This paper examines the difficulties that can meet an LGBT-refugee in the process of applying for asylum in Sweden. The study is based on interviews with activists and a former refugee and the result is discussed from a queer and intersectional perspective. While previous studies have dealt mostly with official documents and laws, this one is aiming at creating an understanding of norms and proble

I den här uppsatsen studerar jag hur pedagoger på en Reggio Emilia inspirerad förskola ser på sin roll som pedagoger, samt hur eller om de ser sig själva som en del i barnens kön- och genuskonstruktion. Studien har genomförts på Förskolan Trollet i Kalmar som för en verksamhet med inspiration från Reggio Emilia pedagogiken. Studien utgår ifrån intervjuer med fyra av Trollets pedagoger. På förskolaIn this thesis I study how pedagogues at a Reggio Emilia inspired preschool look at their roles as pedagogues, and also how, or if, they see themselves as a part of children’s sex- and gender constructions. The study was conducted at the preschool Trollet in the city of Kalmar that applies a Reggio Emilia inspired pedagogy. The study is based on interviews with four pedagogues from Trollet. At th

Abstract The purpose of this study was to examine if priming of norms by using scrambled sentences can affect results on an implicit test. The primed norms were justice and loyalty. In addition there was a control group. As method for measuring the result we used a SPFT-test (Sorting Paired Features Task, Barn-Anan et al., 2009 ). This test is a variation of the well established Implicit Associati

Denna uppsats behandlar frågan om mediebilden och tidigare forskning rörande kvinnor och politisk identitet i Afghanistan. Hur presentationen av kvinnorna ser ut och hur deras situation och positionering görs av kvinnor i Afghanistan och hur detta beskrivs i tidningen Dagens Nyheter. Dagens Nyheter är den svenska dagstidning som vi valt ut då vi anser den ha hög validitet och stor läsarkrets. Geno

In this paper we will examine the way in which normative representations of body and sexuality can be challenged. This will be done by studying pictures from the campaign “Komikondom”, which has been a project by the Swedish organizations RFSL (The Swedish Federation for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Rights) and RFSU (The Swedish Association for Sexuality Education). The pictures are chos

Denna uppsats undersöker exkluderingstender och normeringsprocesser i studentmiljön vid genusinstitutionen vid Lunds universitet. Jag har med hjälp av kvalitativa intervjuer kombinerat med minnesarbeten intervjuat fyra stycken studenter som fungerat som mina informanter – två som hoppat av utbildningen i förtid och två som inte hoppade av. Med utgångspunkt i norm- och klassteorier analyserar jag m

In this essay I discuss the expression ritual landscape regarding the burial and gathering site of Döserygg and its surroundings in south-western Scania, Sweden. Döserygg is dated to the early Neolithic-mid Neolithic period. I have studied literature, searched the Swedish National Heritage Board’s database, and studied maps to answer my questions: What is a ritual landscape? What other Neolithic s

More than 4,000 children living on the street despite the fact that Bolivia has ratified the Convention of the child in 1990. The purpose of this study was to examine what different profesions that works in contact with streetchildren in diffrent levels have as declarations and how they describe children's living conditions. The aim was also to find out how they work with the situation and wha

The demand for sex education targeting immigrants is a debated issue in Sweden. Generally sex education targeting immigrants has been carried out through Swedish for immigrants (SFI), since it is an educational institution which reaches a lot of newly arrived adults in Sweden. In this essay I examine two pieces of sex education material which have been used in SFI. The main purpose is to scrutini

The purpose of this essay is to discuss the growing participation of international non-governmental organisations (INGO) in peace-building operations and if their growing participation can be combined with their non-party mandate in conflict areas. The discussion is based on Jonathan Goodhand’s theory which is a critique of the minimalist and maximalist strategies. Firstly, the intention is to ana

The purpose with this essay is to investigate if there are conditions for freedom of religion in Sudan after the Comprehensive Peace Agreement of 2005. My methodology is to investigate the question of religions liberty in Sudan on the basis of three social levels: state level, religious actors and individual- level. I will use Cole Durham’s comparative Model for analyzing religions liberty and app

Denna uppsats är författad av Ebba Mann, Lovisa Wachtmeister och Malin Wennberg vid Enheten för medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap vid Lunds universitet. Titeln på arbetet är ”Om man är snygg är man fett cool” – en studie i kläder. Uppsatsen behandlar den roll som kläder har i gymnasieflickors sociala spel. Hur kommunicerar vi med våra kläder? Den hypotes som rapporten tar sin utgångspunkt i är at

This paper investigates how compassion with and understanding for the suffering of the other is constructed by the media and why certain choices are made with respect to coverage and framing. Articles published in the Swedish newspaper Dagens Nyheter in relation to three different cases that all take place in Haiti have been surveyed by using quantitative content analysis and qualitative textual a

Denna uppsats kommer undersöka vad Facebook har för inverkan på gränsen mellan privat och offentligt. Virtuell kommunikation gör att man kan välja att visa valda delar av sin personlighet och detta behöver inte betyda att man är ärlig i sitt framträdande. Därför valde vi att undersöka hur ens framträdande påverkas i denna offentliga miljö och vilka risker detta medför. Dessutom undrar vi varför ma

India is the home of over 1 billion people and is a mixture of ethnicities, religions, languages, castes and tribes. In the 1980’s the country was one of the poorest countries in the world but during the last twenty years India has gone through a huge economic growth, bigger than the world had ever seen before. According to these measures, India has no similarity with any other country in the worl

Syftet med denna uppsats är att närmare granska hemsidan Politiskt Inkorrekt, och hur de rapporterar nyheter. Till grund för detta ämnar vi att använda traditionella medier som jämförelseverktyg för att se om skillnader finns. Fokus ligger på olikheter hur de försöker sätta allmänhetens dagordning för kriminaljournalistik och huruvida de följer eller bryter mot pressetiska regler. De mest utmärkan

The ambition of this thesis is to discuss state – making from an historical point of view. The aim is also to point out the historical lineages in the world. This has been done by comparing the state – making of today in Afghanistan with the state – making in medieval Europe. Charles Tilly’s four stages of state – making has been applied and the result is that Afghanistan’s state – making is divid

Vi har gjort en kvalitativ undersökning som behandlar tre nationers kommunikationsarbete inför kommande nationsobligatoriets fall. Nationerna är Göteborgs Nation, Östgöta Nation och Malmö Nation. Vår studie behandlar huruvida respektive nation använder sig av och kommer att använda sig av intern och extern kommunikation för att behålla och rekrytera medlemmar efter obligatoriets fall samt vilken i

The essays purpose is to highlight the complexity of illicit weapons and it´s usage during conflicts that can be argued as just. The criteria’s of Jus in Bellum and Jus ad Bellum from the Just War theory is used to examine if conflicts containing illicit weapons can be argued as just. Apart from the theories view on what is just the illicit arms trade and the UN: s efforts to combat the arms trade

Many minority groups are subjected to discrimination in today’s society. The reasons behind this unfair treatment are often based upon morally irrelevant grounds. These grounds are in most cases shared by all the members of the minority group. The focal points of this essay are in the court cases that concern affirmative action at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences and Lund University