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1. 1. White inside: a critical examination of how structural whiteness in the Dutch climate movement obstructs climate justice

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; Lunds universitet/Humanekologi

   Author : Agnes Schim van der Loeff; [2022]
   Keywords : whiteness; climate justice; climate movement; solidarity; the Netherlands; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Despite attention for lack of racial diversity in climate movements in the Global North, there is little examination of other manifestations of whiteness. This thesis examines how structural whiteness – as a norm and as a power structure – shapes the Dutch climate movement’s relation to climate justice and how these impacts can be countered. READ MORE

3. 2. A Critical Discourse Analysis of Non-violent Direct Action within This Is Not A Drill: An Extinction Rebellion Handbook

   University essay from Linköpings universitet/Tema Genus

   Author : Sanna Thöresson; [2020]
   Keywords : Extinction Rebellion; social movements; critical discourse analysis; non-violent direct action; environmental justice; intersectionality; embodiment;

   Abstract : This thesis investigates the portrayal of non-violent direct action (NVDA) in This Is Not a Drill: An Extinction Rebellion Handbook by considering the two chapters “Courting Arrest” by Jay Griffiths, and “The Civil Resistance Model” by Roger Hallam. Using critical discourse analysis in the style of Norman Fairclough, I examine the textual features, discourse practices, and social practices of the chapters by applying theories of environmental justice, intersectionality, and embodiment. READ MORE

4. 3. Addressing intersectionality in the #MeToo movement - A case study of women’s mobilization under the #MeToo movement in the postcolonial context of South Africa

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Amina Brajanac; [2019-09-27]
   Keywords : Transnational women’s movements; women’s mobilization; sexual violence; intersectionality; postcolonial feminism; #MeToo; norms;

   Abstract : The #MeToo movement united women around the globe in the fight against sexual violence. However, the #MeToo movement has been criticized for solely adopting a gender-based approach by neglecting the intersections of gender, race and class. READ MORE

5. 4. Dispersion management and characterization of ultrashort laser pulses for the optimization of parametric processes

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Atomfysik; Lunds universitet/Fysiska institutionen

   Author : Axel Elfving; [2019]
   Keywords : frequency resolved optical gating; optical parametric amplification; difference frequency generation; nonlinear optics; laser pulse compression; lasers; optics; Technology and Engineering; Physics and Astronomy;

   Abstract : This thesis set out to continue the development of a short-wave infrared (SWIR) optical parametric amplifier (OPA). The system is based on a Yb-ber chirped pulse amplification (CPA) laser delivering 400 fs long pulses, centered around 1030 nm, at 200 kHz repetition rate and 40 W average power. READ MORE

6. 5. Ignorance v. Innocence : Go Set a Watchman’s Case against the Hegemony of To Kill a Mockingbird

   University essay from Högskolan Kristianstad/Fakulteten för lärarutbildning

   Author : Thän Gustafsson; [2019]
   Keywords : Cultural Materialism; Cultural Criticism; Critical Race Theory; Harper Lee; To Kill a Mockingbird; Go Set a Watchman; Eurocentrism;

   Abstract : This paper takes a cultural materialist approach in analyzing the hegemonic purpose of using Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird in American education. Ideas from critical race theory and Lee’s second novel, Go Set a Watchman, are used to reveal obfuscated aspects of Mockingbird’s narrative. READ MORE