Search for dissertations about: "personal narratives"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 74 swedish dissertations containing the words personal narratives.

2. 1. Ruptured narratives : An analysis of the contradictions within young people's responses to issues of personal responsibility and social violence within an educational context

   Author : Silvia Edling; Carl Anders Säfström; Sharon Todd; Caroline Liberg; Lynda Stone; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Young people youth ; social violence; oppression; difference; justice; injustice; moral responsibility; culture; ruptured narratives; subject-in-process; politics; democracy; education; curriculum theory; Education; Pedagogik; Curriculum Studies;

   Abstract : This thesis addresses the problems of social violence which are based on stereotyped prejudices, and directed towards people who differ from the norm, and asks how education aiming at counteracting social violence can be understood. Within education, the aspiration to contest social violence is generally motivated by a democratic framework stressing distributive justice and everyone’s equal value. READ MORE

4. 2. Spatial Experience and Meaning of Place in Kampala City : Narratives of personal experience

   Author : Lilian Namuganyi; Rolf Johansson; Peter Kellett; KTH; []
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5. 3. The multiplicities of prostitution experience : narratives about power and resistance

   Author : Anna Hulusjö; Malmö högskola; []
   Keywords : prostitution; power; resistance; personal narratives; genealogical approaches to narrative analysis;

   Abstract : This thesis is not primarily about ‘the rights and wrongs of prostitution’, at least not as they are conveyed in the prostitution debate, rather it aims to shift the focus from what prostitution is (work or violence, empowerment or exploitation), the topic of most prostitution debate, to how prostitution operates. That is, how power relations, knowledges, discourses and practices interconnect in making particular forms of prostitution and particular ways of making sense of prostitution experience possible. READ MORE

6. 4. In Search of a Fulfilling Identity in a Modern World: Narratives of Indigenous Identities in Sweden and Canada

   Author : Ebba Olofsson; Hugh Beach; Yngve Lithman; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Cultural anthropology; ethnic identity; personal identity; narratives; Saami; Native; Inuit; Indian; Sweden; Canada; Sápmi; Montreal; Quebec; life cycle; ethnic awakening; Native spritualtity; reindeer herding; political events; Kulturantropologi; Cultural anthropology; Kulturantropologi;

   Abstract : This thesis deals with the identity of individuals with parents from two different ethnic groups. The focus is on individuals in Sweden with one Saami parent and one Swedish (or other European) parent, and individuals in Canada with one Native (Indian or Inuit) parent and one Euro-Canadian parent. READ MORE

7. 5. Talking talent : Narratives of youth sports selection

   Author : Magnus Kilger; Mats Börjesson; Rickard Jonsson; Mikael Quennerstedt; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; talent; selection; talent in sports; narrative analysis; narrative genre; discourse; discursively shared narratives; positioning; Child and Youth Science; barn- och ungdomsvetenskap; Samhällsvetenskap Humaniora;

   Abstract : In sports, there seems to be an eternal interest in discovering young talents and refining them into elite adult athletes. The dilemma of selecting talent, while at the same time ensuring every child´s right to participate, needs to be addressed and have consequences in social practice. READ MORE