Essays about: "Bare Life"

Showing result 26 - 30 of 33 essays containing the words Bare Life.

  1. 26. Media Wars: The Caliphate Strikes Back. Islamic State’s Propaganda Magazine Dabiq as a Possible Paradigm Shift in Visual War Reporting and Propaganda

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Centrum för Mellanösternstudier

    Author : Lukas Jürgen Herbers; [2016]
    Keywords : Islamic State; Dabiq; Propaganda; War; Journalism; Photography; Censorship; Bare Life; Habitus; Photojournalism; Daesh; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This thesis analyses the history and usage of war photography and propaganda according to theories of their utilisation for the establishment of national narratives in times of war. While Western media and nations alike try to establish narratives of just war without loss of innocent people and own soldiers, the newly emerged terrorist group Islamic State indicates a paradigm change in the approach of graphic content as part of propaganda. READ MORE

  3. 27. Carboxylated Cellulose Nanocrystals Extraction from Kraft Pulp Using Ammonium Persulfate as Low Cost Source & Sustainable Method for High Quality Flexible Packaging Bio-coating

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Förpackningslogistik

    Author : Gerald Perry Estavillo Marin; [2015]
    Keywords : affordable CNC extraction; high quality CNC; sustainable packaging; FT-IR; TEM; XRD; contact angle; transparency; haze; optical properties; food packaging; bio-packaging; bio-coating; plastics; PET film; polyethylene terephthalate; Kraft CNC; Kraft pulp; cotton CNC; oxygen barrier; nanocellulose crystals; ammonium persulfate; CNCs; cellulose nanocrystals; Chemistry;

    Abstract : One of the leading challenges presented in 21st century for packaging industry is to address the growing environmental problems related to non-renewable flexible packaging. This leads to new growing interest in bio-based materials, among them cellulose nanocrystals (CNCs), which have already shown good performance in improving anti-fog and oxygen & water vapor barrier properties when applied to flexible film. READ MORE

  4. 28. Subjects of the Sovereignty Impulse

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Benjamin Tidå; [2015]
    Keywords : Sovereignty impulse; State-thinking; State of Exception; Bare Life; Political Action; Space of Appearance; Abduction; Field Research; Refugee Camp; Tamil; India; Sri Lanka; Citizen; Refugee; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This thesis explores the state of refugeehood in the political order of the nation-state system through a case study study of the Tamil refugee population in Tamil Nadu, India. How, and in what ways, does refugeehood affect peoples’ lives as political subjects? And what is the role of the refugee figure in the political order of the nation-state system? The research questions are explored through a theoretical framework based on the concepts of: Citizenship (or the lack thereof); the Sovereignty impulse; State-thinking; the State/Space of Exception, Bare Life; Political Action; the Space of Appearance. READ MORE

  5. 29. Pål Hollender’s Moment of Metamorphosis

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

    Author : Anders Ottosson; [2014]
    Keywords : Pål Hollender; Buy Bye Beauty. Survivor; Metamorphosis; Transformation; Transgression; Transgressive art; Artistic practice; Sovereign; Arts and Architecture;

    Abstract : The thesis Pål Hollender’s Moment of Metamorphosis – Transgression through Metamorphosis as an Artistic Strategy for Communication and Power Struggle studies the transformation of Pål Hollender from the artist as media celebrity in the TV show Survivor, to the artist as sex purchaser in the documentary Buy Bye Beauty. Through this specific case from Pål Hollender’s artistic production, the thesis attempts to shed light on the conditions for artistic communication and power struggle presented by his strategy of transgression through metamorphosis. READ MORE

  6. 30. Habitat selection and oviposition of the endangered butterfly Scolitantides orion in Sweden.

    University essay from Institutionen för fysik, kemi och biologi; Tekniska högskolan

    Author : Camilla Jansson; [2013]
    Keywords : Butterfly; conservation; habitat preferences; habitat requirements; life stages; Lycaenidae; oviposition; Scolitantides orion;

    Abstract : Detailed knowledge about the habitat requirements of butterflies is vital for successful conservation. The aim of the present study was to examine the habitat requirements of the endangered butterfly Scolitantides orion on 15 sites in Östergötland, Sweden. READ MORE