Department of Cultural Sciences / Institutionen för kulturvetenskaper: Recent submissions
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MUSIKEN I TOMAS TRANSTRÖMERS DIKTNING - EN STUDIE I VERBAL MUSIK
(2020-01-07)The poetry of the Nobel Prize Laureate Tomas Tranströmer (1931–2015) is well known for its richness of musical references and components. The poet himself was a high level amateur pianist, and he was even promoted an ... -
Digitala spel i konstens namn? En undersökning av det fenomenologiska mötet med art games.
(2019-10-23)In this thesis, I have investigated how artistic and cultural values are being produced in art games. In my work I have analyzed four art games and these are That Dragon, Cancer, Papers Please, Gone Home and The Stanley ... -
SAVE KORTEDALA LIBRARY Gendering Practices in Urban Activism
(2019-10-23)The aim of the study was to discuss conditions for urban activism, through looking at the interest group Save Kortedala Library and its gendering practices. The aim was furthermore to examine the role Kortedala Library ... -
SVENSKHET I FÖRÄNDRING - en kulturvetenskaplig analys av debatten om gettopaketet i svensk press
(2019-10-10)This thesis examines how swedish national identity is constructed in the media debate in Swedish press regarding a danish economical and political plan called ”ghettopakke” that was adopted in Denmark in 2018. In addition ... -
ALGORITMISK INTERVENTION Om kulturarbetares arbete med Instagram
(2019-10-10)The topic of this study is the introduction of social networking sites as an arena for personal advertising in the culture industries. Through a case study on cultural workers’ digital labour on Instagram, the study examines ... -
CONSTRUCTING SAFE SPACES The potential of performing feminist critical utopia analyzed through zine-making
(2019-10-10)Safe spaces are constructed to offer a space of acceptance to an otherwise marginalized or vulnerable group. This thesis explores the connections between safe spaces and feminist (critical) utopianism through their inherent ... -
“Female Migrant Housing Experiences” An in-depth intersectional analysis of housing experiences for female scholars from the global south living in Gothenburg, Sweden.
(2019-10-10)Living in Sweden is becoming far problematic for immigrants because of the fast-growing population without a correspondent increase in the construction of housing. The high demand of housing and its limited number of ... -
VILKA ”KUNGAR” VILL VI HA PÅ VÅRA GATOR OCH TORG? En kulturanalytisk studie av två offentliga monument i Göteborg
(2019-10-10)This thesis examines how public monuments are made into cultural heritage, if and in that case, how these monuments affect their surroundings and people. In order to get some answers, two public monuments called Kopparmärra ... -
From vulnerable to criminal A discourse analysis of unaccompanied children in Swedish newspaper editorials 2015/2016
(2019-10-10)This master’s thesis in gender studies seeks to critically analyze and problematize the general discourse on so called unaccompanied children in the Swedish context, as it was represented in newspaper editorials during six ... -
This Devious Subject - about the future of this earthly life, my constructive failure to locate myself, and my being as a relationality of subjectivity, discourse and materiality
(2019-10-10)Through articulating what I call my weave of understanding, in this thesis I aspire to come to a new understanding of the relation between materiality, discourse and ubjectivity as with my being composing a relationality ... -
UTMANINGEN ATT ÄTA NÅGON En diskursanalys av karnism, speciesism och “subjektifiering” i tv-serien Köttets Lustar
(2019-10-10)This thesis will examine how human language is used to, consciously and unconsciously, legitimize exploitation of nonhuman animals in the meat industry. I will examine how these functions, including carnist ideology, work ... -
Bodies out/in Place? Unmapping Trans People’s Experience in Outdoor Activities
(2019-08-26)Scrutiny over trans people's bodies in urban contexts is continuous. This thesis develops the idea that the outdoors offers a less-gendered space for trans people, enabling and empowering them to escape self-surveillance ... -
En gränd bort från Champs-Élysées. En jämförelse mellan en burlesqueklubb och en strippklubb i centrala Paris
(2019-08-13)This essay compares the strip-club Whisper Club and the burlesque-club Crazy Horse located in Paris near the eminent street Champs-Élysées thus understanding the similarities and differences between the two phenomenon - ... -
"Också en demokrati behöver kunna försvara sig själv". En kulturkritisk och rättsfilosofisk studie av hur samhället försöker hantera fascism
(2019-08-08)This thesis aims to explore how different actors in society discusses how society should handle fascist organisations. This includes politicians, journalists, the legal system and activists and antifascists. I began by ... -
Man blir kvinna - Om barnuppfostran och genusdiskurser i teori och praktik
(2019-07-31)In this thesis the purpose is to investigate how girls have been raised in three generations, from the 1950’s to the 2010’s in a rural environment, with the 1980’s as our main focus. Through interviews with mothers and ... -
Kom med oss! - Med bara gatorna kvar. En studie av den kvinnliga protestkulturen i Polen
(2019-07-09)This thesis investigates why and how Polish women use demonstrations as a way of participating in political and social life in Poland. The aim is to explore the role of public spaces in construction of and/ or sustaining ... -
“A ROOM FOR OUR OWN”. Queer memories and feelings in the archival practices of Queerrörelsens Arkiv och Bibliotek (Archive and Library of the Queer Movement) in Gothenburg/Sweden
(2019-07-08)This thesis departs from the case study of the Queerrörelsens Arkiv och Bibliotek (QRAB) [In English: Archive and Library of the Queer Movement], located in Gothenburg/Sweden, to discuss how queer memories and feelings are ... -
Representation and Stereotyping in Board Games. A Study of How Gender, Race, Sexuality, Ability and Age Are Portrayed in Strategic Board Games
(2019-07-08)The purpose of this investigation is to see if contemporary strategic board games maintain a stereotypical representation of different societal groups. The main objectives are to see to what extent different social groups ... -
What's the Problem with Gender Inequality? Poststructural Policy Analysis of Gender Equality Policies from County Administrative Boards in Sweden 2018-2020
(2019-07-02)The purpose of this thesis is to do a poststructural analysis of gender equality policies from four county administration boards in Sweden. The thesis aims to examine how the policies construct the problem with gender ... -
Problems of Positioning. A qualitative study of narratives in a debate
(2019-07-02)This thesis aims to explore how positions of oneself and others are constructed in a debate, how these positions also construct the debate, and how this could have performative effects on the reader. The particular debate ...