Essays about: "post-colonialism"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 100 essays containing the word post-colonialism.

  1. 6. Academic Human Rights Education in a Transnational Perspective on the Example of the Raoul Wallenberg Institute

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

    Author : Julia Seipel; [2023]
    Keywords : Transnational Human Rights Education; Decolonising; Post-Colonialism; Localisation of Knowledge; Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law;

    Abstract : In this thesis, I explore positions of power in transnational human rights education, using The Raoul Wallenberg Institute as example in a case study. I am interested to know how human rights knowledge is produced and transferred in a global system of human rights education. READ MORE

  3. 7. The impacts of a cancelled large-scale agricultural investment on smallholder farmers’ land use and access

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

    Author : Philipp Erbach; [2023]
    Keywords : large-scale; agriculture; small-scale farming; power relations; knowledge; post-colonialism; land; Tanzania;

    Abstract : Large-scale agricultural investments have seen a rise in popularity over the years, promising economic growth, food security, and poverty eradication around the globe. Through the rising involvement of development aid agencies with private investors, the number of foreign large-scale investments in developing countries significantly increased. READ MORE

  4. 8. Subalternity and Insubordination : A Postcolonial Analysis of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Americanah

    University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för humaniora

    Author : Karin Rosenqvist; [2023]
    Keywords : Post-colonialism; Nigeria; feminism; Adichie; subaltern;

    Abstract : In Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s novel Americanah the young female protagonist is unexpectedly thrown into a life of marginalisation when she migrates from Nigeria to the American East coast. Having grown up in Nigeria her skin colour has neither been an issue nor of consideration to her, but it soon becomes apparent that elsewhere her complexion evokes expectations and functions as a breeding ground for prejudice. READ MORE

  5. 9. Colonialism, Cinema, and Critique: Examining the Rhetoric in Opinion Pieces on Farha

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Sociologi

    Author : Sara Abbas; [2023]
    Keywords : Rhetoric; Israel; Palestine; newspaper study; Farha film; post-colonialism.; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This dissertation examines media articles' use of rhetoric to discuss the film Farha (2021) specifically the following research questions: 1. What rhetoric is used to express sympathy and praise of the film and 2. What rhetoric is used to express opposition and condemnation of the film. READ MORE

  6. 10. The Scapegoat of Myanmar : A Historical and Comparative Analysis of the Rohingya Issue

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

    Author : Csanád Zalatnai; [2023]
    Keywords : Myanmar; Rohingya; Buddhist Nationalism; Scapegoat; Conflict; Ethnicity;

    Abstract : The Rohingya are considered one of the most oppressed ethnicities in the group, due to their losing their citizenship and being persecuted, and being victims of state-sponsored violence. This thesis aims to find the reasoning behind, why the Rohingya have been targeted and treated as a scapegoat within Myanmar. READ MORE