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NÖDVÄNDIGT, OMÖJLIGT OCH MENINGSFULLT. Om att arbeta med kulturtidskrifter
(2024-12-04)This master thesis deals with the working conditions and work motivators for editors of cultural journals in Sweden. Through the qualitative method of semi-structured interviews with editors of cultural journals this thesis ... -
DRAGDROTTNINGAR I VARDAGSRUMMET & GRABBGÄNG I DRUGSTUGAN. En receptionsstudie med queera Drag Race Sverige-tittare
(2024-11-18)This essay examines how queer audiences interpret and construct meaning in interaction with an episode of the Swedish reality TV-show Drag Race Sverige. This is examined through focus group interviews with queer Drag Race ... -
Queer lives - Chronic futures. Negotiating neoliberalism, solidarities and futures among queer people with chronic illness in the context of Sweden
(2024-11-14)The purpose of the thesis is to investigate how queer people with chronic illness negotiate and respond to systems of ableism, neoliberalism and heteronormativity in the context of Sweden. The research material consists ... -
Konstförstörelse/Förstörelsekonster: En undersökning av konstruktiv ikonoklasm som konstnärlig process
(2024-10-28)Building on the concept of constructive iconoclasm as a creational force of iconicity, this thesis examines how the contemporary iconoclastic discourse is related to artistic process. Studies have shown that the performative ... -
DIGITALA RUM OCH RUMSLIGA DIGITALISERINGAR - hur hemmet tar plats på Instagram
(2024-10-21)In a world obsessed with the visual our homes have gone viral. Through the frame of Instagram family members seems switched to furnitures and the so-called smartphone surely opened the door to new, digital places. Social ... -
SPIRITUALITET OCH INTUITIVA VIBES Tjejers strävan efter respektabilitet i ett digitalt rum
(2024-10-07)On social media, girls create digital spaces where a distinctive spiritual culture emerges. This spiritual culture is therapeutic in nature, consisting of therapeutic compositions and happiness-generating templates that ... -
Från Myt till Maskin: En studie av mytiska strukturer och artificiell intelligens i filmen 'Ex Machina'
(2024-09-26)The aim of the essay is to investigate how the mythical structures from the Frankenstein myth are presented in a contemporary film adaptation about artificial intelligence, and how this adaptation establishes a connection ... -
MED PUBLIKEN I CENTRUM. En studie om publikutveckling, representation, makt och demokrati på Kulturkvarteret i Örebro
(2024-09-18)Since the decision to build a cultural center, the relatively newly started Kulturkvarteret in Örebro has had to endure both criticism and praise. While Kulturkvarteret is establishing itself as one of the city's central ... -
Det har inte kommit till vår kommun ännu - En analys av svensk kulturpolitik
(2024-09-11)This thesis investigates recent changes in Swedish cultural policy, focusing on the perspectives of municipal civil servants. The study identifies two primary areas of concern: economic instability and political instability. ... -
In the Eyes of Media: Discourses on the Idea of Children in News Reporting on Youth Prisons in Sweden
(2024-07-18)This thesis aims to dissect how the idea of children is discursively constructed in the news reporting on youth prisons in Sweden, and to demonstrate how seemingly objective discourses on children are constructed and ... -
Mode som funk(is)ar - konsumtion som strategi för identitetsskapande för personer med synliga funktionsnedsättningar
(2024-07-05)This essay will discuss consumption as a strategy for creating one’s identity for persons with visible disabilities. Along with this, questions asked and answered are concerning how lack of inclusion in the fashion industry ... -
Mode, Media, Makt och Materialitet. En studie i AI och bilder av mode genererade i Stable Diffusion och Midjourney
(2024-06-28)The world today is experiencing an AI summer, urging us to engage with its technologies on a daily basis. Recently, researchers have begun to voice concerns about the potential risks if we do not address the inherent biases ... -
Gendering the Genderless
(2024-06-19)This bachelor thesis examines how the film Blade Runner 2049 (2017) projects Western gender norms onto the film's characters. The focus is on how the artificial intelligences are gendered despite being technological systems ... -
Algorithmic Injustice: Predictive Policing and Profiling in the Netherlands – the Top600 and Top400 approaches
(2024-06-19)This thesis is located within the emerging intersections between feminist critique and algorithmic injustice, with a specific focus on predictive policing. By employing feminist theoretical perspectives on governmentality, ... -
Oppressive Silence: A Qualitative Study on Same-Sex Intimate Partner Violence in Namibia and Survivors’ Responses
(2024-06-17)This thesis investigates same-sex intimate partner violence (SSIPV) in Namibia primarily through 12 in-depth interviews with survivors, conducted during three months of field research. In particular, I ex-amine the ... -
“VIOLENT DELIGHTS HAVE VIOLENT ENDS” An Overview of Male User Violence and Aggression Against AI Girlfriends in Replika
(2024-05-31)In media we have recently observed a rise of interest in AI girlfriends on the application Replika, but little evidence exists around romantic human-chatbot relationships (HCRs) in relation to consent and ethical considerations, ... -
VEM ÄR JAG ENLIGT STJÄRNORNA? En kulturvetenskaplig studie om astrologins roll i identitet och divination
(2024-05-08)The aim of this study is to examine how zodiac signs are depicted through social interactions from an identity perspective and if zodiac signs can be seen as a form of divination. Our method was based on the answers of ... -
VISSERLIGEN SÅ KAN MAN INTE OPERERA EN SÅGVERKSMASKIN, MEN MAN KAN JU LIKSOM GÖRA NÅGOT FÖR DEMOKRATIN. En diskursanalytisk studie om folkhögskolans roll i det nyliberala samhället
(2024-05-08)In this bachelor's thesis, we investigate the Swedish folk high school´s role in neoliberal society, which is analyzed through the lens of Norman Fairclough's critical discourse theory as well as Erving Goffman's theory ... -
From Revolutionary Dispositions to Aesthetic Ventures
(2024-04-22)The aim of this Bachelor’s thesis is to examine gentrification in Exarchia, Athens, through the perspective of new business owners along with how they experience gentrification in the neighborhood of Exarchia. A secondary ... -
“TOMMA HUS ALLAS HUS” - En studie om husockupationer
(2024-04-19)The purpose of this thesis is to investigate the relationship between urban transformation and the occupation movement in Sweden, aiming to identify the movement's characteristics and comprehend its changes over time. By ...
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