This study examines articulations between place, power, and difference between social groups in a farming community of afro-descendance and foreigners appropriating land in Ecuador. It is an iterative-inductive ethnography that combines the extended case study with autoethnography to move between layers of systemic structures, intersubjectivity and subjectivity. Socio-ecological space is understoo

The aim of this study was to examine how the Swedish Court takes the will of the child in consideration, regarding legal decisions during custody disputes. Eight documented rulings have been reviewed from 2019 and 2020. A thematic content analysis has been made on eight of the rulings. The purpose of the analysis was to interpret the ruling decision process in the light of Convention on the rights

Presented at conference on NGO studies and anthropology, panel on elite NGOs and NGO elites. Abstract. The anticorruption NGO Transparency International was founded in 1993 by a former World Bank official and his network of ex-diplomats, lawyers, development consultants and businessmen. With headquarters in Berlin and affiliate organizations in 90 countries, it is truly one of the most successful

This chapter outlines some of the key concerns with criminalising sex-selective abortion (SSA) in China and India, highlighting that it offers no identifiable options for sustainable, women-centred, progressive change. Instead, the criminalisation of SSA sits firmly within other forms of carceral feminism. Framing SSA as “female foeticide,” “femicide,” or “gendercide” is problematic, as such terms

Att vittna är, med vissa få undantag, en samhällelig skyldighet. Samtidigt händer det att vittnen utsätts för hot och repressalier på grund av sina förestående vittnesmål. Detta har lett till att möjligheten att vittna anonymt uppmärksammats. Anonyma vittnesmål är idag inte tillåtna i den svenska brottmålsprocessen. Både lagregler och processrättsliga principer sätter stopp för ett sådant förfaranTo give testimony is, with a few exceptions, a social obligation. At the same time, witnesses are sometimes exposed to threats and reprisals because of their upcoming testimonies. This has led to attention being given to the possibility to bear witness anonymously. Anonymously made testimonies are not permitted in Swedish criminal proceedings today. Both legal rules and procedural principles prohi

The purpose of this study is to analyze how deacons embody their second ordination vow concerning ‘helping those in need and standing by the oppressed ones’ side’. We conducted seven semi-structured interviews with deacons from one diocese in the Church of Sweden. The empirical material for this study is based on previous research about diaconia and analyzed through theoretical concepts of calling

Earlier studies have shown that when assessing explanations of psychological phenomena, there is a bias for explanations including references to neuroscience, even when these references contain logically irrelevant information (Fernandez-Duque, Evans, Christian & Hodges, 2015; M inahan & Siedlecki, 2016; Weisberg, Keil, Goodstein, Rawson and Gray, 2008; Weisberg, Taylor & Hopkins, 2015

The problem with adolescents who do not want to participate in investigation processes as witnesses, is a recurring problem for investigators with the police in Örebro. A problem that contributes to many disused investigations, despite the known existence of potential witnesses to the different crime events that involve youths. The purpose of this study is to analyze the causes that contribute to

Purpose: The purpose of this thesis is to develop an understanding of the way in which a brand is developed in a dyadic relationship with an external stakeholder. Theoretical: This thesis bases its theoretical framework on two main theoretical fields: Actor-Network Theory and dialectics. Methodology: The thesis is an explorative qualitative study espousing an interpretivist view of the social wo

Drönare är obemannade luftfartyg som vanligtvis fjärrstyrs från marken. Från att ursprungligen ha brukats i militär verksamhet har drönare de senaste åren börjat spridas till civila näringsverksamheter, t.ex. inspektion av fastigheter. Genom HFD 2016 ref. 71 I fastställde Högsta förvaltningsdomstolen att kameror monterade på drönare är övervakningskameror, och därför är tillståndspliktiga enligt kDrones are unmanned aerial vehicles that are controlled from the ground. From having been used at first solely for military purposes, they have spread to civil businesses over the last few years, for example to help at property inspections. Through HFD 2016 ref. 71 I it was decided that cameras mounted on drones are considered as surveillance cameras and require permits according to the camera sur

RPS (Real Person Slash) refers to the fandom in which female fans form homoerotic fantasies based on two real men such as actors, politicians and historical figures. This paper tries to see this group of women under power structures of sexuality in China and how such structures influence their fan practices. Through online observations, group discussion and in-depth interviews with 16 fans in tota

Vi kanske tror att vårt beteende och vår livsstil bara påverkar oss själva. Det stämmer inte. Utsläppen från vår höga levnadsstandard leder till stora problem i hela världen. Världshälsoorganisationen WHO har konstaterat att olika miljöföroreningar dödar tre gånger fler människor i låg- och medelinkomstländer än malaria, AIDS och tuberkolos tillsammans! Dessutom leder våra livsstilsval till växthuThe purpose of this study is to evaluate the effects of behavioral change oriented measures to address climate change problems. Municipalities in Sweden already work with these kinds of measures, but they find it hard to apply for funding since it’s often a requirement to show the emission reductions of each project. The initial part of the study aims to understand how the members of the Climate

During the past decades there is a growing interest to include a cultural dimension in the debate on sustainable development. In this thesis I explore how culture, and more specifically the Flemish cultural sector, contributes to the transition to a sustainable society. By means of case studies, I examine how cultural organizations perceive their role in the transition process and how they transla

This paper is problematizing the gender constructions appearing in documents talking of drug treatment in Sweden. Through discourse analysis, the gender constructions done in documents focusing on addiction, and created by government agencies and rehab- and treatment-centers are studied. In previous research, two positions emerged: one expressing the necessity of showing and discussing women´s vul

Understanding neoliberalism as a many-headed heterogenous global tendency, this thesis aims to investigate, analyse and gather lessons in the global resistance against it. It is particularly focused on Pirin National Park in Bulgaria, where government changes to its management and development have sparked year-long protests. I ask how neoliberalism manifests itself in Bulgarian environmentalism an

The school segregation has been growing in the Swedish schooling system in the recent years, where pupils with different backgrounds to a lower extent meet each other in the schooling system. At the same time the differences in results between schools, and the relationship between family background and pupils’ school results is increasing. This has spurred a political will to act on the growing sc

The primary objective of this study was to validate the Swedish version of the New Sexual Satisfaction Scale-Short form (NSSS-S) in the Swedish population and explore its association with protective psychological factors, including self-compassion, body awareness, and body appreciation. The questionnaire survey method was used in this study, and a sample of Swedish-speaking participants (n = 164)

Previous research suggest that immigrants face significant disadvantages in the European labour markets, and that the magnitude of this disadvantage differs based on several factors such as gender, region of origin and educational attainment. Literature and theory present possible explanations for this, one of which being discrimination. Discrimination towards immigrants could be expressed through