Essays about: "Autoethnography"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 73 essays containing the word Autoethnography.

  1. 16. Theorizing & (re)discovering the Self : An autoethnographic & affect-theoretical approach to swedishness & colombianness

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Centrum för genusvetenskap

    Author : Daniela Rodriguez Alvarez; [2022]
    Keywords : affect theory; the self; identity; temporality; colombianness; swedishness; migrant; creative writing; writing from the flesh; WOC feminism; haunting; representation; shame; depression; autoethnography; brown commons; disidentification; translanguaging; writing and theorizing as healing;

    Abstract : This thesis is structured as a feminist creative endeavour, a practice of self-love that aims at exploring (my) depression as a cultural and social phenomenon caused mainly by an inability to correctly embody swedishness, a constant haunting of a colonial and Colombian past, and the affective dimensions of language. This text is based on autoethnographic material about the experiences of being a Colombian-born migrant in Sweden and uses mainly affect theory and decolonial theory to make sense of these experiences. READ MORE

  3. 17. Balancing Cooperation and Resources: A Case Study of Transnational Initiatives in the Cultural Sector

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för etnologi

    Author : Anabelle-Nathalie Gensel; [2022]
    Keywords : Networks; Museum; Cooperation; Cultural Economy; Rituals; Resources; Ethnography; Self-Reflexivity; Cultural Analysis; Cultural Sciences;

    Abstract : This thesis presents a case study of a Swedish museum’s membership in a European network. Drawing on field material gathered through ethnographic methods, such as interviewing, participant observation and autoethnography, the thesis takes two theoretical perspectives: First, it conceptualizes the network membership as a form of cooperation, following Richard Sennett’s theory on the subject, and secondly discusses it in cultural economic terms, using Paul du Gay and Michael Pryke’s framework. READ MORE

  4. 18. Investigating Dramaturgy : Observing the Rehearsal Process of Mellanförskapet at Unga Dramaten

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för kultur och estetik

    Author : Linnéa Wäisänen; [2022]
    Keywords : Rehearsal process; Dramaturgical strategies; Theatre; Dramaturgy; Unga Dramaten; Autoethnography; Meaning-making practices; Theatre for children and young audiences;

    Abstract : I have for as long as I can remember been interested and fascinated by theatre performances and their ability to create meaning, significance and understanding towards their audience. This has later on turned into a growing interest and curiosity for the rehearsal process, as it is within the rehearsals the meaning-making aspects of a performance are both created and produced. READ MORE

  5. 19. A Seamless City : female textile workers in the urban fabric of Malmö

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Landscape Architecture, Planning and Management (from 130101)

    Author : Sara Saleh; [2022]
    Keywords : textile industry; autoethnography; industrial landscape; Malmö strumpfabrik AB; Marabou; recreation; factory workers; architecture; urban planning; site analysis; urban history; Malmö; Sundbyberg; landscape architecture; industrial development;

    Abstract : This thesis examines how the historical presence of female textile industry workers can be envisaged in the urban landscape of Malmö. With the background of Malmö’s urban history and transformation from an industrial town to a “City of Knowledge”, and an autoethnographic method based on a framework of Critical Normativity, two case studies are performed. READ MORE

  6. 20. becoming and belonging : narratives of negotiating racial mixedness, femininity, and sexuality

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Centrum för genusvetenskap

    Author : Nora Grollmuss; [2022]
    Keywords : mixed-race; women; belonging; becoming; intersubjectivity; autoethnography; ethnography; femininity; racialization; exotification; embodiment; phenomenology.;

    Abstract : This study is about how eight mixed-race women, residing in urban Sweden, experience their own becoming through body and sexuality and through the way they experience that other individuals and the outer world view them. The methods used are ethnographic interviewing and autoethnographic writing. READ MORE