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The aim of this thesis is to understand the subjective experiences of the people living in a Roma community in Romania, in the context of ethnic-based stigmatization and exclusion. Research themes include ethnic identity patterns, experiences of discrimination and racism, coping strategies and outlook on life. I first describe how the general label of “ţigani” (gypsies) overlooks more complex affi
A case study on the phenomenological obstacles for adjusting lifestyle to ecological awareness. The data is obtained mainly through deep interview, backed by preparatory research including chiefly participant observation, informal and semi structured interviews. The findings have been connected to relevant concepts and theories in a process of grounded theory. The fatigue, fears and doubts felt by
Employing the heuristic of intersectionality, this study analyzes household effects and responses to water shortage in Gaborone, Botswana, focusing on residents’ adaptive capacity and vulnerability. Using data collected through qualitative interviews, we find that households from all socio-economic backgrounds face various effects from water shortage and use numerous strategies to reduce exposure
The aim of this thesis is to investigate how the news media can challenge a social construction when it covers an event related to a taboo. The main question guiding this thesis is how the news media discourses about the ‘tampon tax´ in France can challenge the menstrual taboo. Every society is constituted of taboos which aim at maintaining order and hierarchies. However, these taboos oppress the
The purpose of this thesis was to examine how increased mobility of indigenous student migrants in Dhaka from the Chittagong Hill Tracts in Bangladesh affects notions of belonging and indigeneity. By applying a theoretical framework of mobility, global interconnectedness and lifestyle the study challenged representations by indigenous rights advocates of indigenous people as inherently immobile an
The research of this thesis aims at exploring, and adding a contribution to, the academic work devoted to analyzing techniques for wildlife management using Foucauldian Biopolitics. This case study researches the attitudes of six pro-wolf people toward techniques for wildlife management. This research finds that in order to understand these attitudes, one has to combine the understanding of biopol
Renewable energy is increasingly gaining currency as a sustainable substitute for fossil fuels. Iceland has been framed as one of the world’s renewable energy success cases and the country’s renewable energy production has multiplied in recent decades. This thesis approaches Iceland’s renewable energy sector from a critical perspective. It investigates the dominant discourse around the expansion o
Today it is not only people that are described as having an identity, also products, brands and even places are assigned different qualities and characteristics to make it easier for individuals to identify with them. Through theses types of identification individuals are expected to become more dedicated to the place and therefore more willing to promote it to others through different channels su
This thesis examines the impact of asexual identification on individuals in Japan. It deploys Identity Process Theory to analyze self-identification processes and argues that the unique experience of asexual individuals requires divergence as a supplementary process. In addition, it examines the threats that self-identified asexual individuals face in their environment and the strategies that they
This thesis investigates how immigrant tour guides negotiate identity and belonging through the act of guiding tourists from their country of origin in their country of residence. The study frame tours not merely as cultural encounters but as performative and affective spaces of self-representation. Focusing exclusively on the guides’ perspectives, it draws on semi-structured interviews with immig
This thesis examines why road transport was initially excluded from the EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) and what factors contributed to its later inclusion in the EU ETS 2. This thesis will examine how environmental, economic, and political factors contributed to the shift in policy through the lens of the theories of liberal Intergovernmentalism (LI) and neofunctionalism. The research uses a
In the light of the importance of different methods for obtaining intelligence on criminal activity, a need for in-depth knowledge concerning confidential informants emerges. The following essay accordingly explored the relationship between confidential informants and their handlers, through a comparative case study. The field concerning confidential informant research is considered limited, in te
This thesis studies the cultural district of Lokstallarna in Malmö, Sweden. It examines how a planned construction of a dense, new urbanist, residential area on a former train workshop that today hosts a wide variety of cultural services will affect the people working there. By contrasting the intentions of municipal planners, as represented through planning documents, with the perspectives of the
The Tide is a project designed for the abandoned quarry - turned nature reserve in the south-east parts of Malmö. This project is an architectural proposal for a naturum in the quarry, a type of building that is meant to inform about and evoke thoughts of nature. As we speak 70 liters water is pumped out of the quarry every second. If this wasn’t the case we would instead be looking at an enormo
Det är känt att konstnärliga aktiviteter underlättar kommunikation av tankar och känslor och tenderar att skapa fysisk och psykisk lättnad genom den skapande processen. Bildterapi är en behandlingsmetod som använder sig av konstnärliga aktiviteter och konstnärligt material i kombination med en psykoterapeutisk relation och med psykologisk teori. Denna metod används i förhållandevis liten utsträckIt is well known that artistic activities facilitate the communication of thoughts and feelings and tend to create physical and mental relief through the creative process. Art therapy is a treatment method that uses artistic activities and artistic materials in combination with a psychotherapeutic relationship and with psychological theory. This method is utilized to a relatively small extent in S
Climate and environmental activists in Sweden have never been more confrontational than now. However, despite previous research on social movements giving reason to expect a radicalisation and turn to political violence within the environmental movement, such a development has so far not occurred. This thesis examines the views and attitudes towards political violence directed at inanimate objects
Author: Elena Mårtensson Title: “It’s the best tool that we have gotten since the lifts!” - A study on the development of dementia care through the nursing project "Observation Schedule for Problem Behavior”, The Clinic of Cognitive Medicine in Lund. Supervisor: Susanna Persson Examiner: Anders Östnäs Dementia care, currently focusing on the whole patient afflicted with dementia and their
The aim of our study was to increase the understanding of women's experiences of violence in close relationships with a special focus on emotional consequences for women. Our empirical data consisted of four autobiographies, which we analyzed through thematic content analysis. The results showed that the emotional consequences are worse than the physical. Emotional pains are for example captur
