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  1. 1. The Sounds of Pain : An ethnography of musicians living with migraine in Uppsala

    Master-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för kulturantropologi och etnologi

    Författare :Rosanne Heijstek; [2024]
    Nyckelord :migraine; anthropology; pain; music; affect;

    Sammanfattning : Migraine is an extremely common and disabling disease that affects three times more women than men, and is characterized by recurring migraines comprised of disturbances in sensation perception, intense head pain, nausea, and increased sensitivity to light and sound that can last from several hours to multiple days. Currently, there are no cures for the disease, no official social services that can help a person to handle living with it, and limited studies on its mechanisms or impact on a person’s life. LÄS MER

  3. 2. ”VARFÖR SKA JAG STIRRA MIG BLIND PÅ EN KROPPSDEL NÄR JAG HAR EN KROPP SOM FUNGERAR?”. En kvalitativ fokusgruppstudie om kvinnor ur olika generationers åsikter och tankar kring skönhetsideal, baserat på medieutbudet under uppväxten.

    Kandidat-uppsats, Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för journalistik, medier och kommunikation

    Författare :Sofie Lindén; [2023-10-03]
    Nyckelord :Skönhet; skönhetsideal; kvinnor; mediegenerationer; medier;

    Sammanfattning : Executive summary The purpose of this essay is to examine women’s perceptions from different generations linked to beauty ideals and the media selection during their childhood. To achieve the purpose of this study, three questions have been formulated to gain a deeper understanding on the subject. LÄS MER

  4. 3. PICTURE-NOT-SO-PERFECT? En semiotisk bildanalys av hur Instagramanvändare gestaltar verkligheten under hashtagen #Instagramvsreality

    Kandidat-uppsats, Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för journalistik, medier och kommunikation

    Författare :Alicia Svensson; Erica Nilsson Harvanek; [2023-03-10]
    Nyckelord :Kroppsideal; normer; ideal; kroppsaktivism; sociala medier; gestaltning; #Instagramvsreality;

    Sammanfattning : Executive summary Social media has become a huge part of everyday life. With it, editing and manipulation of images to post online has increased. Several studies have proven that retouched images can have a great negative impact on people’s self image and mental health. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Geralt's Third Sword : Representation of sex in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

    Kandidat-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för speldesign

    Författare :Lynn Lynn Angerer; Mette Christiansen; [2023]
    Nyckelord :Gazes; Reward; Sex; The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt; Video Game; Women;

    Sammanfattning : This paper examines the representation of sex in the game The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt in terms of quest design, narrative, and sex scenes. Examining this topic is relevant to identifying misogynistic tropes in games and finding out where the portrayal of sex might be lacking or even harmful, for designers as well as consumers. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Menstrual health : Design tensions in raising awareness of the impacts of environmental pollution

    Master-uppsats, KTH/Skolan för elektroteknik och datavetenskap (EECS)

    Författare :Xuni Huang; [2023]
    Nyckelord :menstrual health; pollution; awareness; first-person experiments; cultural probes; menstruationshälsa; föroreningar; medvetenhet; självbiografisk design; kultursonder;

    Sammanfattning : Pollutants can harm menstrual health, and raising awareness of this is vital. This study is a research-through-design project that aims to investigate the design qualities of interactive technologies that aim to raise this kind of awareness. This study used first-person experiment method to design and develop cultural probes. LÄS MER