Essays about: "master signifier"

Found 3 essays containing the words master signifier.

  1. 1. Visualizing a better city : – How the city portrays a technological marvel as means to enter the future

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för samhälls- och välfärdsstudier

    Author : Jan Fritz-Patrik Ankarbåge; [2018]
    Keywords : Visualization; Actor-network theory; Enrollment; Discourse; Norrköping;

    Abstract : This study explores how the center ’Visualisering C’ in Norrköping municipality ties into an actor-network that includes Linköping University, Norrköping municipality and Region Östergötland. The purpose was to discern how the master signifier was ‘development’ was constructed and connected within the discursive field with differencing actors with the Visualisering C as a focal point for the actors. READ MORE

  3. 2. WHO ARE STARGAZERS? A discourse analysis of the target group

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

    Author : Mika Segerström; [2016-02-19]
    Keywords : Japanese; Astronomy; Discourse theory; Stargazing; Gathering; Target group; Master signifier;

    Abstract : This thesis examines the intended target group of a Japanese stargazing guide book through a discourse analysis of the translations of relevant segments in the material. The aim of the study has been to determine who the reader and the participants are, based on how they are described in the book. READ MORE

  4. 3. "They know very well what they are doing, but still, they are doing it" : Turkish Cittaslow towns of Gökçeada and Halfeti

    University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

    Author : Gökhan Gülbandilar; [2015]
    Keywords : master signifier; Gökçeada; Halfeti; Cittaslow; sustainability science; Lacan; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Today a majority of the world’s population is living in urban areas and this trend is expected to continue in the foreseeable future. Globalization plays a key role in the expansion of urban areas as well as urban-related social, economic and environmental problems. READ MORE