Essays about: "Past injustice"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 6 essays containing the words Past injustice.

  1. 1. Teaching Whose Past? Assessing the Use of Archaeology in US Educational Curricula and Its Role in the Reproduction of Sociopolitical Injustice

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Arkeologi

    Author : Thomas Burnet Armacost; [2023]
    Keywords : History and Archaeology;

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  3. 2. Past Injustices: An argumentative analysis on the inherited responsibilities to repair past injustices

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

    Author : Simone Melbye Larsen; [2020]
    Keywords : Past injustice; Reparations; Inherited responsibility; Obligations; Assimilation;

    Abstract : The purpose of the thesis is to investigate what circumstances supports inherited responsibility to afford reparations. The general arguments for and against inherited obligations are presented and discussed. READ MORE

  4. 3. Based on a true story : an analysis of the drama documentary genre and the mediatisation of events based on the miniseries When They See Us

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap; Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kommunikation och medier

    Author : Juliet Brickell; [2020]
    Keywords : Media; Communication; Drama Documentary; Genre; Narrative; Style; Story world; Based on a True Story; Power; Injustice; Justice; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Over the years more and more drama documentaries regarding the mediatisation of past events have been released on various platforms such as online streaming services. Mediatisation is the influence the media has on an individual’s everyday life either through the influence of a medium or through the act of communication. READ MORE

  5. 4. Affect in A Small Place: Jamaica Kincaid Reverses the Colonial Gaze

    University essay from Södertörns högskola/Institutionen för kultur och lärande

    Author : Habtu Diana; [2015]
    Keywords : Affect; postcolonial theory; gaze; Jamaica Kincaid; Antigua; anger; shame;

    Abstract : This essay uses Sara Ahmed's theory of affect to analyze Jamaica Kincaid´s A Small Place. I argue that Jamaica Kincaid uses anger to create a position for Western reader and to evoke emotions such as shame. Theorist Sara Ahmed argues that emotions have political dimension. READ MORE

  6. 5. Countering the Counterfactual : A Case for Rectificatory Justice for Colonialism

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Centrum för tillämpad etik; Linköpings universitet/Filosofiska fakulteten

    Author : Antonina Matundura; [2015]
    Keywords : rectificatory justice; colonialism; counterfactuals; injustice; objectification; equality;

    Abstract : Rectificatory justice for colonialism has been, in recent years, included in the discussion of global justice. The idea is that former colonial powers acknowledge, apologise and make reparations for the harms caused during colonialism. However, there are some objections to rectificatory justice for colonialism. READ MORE