5 research outputs found
EPBD impact on housing cooperative : A qualitative study on how the EU-directive on EPBD creates consequences for Swedish housing cooperatives
No full textPainting the City : Performative Cosmopolitanism and the Politics of Space and Art
No full textUnderstanding everyday urban practices as performative, political, and potentially transformative, this dissertation aims to explore how graffiti- and street art use, subvert, and, via media, extend urban space in Stockholm. Drawing upon a performative ethnographic approach, the study focuses on both the practice of and the various forms of social commentary and critique generated by graffiti and street art in Stockholm. The findings illustrate the diversity of positionalities that abide in this cultural cluster, noting, in particular, the ambiguities, juxtaposition and tensions therein. Furthermore, the dissertation explores the cosmopolitan potentials of graffiti and street art as transnational movements, which create connections through shared imaginaries and senses of belonging. The analysis is based upon in-depth interviews, nine months of fieldwork, and numerous photographs, and addresses three research questions: (1) how is contemporary Stockholm graffiti- and street art culture articulated and performed by its makers and in what ways the culture collapse with other media than “writing”/painting?, (2) what characterizes the scope of social critique articulated as part of the performative repertoires of Stockholm graffiti and street art discourses? and, (3) what are the critical and aesthetic cosmopolitan potentials and/or deficits of graffiti- and street art culture and under which conditions do they materialize? Theoretically, the study draws on the concept of aesthetic cosmopolitanism in order to explore and analyze the acts and practices of “world-making” through aesthetic performances. By linking aesthetic cosmopolitanism with ancient Cynic philosophy, the concept of performative cosmopolitanism is introduced. Performative cosmopolitanism captures the varieties of outlooks and spaces that open up through critical, sensorial, and, in certain cases, even transformative, interventions in the city and their mediated extensions. Using mediatization as a paradigmatic approach, both an increase in digital dissemination and visibility and a decrease in actual performances and visibility are observed. In this respect, the mediatization of graffiti and street art remains a paradoxical process. Given the entanglement of different media with graffiti and street art performances, the study further introduces the concept of hyper-mediatization to articulate an interdependent relationship between the actual and virtual forms of these urban performances: they fundamentally affect and extend each other by both sustaining and expanding existing imaginaries and connections and generating emergent ones. The dissertation paints the image of a contested, controversial and subversive urban culture and its contemporary mediatized extensions. It shows how graffiti and street art can be understood, both culturally and politically, as a critical, alternative and essentially anti-capitalist aesthetization of the urban. Utilizing the concept of regimes of cosmopolitanism, the author highlights the potentials and deficits of “comingtogetherness” through and during creative practice and the dual dynamics of hospitality and encapsulation. Particular emphasis is placed upon the tensions related to gender and the ways in which such tensions factor into the social relations within these artistic communities and the aesthetics they produce. Cosmopolitanism from the Margins: Mediations of Expressivity, Social Space and Cultural Citizenshi
Genusrepresentation i Battlefield V – En kritisk diskursanalys av digitala nyhetsartiklar
No full textRubrik: Genusrepresentation i Battlefield V – En kritisk diskursanalys av digitala nyhetsartiklarFörfattare: Maria Olson Examensarbete i Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap, 15 hp, Konst, kultur och kommunikation (K3), Fakulteten kultur och samhälle på Malmö universitet, Vårterminen 2020 Handledare: Per Möller Examinator: Tindra Thor Syftet med denna studie är att analysera debatten som inträffade kring den kvinnliga huvudpersonen i Battlefield V under utgivandet av spelets trailer 2018. Med hjälp av en kritisk diskursanalys fokusera på diskurser och genus samt de underliggande maktförhållanden som uttrycks i nyhetsartiklar men även vad detta innebär för den stora sociala praktiken. Resultatet analyserade med genus och feministisk teori indikerar att det finns en maktkamp inom diskursen som kretsar kring den nuvarande kulturella förändringen inom produktionen av spel. För närvarande skapas fler och fler spel med diversifiering, feminism och politik i åtanke, vilket också har lett till ett mothugg för spelindustrin från deras fans. Genom sociala medier sprider fans till spelet en misogyn världsbild som förstärker den giftiga spelkulturens uteslutande av minoriteter. Sökord: Kritisk diskursanalys, Battlefield V, Genus, Nyhetsartiklar, Makt, Ideologi, HegemoniHeading: Gender representation in Battlefield V – A critical discourse analysis of digital news articles Author: Maria Olson Final Exam Project in Media and Communication Studies 15 hp, School of Arts and Communication (K3), Faculty of Culture and Society at Malmö University, Spring of 2020 Supervisor: Per Möller Examiner: Tindra Thor The purpose of this study is to analyse the debate that occurred over the female lead character in Battlefield V during the release of the game's trailer in 2018. Using a critical discourse analysis focus on the discourse revolving around gender perception and the underlining power relations that are expressed in the news articles as well as what this entails for the larges social practice. The result analysed with gender, and feminist theory indicates there is a power struggle over the discourse revolving around the current cultural change within the production of games. Currently, more and more games are created with diversity, feminism and politics in mind which has also led to a backlash for the game industry from their fans. Through social media, fan spread a misogynistic view reinforcing the toxic male gaming cultures exclusion of minorities. Keywords: Critical discourse analysis, Battlefield V, Gender, News articles, Power, Ideology, Hegemon
Commercialization on the expense of children : A study in how children are positioned on social media.
No full textStudiens syfte är att undersöka hur barn positioneras av sina föräldrar i kommersiella samarbeten på Youtube och Instagram, samt om logiken för respektive medie har betydelse för hur barnen blir positionerade. Studien har inspirerats av tidigare forskning kring fenomenet sharenting, där vi ville göra en djupdykning i ämnet. För att förstå hur föräldrarna väljer att framställa sina barn, men även barnens inställning till att medverka, har vi använt oss av en retorisk textanalys där vi analyserat tal och kroppsspråk. I analysen har vi undersökt hur tre svenska influencers positionerar sina barn med hjälp av retoriska verktyg. Studien visade bland annat att barn positioneras olika beroende på dess ålder och medvetenhet kring hur ett kommersiellt samarbete går till. Även mediernas logiker var avgörande för hur barnet positioneras då Instagram och Youtube har olika funktioner som främjar olika beteenden, dock finns det även likheter då största delen av de positioneringstyper vi identifierat förekom på båda plattformarna. Sökord: Instagram, Youtube, sociala medier, sharenting, positionering, kommersialisering, Influencers, barn, medialiserad barndom Rubrik: Kommersialisering på barnens bekostnad - en studie om hur barn positioneras på sociala medier Författare: Emmy Åman & Hanna Håkansson Examensarbete i Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap, 15 hp Konst, kultur och kommunikation (K3) Fakulteten kultur och samhälle Malmö universitet Handledare: Ulrika Sjöberg Examinator: Tindra Thor Vårterminen 2021The aim of this study is to investigate how children are positioned by their parents in commercial collaborations on Youtube and Instagram, and if the media logics affects how the children are positioned. The study has been inspired by previous research on the sharenting phenomena, where we wanted to dig deeper into the subject. To achieve comprehension in how parents choose to present their children, but also understanding attitudes of the children who participate, we have approached a rhetorical analysis focused on speech and body language. In the analysis we examined how three Swedish influencers positions their children by using rhetorical implements. The results of the study showed how children can be positioned differently depending on their age and awareness of how a commercial collaboration takes place. The media logics were also decisive for how the children were positioned, depending on the functions of the platforms who promotes different behaviours. However, there are also similarities in the identified positions as they occurred on both platforms. Keywords: Instagram, Youtube, social media, sharenting, positioning, commercialization, influencers, children and medialized childhood. Heading: Commercialization on the expense of children – A study in how children are positioned on social media. Author: Emmy Åman & Hanna Håkansson Final Exam Project in Media and Communication Studies School of Arts and Communication (K3) Faculty of Culture and Society Malmö University Supervisor: Ulrika Sjöberg Examiner: Tindra Thor Spring of 202
Painting the City [Elektronisk resurs] : Performative Cosmopolitanism and the Politics of Space and Art
No full textUnderstanding everyday urban practices as performative, political, and potentially transformative, this dissertation aims to explore how graffiti- and street art use, subvert, and, via media, extend urban space in Stockholm. Drawing upon a performative ethnographic approach, the study focuses on both the practice of and the various forms of social commentary and critique generated by graffiti and street art in Stockholm. The findings illustrate the diversity of positionalities that abide in this cultural cluster, noting, in particular, the ambiguities, juxtaposition and tensions therein. Furthermore, the dissertation explores the cosmopolitan potentials of graffiti and street art as transnational movements, which create connections through shared imaginaries and senses of belonging. The analysis is based upon in-depth interviews, nine months of fieldwork, and numerous photographs, and addresses three research questions: (1) how is contemporary Stockholm graffiti- and street art culture articulated and performed by its makers and in what ways the culture collapse with other media than “writing”/painting?, (2) what characterizes the scope of social critique articulated as part of the performative repertoires of Stockholm graffiti and street art discourses? and, (3) what are the critical and aesthetic cosmopolitan potentials and/or deficits of graffiti- and street art culture and under which conditions do they materialize?Theoretically, the study draws on the concept of aesthetic cosmopolitanism in order to explore and analyze the acts and practices of “world-making” through aesthetic performances. By linking aesthetic cosmopolitanism with ancient Cynic philosophy, the concept of performative cosmopolitanism is introduced. Performative cosmopolitanism captures the varieties of outlooks and spaces that open up through critical, sensorial, and, in certain cases, even transformative, interventions in the city and their mediated extensions. Using mediatization as a paradigmatic approach, both an increase in digital dissemination and visibility and a decrease in actual performances and visibility are observed. In this respect, the mediatization of graffiti and street art remains a paradoxical process. Given the entanglement of different media with graffiti and street art performances, the study further introduces the concept of hyper-mediatization to articulate an interdependent relationship between the actual and virtual forms of these urban performances: they fundamentally affect and extend each other by both sustaining and expanding existing imaginaries and connections and generating emergent ones. The dissertation paints the image of a contested, controversial and subversive urban culture and its contemporary mediatized extensions. It shows how graffiti and street art can be understood, both culturally and politically, as a critical, alternative and essentially anti-capitalist aesthetization of the urban. Utilizing the concept of regimes of cosmopolitanism, the author highlights the potentials and deficits of “comingtogetherness” through and during creative practice and the dual dynamics of hospitality and encapsulation. Particular emphasis is placed upon the tensions related to gender and the ways in which such tensions factor into the social relations within these artistic communities and the aesthetics they produce. </p
