Sökning: "Precarity"
Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 17 avhandlingar innehållade ordet Precarity.
1. Resisting feminised precarity : Farm workers in post-strike Western Cape, South Africa
Sammanfattning : This dissertation seeks to contribute to the body of research on gender, neoliberal globalisation and work, and on the forms of resistance people engage in within a deeply unequal global order. It was devised in relation to developments during and after widespread, unprecedented labour and social protests among farm workers in export-oriented agriculture in the Western Cape, South Africa, 2012–2013. LÄS MER
2. Curating Precarity : Swedish Queer Film Festivals as Micro-Activism
Sammanfattning : This research is based on ethnographic fieldwork conducted at Malmö Queer Film Festival and Cinema Queer Film Festival in Stockholm, between 2017-2019. It explores the relevance of queer film festivals in the lives of LGBTQIA+ persons living in Sweden, and reveals that these festivals are not simply cultural events where films about gender and sexuality are screened, but places through which the political lives of LGBTQIA+ persons become intelligible. LÄS MER
3. El retorno del rostro : Narrativas postnacionales y escrituras precarias en tiempos de la globalización
Sammanfattning : Globalization in the past decades has been considered a new phase of integrated global economy, with increased cultural interactions and loss of nation-state sovereignty. In recent years, critics and citizens have raised concern towards a neoliberal system that sustains inequality and growing uncertainty. LÄS MER
4. “And I don’t know who we really are to each other” : Queers doing close relationships in Estonia
Sammanfattning : This dissertation explores the ways in which queers understand and practice close relationships in the political, economic and cultural circumstances of contemporary Estonia. The study draws on qualitative methods from sociology and anthropology and is situated at the intersection of queer studies, de/post-colonial studies, family and kinship studies. LÄS MER
5. Beyond Transit : Precarious Emplacement and the Wavering Reception of Migrants in the City of Zagreb
Sammanfattning : The territory of the Republic of Croatia has historically been a place of forced and economic migration, mainly consisting of population movements between former Yugoslav states and other neighbouring European countries. Since the 2000s, these borderlands have become sites of continuous transit migration from the Middle East and Africa. LÄS MER