Department of Cultural Sciences / Institutionen för kulturvetenskaper: Recent submissions
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RAFFLES CITY - Lokala och globala dimensioner av ett urbant komplex i Chengdu
(2013-09-13)In a time where many Asian metropolises experience an expansive development new urban conditions are created and the already existing disappears or being replaced. Asian cities develop at a pace that is unprecedented in ... -
Snus och dosor - Förpackningsdesign, märke och identitet
(2013-09-13)The purpose of this essay was to examine the packaging design´s communications related to the colloquially brand's symbolic capital and how they became meaningful through experience and perceptions that led to the ... -
Antiestetik - En studie kring musiksmak, värderingar och sociala strukturer inom hardcorescenen
(2013-09-13)Through participant observation in a local promoter group of hardcore punk shows in Gothenburg and qualitative interviews with its members I have investigated links between taste in music, values and social structures in ... -
Schiele & Klimt - konstnärer av sin tid?
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Sexköp och fiskmetaforer - En diskursanalys av prostitutionsdebatten 1993-2011
(2013-09-13)"A discourse analysis of the debate on prostitution 1993-2011" The aim of this essay is to investigate how prostitution is constructed in the debate. The analysis is based off debate articles from four of the biggest Swedish ... -
Reglerad reproduktion - En studie över abortdiskursen i Kina och abortmotståndet i USA
(2013-09-12)This thesis is on the subject of different views on abortion. With a qualitative analysis of the family planning policy in China and interviews with four persons living in China I try to answer what abortion can mean in ... -
Från flickor till fittor - en jämförande analys av två feministiska pjäser
(2013-09-12)This essay analyzes the scripts of the swedish plays Jösses flickor! Befrielsen är nära (Jeez girls! Liberation is at hand) from 1974 and Jösses flickor – återkomsten (Jeez girls – the return) from 2006. The analysis is ... -
Om den ofeministiska jämställdheten och den ojämställda feminismen: en diskursteoretisk analys av en feminismskritisk jämställdhetsrörelse verksam på nätet
(2013-08-28)This essay analyses text written by a gender equality movement critical of feminism. The movement is active on the Internet and through this essay I would like to show the tensions in contemporary political debates on ... -
Göteborgs stadsmuseum mellan teori och praktik - En diskursanalytisk studie av museiverksamhet i en ökat marknadsorienterad omvärld
(2013-05-03)The aim of this Master’s thesis is to research how the Göteborg City Museum places their organization in a context of culture policies and museology.The discursive analysis constitutes the methodical frame for this thesis. ... -
FÖRVÅNANDE KAPABEL - kroppslighet och rumslighet i fem kvinnors erfarenheter av parkour
(2013-04-24)The urban physical practice of parkour can be described as male dominated. In this paper, however, I choose to focus on women participating in the sport. My material consist of interviews with five Swedish women who ... -
Tacklingar, svett och rullskridskor - om den feministiska potentialen i sex kvinnors upplevelser av sitt utövande av roller derby
(2013-04-24)In this thesis the fullcontact sport roller derby is examined and it´s potential to work as a feminist strategy. Through interviews with six women who are active in the Gothenburgbased team Gothenburg Roller Derby the ... -
Kampen mellan etablissemang och näthatare - En studie om näthatsdebatten
(2013-04-24)This essay examines the Swedish debate on Internet hate with focus on theories concerning Internet as a public sphere, sociocultural turbulence and subaltern counterpublics. Examining material from newspapers, alternative ... -
“Tolkien himself would be proud” - En studie av fansens deltagande i expanderanderingen av en fiktiv värld
(2013-04-11)This essay examines fans contributions in a transmedia culture. I examine how fans relate and use the fictional worlds in the creations of their own films. The study focusing on the use of graphical elements and character ... -
Queera kroppar i höga klackar - En analys av High Heel Sisters performanceverk The Last Straw
(2013-03-28)This study will analyze and interpret the performance art piece The Last Straw created by the artist group High Heel Sisters. The aim is to search for potential feminist strategies in their deconstructive ways of incarnating ... -
Vad händer i gränslandet? Människor, föremål och identitet i TV-programmet Gränsbevakarna Australien
(2013-03-27)The purpose of this paper is to study how the TV program Border Security: Australia’s Front Line (Gränsbevakarna Australien) can be seen to reproduce networks of human and non-human actors. The aim is thus to investigate ... -
Pussy Riot - Hur teori och praktik kan förenas genom feministisk aktivism
(2013-02-27)The purpose of this essay is to examine how theory and practice intertwines through the activism of the feminist punk performance collective Pussy Riot. I have also focussed on the political tools with which the activism ... -
Maskuliniteter och jämställdhetsarbete - En genusvetenskaplig granskning av metodmaterialet allan för samtalsgrupper inom Rädda Barnen och Rädda Barnens Ungdomsförbund
(2013-02-27)Rädda Barnen och Rädda Barnens Ungdomsförbund har ett projekt som heter allan. Det är ett jämställdhetsarbete med samtalsgruppsverksamhet för fjortonåriga killar. Uppsatsen granskar metodmaterialet för dessa samtalsgrupper ... -
Posthuset blir hotell En studie av Centralposthuset i Göteborg och dess omvandling
(2013-02-27)This essay in Art History treats the former Central Post Office in Gothenburg, Sweden, and its recent transformation into a luxury hotel. The magnificent original building in neo-classical style, inaugurated in 1925, has ...