Sökning: "master signifier"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 7 uppsatser innehållade orden master signifier.

  1. 1. En kvinnas plats är till vänster

    Kandidat-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Författare :Klara Dacke; Frida Hofgaard; [2023]
    Nyckelord :Right-wing populism; left-wing populism; discourse; woman; gender; equality; family; discourse analysis; feminism.; Law and Political Science;

    Sammanfattning : This essay aims to explore how women are portrayed within populist discourse. By comparing the discourses in party programs, official documents, and statements from political leaders; our intention is to explore how women are characterized within left-wing and right-wing populism. LÄS MER

  2. 2. Visualizing a better city : – How the city portrays a technological marvel as means to enter the future

    Kandidat-uppsats, Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för samhälls- och välfärdsstudier

    Författare :Jan Fritz-Patrik Ankarbåge; [2018]
    Nyckelord :Visualization; Actor-network theory; Enrollment; Discourse; Norrköping;

    Sammanfattning : This study explores how the center ’Visualisering C’ in Norrköping municipality ties into an actor-network that includes Linköping University, Norrköping municipality and Region Östergötland. The purpose was to discern how the master signifier was ‘development’ was constructed and connected within the discursive field with differencing actors with the Visualisering C as a focal point for the actors. LÄS MER

  3. 3. "Det vi gör är på något sätt ändå att berätta en slags story om hur världen ser ut" : Kategoriskapande och marginalisering på svenskspråkiga Wikipedia

    Master-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för ABM

    Författare :Karin Jonsson Sandström; [2018]
    Nyckelord :Library science; Information science; Queer theory; Encyclopedias and dictionaries; Wikis computer science ; Classification; Internet.; Biblioteks- och informationsvetenskap; queerteori; encyklopedier; wikier; klassifikation; internet.;

    Sammanfattning : The purpose of this thesis is to explore how categorisation of marginalised groups is done on Swedish Wikipedia. Taking its starting point in social constructionism and critical knowledge organisation research, classic knowledge organization is seen as inherently flawed. LÄS MER

  4. 4. WHO ARE STARGAZERS? A discourse analysis of the target group

    Kandidat-uppsats, Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

    Författare :Mika Segerström; [2016-02-19]
    Nyckelord :Japanese; Astronomy; Discourse theory; Stargazing; Gathering; Target group; Master signifier;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis examines the intended target group of a Japanese stargazing guide book through a discourse analysis of the translations of relevant segments in the material. The aim of the study has been to determine who the reader and the participants are, based on how they are described in the book. LÄS MER

  5. 5. Den önskvärda väljaren - Om frågan att sänka rösträttsåldern till 16 år

    Kandidat-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Författare :Oscar Waldner; [2016]
    Nyckelord :Mouffe; Laclau; Cruikshank; discourse theory; citizen-subject; voting age; Law and Political Science;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis aims to produce a discourse analysis, inspired by theorists Ernesto Laclau & Chantal Mouffe, of the debate in written media between 2005 and 2015 on lowering the voting age in Sweden to 16 years. Influenced by Barbara Cruikshank’s ideas of the citizen-subject, the author asks two questions; how a differential chain of equivalence can be used to explain the discursive construction of the citizen-subject; and what discursive obstacles are preventing a lowering of the voting age to 16 years? The thesis concludes that there is a series of generally considered criteria, either connected to individual ideals of maturity or collective ideals of political involvement. LÄS MER