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  • About
  • The Global ETD Search service is a free service for researchers to find electronic theses and dissertations. This service is provided by the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations.
    Our metadata is collected from universities around the world. If you manage a university/consortium/country archive and want to be added, details can be found on the NDLTD website.
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Like ships passing in the day : the interface between religion and international development in the programmes, publications and curricula of Canadian academic institutions.

Willis, Owen. January 2005 (has links)
Although matters of faith, religion and spirituality are central to the lives of millions of people in the global South. and many faith based organizations are actively involved in development. few northern academics in the field of international development make explicit reference to religion's role in development. and, if they do, the subject is often subsumed under another category, such as culture. This study seeks to shed light on the interface between religion and international development in Canadian academic institutions: to what extent is the influence -- for good or ill-- of religion or development acknowledged in their programmes, publications, and curricula? This is accomplished by means of an analysis of references to religion in the Canadian Journal of Development Studies (CJDS) and Canadian Development Reports as well as in the course offerings of International Development Studies (IDS) departments at Canadian universities. Findings show that only about 1% of article titles and 2% per cent of abstracts mention the subject of religion in its broadest definition over the twenfy five year history of the CJDS. Of 2,684 IDS courses offered (including courses cross-listed with Religious Studies departments), some 3% mention religion in their titles, and 8% in course descriptions. However, upon closer examination, only a handful of courses directly analyze the relationship between religion and development. Findings from this research are further interrogated in surveys and interviews with key informants, in order to uncover some of the reasons for what is perceived to be a lacuna in IDS teaching and research. Various recommendations are advanced: positivistic biases in academia need to be acknowledged, more research should be devoted towards an area currently understudied, and northern academics must be challenged to consider the religious reality of southern life, for, in Robert Chambers' words, "Whose reality counts?" Clearly the religious dimension of global life needs to be afforded a sharper focus in the programmes, publications and curricula of IDS departments at Canadian academic institutions. / Thesis (Ph.D.)-University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg, 2005.
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Être auteur amérindien : l’écriture comme outil d’affirmation culturelle et de guérison chez Tomson Highway

Mainguy, Maude 19 April 2018 (has links)
Les auteurs amérindiens se servent de l'écriture depuis la deuxième moitié du vingtième siècle pour affirmer leur identité et contribuer à la survivance de leur culture. Pour certains, toutefois, la motivation d'écrire va plus loin : pour Tomson Highway, il s'agit d'un chemin nécessaire vers la guérison de ses blessures. Il a connu l'enfer des pensionnats catholiques pour jeunes Autochtones et les conséquences que l'assimilation découlant de la Loi sur les Indiens a provoquées. Par l'écriture, Highway se libère : il s'agit d'un exutoire et d'un passage obligé. En se basant sur les notions de paratopie identitaire et spatiale issues de la théorie de Dominique Maingueneau, ce mémoire analyse le regard que porte l'auteur cri sur sa nation à travers ses personnages. Deux oeuvres sont à l'étude, soit le roman Champion et Ooneemeetoo (1998) et la pièce de théâtre Dry Lips devrait déménager à Kapuskasing (1989). Du roman, il ressort qu'à l'image de l'auteur, les personnages souffrent d'une double paratopie qui nuit à leur affirmation culturelle et identitaire. N'arrivant pas à trouver leur place chez les leurs ni à Winnipeg, c'est par l'entremise de l'influence des Blancs qu'ils arrivent à un semblant d'équilibre. Dans la pièce de théâtre, c'est un portrait peu flatteur que Highway fait de la vie postcoloniale des Amérindiens. L'influence des Blancs contribue à faire disparaître la culture et les traditions autochtones. L'espoir que la situation s'améliore sur les réserves repose entre les mains de ceux qui sont prêts à faire bouger les choses, mais ce n'est pas le cas de la majorité.

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