Search for dissertations about: "ideological perspectives"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 23 swedish dissertations containing the words ideological perspectives.

2. 1. Language Ideologies and Minority Language Policies in Sweden : historical and contemporary perspectives

   Author : Maria Wingstedt; Marilyn Martin-Jones; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Linguistic minorities; Minoritetsspråk; tvåspråkighetsforskning; Bilingualism;

   Abstract : This thesis concerns the nature and functioning of language ideologies in Sweden, principally as regards beliefs and attitudes of the majority group towards minority language issues. This includes a study of the history of Sweden's minority language policies towards the Saami and the Finnish-speaking Tornedalians. READ MORE

4. 2. Constructions of Language Competence : Sociolinguistic Perspectives on Assessing Second Language Interactions in Basic Adult Education

   Author : Maria Rydell; Catrin Norrby; Gunlög Sundberg; Caroline Kerfoot; Tim McNamara; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; constructions of language competence; language ideologies; migration; language testing and assessment; Swedish as a second language; embodied interaction; lived experience of language; adult education; sociolinguistics; linguistic anthropology; Scandinavian Languages; nordiska språk;

   Abstract : The current thesis is concerned with constructions and perceptions of what it means to be ‘a competent language user’ in the context of a language programme in basic Swedish called Swedish for Immigrants (SFI). A particular focus is given to the testing and assessment of oral interaction. READ MORE

5. 3. Body acts queer : Clothing as a performative challenge to heteronormativity

   Author : Maja Gunn; José Teunissen; Högskolan i Borås; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Artistic research; design; fashion; ideology; performativity; pleasure; power; queer.; Textiles and Fashion Design ; Textil och mode konstnärlig ;

   Abstract : This artistic, practice-based thesis has been developed based on the idea that design creates social and ideological change. From this perspective, Body Acts Queer — Clothing as a performative challenge to heteronormativity introduces an artistic way of working with and exploring the performative and ideological functions of clothing with regard to gender, feminism, and queer. READ MORE

6. 4. Framing The Israel/Palestine Conflict in Swedish History School Textbooks

   Author : Michael Walls; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

   Abstract : The following dissertation has examined the ways in which the history of the Israel/Palestine conflict has been framed in a number of Lower Secondary school Swedish History textbooks as well as in a small number of Social Science/Civics teachers’ statements. The initial problem discussed has been a noted discrepancy between textbook content and scholarship on the conflict’s history. READ MORE

7. 5. The Ambassador's Letter : On the Less Than Nothing of Diplomacy

   Author : Alexander Stagnell; Mats Rosengren; Otto Fischer; Anders Bartonek; Frank Ruda; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Diplomacy; Ideology; Rhetoric; Slavoj Žižek; International Relations; Rhetoric; Retorik; Östersjö- och Östeuropaforskning;

   Abstract : The principal aim of this dissertation is to answer the age-old question What is diplomacy? But this study approaches the question in what might, on first look, appear oblique. By employing Slavoj Žižek’s reworked notion of Ideologiekritik with respect to the history, science, and artistic explorations of diplomacy, this work begins by extracting three of its essential problems: the name, death, and representation. READ MORE