Essays about: "Utopia"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 79 essays containing the word Utopia.

  1. 6. Rethinking Imaginaries: A Discussion on the Swedish Tradition of Openness, the GDPR, and the Case of Publication Certificates

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Europastudier

    Author : Diana Stefania Grigorescu; [2023]
    Keywords : openness; freedom of expression; privacy; data protection; GDPR; social imaginary; ideology; utopia; Swedish Riksdag; social reality; European Studies; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Sweden has an almost three-century-long tradition of openness, whose principles are enshrined in the state’s fundamental laws. When the revolution of the Internet was in full bloom at the turn of the century, with new forms of mass communication innovating the media landscape, Sweden saw the opportunity to strengthen freedom of expression and information, as one of the main pillars of openness. READ MORE

  3. 7. What is unattainable? Rethinking utopia and degrowth as a different social imaginary

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Wictoria Larsson; [2023]
    Keywords : Degrowth; utopianism; growth; post-development; sustainable development; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : The aim of this thesis is to investigate how degrowth is represented in Swedish media. It uses Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) to analyse the empirical material, consisting of 31 articles from four different newspapers in Sweden. READ MORE

  4. 8. The Dissatisfaction of Utopia in Iain M. Banks's Culture Novels

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

    Author : Björn Carlsten; [2022]
    Keywords : utopia; science-fiction; Iain Banks; the Culture; teaching;

    Abstract : The Culture is a utopian civilization that features in the science-fiction novels of Iain M. Banks that has some claim to be as comprehensively satisfactory and universal in its appeal as possible. READ MORE

  5. 9. “Eden to Hell in the Space of a Few Seconds” : an ecocritical and postcolonial analysis of Alex Garland’s The Beach

    University essay from Högskolan i Halmstad/Akademin för lärande, humaniora och samhälle

    Author : Hanna Strömberg; [2022]
    Keywords : The Beach; postcolonial ecocriticism; utopia; wilderness; pastoral;

    Abstract : This essay analyzes the cultural concepts of wilderness, utopia, and the pastoral in relation to The Beach from ecocritical and postcolonial perspectives. Evidently, the pastoral is critical in shaping the Western idea of wilderness, and the utopistic mindset plays an equally crucial role in wilderness gazing. READ MORE

  6. 10. Apocalypse Fatigue

    University essay from Konstfack/Grafisk design & illustration

    Author : Amanda Islam Gustafsson; [2022]
    Keywords : Apocalypse; Illustration; Utopia; Dystopia; Organisms; Animism; Spirituality; Visual sustainability; Nature; Apokalyps; Illustration; Utopi; Dystopi; Organismer; Animism; Andlighet; Visuell Hållbarhet; Natur;

    Abstract : In this project I am exploring 6 different life forms; snail, slime mold, frog, rock, moss, and fungi. I am approaching these life-forms as agent entities for me to channel, and act for them as vessels. READ MORE