Essays about: "modernity"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 194 essays containing the word modernity.

  1. 11. Research on the Impetus of Douyin to City Tourist Image Construction and Dissemination in China - The Case of Xi’an

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Centrum för öst- och sydöstasienstudier

    Author : Jie Xu; [2023]
    Keywords : City tourist images’ construction and dissemination; Semiotic theory; “5W” communication theory; Diversification and homogenization; Destination images of Xi’an; China; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This thesis investigated how the short video sharing application Douyin produces an effect on city tourist images’ construction and dissemination in China, taking the Internet-famous city of Xi’an as a case study. Based on the semiotic theory and “5W” communication theory, the author collected 30 Xi’an-related short videos on Douyin as samples and recorded the relevant data manually for analysis. READ MORE

  3. 12. On the Production of the Humanitarian Subject : A Decolonial Exploration of Innocence

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Avdelningen för migration, etnicitet och samhälle (REMESO)

    Author : Sarah Nefeli Lola Goosens; [2023]
    Keywords : Humanitarianism; Modernity Coloniality; Innocence; Emotions; Autoethnography; Storytelling; Decolonial Research.;

    Abstract : This thesis seeks to explore how humanitarian communication produces subjectivities for individuals. More specifically, it investigates how the innocent modern/colonial humanitarian subject is produced through appeals to emotions. To explore this phenomenon, this thesis develops a decolonial research approach grounded in epistemic disobedience. READ MORE

  4. 13. Life of one's own: negotiating homosexuality with the family and party-state in China

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

    Author : Daiyi Chen; [2023]
    Keywords : tongzhi; homosexuality; family; party-state; individualization; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The current study explores the process of how tongzhi, namely the homosexual men in China, who works for the party-state negotiates homosexuality with the family and the party-state in China. Under the background of the individualization of Chinese society, tongzhi has been pursuing to liberate homosexuality while encountering oppression from the family and the party-state. READ MORE

  5. 14. Colonial Tendencies of Voluntourism: A Postcolonial Analysis of Weltwärts Testimonials

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Sociologi

    Author : Amelie Aue; [2023]
    Keywords : Voluntourism; Weltwärts; Development; Postcolonial Theory; Coloniality of Power; Orientalism; white Saviorism; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Voluntourism is often described as a sustainable development strategy facilitating Global Learning and cross-cultural exchange. Initiated by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), the voluntourism program Weltwärts strives to create stronger international partnerships, development engagement, and equitable encounters. READ MORE

  6. 15. When Religious, Civil, and National Representations Clash : A Decolonial View on Georgian Muslims as Internal Others

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Avdelningen för migration, etnicitet och samhälle (REMESO)

    Author : Gvantsa Gatenadze; [2023]
    Keywords : Adjara; Adjarian Muslim; Decolonial Approach; Decoloniality; Ethnicization of Religion; Georgia; Soviet Colonialism; Soviet Modernity.;

    Abstract : The othering and exclusion of religious minority groups in Georgia is often understood through the prism of religious nationalism, which is argued to have developed as a result of the collapse of the Soviet Union and the respective need to fill up the leftover systemic void. Ethno-national and religious identity markers were used to create the image of true, pre-Soviet Georgian – Christian, ethnically Georgian group. READ MORE