Essays about: "homeland"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 79 essays containing the word homeland.

  1. 16. The Portrait of a Homeland : An Analysis of the Image of Sweden and Swedish Poverty in the Swedish American Post, Year 1887

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för konst, kultur och kommunikation (K3)

    Author : Elin Williams; [2022]
    Keywords : Swedish American press; qualitative research; news journalism; communication for development; social change theory; representation theory;

    Abstract : In the late 1800’s, Sweden was undergoing a population growth and had experienced several crop failures. With the majority of the population being farmers, the migration to North America gave Swedish emigrants an economic opportunity that wasn’t available in the homeland. This resulted in a mass exodus. READ MORE

  3. 17. Chilean diaspora in Sweden & the effects of social media platforms on their desire to travel back

    University essay from Södertörns högskola/Turismvetenskap

    Author : Patricia Ramirez; [2022]
    Keywords : Diaspora Tourism; Sweden; Second Generation; Third Generation; Social Media Platforms; Chile;

    Abstract : This study examines what role, impact and relationship social media platforms have on second and third generation Chilean diaspora that are living in Sweden when traveling back to Chile. The study uses thematic analysis and 25 qualitative semi-structured interviews with second and third generation Chilean diaspora members, whose age is between 25 and 50 and who has traveled to Chile or are planning to travel there. READ MORE

  4. 18. "If I do not provide for my family, who else will?" : A qualitative study on motives behind remittances and the impact it has on Iraqi and Somali migrants in Sweden

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

    Author : Hodan Abdi; Meysa Ati; [2021]
    Keywords : Remittances; Transnationalism; Motives; and Swedish Migrants;

    Abstract : According to the World Bank’s (2019) latest Migration and Development Brief, remittances to low and middle-income countries reached a record high in 2018. This study examines Swedish migrants’ motives behind remittances and their experience with the social and economic impact of sending remittances. READ MORE

  5. 19. Media Path to Identity : The Journey of Vietnamese Young Generation Making Sense of Their Identity in the Media Space

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap; Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kommunikation och medier

    Author : Thanh Nga; [2021]
    Keywords : Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Recent research has noticed that the picture of the second-generation immigrants negotiating their identity in media space is different and far more complex than the first generation. With their emergence in the new age of digitalisation, the second-generation immigrant is offered more media choices and freedom of access to the two most important cultural sets of host and homeland country to make sense of their identity. READ MORE

  6. 20. Identity and connection through culture : The use of storytelling, co-design and cultural heritage for socio-cultural integration of immigrants

    University essay from Högskolan i Skövde/Institutionen för informationsteknologi

    Author : Vita Kajonius; [2021]
    Keywords : Storytelling; cultural heritage; co-design; identity; socio-cultural integration;

    Abstract : This report studies three storytelling subprojects within the field of cultural heritage to see how storytelling, co-design and cultural heritage can strengthen immigrants’ personal identity and contribute to their socio-cultural integration. It also aims to examine what factors contribute to a successful collaboration. READ MORE