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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"Appropriation of space"”.
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Constructing the virtual as a social form
… and the toys become commodities that gain profit. The most pervasive and profitable technological toys of the contemporary world, videogames and virtual worlds, have become social and cultural spaces for hundreds of millions of humans, while immediate urban space- an offline space-- is losing …
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Land Matters : Agrofuels, Unequal Exchange, and Appropriation of Ecological Space
… growth, for the first time since the end of the 18th century when Malthus forecasted a contradiction between population growth and agricultural output. That constraint on economic growth, imposed by limited land areas, was overcome by the combination of fossil fuels (coal, oil) and …
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Stigmatisation processes and populations’ responses in turbulent environments: A multi-site case study of the Hazaras in Quetta, Pakistan and the Afro-descendants in Cartagena, Colombia
This thesis explores the lived experiences of stigmatisation processes amongst the Hazaras in Quetta (Pakistan) and the Afro-descendants in Cartagena (Colombia) and how do these diverse dynamics shape the experiences of stigmatisation in each community. The study also analyses the responses to …
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Museums, Connections, and Imagination in the Making of a British World, 1870-1945
… in which they were based, from the last third of the nineteenth century to 1945. Focusing on museums and art galleries in Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, and Canada, as well as on the scientists, philanthropists, and artists who gravitated around them, it develops a comparative and …
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Civil society organisations and the production of socio-geographic space : the organisation of space in Brazilian favelas
… immense contradictions and disputes. They are, often, the only available housing for poor people and are characterized by deprivation of state services. Despite their marginalization and the discourses of criminality associated with them, the poor living in favelas are recipients of many …
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A ‘Dream-House’ For Luanda’s Low Income Population: Analysing Perceptions, Aspirations and Reality through a Participatory Post-Occupancy Assessment (PPOA) Framework
Luanda is one of the fastest developing and more prospective growing cities in Africa. Such view of economic development is frequently associated to a sharp population increase and subsequent physical expansion of cities' footprint. A phenomenon also observed in Luanda, especially as a result of …
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A Study of the Perceptions of Stakeholders Regarding Commercial Fundraising in Georgia's Public Schools
The purpose of this study was to determine the perceptions of principals, teachers, and parents regarding the use of commercial fundraising methods in Georgia's public schools. It was the researcher's purpose to fill a void in the literature regarding the perceptions of school stakeholders, in …