Essays about: "civic agency"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 25 essays containing the words civic agency.

  1. 1. THE ROAD TO CLIMATE JUSTICE A discursive analysis of global climate governance between 2015 and 2022

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Victoria Sandholm; [2023-08-31]
    Keywords : International relations; climate governance; climate justice; civic environmentalism; ecological modernization;

    Abstract : There is an urgent need for effective global climate governance addressing the pressing threat of climate change. Based on the institutional power of language, various research has examined the development of global climate governance through discursive lenses, however, the recent period has not yet been examined. READ MORE

  3. 2. Digging up memory : suppressed objects during the dictatorship in Chile 1973–1990

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för arkeologi och antik historia

    Author : Marcela Vera Oliva; [2023]
    Keywords : Materiality; agency; memory; counter-memory; Chile; dictatorship; Materialitet; agency; minne; counter-memory; Chile; diktatur;

    Abstract : This work deals with objects suppressed by individual people after the 1973 coup in Chile, due to the repression exerted by the installed civic-military dictatorship. It collects the memories of those who had to get rid of compromising objects to save their lives, pointing out the strategies chosen for this purpose, as well as the places to carry them out. READ MORE

  4. 3. "Enough is Enough!" : political engagement on Twitter in the case of Turkey’s withdrawal from the Istanbul convention

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap; Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kommunikation och medier

    Author : Hülya Bakca; [2023]
    Keywords : civic engagement; political engagement; censorship; social movements; violence against women; woman s rights; counter democracy; social media; hashtag; #istanbulsözleşmesiyaşatır; #istanbulconventionsaveslives; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This research analyzes the political engagement of Turkish citizens on Twitter, in which underrepresented groups and individuals search for democratic public space to mobilize against injustice. With this in mind, the study focuses on the civic engagement of Turkish citizens on Twitter with the hashtag #istanbulsözleşmesiyaşatır, which translates to‘istanbulconventionsaveslives’. READ MORE

  5. 4. Digging up memory : suppressed objects during the dictatorship in Chile 1973–1990

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för arkeologi och antik historia

    Author : Marcela Vera Oliva; [2023]
    Keywords : Materiality; agency; memory; counter-memory; Chile; dictatorship; Materialitet; agency; minne; counter-memory; Chile; diktatur;

    Abstract : This work deals with objects suppressed by individual people after the 1973 coup in Chile, due to the repression exerted by the installed civic-military dictatorship. It collects the memories of those who had to get rid of compromising objects to save their lives, pointing out the strategies chosen for this purpose, as well as the places to carry them out. READ MORE

  6. 5. The Everyday Practices of Resistance in Chinese Social Media: The Uses of Memes for Civic Engagement

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för informatik och media

    Author : ZHUOXIU XING; [2022]
    Keywords : social media; digital media; memes; everyday forms of resistance; Chinese civic engagement; collective identity;

    Abstract : This thesis aims to understand the everyday use of digital media by Chinese ordinary citizens as new forms of civic engagement under strict online censorship and CCP’s authoritarian control. With the announcement of the Third-child Policy as the analytical background, I adopted a qualitative research method and conducted digitally mediated ethnography on Sina Weibo users. READ MORE