Essays about: "Norm-breaking"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 16 essays containing the word Norm-breaking.

1. 1. Expressing deference and intimacy concurrently with honorifics

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Japanska

   Author : Patrik Lindqvist Rombe; [2023]
   Keywords : ssu; shinkeigo; honorifics; politeness; Japanese language; intimacy; deference; Languages and Literatures;

   Abstract : This study is about ssu, a potential norm breaking honorific which reportedly can express intimacy and deference concurrently. While expressing intimacy and deference concurrently is incompatible with Brown and Levinson’s (1978 as cited in Hasegawa, 2015) politeness theory, Hasegawa (2015) provides a modification of their theory that allows for it. READ MORE

3. 2. Justifying Legal Rights of Nature : An ideational analysis of the Te Awa Tupua Bill debate in New Zealand

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Nanna Friman; [2021]
   Keywords : Rights of Nature; Legal Personality; Whanganui;

   Abstract : In 2017, the Whanganui River in New Zealand gained legal personality, a potentially norm-breaking legislation that could challenge society to view nature differently. It is thus important to understand the reasons and justifications behind such a decision. READ MORE

4. 3. Estetikens avgörande roll i skapandet av inkluderande miljöer : ett programförslag gällande funktionsanpassning av Spånga by med fokus på platsens estetiska kulturvärden

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

   Author : Emma Tibbling Lingwall; [2021]
   Keywords : estetik; funktionsanpassning; kulturmiljö; universell utformning; jämlikhet;

   Abstract : Funktionsanpassningar av miljöer genomförs för att generera ett inkluderande och jämlikt samhälle. Ett generellt fokus på funktion respektive försummande av estetik vid funktionsanpassningar medför att miljöer utformade för olika typer av människor inte gestaltas med likvärdig estetisk omsorg, vilket resulterar i att funktionsanpassningens huvudsakliga syfte inte uppnås. READ MORE

5. 4. "Express yourself in new ways" - wait, not like that : A semiotic analysis of norm-breaking pictures on Instagram

   University essay from Jönköping University/HLK, Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap

   Author : Andrea Bille Pettersson; Aino Vauhkonen; [2020]
   Keywords : social media; norms; roles; gender; self-representation; digital activism; censorship; female sexuality; women stereotyping;

   Abstract : Instagram, as one of today’s largest social media platforms, plays a significant part in the maintaining and reproducing of existing stereotypes and role expectations for women. The purpose of the thesis is to study how Instagram interprets violations against its guidelines, and whether decisions to remove certain pictures from the platform are in line with terms of use, or part of human subjectivity. READ MORE

6. 5. Male or female, does it matter? : A qualitative study on Swedish aid workers and gender

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

   Author : Fanny Andersson; [2020]
   Keywords : ;

   Abstract : Aid workers are one of the corner stones in development and consist of both female and male employees in the sector. Female aid workers have been studied within the “Women in Development” agenda but since the agenda shift to “Gender and Development” male aid workers have been concluded more in the study of aid workers and gender. READ MORE