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  1. 1. "I'LL SPEAK FOR BOTH SIDES": Coloniality and Hybridity in Identity Construction in Leslie Marmon Silko's Ceremony

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

    Author : Filippa Kakavand; [2024-03-21]
    Keywords : Leslie Marmon Silko; Ceremony; postcolonialism; coloniality; hybridity; magical realism; identity; storytelling; Indigenous; Native American literature;

    Abstract : This study explores the complex relations between coloniality and hybridity in identity construction for the Native American community in Leslie Marmon Silko's novel Ceremony. The study aims to examine how these literary techniques contribute to the protagonist's construction of identity, specifically focusing on his mixed-race identity and the way in which coloniality influences his experience. READ MORE

  2. 2. Beyond the Terrorist Label : How Five Palestinian CSOs Experience and Resist Terrorist Allegations

    University essay from Försvarshögskolan

    Author : Alma Michold; [2024]
    Keywords : Palestine; Shrinking civic space; Terrorist designation; Resistance; Ontological counter-securitization;

    Abstract : This thesis investigates the terrorist designation issued by Israel against six Palestinian civil society organizations in 2021. The organizations are based in the West Bank and remain designated as terrorist organizations according to Israeli law, despite rejections and condemnations by the European Union (EU), the United Nations (UN), and the United States (US). READ MORE

  3. 3. Bidding Farewell to the Ancient City of Ashur: A Qualitative Case Study of the Social and Cultural Impacts of the Makhoul Dam in Iraq

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Alice Abbas; [2024]
    Keywords : Makhoul Dam; Climate Change Mitigation in Iraq; Solastalgia; Place attachment; Community Participation Theory; Semi-structured Interviews; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This qualitative case study explores through semi-structured Interviews the social and cultural impacts of the Makhoul Dam, planned as part of Iraq’s climate change mitigation work. It was based on the research question: How do local individuals experience the Makhoul Dam’s impact on their home environments including the surrounding archaeological sites? And supported by the two operational questions: How are individuals in the dam-affected areas wellbeing and identity interlinked to their native areas including the surrounding archaeological sites? and How does the Makhoul Dam including its decision making process affect individuals in the dam-affected areas’ wellbeing and identity? By using Albrecht's theory of solastalgia, the theory of place attachment, where a broader definition of the theory was applied and community participation theory, eight sub-themes were identified under three main themes; “Our Area”, Who’s decision? and Wellbeing and identity. READ MORE

  4. 4. “It is an act of rebellion” The Intersectional Perspective on Bilingual Schools Experiences in Israel’s Ethnic Conflict

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; Lunds universitet/LUMID International Master programme in applied International Development and Management

    Author : Mariia Medvedeva; [2024]
    Keywords : Bilingual Schools; Education in Ethnic Conflict; Identity; Israel; Politics of Belonging; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : In the reality of Israel’s educational system, it is highly unlikely that Arab and Jewish students will ever meet at school. Within this state-segregated context, bilingual multicultural education, while having the potential to act as a catalyst for change and promote intercultural dialogue, remains on the brim of academic interests. READ MORE

  5. 5. Environmental Activism- a Threatening Outside? A Discourse Analysis of a Non-violent Civil Disobedience Protest in Stockholm, Sweden

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för globala studier

    Author : Kandra Wahlgren Eales; [2023-11-08]
    Keywords : securitisation; discourse analysis; non-violent civil disobedience; poststructuralism; hegemony; deliberative democracy; neoliberalism;

    Abstract : This study examines the identity construction of environmental activists in discourse following a political protest in Stockholm, Sweden. More specifically it aims to understand how environmental activists have been subjected to securitisation, and what underlying ideology supports this perception. READ MORE