scholarly journals Education for Sustainable Development in Saudi Arabia: A Critical Discourse Analysis of Media and Government Policy Documents

2022 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. e2266
Author(s):  
Shaemaa Essa ◽  
Blane Harvey
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Government Policy ◽  
Education For Sustainable Development ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
Policy Documents

Dueling discourses, power, and the construction of the recovering addict: When social assistance confronts addiction in Toronto, Canada

2019 ◽  
Vol 40 (1) ◽  
pp. 130-150 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amber Gazso
Keyword(s):  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Social Control ◽  
Labour Market ◽  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Social Assistance ◽  
Subject Position ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
Policy Documents ◽  
Work First ◽  
Depth Interviews

In this article, I undertake a critical discourse analysis of policy documents and in-depth interviews with seven caseworkers and 28 benefit recipients to explore how two discourses, ‘work first’ and ‘distance from the labour market,’ inform how persons living with addiction access and then experience social assistance in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Drawing in Foucauldian insights on power, I reveal the conceptualisation of benefit recipients’ eligibility for Ontario Works through these two discourses and how this is replete with ideological assumptions and disciplining power relations, constitutive of a subject position of ‘the recovering addict’, and suggestive of social control implications. I argue that the coercion and regulation of benefit recipients’ lives on Ontario Works has not disappeared but transmuted for Torontonians living with addiction, and conclude by considering the governance of this population as biopower.

scholarly journals ICT Capacity Building: A Critical Discourse Analysis of Rwandan Policies from Higher Education Perspective

2016 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 46-62 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jean Claude Byungura ◽  
Henrik Hansson ◽  
Kamuzinzi Masengesho ◽  
Thashmee Karunaratne
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Capacity Building ◽  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
National Level ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
Institutional Policies ◽  
Policy Documents ◽  
Ict Infrastructure ◽  
Implementation Level

Abstract With the development of technology in the 21st Century, education systems attempt to integrate technology-based tools to improve experiences in pedagogy and administration. It is becoming increasingly prominent to build human and ICT infrastructure capacities at universities from policy to implementation level. Using a critical discourse analysis, this study investigates the articulation of ICT capacity building strategies from both national and institutional ICT policies in Rwanda, focusing on the higher education. Eleven policy documents were collected and deeply analyzed to understand which claims of ICT capacity building are made. The analysis shows that strategies for building ICT capacities are evidently observed from national level policies and only in two institutional policies (KIST and NUR). Among 25 components of ICT capacity building used, the ones related to human capacity are not plainly described. Additionally, neither national nor institutional policy documents include the creation of financial schemes for students to acquire ICT tools whilst learners are key stakeholders. Although there is some translation of ICT capacity building strategies from national to some institutional policies, planning for motivation and provision of incentives to innovators is not stated in any of the institutional policies and this is a key to effective technology integration.

The American gaze east

2017 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 175-205 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emma Trentman ◽  
Wenhao Diao
Keyword(s):  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Study Abroad ◽  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Language Learners ◽  
21St Century ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
Critical Examination ◽  
Intercultural Learning ◽  
Policy Documents ◽  
Studying Abroad

Abstract The 21st century has seen an emphasis in US media and policy documents on increasing the numbers of US students studying abroad and also the amount of US students studying ‘critical’ languages. This paper examines the intersection of these discourses, or the experiences of critical language learners abroad. We analyze this intersection by using critical discourse analysis to examine US media and policy documents and data from students studying Arabic in Egypt and Mandarin in China. This analysis reveals considerable discrepancies between rhetoric and experience in terms of language and intercultural learning. We argue that a critical examination of current discourses of study abroad (SA) reveals that they in fact recreate the colonial map, mask global inequalities, and create a new global elite. We conclude that language and intercultural learning abroad will remain a source of tension until SA students and programs critically engage with these discourses.

Do you mean what you say? Do you say what you mean? Empowering women at work

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 138-138
Author(s):  
Shrouq Al Maghlouth
Keyword(s):  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
Social Change ◽  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Work Environments ◽  
Current Paper ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
Women Empowerment ◽  
Saudi Women ◽  
Blog Posts

In recent years, Saudi women have been empowered on plenty of levels which were not easily available at the dawn of this century. In the last two decades, social change has been initiated, constructed and distributed discursively on both governmental and non-governmental circles; with the topic of women's inclusion in unconventional work environments provoking controversial positions between the heterogenous society of Saudi Arabia. The current paper offers a critical discourse analysis on how these diverse positions are reported metaphorically in blog posts written by bloggers presenting themselves as supporters of change and women empowerment. Such posts were written between 2009 and 2011; thus, documenting the very early support and opposition to this topic, which has also intensified drastically after King Salman -the current Saudi monarch- ascended to throne in 2015, following the death of the late King Abdullah. Keywords: social change, critical discourse analysis, women empowerment, Saudi Arabia

scholarly journals Gender Representation in EFL Textbooks in Saudi Arabia: A Fair Deal?

2017 ◽  
Vol 10 (6) ◽  
pp. 44 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amjjad Sulaimani
Keyword(s):  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Quantitative Data ◽  
Three Dimensions ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
Gender Representation ◽  
Subject Positions ◽  
International English

This study explores gender representation in an international English as a Foreign Language (EFL) textbook that has been specifically adapted for the Saudi Arabian context. It aims to investigate gender frequencies in conversations in three dimensions: gender relations, subject positions, and contents. The quantitative data were analysed using critical discourse analysis (CDA) as a model. The results indicate that the textbook is biased in terms of gender. Women are underrepresented in the textbook. They have been totally excluded from half of the units in the textbook. Also, the equal relations between the two genders are limited to friendship. Although both genders are positioned in the same subjects and contents, women are less frequently characterised than men.

scholarly journals Citra Inferioritas Tenaga Kerja Wanita (TKW) Indonesia di Saluran Berita Sabq.Org Saudi Arabia

2020 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-16
Author(s):  
Muhamad Fahrudin Yusuf
Keyword(s):  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Migrant Workers ◽  
Minority Groups ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
Object Studies ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
The Media ◽  
Discourse Studies

This article is the result of research, one of which is the lack of discourse studies, especially the representation of the news object studies in electronic newspapers. News about woman employees in Saudi Arabia was chosen because there have been many cases that occurred in Saudi Arabia. Several cases such as starting from illegal migrant workers, trafficking, prostitution, suicide, and various legal circumstances that befall Indonesian workers, how the news of women employee is written on Sabq.org newspaper, one of the leading online publications in Saudi Arabia. All cannot be separated from the media representation or depiction of an object. Representatives of woman employees will be dissected based on contextual illustration-writer-text-context reader theory by Sara Mills. The qualitative method of Critical Discourse Analysis was chosen as a means for collecting data. The technique of analyzing data used in this study is using the framework of Sara Mills's analysis related to the position of subject and object of the news. The research findings showed that Sabq.org portrays woman employees poorly, marginalizes minority groups by not showing woman employees in the news, dominant groups represent their presence, establishing ideology of dominant groups (employee) and tends to be gender-biased.   Artikel ini dilatarbelakangi minimnya kajian wacana, khususnya representasi pada objek kajian berita pada surat kabar elektronik (SKE). Berita tentang Tenaga Kerja Wanita (TKW) di Arab Saudi menjadi pilihan karena alasan banyaknya kasus yang terjadi pada TKW di Arab Saudi, mulai dari TKI ilegal, kasus trafficking, prostitusi TKW, bunuh diri dan beragam kasus hukum yang menimpa buruh migran wanita Indonesia. Bagaimana wacana TKW digambarkan dalam berita Sabq. Org, salah satu koran online terkemuka di Arab Saudi tidak lepas dari representasi atau penggambaran media atas suatu objek. Representasi TKW akan dibedah dengan teori ilustrasi konteks penulis- teks-konteks pembaca dari Sara Mills. Metode kualitatif Analisis Wacana Kritis (critical discourse analysis) dipilih sebagai alat mencari data. Teknik analisis penelitian ini menggunakan kerangka analisis Sara Mills terkait posisi subjek-objek berita. Hasil dari penelitian ini adalah Sabq.Org menggambarkan TKW dengan buruk, memarjinalkan kelompok minoritas (TKW) dengan tidak menampilkan TKW dalam pemberitaan, kehadirannya diwakili oleh kelompok dominan, memapankan ideologi kelompok dominan (majikan) dan cenderung bias gender.

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