Essays about: "decolonisation"
Showing result 6 - 10 of 21 essays containing the word decolonisation.
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6. Looking for Sápmi: Navigating representations of Sámi history and Sámi culture in Southern Sweden
University essay from Lunds universitet/Socialantropologi; Lunds universitet/Sociologiska institutionenAbstract : In Skåne, Southern region of Sweden, where the idea that no Sámis live in the area is largely spread across the Swedish population, the few Sámis living there find themselves navigating their ethnic identity, between performativity, agency, and making use of the policies implemented at a national level. In a context of ongoing decolonisation of the Sámis and their lands, official institutions such as public libraries and museums, following the laws and regulations they are subjected to, are working towards an evolution of their structure, their actions, and a wider inclusion of Sámi people in their institutions. READ MORE
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7. Sápmi, Sweden's Smörgåsbord? On Human Rights, Rights of Nature and Extractivism
University essay from Lunds universitet/Mänskliga rättigheterAbstract : In North Sweden, Sámi activists are resisting the proposed Gállok mine, disapproving of their land being treated as a 'smörgåsbord' and countering the assumption of modernity that dichotomises the human and the nonhuman. Against this backdrop, this thesis looks at some of the unprecedented challenges the rapid extension of globalisation poses to the human and nonhuman world. READ MORE
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8. Who is listening? An examination of the Norwegian state’s environmental injustice towards the South Saami: through the development of Storheia and Roan wind farms on Fosen, in Trøndelag
University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; Lunds universitet/LUMID International Master programme in applied International Development and ManagementAbstract : This thesis examines the Norwegian state’s environmental injustice towards the South Saami through the development of Roan and Storheia wind farms on Fosen, in Trøndelag. By analysing all of the development stages, starting with the assessments in 2008 and ending with the Supreme Court judgement in 2021, the dialogue between the South Saami and the Norwegian state is scrutinised. READ MORE
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9. Decolonising Health Promotion in an Indigenous Context : Deadly Choices Using a Strengths-Based Approach to Empower Indigenous People to Become Health Promoters Themselves
University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för konst, kultur och kommunikation (K3)Abstract : This Degree Project studies health promotion and strengths-based approaches in an Indigenous Australian context. The study focuses on an Indigenous Australian organisation called the Deadly Choices and their health-related promotion. READ MORE
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10. ‘It is unfortunate that it cannot be resolved by peaceful means!’ : How the Dutch media represented the atrocities committed in Indonesia during 1945-1949.
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för informatik och mediaAbstract : This thesis explores the representation of atrocities committed by the Dutch in Indonesia between 1945-1949 in a Dutch mainstream newspaper in the Netherlands. This timeframe represents the decolonisation war between the Netherlands and Indonesia, which is referred to as the Indonesian National Revolution. READ MORE
