Blar i Department of Cultural Studies and Languages (HF-IKS) på emneord "kolonialisme"
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Colonial entanglements in extinction narratives: The afterlives of two Saint Lucia giant rice rats
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)European colonialism exposed islands to significant threatening processes that drove species to or near extinction. At the same time, they were regular sites of collecting living animals especially because of their high ... -
Island Extinction and Animal Remains in Museums
(PhD Theses UiS;755, Doctoral thesis, 2024)ENGLISH ABSTRACT This doctoral thesis argues that the way in which museums display and communicate extinction needs to consider the uneven geographical loss of biodiversity. Hugely impacted by practices of colonial ... -
A Parochial Approach: Colonial Entomology on the Plantations of Nineteenth-Century Sri Lanka
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023-07)The coffee plantations of late nineteenth-century Ceylon (modern-day Sri Lanka) were rocked by a series of crises, including the appearance of numerous insect pests. Scholars have demonstrated that nineteenth-century ... -
A plague of weasels and ticks: animal introduction, ecological disaster, and the balance of nature in Jamaica, 1870-1900
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Towards the end of the nineteenth century, British colonists in Jamaica became increasingly exasperated by the damage caused to their sugar plantations by rats. In 1872, a British planter attempted to solve this problem ... -
The Miseducation of the Missionary Narrative: An Investigation of Discursive Ideology in Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness, Jean Rhys' Wide Sargasso Sea and Zadie Smith's White Teeth
(Masteroppgave/UIS-HF-IKS/2018;, Master thesis, 2018-05)In a post-colonial world, the focus on colonial issues might seem like kicking in open doors; however, on an ideological level, narratives from the imperial era still lives on. Thus, this thesis focuses on an ideological ...