”FRIHET TILL VAD?” : Tankar kring nationell identitet hos tre generationer västberlinare

Syftet med uppsatsen är att mer än ett decennium efter Berlinmurens fall jämföra om och hur den nationella identitetskänslan i ett enat Tyskland rotat sig hos sex före detta västberlinare från tre generationer från arbetarfamiljer. Kvalitativa intervjuer har använts som metod. Intervjuerna och uppsatsen i övrigt har präglats av Joakim Ekmans teori, vilken utgår från att historia, territorium, gemensam kultur och delade politiska värderingar krävs för en nationell identitetskänsla. Gemensamt för samtliga sex intervjuade är att de idag känner sig mer som tyskar än före detta västtyskar. Deras kunskap och intresse i den gemensamma historien skiljer sig stort såväl inom som mellan generationerna. Samtliga är överens om att murens vara eller icke vara inte har påverkat vardagslivet i större grad. Intresset för Östberlin har varit knappt. Samtliga gläder sig över att muren rivits, även om man inte är nöjd med resultatet i alla lägen. Alla utom en är överens om att det finns kulturella skillnader mellan de före detta öst- och västtyskarna. Man är dock inte överens om vad som skiljer dem åt och varför. Ingen utom en från den yngre generationen anser att man idag kämpar för gemensamma politiska värderingar, men att man borde jobba för att sträva åt samma håll.

Varför ska man dölja det? : -en kvalitativ studie av identitet i förhållande till läs-och skrivsvårigheter

In schools today, we expect student performances and achievements to be exceptional. Having good reading and writing skills are essential if students want to excel at their school assignments. Students with reading and writing difficulties have to work much harder than their other classmates. Their having to work harder coupled with being teenagers and facing all the uncertainties which are present at that age, these students face the difficult task of trying to find out who they are and who they want to be. In other words, they try to create their own individual identities. This study investigates the experiences of students with reading and writing difficulties in their interactions with other students and school personnel, in different situations. The collection of data has been done through group interviews. Thirteen, 15 year old students participated in these interviews. Some of the factors which characterise a hermeneutic approach have helped to form the basis on which the study lies. A hermeneutic approach suggests that the data collected is sorted and analysed to enable the identification of differences and patterns. These patterns are arranged to give results that are subjective and which also show an interpretation of the data collected. The results show that students are more comfortable with their identities, when they are diagnosed or made aware that their performances in school are directly affected by their reading and writing difficulties. The study also shows that having reading and writing difficulties tells the students who they are but, at the same time, plays an important role in their interactions with other classmates and adults. The outcomes of these interactions greatly affect the formation of their identities. The way in which school personnel treat students is also shown to be of great importance.

Medborgarskap i daglig verksamhet : En jämförande analys av identitet och deltagande

The aim is first to identify concept of citizenship and the dimensions of the same, in the political science theory, which can be crucial, to that a citizenship may be found available for people who have a cognitive delay. Thereafter examine the prevalence and significance of these, in policy documents from two different organizational forms, through an analysis, in the form of a discussion, on the basis of political science theories in the field. The study's aim in a reflective way, highlighting key requirements for an accessible citizenship for the target audience, and thereby clarify the priorities in daily activities that can support an emancipatory citizenship process for people who have a cognitive delay.

Sons of Northern Darkness : En fråga om stil och identitet i Black Metal-kulturen

Min uppsats har visat på black metal-stilens betydelse för fyra ungdomars identitetsskapande. Jag har med koppling till teoretiska infallsvinkar och begrepp rörande stilars och kulturers betydelse diskuterat black metal-kulturen med fokus på dess stilmässiga uttryck, dess symbolanvändande och dess innebörd för ungdomarnas självbild.I min studie har jag diskuterat och redogjort för hur black metal-kulturen kan te sig genom att förklara hur musiken låter och hur stilens uttryck i form av kläder och frisyrer kan se ut. Uppsatsen har visat på hur symboler och kodsystem används av ungdomarna inom ramen för kulturen för att markera och positionera sin identitet. Jag har i min studie även visat hur black metal-stilen kan vara ett existentiellt ställningstagande mot kommersialism och mainstreamkultur.

Vem är samen? : En läromedelsanalys av hur samisk kultur och identitet presenteras i Undervisningsmaterial i historia och religion

The aim of this essay is to study how the Sami are presented in four textbooks about religion and history that are used in the schools of the majority culture of Sweden today and one book of ideas asto how a textbook could look like from a Sami's perspective. Its aim is not only to study how the Sami are presented but also to discuss how students who read these books could interpret what it means to be a Sami and what their culture is about. It is also meant to discuss how the Sami identitycould be formed. In order to be able to discuss this the essay uses three different kinds of theories about identity and culture. The analysis showed that there is little information about Sami culture, identity, religion and historypresented in the four textbooks used in schools of the majority culture and that these books seem to want students to think that the Sami are troublemakers but are and should be assimilated into the majority culture.

Mode, senmodernitet, identitet

Fashion, late modernity and identity A common discussion in the late modern era is the role that tradition plays concerning individual identity. This forms a background to our article that focuses on consumer culture and one of its characteristics – fashion. To what extent does consumer culture and fashion contribute to the undermining of traditions, and how does this affect individual identity? We discuss two interpretations of consumption in shaping individual identity: the first interpretation maintains that by consumption individuals obtain an increasing freedom of choicemaking them free from the power of tradition, and thereby responsible for their lifestyle choices. According to the second interpretation, the free choice is illusory. This choiceis strongly influenced by factors such as social class and producers’ manipulative skills. Contrasting classical social theorists with contemporary fashion theory we argue that late modern fashion is characterized by quick changes and pluralism that often stand in contrast to tradition. We further discuss the increased importance of taste and new diffusion patterns as signs of a more individualized fashion, and discuss neo-tribalism as a post-traditional kind of community.

Identitet och skönlitteratur : en diskursanalys av identitetsperspektivet i litteratur

Den här uppsatsen har sitt fokus på identitet inom skönlitteraturen och jag har studerat tvåskönlitterära texter. De texter som har analyserats är en roman av Jonas Hassen Khemiri och ennovell av Alejandro Leiva Wenger där olika uttryck för identitet har studerats och identifieratsmed diskursanalys. Huvudfrågorna har varit hur identitetsfrågor och relaterade fenomenkommer till uttryck i texterna och med vilka medel författarna skildrar dem. Detsammanfattande resultatet visar att litteraturen skildrar identitetsarbetet som i form av dialogmed ett inre jag och i form av kampen mot omvärlden. Litteraturen ger en mängd olikatolkningsmöjligheter och diskussionsunderlag till frågor om identitet.

Svenska för invandrarskap? : Språk, kategorisering och identitet inom utbildningsformen Svenska för invandrare

The overall purpose of this thesis and the four independent studies it builds upon is to examine how categorizations and identity positions are constructed and negotiated in the educational program Swedish for immigrants (SFI) both historically and among participants in the program at the beginning of the 21th century. The analytical focus is on the discourses that frame the development of the SFI program with a specific interest in categorizations and identity in relation to gender, language and national belonging. The empirical material includes historical texts (curricula, commission reports, public inquiries, political propositions, laws) from 1965 to 2010, as well as approximately 95 hours of audio and video recorded data and ethnographic field notes from five SFI classrooms. The results are presented primarily in the four articles but partly also in the thesis itself. Our analysis in the first study, that takes a sociohistorical perspective as a point of departure, indicates shifts in discourses with regards to the categories and aims of the educational program, thus, making certain identity positions more accessible than others at specific times. Using the approach of nexus analysis, the theoretical framework employed in the second study approaches language policies n terms of a dialectical elationship between policy and the learning that takes lace in the language focused classroom. Feminist and postcolonial frameworks re employed ore pecifically in the third and fourth studies. The historical nalysis presented in article three shows how the categories of “immigrant” and Swedes” ave been produced and negotiated in discourses on gender and gender quality in the SFI program since the early 1970s. The fourth study highlights he omplex relationship between gender equality and integration policies, as well as he perception of gender equality as a central part of Swedishness”, negotiated in he everyday conversations in the SFI classroom. Overall, the results illuminate he circulation of discourses both cross ime and between policy and classrooms. oreover, it contributes to a critical discussion about the intersection of language, ender and national elonging in the negotiation of boundaries between insiders and outsiders in Swedish society.

Rätten till min egen identitet? : En etisk studie om barns sociala status, rättigheter och möjlighetertill identitetsskapande i vår samtid

Syftet med studien är att i utvalt material, FN:s deklaration om de mänskliga rättigheterna, FN:s barnkonvention samt Parliament of the World´s Religions dokument om global etik (DTGE), lokalisera en formulerad värdegrund rörande individens möjlighet till identitetsut-veckling, avsedd att tillämpas globalt i vår samtid. Jag har som ambition att försöka räta ut en del frågetecken rörande vilka rättigheter och möjligheter individen har enligt dokumenten till sin egen identitetsformering. Dessutom undersöker jag om materialets värdegrund kan kopp-las till problematiken om hur individens rätt till identitetsformering påverkar dennes formule-rade rätt till religionsfrihet och religioner. Studien är en litteraturstudie och metoden jag använt är en kombination av innehållsanalys och idéanalys som bearbetar material i form av litteratur och dokument rörande identitetsut-veckling. Materialet analyseras med hjälp av teoretiska redskap hämtade från tre författares olika synsätt på identitetsformering samt kringliggande problematik i ämnet. Då min studie även är av komparativ art har jag selekterat analysverktygen liksom primärkäl-lorna, efter tanken att med olika teoretikers perspektiv bemöta och besvara mina breda fråge-ställningar. Resultaten av analysen visar att alla människor inte har getts möjligheten till egen identitetsformering. Vilka av materialets värderingar angående individuell rätt till identitets-formering som kan kopplas till religionsfrihet eller religioner, var betydligt svårare att utröna, då dokumenten är mycket försiktiga i sin formulering rörande olika religioners inverkan på individens identitetsformeringsmöjligheter.

"Ungerska för rötternas skull" : Språkval och identitet bland andragenerationens ungrare i Sverige och Finland

This thesis is a comparative sociolinguistic study which describes and compares language choice among people with Hungarian background in Sweden and Finland and studies their views on the importance of the Hungarian language and Hungarian cultural heritage for identity. The future prospects of language maintenance and language shift and differences between the Swedish-Hungarians and the Finnish-Hungarians are discussed. A survey was completed among 50 Swedish-Hungarian informants and 38 Finnish-Hungarian informants during 2006. The survey was supplemented by in-depth interviews with 15 informants during 2007. The majority language, either Swedish or Finnish, is much more active in the second-generation Hungarians’ lives than Hungarian is. Hungarian is mostly used in the domain of family relations. The language choices made today are dependent on the informant’s situation during childhood, particularly the parents’ usage of the language and the ability to learn and use Hungarian, chiefly gained through contact with the parents’ mother country and other Hungarian speakers. For some informants, having Hungarian roots forms the sole foundation for belonging, while for others it is this heritage combined with the culture, the ability to use the language or specific character traits. The Hungarian background is most often seen as a treasure offering diversity in life. Finnish-Hungarians are generally more positive about their Hungarian background, have better competence in the language and a greater awareness of the culture than Swedish-Hungarians. The Hungarian language plays a central though often symbolic role. The most important conditions for minority language preservation are language competence together with the desire and opportunity to use it; whereof the largest deficit among second-generation Hungarians is knowledge of the Hungarian language. Only one-fourth of the informants have all of the conditions necessary to be able to maintain the language, which means that Hungarian is an endangered minority language in Sweden and Finland.