Sökning: "signifiers"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 57 uppsatser innehållade ordet signifiers.

  1. 1. Emergent Gameplay and the Affordance of Features in Open-World Video Game Environments

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

    Författare :Harits Nur Fauzan; [2023]
    Nyckelord :emergence; games; open-world level design; affordance; uppkomst; spel; öppen världsnivådesign; affordans;

    Sammanfattning : There has been a noticeable increase in people’s interest in open-world games, especially those that incorporate emergent gameplay. Emergent gameplay refers to activities performed by players to create properties that cannot be created without the interaction of multiple game components. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Invisible Landscapes : Signs and Illusions in the Perfumery of Jean-Claude Ellena

    Kandidat-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Konstvetenskapliga institutionen

    Författare :Victor Langer; [2023]
    Nyckelord :Perfumery; Semiotics; Olfaction; Jean-Claude Ellena; Hermès; Roland Barthes;

    Sammanfattning : This study explores the potential of semiotics in the non-visual realm of perfumery, focusing on the work of French perfumer Jean-Claude Ellena. Utilizing Roland Barthes’ three levels of signification as a theoretical framework – as presented in his essay Rhétorique de l’image – it analyzes the linguistic, denotative and connotative aspects of three perfumes created by Ellena for the French luxury house Hermès: Un Jardin en Méditerranée, Un Jardin sur le Nil and Un Jardin Après la Mousson. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Ontological Security and Policy Change : The Case of Sweden

    Kandidat-uppsats, Malmö universitet/Institutionen för globala politiska studier (GPS)

    Författare :Fahri Bahtiyar; [2023]
    Nyckelord :Ontological security; policy change; Swedish decision to join NATO;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis aims to understand how Sweden managed to renounce its long-held military non-alignment policy and identity to join the military alliance NATO in the aftermath of Russia`s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. In order to find out how Sweden achieved this policy shift the thesis builds on social constructivism and studies on ontological security that focuses on the security of identities and adopts the case study method. LÄS MER

  5. 4. 'No Way Out': Monologic Madness in László Krasznahorkai's War and War

    Kandidat-uppsats, Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

    Författare :Axel Lindner Olsson; [2023]
    Nyckelord :Alienation; ambiguity; madness; monologue; verbal nihilism;

    Sammanfattning : In the attempt to let it speak its own name, authors of fiction have since the turn of the 20th century developed increasingly nuanced representations of madness. Such complicated productions of literary madness, I suggest, can be understood in terms of a rich fusion of philosophical inquiry and narratology. LÄS MER

  7. 5. "Mine hips doth not bear false witness" : En undersökning av historiebruk och porträtteringen av medeltiden på sociala medier via #MedievalTikTok

    Kandidat-uppsats, Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för kulturvetenskaper (KV)

    Författare :Maja Svensson; [2022]
    Nyckelord :Middle ages; Netnography; Social Media; TikTok; Use of History.; Historiebruk; Medeltiden; Netnografi; Sociala medier; TikTok.;

    Sammanfattning : This essay aim to study the hashtag and trend #MedievalTikTok, popular on the TikTok mobileapplication starting late summer 2020. The trend will get looked at through concepts like use of history (historiebruk). Some of the main ways the trend uses history is for entertainment, socialization and commercialization. LÄS MER