Essays about: "Simulacra."

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1. 1. Chasing Shadows : An Anthropological Expedition of the Hunt for Olle Högbom

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för kulturantropologi och etnologi

   Author : Viktor Andersson; [2024]
   Keywords : Disappearance; Missingness; Hauntology; Ruinology; Simulacra; Liminality; Ethnography; Anthropology;

   Abstract : This essay explores the mysterious disappearance of Olle Högbom from an anthropological perspective. It uses theories of hauntology, ruinology, and simulacra to examine how Olle's absence continues to affect society. READ MORE

3. 2. But why? A study into why upper secondary school students use ChatGPT : Understanding students’ reasoning through Jean Baudrillard’s theory

   University essay from Karlstads universitet/Fakulteten för humaniora och samhällsvetenskap (from 2013)

   Author : Aliser Bulduk; [2023]
   Keywords : ChatGPT; Survey; Baudrillard; Hyperreality.;

   Abstract : The purpose of this study was to better understand the reasons as to why upper secondary school students use ChatGPT, how history teachers are dealing with this technology and how these developments will affect the history subject. This was done via a survey for students at a upper secondary school in Gothenburg, Sweden, and semi-structured interviews with two teachers at the same school. READ MORE

4. 3. Fangoso Lagoons: Hyperreality and Imaginary Stations in The Crying of Lot 49

   University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Engelska

   Author : Shane Glennon; [2022]
   Keywords : Postmodernism; hyperreality; imaginary station; Jean Baudrillard; Umberto Eco; Disneyland; Thomas Pynchon; The Crying of Lot 49; Fangoso Lagoons;

   Abstract : This essay analyses Thomas Pynchon’s novel The Crying of Lot 49 (1966) in relation to postmodern literary theory, specifically the concepts of hyperreality and imaginary stations. In Simulacra and Simulation (1981), Jean Baudrillard proposes that the Disneyland theme park in California is an imaginary station that conceals the fact that it is the world outside of Disneyland that is hyperreal. READ MORE

5. 4. Pastoral Nostalgia and Digital Media: A Case Study Exploring Nostalgia Communication in Li Ziqi’s Online Short Videos

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för informatik och media

   Author : Jinpei Deng; [2020]
   Keywords : Nostalgia; pastoral nostalgia; short videos; new media; Li Ziqi; communication; critical visual analysis; semiotics; remix; Sina Weibo; online videos; digital;

   Abstract : The primary goal of this study is to observe how the meaning of nostalgia is negotiated and remediated in Li Ziqi’s short videos, and understand the construction and expression of pastoral images in the video, by examining its social modality of the audiencing site and the compositional and social modalities of the image site through a Critical Visual Approach(CVA). Except for CVA, Remix as a thinking tool helps to frame data selection, mixed methods and theories throughout. READ MORE

6. 5. How can one create an aura from a digital reproduction?

   University essay from Högskolan i Skövde/Institutionen för informationsteknologi

   Author : Moa Andersson; [2017]
   Keywords : authenticity; aura; digital reproduction; simulacra; Benjamin;

   Abstract : How can one create an aura from a digital reproduction? According to researchers like Walter Benjamin (1936) this is not possible. However with todays technology and digitalmedia it is worth looking into how it would be possible. READ MORE