Essays about: "Val Plumwood"

Found 5 essays containing the words Val Plumwood.

  1. 1. ‘Pain is the Great Connector’ : Nature and Womanhood in the Songs of Chelsea Wolfe

    University essay from Södertörns högskola/Estetik

    Author : Therese Hallberg; [2021]
    Keywords : Chelsea Wolfe; ecofeminism; ecocritical theory; nature; womanhood; gender; voice; vocal philosophy; Adriana Cavarero; Lawrence Kramer; Val Plumwood;

    Abstract : This thesis explores the conception and embodiment of nature in the songs of American folkmusic/doom metal singer-songwriter Chelsea Wolfe. Through the theoretical perspective of ecocritical feminism that emphasise the interconnectedness of the subjugation of women and the environment, this study delves into how Wolfe’s songs relate to nature and the feminine in relation to voice and song. READ MORE

  3. 2. A Room of One's Own Delivery - A Study of Rural Identity in Sweden, and the Emancipatory Potential of Vulnerability in Resistance

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

    Author : Marit Stigson; [2018]
    Keywords : rural; identity; gender; vulnerability; resistance; Sollefteå; occupation; birthing clinic; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This study examines the political and popular discourse that constructs the identity of the rural citizen in Sweden, and what consequences this discourse has on expectations on, and expectations of rural citizens in Sweden. The study focuses on the closing of the birthing clinic in Sollefteå hospital, Västernorrland county, in January 2017 and the occupation of the ward that followed thereafter. READ MORE

  4. 3. Que(e)rdenker*innen united :politicizing ecological grief within Western cultures of unsustainability through impulses from queer ecological theory and practice

    University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

    Author : Judith Petra Mühlbacher; [2018]
    Keywords : ecological grief: queer ecology; master identity; art-based research; sustainability science; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Jegliche Auseinandersetzung mit ökologischer Literatur suggeriert, dass wir uns aufgrund des anthropogenen Klimawandels in einem Zeitalter bisher ungesehener ökologischer Verluste befinden. Eine häufige Reaktion darauf ist ökologische Trauer. READ MORE

  5. 4. THINKING OUTDOORS A Scots Quair as a Place-Based Perceptual Narrative

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

    Author : Pia Sundh; [2016-09-21]
    Keywords : Lewis Grassic Gibbon; A Scots Quair; Ecocriticism; Scotland;

    Abstract : This thesis is an ecocritical reading of A Scots Quair with a focus on agency and perception of place. A Scots Quair is a trilogy consisting of the novels Sunset Song, Cloud Howe and Grey Granite, first published in the 1930’s. READ MORE

  6. 5. A critical reflection on the hegemony of technology and possibilities of including ethics in public consumption

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Humanekologi

    Author : Petra Torgilsson; [2015]
    Keywords : Hegemony; Progress; Social and ecological sustainability; Ethics; IT; Discourse; Remoteness to Ecoharms; Technology Fetishism; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Motivated by the phenomenon of one laptop per child in education at high-school level in the Swedish public sector, this master’s thesis elaborates on the question of ethics in public consumption. My research aims to show that collective actors such as municipalities can be seen as (un)ethical consumers and that they need to become aware of this. READ MORE