Essays about: "Contest"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 116 essays containing the word Contest.

  1. 16. Grieving the Ungrievable: Searching for Home through Nonhuman Becoming in Hiromi Itō’s Wild Grass on the Riverbank and Elizabeth-Jane Burnett’s The Grassling

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

    Author : Matilda Davidsson; [2021]
    Keywords : Hiromi Itō; Elizabeth-Jane Burnett; Home; Irrealism; Nonhuman agency; climate change; Deleuze;

    Abstract : This thesis aims to examine non-human agency in Elizabeth Jane Burnett’s The Grassling and Hiromi Itō’s Wild Grass on the Riverbank. Using a theoretical framework based on material ecocriticism, queer ecology and affect theory, the thesis explores how Burnett’s and Itō’s poetic narratives reconfigure the relationship between human and nonhuman in non-anthropocentric ways with the help of the irreal. READ MORE

  3. 17. Where is Gender in Conflict-Related Gender-Based Violence? An analysis of gendered governance and resistance through problematisations of conflictrelated gender-based violence in German development policy

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; Lunds universitet/LUMID International Master programme in applied International Development and Management

    Author : Britta Wasserloos; [2021]
    Keywords : conflict-related gender-based violence; development policy; continuum of violence; governance; resistance; analysis of discourse; Germany; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Both development practice and research have paid attention to the issue of sexual and gender-based violence in armed conflict in recent years. However, feminist scholars criticise policies on the issue for reproducing the gendered power relations which are at the root of violence. READ MORE

  4. 18. Towards a sustainable and just energy system in the city of Malmö : Social Innovations in the Energy Sector

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för Urbana Studier (US)

    Author : Franco Crudi; [2021]
    Keywords : sustainable and just energy transitions; transformative social innovation; energy justice;

    Abstract : Like many other European cities, Malmö has set ambitious goals to become Sweden’s first carbon-neutral city by 2030. This objective is aligned with several public entities such as the Öresund Region, the Swedish Energy Agency, the European Union, and the UN within the Agenda 2030 for Sustainable Urban Development. READ MORE

  5. 19. Political images taking stage. A narrative analysis of Russia in the Eurovision Song Contest

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Maria Post; [2021]
    Keywords : Eurovision Song Contest; cultural diplomacy; fantasmatic logic; Russia; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : Ever since it was created, the Eurovision Song Contest has functioned as an arena for nation branding and nation building. The aim of this thesis is to contribute to the field of cultural diplomacy and political storytelling through studying how participation in the Eurovision Song Contest can contribute to a country’s international image. READ MORE

  6. 20. Will Kymlicka’s Liberal Theory of Multiculturalism : A case study of Greenland

    University essay from

    Author : Anne Cecilie Bechmann; [2021]
    Keywords : Greenland; Inuit; indigenous; identity; independence; multiculturalism;

    Abstract : The Inuit people in Greenland are internationally recognized as indigenous. They, therefore, have been granted protective measures, such as self-government rights in 2009. However, some scholars have started to question whether protective measures are still a necessity because of their increased autonomy rights. READ MORE