The present thesis tries to Czech readers familiar with the concepts of development cooperation and development education in Spain, focusing on the practical implementation of development education by NGOs in Valencia. In the theoretical part are gradually presented the basic historical and political bases of both concepts and the reader is acquainted with the institutional prerequisites for their implementation in Spain. The empirical part contains the results of the analysis of interviews with representatives of NGOs in Valencia, which realize the practical development educational activities in elementary and secondary schools. The text is supplemented with illustrative graphs and tables, and includes examples of typical responses of respondents which contribute to the understanding and interpretation of the text. The final section includes a discussion of applied research methods and critical evaluation of the results that were presented in the empirical part.

The aim of this thesis was to find the seeds of Czech interest in the topic of female genital mutilation using a spectrum of approaches, as well as the experience of experts on this topic. The research consists of two main parts. The first part is devoted to the mapping of the institutional network; the second one to personal stories. Interviews with narrators have been analyzed using the method of triple coding. Themes that reveal the narrators' opinions about and attitudes towards female genital mutilation have been explored in the analysis in particular. In terms of theoretical approaches, the thesis explores whether it is possible to frame the debate on female genital mutilation in the Czech context using the various theses of global feminism and whether there is a general interest in this issue and its solutions. Key words: female genital mutilation, global and multicultural feminism, postcolonial feminism, institutional network, gender order, global North, global South

The thesis identifies four modes of action and cooperation of transnational networks of GROs by taking the Tanzania Urban Poor Federation (TUPF), a sub-network of Shack Slum Dweller International (SDI), as an example. Based on the understanding of “interpretive network analysis” (Schindler 2006: pp. 100-101), qualitative and quantitative methodologies of data collection and analysis (expert interviews, member survey, on-site visits of projects, review of TUPF and SDI reports) have been applied in the course of field research. Analysis took place based on a set of criteria regarding the current state of knowledge of typologies, structures, processes, dynamics and preconditions for stable, effective networks. Furthermore, mechanisms for network governance are also taken into account. The selected cases represent a range of issues, applied instruments, different modes of cooperation and scopes of action. Based on the set of criteria, the examination is intended to address questions concerning the relevance of local embeddedness and the capability of the local communities of the TUPF to enter into cross-sectoral and cross-level cooperation. Based on these insights, effects for the scope of action, the empowerment of the actors involved and the development of marginalized settlements are indentified. The case-study research on the basis of the TUPF and SDI verifies the potential of networks for the dissemination of knowledge and the creation of social capital and multidimensional cooperation. However, the analysed modes of action and cooperation develop different degrees of capacities regarding these issues. In this context, the assumed interrelation between the degree of extension of the scope of action and the capability to create multidimensional cooperation in the course of networking activities becomes clear. The cases of the TUPF and SDI show that transnational networks of GROs are able to develop cooperation structures and development strategies involving features of integrated approaches which are spatially and socially embedded in local communities and also benefit from transnational and crosssectoral cooperation. The aspects highlighted above represent a range of potentials and preconditions which turned out to be relevant and important for the activities and processes of local communities within the network. These final results are intended to provide guidance for the development of beneficial structures by governmental actors and development organizations. Furthermore, they should be integrated into a reconsideration of cooperation strategies in the course of urban management processes and development approaches to reduce urban poverty.

Infrastructural projects to realize the energy transition are framed by governmentsfrom all around the world very positively. This is also the case for green hydrogen,which is considered as a silver bullet to solve multiple crises simultaneously. ThisMaster thesis explores the drivers behind the ramp-up of the hydrogen economy inthe global South and elaborates on socio-economic and ecological implications ofgreen hydrogen production projects to analyse the truthfulness of the positivenarratives of the benefits of green hydrogen. To accomplish this, an internationalgreen hydrogen project led by the German-British company Hyphen and planned tobe established in Namibia, was used as an emblematic case study. Following the framework of the socioecological fix, the findings strongly indicatethat green hydrogen does not significantly contribute in solving the climate crisis andsocial problems. Contrarily, strongly influenced by domestic and internationalpolitics, the project in Namibia seems to primarily fix the crisis of capitalism, which isthe overaccumulation of capital that requires new ways of circulation to makecapitalism renew itself. By commodifying and integrating natural resources in globalvalue chains, the Namibian society is disadvantaged, and few actors, primarily fromabroad, profit. Similarly, the finance approach of the project pushes Namibia intopotential financial dependencies. Besides that, the legacy from German colonialismand South African occupation before liberation is manifested in where and how theinfrastructure of hydrogen production is envisioned and planned. There is a risk thatthe hegemonies of elite social classes sustain their position and that social inequalitiesmight be reinforced through a project heralded as benefitting the whole nation. By assessing the political ecology of green hydrogen, I contribute to a critical researchagenda, that considers global inequalities, colonial histories, and ideologies. This willhopefully help to build a foundation for a truly decolonial and just energy transition,all around the world. / Infrastrukturprojekt som bidrar till realiseringen av energiomställningen har fått enöverlag mycket positiv inramning av regeringar i världen. Detta gäller i synnerhetgrön vätgas vilket betraktas som en lösning till flertalet olika kriser. I denna master-uppsats undersöks drivkrafterna bakom den massiva ökningen av vätgas-ekonomin iden globala södern, samt de socioekonomiska och ekologiska konsekvenserna avprojekt som behandlar produktionen av grön vätgas. Vidare utvärderas huruvidaden positiva inramningen beskriver sanningen av dessa vätgasprojekt korrekt. Föratt uppnå detta användes ett grönt vätgasprojekt som leds av det tysk-brittiskakonsortiet Hyphen, och som planeras att etableras i Namibia, som en emblematiskfallstudie. Enligt ramverket socioekologisk fix som kommer från politisk ekologi,tyder resultaten starkt på att vätgas inte bidrar väsentligt till att lösa klimat-krisen ejheller sociala problem i den globala södern. Tvärtom, starkt påverkad av inhemskoch internationell politik, så verkar bidra till att lösa kapitalismens kristendens, vilketär överackumulering av kapital som kräver nya sätt för att cirkuleras så att kapital-ismen kan förnya sig själv. Genom att göra naturresurser till handelsvaror och integr-era dem i globala värdekedjor så riskerar det det namibiska samhället attmissgynnas, medan ett fåtal internationella aktörer tjänar på det. På samma sätt lederprojektets finansierings-strategi till att Namibia hamnar i ett potentiellt finansielltberoende. Dessutom syns arvet från tysk kolonialism och den sydafrikanskaapartheidregimens ockupation i och hur infrastrukturen för produktion av vätgasplaneras. På så sätt kan hegemoniska strukturer som vidmakthåller sociala eliter ochdärmed sociala ojämlikheter förstärkas genom ett projekt som sägs gynna helanationen. Genom att utvärdera den gröna vätgasens politiska ekologi bidrar jag tillen kritisk forskningsagenda som tar hänsyn till globala ojämlikheter, kolonialahistorier och olika ideologier. Detta kommer förhoppningsvis också att bidra till attrealisar en avkolonisering och rättvis energiomställning över hela världen.

Recently, the implementation of feminist foreign policy (FFP) has gained traction in the Global South. The trend is most visible in Latin America, where Mexico, Chile, and Colombia have announced their commitment to the policy. Nevertheless, FFP has been dominated in the Global North sphere as Sweden pioneered the policy in 2014. Establishing the policy outside the Global North raises the question of how a Western-based policy will be adapted to the Latin American context and understanding of feminism. This study has aimed to investigate the feminist understanding and contextualization present in Mexico's, Chile's, and Colombia's FFPs. Based on previous research, this study has developed a framework of a Global North and Global South feminist discourse to analyze the foreign policies through feminist theory. A discourse analysis focusing on the policy texts' implicit and explicit representation of the central concepts of feminism: Structures, Oppression, and Change has been conducted. The policies include central aspects of feminist thought. The Global North feminist discourse dominates the FFPs, but distinctive elements of the Global South feminist discourse are present and adapted to international norms. However, this study also finds that the FFPs lack an explicit aim to address the fundamental causes of structural inequality and oppression. While the FFPs can still be a unifying framework for governments to promote gender equality internationally, the findings of this study raise questions about the possibilities of state-centered institutions to address the root causes of unequal societies since foreign policy tends to contain oppressive structures in itself.

The cities of Africa and Asia are projected to account for 80 % of the future urban growth. Challenges brought forward by motorization and lack of accessibility; urban streets take a central position in the discussion of the sustainable city. This offers a considerable challenge in shaping cities while addressing climate change. Meanwhile there is lack of theorizations stemming from global South research. Planning models used for street planning comes from contexts far removed from the urban realities of the South. Sub-Saharan Africa has relatively low road network densities while experiencing a strong urban growth. The object of the study is Addis Ababa, a future megacity where street development is one of the central topics in the city’s planning.This thesis investigates the rationalities expressed by experts around street planning in Addis Ababa and how that shapes the planning discourse in the city. Methods employed are semi- structured interviews, desktop study and participant observations. The study uses conceptual tools from a wide range of literature on rationalities, research in the global South, extraversion, acting and action space of professionals.The results show how rationalities expressed can be understood as four rationality groupings 1) rationalities expressed regarding visions of the city, 2) rationalities expressed regarding the functions of streets, 3) rationalities expressed how to process a project and 4) rationalities expressed regarding relationship and power dynamics. Through the interplay between the rationality groupings a perceived space of action emerges. The rationalities influence what actors see as possible and desirable courses of action. The study concludes that all rationality groupings are not equal, instead visions of the city and relational rationalities seem to hold larger influence on shaping the streetscapes of Addis Ababa. Further, less rigid formulations of what constitutes the formal action space, allows third sector actors to influence and diffuse their rationalities into the city’s street planning process.

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[pt] A presente tese versa, em forma de especulação, sobre o que vêm a ser as hermenêuticas do Sul, e os caminhos de interpretação que podem ser trilhados nessa busca pela quebra do modelo tradicional hermenêutico, eurocêntrico e colonialista, tendo sempre como baliza a surrealidade como condição, buscando ao final aproximação com a literatura latino-americana contemporânea. Após uma breve introdução, o primeiro capítulo busca tratar brevemente dos sistemas hermenêuticos tradicionais, com foco maior sobre a teoria do filósofo alemão Hans Georg Gadamer, não sem antes fazer um breve inventário dos sistemas hermenêuticos europeus, especialmente no campo da filosofia, das ciências sociais e da literatura, até chegar ao sistema gadameriano. Dentro desse panorama inicial, já se vê também crítica ao racionalismo, ao eurocentrismo e ao racismo criado pela modernidade, os grandes eixos tutelados pela hermenêutica do Norte global, que acabou sendo usada, pela via da interpretação, como instrumento de dominação do pensamento nos países periféricos e ex-colônias europeias da América Latina. A partir daí a tese começa a buscar seu próprio caminho especulando sobre o estabelecimento de um modo de interpretação hermenêutico que logre contemplar o pensamento do sul global (em especial da América Latina). Ao adentrar nessa especulação, a tese discorre sobre as figuras míticas de Hermes e Exu, o primeiro identificado com as hermenêuticas tradicionais, no Norte global e o segundo a figura a ser buscada como identificação para a hermenêutica do Sul, realizando uma espécie de substituição de Hermes, o grande patrono da hermenêutica eurocentrada, pela figura de Exu, como o caminho a ser seguido, desbravado pelo pensamento do sul. Nesse momento a tese faz notar que Exu, ao contrário de Hermes, não é mensageiro, não indica caminho, mas é o próprio caminho. Feito esse corte, a tese passa a especular sobre qual seria a melhor ideia de compreensão para as hermenêuticas do Sul, e acaba por eleger uma surrealidade que permeia as literaturas latino-americanas, passando um pouco pelo surrealismo antilhano, algum surrealismo francês e algo do periférico surrealismo português (por terem suas obras apartadas do eixo hermenêutico europeu), para ao final, através de arquivos ficcionais e poéticos, e dos realismos mágico, fantástico e delirante, e um pouco também calcado no movimento infrarrealista, achar uma linha hermenêutica quase totalmente latinoamericana. Depois, como condição para o estabelecimento das hermenêuticas do Sul, a tese se encaminha para o fecho com as conclusões dessa análise e a especulação da real possibilidade de uma ideia hermenêutica para o sul global, passando daí para o último movimento, que é uma breve análise, a partir da ideia resultante das hermenêuticas do Sul, de um romance do escritor Ariel Luppino, chamado A outra vida, que carrega em sua escritura um pouco da carga de surrealidade especulada na tese, passando daí para as breves considerações finais. / [en] Title: Hermeneutics of the South: paths of comprehension; and surreality as a condition. This thesis goes on, in a speculative form, with what it sees as the hermeneutics of the South, and the paths of interpretation that can be followed in this quest to break the traditional hermeneutic, Eurocentric and colonialist, model, always taking surreality as a condition, ultimately seeking an approximation with contemporary Latin American literature. After a brief introduction, the first chapter research the traditional hermeneutic systems, focusing on the theory of the German philosopher Hans Georg Gadamer, but before making a brief inventory of some European hermeneutic systems, especially in philosophy, social sciences and literature, stopping at the Gadamerian system. Within this beginning, there is also criticism of rationalism, Eurocentrism, and the racism created by modernity, the great axes tutored by the hermeneutics of the global North, which ended up being used, through interpretation, as an instrument of domination of thought in the peripheral countries and former European colonies of Latin America. From there, the thesis begins to seek its own path, speculating on the establishment of a hermeneutic system of interpretation that manages to contemplate the thought of the global south (especially Latin America). For now, the thesis discusses the mythical figures of Hermes and Exu, the first identified with traditional hermeneutics in the global North and the second, the figure to be sought as an identification for hermeneutic systems in the South, replacing Hermes, the great patron of Eurocentric hermeneutics, with the figure of Exu, as the path to be followed by Southern thought. At this point, the thesis notes that Exu, unlike Hermes, is not a messenger, he doesn t show the way but is the way itself. Having made this cut, the thesis goes on to speculate on what the best idea of interpretation would be for the hermeneutics of the South, and ends up choosing a surreality that permeates Latin American and African literatures, passing a little through some French surrealism, and some peripheral Portuguese surrealism (because their works were separated from the European hermeneutic axis), to finally, through fictional and poetic archives, and also based on the infrarrealist movement, find a hermeneutic line that is almost entirely Latin American. Having taken this step into what can be considered the heart of the thesis, the last is the analysis, based on the idea resulting from the hermeneutics of the South, of a novel by the writer Ariel Luppino, called A outra vida, which carries in its writing some of the surreality speculated in the thesis. Finally, as a condition for establishing the hermeneutics of the South, the thesis ends with the conclusions of this analysis and the speculation of the real possibility of an idea of a hermeneutic system of the global South.

Yes / As of April 2020, the IMF categorised seven African countries as being in debt distress, whilst identifying twelve more that were at high risk of becoming distress. It is no longer a secret that considered immutable and eternally binding, debt by the global south (i.e., poor developing African countries) has become a tool for imperial powers in the post-colonial world to enforce and perpetuate their dominance over the global south. This is despite serious global crises that emerge from, and/or were caused by the rich countries of the global north; specifically, the negative effects of the global financial crisis of 2008, devastating impact of Covid-19 pandemic, and impact of Russia-Ukraine war on the African economies and contribution to these debt vulnerabilities. Yet, the rich countries of the global north have insisted on these poor countries to continue financing their debts. The paper considers how African countries could legally cancel the repayment of the debts by relying on the principles of international law (such as pacta sunt servanda, limit to legal obligation to pay, force majeure, State of Necessity or rebus sic stantibus) and States’ declarations to commitment to sustainable development agenda (such as the European Union’s response to the adoption of the 2030 Agenda featured in its Commission’s 2016 Communication) could be used as justifying grounds for cancellation of Africa debts. The paper draws on international law and development in the light of dependency and postcolonial theories and employs the human rights-based approach, interdisciplinary and critical-analytical perspective and using qualitative empirical evidence from rich countries and institutions of the global north and poor developing countries of the global south for analysis.