Essays about: "Cultural Memory"
Showing result 16 - 20 of 106 essays containing the words Cultural Memory.
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16. From Pixels to Culture : Gamification and Extended Reality in the Modern Museum
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för ABMAbstract : This thesis aims to explore the theory, implementation, and critical aspects of gamification and extended reality employed within the cultural sector. More specifically the impact of gamification and virtualization on the information dissemination by the institutions and what it means for the visitor as well as the challenges that arise with the use of such technologies and potential points of criticism. READ MORE
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17. Digitizing a minority and its history : A study in accessibility and digitization in Jewish cultural heritage collections and Holocaust memory
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för ABMAbstract : For the last thirty years Swedish institutions, both on governmental and foundational level, have seeked to illuminate the horrors of the Holocaust and antisemitism. A part in this was collection of testimonies from survivors of the Holocaust as to save first-hand accounts from an aging population of survivors. READ MORE
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18. New Holocaust Literature: Third-Generation Identity, Memory, and the Reader in Hanna Rajs' Under Månen (2020)
University essay from Lunds universitet/Masterprogram: Litteratur - Kultur – MediaAbstract : This thesis explores the functions of memory, collective identity, and communication of those same categories to the reader by means of the poetic form in Hanna Rajs’ poetry collection Under månen (2020). Situated or framed within a discussion on Holocaust Literature, Rajs’ poetry is considered in the light of a general historical purview of Holocaust writing, and her specific place within an authorial Jewish third-generation tradition in diaspora, specifically in Sweden and in Europe. READ MORE
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19. Ådalen - Craft in Continuation
University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för arkitektur och byggd miljöAbstract : The site of the project is located in Ådalen, a stretch along Ångermanälven in northern Sweden. A region that during the 19th century grew and flourished through the wood industry only to stagnate and be phased out in the middle of the 20th century. After that the region has been fraught with closures and population decline. READ MORE
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20. What does memory look like?
University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för konsthistoria och visuella studierAbstract : What does memory look like? explores whether a nordic collective and cultural memory can be observed through carefully selected artworks created by five contemporary Nordic artists. Leveraging the theoretical collective/communicative and cultural memory frameworks of Professor of English and Literary Studies Aleida Assman, and Professor of Cultural Studies Jan Assman. READ MORE
