Essays about: "yucatan"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 10 essays containing the word yucatan.

  1. 1. Decolonial Resistance in Agriculture: The Role of Spirituality in the Work of Food Sovereignty Organizations in Mexico

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

    Author : Milena Garbers; [2021]
    Keywords : food sovereignty; decolonial knowledges; spirituality; Indigenous knowledges; resistance; Mexico; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Recent decades have exposed the crisis inherent in the globalized agriculture system characterized by nature commodification, trade liberalization, corporatization and environmental destruction. The crisis is driven by a colonial and neoliberal-capitalist ideology grounded in the supposed universality of western knowledge. READ MORE

  3. 2. Activist resistance against mega-projects in Yucatan : a Buen Vivir and Degrowth approach

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; Lunds universitet/Humanekologi

    Author : Francisco Javier Montaño Cruz; [2020]
    Keywords : Yucatán; Mega-projects; Development; Buen Vivir; Degrowth; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This thesis looks at the activist resistance in Yucatán from the perspective of theories of Buen Vivir and Degrowth. Based on a critique of mega-projects, economic growth and development, as well as a theoretical explanation of resistance in the Global South and its links to Buen Vivir and Degrowth, this research explores how mega-projects in Yucatán have existed since the age of henequen, during the middle of the 19th century. READ MORE

  4. 3. Female Sexual and Reproductive Health Beyond Foetal Right to Life : A Comparative Analysis of Gender Equality in Mexican Criminal Law with Relation to Abortion

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för globala politiska studier (GPS)

    Author : Selma Geovanna Tello Garcia; [2020]
    Keywords : Abortion; Law; Women; Foetus; Reproductive Health;

    Abstract : The aim of this study has been to analyse the ways Mexican states articulates the actions of women undergoing an abortion and the effects it has on criminal sanctions specified for women. This study analyses the criminal code of Mexico City which decriminalised abortion in 2007, the criminal code of Jalisco reformed in 2009 and the criminal code of Yucatán reformed in 2009. READ MORE

  5. 4. Mexico’s Anti-Femicide Movement : Comparing Subnational Political Opportunity Structures in Chihuahua, Yucatán and Mexico City

    University essay from Södertörns högskola/Internationella relationer

    Author : Helena Olsson; [2017]
    Keywords : femicide; political opportunity structures; global justice movements; Mexico; genusbaserat våld; politiska möjlighetsstrukturer; globala rättviserörelser; Mexiko; femicidios; feminicidios; movimientos globales de justicia; México;

    Abstract : This paper explores femicide and social movements impact on politics, a phenomenon where national, international and transnational politics overlap. The Mexican anti-femicide movement belongs to the global justice movement and struggle for women’s right to life. READ MORE

  6. 5. Irrigating the Future: Justice, Emancipation and lessons from the past, a critical discourse analysis

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

    Author : Viðar Örn Víkingsson; [2016]
    Keywords : justice; IHOPE; archaeology; resilience; complex-adaptive systems; critical discourse analysis; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Confronting ecological crises is leading many researchers and academics to take a renewed interest in the deep past. The archaeological and climatic record are posed as a source of lessons that can be brought to bear on current issues of sustainability. READ MORE