Essays about: "transnational migrants"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 53 essays containing the words transnational migrants.

1. 16. Dancing Samba in Sweden : A study on transnational cultural expression

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Nordiska Latinamerikainstitutet

   Author : Evelina Gaizauskaite; [2021]
   Keywords : Samba; Dance; Brazil; Transnationalism; Corporeality; Cultural expression; Sweden;

   Abstract : In Sweden, samba - the popular Brazilian dance (and music genre), that has been named the“national rhythm” - is very widely known and practiced. This case study envelops questions about national cultures, cultural embodiment in dance, as well as cross-border relations. READ MORE

3. 17. Celestial Citizenship: African women in two Evangelical Churches of Bologna

   University essay from Högskolan Dalarna/Institutionen för kultur och samhälle

   Author : Silvia Tami; [2021]
   Keywords : ;

   Abstract : This thesis builds on participant observation and semi-structured interviews with six Evangelical African women in the Italian city of Bologna. The objective of my thesis is to identify possible transformations of the religious identities of African women through the analysis of their post-migration narratives. READ MORE

4. 18. Collective weaving of territories: Exploring diasporic identities with Latin American migrants

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

   Author : Yénika Castillo Muñoz; [2020]
   Keywords : interaction design; design for decoloniality; decolonial design; Decolonising design; speculative design; chicano feminism; transnational feminism; migration; diasporic identitites; Latin America; codesign;

   Abstract : Den här interaktionsdesign uppsatsen bidrar till en omgående diskussion på Avkoloniserande design. Särskild genom att utforska identiteter i diaspora med latinamerikanska migranter. READ MORE

5. 19. DEMOCRACY, A TRAGIC CARNIVALESQUE HERO : The Narratives of a Transnational Social Movement Against the Coup in Brazil

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Socialantropologiska institutionen

   Author : Bartira Silva Fortes; [2020]
   Keywords : Brazil; democracy; coup; social movement; transnational; diaspora;

   Abstract : The concern that democracy in the largest country in Latin America could drive toward fascism has surfaced as a point of departure for the creation of forms of resistance among Brazilians in the diaspora. This thesis addresses this development by bringing to light the narratives of FIBRA, a transnational social movement created in 2016 to denounce the coup in Brazil. READ MORE

6. 20. Banking the unbanked: Financial inclusion and economic sustainable development for women? : Decolonial perspectives on the gendered migration-remittances-development nexus

   University essay from Linköpings universitet/REMESO - Institutet för forskning om Migration, Etnicitet och Samhälle; Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för kultur och samhälle

   Author : Heidi Källoff; [2020]
   Keywords : Remittances; the global remittance trend; financial inclusion; economic democratization; sustainable development; austerity; gender mainstreaming; migration management; transnational business feminism; decoloniality; decolonialism;

   Abstract : Over the last decade, a new trend of Global Remittances has emerged within the international development community, especially a growing interest in women’s migration and remittances, and their potential for poverty reduction and economic growth. Due to the staggering amount of transnational money transfers, migrant remittances have become a central component in multilateral discussions on alternative development financing, and has been included in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). READ MORE