Essays about: "discursive object"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 22 essays containing the words discursive object.

  1. 6. Who is the Economista? : The Paradox of Feminism: Collectivism and Individualism Within an Online Group for Female Private Investors

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för informatik och media

    Author : Nathalie Saller; [2021]
    Keywords : Fourth wave feminism; postfeminism; neoliberal feminism; social media; Facebook groups; separatism; women’s communities; economy; investing; consciousness raising; safe spaces online;

    Abstract : In the last few years, there has been an explosion of Facebook groups specifically directed at a female audience. One topic that seems to organize and interest Swedish women especially is money. READ MORE

  3. 7. Concepts of Digital Objects : Digital Records and the Relational Objects of Yuk Hui

    University essay from Mittuniversitetet/Institutionen för informationssystem och –teknologi

    Author : Sebastian Rozenberg; [2020]
    Keywords : digital archives; digital objects; digital records; metatheory; Ontology; ontologies; phenomenology; philosophy; Yuk Hui.; digitala arkiv; digitala objekt; digitala records; metateori; ontologi; ontologier; fenomenologi; filosofi; Yuk Hui.;

    Abstract : The writings of Yuk Hui, bringing together technical and philosophical insights, provides new theory for the digital, something desired by many in archival research. The aim of this study is to assess the use of Hui’s theories on digital objects and web ontologies as a unifying theory for archival studies, looking at the concept of digital records in particular. READ MORE

  4. 8. Act 140 as a securitization measure: A study on the shift from integration to repatriation in the Danish asylum system

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Rättssociologiska institutionen

    Author : Daljit Kaur Singh; [2019]
    Keywords : Asylum and Refugee Rights; the Refugee Convention; Nationalism; Securitization; Social Integration; Repatriation; Political Communities; Critical Discourse Analysis; Othering Narrative; Assimilation; Multiculturalism; Parliamentary Debates; Socio-Legal Research; Human Rights; Civil Rights; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The Danish asylum system has experienced radical changes during 2019 in regards to asylum and refugee rights with the right-wing governing coalition’s introduction of Act 140. Central to Act 140 is the repatriation philosophy that is carried out in practice with an increased focus on temporary residency of refugees within the Danish asylum system as opposed to permanency. READ MORE

  5. 9. The retreat of multiculturalism in the Netherlands: A post-structural policy analysis

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

    Author : Elina Airiian; [2019]
    Keywords : Dutch integration; Policy analysis; Bacchi; WPR; Post-structuralism; Governmentality;

    Abstract : Since the 1990’s, the retreat of multiculturalism has been described as an integration policy trend across European states. There is however much disagreement among scholars on how this phenomenon should be understood and whether it actually exists. READ MORE

  6. 10. Branding the Others

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för strategisk kommunikation

    Author : Ha An Nguyen; [2019]
    Keywords : nation branding; postcolonialism; feminism; Western popular culture; critical discourse analysis; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : In view of the fact that Western films are one of the most consumed forms of popular culture in the world market, this study argues that they are, therefore, integral to the nation branding process of non Western countries. Anchored in postcolonial theory, this research purposely turned to Fairclough’s Critical Discourse Analysis model as a matching analytical framework. READ MORE