Essays about: "Veil"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 43 essays containing the word Veil.

  1. 21. Nobody asks us! Muslim women's experiences and perspectives of multiculturalism, the legal system and the debate on veil in Sweden

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Rättssociologiska institutionen

    Author : Syarta Bonnevier; [2016]
    Keywords : Discrimination; Distorted communication; Habermas: Theory of Communicative Action; Veil-ban; Multiculturalism; Legal system; Recognition; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Within the first decade of this millennium several Western European countries have prohibited Muslim veils in public spaces. Excluding the culture of Muslims or more specifically Islamic beliefs in a multicultural society, in which the hardest hit are Muslim veiled women, has resulted in the discourse of the ‘rise and fall of multiculturalism’. READ MORE

  3. 22. Casting Light : The relation between space and light

    University essay from Konstfack/Institutionen för design, inredningsarkitektur och visuell kommunikation (DIV)

    Author : Sofia Larson; [2016]
    Keywords : light; space; light and space; light in space;

    Abstract : I investigate light as a variable that defines and re-defines space. I develop a technique to implement this theory in physical space. The space becomes a tool to further explore how light affects space, and how I can create a space that interoperates the change in light. I work physically, investigating, in model and full scale. READ MORE

  4. 23. “Come back here before I rip your veil off!” Muslim women’s experiences of Islamophobia and hate crimes in Malmö

    University essay from Malmö högskola/Fakulteten för hälsa och samhälle (HS)

    Author : Anna Lindström; [2016]
    Keywords : Hate crimes; Islamophobia; Message crimes; Muslim women; Victimization;

    Abstract : Background: Veiled Muslim women are particularly vulnerable to hate crime vic-timization. This is both due to the visibility of the veil and to Islamophobic stereo-types. Islamophobic hate crimes target a central part of these women’s identity and have the potential to affect both actual and potential victims in a multitude of ways. READ MORE

  5. 24. From intuitional to commonsensical conceptions of rape: a critical discourse analysis of gendered norms in legal decision-making behind a veil of objectivity

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Rättssociologiska institutionen

    Author : Mikael Silfors; [2014]
    Keywords : norms; legal decision-making; gender; criminal processes; critical discourse analysis; objectivity; rape; simulacrum; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : The persistently high annual numbers of rape in Sweden and numerous legal amendments following internal critique, prove the legal response to be ineffective for the subjects of the protection of the law. Viewed in combination with the prevalence of detrimental conceptions of sexuality and rape, this actualizes questions regarding the potential for and shape of influences on the decision-making actors of law adjudication processes. READ MORE

  6. 25. Lawn as Ecological and Cultural Phenomenon; Understanding of Social, Cultural and Regulatory Motives for Establishment and Management of Lawns in Uppsala

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaper

    Author : Hajar Eshraghi; [2014]
    Keywords : Sustainable development; Lawn; Social and cultural phenomenon; Establishment and management of lawns; Alternative lawns; Urban biodiversity;

    Abstract : Lawn is a homogenized element of modern urban green space. Due to historical and cultural characteristics of Swedish urban planning, lawns are the main common typology in Uppsala (77.3%). Despite the strong attachment of Uppsala people to green carpets, the multibillion lawn industry is highly costly in terms of maintenance and management. READ MORE