Sökning: "Liminal status"
Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 10 uppsatser innehållade orden Liminal status.
1. “I Belong Nowhere”:Identity Construction and Othering Experience of Second-Generation Immigrants in Japan
Master-uppsats, Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för pedagogik och didaktikSammanfattning : The increase in international mobility driven by globalization has led to a profound impact on education worldwide, as evidenced by a 26% rise in the number of school-aged children with migrant and refugee backgrounds since 2000. This global trend has presented challenges for educational institutions in both countries with traditionally high immigrant populations and those previously considered homogeneous. LÄS MER
2. Myth and Othering in EU Enlargement Discourse : The Case of Kosovo’s European Integration
Master-uppsats, Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för kulturvetenskaper (KV)Sammanfattning : This paper argues that the EU’s enlargement discourse can be understood as a form of political myth wherein a subject must align itself with an fantasmatic ideal type ofEuropean state. It works through positing a past from which the subject must advance, and a mythical horizon towards which the subject strives. LÄS MER
3. Liminal urbanity: Wars, connections and material culture in early modern Helsingborg
Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Historisk arkeologiSammanfattning : In the 1600s, Helsingborg was a small market town with great importance as a transport and trade connection between Scandinavia and the rest of Europe. Caught in the middle between two empires, Denmark and Sweden, the lives of Helsingborg residents were affected by wars, plagues and political disturbances. LÄS MER
4. The Ritualistic Nature of Business Incubation: An example from Northern Sweden
Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för etnologiSammanfattning : This thesis opens up the “black box” of business incubation and analyses how this process works in an incubator for cultural and creative ventures in Northern Sweden. The theoretical framework of the rites of passage by Arnold van Gennep and Victor Turner was adopted to guide the analysis. LÄS MER
5. The In-Betweens of Space and Time in Transit : Spatial and temporal realities for urban refugees in Eastleigh, Nairobi
Magister-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för kulturantropologi och etnologiSammanfattning : This is a study on how Somali and Oromo refugees manage under uncertain circumstances in Eastleigh, Nairobi. Fleeing from war, persecution and violence, the refugees expected to find protection and a quick transfer to a third country, which was not the case. Instead, they ended up in being stuck, unsafe, and questioned. LÄS MER