Essays about: "post-structural analysis"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 34 essays containing the words post-structural analysis.
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1. Beyond Heteronormativity : A Critical Discourse Analysis of the Gender Equality Policy in Sweden
University essay from Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för kultur och samhälleAbstract : As one of the world's most equal countries, gender equality holds significant importance in Sweden. This thesis examines how Sweden formulates its gender equality policy accordingly. From a post-structural feminist perspective, this thesis conducts a critical discourse analysis of the Gender Equality Policy in Sweden. READ MORE
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2. Enforcement Against Exploitation, Working Hard or Hardly Working? : Exploring How Canadian Policy Discourse Problematizes the Labour Exploitation of Migrant Workers
University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för globala politiska studier (GPS)Abstract : This thesis aims to outline how the labour exploitation of migrant workers is problematized in contemporary Canadian labour migration policy discourse; the consequences of this problematization(s), and possibilities for creating an alternative critical space for discourse. Using concepts of (social) harm, (un)freedom, and (hyper)precarity as departure points for analysis, this project endeavours to untangle problematizations of migrant worker exploitation from their representations in Canadian policy discourse through a post-structural policy analysis. READ MORE
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3. Mobile period tracker apps and personalisation : Creating a personalised design that meets the diverse needs of people who menstruate
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för informatik och mediaAbstract : The popularity of mobile period tracker apps, designed to help women track their periods and fertility, has skyrocketed over the past decade. The target audience is people who menstruate, most often women. There are numerous articles on personalisation in mobile apps, but personalisation in mobile period tracker apps has been little studied. READ MORE
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4. American national identity at the start and end of the war in Afghanistan: A comparative narrative analysis of presidential speeches
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för globala studierAbstract : The purpose of this essay is to investigate the production of American national identity at the start and end of America’s warfare in Afghanistan, and to reach an understanding how the identity-construction legitimatized America’s actions at those moments. Based on a post structural understanding of identity as constructed and reproduced through action and speech, this study examines and compares speeches held by presidents George Bush and Joe Biden in relation to the start and end of the war. READ MORE
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5. Locating Indigenous Agencies in Climate Policies of the Arctic : Positionalities of Indigenous People(s) and Traditional Knowledge in the Science-Policy Discourse of Climate Change
University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för globala politiska studier (GPS)Abstract : Indigenous people in the Arctic are recognized as being on front line of confronting the effects of changing climate as well as of the global measures taken for its management, however, remaining marginalized under the conventional ways of governing. This thesis examines the positionalities of indigenous people(s) and traditional knowledge in the science-policy discourse of climate change. READ MORE
