Essays about: "conflict narrative"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 93 essays containing the words conflict narrative.

  1. 21. Unpacking taste : the social life of wine

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

    Author : Henrik Mikael Waldin; [2022]
    Keywords : social fields; modernity; tradition; authenticity; natural wine;

    Abstract : Wine’s context exceeds the story of pleasure and natural enchantment as it is also laden with conflict and controversy. Wine is part of contemporary discussions on globalization, class and postcolonialism, biodiversity and climate change. In a sense, wine does not only reflect nature, but wine also reflects and is embedded in its social context. READ MORE

  3. 22. Colonial karma? Identity and failed postcolonial reconciliation in Europe - Understanding ontological insecurity as shaped by narratives of colonial societal beliefs

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Hanna Bergman; [2022]
    Keywords : postcolonialism; European identity; sociopsychological reconciliation; ontological security; narrative analysis; Law and Political Science; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Following postcolonial thought, this thesis argues that colonialism can be reconceptualized as an identity conflict. Consequentially, reconciliation theories concerned with identity creation and societal beliefs can be applied to better understand postcolonial relations. READ MORE

  4. 23. Narrative analysis of the effects of the Russo-Ukrainian war on first-generation Russian migrants in Finland

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Sociologi

    Author : Anna Henriksson; [2022]
    Keywords : Belonging; conflict; cosmopolitanism; diaspora; diasporisation; globalisation; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The aim of this study is to explore the ways in which the Russo-Ukrainian war influences and is manifested in first-generation Russian migrants’ narratives of belonging, the purpose of which is to further explore the relationship between homeland conflict and the ways in which migrants construct deterritorialised narratives of belonging. The research is based on seven in-depth interviews analysed through the methods of narrative analysis. READ MORE

  5. 24. "Stick vs. Rope. Gun vs. Strand." : The Monomyth and the Hero as Warrior in Kojima Productions' 2019 Video Game Death Stranding

    University essay from Karlstads universitet

    Author : Beatrice Näsling; [2022]
    Keywords : Kojima Productions; Death Stranding; video game; Joseph Campbell; monomyth; hero s journey; violence; heroic archetypes.; Kojima Productions; Death Stranding; TV-spel; Joseph Campbell; monomyt; hjältens resa; våld; hjältearketyper;

    Abstract : Released in 2019, the video game Death Stranding follows the monomythic structure described by Joseph Campbell in his 1949 book The Hero with a Thousand Faces. The journey begins with the protagonist, Sam “Porter” Bridges, reluctantly accepting his calls to adventure, and, as he begins to move west, he receives supernatural aid from an increasing number of helpers he encounters along the way. READ MORE

  6. 25. A Split Arctic Narrative

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Karl Axel Mikael Sved; [2022]
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    Abstract : The Arctic has experienced several changes in recent years which has transformed the Arctic into a geopolitical hotspot. This is mainly due to environmental changes, which have changed the landscape and made resources more accessible. READ MORE