Essays about: "cultural ignorance"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 8 essays containing the words cultural ignorance.

  1. 1. The (superfluous) super fabulous church

    University essay from KTH/Arkitektur

    Author : Astrid Lindén; [2022]
    Keywords : church; reuse; market; redundant; superfluous; stockholm;

    Abstract : In Sweden today, there are 3.7 thousand registered Swedish churches with the oldest being just over 900 years old. During the last thousand years the church has existed side by side with the Swedish society which has formed alongside of it. READ MORE

  3. 2. Estetikens avgörande roll i skapandet av inkluderande miljöer : ett programförslag gällande funktionsanpassning av Spånga by med fokus på platsens estetiska kulturvärden

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

    Author : Emma Tibbling Lingwall; [2021]
    Keywords : estetik; funktionsanpassning; kulturmiljö; universell utformning; jämlikhet;

    Abstract : Funktionsanpassningar av miljöer genomförs för att generera ett inkluderande och jämlikt samhälle. Ett generellt fokus på funktion respektive försummande av estetik vid funktionsanpassningar medför att miljöer utformade för olika typer av människor inte gestaltas med likvärdig estetisk omsorg, vilket resulterar i att funktionsanpassningens huvudsakliga syfte inte uppnås. READ MORE

  4. 3. Do men have any influence in stopping women and girls from undergoing FGM in Sierra Leone? The case of Mabonkani Village in Bombali District

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

    Author : Thabile Lorraine Sheila Cele; [2020]
    Keywords : Female Genital Mutilation; human rights; traditional harmful practices; social norms and gender inequality.;

    Abstract : ABSTRACT “FGM is known to have no health benefits and has serious, immediate and long-term physical and psychological health consequences, which can be severe, including post-traumatic stress disorder, depression, anxiety and reduced desire or sexual satisfaction” (28 Too Many, 2014, p5). This master thesis is an attempt to gain male perspectives in strategies to eradicate Female Genital Mutilation, FGM. READ MORE

  5. 4. Ignorance v. Innocence : Go Set a Watchman’s Case against the Hegemony of To Kill a Mockingbird

    University essay from Högskolan Kristianstad/Fakulteten för lärarutbildning

    Author : Thän Gustafsson; [2019]
    Keywords : Cultural Materialism; Cultural Criticism; Critical Race Theory; Harper Lee; To Kill a Mockingbird; Go Set a Watchman; Eurocentrism;

    Abstract : This paper takes a cultural materialist approach in analyzing the hegemonic purpose of using Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird in American education. Ideas from critical race theory and Lee’s second novel, Go Set a Watchman, are used to reveal obfuscated aspects of Mockingbird’s narrative. READ MORE

  6. 5. The Impact of Culture when Performing an Administrative Reorganisation –A Case Study of the Norwegian School of Economics

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Josefin Andersson; Matilda Östlund; [2016-06-21]
    Keywords : Management control; administrative control; culture; power relations; communication; academic institution.;

    Abstract : Background and problem: Academic institutions have a history of being structured with collegium culture. There is now a present discussion about the reallocation of power at these kinds of organisations turning to take on a management style similar to the one operating at corporations. READ MORE