Essays about: "revealing truth"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 essays containing the words revealing truth.

1. 1. Resisting from within : Analysis of intersectional narratives in the "burkini" case in France

   University essay from Linköpings universitet/Tema Genus

   Author : Anne-Lise Denoeud; [2023]
   Keywords : Intersectionality; Burkini; Islamophobia; Muslim women; Gender; Race; White gaze; Anti-racism; Feminism; France; Intersectionnalité; Burkini; Islamophobie; Femmes musulmanes; Genre; Race; Regard blanc; Anti-racisme; Féminisme; France;

   Abstract : Since summer 2016 France has experienced several episodes of “moral panic” about a three-pieces swimsuit worn by Muslim women, the “burkini”, whether on the occasion of attempts to ban it from beaches, or on the opposite to allow it in the swimming pools. These Islamophobic expressions are part of a French history of shaping the figure of “Muslim women”, controlling their bodies through their clothing, from “veil” to “burkini”, and silencing them. READ MORE

3. 2. Talking Communities : Sámi Trail of Tears as a Model of Habitus-Based Reconciliation

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

   Author : Janne Sirniö; [2023]
   Keywords : Truth Commissioning; Reconciliation; Forceful Displacement; Indigeneity; Slow Violence; Green Transition; Verdi System; Slow Tourism; Theory of Communicative Action;

   Abstract : This conflict study in Theology investigates reconciliation possibilities in indigenous lands in northern Sweden to be discussed through the Sámi Trail of Tears Walking Trail – a real-life innovation project. The historical material is based on the depiction of forcefully dislocated Sámis and the now polarized situation where local indigenous groups risk new conflicts partly with each other, partly with extractive industries, motorized tourism, and the majority’s society. READ MORE

4. 3. The Erosion of Objective Truth : A Comparative Study of the War in Ukraine using Digital Humanities Methods on Russian Disinformation Campaigns and Developing Technologies

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för kulturvetenskaper (KV)

   Author : Toby Logan; [2022]
   Keywords : Disinformation; Artificial Intelligence; Social Media; Cyber Warfare; Defence and Security; Digital Humanities; International Relations;

   Abstract : This thesis shall utilise digital humanities methods via modest data-collection tools to quantify and study the online discussion involving Russia and Ukraine online. The research shall apply sentiment analysis to Twitter data to understand the general divisiveness online relating to the war in Ukraine. READ MORE

5. 4. Shaping the Future City - Ethical Considerations of Implementation of Technology in Urban Design

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för Urbana Studier (US)

   Author : Daria Makhotina Gudnason; [2022]
   Keywords : smart city; big data; ethical issues; citizen participation;

   Abstract : Reliable data is the strongest driving force of the modern Smart City. To get access to relevant information that will allow building a long-term management policy, the city is filled with sensors and video cameras connected to a high-speed data transmission infrastructure. READ MORE

6. 5. Sublime Transactions. The Gestures of Poetry and Criticism with Anne Carson, the Scholar-Poet

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Masterprogram: Litteratur - Kultur – Media

   Author : Edda Ahrent; [2021]
   Keywords : Anne Carson; hermeneutics; Massumi; Kristeva; Greenblatt; literary criticism; poetry; affect; play; intertextuality; Languages and Literatures;

   Abstract : The 20th century, as well as the 21st, is ripe with hermeneutic anxiety concerning the survival of the object of interpretation and the right way to study literature. In this thesis, the Canadian scholar-poet Anne Carson is studied as a framework to an understanding of how poetry and literary criticism – the event of hermeneutics – co-occur, converge, and diverge. READ MORE