Essays about: "the culture of western europe"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 21 essays containing the words the culture of western europe.

1. 1. A Tool to Turn the Trends? : A  study of popular Euroscepticism in relation to structural aid from the EU

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för statsvetenskap (ST)

   Author : Julia Möttönen; [2020]
   Keywords : Euroscepticism; Structural Aid; Public Opinion; the European Union; Multilevel Analysis; East-West Divide;

   Abstract : This thesis examines the impact structural aid from the EU has on popular Euroscepticism – a set of critical public opinions that has been on the rise during the last decades. The study is done by operationalising both instrumental and political Euroscepticism. READ MORE

3. 2. A Naive Victim or a Willing ISIS-devotee? - Deserving or losing your human rights : A critical discourse analysis of two British newspaper's framing of Shamima Begum and her human rights

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/JMK

   Author : Frida Garvill; [2020]
   Keywords : Framing; Shamima Begum; UK; Foreign Fighters; Islam; Human rights;

   Abstract : Between 2011 and 2019 around 900 British citizens left the United Kingdom to travel to Syria and join militant groups such as the Islamic State (ISIS) (EPRS, 2018, p.33). READ MORE

4. 3. Purification : Research & Exhibition

   University essay from Konstfack/Institutionen för Konst (K)

   Author : Rodrigo Nicolas Albornoz; [2019]
   Keywords : Installation; post-colonialism; labor; marginal societies; drugs; Indigenous culture;

   Abstract : In recent years I have been working on topics related to Post-colonialism in South America, as well as the conditions of immigrants in Europe. The main interest of my work involves questions about my roots and personal stories of migration. This situation has been the engine of my art for the last ten years. READ MORE

5. 4. Clean : Not the Monochrome, Universal and Neutral Modernism You Expect

   University essay from Konstfack/Institutionen för design, inredningsarkitektur och visuell kommunikation (DIV)

   Author : Bartholomeus Manders; [2019]
   Keywords : Modernism; Design; Legacy; Heritage; Practice; Education; Globalism; National Identity; Colonialism; Postcolonialism; Authoritarianism; Experience; Graphic Design; Industrial Design; Architecture; Interior Design; Fashion; Colour; Colour Research; Europe; North America; Western Culture;

   Abstract : This project report offers insight into my research, creative process and work during my two-year Master in visual communication at Konstfack, Stockholm.Clean: Not the Monochrome, Universal and Neutral Modernism You Expect is the published culmination of a period of visual research highlighting Modernism — Modernist (graphic) design and architecture to be precise — as a power structure by uncovering its connections to colonialism and design authoritarianism through misperception, whiteness, exclusive practicing and imposition. READ MORE

6. 5. “Paris Measurements” : The Inertia of the Thin Ideal on the Runways of Paris Fashion Week

   University essay from Högskolan i Borås/Akademin för textil, teknik och ekonomi

   Author : Sara Swahnström; Agnes Hultén; [2019]
   Keywords : Thin Ideal; Visual Representation; Idealization; Organizational Ecology; Inertia; Aesthetics; Fashion Week; Paris Fashion Week;

   Abstract : Background - Welcome to the 2010’s and its visual information culture informing about the century-old ideal of thinness, by sending (almost) exclusively thin bodies down the runway of Paris Fashion Week (PFW). This, while at the same time the academia and mass media are repeatedly articulating the necessity of a more ethical aesthetic within the fashion industry, while the argument that “thinness sells” lack empirical support, while measures are taken around Europe to discourage media bias and encourage healthy bodies walking the, and while the body positivity movement – applauding the diversity of body types – is on the rise in the Western society. READ MORE