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101	Documentary Photography as a Tool of Social Change: reading a shifting paradigm in the representation of HIV/AIDS in Gideon Mendel's photography Nesbitt Hills, Christine January 2011 (has links) Gideon Mendel’s ongoing photographic work documenting HIV/ AIDS, first started in 1993, has seen shifts not only in production but also in the author’s representation of his subjects. This paper looks at three texts of Mendel’s work, taken from three different stages of Mendel’s career and reads the shifting paradigm taking Mendel from photojournalist to activist armed with documentary photography as a tool of social change. This thesis explores how different positionings as an author and different representations of the subjects, living and dying, with HIV/AIDS influences meaning-making, and what that means for documentary photography as a tool of social change. documentary photography photojournalism social change participatory representation politics of representation HIV/AIDS meaning-making communication advocacy tool of social change tool of advocacy Gideon Mendel Nesbitt Hills communication for development development communication development journalism Social Sciences Samhällsvetenskap
102	The Intersection of Social Entrepreneurshipwith Communication for Development: Investigating Croatian Social EnterpriseCommunication and Practices Magalios-Soulein, Iason January 2024 (has links) Over the last four decades, social entrepreneurship (SE) has evolved from an experiment toa recognized practice dedicated to social change, popularly used globally. As a result, manyof its premises are having a spillover effect into the field of communication for development(C4D). While some view this combination of disciplines and practices as a new paradigm fordevelopment in the twenty first century, others view it as part of a larger trend towards theneoliberalization of humanitarianism. This ‘new spirit’ of development practitioners,whether they be corporations or non-government organizations (NGOs), adopts capitalisttrends creating ‘humanitarian doxa’, understood as the civic identity which conforms tocorporate responsibility. While this intersection of SE with C4D has been observed for sometime, empirical research on its application on the local level is limited. This paper investigateswhether and how NGOs which operate as social enterprises in Croatia use communicationpractices which align with neoliberal values and strategies. To accomplish this, contentanalysis and critical discourse analysis are applied to a group of NGOs by analyzing theirofficially published statutes and websites. The goal is to observe whether the neoliberal trendsoutlined in the literature are apparent in regional NGOs by exploring how they practice theircommunication and whether they communicate their self-defined development goals. Theresults show a presence of neoliberal discourse in NGO statutes which is often not present incorresponding websites, with few exceptions noted. Social Entrepreneurship Communication for Development NGOs Croatia Communication Studies Kommunikationsvetenskap Social Sciences Interdisciplinary Övrig annan samhällsvetenskap Business Administration Företagsekonomi
103	Responses to the Abolition of the Swedish Feminist Foreign Policy : Insights from document analysis and interviews with Swedish civil society organisations Aspington, Caroline, Shekh Mohamed, Idil January 2024 (has links) This study uncovers the reactions and responses of Swedish civil society organisations to the abolition of the Swedish feminist foreign policy. Sweden, a pioneer in 2014 as the first country to develop and adopt a feminist foreign policy, took a surprising turn in 2022 by becoming the first to abolish it. Through qualitative methods of document analysis and key informant interviews, this study aims to understand how these crucial foreign affairs actors responded to this policy shift. The findings reveal deep-seated disappointment and concern about the negative development of Sweden’s foreign affairs, as the government dismantled Sweden’s gender equality commitments without offering new, measurable strategies. By engaging with feminist international relations theory, the results illuminate potential regression in global gender equality achievements, human rights, and democratic values as the government severs dialogical and financial ties with civil society. feminist foreign policy civil society organisations CSO gender equality feminist international relations theory foreign affairs communication for development ComDev feministisk utrikespolitik civilsamhällesorganisationer CSO jämställdhet feministisk teori internationella relationer bistånd Globalisation Studies Globaliseringsstudier
104	Gender Equality in Urban Planning : A Crucial Factor for Real Inclusive Development Podestà, Livia January 2023 (has links) Cities are growing at unprecedented speed, with all the challenges this global trend poses, from macro environmental and social level to individual level. Today the vast majority of women worldwide living in urban areas do not have the same access as men to public spaces and to services that the urban area offers. Furthermore, women often feel more unsafe in public spaces than men, and gendered violence and harassment in public spaces is a problem that is pervasive and widespread globally. Women have historically been omitted in the urban planning process, with the consequence that cities do not respond to their needs, lives, activities, experiences, and in the worst cases discriminate and segregate them. Consequently, the access to cities’ public services is limited for women and young girls, and so are also their economic and political powers- an important democratic issue. My research explores how systematically including the gender mainstreaming perspective at an early stage in urban planning and adopting participatory bottom-up communication processes that give voice and empowerment to the marginalized, could be a decisive factor in developing inclusive and accessible cities for all, against discrimination and segregation. Putting the gender equality perspective at the centre of the communication of designing/redesigning/transforming urban areas is therefore strategic to the implementation and success of an inclusive social development for all, both in the Global South and in the Global North. Keywords: urban planning, public spaces, gender, gender mainstreaming, gender equality, inclusivity, accessibility, social equity, urban justice, participation, democracy. Gender Studies Communication for Development Urban Planning Inclusivity Social Equity Accessibility Public Spaces Urban Justice Participation Democracy Gender Mainstreaming Pari opportunità comunicazione per lo sviluppo urbanistica giustizia sociale accessibilità inclusione democrazia spazi pubblici sostenibilità partecipazione giustizia urbana giustizia sociale stadsplanering jämställdhet genusstudier tillgänglighet kommunikation social hållbarhet Communication Studies Kommunikationsvetenskap

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