Essays about: "Irene de Boer"
Found 2 essays containing the words Irene de Boer.
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1. Whose Land Are We Standing On? : Negotiating Borders, Governance, Land, and Selfhood in the North American Borderlands
University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för globala politiska studier (GPS)Abstract : The imposition of European borders in North America has given rise to a need to inquire into the impact of the overlay of colonial borders upon earlier ideas of geographical boundaries, and upon indigenous border nations and their connections to places and ways of being. Here, we look to delineate a tentative approach to further such inquiries into indigenous border nations who have found themselves on or near an international border by examining the relationship with ancestral lands. READ MORE
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2. Decision-Making in the United States: Accounting for Belief Systems and Images
University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)Abstract : Despite many important findings in the study of cognitive approaches to decision-making, much remains unclear. Rather than asking why decision-makers made a particular choice, this thesis is interested in asking how such decisions are warranted by the speakers, how potential criticisms are averted, and how such decisions establish a particular self-image. READ MORE
