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Showing 1 to 20 of 63 for “"precariousness"”.
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Des Perdues: The Precariousness of Loss
The majority of losses that take place in a day are not large, or sad, they are built almost entirely on behaviors and systems that have nothing to do with loss. Most of these, I discovered, are the result of deliberate carelessness. The word loss is as difficult to define as truth, but its …
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Matter, metaphor and meaning : the precariousness of the reality value of the representational status of Zwelethu Mthethwa's photography
This study is divided into five sections. The introductory section briefly examines how South African black photography acquired its "history-telling" status and how the agitation against its rigidity came about and was achieved. The following chapter explores the norms and traditions that …
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The meaning of home for aging women living alone in North Eastern Ontario
… the knowledge of home by bringing to light the precariousness of formal and informal care and the effect this precariousness has on the meaning of home. The knowledge built in this study has the ability to inform policy, organizations, education, and individual providers as well as highlighting …
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In and Against: Becoming and Living as Women Food Influencers on Instagram and Red (Xiaohongshu)
… thesis documents shared experiences of gendered precariousness on three levels: motherhood, work, and body images. The first two are largely driven by the ideals of neoliberal feminism (Rottenberg, 2014), which portrays an idealized work-life balance, while the third reflects influencers’ …
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Landfall: reading and writing Australia through climate change
… asks what the consequences of this are as the precariousness of Australia’s future in relation to climate change continues to gather pace. Comprising a novel (70%) and exegesis (30%), the thesis as a whole seeks to explore the connections between climate change, land and culture in Australia, …
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Tuberculosis and the phenomenology of existence in South Africa's rural Western Cape
… symptoms of insecurity, instability, and precariousness.
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Connections Matter: Implicit infrastructures and Electricity Access in Witsand, Cape Town
… power' to explore the mix of agency and precariousness that are entangled in the everyday practices of ordinary people making electricity connections. I argue that in improvising electricity access, residents in Wits and exercised their agency to circumvent, adapt and appropriate Eskom …
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Learning to Freelance: Casual Employment in the Live Entertainment and Production Industry
… in an age of increasing contingency and precariousness.
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Accounting for disaster : small business recovery in North Carolina after Hurricanes Matthew and Florence
… Carolina might foretell the increased economic precariousness of coastal communities beset by stronger hurricanes and more frequent flooding. In 2016, Hurricane Matthew flooded much of North Carolina's southeastern region, inundating thousands of homes and businesses. Two years later, Hurricane …
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Precarious Empowerments: Sexual Labor in the Coffee Shops of Santiago, Chile
… sex workers. Based on the multiple facets of the precariousness marking sex workers’ experiences, beyond socioeconomic marginalization, it asks; how are inequalities reproduced through women’s embodied labor? How do women negotiate inequalities and exclusion?</p> <p>In intertextuality with the …
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Temporary Employment Agencies in Ontario: Experiences of South Asian Immigrant Women
… market, the study examines how women experience precariousness at work, within the household, and trying to settle and integrate. Based on analysis of twelve qualitative interviews and observations as a participant-researcher, findings indicate that recent South Asian immigrant women are funneled …
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Until it's Safe to Return to My Body
… the ways in which her family's poverty and the precariousness of their living situations were not solely a result of her parents' shortcomings, but also a result of the systems and institutions that they were forced to navigate. The novella examines the ways in which humans hurt each other and …
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Precarious Theology: A Queer and Crip reading of Augustine's Theology of Finitude
This thesis considers the idea of precariousness as it arises in Christian theology, as a means of navigating a number of difficulties around how we talk well about our finitude, interdependence, and varied experiences of vulnerability. By attending to our precariousness, theologians alight on a …
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The whole is in every part: A working-class woman’s experiences in academia
… oppression can harm marginalized bodies, the precariousness of physical and emotional safety for working-class women, and the ways that hierarchies and social divisions are maintained within the academy. This research also sheds light on the ways that marginalized students navigate and …
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"All violence is not equal"; Adrienne Rich's Post-9/11 Poetry and the Precarious Life
… hegemonic narratives and awaken readers to the precariousness they share with the marginalized lives that they habitually ignore.
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Beyond Mourning: Afro-Pessimism in Contemporary African American Fiction
… racist violence. These readings protest the precariousness of black life to everyday racist violence by offering space for empathetic engagement between black subjects and a wider (white) readership. These texts insist that readers engage with the pain of racial embodiment, particularly the …
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Geographies of Containment: Logics of Enclosure in Aboriginal and Asylum Seeker Policies in Australia's Northern Territory
… for their futures, and revealing the precariousness of their human security in the search for a secure national identity.</p>
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The Impact of the Gig Economy on the Well-being of Independent Contractors. A Case Study of Uber, Bolt and Gokada
… face issues due to the nature of the work, its precariousness, and their interactions with platform businesses. The influence of the gig economy has primarily been studied using objective indicators such as micro-entrepreneurship, work-life balance, and autonomy. However, little research has …
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Invisible Students: An Exploration of Refugee Students' Experiences at a Higher Education Institution
… at UCT experience a sense of invisibility and precariousness within the institution. The study argues that refugee students are not fully acknowledged by the institution. This sense of invisibility influences their experience of the practical, academic, financial, and social support that the …
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"It actually made me feel like I didn't even want to stay here": Experiences of "Voluntary Return" in a Sanctuary City
… of borders, as well as the increased precariousness of migrant bodies. The primary goals of my dissertation research have been to learn why some migrants chose to leave Canada voluntarily and to understand the factors that have forced them to do so. Among the key questions this …
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