Essays about: "decolonisation"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 21 essays containing the word decolonisation.

  1. 16. Decolonising the University Curriculum in South Africa : A Case Study of the University of the Free State

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

    Author : Linnea Ammon; [2019]
    Keywords : Higher Education; Decolonisation; Curriculum; Social Justice; Pedagogy;

    Abstract : In the aftermath of the 2015-2016 student protests on South African university campuses, many universities are struggling with how to respond to the demands put forward by students to end epistemic violence and decolonise curriculum. The following research is an abductive case study, investigating the process of decolonising curriculum in higher education at the University of the Free State in South Africa through the perspectives of staff and lecturers. READ MORE

  3. 17. “Half women, half men” - A field study on gender complementarity and its impact on female participation in community politics in rural Bolivia.

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate School; Lunds universitet/Master of Science in Social Studies of Gender; Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Cecilia Emilsson; [2016]
    Keywords : community politics.; machismo; decolonisation; Evo Morales; Mujeres Creando; Bartolina Sisa; postcolonial feminism; peasant unions; indigenous groups; gender complementarity; Bolivia; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Gender complementarity is an indigenous model of gender relations that values the female position and her tasks by tradition the same way as that of the man. The idea is that the man and woman complement each other as opposite parts of the cosmos. In Bolivia, with 65% of its population and the president being indigenous, the concept is widely used. READ MORE

  4. 18. Whose self-determination? - A critical examination on the right to self-determination and its role during the process of decolonisation

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Juridiska fakulteten

    Author : Jenny Nguyen; [2016]
    Keywords : self-determination; human rights; postcolonialism; law; colonisation; decolonisation; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : Den här uppsatsen undersöker självbestämmanderätten ur ett kritiskt perspektiv, baserad på postkolonial teori. Genom att undersöka den historiska bakgrunden till självbestämmanderätten kan dess koppling till internationella mänskliga rättigheter samt till koncept såsom suveränitet och nationalism fastställas. READ MORE

  5. 19. The Spectre of Bandung : China, the Global South, and the End of Colonial Trade Patterns

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Centrum för öst- och sydöstasienstudier

    Author : Þorsteinn Kristinsson; [2015]
    Keywords : International Relations; IPE; China; colonial legacy; South-South relations; North-South relations; world economy; International trade; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This thesis analysed the development of international trade patterns during the period from 1980 to 2013. More specifically, the research focused on the structure of North-South relations during this period and how China has influenced its dynamic. READ MORE

  6. 20. Self-Determination, Secession, and State Recognition: A Comparative Study of Kosovo, Abkhazia, and South Ossetia

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen

    Author : Jack Holmberg Forsyth; [2012]
    Keywords : South Ossetia; Abkhazia; Kosovo; State Recognition; Secession; Self-Determination; Public International Law; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : The principle of self-determination has come a long way from its origins as a tool for political rhetoric to its current status as a right of international law valid erga omnes. However, the contents of the right to self-determination, as well as its applicability, remain unclear. READ MORE