Sökning: "postcolonial"

Visar resultat 6 - 10 av 152 avhandlingar innehållade ordet postcolonial.

  1. 6. Constructing the 'social' in social entrepreneurship : A postcolonial perspective

    Författare :Anna Stevenson; Företagsekonomiska institutionen; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Social entrepreneurship; postcolonial theory; inclusion exclusion;

    Sammanfattning : Social entrepreneurship is often depicted as the solution to the various problems we have in society today. In the mainstream literature, it tends to be presented as a site of empowerment, inclusion, morality and compassion. LÄS MER

  3. 7. The Buddhist World Emperor's Mission : Millenarian Buddhism in Postcolonial Burma

    Författare :Niklas Foxeus; Per-Arne Berglie; Erik af Edholm; Guillaume Rozenberg; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Buddhism; millenarianism; weizzā weikza ; esotericism; supernatural powers; identity; politics; Burma; Theravāda Buddhism; cakkavattin; authority; legitimacy; charisma; History of religion; Religionshistoria; History of Religion; religionshistoria;

    Sammanfattning : In early postcolonial Burma, a number of so-called royal esoteric associations with a millenarian and eschatological orientation, and founded by persons believed to be the world emperor, emerged in response to political turmoil, nation-building projects, modernization, and after-effects of colonialism. These Theravāda Buddhist esoteric congregations, revivalist and innovative at the same time, were indicative of a general crisis of authority and identity. LÄS MER

  4. 8. And Through Flows the River : Archaeology and the Pasts of Lao Pako

    Författare :Anna Källén; Paul Sinclair; Cornelius Holtorf; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Archaeology; Lao Pako; Laos; Mainland Southeast Asia; archaeology; excavation; ceramics; iron production; ritual; gender; the past; time; postcolonial; critical theory; Arkeologi; Archaeology subjects; Arkeologiämnen; arkeologi; Archaeology;

    Sammanfattning : This is a story about Lao Pako. Lao Pako is located on a small hill on the southern bank of the river Nam Ngum in central Laos. LÄS MER

  5. 9. Guerrilleros de papel : La representación del guerrillero en seis novelas centroamericanas de los años setenta y ochenta

    Författare :Oscar García; Sergio Infante; Héctor Areyuna; Jorge Román-Lagunas; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Central American literature; guerrilla soldier; representation; postcolonial theories; postcolonial discourse; subaltern; essentialism; hybridity; phenomenological hermeneutics.; Spanish language; Spanska språket; Spanish; spanska;

    Sammanfattning : The aim of the present study is to analyze and compare the representation of the guerrilla soldier in six contemporary Central American novels. According to Claudio Guillén, the comparison is a dialogue between unity and diversity. It can be defined with the help of two coordinates: a spatial and a temporal. LÄS MER

  7. 10. The evolution of Town Planning Ideas, Plans and their Implementation in Kampala City 1903-2004

    Författare :Fredrick Omolo-Okalebo; Inga Britt Werner; Robert Home; KTH; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; planning; planning ideas; implementation; colonial; postcolonial;

    Sammanfattning : Through a descriptive and exploratory approach, and by review and deduction of archival and documentary resources, supplemented by empirical evidence from case studies, this thesis traces, analyses and describes the historic trajectory of planning events in Kampala City, Uganda, since the inception of modern town planning in 1903, and runs through the various planning episodes of 1912, 1919, 1930, 1951, 1972 and 1994. The planning ideas at interplay in each planning period and their expression in planning schemes vis-à-vis spatial outcomes form the major focus. LÄS MER