• Den skenbara stillheten. En analys av fotografiets roll i Godland 

  Holm, Rasmus (2025-02-04)

  This essay investigates the role of photography in the film Godland (Volaða Land, Hlynur Palmason, 2022) through the notion of stillness, movement and colonial gaze. A claim is made that throughout the film, stillness is ...

• The Honest and the Bent: an investigation of Representation and White Hegemony in Mercurio’s TV series Line of Duty 

  Krupke, Sylvia (2025-02-03)

  This essay analyses how whiteness is portrayed and its hegemony reinforced through the practice of representation in Jed Mercurio’s highly acclaimed TV-series Line of Duty. It analyses scenes from the first season using ...

• Trädgården, atmosfärer och den mänskliga närvaron - En mångsinnlig platsanalys av Azaleadalen i Slottsskogen 

  Agnes, Westbring (2025-02-03)

  This study focuses on Azaleadalen, a part of the public park Slottsskogen in Gothenburg. It examines how the garden is perceived through a multisensory perspective and how the atmosphere of a garden is created, interpreted ...

• Anna Ancher och kvinnlighetens rum: en komparativ studie av Anna Anchers och Vilhelm Hammershøis genremotiv 

  Byström, Sabina (2025-01-28)

  With Denmark’s modern breakthrough came an increasing number of female painters, among them Anna Ancher (1859-1935). A popular motif for artists of both genders at the turn of the twentieth century was the interior of the ...

• Man Rays fotokonst. Sorg i svartvitt fotografi 

  Roempke Andersson, Johanna (2025-01-27)

  This thesis examines how Man Ray's artistic expressions evoke an emotional understanding of sorrow through semiotic and psychoanalytic analyses. Focusing on three iconic works; Glass Tears, Kiki de Montparnasse and Le ...

• Att skapa friktion i komposition– en formalestetisk studie av Ralph Nykvists vardagsskildringar 

  Lindvall, Caroline (2025-01-27)

  This study consists of two analyses of four photos by the Swedish street photographer Ralph Nykvist. The purpose is to analyse and interpret how various aspects of formal aesthetical compositions in the photos make asymmetries ...

• En Studie i Rött – En semiotisk undersökning av Jonathan Yeos porträtt HM King Charles III 

  Broman, Agnes (2025-01-27)

  The purpose of this study is to investigate the visual representation of the current British monarch based on the red infused royal portrait from 2024 by the artist Jonathan Yeo named HM King Charles III. The questions ...

• DRAGDROTTNINGAR I VARDAGSRUMMET & GRABBGÄNG I DRUGSTUGAN. En receptionsstudie med queera Drag Race Sverige-tittare 

  Ospina Ivarsson, Jamie; Nilsson, Johannes (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 ...

• Från Myt till Maskin: En studie av mytiska strukturer och artificiell intelligens i filmen 'Ex Machina' 

  Stark, Alva (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 ...

• Mode som funk(is)ar - konsumtion som strategi för identitetsskapande för personer med synliga funktionsnedsättningar 

  Anderson, Stina; Piiroinen, Frida (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 ...

• Gendering the Genderless 

  Vezzoli, Beatrice (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 ...

• “VIOLENT DELIGHTS HAVE VIOLENT ENDS” An Overview of Male User Violence and Aggression Against AI Girlfriends in Replika 

  Stoltz, Tea (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 

  Andersson, Ida; Bergérus, Sandra; Peterson, Filippa (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 

  Koppfeldt Scott, Emma; Hallgren, Primus; Wallgren, Viktor (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 

  Papatheodorou, Foteini (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 

  Follinger, Cecilia; Asp, Stina (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 ...

• Att syna en Joker: En filmanalys av berättandets och musikens roll i Joker 

  Hofsten, Ida (2024-04-16)

  This essay focuses on the film Joker (2019) directed by Todd Phillips. It examines the narration and the use of music as a narrative device to discuss questions about identification and perception through close textual ...

• ”Film är ju ett sätt att kommunicera med människor.” En studie av Naomi Kawases porträttering av att vara kvinna i relation till en gemenskap. 

  Broder, Stina (2024-04-16)

  By analysing Still the water (2014), Radiance (2017) and True Mothers (2020) by Naomi Kawase this essay will look at her work to see how she portrays the experience of being a woman in relation to her community. Looking ...

• Greta Gerwig’s Barbie: A Study of How Political Culture Wars Influence Reception in the Mainstream 

  Johansson, Kimmie (2024-04-15)

  This study discusses Barbie, (2023) and how its divided reception has been influenced by the current polarizing political landscape in the US, since the intended audience for the movie was supposed to be people from the ...

• Ett långt förflutet. En kvalitativ undersökning av debatten kring psykologin och psykoanalysen i Göteborg. 

  Franzén, Elin (2024-03-27)

  This essay is a qualitative study of the relationship between psychology and psychoanalysis pertaining to the debates in 2020 and 2022, with a focus on the Gothenburg context. This essay will through the use of a questionnaire ...

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