Essays about: "semiotic studies"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 37 essays containing the words semiotic studies.

  1. 1. Sentient Objects — A Theoretical Analysis of the Potential of Animals as Legal Subjects

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Juridiska institutionen

    Author : Alice Edfast; [2023-04-26]
    Keywords : Jurisprudence; Legal theory; The legal subject; Legal personhood; The person-thing dichotomy; Animal Law theory; Animal sentience; Animal slaughter; Animal testing; Legal rights; Hohfeld’s fundamental legal conceptions; Speciesism; Humanism; Posthumanism; Greimas’ semiotic square;

    Abstract : The sentience of animals has been scientifically proven since the nineteenth century, which has led to changes in our attitude towards animals and to the proliferation of anti-cruelty laws. But despite the rise of an Animal Law discipline, animal rights organisations’ attempting to elevate the legal status of animals, and several recent European legislative changes categorising animals as “non-things”, the legal status of a person has not yet been extended to animals. READ MORE

  3. 2. Collective Digital Identity of Russian Nationalist Organisations in the Invasion of Ukraine

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Medier och kommunikation

    Author : Gabriele Scalise; [2023]
    Keywords : Russian invasion of Ukraine; Russo-Ukrainian War; Russian nationalism; Eurasianism; ethnography; semiotics; coding; Russian studies; media ecology; collective identity; narrative; infowar;

    Abstract : This project investigates Russian nationalist organisations during the invasion of Ukraine, to study their collective identity and practises. It features an ethnography of 26 organisations, their websites and social media. Their content is coded via a semiotic framework, categorising their symbols, images, content posted and other identity tropes. READ MORE

  4. 3. Constructing Semiotic System : A Study of Traditional Chinese Woodblock New Year Pictures

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för ABM

    Author : Jinyue Qian; [2023]
    Keywords : Chinese Woodblock New Year pictures; signs; signifier; signified; connotation; myth; semiotic system;

    Abstract : Traditional Chinese woodblock New Year pictures face the danger of being marginalized and disappearing in the context of industrialization and technological development. It is, therefore, imperative to conduct research on traditional New Year pictures to address this challenge. READ MORE

  5. 4. 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

  6. 5. BOSNIAN IDENTITY AFTER THE WAR : The Importance of How the War Is Described in Media for Contemporary Bosnian Identity

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

    Author : Bahrudin Srebrenica; [2022]
    Keywords : Audiovisual archive; Semiotic analysis; Bosnian National Television; News Media; Glossary of war; Film Studies; Media Representation;

    Abstract : After World War II, Europe has only experienced two wars, in the 1990s when Yugoslavia dissolved and now in 2022 when Russia went to war with Ukraine. Regardless of the outcomes of wars, it is clear that wars continue to recur in a continent that prides itself on its peaceful aspirations. READ MORE