Essays about: "Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak"
Found 3 essays containing the words Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak.
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1. Can the Subaltern be heard? : A Discussion on ethical strategies for Communication in a Postcolonial World
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionenAbstract : This thesis relies on the works of Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak and Seyla Benhabib in the field of Postcolonialism. Guided by their theoretical insights it is aiming at providing an understanding of how postcolonial structures within the International Humanitarian Aid discourse takes form and discuss strategies for communication that would be deemed justified in this context. READ MORE
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2. Whose Stories Do They Tell? : An analysis of the creation of the concept of victim in the reports by Human Rights Watch and Kvinna till Kvinna Foundation
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Hugo Valentin-centrumAbstract : Transitional justice emerged as an integral part of state- and peacebuilding processes during the same period as the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina. This created a market for human rights promotion in which non-governmental organizations were perceived as experts. READ MORE
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3. Paolo Freire, Gayatri Spivak, and the (Im)possibiity of Education : The Methodological Leap in Pedagogy of the Oppressed and "Righting Wrongs"
University essay from Södertörns högskola/Institutionen för livsvetenskaperAbstract : The main objective of this essay is to find out and show as to whether the respective pedagogies of Paolo Freire and Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak are free from the authoritarian and oppressive tendencies they both expressively seek to oppose. More specifically, the investigation presented in this text is focused on the relation between theory and method in Freire’s Pedagogy of the Oppressed and Spivak’s “Righting Wrongs – 2002: Accessing Democracy among the Aboriginals. READ MORE
