Essays about: "Generational Politics."

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  1. 1. Place, youth and memory as resistance : An ethnographic case study of discussions about impunity at Londres 38,espacio de memorias

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Alexander Mattiasson Nazar; [2019]
    Keywords : Chile; Impunity; Collective Memory; Ethnography; Discourse Analysis; Chile; Straffrihet; Kollektivt minne; Etnografi; Diskursanalys;

    Abstract : ” You don’t talk about politics or football around the dining table” is a Chilean expression that well describes how the dictatorship (1973–1990) is attached to the societal soul, with people’s diversifiedrelationships to its legacy. For the outside world, Chile is a thriving democracy that got out of Pinochet’s iron grip, but for many Chileans, the transition to democracy has excluded demands for justice and a real influence. READ MORE

  3. 2. A little story about big issues : an introspective account of FEMEN

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Tema Genus

    Author : Yelena Myshko; [2018]
    Keywords : FEMEN; Yelena Myshko; sextremism; embodiment; feminist activism; feminist snap; feminist polemic; body image; militant feminism; sweaty concept; autophenomenography; autoethnography; feminist writing; evocative storytelling; retrospective diary; dialogic meaning; censorship; national politics; police persecution; generational feminism; Resistance; protest technology; Ukraine; Netherlands; Sara Ahmed; Maurice Merleau-Ponty; Elizabeth Grosz; Mikhail Bakhtin; Jacquelyn Allen-Collinson; Carolyn Ellis; Laurel Richardson; Rosemarie Buikema; Marta Zarzycka; Steven Pressfield;

    Abstract : This research contributes a detailed personal account of a FEMEN activist. It presents an autophenomenographic analysis of cultural artefacts, including a Retrospective Diary, resulting from the activity of Yelena Myshko in FEMEN between 2012 and 2014. READ MORE

  4. 3. Redefining civic engagement in the digital age : An ethnographic study of the #rezist protest in Romania

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/JMK

    Author : Larisa Hladiuc; [2017]
    Keywords : millennials; social media; online activism; generational shifts; civic engagement;

    Abstract : Media is belittling millennials for the current overall decrease in civic engagement. They are criticized for their apparent lack of responsibility, political knowledge and reluctance to get involved in current affairs, and social media and the Internet have been regarded as contributing to this civic decline. READ MORE

  5. 4. Generational Politics and Taiwan-U.S. SecurityIssues : How do the views of Taiwan’s generations compare on theU.S. security commitment?

    University essay from Högskolan Dalarna/Kinesiska

    Author : Matthew Blackmoor; [2017]
    Keywords : Taiwan R.O.C. ; Cross-Strait Relations; U.S. Security Commitment; Generational Politics.;

    Abstract : Sovereignty over Taiwan remains one of the most contentious issues of the modern era, and disagreements on both sides of the Taiwan Strait persist to this day. The United States continues to have an active interest in the situation, often playing the role of arbiter between the governments of Beijing and Taipei. READ MORE

  6. 5. Change put to work. A degrowth perspective on unsustainable work, postwork alternatives and politics

    University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

    Author : Maja Hoffmann; [2017]
    Keywords : unsustainability; critique of work; postwork alternatives; politics; degrowth; sustainability science; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Unsustainability is persistent despite growing awareness that the industrial way of life, its modes of production and consumption need to be transformed. In academic sustainability contexts, however, attention is rarely paid to how industrial societies basically operate and how our everyday life is implicated beyond the usual suspect: consumerism. READ MORE