Essays about: "Sara Frenning"

Found 2 essays containing the words Sara Frenning.

1. 1. A Heavy Burden - Coloniality and Exploitation of the Subaltern in Nepal’s Mountain Tourism Industry

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

   Author : Sara Frenning; [2023]
   Keywords : tourism; trekking; climbing; Subaltern; workforce equity; coloniality; Nepal; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : This thesis analyzes the effects of mountain tourism on local people and communities in Nepal with a focus on three main questions: the equity of mountain jobs, the impacts of Western mountaineering’s dominance on local cultures, and the respect and lack of respect for local workers' lives. Despite repeated accounts of precarious and dangerous working conditions the adventure and mountain tourism industry continue to exploit some bodies on behalf of others. READ MORE

3. 2. Nature as a subaltern : the colonial power of corporations over the environment and humans

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Humanekologi

   Author : Sara Frenning; [2020]
   Keywords : Corporations; Nature; Colonial Power; Monsanto; Post-colonial theory; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : In this essay I attempt to examine corporations through the lens of postcolonial theory in order to investigate whether corporations and their actions can be better understood using a post-colonial analysis. I have investigated if we can understand corporations as transnational power structures rather than as only commercial businesses and what new perspectives that could give us. READ MORE