Search for dissertations about: "cultural industries"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 29 swedish dissertations containing the words cultural industries.

  1. 1. Industrial Phantasmagoria : Subcultural Interactive Cinema Meets Mass-Cultural Media of Simulation

    Author : Mikolaj Dymek; Mats Engwall; Claes Gustafsson; Alf Rehn; Saara Taalas; KTH; []
    Keywords : ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; video game industry; computer game industry; video games; computer games; cultural industries; media industries; cultural economy; game studies; literary theory; ludology; narratology; interactive cinema; simulational media; ergodic literature; cybertext; interactive narrative; business studies; industrial economy; hardcore gaming; casual gaming; subcultural industries; Industrial engineering and economy; Industriell teknik och ekonomi;

    Abstract : The video game industry has in three decades gone from a garage hobby to a global multi-billion euro media industry that challenges the significantly older and established cultural industries. After decades of explosive growth the industry surprisingly finds itself in a crisis – in terms of sales, future trajectories and creative paradigms. READ MORE

  2. 2. Extractive Violence on Indigenous Country : sami and Aboriginal Views on Conflicts and Power Relations with Extractive Industries

    Author : Kristina Sehlin MacNeil; Marianne Liliequist; Per Axelsson; Florian Stammler; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; Aboriginal; Adnyamathanha; Australia; conflict; cultural violence; extractive industries; extractive violence; Indigenous peoples; Laevas cearru; LKAB; nuclear waste repository; Sami; structural violence; Sweden; Aboriginer; Adnyamathanha; Australien; konflikt; kulturellt våld; kärnavfallsdepå; Laevas cearru; LKAB; samer; strukturellt våld; Sverige; utvinningsindustrier; urfolk; Ethnology; etnologi;

    Abstract : Asymmetrical conflicts and power relations between extractive industries and Indigenous groups often have devastating consequences for Indigenous peoples. Many Indigenous groups are struggling to maintain their lands as Indigenous perspectives on connection to Country are frequently undervalued or dismissed in favour of extractivist ideologies. READ MORE

  3. 3. Craft production in the Kingdom of Crystal (Glasriket) and its visual representation : Constructing authenticity in cultural/marketing production

    Author : Songming Feng; Adele Berndt; Mart Ots; Ian Woodward; Karin Ekström; Jönköping University; []
    Keywords : SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Glasriket; the Kingdom of Crystal; glass; craft; authenticity; cultural production; photography; image; semiotics; practice theory; materiality;

    Abstract : Authenticity is a core concept and phenomenon in contemporary marketing, as both marketers and consumers seek the authentic. Individuals, companies, and industries all work to establish and accomplish authenticity for themselves and related stakeholders. READ MORE

  4. 4. Selected or Rejected? : Assessing Aspiring Writers’ Attempts to Achieve Publication

    Author : Henrik Fürst; Patrik Aspers; Elin Thunman; Giselinde Kuipers; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; acquisition of cultural goods; acquisition of manuscripts; artistic careers; artistic markets; aspiring artists; aspiring writers; creative industry; cultural industry; cultural production; fiction debut; literary careers; publishing industry; publishing market; quality uncertainty; sociology of success and failure; trade publishing; Sociologi; Sociology;

    Abstract : In many markets for cultural goods, gatekeepers select the cultural goods, relatively few cultural goods are selected, and the criteria for selection are unclear to both artists and gatekeepers. Not knowing whether cultural goods are of the 'right' quality to be selected, artists and gatekeepers become preoccupied with handling quality uncertainty. READ MORE

  5. 5. Sustainability transition of production systems in the digital era - a systems perspective for building resilient and sustainable production systems

    Author : Arpita Chari; Chalmers University of Technology; []
    Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; production systems; sustainability; manufacturing; industries; Industry 4.0; dynamic capabilities; resilience;

    Abstract : Locked-in manufacturing industries with highly structured operations and path dependencies are major contributors to the sustainability challenges currently burdening our planet. The effects of the ongoing pandemic, large-scale environmental impacts due to climate change and constant economic and social downturns are just some examples of these sustainability challenges. READ MORE