Search for dissertations about: "HUMANITY"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 97 swedish dissertations containing the word HUMANITY.

2. 1. Articulable Humanity : Narrative Ethics in Nuruddin Farah's Trilogies

   Author : Hilda Härgestam Strandberg; Heidi Hansson; Stefan Helgesson; Annie Gagiano; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; African literature; Nuruddin Farah; narrative ethics; ethical criticism; precariousness; vulnerability; human dignity; Emmanuel Lévinas; Adriana Cavarero; Judith Butler; postcolonial theory; feminism.; engelska; English;

   Abstract : Fokus för avhandlingen, Att uttrycka det mänskliga: narrativ etik i Nuruddin Farah’s trilogier, är de nio romaner publicerade mellan 1979 och 2011 som tillsammans utgör Nuruddin Farah’s tre trilogier: ”Variations on the Theme of an African Dictatorship,” bestående av Sweet and Sour Milk (1979), Sardines (1981), Close Sesame (1983); “Blood in the Sun,” bestående av Maps (1986), Gifts (1993), Secrets (1998); samt “Past Imperfect,” bestående av Links (2003), Knots (2007), Crossbones (2011). Tematiska och stilistiska skillnader till trots så är dessa trilogier och romaner märkbart sammanhängande i sitt fokus. READ MORE

4. 2. Narrating Humanity : Children's Literature and Global Citizenship Education

   Author : Aliona Yarova; Björn Sundmark; Zoe Jaques; Malmö universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; children’s literature; critical literacy; eco-philosophy; environmental awareness; global citizenship education; humanism; magic realism.;

   Abstract : The aim of this thesis is to explore how children’s magic realist fiction contributes to critical Global Citizenship Education (GCE). This study argues that children’s magic realist literature can facilitate young readers’ knowledge and understanding of human rights issues and promote environmental awareness in a non-didactic manner by representing global issues from non-human perspectives. READ MORE

5. 3. Our Humanity Exposed : Predictive Modelling in a Legal Context

   Author : Stanley Greenstein; Peter Wahlgren; Dan Svantesson; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; predictive modelling; predictive analytics; profiling; big data; algorithm; surveillance; privacy; autonomy; identity; digital identity; data privacy; human rights; data protection; European Convention on Human Rights; Data Protection Directive; General Data Protection Regulation GDPR ; empowerment; Law and Information Technology; rättsinformatik;

   Abstract : This thesis examines predictive modelling from the legal perspective. Predictive modelling is a technology based on applied statistics, mathematics, machine learning and artificial intelligence that uses algorithms to analyse big data collections, and identify patterns that are invisible to human beings. READ MORE

6. 4. Humanity Washed Ashore : Visual representations of practices, people, and the borders of Europe

   Author : Daniel Silberstein; Stefan Borg; Paulina de los Reyes; Peo Hansen; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Visual in security; migration; border control; Frontex; critical border studies; internationella relationer; International Relations;

   Abstract : Over the past decade, Frontex (European Border and Coast Guard Agency) has emerged as a central actor for the European Union’s migration and border policies. This doctoral dissertation examines the role of Frontex in constructing understandings of borders, practices, and people present in these spaces as well as more ambivalent representations of risk, unease, and (in)security. READ MORE

7. 5. A World of Persons

   Author : Sindre Gade Viksand; Statsvetenskapliga institutionen; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; History of international thought; Humanity; The state; Personhood;

   Abstract : This is a study of subjecthood in international thought. Human beings and states, while often held to be opposed to one another, share this: they are international thought’s key subjects. The following chapters attempt to answer the question of why that is. READ MORE