Department of Cultural Sciences / Institutionen för kulturvetenskaper: Recent submissions
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Näthat. En analys av integritet, straffskydd och demokrati.
(2016-10-26)The purpose of this study is to examine the proposed legislation Integritet och straffskydd, presented by the Swedish government, concerning increased protection of online hate and personal integrity on the Internet. Through ... -
Publiken som material och om risken att misslyckas - en undersökning av Marina Abramović performativa verk 512 Hours på Serpentine Gallery i London 2014 utifrån idé/upplevelse.
(2016-10-17)2014 Marina Abramović made her performance 512 Hours at Serpentine Galleries in London. I will in this work of art look at the role of the audience, since Abramović herself points out that the work consists of the audience. ... -
The Devil is in the details: A feminist inquiry into diversity initiatives within the Swedish Private Sector
(2016-10-10)Diversity and gender equality are key buzzwords within the private sector in Sweden. The aim of my thesis was to interrogate how diversity is understood within the private sector in Sweden and identify key motivations for ... -
Drawing resistance - Swedish cartoonists and their relation to politics, power and the art of making others laugh
(2016-09-05)This essay analyzes conversations between the author and three Swedish cartoonists concerning ideas of politics, art and comics. The cartoonists are Elin Lucassi, Amalia Alvarez and Emanuel Garnheim. The aim is to examine ... -
Tourist or traveller? A study on social categorisation among non-residents in Gothenburg
(2016-08-04)The purpose of this paper is to examine how non-residents in Gothenburg categorise themselves and why, relating to the concept of “a tourist”. The aim is thus to investigate the perception of being a tourist in a western ... -
Arbetets monument - En analys av det samtida minnesmonumentets form och funktion
(2016-08-03)This study consists of an analysis of the artwork Monument to Work in Gothenburg by the artist Alexandra Pirici, a project by The Public Art Agency in Sweden. The study aims to understand Monument to Work on the basis of ... -
Constructing Rural Identities – A Diverse Narrative
(2016-07-05)So far, rural people and communities have not received much consideration within the field of gender studies while urban individuals and their lifestyles have been normalised. I argue that the rural space inhabits a huge ... -
”We are Straining Mosquitos and Swallowing Camels” - Human Rights Work in a Municipality Context
(2016-07-05)In this thesis I make a discourse analysis of the Human Rights discourse, and other prevalent discourses in a municipality context, with a special focus on the municipality of Gothenburg. I map where the concept Human ... -
Smaken är som baken - En kvalitativ studie av hur musiksmak formas och delas
(2016-06-21)This thesis aims to investigate how individuals understand and value music in the context of producing taste in music. Through interviews, community posts regarding Spotify and old concert reviews this research considers ... -
Ärvda ting. En studie av människors förhållande till sitt arvegods.
(2016-05-31)This thesis examines the relationships between people and their inherited objects. By using theories about how objects can contain memories, undergo functional changes and can be seen as connections for maintaining a ... -
The Feminism Awakens: En feministisk studie av de kvinnliga karaktärerna i Star Wars tre generationer
(2016-05-31)The female action hero has become more visible in the last years, which has created both a critical and positive response. Through feminist film theory and theories about the female action hero this essay analyses the ... -
Vad berättar scenografi? Att analysera produktionsdesign genom en närstudie av Fucking Åmål
(2016-04-06)This essay aims to examine a key element of cinema which is frequently unexamined in academic studies of film, or else included in the much wider term of mise-en-scène: production design, or set design. The main focus is ... -
Filmen i Albanien. Bildnings- eller propagandaverktyg.
(2016-04-05)This essay will examine historically the Albanian Cinematography through four different periods. The first period will examine the years between 1905-1918´s and treats the early years of Albanian Cinematography. During ... -
”Idag behövde jag göra som du, dansa istället för att diska” - en diskursanalys av #dansaförstina
(2016-04-05)Syftet med den här uppsatsen är att undersöka hur internet kan användas för en feministisk agenda med fokus på hur kroppen som agent kan göra motstånd i ett sammanhang där den fysiskt inte befinner sig. Uppsatsen tar avstamp ... -
"...kvinnors familjesituationer gör det svårare för dem än för män att kombinera den politiska karriären med familjeliv och äktenskap." Ett genusvetenskapligt metaperspektiv på två rapporter i demokratiutredningen 2014.
(2016-04-05)Studiens syfte och frågeställningar formuleras utifrån demokratiutredningen 2014 som har i uppdrag att på olika sätt utreda hur den representativa demokratin ska utvecklas i nationell och lokal kontext i Sverige. Syftet ... -
Feministisk ilska. En undersökning om ilska och feministiskt medvetande med vänskap som metod.
(2016-04-05)Med autoetnografi som metod och vänskap som metod undersöker författaren hur feminism och ilska förhöll sig till varandra under tonårstiden då feministiska teorier kom till medvetandet i början av 2000-talet. Med utgångspunkt ... -
Per Hasselberg och Flickan som erotiskt objekt. En problematiserande analys av den nakna kroppen reproducerad i Per Hasselbergs skulpturer
(2016-04-05)I denna uppsats tittar jag närmare på Per Hasselbergs tre lovordade skulpturer, Näckrosen, Snöklockan och Grodan. Jag vill se vilken typ av naken kvinnokropp och kvinna som Per Hasselberg reproducerar i sina verk, och på ... -
Den monstruösa kvinnokroppen: En feministisk studie av filmen Carrie (1976) och den nyproducerade versionen från 2013
(2016-04-05)This essay analyses Brian De Palma and Kimberly Pierce’s adaption of Stephen King’s Carrie. The aim is to examine how the adolescent bleeding female body is visually encoded in these two different adaptions of the story ... -
Den konstgjorda konstnären. Om betydelsen i robotskapade bilder.
(2016-04-05)This essay aims to examine the meaning of pictures created by means of artificial intelligence. Using the methods stated in Vilém Flusser’s ”Towards a philosophy of photography”, I peruse two pictures created by artificial ... -
Words and Images in Dialogue: An analysis of multimodality in artworks by William Blake and Allen Ginsberg
(2016-04-05)This essay presents a multimodal analysis and interpretation of an annotated photograph by Allen Ginsberg from 1953 and an engraved plate titled Laocoön by William Blake from circa 1818. The aim is to propose a method for ...