Essays about: "power- relations"

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  1. 1. "I'LL SPEAK FOR BOTH SIDES": Coloniality and Hybridity in Identity Construction in Leslie Marmon Silko's Ceremony

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

    Author : Filippa Kakavand; [2024-03-21]
    Keywords : Leslie Marmon Silko; Ceremony; postcolonialism; coloniality; hybridity; magical realism; identity; storytelling; Indigenous; Native American literature;

    Abstract : This study explores the complex relations between coloniality and hybridity in identity construction for the Native American community in Leslie Marmon Silko's novel Ceremony. The study aims to examine how these literary techniques contribute to the protagonist's construction of identity, specifically focusing on his mixed-race identity and the way in which coloniality influences his experience. READ MORE

  3. 2. How Storytelling Drives Activism and Resistance? : Mobilization behind the Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för Urbana Studier (US)

    Author : Suad Sadullahi; [2024]
    Keywords : Resistance; SLAPP; Activism; Space; Storytelling; Power relations; Mobilization;

    Abstract : This thesis focuses on the stories of activists in Kosovo and why and how they resist in a context where powerful actors increasingly use strategic lawsuits against public participation (SLAPP) as a new mode of exercising power. The thesis seeks to understand resistance and new ways of exercising resistance in the context of SLAPP. READ MORE

  4. 3. Countering Terrorist Content Online: Removal = Success? : A Critical Discourse Analysis of the EU Regulation 2021/784

    University essay from Försvarshögskolan

    Author : Nina McCarthy Hartman; [2024]
    Keywords : Critical Discourse Analysis; Content Moderation; Counter-Terrorism; EU;

    Abstract : This thesis critically interrogates the underlying assumptions which legitimise the hard regulation of online platforms regarding terrorist content, by turning to the case of the EU Regulation 2021/784. Utilising qualitative critical discourse analysis, the study analyses how the EU's strategy against terrorist content online is discursively legitimised through the lens of Theo van Leeuwen's framework for discursive legitimisation strategies, focusing on moral and rational justifications. READ MORE

  5. 4. Israel, Russia and the US: A Strange Triangular Relationship : An analysis of an unexpected alliance and its rationality

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

    Author : Alfred Lovnér; [2024]
    Keywords : International Relations; Political Influence; Security; Peace; Development;

    Abstract : The relationship between Israel and the US, as well as Israel and Russia are well documented, as it serves as a key aspect within the struggle for power and influence within the Middle East. However much research has been made on the topic, few have analysed how the relationship between Israel and the two others have affected the three, creating what could only be viewed as a blindspot within scholarship on the topic, as the relationships did not start in, nor are maintained within a vacuum. READ MORE

  6. 5. Are the American Doves or Hawks Flying Highest Over Southeast Asia? An analysis of American soft, hard, and smart power in foreign visits to Southeast Asia

    University essay from Försvarshögskolan

    Author : Ellen Andreasson; [2024]
    Keywords : Frame analysis; the United States; the PRC; Soft power; hard power; Joseph Nye; Southeast Asia;

    Abstract : From the start of the Obama administration’s “pivot to Asia” in 2011 until November 2023, 78 foreign visits have been made by three U.S. Presidents and five Secretaries of State to Southeast Asia. To uncover the U. READ MORE