Essays about: "Nixon"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 10 essays containing the word Nixon.

1. 1. Violence at the border: Exploring portrayals of violence in news articles reporting the border conflicts between Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutet för Rysslands- och Eurasienstudier; Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för informatik och media

   Author : Susanna Mäkelä; [2023]
   Keywords : Kyrgyzstan; Tajikistan; border conflict; slow violence; news media;

   Abstract : Using Nixon’s (2011) conceptualisation of slow violence, this study explores how violence is portrayed in English-language news articles reporting the Kyrgyz-Tajik border conflicts in April 2021 and September 2022. This study aims to discover the ways in which violence is communicated to English-speaking audiences, and, in a larger context, it contributes to the understanding of violence produced in border conflicts. READ MORE

3. 2. Study of fibrillation processes of amyloid-like β-lactoglobulin protein

   University essay from KTH/Kemi

   Author : Jose Nixon; [2021]
   Keywords : bLG; Thioflavin-T Fluroscence; Fibrillation; bLG; Thioflavin-T fluroscens; fibrillering;

   Abstract : Bovint β-laktoglobulinprotein (bLG) är ett litet globulärt protein med 162 aminosyrarester, som vanligtvis finns i mjölkvassle. Under sura förhällanden dissocierar dessa dimera proteiner och bildar amyloidliknande fibriller. READ MORE

4. 3. Activists, Politicians and Children: Visual Representations of Climate Change in Swedish Newspapers 2019

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Humanekologi

   Author : Rakel Alvstad; [2021]
   Keywords : Climate change communication; news imagery; visual analysis; climate change; Swedish newspapers.; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Visual representations can either concretise climate change or make it more abstract and remote. This thesis aims to bring light to how Swedish news imagery of 2019 promotes particular views on climate change. READ MORE

5. 4. The Guide: A Journey Through Holistic Healing

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för design (DE)

   Author : Stefan Johanson; [2021]
   Keywords : Holistic Medicine; Pharmaceutical Industry; War on Drugs; Hallucinogens; Narcotics; Healthcare System;

   Abstract : The Graphic Journalism genre is emerging with influences from war reportage with authors like Joe Sacco. I would like to address and report the “War on Drugs” from small first hand experiences, personal connections, and a genuine deep desire to see the healthcare and justice system change. READ MORE

6. 5. The Violence We Consume - Embodied Violence in Nicaraguan Coffee Production

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Humanekologi

   Author : Inga Prämassing; [2017]
   Keywords : Violence; Ecologically unequal exchange; World-system; Coloniality of power; Coffee; Nicaragua; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Based on ethnographic fieldwork with corteros in northern Nicaragua, this grounded theory study introduces two new concepts, the main concept embodied violence and related to it violence displacement. These concepts link the worker on the coffee plantation in the periphery with the final consumer in the core, arguing that the latter consumes embodied violence that the former had to suffer during the production process. READ MORE