Essays about: "Arjun Appadurai"

Found 4 essays containing the words Arjun Appadurai.

  1. 1. "Life is Chaos Now" : Water, Modernity and Changing Landscapes in the Mekong Delta, Vietnam

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för kulturantropologi och etnologi

    Author : Anders Johansson; [2019]
    Keywords : Mekong; climate change; modernity; Vietnam; migration; markets; water; landscapes;

    Abstract : This study details the effects of climate change and market fluctuations on the rural district of Cu Lao Dung located in the Mekong Delta of southern Vietnam. Using theoretical concepts on modernity, the environment and water from researchers Arjun Appadurai, Tim Ingold and Veronica Strang I study the political ecology of the Delta. READ MORE

  3. 2. The Real Arctic:Truly Wild, Wonderfully Retro : Imaginaries and tourism in Svalbard

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för kulturantropologi och etnologi

    Author : Frida Mård; [2019]
    Keywords : Imaginaries; tourism; media; Svalbard; Longyearbyen; Barentsburg;

    Abstract : This essay analyses the use of media as an instigator of tourism as it creates perceptions of Svalbard in the minds of prospective and former tourists. It explores what these created imaginations about Svalbard as a destination and experience mean for individuals who have been submitted by a curated image in media, made for the profit of the tourism industry. READ MORE

  4. 3. Making Mundane Magical - Analyzing Vlogger-Audience Interaction in YouTube

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

    Author : Maria Aspinen; [2019]
    Keywords : Vlogging Culture; Vloggers; Youtube; Audience studies; Imagined audiences; Microcontent; Digital Storytelling; Critical Assessment; 5-scape theory; Arjun Appadurai;

    Abstract : In the past decades a lot of research has been dedicated to widening the understanding of different media audiences, as well as to determining the motivations behind both, creation of user-generated content (UGC) as well as audience behavior. This thesis seeks to broaden this knowledge by studying vloggers and their interaction with their audiences. READ MORE

  5. 4. Punk Not Die! - a Minor Field Study on the performance of punk in Indonesia

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Sociologi

    Author : Erik Hannerz; [2005]
    Keywords : punk; scene; performance; Indonesia; aspects of punk; hybridisation; globalisation; Sociology; Sociologi; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Developing the outlines to a theory of a scene presented in a prior paper, the author´s intention is to further highlight punk´s heterogeneous and dynamic character. Investigating how punk has been transferred to and has developed in Indonesia the author stresses the importance of considering the cultural framework which provides actions with meaning when investigating culture. READ MORE