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Denna studie innefattas av en kvalitativ visuell analys av sex videor delade av Donald Trump på Twitter under hans tid som president 2016–2020. Samtliga delar av analysmaterialet innehar drag av populärkulturens och i synnerhet reality-genrens logik, narrativ och roller. Studiens syfte är att belysa hur dessa karaktärsdrag präglat Trumps sätt att kommunicera och i förlängningen det politiska samta
This thesis explores two interrelated issues when it comes to traditional alcohol in Tanzania and its day-to-day activities: identity formation and local economic life. Given the fact that drinking traditional alcohol in Africa is an intrinsic part of social life, it becomes an object in the articulation of diversity, coexistence, and preservation of identity. The study presents women as nodes thr
This paper examines the impact of climate variability on inter-municipal household migration in the Guatemalan Dry Corridor (GDC) between 2013 and 2018. Monthly georeferenced precipitation and temperature data are used to build a climate shock variable that captures prolonged exposure to droughts and heatwaves at the municipality level. The data is used to understand if the occurrence of a shock a
This essay examines the relationship between manager compensation and gender. More specifically what kind of compensation Scandinavian managers receive depending on their gender. Due to previous research the hypothesis of this essay is that women are less inclined to receive non-fixable compensation then their male counterparts. This hypothesis was not able to be proven in the study as the results
The idea of Chile as a “miracle” of neoliberal reform has been extensively confronted since October of 2019 in a large wave of protests throughout the country, by a vast majority feeling excluded from its benefits. Despite this conflict (known as the “Estallido Social”, or “Social Outbreak”) occurring exclusively in cities, previous analyses do not explicitly address the role of urban space in thi
The aim of the study was to investigate how substance-abusing parents, and children with substance-abusing parents, are portrayed in national guidance documents published by the Swedish National Board of Health and Welfare (Socialstyrelsen). The method used was discourse analysis, and the theoretical framework was social constructivism and discourse theory. It was found that the publications carri
Syftet med studien är att undersöka hur revisorer gör sina professionella bedömningar och därigenom skapa en djupare förståelse för varför revisorer tolkar och granskar företags finansiella rapporter på detta sätt. Denna tvärsnittsstudie grundar sig i konstruktivism där materialet samlats in enligt kvalitativ forskningsdesign. Vidare bidrar uppsatsen med ett hermeneutiskt synsätt på revisorns be
The purpose of this study was to explore the social concept of Safe Spaces from the point of view of LGBTQ+ peoples’ own opinions, critique and experiences. The method used was qualitative text analysis on 23 debate articles selected from Swedish media. These were analysed by way of applying Queer Theory, drawing mainly on Judith Butler, and the Theory of Freedom of Speech, drawing mainly on John
Tourism as an economic activity has been on the rise for the last decades. For that reason, it is labeled as a vehicle for development and for generating economic growth. While the sector is benefiting local societies it is also the root of societal and environmental problems. For that reason, local societies are mobilizing against the sector and its further development. The aim of this thesis is
The hiker reaches out from the city, town, or village, intending to be alone. Away from sounds, away from paved roads and houses, away from streetlights and phones, away from people. But what is ‘nature’, and who has the right to it? The untouched landscape shaped by nothing but the earth itself is today hard to find. Human activity is close to everywhere. Even in Sarek National Park, an area of d
This thesis is about autistic women. It is about how we, as a society, construct and perceive normality and motherhood as a normative ideal for women. It is also about a dis/ability that often goes unnoticed since autism is not defined by any visible markers. Rather, autism is categorized by behaviour considered atypical through the medical gaze. How to make visible the invisible, the in-between
