Essays about: "Decolonial Feminism"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 16 essays containing the words Decolonial Feminism.

1. 6. I learn where I am : Decolonial exploration of institutional responses to diversity in Swedish universities

   University essay from Linköpings universitet/REMESO - Institutet för forskning om Migration, Etnicitet och Samhälle; Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för kultur och samhälle

   Author : Asia Della Rosa; [2021]
   Keywords : coloniality of knowledge; Sweden; higher education; gender; equal opportunities; feminism;

   Abstract : The work presented aims to analyse the dynamics of power and inequality within the Swedish academic space, and to do so considers the growing diversity of the Swedish academic composition, in the light of increasing internationalisation and a more recent commodification of higher education (HE). Through a critical discourse analysis of official documents published by the five largest Swedish universities, concerning internationalisation-oriented strategies, documents promoting equal opportunities and guidelines governing discrimination, I reflect on the spaces reserved for concepts such as diversity, interculturality and equal opportunities. READ MORE

3. 7. Men, Machos and Masculinity – A Qualitative Study on how Bolivian Women’s Organizations Approach Gender and Masculinities

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Sociologi; Lunds universitet/Sociologiska institutionen

   Author : Charlotte Pedersen; [2020]
   Keywords : feminism; indigeneity; masculinity norms; hegemonic masculinity; patriarchy; gender equality; machismo; decolonial feminism; new masculinities; Bolivia.; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : This paper examines understandings of gender with an emphasis on masculinities among Bolivian feminist and women´s organizations. The specific aim has been to find out to what extent their understandings of gender include masculinities, and if so, what are their agendas and political positionings in relation to their work with men and boys. READ MORE

4. 8. Collective weaving of territories: Exploring diasporic identities with Latin American migrants

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

   Author : Yénika Castillo Muñoz; [2020]
   Keywords : interaction design; design for decoloniality; decolonial design; Decolonising design; speculative design; chicano feminism; transnational feminism; migration; diasporic identitites; Latin America; codesign;

   Abstract : Den här interaktionsdesign uppsatsen bidrar till en omgående diskussion på Avkoloniserande design. Särskild genom att utforska identiteter i diaspora med latinamerikanska migranter. READ MORE

5. 9. The Limitations and Potential of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples: An Analysis through the Lenses of Indigeneity and Gender

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Genusvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Anna Daley Laursen; [2020]
   Keywords : Indigenous; Decolonial; Feminism; Gender; Human rights; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP), theforemost legal instrument that defines and protects Indigenous rights, is groundbreaking because it centers the voices of Indigenous peoples and pushes back on the colonial undertones of the United Nations human rights framework. While this declaration represents a landmark in the fight for Indigenous rights, it is nonetheless rooted in a statist international system and perpetuates patriarchal and heteronormative traditions. READ MORE

6. 10. Refusing to Play the Game - An exploration of transnational decolonial feminist resistance to neoliberal corporate power

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen; Lunds universitet/Graduate School; Lunds universitet/Master of Science in Development Studies

   Author : Rachel Doherty; [2020]
   Keywords : Decolonial Feminism; Neoliberalism; Liberal Feminism; Gender and Development; Transnational Feminist Theory; Ideologies.; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : This thesis examines the decolonial feminist approach of the transnational feminist collective, Feminists for a Binding Treaty (FBT), as they advocate for the inclusion of a gender perspective in a Binding Treaty to curb corporate power. Drawing on Freeden’s ideology theory and Transnational Feminist Theory, this thesis highlights what a decolonial transnational feminist collective should look like. READ MORE