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1. 1. The new Italian take on food sovereignty : a discourse analysis of food sovereignty in different contexts

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

   Author : Diana Gafur; [2024]
   Keywords : food sovereignty; discourse theory; discourse analysis; chain of equivalence; nodal point; La Via Campesina; Italian Government; sustainability;

   Abstract : This research is investigating the Italian Government’s use of the food sovereignty discourse. This study aims to gain a deeper understanding of the semantic term and how its meaning changes in different contexts. Food sovereignty was originally coined by the “peasant movement” called La Via Campesina. READ MORE

3. 2. The Howl of the Lone Wolf

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

   Author : Jonna Rolfsson; [2023]
   Keywords : Lone Wolf; Manifesto; Narrative; Targets; Right-wing; Underdog; Ideology; Social System; Social Order; Crisis; Violence; Mass-harm; Replacement; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Attacks of mass-harm perpetrated by lone actor terrorists, also known as lone wolves which they are called in this study, have been increasing in the last few decades and has become one of the main national security threats in Sweden. With the increase in attacks, so has the research on this type of terrorism, looking at ideological reasons, target selection and the radicalisation process as well as comparisons to group-based terrorism. READ MORE

4. 3. Transforming Heterotopia : Exploring how Women Danmei Fans Explore Gender, Build Community, and Circumvent Censorship

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Medier och kommunikation

   Author : Xinwen Hu; [2023]
   Keywords : Danmei fandom; Chinese subculture; fanfiction; Censorship; Cultural studies;

   Abstract : Danmei fandom is a subcultural community of young women in China. In the context of strict online censorship in China, they engage in the practices of writing, sharing, and reading Danmei fanfic, which is fan secondary works that focuses on the romantic relationship between male characters in media content and popular culture productions. READ MORE

5. 4. REPOLITICIZING AIRPORT ACTIVISM? Exploring the discursive struggle of environmental movements & news media in the context of depoliticized eco-politics

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för journalistik och masskommunikation

   Author : Erika Stacke; [2022-09-01]
   Keywords : Environmental movements; activism; news media; discursive struggle; post-politics; depoliticization; political debate; eco-politics;

   Abstract : In a situation of ecological degradation and rapid climate change, environmental movements aim to create debate and attain political change. Here, news media is an important actor, possessing the power to represent movements and their cause in ways that legitimize or disqualify their voice in public debate. READ MORE

6. 5. A Benjaminian Gaze on the Representation of Historical Conjunctures in the Illustrated Magazine Arbeiter-Illustrierte-Zeitung 1924-1935

   University essay from Mittuniversitetet/Institutionen för humaniora och samhällsvetenskap

   Author : John Norrman; [2022]
   Keywords : ;

   Abstract : Denna magistertes undersöker hur bildrepresentationer av förflutna och samtida konjunkturer används, i den tyska kommunistiska tidskriften Arbeiter-Illustrierte-Zeitung(AIZ, 1921-38) under perioden 1924-1935. Under dessa år, då tidskriften bar namnet AIZ, var den också som mest populär. READ MORE