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  1. 1. Chasing Shadows : An Anthropological Expedition of the Hunt for Olle Högbom

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för kulturantropologi och etnologi

    Author : Viktor Andersson; [2024]
    Keywords : Disappearance; Missingness; Hauntology; Ruinology; Simulacra; Liminality; Ethnography; Anthropology;

    Abstract : This essay explores the mysterious disappearance of Olle Högbom from an anthropological perspective. It uses theories of hauntology, ruinology, and simulacra to examine how Olle's absence continues to affect society. READ MORE

  2. 2. The Influence of Changed Accouting Language on the Interpretation of Intangible Assets and Financial Reality : SaaS Arrangements in the Light of New IFRIC Decisions

    University essay from Jönköping University/IHH, Företagsekonomi

    Author : Adam Christensen; Sofia Sörman; [2023]
    Keywords : Accounting language; financial reality; intangible assets; regulatory change; SaaS; SaaS arrangements; institutional theory;

    Abstract : Background/Problem: As languages are powerful tools of communication, they play a vitalrole in shaping our perception of reality, influence our understanding of the world and determine how we interpret and make sense of it. Thus, changing the accounting languagealso affects the way financial reality can be expressed, interpreted, and perceived. READ MORE

  3. 3. Exhibiting the East : An Analysis of Representations of Pacific Asia in Three Exhibitions in Stockholm

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för kultur och estetik

    Author : Yul Cho; [2023]
    Keywords : exhibitions; Sweden; curating; Asia; Asianness; minority; representation; artist as ethnographer; Stuart Hall; Hal Foster; Miwon Kwon;

    Abstract : This thesis is a study of representations of Pacific Asia in exhibitions in Stockholm. In the Swedish culture and art sphere, a public discussion surrounding Asia is conspicuously absent even though there are significant amounts of residents in Sweden with an Asian background. READ MORE

  4. 4. Multiethnicity and Identity in Kosovo through European Integration : The Construction of Group-Differentiated Rights in Kosovo

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för statsvetenskap (ST)

    Author : Elma Mislimi; [2023]
    Keywords : multiethnicity; identity; ethnicity; Kosovo; non-majority communities; group-differentiated rights; minority rights; European integration; European accession;

    Abstract : The Republic of Kosovo’s self-declared multiethnic society has strived to construct an inclusive attitude and tolerating spirit toward all communities within. This study has explored how group-differentiated rights are used to construct identity and multiethnicity in relation to European integration in four official documents using the research questions; how is the production of identity and multiethnicity through group-differentiated rights in Kosovo constructed in the documents and related to EU integration; and how has the EU accession process affected the construction of multiethnicity and identity in Kosovo’s documents on minorities relating to group-differentiated rights? An ethnographic content analysis and comparative design, with a social constructivist perspective, grasping the constituents of group-differentiated rights concerning exclusive rights granted to minorities employed to develop, and safeguard identities was applied. READ MORE

  5. 5. When Religious, Civil, and National Representations Clash : A Decolonial View on Georgian Muslims as Internal Others

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Avdelningen för migration, etnicitet och samhälle (REMESO)

    Author : Gvantsa Gatenadze; [2023]
    Keywords : Adjara; Adjarian Muslim; Decolonial Approach; Decoloniality; Ethnicization of Religion; Georgia; Soviet Colonialism; Soviet Modernity.;

    Abstract : The othering and exclusion of religious minority groups in Georgia is often understood through the prism of religious nationalism, which is argued to have developed as a result of the collapse of the Soviet Union and the respective need to fill up the leftover systemic void. Ethno-national and religious identity markers were used to create the image of true, pre-Soviet Georgian – Christian, ethnically Georgian group. READ MORE