Browsing Masteruppsatser / Institutionen för kulturvetenskaper by Title
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V.I.N.T.A.G.E. - Om kläder, kvinnor och kulturarv
(2014-06-18)Summary This master thesis in ethnology examines the practices around the phenomena of vintage and second-hand clothing in the early twenty-first century. The resurgence of vintage and retro confirms a craze for the ... -
VILKA ”KUNGAR” VILL VI HA PÅ VÅRA GATOR OCH TORG? En kulturanalytisk studie av två offentliga monument i Göteborg
(2019-10-10)This thesis examines how public monuments are made into cultural heritage, if and in that case, how these monuments affect their surroundings and people. In order to get some answers, two public monuments called Kopparmärra ... -
Visualisering av tystade historier - En dekolonial kulturanalys av verket I firandet av vår kamp finns deras undergång
(2023-08-09)The dominant narrative of history, prevalent in Sweden, is of a country which has no structural racism and that had no part in the colonization of the Americas or in the transatlantic slave trade. This is far from the ... -
”We are Straining Mosquitos and Swallowing Camels” - Human Rights Work in a Municipality Context
(2016-07-05)In this thesis I make a discourse analysis of the Human Rights discourse, and other prevalent discourses in a municipality context, with a special focus on the municipality of Gothenburg. I map where the concept Human ... -
What's the Problem with Gender Inequality? Poststructural Policy Analysis of Gender Equality Policies from County Administrative Boards in Sweden 2018-2020
(2019-07-02)The purpose of this thesis is to do a poststructural analysis of gender equality policies from four county administration boards in Sweden. The thesis aims to examine how the policies construct the problem with gender ... -
Whatever happens, I will never sell the mountains - A reparative analysis of the temporal, political, emotional and intellectual aspects of crafting
(2015-09-09)The aim of this thesis is to investigate time and the values connected to different uses of time. What use is legitimate, and what is seen as a waste of time? I will argue that a general notion of time as ‘bad’ or ‘useless’ ... -
Who Deserves to Be Included? Diffraction of Diversity and Inclusion in Swedish International Organizations
(2023-08-21)My thesis explores how diffraction on D&I is created by the entanglement of the nature of institution (institutional will and wall) and dissemination of neoliberal rationality, and how it perpetuates power relations that ... -
Women’s experiences of gender-based barriers and stereotypes in bodybuilding as a masculine sport in Poland
(2018-06-27)The aim of this thesis is to study gender-based barriers and stereotypes that influence women in masculine sports taking bodybuilding as an example and analyzing four interviews by using a feminism perspective and ... -
WOMEN’S REPRESENTATION IN AFGHANISTAN Economic Empowerment and International Agencies
(2018-06-20)Purpose:This thesis examines the level of effectiveness of the Women Economic Empowerment Projects in Afghanistan in a certain period, especially from 2001 onward, and in accordance to the availability of the required data. ... -
WOMEN’S RESISTANCE THROUGH TESTIMONY – A STUDY OF SURVIVORS’ TALES FROM THE HOLOCAUST
(2016-02-19)This thesis analyses Jewish women Holocaust survivor’s testimonies. The purpose is to investigate what events the women tell of, how they tell of the choice and act of giving testimony, and to analyse whether resistance ... -
Won't Somebody Think of the Children-A Critical Analysis of the Swedish National Guidelines for Treatment of Young People with Gender Dysphoria
(2022-02-15)This thesis critically analyses Sweden’s National Guidelines for Treatment of Young People with Gender Dysphoria, with the aim of providing recommendations for amending the guidelines to provide better access to gender ... -
“You have to be healthy to cope with being sick” A qualitative interview study on the power relation between the Swedish healthcare system and endometriosis patients
(2025-01-14)Endometriosis is an inflammatory disease where cells similar to the uterine lining develop outside the uterus. It is estimated that every tenth person with a uterus has endometriosis. However, it is an unprioritised, ...