Essays about: "Historical Repetition"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 8 essays containing the words Historical Repetition.

  1. 1. Drop Dead Gorg(on)eous : A Multimodal Discourse Analysis of the Contemporary Medusa Tattoo

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Konstvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Emma Edling; [2024]
    Keywords : Art history; Medusa; Medusa tattoo; tattoos; TikTok; multimodality; écriture féminine; postfeminism; Konstvetenskap; Medusa; Medusatatuering; tatueringar; TikTok; multimodalitet; écriture féminine; postfeminism;

    Abstract : This thesis investigates the phenomenon of the contemporary ‘Medusa tattoo’ that gained traction on the social media platform TikTok in 2019 as a symbol of sexual assault survival, and which has since come to function as an instrument for digital feminist activism. The study aspires to provide a new, previously unexplored link to the long chain of academic research on the figure of Medusa by looking at the emergence, function, and potential of the Medusa tattoo. READ MORE

  3. 2. Learning from the Past: The Case of the Weimar Republic : A Proposal for Historical Analysis, Revision and Digitization

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för kulturvetenskaper (KV)

    Author : Giulia De Paduanis; [2022]
    Keywords : Weimar Republic; Newspapers; Digitization; Press; Textual Analysis; Historical Repetition; OCR Challenges;

    Abstract : In a world in which current events increasingly evoke episodes from the past and former crises, understanding history becomes fundamental in order to build an informed solution strategy. Nevertheless, one should also recognize to leave one’s contemporary judgment and knowledge in the present, while dissecting the past for valuable insights. READ MORE

  4. 3. Engraved on Spain’s Memory : A case study of political discourses present in the media concerning three cemeteries for victims of the Civil War and the Francoist dictatorship, and their contested contribution to national reconciliation.

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för konst, kultur och kommunikation (K3)

    Author : Francisco Soto Fernández; [2021]
    Keywords : memory; identity; lieu de memoire; web site; Internet; post-truth.; memoria; identidad; lugar de memoria; web site; internet; post-verdad;

    Abstract : This Degree Project (DP) deals with the current discourses present on several (web)sites of memory related to three selected cemeteries for victims of the Civil War and the Francoist dictatorship and analyzes their potential contribution to national reconciliation, taking into consideration the presumed social or political interests of the actors behind the (web)sites. Collective memory must be seen as a social construction since memory stems from the shared remembrances of society and relates to key social concepts such as identity. READ MORE

  5. 4. Re-Construction for the New : Gilles Deleuze’s Text-Critical Method in Différence et répétition

    University essay from Södertörns högskola/Filosofi

    Author : Emet Brulin; [2020]
    Keywords : Gilles Deleuze; method; critique; textual criticism; multiplicity; interpretation; hermeneutics; stories; free indirect discourse; problems; Gilles Deleuze; metod; kritik; textkritik mångfald; tolkning; hermeneutik; berättelser; fri indirekt anföring; problem;

    Abstract : This thesis argues, contrary to Gilles Deleuze’s critique of method and disavowal of textuality, that there is a re-constructive textual method at work in Deleuze’s 1968 treatise Différence et répétition. It is a method not for interpretation, representation, or deconstruction but for prolonging and reactivating historical and contemporary texts into the present and for the future. READ MORE

  6. 5. NOT ON THE FABRIC BUT IN THE FABRIC : hardanger embroidery, animation and the grid

    University essay from Konstfack/Textil

    Author : Ida Johansson; [2016]
    Keywords : craft; embroidery; Hardanger; Hardangersaum; Hedebo; Hedebosyning; goldwork; fabric; grid; net; mesh; linen; value; scale; small; miniature; repetition; white; regional; traditional; digital fabrication; animation; system; discipline; status; women; women s work; broderi; vitbroderi; rutnät;

    Abstract : This paper describes my work with a historical craft and my attempt to find new ways to look at it, work with it and present it. I use the embroidery technique Hardangersaum which is all white, and where selected threads of the woven fabric grid are removed while others are wrapped and embellished. READ MORE