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We're Swarming Again! Swarming, Collectivity, And Trope: The Case Of Extinction Rebellion, Tyler J. Behymer Aug 2024

We're Swarming Again! Swarming, Collectivity, And Trope: The Case Of Extinction Rebellion, Tyler J. Behymer

Department of Communication Studies: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research

This thesis explores the rhetoric of the eco-movement Extinction Rebellion, focusing on the use of swarming and nature tropes to mobilize collective action and revivify contemporary notions of collectivity. Drawing on rhetoric of social movement scholarship, cultural studies, and psychoanalysis, this essay theorizes swarming as a tropological economy that expands the conditions of propriety in the context of collectivity. Through an analysis of Extinction Rebellion’s discourse, this study demonstrates how the naturalization of swarming tropes works in various ways to rewild conventional political discourse, galvanize disruptive collective assembly, and challenge green neoliberalism.

Advisor: Casey Ryan Kelly


Praying To Tiktok, Seeking The Self: How Rhetoric Reveals And Conceals The World’S Most Powerful Guru Of The Postindustrial Age, Samantha L. Gillespie-Hoffman Aug 2024

Praying To Tiktok, Seeking The Self: How Rhetoric Reveals And Conceals The World’S Most Powerful Guru Of The Postindustrial Age, Samantha L. Gillespie-Hoffman

Dissertations and Doctoral Documents, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 2023–

Imagine a world where the most powerful leader is a wellness guru that runs an elaborate church with millions of followers. The guru is so powerful that everyone believes they can read minds and make ordinary people rich and famous. The guru controls forms of communication, media channels, consumer tastes, and what people eat, drink, say, and even think. What if this guru was not human but actually an algorithm? Does this sound like the plot of a science fiction novel? I argue that this scenario is closer to reality than most will admit. In this project, readers encounter a …


Introduction To Strategies And Outcomes, Lisa A. Leitz, Socrates Mbamalu Jul 2024

Introduction To Strategies And Outcomes, Lisa A. Leitz, Socrates Mbamalu

Peace Studies Faculty Books and Book Chapters

"In this, Volume 48 of Research in Social Movements, Conflicts and Change, chapters contribute to scholarship on the strategies and outcomes of social movements, with only one (Corrigall-Brown, this volume) exploring the relationship between the two and others examining each aspect of social movement scholarship independently."


No. 23: Enforcement And Exclusion: Covid-19 Policies, Urban Migrants, And Food Insecurity In Pandemic South Africa, Jonathan Crush, Sean Sithole Jul 2024

No. 23: Enforcement And Exclusion: Covid-19 Policies, Urban Migrants, And Food Insecurity In Pandemic South Africa, Jonathan Crush, Sean Sithole

Migration and Food Security (MiFOOD) Network

On March 5th, 2020, South Africa recorded its first official case of COVID-19 when a South African tourist returning from a holiday in northern Italy tested positive. The number of excess deaths is now over 300,000. The policy response to the pandemic is widely regarded as amongst the most draconian in Africa. In 2020, the government imposed a stay-at-home lockdown for 100 days, which was strictly enforced by armed police and the army. Breach of lockdown was a criminal offence and arrests were widespread. By April 2021, over 400,000 had been apprehended, more than in any other country globally. In …


Party Over Democracy? When Do Americans Stand By Democratic Principles, Zenat Ahmed Jul 2024

Party Over Democracy? When Do Americans Stand By Democratic Principles, Zenat Ahmed

Department of Political Science: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research

Studies show that people support their party’s representatives even when their behavior violates fundamental democratic principles for partisan gain. We test the effects of two interventions- each randomly and independently assigned—to investigate the conditions under which people will prioritize democracy over party goals. In the first intervention, we explicitly point out how an in-party politician’s behavior (e.g., banning public gatherings of their opponents) violates a core democratic principle (e.g., free assembly). The second intervention is a question-order manipulation to test if participants are less tolerant of politicians’ antidemocratic behavior when support for democratic principles is reported first. We find that …


The State Of Democracy In South Africa, Heidi Van Dyk Jun 2024

The State Of Democracy In South Africa, Heidi Van Dyk

The Confluence

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On pen and paper, the country of South Africa fulfills the requirements to be a democracy. However, the country has been evaluated to be a flawed democracy and there is an elevated warning issued for the state by The Fragile State Index. This research seeks to find the root causes contributing to the decline of the state of democracy in South Africa. This state plays an important role in global politics. South Africa is a member of both G20 and BRICS, which are influential groups in the global arena. Further, the country exercises considerable regional influence as well as …


الفساد السياسي في إطار الجريمة المنظمة ( الصور والمخاطر), Jaber Al Hassan Jun 2024

الفساد السياسي في إطار الجريمة المنظمة ( الصور والمخاطر), Jaber Al Hassan

Al Jinan الجنان

The phenomenon of political corruption is an ancient phenomenon that has existed with the existence of human societies and political systems that govern these societies throughout history, and recently the name of organized crime has been associated with corruption significantly, especially after organized crime has become transnational borders, which helped the spread of corruption and its penetration into official institutions and even parliaments And legislative and legislative, which led to the collapse of the legal, political and economic systems in those countries. The arrival of corrupt regimes to power through political money from many sources, the most important of which …


Why Courageous Cuentos?, Back Matter 05 Jun 2024

Why Courageous Cuentos?, Back Matter 05

CouRaGeouS Cuentos: A Journal of Counternarratives

No abstract provided.


Author Bios, Back Matter 04 Jun 2024

Author Bios, Back Matter 04

CouRaGeouS Cuentos: A Journal of Counternarratives

No abstract provided.


Volume 7 Poster Design, Back Matter 03 Jun 2024

Volume 7 Poster Design, Back Matter 03

CouRaGeouS Cuentos: A Journal of Counternarratives

No abstract provided.


Featured Artist: Yaire Thaiz Barboza, Back Matter 02 Jun 2024

Featured Artist: Yaire Thaiz Barboza, Back Matter 02

CouRaGeouS Cuentos: A Journal of Counternarratives

No abstract provided.


The Hieroglyph, Back Matter 01 Jun 2024

The Hieroglyph, Back Matter 01

CouRaGeouS Cuentos: A Journal of Counternarratives

No abstract provided.


Ciudad De Oaxaca, Oax, Mexico. 2024, Nancy Perez Jun 2024

Ciudad De Oaxaca, Oax, Mexico. 2024, Nancy Perez

CouRaGeouS Cuentos: A Journal of Counternarratives

No abstract provided.


Uno, Anonymous . Jun 2024

Uno, Anonymous .

CouRaGeouS Cuentos: A Journal of Counternarratives

No abstract provided.


El Viento De Mi Ser, Marisol Ruiz Jun 2024

El Viento De Mi Ser, Marisol Ruiz

CouRaGeouS Cuentos: A Journal of Counternarratives

No abstract provided.


Unos Simples Tamales De Piloncillo, Naomy Melecio Estrada Jun 2024

Unos Simples Tamales De Piloncillo, Naomy Melecio Estrada

CouRaGeouS Cuentos: A Journal of Counternarratives

No abstract provided.


Sordos, Ciegos Y Mudos, Mis . Jun 2024

Sordos, Ciegos Y Mudos, Mis .

CouRaGeouS Cuentos: A Journal of Counternarratives

No abstract provided.


Semillas De Esperanza, Joahnna Tool Jun 2024

Semillas De Esperanza, Joahnna Tool

CouRaGeouS Cuentos: A Journal of Counternarratives

No abstract provided.


Sembrando Tradiciones, Pamela Hernandez Jun 2024

Sembrando Tradiciones, Pamela Hernandez

CouRaGeouS Cuentos: A Journal of Counternarratives

No abstract provided.


Manso Sahuayo Maguey, Mariela Alvarez Jun 2024

Manso Sahuayo Maguey, Mariela Alvarez

CouRaGeouS Cuentos: A Journal of Counternarratives

No abstract provided.


¿Quien Soy Yo?, Santiago K. Ballesteros Lora Jun 2024

¿Quien Soy Yo?, Santiago K. Ballesteros Lora

CouRaGeouS Cuentos: A Journal of Counternarratives

No abstract provided.


White Oak Bayou, Jade Khalid Jun 2024

White Oak Bayou, Jade Khalid

CouRaGeouS Cuentos: A Journal of Counternarratives

No abstract provided.


Menage A Moi, Kimberly Alexsandra Madrigal Jun 2024

Menage A Moi, Kimberly Alexsandra Madrigal

CouRaGeouS Cuentos: A Journal of Counternarratives

No abstract provided.


Colibri Besando Una Flor, Pat Gomez-Lopez Jun 2024

Colibri Besando Una Flor, Pat Gomez-Lopez

CouRaGeouS Cuentos: A Journal of Counternarratives

No abstract provided.


Arroz Con Gandules, Anonymous . Jun 2024

Arroz Con Gandules, Anonymous .

CouRaGeouS Cuentos: A Journal of Counternarratives

No abstract provided.


Defining Isabel, Isabel Sada Wedll Jun 2024

Defining Isabel, Isabel Sada Wedll

CouRaGeouS Cuentos: A Journal of Counternarratives

No abstract provided.


Still Dreaming, Anonymous . Jun 2024

Still Dreaming, Anonymous .

CouRaGeouS Cuentos: A Journal of Counternarratives

No abstract provided.


American Dream, Imran Rashid Jun 2024

American Dream, Imran Rashid

CouRaGeouS Cuentos: A Journal of Counternarratives

No abstract provided.


La Cuerda Que Nos Une, Athens Marron Jun 2024

La Cuerda Que Nos Une, Athens Marron

CouRaGeouS Cuentos: A Journal of Counternarratives

No abstract provided.


What Is German?, Anonymous . Jun 2024

What Is German?, Anonymous .

CouRaGeouS Cuentos: A Journal of Counternarratives

No abstract provided.