Essays about: "political imaginary"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 24 essays containing the words political imaginary.

  1. 1. The voice of unheard : Chai Khana and the importance of independent media in encouraging diversity and inclusion

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap; Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kommunikation och medier

    Author : Leyla Abdullayeva; [2023]
    Keywords : Social imaginary; Cultural citizenship; Independent media; Participatory media; Media; Communication; Diversity; Inclusion; Gender in South Caucasus; Queer communities in South Caucasus; Media in South Caucasus; Social change; Cultural Sciences; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : “The voice of unheard: Chai Khana and the importance of independent media in encouraging diversity and inclusion” is a master thesis focusing on the case study of Chai Khana, an independent media platform located in the South Caucasus and covering the gender-related stories from the region, and how it represents the voices of gender oppression and marginalisation. Through adopting a methods triangulation approach including the interviews, and textual and visual analysis, the collected data presented interconnectedness of independent media practices, diversity and inclusion, social imaginary and cultural citizenship. READ MORE

  3. 2. Socio-technical imaginaries of the energy transition in Iceland, potential consequences for future conservation efforts

    University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

    Author : Sigurlaug Guðmundsdóttir; [2023]
    Keywords : energy transition; conservation; socio-technical imaginaries; discourse analysis; political ecology; Iceland; Sustainability Science; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : In 2021, the Icelandic government stated that Iceland will implement an energy transition plan with the goal of becoming a 100% carbon neutral and fossil free nation by 2040, furthermore, that a doubling in renewable energy production was needed to reach that goal. This led to an upsurge of a discourse among stakeholders and concerned citizens about the future of Iceland. READ MORE

  4. 3. The Effect of Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine on the Political Imaginary of European Right-Wing Populist Parties

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Wilma Nyman; [2023]
    Keywords : Western right-wing populist parties; Russia; political imaginary; political narratives; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : The polarizing effect on the relationship between the West and Russia poses poses challenges to the otherwise close ties between right-wing populist parties and Russia. The thesis utilizes political imaginary in conjunction with political narratives to understand the impact of Russia's invasion of Ukraine in 2022 on the political imaginaries of the Sweden Democrats, the National Rally, and the Freedom Party The study specifically explores how these parties perceive Russia as their leader, their opposition to the European Union (EU), and thus also the underlying tension between populism and liberal democracy. READ MORE

  5. 4. What is unattainable? Rethinking utopia and degrowth as a different social imaginary

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Wictoria Larsson; [2023]
    Keywords : Degrowth; utopianism; growth; post-development; sustainable development; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : The aim of this thesis is to investigate how degrowth is represented in Swedish media. It uses Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) to analyse the empirical material, consisting of 31 articles from four different newspapers in Sweden. READ MORE

  6. 5. Exploring the Future in a What-if Mode - A Philosophical and Critical Investigation into the Use of Scenarios in Climate Science

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; Lunds universitet/Humanekologi

    Author : Franciszek Wieslaw Korbanski; [2023]
    Keywords : scenario; future; the IPCC; Synthesis Report; Mark Fisher; hauntology; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The figure of scenarios is frequently used in present-day climate science and plays a prominent role in the architecture of the IPCC Reports. In this work, I undertake a philosophical and critical investigation into the ontological, epistemological and temporal modalities of the figure of scenario. READ MORE