Essays about: "swedish diaspora"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 20 essays containing the words swedish diaspora.

  1. 1. North-South entanglements in Somali-Swedish family language policy : Practices, ideologies and everyday challenges

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Centrum för tvåspråkighetsforskning

    Author : Juliana Neves Lindgren; [2023]
    Keywords : decoloniality; family language policy; identity; language ideologies; language maintenance; language practices; multilingualism; Somali;

    Abstract : This thesis explores the family language policies (FLP) of two Somali-Swedish families living in Rinkeby, Stockholm. It focuses on the relationships between FLP and identity construction in different social spaces. READ MORE

  3. 2. North-South entanglements in Somali-Swedish family language policy : Practices, ideologies and everyday challenges

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Centrum för tvåspråkighetsforskning

    Author : Juliana Neves Lindgren; [2023]
    Keywords : decoloniality; family language policy; identity; language ideologies; language maintenance; language practices; multilingualism; Somali;

    Abstract : This thesis explores the family language policies (FLP) of two Somali-Swedish families living in Rinkeby, Stockholm. It focuses on the relationships between FLP and identity construction in different social spaces. READ MORE

  4. 3. Negotiating Swedishness : Exploring citizenship and belonging among Swedes residing abroad in the context of Swedish migration policies

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för kultur och samhälle

    Author : Tua-Lisa Runsten; [2022]
    Keywords : citizenship; diaspora; Migrationsverket; Facebook; Sweden; utlandssvensk; family reunification;

    Abstract : This thesis examines how Swedish citizens deal with the increasingly difficult process of returning to Sweden with family members who are third country nationals, following the passage of a law that places temporary limits on residency permits. The goal of this thesis is to examine how negotiations of citizenship and belonging play out in the context of Swedish migration policy and family reunification regulations. READ MORE

  5. 4. Stigmatization of Self-identified Asians During the Covid-19 Pandemic in Sweden: A Qualitative Study on Stigma, ‘Passing,’ and Potential Solutions from the Perspective of the Interviewees

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för globala studier

    Author : Alexander C. Jonsson; [2021-12-22]
    Keywords : Stigma; Passing; Future suggestions; Covid-19; Discrimination against Asians; Whiteness; Intersectionality; Sweden;

    Abstract : With the derogatory political discourse by Donald Trump calling the Covid-19 pandemic the “China Virus,” and the “Wuhan Flu” there has been perceived increase in stigmatization, and discrimination towards Asian diaspora abroad. Shocking events have occurred in regard to Asian hate where within the US a Thai man was fatally assaulted in San Francisco (Fuller 2021); in the UK a Singaporean student was physically assaulted (Rawlinson and Quinn 2020); and in Sweden a couple were physically assaulted on the Stockholm metro to name a few (The Local 2020). READ MORE

  6. 5. "Sweden is our destiny, Jewishness is our destiny." Swedish Jews and their idenity in relation to Sweden, Israel and Jewishness in general, 1948- 1988.

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Historiska institutionen

    Author : Robert Bárány Kihlgren; [2021]
    Keywords : Swedish-Jewish identity; Jewish identity in the diaspora; Judisk Krönika.;

    Abstract : This thesis on Swedish-Jewish identity studies shows that this identity has been constructed between three points that can be found in Lars Dencik’s model “the diasporas star of David”, these points being “the Swedish” “the Jewish” and “the Israeli”. The thesis studies the period between 1948 to 1988 and uses Judisk Krönika as source material. READ MORE