Sökning: "Native Americans"
Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 28 uppsatser innehållade orden Native Americans.
1. Constructing a civilized wilderness. An intersectional discourse analysis of the Sierra Club 1893-1910
Kandidat-uppsats,Sammanfattning : This study investigates if and how the Sierra Club adapted complex and contradictory rationalizations to legitimize their authority in wilderness and civilization. The study aims thereby to enhance our understanding of the origin narrative of the American preservation and conservation movement at the turn of the twentieth century which depicted white male heroes as discoverers and protectors of a pristine wilderness. LÄS MER
2. Aesthetic injustice
Master-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Filosofiska institutionenSammanfattning : I argue that talking about aesthetic injustice implies reflection about some failures on the exercise of aesthetic judgment due to mechanisms of oppression, which have a negative impact on the development of potential aesthetic agents. I claim that mechanisms of oppression like aesthetic identity prejudice, oppression or lack of recognition of sensitivities, and aesthetic dysfunctionality in sites of enunciation continue undermining the degree of validation of potential aesthetic agents - who mostly belong to historical oppressed groups like women, black people, indigenous, native Americans, among others. LÄS MER
3. Mni Wiconi/Water is Life: A phenomenological approach for better understanding Native American views on nature; experienced mistreatments and acts of resistance at the Dakota Access Pipeline protests.
Kandidat-uppsats, Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för globala studierSammanfattning : The build of the Dakota Access Pipeline in 2017 caused collective protests within Native American communities as the pipeline was threatening the Sioux Nation’s access to clean water. In addition to this, the company building the pipeline, Energy Transfer, was violating treaty rights, and ignoring environmental assessment risks and tribal concerns. LÄS MER
4. Native Americans och Samerna : Jämförelse mellan USA:s och Sveriges lagar om ursprungsbefolkningarnas rättigheter
Kandidat-uppsats, Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för statsvetenskap (ST)Sammanfattning : This study compares USA and Swedish laws on Native Americans and Sami. Indigenous peoples are known to have inadequate rights because they are discriminated against. This is why the study has focused on examining what their rights look like and whether it is the implementation of the laws that has caused the high risk of discrimination. LÄS MER
5. „So versteht Ihr es nicht, Apatschen von Kommantschen zu unterscheiden?” : Karl Mays Romane Old Surehand Band 1 und Band 2 aus postkolonialer Perspektive
Kandidat-uppsats, Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)Sammanfattning : The purpose with this study is to examine the description of native Americans in two novels, Old Surehand part 1 and 2 by the German author Karl May. By using a postcolonial theory, descriptions of people from different Native American nations have been studied, to see how these are portrayed by May and if there are any differences between the descriptions of different nations. LÄS MER
