Kandidatuppsatser / Institutionen för globala studier: Recent submissions
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To orient whilst orientalized: Narratives of face-veiling women in light of public mobility
(2022-08-24)This thesis explores the narratives of face-veiling women, in light of mobility practices pertaining to public spaces. With Sweden emerging as the focal point of study, experiences and perceptions of face-veiled women, ... -
Tiden går, det unika uppstår: En studie av secondhandföremål och deras roll vid identitetsskapande genom hemmet
(2022-08-24)Människor spenderar en stor del av sina liv i hemmet. Hur hemmet ser ut, var det ligger, och hur det används ligger till grund för skapandet av den personliga identiteten. På samma gång formas också hemmet utifrån den ... -
PLANNING TIME: Structuring of the Everyday among Young Adults in Non-Traditional Jobs
(2022-08-24)Unstructured time and “wasted” time is often shunned and unwanted in today’s society focused on productive and progressive use of time. In this essay, I examine how planning of everyday activities gives structure and ... -
The Way under the Heavens: A Comparative study of four cases and how strategic culture forms Chinese economic statecraft towards Australia and The United States of America
(2022-08-24)This is a multiple comparative case study aiming to inquire into the level and characteristics of deeper economic relations with China affect China’s Economic Statecraft strategy towards Australia and the United States ... -
American national identity at the start and end of the war in Afghanistan: A comparative narrative analysis of presidential speeches
(2022-08-24)The purpose of this essay is to investigate the production of American national identity at the start and end of America’s warfare in Afghanistan, and to reach an understanding how the identity-construction legitimatized ... -
Drug cartels, American corporations and other things that lurk in the dark: A discourse analysis of Mexican foreign policy and the intersection between security and identity
(2022-08-24)Investigating recent events in Mexican security policy from a poststructuralist perspective, this study highlights the role of identity in both security and foreign policies. These developments in International Relations ... -
Onlyfans – Empowering eller kvinnoförtryck? En kvalitativ studie av ungas attityder till Onlyfans
(2022-08-24)The aim of the paper is to increase the knowledge about youths’ attitudes towards online pornography and commercial sexuality by examining their language use and reasoning concerning Onlyfans – a subscription-based website ... -
“KOM IGEN, NU ÖSER VI. VI ORKAR LITE TILL!”: En socialantropologisk studie av jympa på Friskis och Svettis.
(2022-08-23)This bachelor thesis examines the group workout class jympa at the Swedish gym chain Friskis och Svettis, which can be understood as an actor in the popular fitness community. The aim is to explore jympa and try to ... -
Time to Love: Romantic comedies and narratives of LOVE – from a Swedish context
(2022-08-23)This study explores the relation between love and romantic comedies, (aka romcoms), among people living in Sweden. Romcoms, being one of the most popular film genres ever, has often been subject to critique of not being ... -
EMPOWERING CITIZEN-DRIVEN SUSTAINABILITY: Supporting Local Management of Waste in Costa Rica
(2022-08-23)This paper is a result of a Minor Field Study (MFS) performed in Costa Rica and funded by the Swedish public authority SIDA - Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency. The aim of this study was to examine how ... -
Hur påverkas flyktingarnas självbestämmanderätt till eftergymnasial utbildning av olika förutsättningar? En kvalitativ fallstudie om de unga flyktingarna från Syrien i Sverige
(2022-08-23)The essay deals with the refugees 'experiences and stories to examine the refugees' conditions for post-secondary education in Sweden. The essay examines these conditions on the basis of the right to self-determination, ... -
Feminism as a threat to the Turkish state: A discourse analysis of Turkey’s withdrawal from the Istanbul Convention
(2022-08-23)This thesis analyzes Turkey’s withdrawal from the Istanbul Convention from a feminist poststructuralist perspective. The Istanbul Convention is described as the most comprehensive convention of its kind, aimed at preventing ... -
Hållbar utveckling i svensk undervisning: En kvalitativ studie om hållbar utveckling i den svenska skolan med fokus på ämneslärare inom NO- och SO-kunskap i grundskolan årskurs 7-9.
(2022-08-23)The purpose of this study is to contribute with an understanding and knowledge of how teachers in primary school, grades 7-9, and subject teachers in science studies and social study subjects, understand and interpret the ... -
“We knew the 2020 US election would be unlike any other” AN ARGUMENTATION ANALYSIS OF FACEBOOK’S ROLE IN THE 2020 US PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
(2022-08-23)The purpose of the thesis is to understand Facebook’s perception of its role in the spread of misinformation leading up to the 2020 US presidential election. Adopting the conceptual lenses of democracy and CSR, I use ... -
“Det mäktigaste landet i världen”: En diskursanalys av USA:s identitetsskapande genom kärnvapenstrategi under president Obama respektive Trump
(2022-04-07)This bachelor thesis analyzes how identity is constructed through US nuclear strategy along three themes. The research questions are: which similarities and differences exist between the US nuclear strategy during ... -
Hur formas judisk identitet i Sverige? Ett inifrånperspektiv av uppfattningar och praktiserande
(2022-04-07)Den här uppsatsens mål är att undersöka hur identitet praktiseras och uppfattas av människor med judisk bakgrund som lever i Göteborg. Uppsatsen ställer frågor om att leva i två olika kulturer, dels den svenska som är det ... -
PLIKTENS ÅTERKOMST: En innehållsanalytisk studie av Försvarsmaktens kampanjfilmer och dess gestaltning av den svenska soldaten efter värnpliktens återinförande 2017.
(2022-03-30)By using qualitative content analysis this study aims to examine the framing of the Swedish soldier in the video marketing campaigns of the Swedish Armed Forces, since the reactivation of conscription in 2017. The role ... -
Kollektivare och tjänstemän. Klassmedvetande i ett svenskt fackförbund
(2017)The purpose of this study is to examine subjective class in a Swedish labour union. The research questions focus on the informants' perceptions of the significance of class and the relation between class and union work, ... -
Kulturmiljöer, förvaltning och klimatförändringar En kvalitativ fallstudie om Gathenhielmska kulturreservatet som ett social-ekologiskt system
(2022-02-02)This papers aim is to investigate how cultural landscapes and management relate to climate patterns and some of its consequences. By doing so, the paper also seeks to apply Elinor Ostroms general framework for analyzing ... -
“The natural evolution of non-alignment” A qualitative case study of how Sweden’s identity as non-aligned is reconstructed through narratives in a changing security context
(2022-02-02)Sweden’s defence policy is characterized by non-alignment, which historically has meant avoiding military alliances to stay neutral in war. This policy of non-alignment is over 200 years old and deeply ingrained into Swedish ...