Essays about: "minority culture rights"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 17 essays containing the words minority culture rights.

1. 1. Conflicting Right to Rights : Testing multicultural group rights under clashing cultural claims

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Gustaf Lindskog; [2023]
   Keywords : Liberal multiculturalism; multicultural group rights; cultural ownership; minority rights;

   Abstract : The theory of liberal multiculturalism is based on a normative concept of liberalism leading to the implication of recognized cultural minority rights. However, there is no clear depiction of how liberal multiculturalism responds to the case of different cultural groups placing claims over one same excludable resource. READ MORE

3. 2. Cultural Genocide within International Law : A Legal Analysis of Power Dynamics

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för globala politiska studier (GPS)

   Author : Jinan I M Rawab; [2023]
   Keywords : International Law; Human Rights; Genocide Convention; Cultural Genocide; Law Cases; United Nations; Power Dynamics;

   Abstract : The crime of cultural genocide refers to the deliberate and systematic destruction or erasure of the cultural heritage, traditions, practices, and institutions of a group. It involves actions or policies aimed at undermining, suppressing, or eradicating the unique elements that define a culture, such as its language, customs, beliefs and way of life. READ MORE

4. 3. Platsanknuten konstnärlig gestaltning : vikten av att välja rätt plats för konst i det offentliga rummet

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

   Author : Anna Backman; Sofie Laitamaa; [2022]
   Keywords : Landskapsarkitektur; offentlig konst; platsspecifik konst; tornedalsk konst; gestaltning; social hållbarhet; offentliga rummen; assimileringspolitik; minoritet; Tornedalen; tornedalingar; samverkan; samråd;

   Abstract : Tornedalingar är en svensk minoritet från Tornedalen som ligger i norra Sverige. Under historien har minoriteten utsatts för en assimileringspolitik för att försvenska tornedalingar. Detta har framförallt påverkat användningen av deras språk, meänkieli. READ MORE

5. 4. Justifying Legal Rights of Nature : An ideational analysis of the Te Awa Tupua Bill debate in New Zealand

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Nanna Friman; [2021]
   Keywords : Rights of Nature; Legal Personality; Whanganui;

   Abstract : In 2017, the Whanganui River in New Zealand gained legal personality, a potentially norm-breaking legislation that could challenge society to view nature differently. It is thus important to understand the reasons and justifications behind such a decision. READ MORE

6. 5. The‌ ‌Role‌ ‌of‌ ‌Public‌ ‌Libraries‌ ‌in‌ ‌the‌ ‌Promotion‌ ‌of‌ ‌Sami‌ ‌Rights‌ ‌in‌ ‌Sweden‌ : A Normative Perspective

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för globala politiska studier (GPS)

   Author : Elin Lundin; [2021]
   Keywords : Public library; Sami minority; Sweden; minority language rights; minority culture rights;

   Abstract : According to 2§ of the Swedish Library Act, libraries shall work towards the development of a democratic society by spreading knowledge and providing people with the possibility to form their own opinions (SFS, 2013:801). It’s a natural consequence that Sweden’s national minorities are not provided with the same amount of services as the majority community, however the extent of how much space the minorities ought to be given in public libraries is a relatively unexplored research topic. READ MORE