Essays about: "protesting"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 35 essays containing the word protesting.

1. 1. Politics at Play: Analyzing discussions on political protests in Animal Crossing - New Horizons

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för etnologi

   Author : Cecilia Lundström; [2023]
   Keywords : Foucault; political discourse; protesting; video games; Animal Crossing; ludology; online communication; politisk diskurs; protester; tv-spel; ludologi; onlineforum; Cultural Sciences;

   Abstract : Executing and performing political protests is not just for the streets. A number of political protests have been held in video games, using the features of the game to convey political messages. In a world where there is ample possibility to communicate online, players are able to discuss these protests in online communities. READ MORE

3. 2. Egenproducerad mat är suveränt! : en studie om Nya gröna vågens småbrukare, den rådande matregimen, prefigurativism och matsuveränitet

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

   Author : Henrik Carl William Johansson; [2023]
   Keywords : Nya gröna vågen; självförsörjningsinriktad matproduktion; matsuveränitet; matregim; matsystem; prefigurativt politiskt handlande; småbrukare;

   Abstract : Denna uppsats undersöker vilka motiv och drivkrafter som ligger till grund för den Nya gröna vågens självförsörjningsinriktade matproduktion och hur dessa kommer till uttryck i praktiken. Uppsatsen undersöker hur dessa småbrukares agerande kan beskrivas som prefigurativt politiskt handlande i förhållande till den rådande matregimen och slutligen om och hur dessa småbrukares berättelser och agerande kan beskrivas inneha viss resonans med matsuveränitet som koncept och politisk vision. READ MORE

4. 3. Media: Where the Voices of the Local and the Diaspora Meet : Women-led Protests in Iran from September 2022 to March 2023

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för konst, kultur och kommunikation (K3)

   Author : Stefanie Mitchell; [2023]
   Keywords : Mahsa Amini; Iran; Protests; 2023; Rights; Hijab; Diaspora; Unity;

   Abstract : This degree project focuses on the representation and intersection of the voice of the Iranian local and the voice of the diaspora in international media, exploring the ‘unity’ of the local and the diaspora as put forth by media during the 2022 protests in Iran.  The death of Jinha Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Kurdish-Iranian woman in police custody made international news headlines on 16 September 2022 and quickly became a transnational social movement for change against the repression of women in Iran. READ MORE

5. 4. Activism in MMORPGs: A case studyof the MapleStory player boycott

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Medier och kommunikation

   Author : Tanzila Hakeem; [2022]
   Keywords : Gaming; Consumer Activism; Networked Social Movements; Digital Activism; Fandom; Participation; Consumerism; Globalization; Boycotting; Internet studies; social movements; Participatory politics;

   Abstract : This thesis explores how online gaming has become a central tool for networked social movements to participate in consumer activism. I look at the case study of MapleStory: a Korean MMORPG game and their consumer activism efforts started by the players. READ MORE

6. 5. The tale of having no control over your own body: Abortion and sex education in Poland

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för statsvetenskap (ST)

   Author : Oliwia Heintze; [2022]
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   Abstract : In November 2020 Constitutional Tribunal announced that it will start working on stricter abortion law in Poland. Poland has already one of the strictest abortion laws in the wholeEurope and this information and Constitutional’s Tribunal announcement created confusionamong the society. READ MORE