Essays about: "Michel Foucault"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 105 essays containing the words Michel Foucault.

1. 16. Extinction, or the Extension of Life : Biology and History as Representation and Metaphor in Ted Chiang's "Seventy-Two Letters"

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för konst, kultur och kommunikation (K3)

   Author : Sofia Jonsson; [2022]
   Keywords : Ted Chiang; Speculative Fiction; History of Ideas; Michel Foucault; Gillian Beer; Biology; History; Evolutionary Theory; Preformation; Literature; Metaphor; Representation; Darwin; Nineteenth Century;

   Abstract : This paper explores Ted Chiang's novella "Seventy-Two Letters" and the way in which it combines genres, scientific and historical ideas in an effort to examine topics about life and creation. The combinations result in an intriguing representation of a history which is then made different and where Chiang can creatively challenge past ideas. READ MORE

3. 17. Discipline and Order: Hostile architecture in Copenhagen

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Sociologi; Lunds universitet/Sociologiska institutionen

   Author : Egill Karlsson; [2022]
   Keywords : Hostile architecture; Copenhagen; Sensory ethnography; Phenomenology; Order; Discipline; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Hostile architecture is a tool used to control and regulate behavior, individuals, and groups in public spaces. This research explores the use, purpose, and meaning of hostile architecture in Copenhagen. To explore the phenomenon, I conducted fieldwork and semi-structured interviews. READ MORE

4. 18. Academically skilled refugees’ experience of discrimination while integrating through the Danish and Swedish labor market

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Europastudier

   Author : Sandra Fröberg; [2022]
   Keywords : Critical Discourse Analysis; Discrimination; Human Capital; Danishness and Swedishness; Labor Market policy; Immigration and Integration policies; Sweden; Denmark; Öresund; European Studies; Law and Political Science; Social Sciences; Cultural Sciences; Languages and Literatures;

   Abstract : From empirical material collected through semi-structured interviews, this master’s thesis is conducting a critical discourse analysis, investigating to what extent discoursive structures entails discriminatory treatments of academically skilled refugees in the integration process of entering the Danish and Swedish labor market. Academically skilled refugees and relevant caseworkers from both Denmark and Sweden have been interviewed to investigate individual experiences related to the integration process. READ MORE

5. 19. The Construction of (Un)Desired Migrants in Policy: A Foucauldian Discourse Analysis of the EU’s New Pact on Migration and Asylum

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Sociologi

   Author : Alexandra Andersson; [2022]
   Keywords : Migration; Categories; New Pact; European Union; Biopolitics; Discourse; Foucault; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : This thesis investigates the aspirations for the European Union’s future population composition through the European Commission’s proposal of the New Pact on Migration and Asylum. By examining six policy documents, this thesis investigates the migrant and citizen categories that are constructed and the technologies of biopower that will be employed to achieve the expressed aspirations. READ MORE

6. 20. Should we #CancelHamilton? Discourse of the enslaved in the broadway musical Hamilton

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Genusvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Leo Hildebrand; [2021]
   Keywords : Hamilton; representation; identificiation; queer feminist durationality; ambivalence; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : The purpose of this thesis is to examine how criticism of the Broadway musical Hamilton is received and argued about when it comes to the representation of certain characters. The overall research question is How are discursive productions of historical retelling and identification created by the musical Hamilton? and it will be answered by dividing the question to How does the debate surrounding Hamilton affect discourses around enslavement and slave owners? and How does the musical represent women of colour?. READ MORE