation. Syftet är att undersöka om den information som produceras på ledningsnivå, universitetets policydokument, når ut till medarbetarna på organisationens institutionella nivå och praktiseras i det vardagliga arbetet? Det var de frågor som ställdes i studiens inledningsfas. Bakgrunden till uppsatsen grundar sig i att man i

Applications of digitization to museum collections management, research and accessibility

Over the past few decades, digital methods of documentation and exhibition have been becoming ever more popular in museums. As technologies advance, so too do the implications for museum digitization. This thesis provides a glimpse into the current atmosphere of museum digitization, proposes new applications for digital documentation and propagates these themes through the development of a case st

Facebook eller Facework? - En fallstudie om facebookrelationer på Företag X

I takt med att sociala medier och framför allt Facebook växer sig allt större tar även företag sig ut på sociala forum i markandsföringssyfte. När företag får en inblick i arbetstagares privatliv genom aktivitet på Facebook innebär det allt oftare konsekvenser för dessa i arbetslivet. Denna uppsats undersöker, genom en fallstudie av Företag X, hur arbetstagare och arbetsgivare tolkar relationen t

Dancing through the ages in Greece. A comparative study on Bronze Age-, Classical period- and Folk dancing

This thesis has dealt with dancing in the Greek Bronze Age from an anthropological perspective. The main question was whether any similarities in dancing in the Bronze Age through to the Classical period could be seen. By using an archaeological material and modern research on dance in the Classical period and on folk dancing in Greece today, the aim was to easier be able to interpret the Bronze A

I betraktarens öga - Lekmannens förhållande till arkeologi i en komparativ studie mellan Sverige och Peru

The aim of this study is to highlight and attempt to understand the role of archaeology and cultural heritage in different domains. Lima and Stockholm represent the urban population in Peru och Sweden. It is an attempt to discuss the general public’s relation to, and view of, national archaeology through a comparative study. It also discusses what the differences and similarities may be caused by.

Psykoterapeuters rambrott: en kvalitativ studie

The purpose of this qualitative study was to explore how psychotherapists describe and understand their own frame breaks in their psychotherapeutic work. Six psychotherapists were interviewed using an explorative and narrative method. The psychotherapists were asked to give an example of a frame break. The data collected as stories were analyzed using a phenomenological and hermeneutical approach,

Den närproducerade franska mjölken från Skåne

Vad som undersökts är hur Skånemejerier konstruerar vad som innefattas i begreppet närproducerat utifrån vad närproducerat ses som i stort. För att blottlägga detta har en diskursanalys genomförts av Skånemejeriers hemsida samt nyhetsartiklar på grund av deras opinionsbildande funktion. Uppsatsen visar att begreppet närproducerat är väl förbundet med hälsa och miljö, men även med ekologi. Detta sy

In quest for the lost gamers - An investigation of board gaming in Scania, during the Iron and Middle Ages

Board gaming has to a large degree, been studied based on historical sources. Ironically, this is true even for prehistoric games, where the Icelandic sagas have been used as a starting point for a deductive hunt for the mysterious game Hnefatafl. Later studies of gaming have to a large extent been transferring older research results. According to the author, this has created a rather skewed pictu

Comparative study of Corporate Social Disclosure in the Context of Sweden and China

The study provided statistical evidence that size, profitability, industry, country, and audit firms have explanatory power regarding predicting and explaining corporate disclosure in Sweden and China. Moreover, ownership structure and foreign listing have shown limited explanatory power. It is further noticed that theories that are suitable for a phenomenon in Sweden might not necessary be so in

Rumslighet, funktion och symbolik - Medeltida skandinaviskt gravskick med fokus på barn i kyrkor

Title: “Spatiality, function and symbolism - Medieval Scandinavian burial customs with focus on children in churches”. The aim of this master thesis is to shed light upon children buried inside churches. To do this, the author uses spatiality, symbolism, functionality and gender as theorethical perspectives. The material culture comes from seven different sites around Scandinavia. They are connec

Funerary inscriptions in Pompeii. A study of Pompeian freed slaves

Due to a German research project on slavery in antiquity, I became aware of the fact, that within the field of slavery and manumission a lot of research still needs to be done. 1 A university course on social identity inspired me later on and made me think about different identities; ‘being a slave’ was one of them. The habit of freeing slaves was so widely spread during the late Roman Republic an