Essays about: "Contemporaneity"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 essays containing the word Contemporaneity.

  1. 1. Lights for democracy: lighting as a tool for Brazilian political protests

    University essay from KTH/Ljusdesign

    Author : Helena Peres Caixeta Silva; [2022]
    Keywords : Brazilian protests; lighting; lights for democracy; projections; political lighting;

    Abstract : This paper investigates the role of artificial light as a tool for spread a political message, focusing on Brazilian political scenario. Given the recent context of the weakening of many democratic institutions around the world together with Covid-19 pandemic, new ways of protesting have been transforming the character of political demonstrations. READ MORE

  3. 2. Framing “contemporaneity” in public museums of art and visual culture in the 21st Century : A study of the impact of acquisition policies of the Moderna Museet and M+ through the lens of actor-network theories

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för kultur och estetik

    Author : Chi Hang Lam; [2021]
    Keywords : ANT; Contemporaneity; museology; late-capitalism; postmodernity; acquisition policies; contemporary art;

    Abstract : In the 21st century, public museums who are collecting contemporary art has simultaneously begun to reframe the role of museums in society. Two museums – the Moderna Museet of Stockholm and M+ of Hong Kong that have completely different historic and geographic backgrounds, as well as operating models are now working closely with their acquisitions and collections to draw audience of old and new closer to them. READ MORE

  4. 3. Public domesticity in Turin

    University essay from KTH/Arkitektur

    Author : Marco Nicastro; [2020]
    Keywords : Turin; public building; renovation; urban; library; archive;

    Abstract : Starting from an analysis of the character of the city of Turin (Italy), the project intervenes in the historical urban context with ta proposal for a multimedia library and archive space in a plot left vacant after WW2 bombings. The project includes the reuse of an existing building, formerly a theatre but currently in a state of ruin after the war destructions, as well as the creation of a new wing and public spaces. READ MORE

  5. 4. Defying Human Security : The Commodification of Migrants in Contemporary Libya

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/REMESO - Institutet för forskning om migration, etnicitet och samhälle

    Author : Gabriela Giannattasio Nobres; [2019]
    Keywords : Migrants; Migration; Libya; Africa; New Wars; World-System; Human Security; Commodification; Migrants Rights; Parallel Economy;

    Abstract : The world-system today promotes inequalities between and within states through the maintenance and strengthening of uneven and hierarchical global relations established by colonialism. The reinforcement of colonial structures has unfolded into neocolonial relations in the post-colonial world, explaining the underdevelopment and marginalization of former colonies in the world-system today, and why many African countries largely experience internal instability on several fronts, revealing how individuals from these states tend to experience some sort of human insecurity. READ MORE

  6. 5. REMEMBERING CHURCHES Russian Orthodox churches and people through times of change

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för kulturvård

    Author : Julia Chirokova; [2017-09-06]
    Keywords : Orthodox church buildings; Russian society; remembering; forgetting; new identity;

    Abstract : The relationship between Russian Orthodox churches and the Russian people in the times of sociopolitical transformation of the 20th century, and later, appears as changing. However, very little is known about how people think and feel about the churches today, and about their memories of these buildings when they are not being used as churches. READ MORE