Essays about: "Kurdish"

Showing result 36 - 40 of 71 essays containing the word Kurdish.

1. 36. The Shiny Light in Smoky Sky: The experiment of Rojava with democracy

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

   Author : Ayyoub Jamali; [2018]
   Keywords : Rojava; PKK; Democratic confederalism; Gender equality; YPJ;

   Abstract : With a population of around 40 million people, Kurds are considered the largest nation without an independent state. Indeed, since the geographical division of Kurdistan in 1923, Kurds have been the victims of various forms of discrimination and oppression by the nation states of Iran, Iraq, Turkey and Syria. READ MORE

3. 37. ‘Martyrs and Heroines’ vs. ‘Victims and Suicide Attackers’. A Critical Discourse Analysis of YPJ’s and the UK media representations of the YPJ’s ideological agency

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

   Author : Amelie Malmgren; Michelle Fabiana Palharini; [2018]
   Keywords : YPJ; UK media; media representations; Critical Discourse Analysis CDA ; Postcolonial studies; hegemonic discourse; sensationalism; victimisation; Kurdish female fighters;

   Abstract : The present thesis compares media representations of Yekîneyên Parastina Jin (YPJ or the Women’s Protection Units), an all-female Kurdish military organisation, in British media versus the organisation’s own media outlets, with the aim to see how they differ, more specifically in terms of representations of their ideological agency. By utilizing critical discourse analysis (CDA) in combination with postcolonial theory, the media construction of four soldiers’ deaths have been scrutinized in 30 media texts in order to provide a deeper understanding of the hegemonic discourses and sociocultural practices which underpin these constructions. READ MORE

4. 38. Education in Conflict and Crisis : The case of Kurdish refugees from Syria in Turkey

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för pedagogik, didaktik och utbildningsstudier

   Author : Nubin Ciziri; [2018]
   Keywords : refugee; education; capital owning; stigma; strategies;

   Abstract : Underpinned by Pierre Bourdieu and Abdelmalek Sayad’s sociological theories and Erving Goffman’s theory of social stigma, this study bridges the ideas of these three sociologists by examining the relationship of capital owning, stigma, migration and the strategies immigrant families build towards education around these notions. With the aim of exploring the role of education for refugee immigrants, the research area has been restricted to a specific city in the South-East of Turkey. READ MORE

5. 39. Perceptions and Decisions: A Field-Study on Foreign-Policy in Iraqi Kurdistan

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Niklas Scheel; [2017]
   Keywords : Foreign-policy; Decision-making; Perception; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : Kurdistan region of Iraq (KR-I) has continually evolved in a region amidst turmoil. Currently, the region is exerting internal sovereignty and administers its own foreign-policy. READ MORE

6. 40. Podcast Social Marketing: : “Selling Integration like soap”

   University essay from KTH/Skolan för datavetenskap och kommunikation (CSC)

   Author : Agri Dehqan; [2017]
   Keywords : Social Marketing; Acculturation; Podcasting; Sveriges Radio; Thematic Analysis;

   Abstract : To identify key issues concerning the use of Swedish Radio’s podcasts as a vehicle for social marketing to promote integration, a thematic analysis was conducted on podcasts published by the Kurdish department of Swedish Radio (SR) during one week. From a total of 37 published podcasts which were analyzed during the chosen time frame, three central themes were identified: (a) crime and criminality, (b) incidents and events related to different municipalities and at state level in Sweden at the time, and (c) issues related to refugees and immigration in Sweden. READ MORE