Essays about: "decolonialism"

Found 3 essays containing the word decolonialism.

1. 1. Banking the unbanked: Financial inclusion and economic sustainable development for women? : Decolonial perspectives on the gendered migration-remittances-development nexus

   University essay from Linköpings universitet/REMESO - Institutet för forskning om Migration, Etnicitet och Samhälle; Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för kultur och samhälle

   Author : Heidi Källoff; [2020]
   Keywords : Remittances; the global remittance trend; financial inclusion; economic democratization; sustainable development; austerity; gender mainstreaming; migration management; transnational business feminism; decoloniality; decolonialism;

   Abstract : Over the last decade, a new trend of Global Remittances has emerged within the international development community, especially a growing interest in women’s migration and remittances, and their potential for poverty reduction and economic growth. Due to the staggering amount of transnational money transfers, migrant remittances have become a central component in multilateral discussions on alternative development financing, and has been included in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). READ MORE

3. 2. An examination of voice and spaces of appearance in artistic representations of migration experiences: Art practices in a political arena

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

   Author : Lan Yu Tan; [2019]
   Keywords : migration; art; communication for development; Trampoline House; Center for Art on Migration Politics; Denmark;

   Abstract : Denmark has one of the toughest immigration laws in Europe and legislation has become even tighter. Amid this political climate, a gleam of hope in the form of a refugee and asylum-seeker community centre was established. This centre is called Trampoline House and works to provide refugees and asylum-seekers a place of refuge, hope and community. READ MORE

4. 3. Practicing Coexistence: Entanglements Between Ecology and Curating Art

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för kultur och estetik

   Author : Essi (Remi) Vesala; [2019]
   Keywords : curating; curatorial; ecology; neoliberalism; soft values; new materialisms; ecological thinking; coexistence; post-fossil fuel; decolonialism;

   Abstract : This thesis formulates ecological thinking in curatorial practices, as a way to act against neoliberal values, far-right politics and find ways to work in a sensitive way in a time of accelerating ecological crisis. The current socio-political landscape, and its oppressive forces, influence profoundly the art world and whole societies at large. READ MORE