Essays about: "mediated city"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 15 essays containing the words mediated city.

1. 1. Exercising freedom of speech: A cultural analysis of the Dawit Isaak Library

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för etnologi

   Author : Livia Skåve; [2023]
   Keywords : freedom of speech; free speech; artistic freedom; banned books; the Dawit Isaak Library; library selection; field theory; democracy; Cultural Sciences;

   Abstract : This thesis investigates how freedom of speech is implemented in a Swedish library context, by examining what actions and practices the concept is translated into at the Dawit Isaak Library in Malmö, a library focused on freedom of speech and banned literature that opened at Malmö City Archive in 2020. The aim of the study is to illuminate and clarify discrepancies between the theoretical definition and the physical performance of freedom of speech, and it investigates the dilemmas that may arise there. READ MORE

3. 2. Aesthetics of Urban Culture: Corporeal Experience of Copenhagen

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för konsthistoria och visuella studier

   Author : Mikaela Sjöberg; [2022]
   Keywords : Aesthetics; Atmosphere; Commerce; Globalization; Identity; Mythology; Urbanity; Cultural Sciences;

   Abstract : This thesis explores the visual culture of the streets; images and sensory experiences that shape our sense of space and ideas of identity and belonging. The atmospheres of cities, partly constructed by planners and partly lived by those who inhabit its spaces, produce audio-visual material that affect the atmosphere of the city, influencing dynamics of hierarchal structures in society. READ MORE

4. 3. ‘I will write until I am heard!’ : The Poetic Resistance through Graffiti in China’s Urban Space and Social Media

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap; Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kommunikation och medier

   Author : Maizi Hua; [2021]
   Keywords : urban China; poetic resistance; mediated city; graffiti; social media; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : This thesis investigates the possibility of the mediated city providing a space for resistance in everyday life in a society where free speech channels are strictly controlled. The case studied in this thesis is the phenomenon of a group of fans of a singer who has been banned by the government in mainland China writing graffiti in public urban space on Rehe Road in Nanjing to express their love and support for their beloved singer. READ MORE

5. 4. Translating the City : Identity and Mobility in a Mediated City - A Case Study of Recent Turkish Immigrants in Berlin,Germany

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap; Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kommunikation och medier

   Author : Niloufar Hajirahimikalhroudi; [2021]
   Keywords : Social Sciences;

   Abstract : The aim of this study is to explore the relationship of recent Turkish immigrants with the city of Berlin through the lens of media and communication, and to identify the identity dynamics in this relationship. The relationship with, and links of immigrants to their countries of origin is a common subject in diaspora studies, human geography, and media and communication studies. READ MORE

6. 5. Canine rabies in Vientiane Prefecture, Lao PDR : vaccination status and protection level

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of Clinical Sciences

   Author : Johanna Fogelberg; [2020]
   Keywords : Lao; dog; vaccination; antibodies; ELISA; rabies;

   Abstract : Rabies is a fatal viral disease that is primarily transmitted to humans by domesticated dogs. Canine rabies is estimated to be accountable for the death of 59,000 humans each year in the world and if post-exposure treatment is not initiated, death usually occurs within a month after first signs of symptoms. READ MORE