Essays about: "slow violence"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 21 essays containing the words slow violence.

  1. 1. Violence at the border: Exploring portrayals of violence in news articles reporting the border conflicts between Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutet för Rysslands- och Eurasienstudier; Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för informatik och media

    Author : Susanna Mäkelä; [2023]
    Keywords : Kyrgyzstan; Tajikistan; border conflict; slow violence; news media;

    Abstract : Using Nixon’s (2011) conceptualisation of slow violence, this study explores how violence is portrayed in English-language news articles reporting the Kyrgyz-Tajik border conflicts in April 2021 and September 2022. This study aims to discover the ways in which violence is communicated to English-speaking audiences, and, in a larger context, it contributes to the understanding of violence produced in border conflicts. READ MORE

  3. 2. Slow environmental violence and the socio-political recognition of air pollution : The case of Poland

    University essay from Jönköping University/HLK, Globala studier

    Author : Speelman Chantal; [2023]
    Keywords : Slow environmental violence | human-nature relations | political ecology | medical anthropology | air pollution | social perception | health | young-adults;

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  4. 3. 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

  5. 4. Slow Violence and the Elusiveness of Space and Time

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Georgina Kakoseos Marko; [2022]
    Keywords : toxic waste; decolonial environmental justice; slow violence; intersectionality; Chile; Sweden; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This thesis analyzes a case of transnational environmental justice between Chile and Sweden following toxic waste exports in the 1980’s. Thematic analysis is applied to explore concepts of time and space presented amongst the different actors. READ MORE

  6. 5. Meet us in the Battlefield Sand to Maintain our Democracy : Militarized masculinities among veteran elites in post-war Namibia

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Lovisa Salomonsson; [2021]
    Keywords : Militarized Masculinity; Namibia; Peace; Gender Norms;

    Abstract : Gender awareness has been recognized as critical in sustainable peace efforts, and gender mainstreaming has become a natural practice in peace projects. While gender has long been equated with focus on women, the inclusion of men has increased. READ MORE