Sökning: "Colonial history"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 182 uppsatser innehållade orden Colonial history.

  1. 1. Visualisering av tystade historier - En dekolonial kulturanalys av verket I firandet av vår kamp finns deras undergång

    Master-uppsats, Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för kulturvetenskaper

    Författare :Jennifer Turano; [2023-08-09]
    Nyckelord :Memorials; Whiteness; Non-whiteness; Decolonial artivism; Decolonial theory; Post-immigrant generations; Racism; Memory;

    Sammanfattning : The dominant narrative of history, prevalent in Sweden, is of a country which has no structural racism and that had no part in the colonization of the Americas or in the transatlantic slave trade. This is far from the truth, and this study connects Sweden’s role in the slave trade and as a country with colonial ambitions, as well as its history of racial biology, with the racialization of non-white bodies. LÄS MER

  3. 2. En upp-och-nedvänd värld : Häxor i konsten från förmodern tid till idag

    Kandidat-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Konstvetenskapliga institutionen

    Författare :Hilda Stenshäll; [2023]
    Nyckelord :Art history; painting; renaissance; Albrecht Dürer; Hans Baldung Grien; The Preraphaelites; John William Waterhouse; Luis Falero; contemporary art; Alejandra Hernández; Jesse Jones; performance; witches; goddesses;

    Sammanfattning : This essay aims to examine what the figure of the witch as a motif in art has looked like and how it has changed through history. The study focuses on witches in the iconography of the renaissance, the 19th century and contemporary art. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Cultural heritage under attack - Putin's motives for attacking Ukrainian cultural heritage

    Kandidat-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Författare :Ellen Archer; [2023]
    Nyckelord :Putin; Russia-Ukraine war; Cultural heritage; Conflict; Postcolonial theory; Law and Political Science;

    Sammanfattning : On February 24th 2022, Russia invaded Ukraine. Since then Ukraine has reported damage to more than 1000 sites of cultural importance. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Sterilization in 2023 : A Historical Analysis of LGBTQIA+ Rights in the Nordic Countries

    Magister-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Historiska institutionen

    Författare :Jeremy Havery; [2023]
    Nyckelord :Nordic; Queer Rights; LGBTQIA History; Legal History; Jens Rydström; State Capacity; Colonization; Finland; Trans Rights; Queer History;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis aims to generate a model to answer why there is a notable gap in legislative action with regards to expanding and modernizing LGBTQIA+ rights between Sweden and Denmark and the other Nordic countries, groups described by Jens Rydström as the Progressive Core and Conservative Periphery respectively. In order to do so, there is an analysis of the applicability of Rydström’s model to legislative history. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Bringing human rights due diligence into law: Addressing modern slavery or business as usual? : A postcolonial assessment of the UK Modern Slavery Act’s compliance with the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights

    Master-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

    Författare :Isabelle Kämpe; [2023]
    Nyckelord :UK Modern Slavery Act; MSA; UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights; UNGP; modern slavery; human rights due diligence; HRDD; supply chain; transparency; postcolonialism; neo-colonialism; dependency theory;

    Sammanfattning : Operating through complex supply chains and multiple jurisdictions, today’s business enterprises can outsource manufacturing to different parts of the world where they can take advantage of low labour- and production costs. In the global quest for businesses to maximise their profits, deteriorating working conditions for offshore labour workers are increasing the risks of human rights abuses. LÄS MER