Essays about: "Daniela Rodriguez Alvarez"

Found 2 essays containing the words Daniela Rodriguez Alvarez.

1. 1. Theorizing & (re)discovering the Self : An autoethnographic & affect-theoretical approach to swedishness & colombianness

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Centrum för genusvetenskap

   Author : Daniela Rodriguez Alvarez; [2022]
   Keywords : affect theory; the self; identity; temporality; colombianness; swedishness; migrant; creative writing; writing from the flesh; WOC feminism; haunting; representation; shame; depression; autoethnography; brown commons; disidentification; translanguaging; writing and theorizing as healing;

   Abstract : This thesis is structured as a feminist creative endeavour, a practice of self-love that aims at exploring (my) depression as a cultural and social phenomenon caused mainly by an inability to correctly embody swedishness, a constant haunting of a colonial and Colombian past, and the affective dimensions of language. This text is based on autoethnographic material about the experiences of being a Colombian-born migrant in Sweden and uses mainly affect theory and decolonial theory to make sense of these experiences. READ MORE

3. 2. State Terrorism in practice: The Guatemalan coup d’état in 1954

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Daniela Rodriguez Alvarez; [2019]
   Keywords : Terrorism; State Terrorism; Guatemala; Coup d’état; Theory Elaboration; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : This thesis challenges the idea that terrorism is only used by non-state actors. I argue states can and have used terrorism on multiple occasions because terrorism is simply a strategy of violence and can thus be used by anyone. READ MORE