Essays about: "theatres"
Showing result 6 - 10 of 19 essays containing the word theatres.
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6. Staging Areopagitica : A report on what theater can borrow from courthouses to strengthen its civic function as an instrument of truth
University essay from Umeå universitet/Arkitekthögskolan vid Umeå universitetAbstract : Throughout the report, I argue for the virtues of allowing the contentious fictional narratives of poetry, theatre and myth to take place in the public's consciousness. In an attempt to deal with the spread of misinformation, societies have tended to favor censorship, which only deals with a symptom at the cost of the public's critical thinking. READ MORE
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7. ‘The Mother of All Bad Movies’ : an audience research on the culture of Tommy Wiseau’s The Room based on the live cinematic experience
University essay from Lunds universitet/Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskapAbstract : The world of cult cinema is dotted with numerous films that are often characterised by event-like evening screenings in independent or art-house cinemas years or even decades after the film’s initial release. One film synonymous with the cult cinema circuit is Tommy Wiseau’s The Room (2003), which has often been hailed as the ‘Citizen Kane of bad movies’ due to the film’s lack of artistic vision, poor acting, and its general ineptitude in craft. READ MORE
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8. Listening to radio theatre in Argentina in the 1950s : “The town became a ghost town when it was radio theatre time”
University essay from Södertörns högskola/Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskapAbstract : This thesis aims to analyse Argentinean radio broadcasting in the 1950s and especially how this medium issued the so-called radio theatre that the audience received in their everyday life. More precisely it is investigated how radio theatre in the 1950s is remembered today, both by listeners who took part in these broadcasts and how it is remembered in the media. READ MORE
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9. Wrong Side of the Ridge: Charting the Urban Fabric of the Countryside
University essay from Malmö högskola/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)Abstract : Echoing through the lecture theatres, conference halls and pages of the contemporary Urban Studies discourse is the oft-repeated refrain that today over half the world?s population live in urban areas, and that by 2050 this proportion is expected to be upwards of 70%. The place of the leftover 50% of people inhabiting a vast and seemingly forgotten 98% of the planet?s rural territory is externalised, apparently lying outside the purview of marching urbanisation. READ MORE
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10. Linking Health Workers’ perceptions to design for state of the art mobile health information systems and support tools.
University essay from Blekinge Tekniska Högskola/Institutionen för kreativa teknologierAbstract : Typical hospital setups comprise units such as clinics, inpatient wards, outpatient services, casualty services, operating theatres, laboratories, medical schools (for university hospitals) and out-reach medical camps. Healthcare professionals are required to support these different units hence the need to be constantly mobile in undertaking their duties. READ MORE
