Search for dissertations about: "social injustice"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 27 swedish dissertations containing the words social injustice.

  2. 21. Universal Burdens : Stories of (Un)Freedom from the Unitarian Universalist Association, The MOVE Organization, and Taqwacore

    Author : Anthony Fiscella; Religionshistoria och religionsbeteendevetenskap; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Unitarian Universalist Association; Decolonialism; Inclusivity; Democracy; Human rights; Un Freedom; Unfreedom; Freedom; Liberation; Liberty; UUA; MOVE Organization; Philadelphia; Virginia; Taqwacore; Critical Religion Theory; History of religion; Islam; American Muslims; Anarchism; Anarchists; Punk rock; Hardcore; Social Movements; Frances Ellen Watkins Harper; Jiddu Krishnamurti; Zen; Imperialism; Cognitive dissonance; Racism; Indigenous peoples; First Nations; Colonialism; Critical pedagogy; Critical race studies;

    Abstract : Zen Buddhists have long given the following advice to attain liberation: “Eat when you’re hungry. Sleep when you’re tired.” In other words: “Freedom” is the “knowledge of necessity” (Hegel, Marx, and Engels). READ MORE

  4. 22. Health and the elusive gender equality : Can the impact of gender equality on health be measured?

    Author : Ann Sörlin; Ann Öhman; Lars Lindholm; Tuija Muhonen; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; gender equality; health; gender gap; index; organizations; companies; couple relations; Public health science; Folkhälsovetenskap; Public health; folkhälsa;

    Abstract : Background: All over the world men and women show different health patterns, and therecan be many and various reasons for these differences. This thesis therefore evaluates theimpact of gender equality on health. To do this, we must be able to measure gender equality. READ MORE

  5. 23. Women and economic justice : Ethics in feminist liberation theology and feminist economics

    Author : Ann-Cathrin Jarl; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Religion; Basic human needs; critical theory; economic justice; equality; feminist economics; feminist ethics; feminist hermeneutics; feminist theology; feminist theory; gender; justice; liberation; liberation theology; oppression; poverty; right relations; women s rights; Religionsvetenskap Teologi; Religion Theology; Religionsvetenskap Teologi; etik; Ethics;

    Abstract : This work focus on women, justice and economics. The work of feminist economists and feminist ethicists is analyzed with regard to economic justice. READ MORE

  6. 24. Social Construction of Technical Aids - Personal Meaning and Interactional Effects of Disability and Assistive Devices in Everyday Life

    Author : Oskar Krantz; Institutionen för hälsovetenskaper; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Legislation; Hand prosthesis; Gender; Dysmelia; Disability; Congenital Limb Deficiency; Body-image; Active ultra lightweight rigid frame wheelchair; Assistive device; Needs; Upper Limb Reduction Deficiency; Self-image; Regulation; Prescription; Useworthiness;

    Abstract : This thesis concerns the role of disability and assistive devices in everyday life among persons with, for instance, impairments related to mobility (e.g. wheelchair users) and bodily shape and configuration (e.g. READ MORE

  7. 25. Designing with care : Self-centered research for interaction design otherwise

    Author : Karey Helms; Ylva Fernaeus; Airi Lampinen; Anna Ståhl; Laura Forlano; KTH; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; interaction design; care; care ethics; posthuman; posthuman feminism; more-than-human; design theory; research program; design otherwise; first-person; autotheory; Människa-datorinteraktion; Human-computer Interaction;

    Abstract : This dissertation is about the research program designing with care as a pathway towards interaction design otherwise amid a world in crisis. Considering how established ways of doing interaction design will change involves recognizing the role of digital materials in social injustice and systemic inequality. READ MORE