Essays about: "Foucault"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 276 essays containing the word Foucault.

1. 11. Growing Greener : A WPR analysis of the urban sustainability discourse in Stockholm’sclimate policy

   University essay from Örebro universitet/Institutionen för humaniora, utbildnings- och samhällsvetenskap

   Author : Cornelia Böttiger; [2023]
   Keywords : Climate change; urban governance; policy; WPR; sustainability; discourse; Stockholm’s climate policy;

   Abstract : The purpose of this study is to critically examine how the problem of “climate change” is constructed in Stockholm’s climate policy and what underlying assumptions that those problematizations are built upon. The study also explores what is silenced in the problem representation and what potential effects (subject positions) it generates. READ MORE

3. 12. Who is “woman”? : A Discourse Analysis of IOC Transgender Recommendations that are Governing Women Bodies in Elite Sport

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för globala politiska studier (GPS)

   Author : Nada Parcina; [2023]
   Keywords : transgender; transwomen; International Olympic Committee; IOC transgender policies;

   Abstract : Abstract: The world of sport is a world of sex segregation. This is true both for the elite sport and for amateur sport. Only a handful of sport disciplines defy this norm. Historically, this segregation had roots in discrimination, sexism and chauvinism. READ MORE

4. 13. Concerns of Power and Policy in the Use of Biometrics by UNHCR

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

   Author : Tamara Lynn Larter; [2023]
   Keywords : biometrics; Biometric Identification Management System; BIMS; biopolitics; digital technology; humanitarian governance; refugees; UNHCR;

   Abstract : This paper investigates the growing concerns surrounding the utilisation of biometric technology within humanitarian organisations, with a specific focus on the Biometric Information Management System (BIMS) operated by UNHCR. The study is based on a literature review in which themes of concern are first identified in theoretical literature followed by an examination of empirical literature (here termed ‘refugee-including literature’) to see if the concerns are shared. READ MORE

5. 14. Between Power and Resistance: Viewing the Ethics of AI through the Application of Foucault's Ethical Naturalism to the Power Dynamics Embedded in the Debate over Intimate Human/Chatbot Relationships

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Rättssociologiska institutionen

   Author : Timothy Andrew York; [2023]
   Keywords : Artificial intelligence ethics; Values in Design; chatbot; Foucault; ethical naturalism; technologies of the self; social control; human-AI relationships; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Amid rising worry around human and AI alignment and citing concerns for data privacy and content inappropriate for children and the “emotionally vulnerable”, the Italian government recently imposed a complete ban against the Replika chatbot within Italy. Following the issuance of the ban and citing similar concerns over safety, the designer/owner of the technology, Luka, Inc. READ MORE

6. 15. Negotiations of Socialist Feminism: Gender and sexual orientation in conflicting perceptions of socialism, feminism and power in the Danish socialist party, Enhedslisten

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Genusvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Rikke From; [2023]
   Keywords : Sexism and sexual harassment; socialist feminism; Danish Left; flat structure organization; identity politics and socialism; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : This thesis is a study of conflicting perceptions provoked by Enhedslisten’s, Danish political party, attempt to practice socialist feminism organizationally. I locate three sites of conflicts; socialism(s) and organization of power, feminism(s), and queer culture and approach them from a theoretical framework of primarily Foucault, Panebianco, Halley, Young, Fraser, and Butler. READ MORE