Search for dissertations about: "performative democracy"

Found 3 swedish dissertations containing the words performative democracy.

  2. 1. Performing and Re/Defining Democracy in Post-austerity Spain : Political Communication and Discursive Practices of the 'Podemos' Party-Movement

    Author : Irene Rapado; Michal Krzyzanowski; David Machin; Björn Hammar; Antonio Reyes; Örebro universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; political communication; performative democracy; political identity; Critical Discourse Studies; left-wing populism; Podemos;

    Abstract : This thesis looks at the Spanish Podemos party-movement in its attempt to both undertake and to a large extent ‘live’ a certain political experiment in the context following the 2007–2008 economic crisis. Podemos is thus perceived as performing and re/defining democracy as part of undertaking political action and building a political identity. READ MORE

  4. 2. Accommodating differences : Power, belonging, and representation online

    Author : Karin Hansson; Love Ekenberg; Ina Wagner; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; e-participation; e-democracy; online identity; artistic research; visual method; participatory method; belonging; singularity; performative states; Computer and Systems Sciences; data- och systemvetenskap;

    Abstract : How can political participatory processes online be understood in the dynamic, conflicted and highly mediated situations of contemporary society? What does democracy mean in a scenario where inequality and difference are the norms, and where people tend to abandon situations in which they and their interests are not recognized? How can we accommodate differences rather than consensus in a scenario where multiple networks of people are the starting point rather than a single community?In this thesis, these questions are explored through an iterative process in two studies that have used or resulted in three prototypes and one art exhibition. The first study is of communication practices in a global interest community, which resulted in two prototypes: Actory, a groupware that takes differences rather than equality as the starting point for a collaborative tool, and The Affect Machine, a social network where differences are used as a relational capital. READ MORE

  5. 3. The Biopolitics of Water: Technology, Subjectivity and Lifestyle in eThekwini Municipality, South Africa

    Author : Sofie Hellberg; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Water; South Africa; Sustainable Development; Biopolitics; Green Governmentality; Hydropolitics; Technology; Narrative method; Life style ; Subjectivity;

    Abstract : Water issues have for a long time been of central political concern in South Africa due to the scarcity of the resource. During the apartheid era, the distribution of water was deeply intertwined with a nationalist and racist agenda. READ MORE