Sökning: "Postcolonial literature and theory"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 52 uppsatser innehållade orden Postcolonial literature and theory.

  1. 1. Weaving relations: Exploring the epistemological interaction between indigenous & traditional ecological knowledge and Eurowestern paradigms in education for sustainable development - an umbrella review

    Master-uppsats, Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för didaktik och pedagogisk profession

    Författare :Alexandra Silvestru; [2023-06-08]
    Nyckelord :Indigenous traditional ecological knowledge ITEK ; education for sustainable development ESD ; education for sustainability EfS ; sustainable development; western epistemology; ontology; epistemic justice; decolonization; transformative paradigm; umbrella review; systematic review;

    Sammanfattning : Aim: This thesis aims to explore the epistemological challenges and opportunities of integrating Indigenous and Traditional Ecological Knowledge (ITEK) in Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) within the context of Euro-Western paradigms. Theory: In considering epistemological interactions between ITEK in ESD, the theoretical framework for this study is a "weave" of the transformative paradigm as the warp; postcolonial, decolonial, and Indigenous research methodologies as the weft; and the transdisciplinary approach as the frame. LÄS MER

  3. 2. "Taking by Giving" - The Contradiction of Volunteer Tourism: A critical analysis of the possible impacts of volunteer tourism in the Global South

    Kandidat-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Sociologi

    Författare :Hanna Rydén; [2023]
    Nyckelord :Volunteer tourism; voluntourism; post-colonialism; discourse; white savior complex; Social Sciences;

    Sammanfattning : During recent decades there has been a rapid growth of volunteer tourism whose nature and impact are increasingly questioned in both literature and media. This study aims to critically compare the intended positive impacts with the potential negative consequences of volunteer tourism. LÄS MER

  4. 3. SOGIE minority organisations in Africa and their relation to European donors

    Kandidat-uppsats, Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

    Författare :Evelina Magnusson; [2023]
    Nyckelord :LGBTQI ; LGBT; SOGIE; Africa; Donors;

    Sammanfattning : The situation for sexual orientation, gender identity or expression (SOGIE) minority persons is difficult in many places and in much of Africa their lives are illegal in some form. This thesis focuses on how local organisations and European actors address this problem and what local actors believe could be done better to improve the situation for SOGIE minorities. LÄS MER

  5. 4. “On an ecliptic Tuesday or Saturday the Tantrik practises several black arts.”

    Master-uppsats, Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för litteratur, idéhistoria och religion

    Författare :Maggie Kastlund; [2022-05-12]
    Nyckelord :Tantra; Theosophy; Occultism; Postcolonial Theory; Thematic Analysis; Literature Study; The Theosophist; Lucifer; Helena Petrovna Blavatsky; Arthur Avalon;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis investigates descriptions of Tantra within nineteenth to twentieth century Theosophy. 34 accounts from two Theosophical periodicals, The Theosophist (1879–) and Lucifer (1887–97) published between the years 1879–1941 were analyzed by departing from thematic analysis and postcolonial theory. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Kvinnor, kolonialism, klimatförändringar och katastrofer - en scoping review

    Kandidat-uppsats, Umeå universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Författare :Tora Fladvad; [2022]
    Nyckelord :Women; climate change; disaster; vulnerability; post-colonial theory;

    Sammanfattning : In early 2022, the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released its sixth evaluation report on the state of the global climate crisis. For the first time in thirty years global exploitation and colonial dominance was mentioned not only as a "driver of the climate crisis", but also as an ongoing element that exacerbates societies vulnerability to it. LÄS MER