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Visar resultat 16 - 20 av 74 avhandlingar innehållade orden postcolonial theory.

  1. 16. I mänsklighetens namn : En etnologisk studie av ett svenskt biståndsprojekt i Rumänien

    Författare :Agnes Ers; Mats Lindqvist; Karin Salomonsson; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; humanizing processes; normality; development aid; NGO; Romania; Europe; children; orphanages; disability; postcolonial theory; poststructuralist theory; gift exchange; deserving-undeserving poor; gender construction; Ethnology; Etnologi;

    Sammanfattning : This dissertation is an analysis of observations among, and interviews with, Romanian and Swedish employees at a Swedish development aid project in Romania. The aim has been to study the categories of ‘humanity’: how the notions of the ‘human(e)’ and the ‘inhuman(e)’ were created in the context of the project. LÄS MER

  2. 17. Off the Edge of the Map: A Study of Organizational Diversity as Identity Work

    Författare :Viktorija Kalonaityte; Företagsekonomiska institutionen; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; feminist theory; mock bureaucracy; identity work; Organizational diversity; identity construction; postcolonial theory; institutional process;

    Sammanfattning : “Diversify or die” is a recurring and rather dramatic call for organizations to recruit, retain and manage a demographically diverse workforce, advocated by the business case for diversity, also known as diversity management philosophy. Diversity management places diverse social identities at the heart of organizational success and has gained much attention from management consultants and managers in North America and Europe. LÄS MER

  3. 18. Discourses of Empire: The Gospel of Mark from a Postcolonial Perspective

    Författare :Hans Leander; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; The Gospel of Mark; postcolonial criticism; discourse theory; ideological criticism; historic-critical paradigm; European colonialism; early Christian identity; Roman Empire; Edward Said; Homi Bhabha; Gayatri Spivak; mimicry; hybridity; catachresis.;

    Sammanfattning : Generally regarded as the first written gospel, Mark probably began circulating in this form during the 70s C.E, the hey-days of Flavian Rome. Reading Mark as a representation of a collective identity position, this dissertation primarily studies the various ways in which it related to Roman imperial discourse. LÄS MER

  4. 19. Healthcare Staff's Racialised talk : Examining Accounts of Racialisation in Healthcare

    Författare :Sarah Hamed; Hannah Bradby; Sandra Torres; Rebecca Selberg; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Racism; racialisation; racialised talk; healthcare; healthcare staff; critical ’race’ theory; postcolonial theory; Sweden; Sociologi; Sociology;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis contributes to the literature on racism in healthcare and the scholarship on racism and racialisation by moving the current focus of healthcare literature from demonstrating the existence of racism to examining accounts of racialisation through analysing healthcare staff’s racialised talk. Drawing from critical ‘race’ and postcolonial theories, the thesis departs from the premise that racism is a structural phenomenon embedded in nation states and institutions, including healthcare across the globe. LÄS MER

  5. 20. Solidaritetens omvägar. : (LM) Ericsson, svenska Metall och Ericssonarbetarna i Colombia 1973-1993

    Författare :Jonas Sjölander; Lars Olsson; Paulina de los Reyes; Växjö universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; labour internationalism; Swedish Metalworkers’ Federation; International Metalworkers’ Federation; Sintraericsson; LM Ericsson; world system theory; postcolonial theory; the third industrial revolution; Latin America.; History; Historia; Historia; History;

    Sammanfattning : This study deals with the historical compromise between Labour and Capital—the so-called “Swedish model”—and the abandonment of this compromise in connection with the third industrial revolution. The focus of the study lies in the transformations in working life and labour internationalism from 1973 to 1993. LÄS MER