Essays about: "Political storytelling"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 28 essays containing the words Political storytelling.

  1. 1. Captivating Communication : The Swedish Prison and Probation Service’s Storytelling and Creation of Legitimacy

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Kriminologiska institutionen

    Author : Ella Wendt Höjer; [2024]
    Keywords : prison; cultural criminology; Nordic exceptionalism; legitimacy; Kriminalvården;

    Abstract : The stories about prison are infinite, and ultimately affect our understanding of incarceration. Punishment and prison are also political, and the shape of the penal system is fundamentally different in different countries. READ MORE

  3. 2. Sweden – “a Safe Haven” for Terrorists? : Investigating the Strategic Elements in Türkiye’s Narrative of Sweden During the NATO Accession Process

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Theo Tsappos; [2023]
    Keywords : Strategic narrative; narrative; Türkiye; Sweden; NATO; terrorism; PKK; deliberate; strategic communication;

    Abstract : How states narrate the world, their own policies and convey their story of events to a growing extent conditions the responses of others and the trajectory of political discussions. While storytelling is increasingly prevalent as a way of exerting influence in the political spheres of today, wider understanding of its practical manifestations is limited to a handful of actors. READ MORE

  4. 3. The Battle of Words. Uncovering the Narratives of the Conflict in Ukraine

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

    Author : Anneli Perijäinen; [2023]
    Keywords : narrative criminology; presidential speech; conflict; war; emotion; threat; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : What if the true battleground lies not in the physical confrontations but in the complex realm of narratives? This study explores the use of narratives employed by Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelenskyy while shedding light on their techniques and the construction of competing narratives in the context of the conflict in Ukraine. Drawing on narrative theory and Philip Smith's narrative genres, the study aims to examine the leaders’ competing understandings and their use of emotions and notions of threat in relation to the Ukrainian conflict. READ MORE

  5. 4. Future Imaginaries of Negative Emission Technologies and Folklore Myths in Icelandic Basalt: Provisional Order Emerges from the Possible Magma in the Age of ‘Hauntology’ and Broken Time

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; Lunds universitet/Humanekologi

    Author : Rikke Jespersen; [2023]
    Keywords : NETs; Desire; Green Capitalism; Imaginaries; Storytelling; Pluriverse; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Why do we in the Western part of world today tend to believe in technology’s mythical promises rather than in folklore myths? Imaginaries of the future influence political subjects’ actions in the present and play a key role in composing the trajectory towards the future. I have critically applied this notion to the implementation of negative emission technologies in the climate-neutrality strategy. READ MORE

  6. 5. Prioritizing national security over care for land? A qualitative study on the social, ecological and cultural impacts of the U.S. military in Hawaii

    University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

    Author : Yuichi Tsuchibuchi; [2023]
    Keywords : U.S. military; collective identity; counter-hegemony; social movement; Sustainability Science; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Social, ecological, and cultural impacts associated with the U.S. military in Hawaii are egregious. However, due to the historical oppressions and injustices to Hawaiians, the U. READ MORE