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Becoming argonauts: Scots in the California Gold Rush, 1848-1860
(The University of Edinburgh, 2022-05-17)This thesis examines the Scottish experience in the California Gold Rush through the lens of the Scottish diaspora. From 1848 to 1860, at least 3,000 Scots from across Scotland and its wider diaspora funnelled into the ... -
Land Use Partnerships using a Natural Capital Approach: Lessons for Scotland
(Scotland’s Rural College, 2022-05)Regional Land Use Partnerships (RLUPs) are being set up in Scotland to help achieve Scotland’s climate change targets through land use change and a natural capital approach[1]. These partnerships facilitate engagement ... -
Non-governmental organisations and the politics of mining law review in Malawi: subjectivities and bifurcated loyalties
(The University of Edinburgh, 2022-05-16)This thesis examines the factors and relationships that impacted Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) in Malawi in shaping the review of the 1981 Mines and Mineral Act (MMA). In response to public outcry against environmental ... -
B/order work: recomposing relations in the seamful carescapes of health and social care integration in Scotland
(The University of Edinburgh, 2022-05-13)As people, ageing and living with disabilities, struggle with how care is enacted through their lives, integrated care has gained policy purchase in many places, especially in the United Kingdom. Accordingly, there have ... -
Investigation of the ways in which non-speaking children on the autism spectrum play and communicate with each other when playing with toys or iPads in Bangladesh
(The University of Edinburgh, 2022-05-12)The focus of this thesis is on social communication and interaction between children on the autism spectrum in Bangladesh. Building upon recent research on social communication and play between children on the autism ...