Essays about: "minority rights"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 103 essays containing the words minority rights.

  1. 1. 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

  3. 2. Language as a Ground of Discrimination: Example Swedish Finns A Critical Discourse Analysis of Swedish Minority Politics

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Mänskliga rättigheter

    Author : Kia Salmela; [2022]
    Keywords : language; language as a ground of discrimination; power relations; Critical Discourse Analysis; linguicism; linguistic human rights; human rights; national minority; Swedish Finns; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Language is a protected ground for discrimination internationally, but not in Sweden, although minority politics recognize language as a human right. This thesis focuses on Swedish Finns, one of Sweden's national minorities. READ MORE

  4. 3. You win some you lose some : Sweden’s interpretation of Multiculturalism and Sami rights

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Malmö Institute for Studies of Migration, Diversity and Welfare (MIM)

    Author : Clara Macario; [2022]
    Keywords : Sweden; Sami people; Minority rights; Liberalism; Ideology;

    Abstract : This thesis illustrates the Swedish interpretation of the national policy framework on minority and indigenous rights, by including an analysis of the Gállok mining case. The study consists of an ideology analysis of the said framework and three liberal positions on multiculturalism. READ MORE

  5. 4. Home Away from Home : A comparative study on identity, collective memory and integration with first and second-generation Assyrians in Sweden

    University essay from Jönköping University/Högskolan för lärande och kommunikation

    Author : Maria Hermez; Biblina Al-Taji; [2022]
    Keywords : First generation; Second generation; Identity; Collective Memory; Cultural Trauma; Acculturation; Integration; Assyrian; Sweden;

    Abstract : This study is about the first and second generation Assyrians in Sweden. It aims to understand what shapes their identity, and how they integrate in their host country Sweden. Previous studies have looked into the transformation of ethnic identity and integration of Assyrians in Sweden and the role that the collective memory plays. READ MORE

  6. 5. Shifting perspectives through Choreography : a study on bodily rights from an Indigenous perspective

    University essay from Stockholms konstnärliga högskola/Institutionen för scenkonst

    Author : Marit Shirin Carolasdotter; [2021]
    Keywords : Indigenous; Dance; Choreography; Repatriation; Weaving; Body; Ritual; Indigeneity; Retribution;

    Abstract : In the current globalisation of the planet, Indigenous peoples are attempting to reclaim their lands from extraction and natural disruptions due to new sustainable energy projects and dam constructions. This study is exploring how choreography and dance are addressing the issue of exploitation of land and bodies, directly weaving together ideas of ancestry and indigeneity through gathered testimonies from three Indigenous choreographers. READ MORE