Sökning: "racial imbalances"

Hittade 4 uppsatser innehållade orden racial imbalances.

  1. 1. Beyond Pixels: Unveiling the Dangers of Feminized Virtual Avatars in Fashion : A Critical Visual Analysis of Shudu Gram and Miquela Sousa

    Magister-uppsats, Linköpings universitet/Tema Genus

    Författare :Robin Naomi van Halteren; [2023]
    Nyckelord :feminized virtual avatars; postcolonial theory; intersectionality; critical visual analysis; the Exotic Other;

    Sammanfattning : This research focuses on the use of feminized virtual avatars (FVAs) in the fashion industry and explores the risk of using FVAs for the appropriation and exploitation of marginalized communities and identities. Through a critical visual analysis of the virtual avatars Shudu Gram and Miquela Sousa, this study analyzes how they are made to represent gendered and racialized women’s bodies. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Distinktion utan skillnad : En kvalitativ studie om hur socialarbetare upplever mångfald inom en arbetsgrupp

    Kandidat-uppsats, Högskolan i Halmstad/Akademin för hälsa och välfärd

    Författare :Paulina Huaiquimil; [2022]
    Nyckelord :Socialt arbete; mångfald; etnicitet; intersektionalitet och vi och dem;

    Sammanfattning : This study aims to increase the understanding of how social workers experience “Diversity”- within their working group. The study focuses on the significance of ethnic origin and gender when differences meet, taking into consideration the interaction between categories of ethnicity and gender. LÄS MER

  4. 3. The Impact of Affirmative Action on Employees' attitudes towards equality : To BBBEE or not to BBBEE? A field study in South Africa

    Magister-uppsats, Högskolan i Jönköping/Internationella Handelshögskolan

    Författare :Johanna Björnsund; Frida Grundström; [2016]
    Nyckelord :Affirmative action; B-BBEE; Apartheid; Employee attitudes; Organizational culture; Group identity; Diversity; Prejudice; Group integration; Equality;

    Sammanfattning : Background- South Africa, the most southern country at the African continent as the name depicts, is a country where Apartheid has prevailed the historical and contemporary landscape of the nation.  The era of Apartheid, being a system of discrimination and segregation, produced racial imbalances within the South African society and polices of affirmative action was enforced as an attempt to redress the racial inequalities. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Mining for whom? - A minor field study of the implementation of a legislative reform in the South African mining industry

    Kandidat-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Författare :Lina Andersson; [2010]
    Nyckelord :racial imbalances; South Africa; natural resources; implementation; mining; Social Sciences;

    Sammanfattning : Natural resources hold a great potential for both economic and social development in developing countries. Many countries in Africa today are rich in natural resources but remain poor and underdeveloped. Policies and legislation within this sector need to provide a good framework in order for the natural resources to be properly managed. LÄS MER