Essays about: "heterotopia"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 16 essays containing the word heterotopia.

1. 1. Transforming Heterotopia : Exploring how Women Danmei Fans Explore Gender, Build Community, and Circumvent Censorship

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Medier och kommunikation

   Author : Xinwen Hu; [2023]
   Keywords : Danmei fandom; Chinese subculture; fanfiction; Censorship; Cultural studies;

   Abstract : Danmei fandom is a subcultural community of young women in China. In the context of strict online censorship in China, they engage in the practices of writing, sharing, and reading Danmei fanfic, which is fan secondary works that focuses on the romantic relationship between male characters in media content and popular culture productions. READ MORE

3. 2. “People, Corrupted”: Monstrous Transformations in “The Whistlers” and “Whitefall”

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

   Author : Charles Perseus D'Aniello; [2023]
   Keywords : monster theory; monstrosity; gothic; internet horror; bare life; zombies; heterotopia; cannibalism;

   Abstract : This essay explores monstrosity in two contemporary horror stories: “The Whistlers” by Amity Argot, and “Whitefall” by C.K. Walker, focusing on how the humans in these texts are monstrously transformed. READ MORE

4. 3. DIRT & The Prison of Stained Acceptance

   University essay from KTH/Arkitektur

   Author : Viktor Makara; [2022]
   Keywords : Dirt; Society; Architecture; Thought; Heterotopia; Spectacle; Soil; Farm; Prison; Ambiguity; Power; Place; Patina; Museum; Interpretation;

   Abstract : Studying the societal and spatial implications of dirt and its inherent out-of-placeness brought forth a heuristic exploration of heterotopic spatial qualities within the realm of architecture. Taking on the metaphorical role of dirt, the prison is juxtaposed with its societally defined counterpart, the museum. READ MORE

5. 4. '...and just set that body on fire!'. Posthuman perspectives on the body, becomings, and sticky encounters in vogue femme.

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för konsthistoria och visuella studier

   Author : Christina Tente; [2020]
   Keywords : voguing; vogue femme; posthuman theory; affect theory; becoming; stickiness; Performing Arts;

   Abstract : This thesis explores aspects of vogue femme as a highly aestheticised, performative, and radically subversive visual phenomenon. The focus lies on the posthuman characteristics of this dance and the possibilities it opens up for becoming-other. Vogue femme first appeared as a competition category at balls during the 1990s. READ MORE

6. 5. Towards the Contemporary Posthuman. An Organised Heterotopia in Chiaravalle's Third Landscape.

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Humanekologi

   Author : Valentina Bertoli; [2018]
   Keywords : Social Sciences;

   Abstract : In the suburbs of Milan, Italy, where the tarmac merges with the fields, the district of Chiaravalle and its Cistercian abbey withstand the passing of time. This is the setting, where the cultural association Terzo Paesaggio operates, aiming at the reactivation of the relationship between the local human community and its environment through an interdisciplinary approach based on landscape architecture, performing arts and socio-environmental theories. READ MORE