Essays about: "Basque"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 10 essays containing the word Basque.

  1. 1. Achievements of the Rational : A comparative argumentation analysis of witch hunts and conspiracy theories

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Emil Björk; [2023]
    Keywords : Rationality; Debate; Vocabulary; Human achievement; Normative development; QAnon; Witch hunts;

    Abstract : According to philosopher Richard Rorty, rational debate and reasoning has limited impact on normative development of society. This seems to be at odds with modern design of democratic institutions, which are built to facilitate rational debate. Through a comparative study of two cases, the present paper examines Rorty’s theory. READ MORE

  3. 2. The role of EITB as a driver of Basque culture among Basque millennials

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

    Author : Natalia Hernández Gómez; [2020]
    Keywords : Media; Development; Language; Culture; Basque Country;

    Abstract : This study analyses the involvement of young Basque millennials with EITB, the Basque public media. Specifically, it focuses on knowing what these young people think of these media and revealing what their experience of engagement with television programming is. READ MORE

  4. 3. Democratic Accommodation Under Pressure: A comparative study of the ethnopolitical accommodation in the Basque Country and Cataluña (1975-2017)

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Annika Consiglio; [2018]
    Keywords : Basque Country; Catalonia; ethnopolitics; rebellion; accommodation; recognition; inclusion; collective rights; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : 1975 marked the end of the Spanish dictatorship under the rule of General Francisco Franco and the transition to democracy. Yet, the Basque ethnopolitical militant group Euskadi ta Askatasuna (ETA) continued its violent struggle until 2017, several years after the end of the dictatorship, while the otherwise peaceful independence movement in Catalonia began escalating following an illegal referendum. READ MORE

  5. 4. Co-create Social Innovation - A mapping of Co-creation methods for Social Innovation

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Produktionsekonomi

    Author : Joakim Grina; [2015]
    Keywords : Co-creation; Social Innovation; Design Thinking; Human Centered Design; Participatory Design; Art of Hosting; Visual Thinking; Graphic Facilitation; Service Design; Technology and Engineering;

    Abstract : Background and issue of study: The global financial crisis, climate change, demographic changes, and rising inequality are some of the global trends that put pressure on public leaders and organizations, civil society organizations and corporations to shift to a social and environmental sustainable development. Social innovations are demanded to be both drivers of positive societal change and forces against negative developments. READ MORE

  6. 5. Should it move or should it stay? How speakers of two Basque dialects organize meaningful elements in transitive clauses

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Masterprogram: Språk och språkvetenskap

    Author : Anne Goergens; [2015]
    Keywords : free word order; Basque; Navarrese-Lapurdian; Gipuzkoan; focus; information structure; structural priming; economy; Galdegaia; in situ; pied-piping; markedness; complexity; syntactic movement; Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : This thesis investigates word order patterns in spoken Basque for two dialects, Navarrese-Lapurdian and Gipuzkoan. The data for the analysis was elicited with stimuli pictures in an experiment in dialogue form. The 26 participants were from Hazparne (Lapurdi), Donostia, and Andoain (both Gipuzkoa). READ MORE