Essays about: "butler"

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  1. 21. Hjärtat av en sann student : First curators, performativity and reproducing tradition at an Uppsala Student Nation

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för kulturantropologi och etnologi

    Author : Kaitlin May; [2022]
    Keywords : Student nations; student life; nation life; first curators; performativity; embodiment; tradition; ritual; ritualization; repetition; norms; generational continuity; Uppsala; Sweden;

    Abstract : In the city of Uppsala, Sweden the experiences of the student population are very connected to the world of the student nations. This study explores the position of first curator at a student nation as the leader of the student societies hierarchy and how their position influences the production of community and tradition. READ MORE

  3. 22. Integrating feminist foreign policy and climate resilient development : Case study of socio-cultural configurations in Liberia

    University essay from KTH/Lärande

    Author : Martin Demmelmaier; [2022]
    Keywords : Socio-cultural configurations; Climate resilient development; Feminist foreign policy; Ethnography; Liberia; Informal settlements; Socio-economic disadvantaged communities; Embassy of Sweden; Climate adaptation; Marginalization; Social justice; Ecological masculinities; Environmental feminism; Gender as a social construction; Transforming masculinity norms; State-citizen relations; Female empowerment strategies; Land-ownership; Religious leaders; Sociokulturella konfigurationer; Klimatresilient utveckling; Feministisk utrikespolitik; Etnografi; Liberia; Informella bosättningar; Socioekonomiskt utsatta områden; Svenska ambassaden; Klimatadaptering; Marginalisering; Social rättvisa; Ekologiska maskuliniteter; Miljöinriktad feminism; Kön som en social konstruktion; Förändra maskulinitetsnormer; Stat-medborgare relationer; Strategier för kvinnlig egenmakt; Markägande; Religiösa ledare;

    Abstract : This thesis addresses the socio-cultural configurations in Liberia in relation to climate resilient development and feminist foreign policy carried out by the Embassy of Sweden in Monrovia. It builds on the intention to explore potential points of integration between the feminist foreign policy with the construction of climate adaptation capacity. READ MORE

  4. 23. "Inscrire la vulnérabilité au centre du pacte politique” : Towards a radical feminist reconceptualization of vulnerability through the critical juxtaposition of Judith Butler’s poststructuralist ethico-political theory and Martha Fineman’s legal philosophy

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Umeå centrum för genusstudier (UCGS)

    Author : Ariadni Polychroniou (Polichroniou); [2022]
    Keywords : Vulnerability; Dependency; Resilience; Precarity; Feminist Philosophy; Judith Butler; Martha Fineman; Responsive State; Performative Resistance;

    Abstract : This Master Thesis focuses on the theoretical reconstruction of a positive feminist conceptualization of vulnerability via the thorough systematization and critical comparison of Martha Fineman’s socio-legal philosophy and Judith Butler’s poststructuralist ethico-political theory. In the introductory remarks, the reader becomes familiar with the turbulent receptions and numerous interdisciplinary re-artications of the term vulnerability within the realms of contemporary feminist theory. READ MORE

  5. 24. Detecting Social Breathing : Quantitative signs of interaction in conversational data

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för fysik

    Author : Cordelia Horns; [2022]
    Keywords : time series; interaction; human interaction; data analysis; wavelet analysis; machine learning; Social Breathing;

    Abstract : Human interaction has been a focus of study in psychology for a long time, but until recentlyonly very specific aspects of interaction have been considered. This approach leads to studiesthat gave insights into certain contexts, like parent-child or patient-clinician dynamics [1], [2]. READ MORE

  6. 25. PRECARIZATION IN THE NAME OF FREEDOM - An ethnographic study of the working and living conditions of early non-institutional performing arts groups in Gothenburg

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för kulturvetenskaper

    Author : Liliana Farcas; [2021-10-21]
    Keywords : governmental precarization; freedom; non-institutional performing arts groups; public funding system; cultural policy; interdependency; power;

    Abstract : In Swedish theatre history, the period 1965–2000 is seen as a time of emergency and establishment of the non-institutional performing arts field and is referred to as the “expansion period”. The performing arts’ field expanded due to the non-institutional performing arts groups, known as the “free groups”, which started to perform in new places, to experiment artistically, to meet new audiences and to raise social questions. READ MORE