Essays about: "symbolic gestures"

Found 4 essays containing the words symbolic gestures.

  1. 1. "Like Tearing Out My Lungs" : Mining and Contested Worldviews in the Sami Community

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

    Author : Emma Ericsson; [2019]
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    Abstract : This is an exploration of concepts and identities of Sami people in northern Sweden regarding conflicts on mining. The Sami have a history of feeling that others are encroaching on them and ignoring them and their wishes, the latest being the mining companies. READ MORE

  3. 2. Images of an Intervention : A semiotic study of the Swedish Armed Forces' depiction of its military involvement in Afghanistan

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/JMK

    Author : Joakim Höjer; [2016]
    Keywords : Orientalism; semiotic; image analysis; Said; women in war; propaganda; euro-centrism; conflict; military; Sweden; Afghanistan; Orientalism; semiotik; bildanalys; Said; kvinnor i krig; propaganda; euro-centrism; konflikt; militär; Sverige; Afghanistan;

    Abstract : The increasingly universal information society has required also the Swedish Armed Forces to participate in the information flow, for example by publishing images from its operations in an open digital image archive. With use of the image archive’s photographs from the Swedish Armed Forces’ military operations in Afghanistan in 2011 and 2012, the study seeks to examine the way in which the Swedish army depicts its involvement in the region. READ MORE

  4. 3. From Slavery to Dignity : How critical thinking and empowerment among Dalit women working with manual scavenging is implemented

    University essay from Institutionen för kommunikation, medier och it

    Author : Jenny Schauman; [2012]
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    Abstract : This bachelor thesis is a result of a 9 week Minor Field Study that was performed in Madhya Pradesh, India in spring 2012. The purpose of this study is to investigate how the Garima Abhiyan (Campaign for dignity) rhetorically implements critical thinking and empowerment among Dalit women working with manual scavenging. READ MORE

  5. 4. Animal Imagery and Religious Symbolism in Joseph Conrad's

    University essay from Institutionen för humaniora

    Author : Ramona Anttonen; [2001]
    Keywords : Joseph Conrad; Heart of Darkness; Marlow; Buddha gestures; knitting women; animal imagery; the Congo; religious symbolism;

    Abstract : The purpose of this essay is to investigate how Joseph Conrad has used animal imagery and religious symbolism in “Heart of Darkness,” and determine if these tools are somehow linked to the theme of the story. Close reading has been applied in order to be able to go through the entire story in search of these often well-hidden tools. READ MORE