Search for dissertations about: "imaginaries"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 47 swedish dissertations containing the word imaginaries.

  2. 21. Political Imaginaries Amidst a Peace Deferred. The Politics of Human Rights Activism in the 2016 Colombian Peace Process

    Author : Richard Georgi; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; human rights; peace and conflict; Colombia; activism; civil society; deconstructionist philosophy; post-structuralism; political theory; discourse theory; protest movements;

    Abstract : The Colombian government and the FARC-EP envisioned to make history when they sealed the 2016 Peace Agreement, ending one of the longest standing armed confrontations in human history, and promised the cessation of protracted violence. In post-accord Colombia, however, this promise has been eclipsed by political polarization, serious setbacks in the implementation process, and the surge of violence against human rights defenders. READ MORE

  4. 22. The Public Interest in the Data Society : Deconstructing the Policy Network Imaginary of the GDPR

    Author : Maud Bernisson; André Jansson; Johan Lindell; Katharine Sarikakis; Karlstads universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; GDPR; EU policymaking; Critical discourse studies; degree of preference attainment; theory of the imaginaries; policy network theory; Media and Communication Studies; Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap;

    Abstract : When Facebook censored the Pulitzer Prize-winning photograph The Napalm Girl, it provoked a global outcry. It also showed digital media’s ability to redefine freedom of expression and information. Redefining fundamental rights and freedoms involves drawing limits upon other fundamental freedoms and rights like the right to privacy. READ MORE

  5. 23. Environmental Technology and its Role in the Search for Urban Environmental Sustainability : The Dynamics of Adaptation

    Author : Santiago Mejía-Dugand; Olof Hejlm; Leenard Baas; Julio Dávila; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : LANTBRUKSVETENSKAPER; AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES; TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Technology Adaptation; Governance Mechanisms; Spread of Technology; Stakeholder Involvement; Proof-of-concept; Environmental Technology Suppliers; Urban Imaginaries;

    Abstract : The aim of this thesis is to analyze the role that environmental technology plays in the solution of environmental problems in cities, and discuss models and conditions that can facilitate the processes of selection, implementation and use of environmental technologies in and by cities.The technological component is perhaps one of the most important characteristics of modern cities. READ MORE

  6. 24. Sustainability for Whom? : The Politics of Imagining Environmental Change in Education

    Author : Hanna Sjögren; Per Gyberg; Cecilia Åsberg; Stacy Alaimo; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Environmental humanities; feminist theory; philosophy of education; posthumanities; teacher education; human-animal studies; sustainability; sustainable development; post-politics; social imaginaries; Humanistiska miljöstudier; feministisk teori; utbildningsfilosofi; posthumaniora; lärarutbildning; människa-djur-studier; hållbarhet; hållbar utveckling; postpolitik; imaginärer;

    Abstract : Global initiatives regarding environmental change have increasingly become part of political agendas and of our collective imagination. In order to form sustainable societies, education is considered crucial by organizations such as the United Nations and the European Union. READ MORE

  7. 25. Climatised Moves : Climate-induced Migration and the Politics of Environmental Discourse

    Author : Giovanni Bettini; LUCSUS; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; climate change; migration; climate security; adaptation; resilience; post-politics;

    Abstract : This work seeks to de-naturalise climate-induced migration (CM). Combining political ecology and post-foundational theories, I read CM as a construct that reifies a series of phenomena into an issue to be researched and governed. READ MORE