Essays about: "Scholar Activism"

Found 4 essays containing the words Scholar Activism.

  1. 1. The Wastefulness of the Environmental Movement - An Investigation into Sustainable Activism

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Humanekologi

    Author : Eva Junge; [2018]
    Keywords : Sustainable Activism; Climate Justice Movement; Ende Gelände; Sustainability; Scholar Activism; Participatory Action Research; Burn-Out; Overwork; Health; Capitalism; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This thesis examines how the Climate Justice Movement in Germany is set up today and how activists relate to and feel about their activism. Specifically, factors are investigated that make people feel unhappy about their activism or even leave the movement. READ MORE

  3. 2. Rejecting Fate : The challenge of a subaltern community to the creation of a sacrifice zone in Can Sant Joan, Catalonia

    University essay from KTH/Historiska studier av teknik, vetenskap och miljö

    Author : Sergio Ruiz Cayuela; [2018]
    Keywords : political ecology; environmental justice; environmental humanities; subaltern environmentalism; slow violence; sacrifice zones; environmental humanities;

    Abstract : It was my first visit ever to the neighborhood association – in February 2017 – and the phone rang again in the contiguous room. “I’m sorry” apologized José Luis “but our colleagues are not here yet and I need to answer the phone”. READ MORE

  4. 3. Can the Subaltern Tweet? A Netnography of India’s Subaltern Voices Entering the Public via Social Media

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

    Author : Christopher Norman Kujat; [2016]
    Keywords : India; Subaltern; Twitter; Netnography; Dalits; Feminism; Gender; Intersectionality; Voice; Tweet; Oppressed; ICT4D; Communication; Development; ComDev; C4D; Media; Internet; Web 2.0; Activism;

    Abstract : This netnography depicts the notions of India’s subaltern voices entering the public via social media. The study puts an emphasis on feminists and caste critics, divided into two case studies. READ MORE

  5. 4. Nationalist Networks and Transnational Opportunities - An Illustration of GAM and PULOs Transnational Activism

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Jens Bölling; [2007]
    Keywords : Asia; globalization; political opportunities; transnational activism; transnational nationalism; Social sciences; Samhällsvetenskaper; Political and administrative sciences; Statsvetenskap; förvaltningskunskap; Social Sciences; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : As a reaction against unjust policies and repression the Free Aceh Movement (GAM) in Indonesia and the Pattani United Liberation Organization (PULO) in Thailand were formed at the end of the 1970s. Though their agendas have developed during the years, their demands have usually been centred on claims for independence based on nationalist arguments. READ MORE