Essays about: "narrative identity"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 275 essays containing the words narrative identity.
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1. National Heroes, Digital Soldiers, Vulnerable Children and all the Others: A Critical Discourse Analysis of Videos Communicating the QAnon Conspiracy Theory
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för kulturvetenskaperAbstract : This thesis analyses the making of Us and Them in videos communicating the QAnon conspiracy theory, which have been circulating on online social forums. For this purpose, Multimodal Critical Discourse Analysis is used, together with Sara Ahmed’s cultural theory of emotions. READ MORE
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2. Joining NATO : A qualitative case study of Sweden’s autobiographical narrative
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : In May 2022 the Swedish government took the momentous decision to apply for membership in NATO, putting an end to what had constituted Sweden’s foreign and security policy identity for over half a century. In order to make sense of this historical shift and its entailing implications for Sweden’s identity in the international sphere, I turned to the literature on ontological security and autobiographical narratives. READ MORE
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3. An American story of hope : A narrative analysis on the role of hope within the Biden administration's biographical narrative after January 6th
University essay from FörsvarshögskolanAbstract : This thesis explores the role of hope within the Biden administration’s biographical narrative during the year after the Capitol attack on January 6th. The thesis provides for both an exploration of the case and how hope within national identity representations can be analyzed, as well as the value of hope after a disruptive event with consequences for the nation’s self-understanding. READ MORE
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4. Exploring foreign language teachers’ professional agency in Romanian Public Secondary schools.
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för pedagogik och specialpedagogikAbstract : Aim: This research aims to explore how seven foreign language teachers in a few urban public secondary schools in Romania understand and enact their professional agency and how contextual factors support or constrain its achievement. The purpose is to understand the ways in which the participants’ teaching philosophies and experiences inform their awareness and achievement of agency, what they perceive as the available contextual resources within contextual constraints, and how that reflects in their beliefs and professional aspirations. READ MORE
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5. The European Union's identity-building project, and the impact on the Romanian national identity
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för globala studierAbstract : The research brings up the ongoing debate on how globalization causes increased tension between the Global and Local identity formations. The local identity formations are challenged, and potentially diminishing in the presence of homogenized identities. Suprnationalites, are likewise questioned if they are excluding national identity formations. READ MORE