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#GIRLDINNER. En kvalitativ studie om tjejers kultur på sociala medier genom exemplet #girldinner
(2024-03-01)Under 2023 fanns det många tjejtrender och under sommaren 2023 blev #girldinner ett fenomen. #Girldinner är en TikTok trend som huvudsakligen syftar till att tjejer visar sina måltider de kallar för #girldinner. #Girldinner ... -
National Heroes, Digital Soldiers, Vulnerable Children and all the Others: A Critical Discourse Analysis of Videos Communicating the QAnon Conspiracy Theory
(2024-02-23)This thesis analyses the making of Us and Them in videos communicating the QAnon conspiracy theory, which have been circulating on online social forums. For this purpose, Multimodal Critical Discourse Analysis is used, ... -
Folk och minnen i Glaskogen - En analys av överlevnadsfaktorer hos sägner, folklore och folkminnen
(2024-02-09)This work is meant to show how memory can work within a smaller society when it comes to folklore and local history. What is remembered, how it is remembered and why it is remembered. Sprung from the older collections ... -
Crude Oils. Vilka budskap kan finnas i Banksys målningar?
(2024-02-08)Syftet med uppsatsen är dels att genom analys söka de budskap som finns i tre oljemålningar som ingår i en serie som Banksy kallat Crude Oils, dels att genom intervjuer undersöka hur ett antal betraktare uppfattar verken. ... -
Banbrytande formgivning i Sveriges textilindustri En studie om Astrid Sampes mönsterproduktion
(2024-02-07)The main focus of this study are the textile prints created by Astrid Sampe (1909-2002). Her fabrics can tell us more about her than a biography ever could. They can reveal how we experience patterns, why we are attracted ... -
FLYKTEN FRÅN VARDAGEN. Om fantasy, eskapism och verklighet
(2024-02-07)This paper investigates the relations between the fantasy genre and the phenomena of escapism. It also delves into the factors which motivates consumption of various fantasy mediums. This is done through interviews with ... -
"Vad f*n har jag valt för utbildning?" – en kvalitativ undersökning om kulturstudenters relation till sina studier
(2024-02-06)När jag påbörjade mina studier på kandidatprogrammet Kultur drog jag mig för att svara på frågor om vad jag gör om dagarna. Jag märkte att jag skämdes till följd av mitt studieval. Jag tyckte det var svårt att bemöta det ... -
Conjunction of the spheres. The struggle for hegemony in the English language online reception of Netflix adaption: The Witcher.
(2024-02-06)This essay uses the concepts of convergence culture, transmedia and hegemony, to understand the struggles within the English language reception to Netflix Tv production “The Witcher.” In order to help the reader, the essay ... -
Messages from the deep: A reception study of Denis Villeneuve's Dune
(2024-02-06)This essay uses Pierre Bourdieus habitus, symbolic capital, Social fields, Stuart Halls representation theory and Encoding/Decoding system, as well as Henry Jenkins concept of convergence culture and media convergence, ... -
EXTREME, SPECTACULAR AND HORRIFIC A qualitative film analysis of affective strategies in extreme horror via Terrifier 2
(2023-12-20)During the year of 2022 the film Terrifier 2 was shown in theaters all over the western world. This film was not supported by any larger production companies, but was partly crowdfunded. The film combines elements from ... -
MED DENNA VISDOM BÖRJAR VI DENNA LÅT. Om mellansnackets diskursiva konstruktion av den svenska folkmusikgenren
(2023-10-04)”With this knowledge we begin this tune” – Stage talk as the discursive construction of Swedish folk music. Stage talk – i.e. the musicians’ talk on stage during concerts – is a given in an array of musical genres, although ... -
GarageBand eller Logic Pro? En studie i föreställningar om professionalitet och konsten att välja arbetsredskap inom digital musikproduktion
(2023-10-04)GarageBand and Logic Pro are Digital Audio Workstations (DAWs) developed by Apple for recording and producing music. The former comes for free with every Mac, iPhone or iPad while the latter comes with a price tag and ... -
A GENDERED ANALYSIS OF HUMAN-AI RELATIONSHIPS AI - entities in Her and Ex Machina
(2023-09-12)AI representations in contemporary media provide interesting illustrative examples that show wider perspectives on the complex relationship between humans and AI. This study aims to analyze the portrayal of female AI ... -
Who Deserves to Be Included? Diffraction of Diversity and Inclusion in Swedish International Organizations
(2023-08-21)My thesis explores how diffraction on D&I is created by the entanglement of the nature of institution (institutional will and wall) and dissemination of neoliberal rationality, and how it perpetuates power relations that ... -
Visualisering av tystade historier - En dekolonial kulturanalys av verket I firandet av vår kamp finns deras undergång
(2023-08-09)The dominant narrative of history, prevalent in Sweden, is of a country which has no structural racism and that had no part in the colonization of the Americas or in the transatlantic slave trade. This is far from the ... -
”The greater dysphoria I’ve had, the greater dysmorphia - they work together” - An interview study on trans and nonbinary experiences of seeking and participating in Swedish eating disorder treatment
(2023-07-05)The accessibility of eating disorder treatment for trans and nonbinary individuals has for long been an overlooked approach within research as well as in practice both internationally and in Sweden. By analysing four ... -
Childfree People’s Experiences of Menstrual Health in Healthcare
(2023-06-27)This master's thesis investigates childfree people's experiences of menstrual health in Swedish healthcare. My research questions are 1). How do childfree patients experience their visits regarding menstrual health at ... -
Från avskild oas till stadspark - En studie av förhandlingarna om Sjöbergens koloniområde
(2023-06-20)This master’s thesis puts focus on urban space; who controls it, how it is used and by whom. I have studied the allotment garden Sjöbergen in Gothenburg with the purpose of understanding what, if any, democratic role the ... -
”Att läsa böcker för barn är ju också en upplevelse för vuxna” Vuxnas förståelse och användning av bilderböcker.
(2023-06-13)In this thesis I have in groups of three, interviewed five women and one man between the ages of 26 and 50+ about their reading experience and understanding of three crossover picturebooks. I have also conducted a survey ... -
När bilder berör. En studie av Alfredo Jaars verk Shadows, 2014.
(2023-06-08)This study focuses on the work Shadows, 2014, by the artist Alfredo Jaar and his intent to convey the feeling and suffering from an image to the viewer. It examines how the experience of his work could be understood ...