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  2. 1. Radical Online Video : YouTube, video activism and social movement media practices

    Author : Tina Askanius; Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; video activism; YouTube; social movement media practices; political engagement; radical politics;

    Abstract : This thesis explores contemporary modes of video activism for a radical politics of the Left. It offers an analytical contribution to media and communication that promotes an understanding of radical online video as modes of political engagement in contemporary online environments. READ MORE

  4. 2. “This is the Face of an Atheist” : Performing Private Truths in Precarious Publics

    Author : Evelina Lundmark; Mia Lövheim; Amanda Lagerkvist; Lynn Schofield Clark; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; atheism; non-religion; nonreligion; non-religious; nonreligious; deconversion; deconverts; YouTube; social media; media; performativity; publics; mediatization; re-publicization; gender; Sociology of Religion; Religionssociologi; Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap; Media and Communication Studies;

    Abstract : The primary aim of this dissertation is to gain a greater understanding of the particular vulnerabilities attached to wo/men publicly performing atheist selves on YouTube. The purpose is to examine lived non-religion as a performance of a personal and stigmatized identity in a digitally mediated public. READ MORE

  5. 3. Electronic Labyrinths : An Archaeology of Videographic Cinema

    Author : Jonathan Rozenkrantz; Trond Lundemo; Malin Wahlberg; Patricia Pisters; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; videographic cinema; video images in films; media archaeology; imaginary media; media imaginaries; live television drama; video therapy; video surveillance; video art; reality TV; mediated memories; media history; YouTube; retro; analogue nostalgia; filmvetenskap; Cinema Studies;

    Abstract : This study scans six decades of film history in search for video images, the imaginaries within which they are framed, and (taking cues from the archaeological methods of Friedrich Kittler and Michel Foucault) their technical, historical, and institutional conditions of existence. The British experimental science fiction film Anti-Clock (Jane Arden and Jack Bond, 1979) revolves around a video device with the capacity to confront subjects with their own repressed memory images. READ MORE

  6. 4. Utilization of cellulosic biomass towards sustainable chemicals and novel biomaterials

    Author : Jiayi Yang; Magnus Norgren; Håkan Edlund; Fardim Pedro; Mittuniversitetet; []
    Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY;

    Abstract : It is predicted by the United Nations that by year 2030 the world will need at least 50 percent more food, 45 percent more energy and 30 percent more water. The emissions of carbon dioxide from combustion of fossil fuels and waste are also increasing. READ MORE

  7. 5. Managing information to unblock supplier-led innovation in construction : barriers to client decision-making on industrialized building in Sweden

    Author : Susanne Engström; Christine Räisänen; Luleå tekniska universitet; []
    Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Träbyggnad; Timber Structures;

    Abstract : The overall purpose of this thesis is to further the understanding of the role of the construction client as a decision-maker on supplier-led innovation. The analysis targets the ability of Swedish professional building clients to manage information about innovations extending beyond their current frames of reference. READ MORE