Sökning: "contemporary social structures"

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  1. 1. Drop Dead Gorg(on)eous : A Multimodal Discourse Analysis of the Contemporary Medusa Tattoo

    Master-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Konstvetenskapliga institutionen

    Författare :Emma Edling; [2024]
    Nyckelord :Art history; Medusa; Medusa tattoo; tattoos; TikTok; multimodality; écriture féminine; postfeminism; Konstvetenskap; Medusa; Medusatatuering; tatueringar; TikTok; multimodalitet; écriture féminine; postfeminism;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis investigates the phenomenon of the contemporary ‘Medusa tattoo’ that gained traction on the social media platform TikTok in 2019 as a symbol of sexual assault survival, and which has since come to function as an instrument for digital feminist activism. The study aspires to provide a new, previously unexplored link to the long chain of academic research on the figure of Medusa by looking at the emergence, function, and potential of the Medusa tattoo. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Diversifying a Museum Collection and the Politics of Representation : A Mixed-Methods Approach to the Acquisition Policies and Implementation of Diversity Strategies at Stockholm's Moderna Museet in the 21st Century

    Master-uppsats, Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för kultur och estetik

    Författare :Jonas van Kappel; [2024]
    Nyckelord :Moderna Museet; museum collections; art acquisition policies; diversity discourse; gender representation; intersectionality; queer studies; performativity; art donations; mixed-methods; museology;

    Sammanfattning : Since 1958, Moderna Museet has housed Sweden’s largest collection of Swedish and international modern and contemporary art. This thesis examines the 21st-century collecting strategies and policy development of Moderna Museet, with a focus on diversity and representation, using intersectional theory and queer studies. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Traces of Iron Age activities at Kullen - A New Synthesis

    Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Arkeologi

    Författare :Karolina Jacobsen; [2023]
    Nyckelord :iron age; Scania; kullaberg; kullen; social structures; GIS; spatial analysis; assemblage theory; affordance theory; entanglement theory; power; resources; older remains; social roles; sites; functions; landscape archaeology; social; culture; activities; cultural landscapes; historical legacies; History and Archaeology;

    Sammanfattning : Kullen has had a huge gap in knowledge about the Iron Age period. This thesis offers a new synthesis to close this gap in knowledge of the Iron Age period in the region. The aim of this study was to gain more knowledge about the Iron Age and the activities during this period in the areas. LÄS MER

  5. 4. The Caring Curator : Exploring Conditions for Care in Curatorial Practices

    Master-uppsats, Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för kultur och estetik

    Författare :Laus Katrine Østergaard; [2023]
    Nyckelord :Care; curating; cultural work; contemporary art; affective labor; care ethics; work conditions;

    Sammanfattning : The concept of care has recently gained significant attention in cultural institutions and among artists. This trend was particularly evident in 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic and the Black Lives Matter movement, which contributed to increased public programming focused on caring practices and the concept of care. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Ny sjukdom, gamla bilder : En bildsemiotisk undersökning av parafrasers bildstrukturer och betydelser under coronapandemin

    Master-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Konstvetenskapliga institutionen

    Författare :Thi-Sofie Breding; [2023]
    Nyckelord :paraphrase; intertextuality; intermediality; semiotics; Covid-19 pandemic; Instagram; appropriation; visual culture; netnography; parafras; intertextualitet; intermedialitet; semiotik; coronapandemi; Instagram; appropriation; visuell kultur; netnografi;

    Sammanfattning : The aim of this thesis is to study the structures and contents of art paraphrases during the first year of the Covid-19 pandemic through semiotics, intertextuality and intermediality, to create an understanding of what the reuse, or appropriation, of art can mean and which roles it could play in a contemporary visual culture. To achieve this, six “Covid paraphrases” are analysed alongside a rich complementary material collected from November 2021—February 2023 through netnographic methods focused on the social media platform Instagram. LÄS MER