Essays about: "social injustice"
Showing result 26 - 30 of 93 essays containing the words social injustice.
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26. Who is listening? An examination of the Norwegian state’s environmental injustice towards the South Saami: through the development of Storheia and Roan wind farms on Fosen, in Trøndelag
University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; Lunds universitet/LUMID International Master programme in applied International Development and ManagementAbstract : This thesis examines the Norwegian state’s environmental injustice towards the South Saami through the development of Roan and Storheia wind farms on Fosen, in Trøndelag. By analysing all of the development stages, starting with the assessments in 2008 and ending with the Supreme Court judgement in 2021, the dialogue between the South Saami and the Norwegian state is scrutinised. READ MORE
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27. Testimonial Credibility Excess (and Deficit), from the perspective of a Character-Based Approach
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Avdelningen för teoretisk filosofiAbstract : Abstract In this philosophical essay Fricker’s stipulation that the primary characterization of testimonial injustice is a matter of credibility deficit and not credibility excess, will be called into question from the perspective of a view I have named the character- based approach (CBA). In the debate I will draw heavily on Medina´s proportional view of epistemic injustice. READ MORE
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28. A “Triangle” of Conflict between Duque’s Government of Colombia and the Ejército de Liberación Nacional – 2018-2020
University essay from Högskolan Väst/Avd för juridik, ekonomi, statistik och politikAbstract : This thesis is conducted as a descriptive qualitative single case study to establish empirical knowledge of the ongoing internal armed conflict between the government of Colombia and the guerrilla Ejército de Liberación Nacional. The ontological foundation orienting from social constructivism and Galtung’s theoretical concepts of attitude, behaviour, and contradiction along with the three aspects of violence: direct, cultural, and structural. READ MORE
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29. A Marxist Reading Of Things Fall Apart In The Esl Classrom : Exploring Colonial Socio-economic Exploitation in the Nigerian Context
University essay from Södertörns högskola/LärarutbildningenAbstract : This thesis aims to explore how a critical reading of the novel Things Fall Apart (1958) can provide valuable perspective for educators and students when examining socio-economic issues in a colonial context in the ESL classroom. The main issues being analysed are how the novel reveals and explores socio-economic forms of exploitation under colonialism, and how a critical reading of the novel can be used in teaching to inform and persuade learners about social injustices. READ MORE
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30. “Our libraries are dying”: Biopiracy and the social value of traditional medicinal knowledge in Ecuadorian Amazonia
University essay from Lunds universitet/HumanekologiAbstract : In a global social divide between modern and traditional, medicine has fallen into two sides. Still, much of modern medicine exists because of traditional medicinal knowledge, yet the latter is rarely given any recognition. READ MORE
