Essays about: "traditional jobs in the society"

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  1. 1. PLANNING TIME: Structuring of the Everyday among Young Adults in Non-Traditional Jobs

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för globala studier

    Author : Lydia Enetjärn Berner; [2022-08-24]
    Keywords : social time; middle class youth; planning; Germany; activities;

    Abstract : Unstructured time and “wasted” time is often shunned and unwanted in today’s society focused on productive and progressive use of time. In this essay, I examine how planning of everyday activities gives structure and purpose to the day with the help of tools such as personal calendars and to-do lists. READ MORE

  3. 2. Empowering or burdening women? Assessing precariousness of vocationally trained women in Nepal

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Socialhögskolan

    Author : Raj Kharel; [2021]
    Keywords : Closure; Precariousness; Exclusion; Postcolonial Feminism; Gender-stereotyped occupations; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Amidst the paradox concerning the role of gender-stereotyped vocational training programmes in empowering women, this research makes a qualitative study of the training and post-training experiences of women graduating from two so-called women friendly vocational training programs – tailoring and beautician. 12 beauticians and 7 tailors have contributed as interview participants in this research, and the data thus gathered have been analysed from theoretical perspectives of Closure Theory, Precariousness and Postcolonial Feminist Theory. READ MORE

  4. 3. Enjoying freedom or priced out of parenthood? : Attitudes to childlessness on Japanese Internet forums

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Umeå centrum för genusstudier (UCGS)

    Author : Elin Holmberg Yamada; [2019]
    Keywords : Childlessness; gender roles; Japan; discourse analysis; gender equality; Barnlöshet; könsroller; Japan; diskursanalys; jämställdhet;

    Abstract : Declining birth rate in Japan has been acknowledged as a demographic crisis since the 1970s. Higher education and better jobs has given women freedom and alternatives to starting a family, and some say the value of marriage and children has decreased overall. READ MORE

  5. 4. "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

  6. 5. ‘Hell Joseon’ - Tales from a South Korean Youth Trapped Between Past and Present

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Centrum för öst- och sydöstasienstudier

    Author : Johan Cornelis Schoonhoven; [2017]
    Keywords : Compressed modernity; Hell Joseon; Youth; South Korea; Modernization; Inequality; Gender; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This thesis takes its outset in the newly coined expression ‘Hell Joseon’ used by the youth in South Korea. ‘Hell Joseon’ is a comparison between today’s society and the pre-modern Joseon Dynasty. By asking “what are the main characteristics of life in ‘Hell Joseon’ from a youth perspective?”, I arrive at the following conclusion. READ MORE