Sökning: "West and the Rest"
Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 65 uppsatser innehållade orden West and the Rest.
1. South Korean Birthmothers Negotiate Everyday Violence and Child Loss Through Storytelling
Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Centrum för öst- och sydöstasienstudierSammanfattning : Adoption scholars have dismantled the story of adoption as a humanitarian effort to save destitute children and framed adoption as a transnational issue underpinned by neo-colonial and patriarchal structures governing the relations between the West and ‘the rest’. This thesis builds on those insights and thus contributes to a growing body of literature within critical adoption studies. LÄS MER
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/SociologiSammanfattning : 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
3. Ett nationellt infrastrukturprojekt ur ett lokalt perspektiv - En fallstudie på förbifart Stockholms påverkan på Ekerö kommun
Kandidat-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Trafik och vägSammanfattning : Infrastructure and sustainable transport systems are crucial for society’s development. Sweden’s current largest infrastructure project, the Stockholm bypass, is right now taking place west of Stockholm. The bypass is supposed to relieve Europe highway (E4) and connect the southern and northern parts of the city. LÄS MER
4. ”The West and the Rest” : Nationell identitet i bildläromedel
Uppsats för yrkesexamina på avancerad nivå, Malmö universitet/Institutionen för kultur, språk och medier (KSM)Sammanfattning : Utgångspunkten för denna studie är hur normativa beskrivningar av konsthistoria i ett bildläromedel riskerar att reproducera historiska och nutida föreställningar om skillnader mellan ”vi” och ”de andra”. Syftet med studien är att undersöka vilka diskurser om vithet och eurocentrism i bildämnet som synliggörs i läromedel samt att utmana hegemoniska diskurser om vithet och eurocentrism. LÄS MER
5. Meeting point - Kvicksund
Kandidat-uppsats, KTH/ArkitekturSammanfattning : Kvicksund is located in north west Eskilstuna and is an area with very unique conditions. It's an area that is both divided by the lake Mälaren but also by two municipalities: Västerås in the north and Eskilstuna in the south. In this area you are surrounded by nature while still having access to communications such as trains. LÄS MER