Essays about: "subaltern studies"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 11 essays containing the words subaltern studies.

  1. 1. Dissecting the Media and Communication Processes of Sustainable Development Initiatives on Indigenous Peoples in the Global South : A Study of the FLEGT VPA, a Forestry and Climate Partnership in Guyana

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för konst, kultur och kommunikation (K3)

    Author : Tanika Jones; [2023]
    Keywords : Sustainable development; Indigenous Peoples; Amerindians; Guyana-European Union FLEGT VPA; participatory communication; C4D; post-colonialism;

    Abstract : This research delves into the complex nexus between sustainable development and the participation of Indigenous Peoples (IPs), with a specific emphasis on Amerindians in Guyana. While sustainable development increasingly integrates into global policy, IPs have historically faced marginalisation, often finding their rights overlooked in discussions on climate change and sustainability. READ MORE

  3. 2. ‘In a Way, We Live in a Bubble, and the Outside World is Watching Us.’ : - A Qualitative Case Study on Young Adults’ Views on Communication and (Social) Investment Processes in the Area of Rosengård.

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för konst, kultur och kommunikation (K3)

    Author : Jessica Stegermaier; [2023]
    Keywords : Rosengård; development; social change; media; migration; identity; communication; segregation;

    Abstract : The residential area of Rosengård in Malmö – Sweden, is one of the many areas included in the ‘million programme’, a program that in the 1960s focused on building a million new homes over ten years in Sweden, meant to provide cheap housing options for the rapidly growing population. Today, areas like Rosengård and the program are often associated with immigrant-dense segregated residential areas with high crime and socio-economic problems. READ MORE

  4. 3. The red thread

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Ellen Nordmark; [2023]
    Keywords : Economic History; Development; Economic development; South Asia; Bangladesh; Dhaka; Garments industry; Garment workers; Narrative economics; Narrative analysis; Subaltern studies; Development as Freedom; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : Economic development narratives have traditionally been written by academics and policy-makers, for academics and policy-makers. So too the story of Bangladeshi development: a story of alternately success and hardship. READ MORE

  5. 4. An Archaeology of the Invisible? Tracing Poverty and its Ideology in the Viking Age and Urban Settlements

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Arkeologi

    Author : Andra Tudor; [2022]
    Keywords : poverty; subaltern; Viking Age; urban spaces; identity; social hierarchies; medieval; early medieval Scandinavia; housing; Kaupang; History and Archaeology;

    Abstract : Publications have recently drawn attention to archaeology’s historically predominant focus on prestige items and the elite, highlighting the need for a greater focus on society’s lower classes. A few studies have discussed how, or even whether poverty can be addressed in historical archaeology. READ MORE

  6. 5. Can the Subaltern be heard? : A student perspective, on identity power relations and epistemic positioning within the Swedish Educational System.

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för pedagogik och didaktik

    Author : Kate Lind af Hageby; [2020]
    Keywords : Adultism; critical social theory; epistemic violence; human rights; identity power; prejudice; student; subaltern;

    Abstract : Our ability to perceive our environment through prejudge mental attitudes is a necessary capacity in order to survive in a social environment. However, how we utilize this capacity, and whether it promotes equality or inequality, is to a large extent dependant on our perception of ourselves in relation to our surroundings. READ MORE