Essays about: "Collective Imaginaries"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 10 essays containing the words Collective Imaginaries.
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1. African Women and Storytelling : Unveiling the Power of Narrative to Shape Collective Imaginary
University essay fromAbstract : During my eight years of work in the communication department of an NGO based in Kampala I have undetaken several workshops organized by istitutional donors, such as USAID, on how to write what the aid sector calls stories of change. Puzzled by the information and skills obtained in such context and the stories I have encounter and wrote during my job from one side, and on the other side acknowledging how novels helped me to navigate my feeling of disorientation while living and experiencing the Ugandan context; I have decided to embark in this research to better understand where the stories produced by INGOs and the contemporary literature differentiate. READ MORE
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2. To Identify With a Memory : A Case Study on Nubian Post-Displacement Ethnic Identity in Contemporary Egypt
University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för globala politiska studier (GPS)Abstract : More than one generation of Nubians have been living dispersed in various locations in Egypt. Decades after the latest 1964 displacement and the memory of the lost homeland does not seem to fade. READ MORE
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3. IDENTITY IN MULTI-ETHNIC STATES: THE COLLECTIVE IMAGINARIES THAT UNITE - The transformation of the Ukrainian National Identity and the impacts of threats
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : This thesis has studied how nation-building and identity formation better can be understood in settings where the conditions for these phenomena are not seen as self-evident. Identity is linked to how individuals understand themselves and their surroundings. READ MORE
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4. Foreign students, loneliness, and the Swedish language : Analysis of social and cultural experiences of creating a community in Uppsala
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för kulturantropologi och etnologiAbstract : This Bachelor thesis is about international students, who travelled to Uppsala to study abroad during the autumn exchange term, which took place between September 2021 to January 2022. Four students from different countries were interviewed about their cultural and social experiences when the students studied abroad and how they oriented themselves in a foreign environment. READ MORE
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5. Zanendaba! Exploring how Zulu traditional storytelling can contribute to better futures
University essay from Stockholms universitet/Stockholm Resilience CentreAbstract : Engaging with collective imaginaries to co-create positive stories about the future is suggested as a powerful tool for increasing the social-ecological resilience needed to cope with uncertainty and change. Indeed, as archaeological evidence shows, stories and storytelling about humankind and the rest of nature are as old as modern humanity. READ MORE
