Essays about: "African history thesis"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 22 essays containing the words African history thesis.

1. 1. The "Black Butterflies": Color in God Help the Child and the Inverted White Gaze

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Engelska

   Author : Claudia Bern; [2023]
   Keywords : Chromatism; Dark Beauty; Ebony-Black Beauty; White Beauty; Black Skin; Blue-Black Skin; Afro-textured Hair; Black Color; White Mask; Slavery; Race Prejudice; Black Identity; Toni Morrison; God Help the Child; Africanist in Literature; Black Beauty in Media; Whiteness; Inverted White Gaze; White Gaze; Black Gaze.; Languages and Literatures;

   Abstract : The discourse on beauty has primarily been focused on the white gaze to prescribe its normative standards. The white gaze conceptualizes the way in which beauty is dwelled on within society: the foisting of Caucasian-looking beauty canons on black women, and the veneration of whiteness as superior. READ MORE

3. 2. Coming to Voice Through Capoeira : Uncovering Ancestrality and Embodiments of the African Diaspora

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   Author : Ana Da Conceição Paz; [2023]
   Keywords : Capoeira; Radical Openness; African diaspora; Embodiments; Ancestral; Resistance;

   Abstract : Capoeira is an African diasporic art form that developed in Brazil during the transatlantic slave trade. This research explores the history of Capoeira and its contemporary engagement through an autoethnographic method. It follows the first-hand experience of being a black female researcher and a Capoeirista both in Europe and Brazil. READ MORE

4. 3. Smile and Waive? A critical case study of the TRIPS waiver for COVID-19 products using World-Systems Theory and Realism

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : David Alexanderson; [2022]
   Keywords : World-Systems Theory; Marxist-Realism; COVID-19; Health Equity; TRIPS waiver; Intellectual Property; Core-periphery division; World Trade Organization; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : The COVID-19 pandemic has been one of the deadliest health crises in modern history. Increasing production of all relevant medical goods and ensuring their equitable distribution has been argued as a necessity to contain the pandemic, which led to the South African and Indian delegation in the TRIPS Council of the World Trade Organization to propose the implementation of a TRIPS waiver to ensure that intellectual property does not pose a barrier to increased production. READ MORE

5. 4. The Role of Urban Planning in Counteracting Segregation: The Case of Pinelands, South Africa

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för arkitektur och byggd miljö

   Author : Emmy Tarras-Wahlberg; Emmy Larsson; [2022]
   Keywords : Segregation; integration; socio-economic status; spatial planning; urban planning; affordable housing; social housing; inclusionary housing; Technology and Engineering;

   Abstract : Segregation is a common phenomenon arising worldwide. Residential segregation has been shown to have several negative consequences for people living in less wealthy neighbourhoods, such as health-related setbacks and being less likely to cope with school. READ MORE

6. 5. #SAShutDown & #AmINext

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

   Author : Sara Morshedi; [2020]
   Keywords : #genderbasedviolence #southafrica; #genderbasedviolence #southafrica;

   Abstract : The South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said it best “a war is being waged against women and children in South Africa.” (Timeslive, 2019a). After the horrific murder of 19 year old Cape Town student Uyinene Mrwetyana in August 2019 a hashtag revolution was born. READ MORE