Search for dissertations about: "cultural interface"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 30 swedish dissertations containing the words cultural interface.

  2. 1. Impure vision : American staged art photography of the 1970s

    Author : Moa Goysdotter; Institutionen för kulturvetenskaper; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; vision; phenomenology; postphenomenology; visuality; Lucas Samaras; Arthur Tress; Duane Michals; Les Krims; staged photography; art photography; history of photography; 20th century photography; photography from the 1970s; American photography;

    Abstract : The aim of this study is to explore how American staged art photographers in the 1970s problematized a traditional, visualist approach to the photograph as mediator or interface between human subject and reality, which had been present in the straight photography that had dominated American art photography from the early decades of the twentieth century. Instead of viewing the camera as an objective, optical device and photographs as mechanically reproducible artistic products, the proponents of the new "staged photography" seized the possibilities of conveying holistic life experiences by employing a full range of sensory impressions. READ MORE

  4. 2. HOUSE MASTER SCHOOL: Career Model for Education and Training in Integrated and Sustainable Conservation of Built Environments

    Author : Erika Johansson; Chalmers tekniska högskola; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; transdisciplinary case study research; community action; Education for Sustainable Development ESD ; sustainability science; organizational learning; triple helix; training; educational systems design; construction; lifelong learning; integrated conservation; socio-ecological approach; systemic approach; sustainable development; craftsmanship training; crafts; career and workforce development; action research; education;

    Abstract : Based on a participatory action research methodology and approach (AR), this dissertation explores the core theoretical problems and opportunities of education and learning for sustainable development (ESD) within the cross-disciplinary area of integrated and sustainable conservation of built environments. The main purpose has been to develop an epistemological framework for integrated lifelong learning, ethics and advanced research (R&D) and to provide a new sustainable education and career model for the field to be applied in the Dalecarlia region and on a national level within the Swedish construction industry at large; i. READ MORE

  5. 3. Flow and Friction : On the Tactical Potential of Interfacing with Glitch Art

    Author : Vendela Grundell; Anna Dahlgren; Mårten Snickare; Max Liljefors; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Glitch; Contemporary Art; Photography; Digital Media; Interface; Internet; Systems Aesthetics; Network Society; Tactics; Phenomenology; Spectatorship; Viewer; Experience; Rosa Menkman; Phillip Stearns; Evan Meaney; konstvetenskap; Art History;

    Abstract : This thesis aims to analyze how interfacing affects viewer experiences and viewer positions, and how glitch art online makes that effect visible. Glitch art is concerned with disruptions in the systems that govern how for instance photography is produced, circulated and displayed in a digital image flow. READ MORE

  6. 4. Co-creative Game Design as Participatory Alternative Media

    Author : Patrick Prax; Christian Christenen; Else Nygren; Annika Waern; Esther MacCallum-Stewart; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Co-creation; co-creative game design; game design; participation; alterna-tive media; critical media; open innovation; modding; add-ons; MMOs; MMORPG; World of Warcraft; Diablo 3; interface;

    Abstract : The possibility of co-creation exists for all media, but game design has developed a culture that is unusually open to co-creation. This dissertation investigates significant cases of co-creation in mainstream games in order to explore how games can be co-created as alternative or critical media by their players. READ MORE

  7. 5. People in Between : Ethncity and Material Identity, a New Approach to Deconstructed Concepts

    Author : Charlotta Hillerdal; Frands Herschend; Johan Rönnby; Neil Price; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; ethnicity; materiality; cultural identity; cultural practice; Viking Age; Varangians; Russia; Métis; Canada; colonialism; post-colonial; Romantic philosophy; indigenous; Ruhnu; Estonia; authenticity; national identity; Viking Age towns; Scandinavia; town formation; discontinuity; Archaeology; Arkeologi; arkeologi; Archaeology; Östersjö- och Östeuropaforskning;

    Abstract : In questions concerning ethnicity and cultural identity in prehistory, there is a great divide between the conclusions maintained on a theoretical level of discussion and the interpretations given to material remains, when these theories are practiced on the archaeological material. Inherited scientific and political structures, usage and ideas contribute to our understanding of ethnicity and the everyday use of the concept, and influence archaeological interpretations. READ MORE