Essays about: "school and community relations"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 22 essays containing the words school and community relations.

  1. 1. Between a Rock and a Hard Place: A Qualitative Study on Communal Belonging and Interfaith Relations among Jordanian Christians

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Leonardo Del Piccolo; [2023]
    Keywords : Jordan; Christians; minority; identity; sectarianism; belonging; qualitative research; thematic analysis; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The Jordanian Christian community is, in many aspects, a unique case within the MENA region. Mostly neglected by scholars and the mainstream public alike, it is perceived as unproblematic due to the institutional guarantees granted by the Hashemite regime, and the absence of apparent existential threats. READ MORE

  3. 2. ‘Two Schools under One Roof’: How do students of different ethnicities experience partaking in this education system : A Case Study of Gymnasium Mostar

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för ekonomisk historia och internationella relationer

    Author : Robert Marić; [2023]
    Keywords : intergroup relations; integration and segregation; student experience; education system; Bosnia and Herzegovina;

    Abstract : Education is widely acknowledged as a catalyst for social change and progress within society. Contact theory supports this notion and suggests that fostering interactions between individuals from different groups can effectively reduce prejudice and promote peace. READ MORE

  4. 3. Business in transit: Entrepreneurship and integration of Syrian refugees in Jordan and Turkey. A qualitative comparative study

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Ghadeer Hussein; [2022]
    Keywords : Integration; Syrian Refugees; Entrepreneurship; Refugee Effect; MENA region; Transit countries; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The Syrian crisis has forced around five million Syrian refugees to flee their homes and cross the borders to seek asylum in other countries. Most of those refugees live in neighbouring countries, and their only viable option is local integration and full participation in the economic and social life in the host countries. READ MORE

  5. 4. Sámi people belong in Umeå: A qualitative research of institutions ontological security provision for the Sámi community in Umeå

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Alicia Barkström; [2022]
    Keywords : Ontological security; Sámi; Identity; Belonging; Decolonial theory; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : For many years, indigeneity has been conceptualized as rural, making Indigenous communities and people in cities invisible globally. For the Sámi people, Europe’s only indigenous people, security is mainly understood as physical-centering extraction and environmental degradation. READ MORE

  6. 5. “I come here to know” : Muslims navigating space, (in)visibility, and fluidity of religious practice in Uppsala, Sweden

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för kulturantropologi och etnologi

    Author : Hossam Eldin Sultan; [2022]
    Keywords : placemaking; space; Muslim; Islam; mosque; religious practice; religion; strategies; tactics; consensus; fluidity; Uppsala; Sweden;

    Abstract : This ethnographic study investigates the process of placemaking in the context of the newly built Al-Hamd Mosque as a Muslim place of worship in Uppsala, Sweden. I consider how access to space e.g., a mosque or a prayer room, affects the religious practices of Muslims in their everyday life at work, school, or in public. READ MORE