Sökning: "Collective memories"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 71 uppsatser innehållade orden Collective memories.

  1. 1. Fences are like Ghosts are like Monuments : ephemeral social agreements under the neoliberal rule

    Kandidat-uppsats, Umeå universitet/Institutionen för kultur- och medievetenskaper

    Författare :Herkules Jansson; [2024]
    Nyckelord :territoriality; nationalism; fencing; bordering; monumentality; nationalist symbolism; nation building myths; memory production; Berzelii park; Raoul Wallenberg; territorialitet; nationalism; staket; gränsdragning; monumentalitet; nationalistisk symbolism; nationsbyggande myter; minnesproduktion; Berzelii park; Raoul Wallenberg;

    Sammanfattning : This essay delves into the intricate dynamics of Berzelii Park, focusing on the interaction between the mesh fence constructed in 2016 and the Raoul Wallenberg monuments. It examines the fence as a nationalist monument, revealing its transformative impact on the communal space and highlighting its role in shaping memories, identity, and ideological conflicts within the urban landscape. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Employing Genocide : Narratives, Ethnic Identities, and Political Legitimacy in Post-Genocide Rwanda

    Master-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Hugo Valentin-centrum

    Författare :Gustaf Hallström; [2023]
    Nyckelord :Rwanda; Genocide; narratives; memory politics; ethnicity; identity; collective identity; power struggle; Paul Kagame; social psychology; collective memory; politics of memory; memory consumers; politicised identities; reconciliation; official narratives;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis offers an analysis on the memory politics in post-genocide Rwanda, and examines the official narratives regarding history, ethnicity, and identity in order to analyse how political elites in Rwanda politicises collective identity and transforms the social environment of its population through establishing power struggles. By adopting of a qualitative content analysis, the thesis focuses on the speeches by the president Paul Kagame held at the start of each year’s commemorative event of the genocide, known as Kwibuka. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Activation of Place : Curating Site-Specific Art at the Luleå Biennial in 2018 and 2020

    Master-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Konstvetenskapliga institutionen

    Författare :Maria Nåtoft; [2023]
    Nyckelord :Site specificity; site-specific art; site-related art; Miwon Kwon; Nick Kaye; performance; performance of space; interdisciplinary; contemporary art; curating; biennial; art biennial; Luleå; Luleå biennial; Norrbotten; Karl Sjölund; Raqs Media Collective; Maria W Horn; Kapwani Kiwanga; Platsspecificitet; platsspecifik konst; plats-relaterad konst; Miwon Kwon; Nick Kaye; performance; performance of space; interdisciplinärt; samtidskonst; curating; biennial; konstbiennial; Luleåbiennialen; Luleå; Norrbotten; Karl Sjölund; Raqs Media Collective; Maria W Horn; Kapwani Kiwanga;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis investigates how site-specific art manifest itself in different ways, specifically in the biennial format. The focus is on the Luleå Biennale, one of Scandinavia's oldest biennales that returns every two years. LÄS MER

  5. 4. L’usage de la photo dans Les Années d’Annie Ernaux

    Kandidat-uppsats, Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

    Författare :Viktor Hagström; [2023]
    Nyckelord :Annie Ernaux; The Years; photography; memory; history; Annie Ernaux; Les Années; photographie; mémoire; histoire;

    Sammanfattning : The purpose of this study is to explore and analyze the usage of photography in Annie Ernaux’s The Years. We explain the relationship between photography and memory and history through theories proposed by Liz Wells, Roland Barthes and Susan Sontag and explain the importance of photography as a narrative tool, as used by Ernaux. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Vad ska man göra nu? : En etnologisk studie om pensionärskap och arbetsliv bland homosexuella män

    Master-uppsats, Södertörns högskola/Etnologi

    Författare :Mollie Jonsson; [2023]
    Nyckelord :homosexualitet; sexualitet; queer fenomenologi; etnologi; pensionärskap; livshistoria;

    Sammanfattning : In this thesis, I explore how eight homosexual men who are pensioners orient and perceive their retirement in relation to their life stories. I have conducted six individual interviews and one pair interview with two informants using life course interview as method. LÄS MER