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In Rev.IV:137, Christ told St. Birgitta that pilgrims to Vadstena could receive the same plenary indulgence as the one granted to the church San Pietro in Vincoli in Rome. The privilege was highly disputed, but in Vadstena the pilgrims crowded anyway on the feast of St. Peter in Chains on August 1, a feast where the deliverance from the captivity of sin was pivotal. This study is based on extant s
This thesis explores the aesthetic language of natural history collecting in relation to art, by analyzing Kristoffer Palmgren’s bioart piece Superman in a semiotic and discourse analytic context. The artwork itself consists of eight molded fists, overgrown by microbes taken from wild trees. The fists are individually encased in glass boxes that are placed on top of one another. This presentation
By analysing three different works of transformative literature, this thesis aims to explore the different ways in which power may express itself in the context of literature. Wide Sargasso Sea, Circe and Hag-Seed are three novels that, while remaining similar in that they are rewrites of canonised literature such as Jane Eyre, The Odyssey, and The Tempest, are different enough to provide a wide a
In his book Skin Shows, Jack Halberstam posits that depictions of monsterhood in horror media can be directly comparable to different socially constructed identities, such as gender, and even transgender. But can such a comparison be made in a text regardless of its author’s biases and intentions? The purpose of this essay is to find out how the monsters in four of H. P. Lovecraft’s short stories
Uppsatsen syftar till att redogöra för och analysera barns delaktighet i tvister om vårdnad, boende och umgänge. Barn ges rätt till inflytande genom bestämmelser i såväl svensk rätt som genom internationella instrument. FN:s konvention om barnets rättigheter (barnkonventionen) ges en central roll i uppsatsen. Artikel 12 i barnkonventionen stadgar att barn ska tillförsäkras rätten att fritt uttryckThis thesis is aiming to explain and analyse children’s participation in legal proceedings concerning custody, residence and visitation. Children are given the right to participation through regulations in Swedish law as well as in international legal instruments. The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (the CRC) is given a central role in this thesis. Article 12 in the CRC statutes that chil
Personer som tillhör flera minoritetsgrupper tenderar att uppleva en speciell typ av diskriminering och utanförskap. Det är ett problem som uppmärksammats genom det så kallade intersektionella perspektivet. Detta perspektiv visar på att det finns en komplexitet i hur mänskliga rättigheter måste definieras för att det ska vara möjligt att främja jämlikhet oberoende av vilka grupper och hur många gr
Recent years have seen a rise in the role of communities in achieving the global goals of poverty alleviation alongside environmental protection. Simultaneously, it is increasingly recognised that communities are subject to power asymmetries resulting in differential abilities among community members to benefit from the sustainable management of natural resources. Striving to explore community- ba
With the rise from populism over the last few decades, one can observe an increase in the violent clashes connected to populists. However, this seems to be in coherence with the right-wing side mostly, because the left-wing side gets forgotten in the calculations over conflict together with populism. Therefore, the purpose of this thesis is to dive into a case study that is taking place in Venezue
“Stay at home if you can and we’ll keep you entertained (…)”. Nämnda citat kom-mer från Pornhub, den hemsida som har flest pornografiska videos i världen. Citatet publicerades i samband med covid-19-pandemin 2020 och är ett exempel på hur Pornhub utnyttjat en situation där människor är extra sårbara för att locka till sig kunder. Studien undersöker exempel på hur Pornhub marknadsför kvinnor som
This thesis studies the Women’s Situation Room Nigeria, a women-led project aimed to prevent electoral violence and increase women’s participation in elections. The aim of this study is to see what kind of impact this project has had on electoral violence in Nigeria. The study is conducted as a single-N comparative case study, comparing the levels of electoral violence in the general elections of
This paper aims at investigating the polynomial relationship between income and income inequality as described by Kuznets (1955, 1963). In order to investigate this relationship, data for 35 European countries are used for the period 1980-2017 and a long-run relationship between these two variables is found, as the initial Kuznets curve hypothesis is. The results indicate, the existence of the Kuz
As terrorism after the 9/11 attacks has emerged as one of the most important threats to international security, the political discourse used by world leaders regarding the topic is becoming more and more essential to study. One way to do this is by using securitization theory, which helps us understand how something becomes a security issue, and how security threats are socially constructed throug
Behavior and social interactions are key features to determine the phenotype of an organism. Observing behavioral manifestations give insides on a fundamental level of how inner mechanisms work. But how is it possible to predict behavior in a way, such that it can be quantify and analyzed? One traditional strategy is to annotate the behavior by hand. Observing the animals and making notes about th
As climate change is a global threat it is of essence to understand how we can work against it. Research within the sphere of Peace and Conflict Studies lacks the perspective of the psychology behind world leaders as an explanation for how environmental policy is conducted. This thesis investigates what type of leader Obama and Trump are, what implications that has on environmental policy and how
How does domestic politics affect foreign aid? A great deal of literature that seeks to answer this question has sought to test the partisan theory. This theory suggests that ideological governmental changes will affect a donor country’s foreign aid – in terms of total aid, aid allocation and/or aid strategies. At the same time, there has been a scholarly tendency to understand aid from welfare st
Covid-19 har med den snabba spridningstakten och höga dödstalen fått stor medial uppmärksamhet i hela världen. Runt omkring i världen har åtgärd efter åtgärd vidtagits i ett försök att minska smittspridningen. Den här uppsatsen syftar till att redogöra för och jämföra hur de skandinaviska länderna har begränsat mötesfriheten med anledning av Covid-19. De skandinaviska länderna har mycket gemensaCovid-19 has, with its rapid spread and high mortality rate, received great media attention throughout the world. Across the world, measure after measure has been brought in effect in an effort to reduce the spread of the virus. The purpose of this thesis is to describe and compare how the Scandinavian countries have restricted freedom of assembly due to Covid-19. The Scandinavian countries have
In February 2020, two groups met in Kartapur, near the border of India and Pakistan, for the first time. The groups, Yes Fam India and Yes Fam Pakistan, are created in connection to the YouTube channel Yes Theory, and they share an active online community. The conflict between India and Pakistan has been active for over 70 years. Previous research suggests that there is a need to explore the possi
China’s approach and response to democratization in Hong Kong have since the city’s handover back in 1997 been somewhat of a rollercoaster-esque experience. The path towards democracy has for the people of Hong Kong remained an ongoing struggle for nearly 30 years, with recent developments arguably putting an end towards any hope of future realization. This study seeks to investigate and assess Be
Findings about the relationship between climate change and conflict has, since research on the topic started in the late 1990s, been inconclusive. A more recent statistical study has however concluded that drought might prolong conflict under certain conditions. To further our understanding of this relationship, this single-N case study has investigated these recent findings on an extreme case, wh
Syftet med den här uppsatsen är att reda ut ifall barnen som levde i Knutby Filadelfia hade samma förutsättningar och tillgänglighet till sina rättigheter som barn har i det svenska samhället idag. Frågeställningen är: På vilket sätt begränsade Knutby Filadelfias lära och levnadsstil barnen i församlingens rättigheter? Frågeställningen besvaras med hjälp av en kvalitativ metod, idéanalys och teori
