Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) / Union Station is a unique historic building in downtown Indianapolis, Indiana. The station, which first opened in 1853, has connected the history of the evolution of travel and the city of Indianapolis and, in the late twentieth century, became deeply embedded in local conversations about national issues at the intersection of race, historic preservation, and urban renewal. The station was a place of Black exclusion from public spaces throughout its existence, first as a train station, and later when it was repurposed as a Festival Marketplace. In preparation for the opening of the Festival Marketplace in the 1980s—complete with shops, restaurants, and a hotel—the developers invited people to write to them to preserve personal memories of experiences at the station from the era of train travel. Indiana residents, both white and Black, as well as Indianapolis city officials, and redevelopers of the station showed nostalgia for earlier eras when the station was active. This nostalgia, I argue, played an active and productive role in the process of saving Union Station. Importantly, those who contributed a letter to the “Remember Union Station” project were overwhelmingly white. Out of eighty-six letters, the race of seventy-three of them can be confirmed. Of those eighty-six, only two have been identified as Black. The two Black letter writers used the opportunity to contribute to the “Remember Union Station” campaign as a means to remember and claim the right to belong in Union Station for themselves, their families, and Black communities. As this project shows, the Indianapolis Union Station has always been more than just a building. It is a space that captures a part of the complex history of the city of Indianapolis and can hopefully provide more links to the past, present, and future for Hoosiers and visitors alike.

This descriptive study used a mixed methods design and sought to examine students' perceptions on workforce education and development (WED) curriculum responsiveness to culturally and internationally diverse graduate students, at a Midwestern university on four dimensions: teaching strategies (to include delivery), curriculum inclusiveness, international responsiveness, and curriculum improvements. The research study design consisted of the mixed methods Follow-up Explanations Model (QUAN emphasized) complemented by the With-in Stage Mixed Model. A pragmatic paradigm guided the collection and analysis of the study's census data (survey and focus groups). A newly developed WED Curriculum Responsiveness Survey (.850 Cronbach's alpha index) containing closed- and open-ended questions facilitated data collection from all the population. Three follow-up focus groups gathered qualitative data for explaining the survey quantitative results. Study participants comprised all graduate students with at least one year continuous enrollment from fall 2007 to spring 2008 in a WED program at a Midwestern university. A total of 69 (44% response rate) participants responded to the census survey comprising three main study groups: U.S. majority, U.S. minority, and International students. At this snapshot in time and based on study findings of students' perceptions, WED curriculum responsiveness to culturally and internationally diverse graduate students at a Midwestern university appeared to be inadequate. This was evident in the resulting overall weak correlation in the most used and most responsive teaching strategies to students' learning style preferences in its WED program. Further, U.S. minority and international students generally perceived cultural insensitivity to occur sometimes to quite often respectively in teaching delivery and the WED curriculum content to be typically aligned to the interests of the dominant group (Caucasians). All student groups (U.S. majority, U.S. minority, and international) found a limited representation of international perspectives on WED course topics. These findings imply that students experienced much intellectual and cultural bondage with a U.S.-centric curriculum in their graduate studies that does not fully preparing them for today's global marketplace. Students' suggestions for reversing these trends were to diversify/internationalize WED curriculum content, diversify teaching styles, hire diverse faculty, and provide faculty diversity training. These suggestions were strongly supported by the theoretical and empirical literature on critical race theory, critical education theory, curriculum inclusiveness, multicultural education, and internationalization in U.S. higher education.

Denna studie syftar till att undersöka ledares upplevelser kring möjligheter att skapa förutsättningar för ett kollektivt lärande och hur de arbetar i praktiken, utifrån frågeställningar om kommunikationens, reflektionens och inkluderingens möjligheter och utmaningar. Studien genomfördes med hjälp av kvalitativa semistrukturerade intervjuer med totalt åtta ledare från olika organisationer och analyserades genom en tematisk analys. Resultaten analyserades utifrån teorier inom kollektivt lärande och inkluderande ledarskap. Analysens slutsatser är att det finns variationer och likheter i hur ledarna arbetar i praktiken med att skapa förutsättningar för kollektivt lärande och när ledarna arbetar med att utveckla arbetsgruppers kommunikation och reflektion arbetar de samtidigt med inkludering. Detta är av betydelse då inkludering är särskilt gynnande för både en god kommunikation och reflektion i grupp, vilket innebär att inkludering är en grundläggande förutsättning för att kollektivt lärande ska uppstå. De främsta utmaningarna som ledarna upplever är tidsbrist och kommunikativa utmaningar. / This study aims to examine leaders' experiences of possibilities to create conditions for collective learning and how they work in practice, based on questions about the possibilities and challenges of communication, reflection and inclusion. The study was conducted using qualitative semi-structured interviews with a total of eight leaders from different organizations and was analyzed through athematic analysis. The results were analyzed based on theories in collective learning and inclusive leadership. The analysis's conclusions are that there are variations and similarities in how the leaders work in practice to create prerequisites for collective learning and when the leaders work to develop working groups'communication and reflection, they work simultaneously with inclusion. This is important as inclusionis particularly beneficial for both good communication and reflection in a group, which means that inclusion is a basic prerequisite for collective learning to arise. The main challenges that leaders experience are lack of time and communicative challenges.

Date:2023-05-31Level: Bachelor thesis in Business Administration, 15 cr Institution: School of Business, Society, and Engineering, Mälardalen University Authors: Anwaar Naser, Laura Maria Trandafir and, Asterios Mastorokostas Varsamidis Title: Inclusiveness of autistic consumers in the E-commerce Supervisor: Stylianos Papaioannou Keywords: Autism, ASD, niche, consumer, inclusiveness, e-commerce, website design. Research question: How is the inclusivity of ASD consumers addressed in online shopping? Purpose: The purpose of this thesis is to analyse the online shopping experience of consumers with autism to identify opportunities for e-commerce businesses to create more inclusive websites. Method: A relevant literature scan has been done to identify the gap and spot the topic, followed by a secondary data review to recognise which can serve the purpose.  Thereafter, the thesis followed a qualitative approach to research by conducting semi-structured interviews with autistic consumers, autism experts, and web designers. Eight interviewees in total, supported by three sources of secondary data. The collected data was thematically analysed then. Conclusion: This study identifies challenges faced by individuals with ASD when navigating online, including sensory issues, language comprehension difficulties, distraction, and decision-making challenges, leading to feelings of exclusion. Inclusive design strategies are proposed, such as simple navigation, clear language, straightforward layouts, and sensory-friendly visual elements. Understanding the unique needs of ASD consumers is emphasized to create an inclusive shopping environment. Benefits for businesses include expanding the customer base, fostering loyalty, increasing satisfaction, meeting corporate social responsibility goals, and improving growth. Inclusivity is both a moral imperative and a business opportunity, with transparency, trust-building, and customer service being key. By prioritising inclusiveness and adopting successful examples, businesses can create a welcoming and accessible online shopping experience for individuals with ASD while driving profitability and customer loyalty.

This study looks at the capital of Colombia, Bogotá’s mobility department, and how this institution is using the bicycle as a tool to brand the city. Bogotá has had a remarkable increase in bicycle ridership for several years, this duo to the city's implementation of bicycle lanes and politicians that have incorporated planning that favors this transport method. Even so, the city still has challenges in making bicycle transportation inclusive for everyone. Research suggests that to make a city more inclusive, it is important to understand the struggles and dilemmas within the current planning. This study examines questions such as: Which group or specific users are a dilemma when planning and developing Bogota as a bicycle city? Why is this group or user a challenge or dilemma in the planning? And: Does this group fit into the planner's vision of a cycling city? Through interviews with important stakeholders, academics, and bicycle representatives, the study identified Bicycle messengers as a dilemma. Some representatives of this group are also interviewed. Together with field observation, the theoretical framework, and the found data, this study analyzes the three-research question and answers why bicycle messengers are a dilemma for planners, as they pose a security risk. This finding is further discussed in the paper along with the theories of place branding, the right to the city, and a southern theory approach. Exploring the fact that the mobility department's own vision and branding can be one of the causes of finding this group to be a dilemma.

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No / Though India and Pakistan emerged as independent nation states sixty years ago, debates about the basis of Indian and Pakistani nationhood continue to reverberate through the politics of the two countries. Pakistan has been wracked by disputes over identity from its very inception. It split into two countries in 1971 when the eastern wing broke away to form Bangladesh. It has since been wrestling with issues of Punjabi dominance and Islamisation, which have put minorities of all sorts on the defensive. Independent India under Nehru¿s leadership proclaimed secular and egalitarian goals but theory and practice were often divergent. In recent years, the success of Hindu nationalist forces at the polls has raised new and uncomfortable questions for Indian minorities too. In Fault Lines of Nationhood, Gyanendra Pandey and Yunas Samad reflect on the construction of national identity in India and Pakistan from colonial times to the present day and examine how the working of democracy has created new majorities and minorities and helped to politicise issues of religion and ethnicity, region and language, class and caste. This book is essential reading for anyone interested in the dynamics of state building in India and Pakistan and the conflicting demands of national unity and social and political inclusiveness.

This qualitative study aims to investigate how a multinational company works to promote workforce diversity and inclusiveness, how native and immigrant employees and managers experience social integration and social relations in the workplace, and how the managers work to contribute to social integration and social relations in the workplace. Interviews have been made with thirteen participants working in the same company. Among the participants there are natives and immigrants, and there are managers and employees. The theoretical framework is based on habitus, on capital, and on symbolic interactionism theory. The previous research is based on workforce diversity and inclusiveness, on social integration, and on social relations in workplaces. The findings indicate that the managers involve in different initiatives to promote diversity and inclusiveness inside and outside the company. Most participants have positive attitudes towards the position of the company in its work with diversity and inclusiveness. The findings also indicate that social integration and social relations in the workplace are of extreme importance for the employees and the managers. Most participants have good experiences of social integration in their workplace as they have feelings of inclusion, belonging, and community. Social relations in the workplace seem to be extremely significant for meaning, job satisfaction, well-being, and job performance. In addition, the findings indicate that the managers work with multiple initiatives to contribute to social integration and social relations in the workplace.

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This thesis - The issue of homelessness women: Social work at the shelter for women deals with the issue of homelessness for women and more women using homeless through social work in a particular social service - a shelter for women. The theoretical part describes the basic concepts related to homelessness; characteristics of homelessness; forms of homelessness; homelessness for women - causes and circumstances that led to the loss of home; forms of assistance; inclusion in housing and society; social work in shelter for women - services targets; concrete assistance and cooperation of social worker with clients; roles and responsibilities of social workers; pitfalls of social work at the shelter for women. The practical part contains stories (case studies) clients shelter for women who not only illustrate the combination of the various causes of loss of home and homelessness of these women, but also how to work with them through social work.