Essays about: "postcolonial perspective"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 109 essays containing the words postcolonial perspective.

1. 6. Development Studies from a Decolonial Perspective:Discourse Analysis on the OECD Development Reports

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

   Author : Ana Lucía Garín Rodríguez; [2023]
   Keywords : Development; Decolonial Thought; Discourse Analysis; Postcolonial and Neo-colonial Theories; OECD; Global South; Wester-centrism.; Pensamiento Decolonial; Subalternidad; Pensamiento Latinoamericano;

   Abstract : The concept of development has been extensively researched, and it isa key topic in political and economic international and domestic agendas.Modernization and globalization theories have been the most prevalentanalytical approaches to development, but from a postcolonial and decolonialperspective, these theories are Western-centric, overgeneralized, andoverused. READ MORE

3. 7. Strategic Spatial Planning in an Evolving Governance Structure : Decolonizing Planning in Namibia

   University essay from Blekinge Tekniska Högskola/Institutionen för fysisk planering

   Author : Tove Söder; [2023]
   Keywords : Namibia; Strategic Spatial Planning SSP ; planning process; decentralization; policy implementation; post-colonial; urban sprawl; spatial planning; strategy implementation; strategy-making;

   Abstract : This research explores the challenges the Namibian government faces in the planning process when implementing policies for strategic spatial planning (SSP). The study considers the entire Namibian planning process which primarily is governed top-down but has since independence adopted policies to decentralize power. READ MORE

4. 8. “Affected Indifference, or Momentary Shame” : Gothic Awareness in Northanger Abbey and Mexican Gothic

   University essay from Högskolan i Halmstad/Akademin för lärande, humaniora och samhälle

   Author : Andrea Johansson; [2023]
   Keywords : Jane Austen; Silvia Moreno-Garcia; Gothic awareness; female sexuality; sexual violence; domestic entrapment; exploitation;

   Abstract : Feminist scholars have focused on the Gothic as a medium for expressing the horrors of female experience in a patriarchal society. This study examines Gothic awareness in Jane Austen’s Northanger Abbey and Silvia Moreno-Garcia’s Mexican Gothic. READ MORE

5. 9. 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. 10. ‘‘Well, thank God I did not have to do that.’’: How Jamaica Kincaid’s Lucy Can Be Used To Enhance an Understanding of Postcolonial Theory in the ESL Classroom

   University essay from Högskolan i Halmstad/Akademin för lärande, humaniora och samhälle

   Author : Nadine Noureddine; [2023]
   Keywords : Postcolonial theory; othering; unhomeliness; postcolonial teaching; collaborative learning;

   Abstract : Teachers tend to refrain from using a postcolonial perspective in their teaching of literaturebecause they do not know quite how to approach the task. The purpose of this essay is to remedy such a problem. The argument is built on three concepts: unhomeliness, dual identities and othering. READ MORE