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Showing 1 to 20 of 1033 for “"colonialism"”.
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From Colonialism to Neo-colonialism: The British Politics of Nationalist Violence in Cyprus
… into the theories of decolonization and neo-colonialism, this research examines how Cyprus' geostrategic location motivated colonial powers to gain and maintain influence within this region. This case study of the Cyprus Conflict utilizes the process-tracing of archives, primary documents, …
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Unsettling Hope: Settler Colonialism and Utopianism
… imbricated with the project of English settler colonialism in the New World and the succeeding settler colonial societies of Canada and the US. I situate Thomas More’s Utopia as an early modern narrative that was mobilized to articulate notions of transcendental progress and universal …
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Challenging settler colonialism in Appalachian heritage Tourism
Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'Closed Access', the embargo will last until 2027-08-01
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Colonial shorthand: Swift, the ascendancy, and internal Colonialism
… Drawing on post-colonial theory, I argue that colonialism's effects on Swift are seen most clearly in the language he shared with other members of the Ascendancy, a shorthand that allowed him to equate Ascendancy interests with Irish interests, all the while ignoring the Catholic majority.
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Colonialism, Continuity and Change: A Multidisciplinary Study of the Relationship between Colonialism and Iron Age and Medieval Settlement in the North Channel
… investigates the relationship between colonialism and settlement. It examines three episodes of colonialism in two case-study regions facing each other across the North Channel, corresponding to eastern Northern Ireland (‘Ulidia’), and mid-western Scotland (‘Ergadia’). By comparing …
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Consensus & Colonialism: critiquing technologies of the (de)colonial project
This thesis presents an ethnography of public discourse in postcolonial, decolonial, queer, and multimedia contexts, as part of a critical analysis of imperialism in the digital age. In mixing experiences with theory and social practice, I draw on the work of activists who have already begun to …
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Corporeal Colonialism: Medicine, Reproduction, and Race in Colonial Korea
… of science in Korea and the global history of colonialism, science, and gender. Foremost, my work demonstrates the colonial origin of Western medical intervention in the physical and sexual well being of Korean women and maps out the scientific and medical protocols for the diagnosis, …
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Colonialism, dysfunction and dysjuncture : the historiography of Sarah Bartmann
This thesis is the first book-length study of the history of Sarah Bartmann. Its aim is to contribute to the writing of an Africanist history of an African. The thesis grapples with the question of identity. It approaches the study of Sarah Bartmann unconventionally, by investigating the triple …
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Repurposing Colonialism: Postcoloniality and the Politics of World Heritage
Since the turn of the 21st century, countries in the Global South have increasingly sought to inscribe their heritage sites on UNESCO’s World Heritage List. World Heritage listing is considered prestigious because it brings global recognition, secures political legitimacy, boosts tourism, and …
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Constructing colonialism: medicine, technology, and the frontier nursing service
… this thesis critiques two theoretical models of colonialism of by scholars in Appalachian Studies and Science and Technology Studies, and suggests new directions which might be undertaken this area.
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German Militant Ignorance towards Palestinian Experiences of Israeli Settler Colonialism
… Palestinian experiences of Israeli settler colonialism and therefore (re)produces the epistemic and discursive erasure of Palestinians. The thesis finds that German militant ignorance is produced and maintained through ostracisation and persecution of those presenting Palestinian experiences …
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Building a World of warcraft: cyber-colonialism through othering strategies
… framework described by the term "cyber-colonialism." The study highlights three strategies through which WoW emphasizes the differences between racial groups and thereby creates its cyber-colonial portrayals: constructing opposing binaries, the role of geography and climate, and the use …
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1897 Exposition Congolaise, Tervuren: Colonialism and the Belgian Avant-Garde
In May of 1897, the Exposition Coloniale in Le Palais des Colonies, opened on the site of the Royal Park in Tervuren in conjunction with l'Exposition internationale de Bruxelles held at the same time in the city center. This exhibition satisfied King Leopold II’s longstanding interest in civic …
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Bram Stoker and cultural unification: colonialism, hybridity and the gothic
This thesis develops the links between Ireland, Colonialism and Nationality that occur within Bram Stoker's narratives through the representation of an ancient version of the past that actively engages with the Victorian present. This construction of the past demonstrates Stoker's political views …
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Presencing Settler Colonialism: White Settler Girls’ Engagement with Colonial Violence
… therefore, predicated on a foundation of settler colonialism that has never been interrogated. The current research disrupts the colonial fixation on Indigenous “dysfunction” in order to interrogate settler identity. More precisely, drawing on girlhood theory, Indigenous feminist theories, and …
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Philanthropic Colonialism: New England Philanthropy in Bleeding Kansas, 1854-1860
In 1854 the United States Congress passed the Kansas-Nebraska bill which left the question of slavery in the territory up to a vote of popular sovereignty. Upon the passage of the bill, New England’s most elite class of citizens, led by Eli Thayer, mobilized their networks of philanthropy in New …
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CULTURE, POWER AND RESISTANCE: POST-COLONIALISM, AUTOBIOGRAPHY AND MALAYSIAN INDEPENDENCE
This research examines the relationship between the representation of colonial history and the elite claim of authority in Malaysia. Specifically, it investigates the claim that Malayan independence was achieved through a peaceful struggle. In order to address this claim, it was important to …
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The Encomienda in the Philippines: The Dawn of Spanish Colonialism
The Age of Discovery and Expansion saw the emergence of Castile as a colonial power. Alexander VI, in his Papal Bull of May 4, 1493, granted the Kings of Castile dominion over the Indies and decreed that | "an imaginary demarcation line he drawn 100 leagues west of the Azores and the Cape Verde …
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