This thesis aims to examine the manifestation of ecophobia in negative emotional expressions in Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad and “The Man Whom the Trees Loved” by Algernon Blackwood and how this relates to colonialism and colonial anxiety. The term ecophobia, popularized by Simon C. Estok, describes deep rooted, negative emotions and attitude...
The purpose of this essay is to analyze the intersectionality between themes of cultural clash and gender roles within the novels Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë and Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe, accentuating their common quest for equality. This essay offers a historical and cultural analysis, divulging the gender norms prevalent in Victorian ...
The final voyages of H.M.S Erebus and H.M.S Terror marked a pivotal chapter in the tapestry of international relations with the Arctic frontier. The aim of this study is to analyze how these wrecks impact territorial disputes and the geopolitical dynamics between coastal states and international actors. By adopting an interdisciplinary perspective,...
Den här studien lyfter fram och problematiserar skönlitterär fredstematik i verk ur tre svenskspråkiga författarskap i Östersjöregionen: Frida Stéenhoff (1865–1945), Elin Wägner (1882–1949) och Hagar Olsson (1893–1978). Mot bakgrund av det tidiga 1900-talets västerländska feministiska fredsrörelse och den europeiska koloniseringen visas hur dessa g...
Exercising power is unavoidable in aid work because donors convey money to grant recipients. Exercising power is therefore part of aid work and something donors and recipients must relateto. The need to create a more equal relationship between donor and recipient has been a recurring issue in aid work and an important part of the aid decolonization...
The purpose of this thesis is to examine the images of Sápmi and the Saami people that existed among natural historians during the eighteenth century through the lens of Carl Linnaeus' Lapland journey 1732. It examines how these images were tied to the societal discourses of the time and if and how these images were used during the Swedish colonis...
This essay maps the security policy consequences of Russia's export of gas and oil to Europe in the years 2014–2022. The essay analyzes the development of the EU's energy policy, which dealt with energy transitions. The author also examines changes in the Russian Federation's security policy, military thinking, and military spending, as well as EU ...
Exploring Sara Lidman’s novel Jag och min son (1961,1963), this article delves into its nuanced intersection of motherhood and colonialism. The narrative scrutinizes Sweden’s role in the colonial system, with a particular focus on the South African apartheid regime. Through the lens of a Swedish single father navigating Johannesburg in pursuit of p...
I det här kapitlet närmar jag mig en samisk ceremonitrumma i Nordiska museet, Stockholm, med en objektbiografisk metod. Jag följer trumman, från dess tillkomst, genom händelser och rörelser i dess sociala liv, fram till dess plats i en utställningsmonter på museet. Vad kan en sådan metod lära oss om trumman och om de skiftande sammanhang den ingått...
This thesis examines and discusses how creolisation theory has influenced the material culture of enslaved people from former Danish West Indies plantations. The essay contends that creolisation is the theory required to advance slavery studies because it demonstrates how enslaved people created their own identity, belonging, and kept African cultu...
