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Den perfekta kvinnan: En feministisk studie av de posthumanistiskt präglade filmerna Under the Skin, Her och Ghost in the Shell
(2017-06-26)This essay analyses the films Under the Skin, Her and Ghost in the Shell which all focus on the artificial woman, a character that is widely represented in both early films and in films produced today. Through feminist ... -
Pilgrimsvandring som verktyg för förändring. Pilgrim’s Walk for Future’s aktualisering av pilgrimsteologin under nyliberala villkor
(2024-04-16)In the essay the author examines how pilgrimage can be used as a tool to radicalise democracy in a late modern society marked by neoliberalism. Applying a dialectic perspective on social movements the essay puts forward ... -
PLUGGING IN TO QUEER IN GOTHENBURG. An Emotion and Power-Sensitive In-depth Group Study on Being Queer in Gothenburg
(2019-03-26)This study aims to extend the existing knowledge of how different queer persons experience being queer in Gothenburg and in extension, attend to emotions and power relations in the process of knowledge production. The study ... -
POSTHUMANISTISKA SUBJEKT I VISUELL KULTUR
(2012-08-29)The aim of the thesis is to explore how the human subject is depicted in contemporary posthuman cinema and how these films effect our comprehension of human subjectivity. The object of analysis is James Cameron’s Avatar ... -
PRECARIZATION IN THE NAME OF FREEDOM - An ethnographic study of the working and living conditions of early non-institutional performing arts groups in Gothenburg
(2021-10-21)In Swedish theatre history, the period 1965–2000 is seen as a time of emergency and establishment of the non-institutional performing arts field and is referred to as the “expansion period”. The performing arts’ field ... -
PREKÄRA PIONJÄRER - En studie om nyetablerade entreprenörers roll i omvandlingen av Gamlestaden
(2022-10-12)In urban research into gentrification there has been a long schism between two perspectives: researchers who choose to look at the economic system that drives the fall and rise of prices in the city, and researchers who ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
DEN REPARATIVA SLÖJDEN. Ungdomar om motstånd, kulturarv, krishantering, prepping och framtiden
(2025-08-18)This master thesis is an attempt to fill in a gap in research that I found when I was investigating craft traditions in Sweden. Sweden is a country that has a rich cultural heritage when it comes to craft and we have ... -
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 ... -
En riktig professor: Om forskarideal och dess påverkan på några individers relation till forskaryrket
(2012-02-09)Although women have had access to colleges and universities in Sweden for quite some time and the share of women at the undergraduate level has been high for many years (40% by the late 1950:s, nowadays women are a ... -
SAVE KORTEDALA LIBRARY Gendering Practices in Urban Activism
(2020-01-07)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 ... -
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 ... -
Sátántangó och Passion: varaktighet i realistisk och allegorisk gestaltning
(2015-09-22)This essay proposes and examines a coalition between the Deleuzian notion of time-images and two different cinematographic traits: realism and symbolic or allegoric content. The material in question are the films by directors ... -
Sägen som modell till handling. Mannen, graven och sägnen: En studie om Falks grav
(2017-06-27)In the woods of Hökensås, in the province of Västergötland, lies a grave. The grave belongs to Jonas Falk who was executed in the year 1855 for robbery and manslaughter. Falk was buried in unbridled soil but some time after ... -
Skärselden i bilder, Makten över själarna
(2025-06-26)This essay examines how art could be used to bring forth and clarify the Catholic doctrines of purgatory. The research questions are: • How are the Catholic Church’s doctrines of purgatory illustrated in art? • How ... -
Spår av jämställdhet
(2014-09-11)Målet för svensk jämställdhetspolitik är att män och kvinnor ska ha samma makt att forma samhället och sina egna liv. För att kunna arbeta mot jämställdhetsmålet krävs organisering; att individer sluter sig samman för ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
T HE GENDER EQUALITY CHARADE A Critical Perspective on the Adoption and Implementation of 40/60 Gender Quota in Malawi
(2022-11-02)While gender quotas have been widely adopted by countries around the world as an affirmative action to enhance women’s participation and representation in politics and other public spheres, the impact of the phenomenon ...