Essays about: "Cultural Trauma"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 47 essays containing the words Cultural Trauma.

1. 6. Exploring School Health Counsellor's Knowledge And Cultural Competence On Female Genital Cutting In Sweden. A Qualitative Study.        

   University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för socialt arbete, kriminologi och folkhälsovetenskap

   Author : Suhad Said Mohamed; [2023]
   Keywords : Female Genital Cutting; School health counsellors; Cultural Competence; Factual knowledge; special school program;

   Abstract : This qualitative study explores the factual knowledge base and cultural competence of school health counsellors regarding Female Genital Cutting (FGC) in a school setting in Sweden. Through four semi-structured interviews, the research explored participants’ understanding of FGC and their cultural competence in addressing this sensitive issue. READ MORE

3. 7. EXPLORING ECO-TRAUMA REPRESENTATIONS IN WESTERN SOCIETY’S AYAHUASCA DOCUMENTARY FILM

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Filmvetenskap

   Author : Gwendoline Nalvarte Nunez; [2023]
   Keywords : Ayahuasca documentary films; Eco-Trauma; Physical eco-traumas; Psychological eco-traumas; Human-induced eco-traumas; Western filmmakers; World-System Theory; Globalisation; Eco-Criticism; Indigenous Communities; Case Studies: Shamans of the Amazon; Other Worlds; and Ayahuasca UN-Well docuseries Netflix; Arts and Architecture; Cultural Sciences; History and Archaeology; Earth and Environmental Sciences; Languages and Literatures;

   Abstract : Through this research, I intend to investigate the fascinating domain of Ayahuasca documentary films. This emerging subgenre showcases explorers and scientists reconnecting with nature and spirituality, which I introduced to the reader through my explorative one-year master's thesis, A Study of Ayahuasca Documentary Film (2020). READ MORE

4. 8. Migrant in Limbo : An investigation into the dehumanisation of the migrant figure during migration and integration as shown through the short stories of Hassan Blasim

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för Asien- och Mellanösternstudier (IAM)

   Author : Rowena Blythe; [2022]
   Keywords : Migrant; migration; integration; dehumanisation; animalisation; performance; limbo; belonging; trauma; commoditisation; literature; Hassan Blasim; Iraq; Europe.;

   Abstract : In 2000, Iraqi-born film director, poet and author Hassan Blasim fled Iraq to escape persecution for his films on the forced migration of Kurds by Saddam Hussein's regime. After travelling through Europe for four years, he was granted asylum in Finland. READ MORE

5. 9. Home Away from Home : A comparative study on identity, collective memory and integration with first and second-generation Assyrians in Sweden

   University essay from Jönköping University/Högskolan för lärande och kommunikation

   Author : Maria Hermez; Biblina Al-Taji; [2022]
   Keywords : First generation; Second generation; Identity; Collective Memory; Cultural Trauma; Acculturation; Integration; Assyrian; Sweden;

   Abstract : This study is about the first and second generation Assyrians in Sweden. It aims to understand what shapes their identity, and how they integrate in their host country Sweden. Previous studies have looked into the transformation of ethnic identity and integration of Assyrians in Sweden and the role that the collective memory plays. READ MORE

6. 10. Mental Health Support and its Cultural Understanding – A comparative study on the impacts of humanitarian aid in the context of IDP camps in Iraqi Kurdistan.

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Riskhantering och Samhällssäkerhet

   Author : Lara Gusek; [2022]
   Keywords : Disaster mental health; Psychosocial support; Humanitarian aid; Decolonizing; IDPs; Iraqi Kurdistan; Recovery; Resilience; Prevention; Coping mechanisms; Trauma; Adaptation; Cultural Sciences; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Mental health issues are a serious matter with great consequences on livelihoods. Iraqi Kurdistan is situated in one of the most unstable regions and experienced an influx of IDPs over time who are in need of mental health support. However, mental health support is shaped and understood differently according to the culture. READ MORE