Essays about: "power-knowledge"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 23 essays containing the word power-knowledge.

  1. 1. Pursuing Peace: Strategies Employed by INGOs to Foster Trust between Tamil and Sinhala Communities in Post-Conflict Sri Lanka

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Sociologi

    Author : Perla Gabay; [2023]
    Keywords : Sinhala; Tamil; Strategy; Governmentality; Discourse; Foucault; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The purpose of this study was to examine how INGOs in Sri Lanka work to increase social capital and trust between two specific ethnic groups- the Tamils and Sinhala. The study uses a qualitative approach, where this dissertation draws on Michel Foucault’s Discourse Analysis with the concepts of power/knowledge and governmentality as central themes in the empirical data. READ MORE

  3. 2. Attempting to Serve with Pride and Dignity: A Discourse Analysis Exploring Swedish Peacekeepers' Pre-Mission Education on Sexual Exploitation and Abuse

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Elsa Hilltorp; [2023]
    Keywords : Swedish Armed Forces; Case Study; Peacekeeping; Sexual Exploitation and Abuse; Discourse analysis; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The United Nations peacekeeping operations is a unique global partnership to maintain international peace and security. However, several reports in the last three decades show allegations of peacekeeper soldiers sexually exploiting and abusing the civilians of host nations. READ MORE

  4. 3. Healing the Depressed Self: A Study of Social Media Therapy

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Medier och kommunikation

    Author : Virginie Behar; [2023]
    Keywords : Social Media; Therapeutic Culture; Therapy; Instagram; TikTok; Depression; Neoliberal Mental Healthcare;

    Abstract : Since 2019, therapy content from both mental health professionals and social media users has proliferated on both TikTok and Instagram, a phenomenon some have called Tiktok and Instagram therapy. This study explores two different facets of social media therapy. READ MORE

  5. 4. Green Greed A Poststructural Policy Analysis of “H&M Group Sustainability Performance Report 2020”

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; Lunds universitet/Humanekologi

    Author : Lisa Carlsson; [2023]
    Keywords : Capitalism; Circular Growth; Degrowth; Decoupling; Democratized fashion; Depoliticization; Ecomodernism; Green growth; Governmentality; Institutionalized knowledges; Neoliberalism; Poststructuralism; Power knowledge; Policy analysis; Social Constructivism; WPR approach; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This thesis examines how discursive formations of problem representations presented in the “H&M Group Sustainability Performance Report 2020” institutionalize and shape knowledge regarding strategies on combating climate change. The politics behind these formations are made visible by using Carol Bacchi’s Poststructural Policy Analysis What’s the problem represented to be?(WPR) as a methodological framework. READ MORE

  6. 5. 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