Search for dissertations about: "experimental ethnography"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 swedish dissertations containing the words experimental ethnography.

  2. 1. Never Heard Before: A Musical Exploration of Organ Voicing

    Author : João Segurado; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; voicing; voicing; sound; listening; pipe; organ; tone; musical composition; musical performance; experimental; collaboration; artistic research; ethnography; musique concrète; transient; attack; steady-state; ; harmonic spectrum; languid; toe-hole; mouth; flue; reed; Studio Acusticum; Gerald Woehl; Piteå;

    Abstract : This study describes the role of organ sounds in musical performance and exa- mines the visions and artistic perspectives of the voicer, who creates the sounds, and the organist, who uses them in performance. Organ pipe sounds are shaped in a process of gradual transformation called voicing, to suit the practice of musical performance, and they influence that practice in significant ways. READ MORE

  4. 2. Geo-Aesthetical Discontent: Svalbard, the Guide and Post-Future Essayism

    Author : Eva La Cour; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; geo-aesthetics; image politics; Svalbard; Arctic imaginaries; philosophy of ecology; the guide; live editing; essay film; experimental ethnography;

    Abstract : Propelled by the acute ecological crisis, Geo- Aesthetical Discontent: Svalbard, the Guide and Post-Future Essayism moves between artistic affinities and academic disciplines to craft an intervention into the imaginary of an Arctic place. Designed as an iterative set of artistic practice experiments with live editing, the aim is to demonstrate a geo-aesthetical discontent upon terrains with colonial history for visual production. READ MORE

  5. 3. Careful Convivial Listening : Making Sound Work Apparent as Political Action

    Author : Hugo Boothby; Tina Askanius; Bo Reimer; Salomé Voegelin; Malmö universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Care; Conviviality; Experimental Media; Listening; Sound Work;

    Abstract : Focusing on the creation and performance of sound work this doctoral thesis considers the value of listening as a site of political action. The meaning of sound work is dual; connoting both an artifact that is created and performed, a work of art, and the processes of creating sound, the work of listening. READ MORE

  6. 4. Women and Biological Research Careers in Higher Education in Mozambique : A Case Study of Two Public Universities

    Author : Juvencio Manuel Nota; Gabriele Griffin; Anita Hussénius; Louise Morley; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : women; biological research careers; higher education; institutional ethnography; inequality regimes; Gender Studies; Genusvetenskap;

    Abstract : The issue of women’s experiences in biological research careers in academia in Mozambique is under-researched. This lack of knowledge does not enable the country to design structural tools that can help women to overcome the obstacles and challenges they face and hence boost their career progression in academia. READ MORE

  7. 5. Sustainable Interactions : Studies in the Design of Energy Awareness Artefacts

    Author : Loove Broms; Magnus Bång; Henrik Eriksson; Daniel Fällman; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Interaction design; energy awareness; sustainability; domestication; TECHNOLOGY; TEKNIKVETENSKAP;

    Abstract : This thesis presents a collection of experimental designs that approach the problem of growing electricity consumption in homes. From the perspective of design, the intention has been to critically explore the design space of energy awareness artefacts to reinstate awareness of energy use in everyday practice. READ MORE