Essays about: "semiotic concepts"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 29 essays containing the words semiotic concepts.

  1. 1. POTENTIALS FOR LEARNING IN THE DESIGN OF DIGITAL TEXTBOOKS

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för pedagogik, kommunikation och lärande

    Author : Sonja Husgafvel; [2023-07-03]
    Keywords : Digital Textbooks; ; Multimodal Text Analysis; ; Semiotic Theory; ; Visual Grammar; ; Potentials for learning; ; History;

    Abstract : Purpose: The aim of this study was to enhance the knowledge of the learning potentials associated with the different designs of digital textbooks and their implications for the representation of historical content. More specifically, the analysis focused on four Finnish digital history textbooks, with the Winter War being selected as the specific learning unit due to its significant role in the history of Finland. READ MORE

  3. 2. Climate dystopias in German newspapers : An argumentation analysis of the climate apocalypse imaginary in German newspapers

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    Author : Madita Mertens; [2023]
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    Abstract : Climate change is a “future-sensitive issue” (Kumpu, 2013, p. 53). Research has shown that expectations about the future influence current behaviour. Furthermore, research has shown that media still play an essential role in informing the public about the topic climate change (Neverla & Schäfer, 2010). READ MORE

  4. 3. Thick Love : A Psychoanalytical Study of Mother-Daughter Relationships in Toni Morrison’s Beloved

    University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för utbildningsvetenskap

    Author : Khuteibe Hashim; [2021]
    Keywords : Psychoanalytical Criticism; Sigmund Freud; Jacques Lacan; Julia Kristeva; Beloved; Toni Morrison; Abjection; Semiotic; Symbolic; Imaginary; Mirror-stage; Defense Mechanism;

    Abstract : This study employs psychoanalytical theories to explore how the conscious, unconscious, and subconscious workings of the mind, combined with a search for identity, are presented and dealt with in Toni Morrison’s novel Beloved (1987). It is done through a close reading and in-depth textual analysis of thematic concerns raised in the work. READ MORE

  5. 4. Bugs in the system: Re-grounding planning and environmental assessment practice : The case of Blodstensskogen, Uppsala

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Naturresurser och hållbar utveckling; Uppsala universitet/CEMUS

    Author : Eva Maria Kottkamp; [2021]
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    Abstract : This case study focuses on the planning practice for the building project in Blodstensskogen, Uppsala (SE), that started in 2010. I put together a creative framework of more-than-human theory and methodology, addressing the case as a material-semiotic practice within a natureculture. READ MORE

  6. 5. Art history through a queer lens - Focalization and semiotics applied to two Instagram accounts dedicated to queer art history

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

    Author : Leo Hildebrand; [2021]
    Keywords : art history; queer; instagram; semiotics; semiosis; narratology; discourse; representation; Arts and Architecture;

    Abstract : This thesis examines how queer art history is created through the interaction between two Instagram accounts, the art they post, and their followers. This thesis has analysed how the semiotic meaning-making construct a representation of queerness and what the effects are of a queer focalization in a social media context. READ MORE