Essays about: "exile community"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 6 essays containing the words exile community.
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1. Tibetan Women’s Empowerment Policy : Perspectives on Creating Equal Opportunities in Healthcare as Tibetan Healthcare Workers in Exile
University essay from Högskolan Väst/Institutionen för hälsovetenskapAbstract : Background: In Tibet, as well as in their exile community in India, there is a widespread issue of female oppression and gender inequality within healthcare. Few studies explore the progressive work of organizations fighting these issues, which can contribute to a retrogression of discrimination awareness. READ MORE
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2. Capturing Intangible Cultural Heritage - Oral Arabic Storytelling in Hammarkullen, Sweden
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturerAbstract : The vibrant suburb of Hammarkullen in Gothenburg, Sweden, provides the field of research for this thesis on oral Arabic storytelling in an exile community. In an effort to capture and document samples of tales that constitute an intangible cultural heritage whose survival is at risk, a variety of stories have been collected through interviews with, and recordings of, local Arabic-speaking storytellers. READ MORE
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3. Spatiality of Livelihood Strategies : the Reciprocal Relationships between Space and Livelihoods in the Tibetan Exile Community in India
University essay from Institutionen för kultur, energi och miljöAbstract : Research on livelihoods has been conducted across various fields but there has been less focus upon detection and analyzing of the interconnected relationships between space and livelihoods. This study investigates these relationships from a place-specific point of view utilizing the Tibetan exile community in India as a case study. READ MORE
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4. Psychological Impacts of Forced Migration in the Youth Community of West-Sahrawi Refugees
University essay from Lunds universitet/Master of Science in Development Studies; Lunds universitet/Graduate School; Lunds universitet/Institutionen för psykologiAbstract : The focus of this research is to examine the basic factors affecting the West Sahrawi young refugees’ lives and survival strategies in their situation of exile in the refugee camps of Tindouf, Algeria. The purpose is to answer the following questions: First, which are the main problems as perceived by the youth born in the refugee camps? Second, which are their coping strategies? And finally, which are the protective factors that help them to cope with their situation? The data has been collected through self reports and open interviews from 18 young Sahrawi refugees, age 12-30. READ MORE
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5. Tibetan migration to India - Why, when, how and with what consequences?
University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografiAbstract : When China occupied Tibet in 1950 in order to "liberate" Tibet from its "economic backwardness" of feudal and religious traditions, the effects were devastating. Tibetans were dispatched to labour camps, monks and nuns were executed or imprisoned, thousands of monasteries and temples were destroyed and communist propaganda was forced upon the Tibetan people. READ MORE
