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SPELA SHORELINE - en diskursteoretisk undersökning av minnesmonumentet över Broder Daniel
(2023-01-05)This essay aims to investigate the conditions of public art in a contemporary discourseanalysis based on medial sources and social networks, concerning the anonymous citizeninitiative “The Shorelinestone”, also known as ... -
De kommer applådera ändå - En etnologisk undersökning av paraidrotten och dess förutsättningar i en föränderlig tid
(2022-12-19)This thesis examines the Swedish para sport movement of today, with a focus on elite athletes and the ongoing inclusion work done by the Swedish sport movement. The questions asked are how the athletes came into contact ... -
T HE GENDER EQUALITY CHARADE A Critical Perspective on the Adoption and Implementation of 40/60 Gender Quota in Malawi
(2022-11-02)While gender quotas have been widely adopted by countries around the world as an affirmative action to enhance women’s participation and representation in politics and other public spheres, the impact of the phenomenon ... -
“Inkluderande, grön och dynamisk” En undersökning av projektet Masthuggskajen
(2022-11-01)This thesis examines how the city of Gothenburg and the construction companies involved communicate and market the urban transformation project Masthuggskajen in documents, media and in visual communication. The gathered ... -
To a Gender Equal Policy Plan and Beyond - Breaking the binary in gender policy making
(2022-10-28)The main aim of this pilot research is to write a set of recommendations aimed at guiding international organisations in making gender equality policy plans following a gender non-binary perspective. The definitions of ... -
An Ace Theory of Relationships: Asexuality and Narratives of Relationship Norms
(2022-10-17)Asexuality studies is an emergent transdisciplinary field with many gaps to fill. This thesis aims to address asexual individuals’ own stories and perspectives on relationships and the norms that surround them. Utilizing ... -
PREKÄRA PIONJÄRER - En studie om nyetablerade entreprenörers roll i omvandlingen av Gamlestaden
(2022-10-12)In urban research into gentrification there has been a long schism between two perspectives: researchers who choose to look at the economic system that drives the fall and rise of prices in the city, and researchers who ... -
Det kritiska mellanrummet - En analys av essäfilm som reflekterande kunskapsform
(2022-10-05)We live in an audiovisual culture where film and moving images plays a central part of our daily lives. The film as a medium is approximately 130 years old, yet we are still discussing the same questions today as they ... -
Makt, minnen och motstånd - En kulturvetenskaplig studie av Göteborgs första hbtqi+monument
(2022-10-03)In the year 2023 Gothenburg will erect a monument commemorating the city's struggle for LGBTQ+ rights. In the light of recent years toppling and destruction of colonial, patriarchal and hierarchical monuments, this paper ... -
Den postmoderna blicken - Matts Leiderstams queera blick - synar konsthistorien, tar fram de dolda rutnäten, vänder fram målningars baksida och lyfter fram arkiven.
(2022-09-27)In this master thesis I investigate the art of Matts Leiderstam. My primary goal is to examine the Leiderstam gaze and its relation to its time. Artists during the postmodern era often have a radically different approach ... -
A Cultural Recreation in Disney & Pixar - En studie som undersöker tillvägagångssättet och porträtteringen av främmande kulturfenomen i Mulan & Coco
(2022-09-06)This thesis paper seeks to examine Disney and Pixar films’ approach and portrayal of foreign (from the United States) cultural phenomena that retain historical origins supported by evidence and facts. The analysis is ... -
Inbound Marketing och Value Co-Creation inom kultursektorn - En studie om hur kommunala kulturorganisationer i Göteborg använder sig av digitala marknadsföringsmetoder för att skapa värde med kunder
(2022-08-25)This bachelor thesis aims to examine the effects that innovative digital marketing strategies have on Value Co-Creation in cultural organizations. Former research suggests that Value Co Creation has positive effects on ... -
Die Nibelungen: Siegfried, and the Myth of ‘Myth’
(2022-07-04)This paper sets out to critically discuss and analyse both the scholarly and general implementation of the word ‘myth’ as designator of style, narrative, and cultural significance, within film studies and adjacent ... -
Kameralinsen som ögon - En filmanalys med fokus på bildutsnitt och kameravinklar i filmen You Were Never Really Here
(2022-06-21)Cinematography is an essential part of filmmaking. The audience are able to identify with the characters in film much through cinematography. Identification with the protagonist is a necessity to move the narrative forward ... -
Kroppar som fängslar - En studie om representation av svenska kvinnliga protagonister med bakgrund från Mellanöstern i filmerna Dröm Vidare och Para Knas
(2022-06-10)This paper aims to examine the representation of Swedish women with background from the Middle East in lead roles in the films Dröm Vidare (2017) and Para knas (2017). The purpose of this study is to examine how those ... -
"Ni är inte hemma i soffan nu!" - Supporterkultur hos kvinnor i klacken i allsvenska herrfotbollslaget BK Häcken
(2022-05-31)When I was in the process of starting this essay I had no idea about what I wanted to investigate. I read the book Etnografiska hållplatser, a book about reflexivity and methodology while doing field studies and working ... -
Hur doft kan fungera som medium i utställningars sammanhang - En analys ur ett tvärvetenskapligt perspektiv
(2022-05-31)Fragrance as art, or as part of a work of art has in many cases been ignored by art theorists, despite the fact that a fragrance can contribute with an emotional atmosphere and meaning. Fragrance creations can be like ... -
Illusionen i flyktpunkten - Med utgångspunkt från Nysnö av Caspar David Friedrich
(2022-05-19)Through a study of composition and a never ending thoughts about “what is a perfect picture” I wanted to try to find an answer. But the more I read and learned about it, it turned out to be more and more complexity to ... -
“Den får finnas, i sig själv” - En intervjustudie om upplevelser av kroppen: normer, tillfredsställelse och (icke-)binära ideal hos transpersoner
(2022-05-17)Norms regarding body size and shape are often based on binary, cisnormative ideals. The relationship to one’s body can become complicated when these norms are the only ones presented as available. As a transgender ... -
Vi gjorde det bästa av situationen – En kvalitativ undersökning om studentdagens ritualiserade kultur under pandemin
(2022-05-05)This essay examines the Swedish high school graduation day-tradition, known as “studenten”, and how its ritualized culture has been affected by the global Covid-19 pandemic. By using a qualitative methos we have identified ...