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  1. 1. “It’s not a compliment! It’s a crime” : How young women in the UKare talking about street harassment

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Umeå centrum för genusstudier (UCGS)

    Author : Mullane Nicole; [2021]
    Keywords : men’s violence against women; street harassment; sexual harassment; public space; fear and safety work; gender relations; feminist phenomenology; collective story telling; Sarah Everard; United Kingdom;

    Abstract : This study explores experiences of public sexual harassment among young women in the UKin light of a renewed focus on violence against women after Sarah Everard was raped andmurdered while walking home during lockdown. Thirteen young women were interviewed while this case dominated British media and public debate. READ MORE

  3. 2. Sweet Blood Surveillance: An ethnographic approach to diabetes management through the Diabetes Care Network

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för etnologi

    Author : Jesse Vargas; [2020]
    Keywords : Diabetes Care Network DCN ; Type 1 Diabetes; Sociotechnical System; Ethnography; Technology and Engineering; Medicine and Health Sciences; Cultural Sciences;

    Abstract : Is the management of Type 1 Diabetes best left to the medical sciences, or do the social sciences have a stake as well? In ‘Sweet Blood Surveillance,’ I push back against the perceived domination of scientific objectivity to make space for the subjective experience of diabetes in the maintenance of glucose levels through a collaboration with medical technical objects. To accomplish my task, I create an analytical tool, the Diabetes Care Network, in order to conceptualize the sociotechnical system of postmodern diabetes care, focusing on the social group of the User. READ MORE

  4. 3. Uses and Issues – The case of Visby Cathedral : An analysis of values and frictions associated with usage at a venue that is both cultural heritage and an active religious institution

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för teknikvetenskaper

    Author : Walter Duphorn; [2019]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : This thesis is a case study of Visby Cathedral, cultural heritage with a rich history that has been an active site of worship since medieval times. This has resulted in an interest in the cathedral as a tourist destination which has increased exponentially since the city became a world heritage. READ MORE

  5. 4. Not gay as in happy, but queer as in fuck you : an examination into how subaltern counterpublics contribute to understanding social change towards commons management

    University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

    Author : Georgia Verkuylen; [2018]
    Keywords : commons management; queer; subaltern counterpublics; social change; tragedy of the commons; play partym; sustainability science; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Optimal management of the commons to ensure sustainability relies on community management. Despite widespread knowledge of this, conventional wisdom is locked into how much the state should regulate the market. READ MORE

  6. 5. A Discourse Analysis of Masculinity Construction as Climate Change Denial : Hegemonic Masculinity Pushes Back

    University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för humaniora

    Author : Emelie Månsson; [2017]
    Keywords : industrial masculinity; hegemonic masculinity; climate change denial; Republican; ecofeminism; feminist critical discourse analysis; dualisms;

    Abstract : This thesis sets out to understand if climate change denial is a way in which industrial hegemonic masculinity is constructed through American conservative political discourse. Rooted in ecofeminist theory and feminist discourse analysis, its main material is the Republican Platform of 2016 with the addition of Fox News and statements by Republican high-profile politicians. READ MORE