Essays about: "bio politics"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 9 essays containing the words bio politics.

  1. 1. "The Open Veins Remain Open": GM Soy Cultivation, Socio-Environmental Struggle and the Political Economy of Contemporary Peronist Development in Argentina

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Julian Dannefjord; [2023]
    Keywords : Argentina; genetically modified soy; GMO; extractivism; Peronism; Kirchner; Gramsci; bio-hegemony; interviews; participant observation; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Argentina is a pioneer in practicing export-oriented extractivism as a model of socio-economic development. A prevalent extractive project is genetically modified (GM) soy, which was adopted under neoliberal governance in the 1990s and has had a variety of socio-environmental consequences in the country. READ MORE

  3. 2. Bare Life of Unaccompanied Children: A Critique on the Human Rights State-Centrism and the Right to Asylum in Sweden

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för globala studier

    Author : Hamidreza Vasheghanifarahani; [2018-09-25]
    Keywords : state-centrism; the right to asylum; Sweden’s U-turn asylum policy; rightlessness; zone of indistinction; bare life; the paradox of human rights; the sovereign; policy analysis; unaccompanied Afghanistanian children; bio-politics;

    Abstract : The question of asylum seekers and refugee rights is one of the main examples which reveals the paradox of the citizen rights and human rights. This thesis aims to analyse the U-turn asylum policy of Sweden regarding unaccompanied minors from a critical perspective in this regard. READ MORE

  4. 3. Farming for food security : a critical study on the transition to post-fossil agriculture in Sweden

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

    Author : Ebba Ulfbecker; [2018]
    Keywords : agricultural politics; food security; resilience; transition; climate mitigation; agroecology; sustainable intensification; the Rural Development program; contingency; rural development; discourse analysis; policy analysis;

    Abstract : This thesis addresses the preconditions to achieve a transition to fossil free agriculture in Sweden, to increase farm-level resilience and food security. Swedish agriculture is today highly dependent on imported fossil-based inputs, such as diesel, agrochemicals and protein feed. READ MORE

  5. 4. Pained Body, Performed Madness: A Study of the Bio-political Philosophy in He Yunchang's Performance Art

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för konsthistoria och visuella studier

    Author : Chenru Xue; [2018]
    Keywords : He Yunchang; Performance art; Homo Sacer; State of Exception; Madness; Cultural Sciences; Arts and Architecture; Performing Arts;

    Abstract : This thesis explores the considerations of bare life in He Yunchang’s performance arts, based on two of his works, One-meter democracy (2010) and Golden Sunlight (1999). I make a deep analysis of the images and archives of the two performances, about the artist’s artistic method of using visual signs. READ MORE

  6. 5. Transexotic : worse than dengue, better than LDS

    University essay from Konstfack/Institutionen för Konst (K)

    Author : Carolina Nylund; [2013]
    Keywords : transexotic; neologism; postcolonial; art; performance; exotic; raffaella carrá; lill lindfors; lyrics translation; domestication; music adaptation; transexotic; neologismo; postcolonial; arte; performance; bio-conquista; traducción de letras musicales; raffaella carrá; lill lindfors; domesticar; re-arreglos musicales;

    Abstract : Transexotic.  "Come as you are as you were as I want you to be"   Menu Starter: Nachos with Mexican sauce.   Main course: Chilli con carne in Santa María taco shells, Fish in pasilla chilli and Rajas con crema y queso.   Dessert: seasonal delicacies. READ MORE