Essays about: "Alternative Paradigm"
Showing result 21 - 25 of 103 essays containing the words Alternative Paradigm.
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21. "Inscrire la vulnérabilité au centre du pacte politique” : Towards a radical feminist reconceptualization of vulnerability through the critical juxtaposition of Judith Butler’s poststructuralist ethico-political theory and Martha Fineman’s legal philosophy
University essay from Umeå universitet/Umeå centrum för genusstudier (UCGS)Abstract : This Master Thesis focuses on the theoretical reconstruction of a positive feminist conceptualization of vulnerability via the thorough systematization and critical comparison of Martha Fineman’s socio-legal philosophy and Judith Butler’s poststructuralist ethico-political theory. In the introductory remarks, the reader becomes familiar with the turbulent receptions and numerous interdisciplinary re-artications of the term vulnerability within the realms of contemporary feminist theory. READ MORE
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22. Just Sustainability Transitions in the Blue Economy: Towards Blue Justice in Small-Scale Artisanal Fisheries in the Pacific of Costa Rica
University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionenAbstract : The blue economy emerged as sustainable, inclusive and equitable alternative to traditional oceans economy. However, the current paradigm of oceans as development spaces has led to an acceleration of competing uses of marine resources causing ecosystem deterioration and human rights abuses that disproportionately affect vulnerable small-scale fisheries. READ MORE
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23. Effects of Blockchain on Game Development : A case study at ChromaWay
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Industriell teknikAbstract : Purpose:Novel technologies such as blockchain alter the way games are developed, and cause paradigm shift in the game industry. This thesis explores how the blockchain impacts conditions for developing games, with a particular interest in the effects on the business model used for games, and the value proposition offered to prospective players. READ MORE
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24. DEVELOPMENT PERSPECTIVES AND COVID – 19 IN ANDEAN INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES OF BOLIVIA
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för globala studierAbstract : Bolivia has been attracting international attention since 2006 due to its new economic model based on wellbeing (Suma Qamaña). These is apparent in national and regional developmental plans that place special importance on Mother Earth and apparently align with ancestral practices. READ MORE
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25. When fake news make the news. A study of journalistic boundaries.
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för journalistik, medier och kommunikationAbstract : This thesis takes a spearheaded look at a modern, much-talked about concept of misleading information known as ”fake news”, and how traditional journalists have handled its emergence with regards to their professional boundaries. Built on the premise that who and what is to be considered journalism is a constant battle continuously fought between professional journalists and actors trying to lay claim to their professional territory, through the use of qualitative ethnographic content analysis of 88 journalistic texts, the study’s aim is to take initiative in academic concept development of how to define fake news, and explore in what ways traditional journalists have defended their professional boundaries, in light of the threat provided by the increasing prevalence of misleading content in the information ecosystem, as well as by an anti-establishment, critical of-traditonal-media post-truth culture. READ MORE
