Essays about: "subjectivities"
Showing result 11 - 15 of 44 essays containing the word subjectivities.
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11. Working with Hand, Head, and Heart : A feminist critical discourse analysis of ‘Gender Equality as Smart Economics’
University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för ekonomisk historia och internationella relationerAbstract : The objective of this thesis is to gain more knowledge about the usage of the ‘Gender Equality as Smart Economic’ discourse in corporate-led women’s empowerment initiatives. This discourse can be understood as a vocabulary for discussing the business case for women’s empowerment which has diffused from development institutions to states, NGOs and corporations through a wide range of initiatives, policies, advertisement campaigns and development and humanitarian campaigns. READ MORE
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12. ” It’s like someone makes your entire existence invalid” : A study of non-binary people’s experiences of embodiment and negotiating institutional lines
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Centrum för genusvetenskapAbstract : In this thesis, non-binary people’s experience of gendered embodiment as well as inhabiting and navigating society is analysed. This is primarily done by using the theoretical framework of institutional lines, specifically applied through a trans studies perspective. READ MORE
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13. The sensitivity of the Maasai Mara Conservancy Model to external shocks
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för arkeologi och antik historiaAbstract : Biodiversity loss caused by human activities is considered to be one of the greatest challenges to the stability of our planet. Protected areas emerged as a solution to this challenge, but they are not always successful due to the exclusion and displacement of local communities that live in proximity to the protected area, especially in low income countries. READ MORE
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14. Understanding new expectations for democratic environmental governance : a policy analysis of an activist movement in the South-East of France
University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural DevelopmentAbstract : This paper is based at the nodal points of several phenomena, including political distrust in France, a European trend supporting public participation, a failed experiment of citizen assembly in France, and the organisation of a citizen collective to advocate for a replication of a similar citizen assembly, at the regional level, by environmental activists. In this context, I have conducted a policy analysis focusing particularly on the activist movement with the aim to provide insights into new expectations for democratic governance of environmental resources. READ MORE
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15. I learn where I am : Decolonial exploration of institutional responses to diversity in Swedish universities
University essay from Linköpings universitet/REMESO - Institutet för forskning om Migration, Etnicitet och Samhälle; Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för kultur och samhälleAbstract : The work presented aims to analyse the dynamics of power and inequality within the Swedish academic space, and to do so considers the growing diversity of the Swedish academic composition, in the light of increasing internationalisation and a more recent commodification of higher education (HE). Through a critical discourse analysis of official documents published by the five largest Swedish universities, concerning internationalisation-oriented strategies, documents promoting equal opportunities and guidelines governing discrimination, I reflect on the spaces reserved for concepts such as diversity, interculturality and equal opportunities. READ MORE
