Essays about: "culture oppression"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 51 essays containing the words culture oppression.

1. 1. Woven from Hundreds of Flowers : Religion, Conflict, and Collective Memory in Nepal as Seen Through Deepak Rauniyar’s Film White Sun

   University essay from

   Author : Zara Luna Hjelm; [2023]
   Keywords : Nepal; Nepali Civil War; Religion; Gender; Film; Film Theory;

   Abstract : This thesis examines how religious traditions, collective memory, and conflict are represented in the Nepali film White Sun (2016), which was co-written and directed by Deepak Rauniyar. The film focuses on an anti-regime partisan who returns home to the rural areas of Nepal to bury his father. READ MORE

3. 2. Mining for Whose Future? The Recycling of Narratives for Continuous Extraction : A discursive study of the Gállok mine

   University essay from KTH/Hållbar utveckling, miljövetenskap och teknik

   Author : Julia Engström; [2023]
   Keywords : Environmental Justice; Sámi rights; Gállok; Critical Discourse Analysis; Green growth; Green transition; Mining;

   Abstract : The Exploitation of land for economic growth has been an ongoing issue for locals’ rights to land, especially indigenous people. In Sweden, EU’s largest producer of Iron ore, the conflict between the State, indigenous Sámi, and mining industries have caused many controversies over the years, where mining projects repeatedly infringe upon land inhabited by Sámi. READ MORE

4. 3. Negotiations of Socialist Feminism: Gender and sexual orientation in conflicting perceptions of socialism, feminism and power in the Danish socialist party, Enhedslisten

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Genusvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Rikke From; [2023]
   Keywords : Sexism and sexual harassment; socialist feminism; Danish Left; flat structure organization; identity politics and socialism; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : This thesis is a study of conflicting perceptions provoked by Enhedslisten’s, Danish political party, attempt to practice socialist feminism organizationally. I locate three sites of conflicts; socialism(s) and organization of power, feminism(s), and queer culture and approach them from a theoretical framework of primarily Foucault, Panebianco, Halley, Young, Fraser, and Butler. READ MORE

5. 4. Cultural Genocide within International Law : A Legal Analysis of Power Dynamics

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för globala politiska studier (GPS)

   Author : Jinan I M Rawab; [2023]
   Keywords : International Law; Human Rights; Genocide Convention; Cultural Genocide; Law Cases; United Nations; Power Dynamics;

   Abstract : The crime of cultural genocide refers to the deliberate and systematic destruction or erasure of the cultural heritage, traditions, practices, and institutions of a group. It involves actions or policies aimed at undermining, suppressing, or eradicating the unique elements that define a culture, such as its language, customs, beliefs and way of life. READ MORE

6. 5. Facing the Friction of a Totalitarian Government : A critical reading of Orwell's 1984 applying the Pedagogy of Discomfort to themes related to government control

   University essay from Högskolan i Halmstad/Akademin för lärande, humaniora och samhälle

   Author : Hanna Houda Axelsson; [2023]
   Keywords : Pedagogy of Discomfort to themes related to government control;

   Abstract : This study explores the potential application of George Orwell's novel 1984 in ESL instruction and its influence on promoting discussion among students on divisive political issues. The objective is to examine how the novel's underlying concepts of oppression, dictatorship, and propaganda could encourage critical thinking and social interaction among ESL students. READ MORE