Essays about: "symbolic violence"

Showing result 26 - 29 of 29 essays containing the words symbolic violence.

  1. 26. Pending between Destructivity and Constructivity in Disagreements on Land Management in China -- A Case Study of the Wukan Protests

    University essay from Institutionen för geovetenskaper

    Author : Yuliu Chen; [2012]
    Keywords : Communicative action; Symbolic interaction; Disagreement; Constructivity Destructivity; Sustainable Development;

    Abstract : In the Chinese village Wukan, violence between the authorities and protesters took place when farmers resisted land transaction 2011. Wukan is one out of about ten thousand local protests annually in China, but unique in the modern Chinese history since it resulted in suspension of land transaction and the leaders of the protest where elected into the village committee, in an election which is considered by external observers as the most democratic in China. READ MORE

  3. 27. Networked Symbolic Violence on Micro-blogs in China

    University essay from Medier och kommunikation

    Author : Haichao Guo; [2012]
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    Abstract : This thesis seeks to understand the phenomenon of networked symbolic violence in the Chinese micro-blog sphere. The main research questions are: (1) what are the main features of networked symbolic violence on the Chinese micro-blog Weibo, and (2) what are the main aspects of networked symbolic violence? In this study, the theory of structural violence, symbolic violence and the law of the mental unity of crowds will be used as the theoretical framework. READ MORE

  4. 28. Theory and practice of «special support» between system and individual

    University essay from Malmö högskola/Lärarutbildningen (LUT)

    Author : Alessandro Serio; [2011]
    Keywords : special need; reproduction; reconversion; change; diversity;

    Abstract : The main purpose of this work is to analyse how teachers perceive and deal withdiversity, where they put the limit between «normality» and «otherness», how theyrelate to the documentation proceeding from public institutions.Using an ethnographic methodology based on participant observation and semistructuredinterviews, I shall apply Pierre Bourdieu's theories about social reproductionand distinction to a high school in Skåne, with the purpose of better understanding thedifference between change and reconversion in dealing with «otherness» in the form of«learning disabilities». READ MORE

  5. 29. The Gendered Dimensions of Identity Wars - The Case of the Former Yugoslavia

    University essay from Institutionen för ekonomisk och industriell utveckling

    Author : Sara Arvidsson; Roza Nermany; [2007]
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    Abstract : In this thesis we investigate gendered dimensions of the war in the former Yugoslavia. We do this with the help of gender theory, as well as theories about the construction of identities and the role of the identity aspect in contemporary warfare. READ MORE