Search for dissertations about: "The documentary"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 57 swedish dissertations containing the words The documentary.

  2. 1. In Search of the Pure Photograph : A Historiographic Study of the Farm Security Administration, Walker Evans, and the Survey Histories of Photography

    Author : Cecilia Strandroth; Marta Edling; Jan von Bonsdorff; Karin Becker; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Art history; photography; historiography; documentary; history of photography; Farm Security Administration; Walker Evans; propaganda; modernism; media specificity; photographic archives; Konstvetenskap; History Of Art; konstvetenskap; Art;

    Abstract : The photographic archive of the American New Deal agency Farm Security Administration (created 1935-1943) occupies an important place in the history of photography as an exemplar of documentary photography and as symbol of the Great Depression. This dissertation is a historiographic study of this narrative of FSA photography, which investigates the archive's monumental position in the historical narration and demonstrates other possible readings. READ MORE

  4. 2. Patterns of recollection : the documentary meets digital media

    Author : Åke Walldius; Stephen Mamber; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Documentary films; Dokumentärfilm; Digitalteknik; Digitala medier och film; Cinema Studies; filmvetenskap;

    Abstract : The aim of this study is to propose a conceptual framework for the analysis of historical programming in digital media. Radical breakthroughs in the technologies for registration and dissemination of moving images have created a need for common vocabularies that can be shared by media practitioners, researchers from different fields of inquiry, and end-users of documentary accounts. READ MORE

  5. 3. Accounting the Future : An Ethnography of the European Spallation Source

    Author : Ivanche Dimitrievski; Stephen William Woolgar; Ericka Johnson; Michael E. Lynch; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Accountability relations; future; futuring practices; community performance;

    Abstract : The thesis investigates the social processes involved in the practices of futuring. It addresses the question of how social practices contribute to the production and maintenance of robust versions of the future. It asks how best we should study futurity, including expectations, imaginations, promises and visions. READ MORE

  6. 4. Staged Conversations : Using dialogue as both method and form when staging documentary material for theater and film

    Author : Marcus Lindeen; Wilhelm Carlsson; Magnus Bärtås; Ellen Røed; Erik Poppe; Stockholms konstnärliga högskola; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Documentary film; documentary theater; performing arts; The Raft; The Invisible Adventure; Degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Fine Arts in Performative and Media Based Practices with Specialisation in Film and Media.; Degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Fine Arts in Performative and Media Based Practices with Specialisation in Film and Media.;

    Abstract : Between 2017 and 2024, I have conducted an artistic research PhD project at Stockholm University of the Arts resulting in a feature length documentary film (The Raft, 2018), a documentary based theater play (The Invisible Adventure, 2020) and a book with my work diaries documenting the process of creating the two works (Staged conversations, 2024). The research project focuses on using the conversation as both method and form for staging documentary material for theater and film. READ MORE

  7. 5. The Historian-Filmmaker's Dilemma : Historical Documentaries in Sweden in the Era of Häger and Villius

    Author : David Ludvigsson; Rolf Torstendahl; Christer Öhman; Donald Broady; Hannu Salmi; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; History; historical documentary; history and film; history culture; historiography; communication of history; Olle Häger; Hans Villius; Swedish history 1968-2001; history and television; Historia; History subjects; Historieämnen;

    Abstract : This dissertation investigates how history is used in historical documentary films, and argues that the maker of such films constantly negotiates between cognitive, moral, and aesthetic demands. In support of this contention is discussed a number of historical documentaries by Swedish historian-filmmakers Olle Häger and Hans Villius. READ MORE