Essays about: "material culture"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 554 essays containing the words material culture.

1. 1. Messages from the deep: A reception study of Denis Villeneuve's Dune

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för kulturvetenskaper

   Author : Sarah R. Kern; [2024-02-06]
   Keywords : Hegemony; Production Reception; Discourse; Dominant Negotiated Oppositional; Dune; Representation; Reception study; convergence culture; science fiction; participation culture; fandom;

   Abstract : This essay uses Pierre Bourdieus habitus, symbolic capital, Social fields, Stuart Halls representation theory and Encoding/Decoding system, as well as Henry Jenkins concept of convergence culture and media convergence, to conduct a reception study of Denis Villeneuves 2021 adaption of the science fiction movie Dune. The material collected for the reception study is collected in the form of reviews and features from experts in cinema, juxtaposed against material collected from YouTube in the form of reviews, reaction videos and video essays from social groups sectioned around cinephiles and science fiction fandom. READ MORE

3. 2. Weird Digitization: Alternative Strategies for Archival Materials

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för kulturvetenskaper (KV)

   Author : Christa Shusko; [2024]
   Keywords : Digital Humanities; Digitization; Archival materials; Photography; Material culture.;

   Abstract : This thesis draws on the theory of new materialism to posit an alternative approach to cultural heritage digitization. Modifying the method of critical digitization and synthesizing it with the method of thick description for the study of damaged cultural heritage, this thesis proposes the method weird digitization which seeks to challenge traditional selection criteria for cultural heritage digitization as well as challenging practices of mass digitization. READ MORE

4. 3. NATO and their gold card holders : An entanglement analysis of Sweden and Finland's decision to apply for membership in NATO

   University essay from Försvarshögskolan

   Author : Emelie Moregård; [2024]
   Keywords : Strategic culture; Sweden; Finland; NATO; entanglement analysis; strategic behaviour; security policy; foreign policy;

   Abstract : The aim of this paper is to gain a greater understanding of the meaning-making process behind Finland and Sweden’s decision to join NATO in 2022, and by so, deviate from their long-standing tradition of military non-alignment. Instead of solely pointing to the Russian invasion of Ukraine as the official reason for NATO membership this paper suggests that the concept of strategic culture can provide one with a greater understanding of their decision to join NATO. READ MORE

5. 4. Indigenous Collections at the Museum of World Culture : Digitisation, Decolonisation and Other Stories

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för kulturvetenskaper (KV)

   Author : Silvia Sánchez Membrilla; [2024]
   Keywords : decolonial computing; decolonisation; digital cultural heritage; digital humanities; digitisation; postcolonialism; computación decolonial; decolonización; digitación; digitalización; humanidades digitales; patrimonio cultural digital; postcolonialismo;

   Abstract : Introduction. This thesis investigates the digitisation of Indigenous collections at the Museum of World Culture (Gothenburg, Sweden), with particular attention to Carlotta’s role in shaping the digital collections. READ MORE

6. 5. Ridlärarutbildningen i Finland – en historisk analys

   University essay from SLU/Institutionen för husdjurens biovetenskaper

   Author : Salla-Mari Ketokoski; [2024]
   Keywords : ridlärare; ridkonstens historia; militären; kavalleriet;

   Abstract : Riding is a popular leisure activity throughout the Nordic countries. The transition from military to a popular sport has followed a similar path Sweden and Finland. In Sweden there is some research on the subject, but this is lacking in Finland. READ MORE