Essays about: "Innocence"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 37 essays containing the word Innocence.

  1. 1. The Portrayal of the Dis/abled Migrant : A Thematic Analysis Comparing Self-Representation and Humanitarian Approach in Photography

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/REMESO - Institutet för forskning om Migration, Etnicitet och Samhälle; Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för kultur och samhälle

    Author : Maéva Brame; [2023]
    Keywords : migration; disability; photography; humanitarianism; photovoice;

    Abstract : While migrants and disabled people are often studied separately, this study examines the intersection of these two marginalized categories by investigating the construction of the dis/abled migrant's figure. The aim of this thesis is to understand the discourses at play in visual and textual representations of dis/abled migrants. READ MORE

  3. 2. Worldmaking and Victim-Blaming in Nabokov’s Lolita

    University essay from Högskolan i Halmstad/Akademin för lärande, humaniora och samhälle

    Author : Linus Derehed; [2023]
    Keywords : worldmaking; victim-blaming; Nabokov; Lolita;

    Abstract : This study explores the intentions of the character Humbert Humbert in Vladimir Nabokov’s Lolita, as well as the outcome of his words. It also examines the intended as well as the unintended effects on the reader. READ MORE

  4. 3. Tragic Tales of ‘Victims’ and ‘Villains’ – A Study on Narratives and Emotions in Danish Rape Trials

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Sociologi; Lunds universitet/Sociologiska institutionen

    Author : Kristine Louise Kristensen; [2023]
    Keywords : narrative; trial; rape; emotion; genres; story characters; rape myths; court ethnography; Law and Political Science; Cultural Sciences; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Given the fact that rape is difficult to prove in court and trials primarily are based on the defendant’s word against the plaintiff’s, it becomes highly significant to study the narratives about rape presented in criminal trials. This thesis is an ethnographic-inspired study conduct-ed in Danish courts from January to May 2023. READ MORE

  5. 4. On the Production of the Humanitarian Subject : A Decolonial Exploration of Innocence

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

    Author : Sarah Nefeli Lola Goosens; [2023]
    Keywords : Humanitarianism; Modernity Coloniality; Innocence; Emotions; Autoethnography; Storytelling; Decolonial Research.;

    Abstract : This thesis seeks to explore how humanitarian communication produces subjectivities for individuals. More specifically, it investigates how the innocent modern/colonial humanitarian subject is produced through appeals to emotions. To explore this phenomenon, this thesis develops a decolonial research approach grounded in epistemic disobedience. READ MORE

  6. 5. “I am all of this thing, but I am also having mother once, and she is loving me.” : Using Beasts of No Nation by Uzodinma Iweala to discuss human rights violations in upper secondary education.

    University essay from Högskolan i Halmstad/Akademin för lärande, humaniora och samhälle

    Author : Linus Eriksson; Lukas Odeborg; [2023]
    Keywords : Child soldiers; upper secondary education; deconstruction; trauma; childhood;

    Abstract : As the ages of gang criminality lower, the need for other perspectives is necessary. This study poses the question “why and how should literature featuring child soldiers be used to discuss human rights violations in the classroom in upper secondary school?” and deconstructs the binaries childhood-innocence and victim-perpetrator in the novel Beasts of No Nation by Uzodinma Iweala. READ MORE