Essays about: "gendered geographies of power"

Found 3 essays containing the words gendered geographies of power.

  1. 1. Dynamics of migration, consumption and gender: The case of Ukrainian migrant women in Sweden

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

    Author : Viktoriia Zinchuk; [2018]
    Keywords : skilled migration; gender; consumption; practices.; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : How do practices of migration, consumption and gender mutually shape each other in contemporary society? In this thesis, I am trying to partly address some aspects of this question by examining the consumption practices of Ukrainian migrant mothers in Sweden. Drawing on conceptual frames of gendered geographies of power and employing a practice theory as a meta-theoretical approach, I conducted fourteen semi-structured open-ended interviews with Ukrainian migrants. READ MORE

  3. 2. Gendered spatial realities - Exploring the complexity of gendered space and place in Rosengård through a feminist application of GIS

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi

    Author : Elina Lindeborg; [2017]
    Keywords : Feminist geographies; feminist GIS; critical GIS; gendered space and place; young women; Rosengård.; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This thesis is an exploration of the complexity of gendered spaces and places. Grounding in feminist geographical theory and an understanding of space and place as gendered, the experiences and emotions of six young women from Rosengård, Malmö, connected to space and place are problematized and contextualised. READ MORE

  4. 3. Gendering Urban Exile: The Daily Lives of Syrian Women in Amman, Jordan

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Centrum för Mellanösternstudier

    Author : Alia Fakhry; [2017]
    Keywords : forced migration; refugee women; transnationalism; social worlds; gendered geographies of power; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The current Syrian crisis has pushed over 4.8 million people to seek asylum abroad, mainly in the neighbouring countries. In Jordan urban refugees, who represent 82% of registered refugees, lack visibility and help. Women are in a particularly difficult situation due to their multiple burdens as caregivers and homemakers. READ MORE