Essays about: "svensk exceptionalism"

Found 2 essays containing the words svensk exceptionalism.

  1. 1. Covid-19 & Swedish exceptionalism : A critical qualitative content analysis on the international print media discourses of Sweden’s Covid-19 strategy

    University essay from Karlstads universitet/Institutionen för geografi, medier och kommunikation (from 2013)

    Author : Rianne Kippersluis; [2022]
    Keywords : Swedish Covid-19 strategy; international print media discourse; Qualitative Content Analysis QCA ; international image of Sweden; Critical Discourse Analysis CDA ; news values; Swedish exceptionalism; media landscapes; media coverage of pandemics; Covid-19 in media; language in the media; linguistic devices; stereotyping and bias; Anders Tegnell; trust; strategy; image of Sweden and Swedes; ideologies; Dutch media; English media; American media; Sweden;

    Abstract : In 2020, the year the Covid-19 pandemic struck, the Swedish Covid-19 response differed radically from the general policy of total lockdown and strict enforcement of Covid-measures and regulations recommended by the WHO. Instead, Sweden strove early on to achieve herd immunity, with no mandatory measures to limit numbers in shopping malls, buses, and other public events, nor mask requirements. READ MORE

  3. 2. Black in the Ivory Tower: The Subversiveness of Black Women at Lund University

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för etnologi

    Author : Elsa Mertala; [2022]
    Keywords : Academia; Black women; labour; subversiveness; Lund University; Swedish Exceptionalism; Akademin; svarta kvinnor; arbete; subversiv; Lund universitet; svensk exceptionalism; Cultural Sciences; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : In Sweden the research about Black people’s experiences in academia is quite limited, because of a self-image that is colourblind which prevents the acknowledgement of Black existence (practice, thought, bodies). This thesis is a cultural analytical attempt to contribute and widen the research field of critical studies in Swedish academia, through exploring Black female’s emotional and body experiences in the spatiotemporal space of Lund University. READ MORE