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  • Henry David Thoreaus amerikanska ideal Nationell självbild i Thoreaus gestaltning av slaverimotståndaren John Brown
    (2026-06-18) Axel Brorson; Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för litteratur, idéhistoria och religion; University of Gothenburg/Department of Literature, History of Ideas, and Religion
    In his essay A Plea for Captain John Brown (1860), Henry David Thoreau does more than just defending the actions of the radical abolitionist John Brown – he expresses an american self-image. A self-image which bases itself upon commonly used national tropes during the period between the independence 1776 and the Civil War (1861–1865). By keeping to the study of known as imagology, this paper examines how Thoreau uses the figure of John Brown as a way to portray the american ideal character. More precisely, the paper brings to light the way Thoreau uses the Puritan heritage, the revolutionary heritage and finally the idea about the liberal american, as ways to justify Browns actions as inherently ”American”. By contextualising these tropes I create a deeper understanding of Thoreaus own view of the ideal american, but I also see him as part of more general ideas of what America was, what America is, and finally what America ought to be. By studying the way Thoreau portray John Brown as a Puritan, the paper view Thoreau as affected by the idea of America as the by God chosen nation with a special goal. The same historical view shows how Thoreau uses the idea of America as a revolutionary nation. Finally the paper also shows Thoreau as a part of a bigger idea of the liberal american during his time, but also how Thoreau creates his own version of the liberal idea. This study therefore provide a deeper understanding of general ideas-of-the-nation-America during the Antebellum-period.
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  • Flådd musik
    (2026-06-17) Love Carbin; University of Gothenburg/Academy of Music and Drama; Göteborgs universitet/Högskolan för scen och musik
    This project investigates how the body is written in music. The point of departure for the investigation is my site-specific performing arts work Så blev vi liv (2026). In the thesis, I formulate a new compositional method – "flayed music". The method is a synthesis of two historical opposites: Helmut Lachenmann's view of the body as a neutral transmitter of sound, and Charlotte Moorman's political body-art. Through theorizing, making, and contextualizing, I demonstrate how an avant-garde focus on sound can be merged with a queer and vulnerable corporeality. In flayed music, extended techniques are transformed into scenic actions. This creates a double exposure, where the spectator simultaneously perceives a mechanical production of sound and a symbolically charged physical action (such as a blow or a kiss). The result is a performative compositional practice where the performer's identity and bodily presence are inseparable from the sounding material.