Essays about: "Colonial Discourses"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 56 essays containing the words Colonial Discourses.

1. 11. Visual Arts as Development Communication - Challenging Development Concepts : Case study Baguio City, Philippines

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för konst, kultur och kommunikation (K3)

   Author : Aina Eriksson; [2022]
   Keywords : Visual arts; development communication; intercultural translation; hybrid knowledge systems;

   Abstract : International Development and its aims are often contested in post-colonial discourses and by postcolonial thinkers. The fundamental concepts of development, as we see in the sector of aid and international development, steer the values, execution and evaluation of development projects across the globe, as well as national development policy. READ MORE

3. 12. A feminist critical discourse analysis of Sida’s gender ideology

   University essay from Södertörns högskola/Institutionen för naturvetenskap, miljö och teknik

   Author : Clara Viklund Bornhauser; [2022]
   Keywords : Postcolonial theory; International development cooperation; empowerment; intersectionality; power systems;

   Abstract : This study offers a feminist critical discourse analysis of how Sida’s discourses can be viewed as consolidating a gender ideology and power asymmetries in gendered social orders. Critical discourse analysis (CDA) and feminist critical discourse analysis (FCDA) offer the theoretical and methodological framework to the investigation of gender ideology in Sida’s discourses. READ MORE

4. 13. Youtubing Sápmi : Sámi multisemiotic repertoires, decolonial mobilization and interdiscursivity in the wired age

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Centrum för tvåspråkighetsforskning

   Author : Tom Rudberg; [2022]
   Keywords : Sámi languages; multisemiotic repertoires; interdiscursivity; sociolinguistic scales; revitalization; coloniality; decolonial mobilization; youtube;

   Abstract : This thesis explores the practice of “youtubing Sápmi”, which entails Sámi decolonial mobilization, multisemiotic and multilingual language use on YouTube. The aim is to understand how YouTube videos can function as a tool for discursive mobilization and as a complement or alternative to linguistic and cultural revitalization. READ MORE

5. 14. ‘It is unfortunate that it cannot be resolved by peaceful means!’ : How the Dutch media represented the atrocities committed in Indonesia during 1945-1949.

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för informatik och media

   Author : Adriana Johanna Fransz; [2022]
   Keywords : Representation; mainstream; atrocities; the Netherlands; Indonesia; media; newspaper; discourse analysis; Indonesian National Revolution; postcolonialism; othering; semiotics;

   Abstract : This thesis explores the representation of atrocities committed by the Dutch in Indonesia between 1945-1949 in a Dutch mainstream newspaper in the Netherlands. This timeframe represents the decolonisation war between the Netherlands and Indonesia, which is referred to as the Indonesian National Revolution. READ MORE

6. 15. ‘Masculinity, Migration and Marginalization’: How Male Asylum Seekers are Perceived by the Swedish Migration Agency and its Implications for the Asylum Process

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för globala studier

   Author : Jessie Jern; [2021-11-19]
   Keywords : men; asylum; vulnerability; street-level bureaucrats; Swedish Migration Agency; gender mainstreaming; decision-making; masculinities;

   Abstract : This thesis takes a particular interest in the determination of state granted protection needs amongst male asylum seekers in Sweden. Using a mixed research method consisting of textual analysis on official documents by the Swedish Migration Agency (SMA) and semi-structured interviews with SMA officials, along with a feminist post-colonial theoretical framework, this thesis scrutinizes the relationship between masculinity, migration, and vulnerability. READ MORE