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  1. 1. The voice of unheard : Chai Khana and the importance of independent media in encouraging diversity and inclusion

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap; Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kommunikation och medier

    Author : Leyla Abdullayeva; [2023]
    Keywords : Social imaginary; Cultural citizenship; Independent media; Participatory media; Media; Communication; Diversity; Inclusion; Gender in South Caucasus; Queer communities in South Caucasus; Media in South Caucasus; Social change; Cultural Sciences; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : “The voice of unheard: Chai Khana and the importance of independent media in encouraging diversity and inclusion” is a master thesis focusing on the case study of Chai Khana, an independent media platform located in the South Caucasus and covering the gender-related stories from the region, and how it represents the voices of gender oppression and marginalisation. Through adopting a methods triangulation approach including the interviews, and textual and visual analysis, the collected data presented interconnectedness of independent media practices, diversity and inclusion, social imaginary and cultural citizenship. READ MORE

  3. 2. From Enshrined Language of the State, to Secondary Language of Tourism, Trade and Education : The Development of Policies Regarding the Russian Language in the South Caucasus Region, During and After the Soviet Union

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för globala politiska studier (GPS)

    Author : Felix Sigeback; [2023]
    Keywords : South Caucasus; language policy; postcolonialism; Russia; Armenia; Georgia; Azerbaijan; Russian; Soviet studies; post-Soviet studies;

    Abstract : The aim of my own research is to bind together the limited research done regarding the topic,and to use the research of Russian in the Baltic post-soviet state of Lithuania as a backdrop and comparison. The analysis is postcolonial and comparative, using the concepts of linkage and leverage of Levitsky and Way. READ MORE

  4. 3. Hauls of Horses : An analysis of the quantities and geographical distribution of horses taken as loot or tribute by Neo-Assyrian Kings

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för lingvistik och filologi

    Author : Hampus Axberg Olli; [2022]
    Keywords : Horse; Equus; Mesopotamia; Neo-Assyrian; Assyria; loot; tribute; booty;

    Abstract : This thesis explored the potential patterns and connections which could be uncovered through careful analysis of the royal inscriptions mentioning horses as a form of plunder or tribute, dedicated to the kings of the Neo-Assyrian empire. This was accomplished by analysing all royal inscriptions attributed to Neo-Assyrian kings found within the RINAP and RIAo projects for passages that meet said criterium. READ MORE

  5. 4. Horizontal Inequalities in the Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict : Studying the Emergence of the Karabakh Movement

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för freds- och konfliktforskning

    Author : Hayk Smbatyan; [2022]
    Keywords : Nagorno-Karabakh conflict; Karabakh movement; horizontal inequality; process-tracing; conflict; peace; intractable conflict; mass mobilization; civic uprising; ethnicity; comparative analysis; theory-testing; social movements; Armenia; Azerbaijan; Nagorno-Karabakh; qualitative research; Нагорно-карабахский конфликт; карабахское движение; горизонтальное неравенство; прослеживание процессов; конфликт; мир; неразрешимый конфликт; массовая мобилизация; гражданское восстание; этничность; сравнительный анализ; проверка теории; общественные движения; Армения; Азербайджан; Нагорный Карабах; качественное исследование;

    Abstract : Ethnic contentions would barely arise at the drop of a hat. To understand the roots of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, known as one of the most intractable ethnopolitical conflicts in the South Caucasus region, it is crucial to trace back to the Karabakh movement, a civic uprising that mobilized ethnic Armenians around a struggle for independence. READ MORE

  6. 5. Exploring Constraints to Russia’s Foreign Policy in the Baltics and the South Caucasus

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Markar Sangkogian; [2021]
    Keywords : constraints; Russia; foreign policy; Baltic; South Caucasus; neoclassical realism; foreign policy analysis;

    Abstract : The thesis is an explorative study of the notion of constraints to Russia’s foreign policy. The explorative attempt investigates Moscow’s external behaviour vis a vis the states of the Baltics and the South Caucasus from 2013 to 2020. READ MORE