Sökning: "construction of otherness"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 11 avhandlingar innehållade orden construction of otherness.

  1. 1. Representationer av psykisk ohälsa : Egna erfarenheter och dialogiskt meningsskapande i fokusgruppsamtal

    Författare :Robert Ohlsson; Sonja Olin Lauritzen; Lars-Christer Hydén; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :dialogicality; everyday knowledge; focus groups; illness identity; illness narratives; meaning potentials; medicalization; mental illness; psychiatric diagnosis; self-help groups; social representations; sociocultural resources; joint construction of meaning; Social sciences; Socialvetenskap; pedagogik; Education;

    Sammanfattning : The aim of the thesis is to explore socially shared ideas about mental illness in everyday contexts. Drawing on social representation theory, organizations for users of mental health services and self-help groups are regarded as communities where social knowledge is constructed that makes intersubjective understanding of illness experiences possible. LÄS MER

  3. 2. The Eloquent Blood : The Goddess Babalon and the Construction of Femininities in Western Esotericism

    Författare :Manon Hedenborg White; Mattias Gardell; Henrik Bogdan; Ulrika Dahl; Egil Asprem; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Western esotericism; occultism; magic; gender; sexuality; queer; queer theory; femininity; femininities; Thelema; Aleister Crowley; Ordo Templi Orientis; Babalon; Scarlet Woman; Luce Irigaray; Religionshistoria; History of Religions;

    Sammanfattning : The study analyses the changing construction of femininities and feminine sexuality in interpretations of the goddess Babalon, a central deity in Aleister Crowley’s (1875–1947) esoteric religion Thelema. Femininity has occupied a problematic position in feminist theory, frequently associated with lack, artifice, and restriction. LÄS MER

  4. 3. The Stick and the Calabash : Building gods in Bahian Candomblé

    Författare :Rune Hjarnø Rasmussen; Mattias Gardell; Inger Sjørslev; Diana Espírito Santo; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Afro-Brazilian religion; Religionshistoria; History of Religions;

    Sammanfattning : Practitioners of the Brazilian religion Candomblé frequently explain syncretism with a myth about how slaves camouflaged the cult of their embodied African gods behind the worship of icons of Catholic saints. The myth is multivalent and here I try to see it as a mapping of how Candomblistas operate hybridity in their construction of deities. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Conflict, marginalisation and transformation : African migrants in Sweden

    Författare :Jonathan Ngeh; Nora Räthzel; Åsa Gustafson; Peo Hansen; Umeå universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; migrants; conflicts; racism; transformation; Cameroon; Somalia; Sweden; construction of otherness; Sociology; Sociologi; sociologi; Sociology;

    Sammanfattning : Migrants from the Global South, coming to Sweden predominantly since the 1980s, have become a major focus of public discussions about immigration. The fears of and resentments toward the migrant ‘other’ appear to have shifted from European migrants to migrants of the Global South. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Le poids de la tradition : La gestion professorale de l'altérité linguistique et culturelle en classe de FLE

    Författare :Ann-Kari Sundberg; Eva Larsson Ringqvist; Francine Cicurel; Växjö universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; French as a foreign language; foreign language teaching; teaching procedures; intercultural understanding; classroom setting; linguistic otherness; cultural otherness; representations; dialogical perspectives; French language; Franska språket; Franska med didaktisk inriktning; Teaching and learning in French as a second language;

    Sammanfattning : The overall aim of the present study is to investigate how teachers deal with linguistic and cultural otherness in the French foreign language classroom at upper secondary school level in Sweden. The foreign language classroom is seen as a cultural meeting place where images of otherness are natural elements. LÄS MER