Essays about: "deliberative discussion"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 24 essays containing the words deliberative discussion.

  1. 1. 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

  3. 2. Connectivity in Action: Activist Comments as Evidence of a Pan-European Public Sphere on Social Media. A Case Study of the European Commission’s Instagram Page

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Europastudier

    Author : Theodora Cristina Canciu; [2021]
    Keywords : Activism; Cyberactivism; European identity; European public sphere; Social media; Europeanization; European Commission; Instagram; politics; engagement; comments; citizens; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The features of social media platforms not only enable the communication between citizens and political actors or institutions, in the form of comments, but also help in magnifying citizens’ voices and opinions and facilitating mass mobilization or political protests. The European Union institutions seem to understand the capacity of social media as a locus for citizen engagement, be it activism or deliberation, and have thus developed a strong presence across platforms. READ MORE

  4. 3. DELIBERATIVE DEMOCRACY AND EDUCATION - in context, in theory and in empirical research

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för pedagogik och specialpedagogik

    Author : Axel Rödström; [2020-08-28]
    Keywords : deliberative democracy; citizenship education; philosophy of education;

    Abstract : This master's thesis problematizes the deliberative citizenship education model from three different perspectives. It contains three substudies, which all investigate how deliberative democracy has been modelled on deliberative criteria for discussions. READ MORE

  5. 4. To consume or not to consume?

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Viktor Johansson Bytyqi; [2020]
    Keywords : Wellbeing; consumption; preferences; deliberative forums; degrowth; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : This thesis seeks to investigate the connection between consumption and anticipated subjective wellbeing using the framework of Human Scale Development developed by Max Neef and colleagues (1991). The work intends to contribute to a wider discussion concerning the effects of a retracting economy on subjective wellbeing. READ MORE

  6. 5. The Ideal Society Workshop: an experiment in creating a new method that contributes to reclaiming Participatory Action Research for emancipation, critical consciousness and citizen power.

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Sociologiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Socialhögskolan; Lunds universitet/Sociologi

    Author : Emily Harle; [2019]
    Keywords : action research; participatory action research; critical utopian action research; participatory methods; deliberative democracy; critical consciousness; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Action Research, Participatory Action Research and participatory methods have faced a number of criticisms, including that they do not actually involve citizens or create social change, and that they are tokenistic. This thesis develops and tests a new participatory method that contributes to a democratic and emancipatory PAR that responds to these criticisms and the shortcomings of current methods. READ MORE