Essays about: "invisibility"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 55 essays containing the word invisibility.

  1. 1. A qualitative study on Invisible Racism, Racial Bias and Inequality among Afro-Swedish Healthcare Workers in Sweden

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för globala studier

    Author : Jennifer Nnopuechi; [2023-02-09]
    Keywords : Labor market; Afro-Swedes; Invisible Racism; Bias; Heath Care; Sweden; Identity;

    Abstract : For many years, migration and racialization has formed a central theme widely discussed in our world today. The central notion of difference; vis-à-vis what is not seen, that is, absence of a certain element portray a huge standing in issues of race in recent times. READ MORE

  3. 2. The In-Visible : Life as an IDU with HIV in Romania

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för kulturantropologi och etnologi

    Author : Georgia Cristiana Zavatti; [2022]
    Keywords : IDU; homeless; HIV; post-socialist; structural violence; biopolitics; governmentality; homo sacer; other; stigma; risk; ID card; drugs; vulnerability; visibility; invisibility;

    Abstract : The aim of this thesis is to present the situation of the intravenous drug-users (IDUs) living with HIV in Romania, with a focus on Bucharest. The study follows the IDUs experiences from the environment they live in, to the day-to-day examples of structural violence they face. READ MORE

  4. 3. Effect of working from home on engineers’ career prospects : How does working from home impact visibility and in turn the engineer’s career?

    University essay from Blekinge Tekniska Högskola/Institutionen för industriell ekonomi

    Author : André Da Silva Maximino; María García Colón; [2022]
    Keywords : Working from home; Visibility; Career Promotion; Questerview; Thematic maps;

    Abstract : Background: Working from home (WFH) has become a new tendency thanks to the improvement of technological communications that enable new flexible ways of working. Before 2020 and the Covid19 pandemic, some companies had already started implementing this approach. READ MORE

  5. 4. “They told us we have to plant many trees so that we can harvest air” : hegemony, mistrust and communication failure in a tree planting project in Tanzania

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

    Author : Theresé Engvall; [2022]
    Keywords : carbon; tree planting; communication; information; hegemony; invisibility cloak; post-colonial structures;

    Abstract : PES has become an important tool in climate mitigation policies, and has potential to increase the economic flow to low-income countries and enhance rural development. However, most studies show cases where policy design is in conflict with the local context. READ MORE

  6. 5. Ralph Ellison and the Postcolonial Identity of Black Invisibility

    University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för humaniora

    Author : Victoria Wendel; [2022]
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    Abstract : This thesis aims to analyse the postcolonial identity of black ‘invisibility’ in Ralph Ellison’s Invisible Man (1952). It conceptualizes and explains the extended metaphor over the novel, of black identity and how black people are made invisible by historical and cultural factors. READ MORE