Social science perspectives on climate change and development

University of Copenhagen

Xaquín S. Pérez-Sindín López

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  • Fieldwork in a village in Central Nepal

    I was watching this video as part of a seminar on ethnography at the Comillas Institute at Columbia University, and while taking notes I began to organize its insights around what can be understood as the different stages of fieldwork. What follows is not a rigid model, but a way of presenting the process more…

  • Understanding Public Perceptions of a New Pit Lake in As Pontes, Spain

    The introduction of coal mining in the 1940’s transformed the landscape and economy of As Pontes, Spain. Industrialisation created successive waves of economic and population booms, but when the mining slowed in the 1990s, the region experienced economic depression. Real and perceived social divisions and environmental abuses on the part of the mining company remained…

  • Landscape value

    Landscape value corresponds to an attachment or emotional bond that people develop with places. There are strong cultural ties to landscapes and feelings for the visual beauty of mountains, lakes, coasts, forests, etc., which are a common bond among people or social groups of a given region. Arguments related to landscape values are commonly heard…

  • ‘Swarm Electrification’ in Bangladesh Lets Neighbours Swap Solar Electricity

    For decades, families had little choice but to use kerosene. Now they’re swapping solar electricity. Original source: https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/mg7kpa/mesolshare-rural-bangladesh-swarm-electrification-off-the-grid Ten households in Shakimali Matborkandi, a village in the Shariatpur district of Bangladesh, have seen a dramatic change over the past year in the way they light their homes and charge their mobile phones. For decades, these…

  • Sociology of “wasted” places

    Most abandoned buildings, plants and areas appeared in the Soviet Russia (’70-’80) because they belonged to the “state” (meaning nobody) and afterwards (’90) as a result of the economic crisis. But each place has its own story (in which I, to be honest, do not have much interest). I think we are all not indifferent…

  • why​ is writing a literature review such hard work? part two

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  • The Photographer of highly impacted landscapes by human intervention

    <p><a href=”https://vimeo.com/261502643″>Tom Hegen: The Salt Series</a> from <a href=”https://vimeo.com/1854media”>1854 Media</a> on <a href=”https://vimeo.com”>Vimeo</a&gt;.</p>

  • The Truth About Globalization, Harvard Business Review

    Adi Ignatius FROM THE JULY–AUGUST 2017 ISSUE SAVE SHARE COMMENT TEXT SIZE PRINT Public sentiment about globalization has taken a sharp turn. The election of Donald Trump, Brexit, and the rise of ultra-right parties in Europe are all signs of growing popular displeasure with the free movement of trade, capital, people, and information. Even among…

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