Essays about: "Postkolonialism"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 15 essays containing the word Postkolonialism.

  1. 1. Production, utilization and implementation of coconut charcoal in rural Mozambique: As a clean cooking fuel and a way to improve economic empowerment of women in Linga Linga

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för energivetenskaper

    Author : Ina Johnsson; [2023]
    Keywords : Mozambique; Health; Charcoal; Coconut; Cooking Fuel; Implementation; Lifeworld; Colonialism; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : Luftförorening är ett globalt hälsoproblem och i Moçambique orsakas inomhusluftförorening främst av matlagning över öppen eld. Denna studie undersöker potentialen hos kokosnötskol som en renare bränslekälla för matlagning och som en möjlig inkomstkälla för kvinnor i byn Linga Linga, Moçambique. READ MORE

  3. 2. Estonian-Russian Identities in the Conflict Zone : Postcolonial Readings of Andrei Ivanov’s “Untermensch: the part of me that is torn to pieces”

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Slaviska språk

    Author : Evelin Tamm; [2022]
    Keywords : Russophone identities; contemporary Estonian literature; Andrei Ivanov; Estonian Russian minority; Baltic postcolonialism; hybridity; русскоязычная идентичность; современная эстонская литература; Андрей Иванов; русское меньшинство в Эстонии; балтийский постколониализм; гибридность; ryska identiteter; estnisk samtidslitteratur; Andrei Ivanov; den ryska minoriteten i Estland; baltisk postkolonialism; hybriditet;

    Abstract : This thesis examines the changing identities of the Estonian Russophone minority based on the literary works of Estonian Russophone writers. It analyses Andrei Ivanov’s short novel Untermensch: the part of me that is torn to pieces applying the concepts of Baltic postcolonial identities and hybridity. READ MORE

  4. 3. UN Transitional Administrations: enjoying immunity or impunity? : A legal study on UN Transitional Administrations and their post-colonial impact on victims’ access to justice

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

    Author : Viktoria Tomsson; [2021]
    Keywords : UN Transitional Administration; UN Peacekeeping forces; UN Peacekeepers; Postcolonialism; War crimes; Immunity; Victim s rights; FN:s fredsbevarande styrkor; FN-soldater; postkolonialism; Brott mot mänskligheten; Immunitet; Brottsoffers rättigheter;

    Abstract : United Nations peacekeeping forces and operations, have long had a history of crimes against civilians by its personnel, not least concerning crimes of sexual exploitation and abuse. While human rights violations are grave despite their origin, there is a specific element of impunity and distrust when the same people who comes to ‘protect’, are the same people who become perpetrators. READ MORE

  5. 4. IFPI : A Postcolonial Critique of the Trade Body’s Organisational Structure and Ideology

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för musik och bild (MB)

    Author : Andreas Wallin Hageving; [2019]
    Keywords : Africa; Afrobeats; Afropop; Apartheid; Global Music Report; IFPI; Imperialism; Interventionism; Path Dependency; Piracy; Postcolonialism; Power Asymmetries; RIAA; RISA; Afrika; afrobeats; afropop; apartheid; Global Music Report; IFPI; imperialism; interventionism; maktasymmetrier; piratkopiering; postkolonialism; RIAA; RISA; spårbundenhet;

    Abstract : The purpose of this thesis is to present a postcolonial critique that may empower non-Western music industries globally. As per Nigerian music executive Tunde Ogundipe’s reasoning, its analysis isn’t prescriptive – it presents a critical analysis of IFPI’s organisation and ideology, which non-Western stakeholders may use as free strategic business intelligence if/as they please. READ MORE

  6. 5. Speaking With Our Spirits : A Character Analysis of Eugene Achike in Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Purple Hibiscus

    University essay from Karlstads universitet/Institutionen för språk, litteratur och interkultur

    Author : Chelsea Foreman; [2017]
    Keywords : Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie; Chinua Achebe; African Literature; Postcolonialism; Purple Hibiscus; Colonial Nigeria; Religion; Christianity; Language; Behaviour; Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie; Chinua Achebe; Afrikansk Litteratur; Postkolonialism; Purple Hibiscus; Koloniala Nigeria; Religion; Kristendom; Språk; Beteende;

    Abstract : The purpose of this essay is to conduct a character analysis on Eugene Achike from Chimamana Ngozi Adichie’s novel Purple Hibiscus, to see whether or not the character is used by Adichie as a portrayal of colonial Nigeria and its values. I have done this by looking at the themes of violence and hypocrisy in relation to Eugene’s language usage, religious attitude, and behaviour towards others, and comparing these aspects of his personality with the attitudes shown by colonialists in colonial Nigeria. READ MORE