Essays about: "festival thesis"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 33 essays containing the words festival thesis.

  1. 1. The Culture of Sexual Violence at Festivals: Through the Eyes of Festival Attendees

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Sociologi; Lunds universitet/Sociologiska institutionen

    Author : Fanney Rún Jónsdóttir; [2022]
    Keywords : Collective effervescence; carnival; liminality; sexually violent effervescence; festivals; sexual violence; culture; Cultural Sciences; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This thesis examines sexual violence at festivals based on eleven interviews with people that have been to two popular festivals in Iceland, Eistnaflug, and Þjóðhátíð. The thesis seeks answers to three research questions; How are festivals characterized by festival attendees? How do festival attendees explain sexual violence at festivals? What preventive methods at festivals have festival attendees noticed, and what kind of prevention do they think would work? To be able to give concrete answers to those questions, the thesis relies upon the theoretical background of the carnival, liminality, collective effervescence, sexually violent effervescence, and social network theory. READ MORE

  3. 2. Playing with the Possible : Co-Producing the Right to the City from the Bottom-Up

    University essay from KTH/Urbana och regionala studier

    Author : Tatiana Bodnar; [2021]
    Keywords : co-production; possible city; right to the city; participation; play; commons; Lappis;

    Abstract : This thesis aims to explore possible alternatives to the current neoliberal development by developing, implementing, and analyzing one possible alternative way of framing participation. Working under the name of Fluke, I have co-developed a research project using participatory action research from the bottom-up that creates a more engaging and inclusive urban co-production process using play and games. READ MORE

  4. 3. Effectively Communicating Biodiversity Loss Through Audiovisual Stories

    University essay from Jönköping University/Högskolan för lärande och kommunikation

    Author : Susan Rozema; Jannika Katharina Nowak; [2021]
    Keywords : communication; biodiversity loss; conservation; audiovisual stories; short-format videos;

    Abstract : Communication about biodiversity loss is insufficient and audiovisual stories can help to effectively communicate the problem. This research developed the optimum communication criteria for communicating effectively about biodiversity loss through audiovisual stories. READ MORE

  5. 4. The discourse of surveillance and privacy: biopower and panopticon in the Facebook-Cambridge Analytica scandal

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

    Author : Tereza Machova; [2021]
    Keywords : biopower; panopticon; surveillance; privacy; accountability; Cambridge Analytica; GDPR; Facebook; Big Data; European Union;

    Abstract : The Facebook - Cambridge Analytica scandal came to light in 2018 revealing the problematic surveillance practices, and violations of privacy the companies allowed. The EU has introduced a privacy legislation, GDPR, that came into effect in 2018 shortly after the scandal erupted. READ MORE

  6. 5. Why it felt wrong to remove the glass – investigating site and site-narratives at Regjeringskvartalet, Oslo, Norway

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Landscape Architecture, Planning and Management (from 130101)

    Author : Oskar Airijoki; [2020]
    Keywords : The travelling transect; hermeneutics; Gadamer; photographic locality; site; landscape;

    Abstract : The aim of this thesis is to find out in what ways site narratives emerge in the interaction between the human and the site, with Regjeringskvartalet (the site of the July 22, 2011 attack) in Oslo as case study. The purpose of the investigation is to shed light on how immaterial aspects can affect the understanding of the specific site. READ MORE