Essays about: "semiotic analysis"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 154 essays containing the words semiotic analysis.

  1. 11. Seeing Lithium Extraction : Countering the Myth of ‘Green’ Transition through Contemporary Art

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för kultur och estetik

    Author : Victoria McCarthy; [2023]
    Keywords : Lithium extraction; contemporary art; extractivism; ‘green’ transition; myth; green sacrifice zones; visibility; countervisuality; Unknown Fields; Marcela Magno; Julian Charrière; Extracción de litio; arte contemporaneo; extractivismo; trancisión verde ; zonas de sacrificio verdes; visibilización; contra-visualidad;

    Abstract : This thesis examines the intersection between lithium extraction and contemporary art through a visual semiotic analysis of three contemporary artworks: Unknown Fields’ We Power Our Future With the Breast Milk of Volcanoes, Marcela Magno’s Land [2] Litio, and Julian Charrière’s Future Fossil Spaces. It explores how lithium extraction is visualised in the selected artworks, what connotations can be extracted from them, the geopolitical dimension expressed in them, and how they relate to the myth of ‘green’ transition. READ MORE

  3. 12. Research on the Impetus of Douyin to City Tourist Image Construction and Dissemination in China - The Case of Xi’an

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Centrum för öst- och sydöstasienstudier

    Author : Jie Xu; [2023]
    Keywords : City tourist images’ construction and dissemination; Semiotic theory; “5W” communication theory; Diversification and homogenization; Destination images of Xi’an; China; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This thesis investigated how the short video sharing application Douyin produces an effect on city tourist images’ construction and dissemination in China, taking the Internet-famous city of Xi’an as a case study. Based on the semiotic theory and “5W” communication theory, the author collected 30 Xi’an-related short videos on Douyin as samples and recorded the relevant data manually for analysis. READ MORE

  4. 13. Music As a Means of Resistance : Rhetorical Analysis of Three Ukrainian Wartime Songs

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

    Author : Ksenija Ševcova; [2023]
    Keywords : music; lyrics; war; Ukraine; Russia; slogan; symbol; sample; intertextuality;

    Abstract : This study delves into Ukrainian wartime songs of resistance that were inspired by the ‘Russian warship’ slogan. Langer (1953) believes that songs can express emotions that language alone fails to convey. Dynamic interaction of music and lyrics slows down, arrests, and intensifies images and moods. READ MORE

  5. 14. The Influence of Symbolic Meanings on the Return Migration of Êzîdîs : A Semiological Analysis of the Role of Sinjar Mountain for Internally Displaced Êzîdîs

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    Author : Selen Vargün Alıtkan; [2023]
    Keywords : Êzîdîs; return migration; Sinjar Mountain; symbolic meanings; topophilia;

    Abstract : This study explores the role of Sinjar Mountain in the return migration decisions of internally displaced Êzîdîs, who sought refuge in Iraq's camps after a devastating massacre in August 2014. Employing a semiotic approach, data was gathered via semi-structured interviews with NGO representatives and the analysis of visual videos. READ MORE

  6. 15. SOCIOTECHNICAL IMAGINARIES OF LOCAL ENERGY TRANSITION:CO-PRODUCING LOCK-INS IN THE STUDY OF ENERGY COMMUNITY ON GOTLAND

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaper

    Author : Orlando Loy; [2023]
    Keywords : Sociotechnical imaginaries; energy transition; energy community; Gotland; co-production; framework analysis; diffractive reading;

    Abstract : The emergence of energy communities entails the development of alternative energy systems, where consumers become active participants in the complex networks of material and semiotic actors. This paper looks at how local sociotechnical imaginaries are performed on island of Gotland, in Sweden. READ MORE