Essays about: "Cultural Imperialism"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 23 essays containing the words Cultural Imperialism.

  1. 1. An Idea of Land : Hydroelectric Dams lying in the middle of the Sámi of Sweden and Three Affiliated Tribes in the United States.

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Historiska institutionen

    Author : Corey Klinge; [2024]
    Keywords : Sámi; Indigenous; Sábme; Native American; Three Affiliated Tribes; Imperialism; Hydroelectric Dams;

    Abstract : In this study a comparative approach between both the Sámi of northern Sweden and the Three Affiliated Tribes of North Dakota in relation to the constructions of the Letsi Reservoir and Garrison Dams will be given. The comparison will help create an understanding of what kinds of impacts they had to a number of factors. READ MORE

  3. 2. Cultural Clash and Colonial Consequences: A Comprehensive Analysis of Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart

    University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för humaniora

    Author : Foosey Abdulgadir; [2023]
    Keywords : European missionaries; Christianity; Postcolonialism; Igbo culture; Cultural clash; Christian missionaries; ancestral spirits; British colonialists;

    Abstract : This paper explores Chinua Achebe's novel Things Fall Apart (1958) within the context of postcolonial theory, focusing on the clash between traditional Igbo culture and the forces of European imperialism. Achebe's work serves as a response to Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness (1899) and challenges the stereotypical portrayal of Africans. READ MORE

  4. 3. Land grabbing in Ghana - A false promise? : Neo-colonialism or a development opportunity?

    University essay from Jönköping University/HLK, Globala studier

    Author : Olivia Albers; Suhuur Anwar Muhammed; [2023]
    Keywords : : Land grabbing; Neo-colonialism; Development opportunity; Ghana; Brong-Ahafo; Ashanti; Volta; Customary land tenure system; Nkrumah;

    Abstract : A global land rush developed during the last decade, spared primiarly by the sharp rise inglobal food prices between 2007 and 2008. The inceased international food prices resulted inincreased interest from foreign actors to invest in agricultural land in developing countries inthe global south. READ MORE

  5. 4. Resistance: Cultural Expression of Tea Plantation Workers in Bangladesh

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för kulturantropologi och etnologi

    Author : Faiham Ebna Sharif; [2022]
    Keywords : Tea; Cha; Chai; Garden; Estate; Plantation; Bagan; Baganiya; Culture; Alienation; Resistance; Worker; Labor; Tea Garden; Tea Garden Worker; Ethnicity; Human Rights; Labor Rights; Colonialism; Imperialism; Everyday life; Economy; Strategy; Tactic; Total Institution; Net of Authorities; Symbol;

    Abstract : This thesis is an ethnographic study of culture, economy, everyday life, and resistance among ‘Baganiyas’ (workers) of a tea plantation in contemporary Bangladesh. The main goal of this thesis is to highlight the Baganiyas' everyday resistance to the systemic alienation of the plantation structure and to demonstrate how their actions of resistance served as symbolic representations of their community's culture. READ MORE

  6. 5. Utopia Between Ciceronian Humanism and Imperialism

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

    Author : Mohamad Almokhllati; [2021]
    Keywords : Imperialism; Humanism; Cicero; More; Utopia;

    Abstract : The premise of this thesis is to show how imperialism is an extension of Ciceronian humanism in More’s Utopia. Core Ciceronian premises, such as rhetoric and the vita activa in relation to imperialism are explored. READ MORE