Essays about: "Brecht"
Found 5 essays containing the word Brecht.
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1. Too close for comfort : Finding positive aesthetic value in the uncanny valley
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Avdelningen för estetikAbstract : The goal of this paper is to create a positive account of Masahiro Mori’s theory of the uncanny valley. A theory wherein Mori speculated on the relationship between one’s perceived affinity for a robot and the human-likeness of that same robot. READ MORE
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2. Cloud-based video stabilization processing in real-time
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för informationsteknologiAbstract : On-device real-time video stabilization has become a common feature of modernsmartphones. This processing technique improves quality but is an expensive processthat requires significant resources from the devices themselves. By offloading thisprocess to the cloud, much better hardware could be utilized to perform these tasks. READ MORE
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3. DEMOCRACY, A TRAGIC CARNIVALESQUE HERO : The Narratives of a Transnational Social Movement Against the Coup in Brazil
University essay from Stockholms universitet/Socialantropologiska institutionenAbstract : The concern that democracy in the largest country in Latin America could drive toward fascism has surfaced as a point of departure for the creation of forms of resistance among Brazilians in the diaspora. This thesis addresses this development by bringing to light the narratives of FIBRA, a transnational social movement created in 2016 to denounce the coup in Brazil. READ MORE
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4. Blood, Sperm, and Tears in Extreme Cinema : A phenomenological study in hegemonic masculinity through Gaspar Noé's Love from a psychoanalytical perspective
University essay from Linköpings universitet/Tema GenusAbstract : This thesis will analyze how masculinity is depicted in the French-Argentinean director Gaspar Noé’s movie Love (2015), and how it is orientating and disorientating through an intersectional lens. In his films, the filmmaker often uses haptic images and sound traversing to interrogate the existence and to express a clear and abject visuality to expose the flesh. READ MORE
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5. 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
