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  1. 1. Monsterkroppar : Transformation, transmedialitet och makeoverkultur

    Författare :Kristina Stenström; Anja Hirdman; Kristina Riegert; Thomas Johansson; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; transmedia; audience; television; embodied spectatorship; makeover culture; late modernity; monstrosity; monster; vampire; zombie; transmedia; publik; television; förkroppsligat åskådarskap; makeoverkultur; senmodernitet; monstrositet; monster; vampyr; zombie; Media and Communication Studies; medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap;

    Sammanfattning : This study offers insights into the motif of monstrous corporality in a transmedia environment, through the vampire and zombie characters. Different narratives of corporeal transformation surround us constantly. LÄS MER

  3. 2. In the Company of Ghosts : Hauntology, Ethics, Digital Monsters

    Författare :Line Henriksen; Margrit Shildrick; Nina Lykke; Jeffrey Andrew Weinstock; Linköpings universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Hauntology; monster; ghost; spectralities; Monster Studies; feminist theory; ethics; digital media; internet; Welcome to Night Vale; Mushroom Land TV; creepypasta; Hauntologi; monster; spöke; spectralities; monster studier; feministisk teori; etik; digitala medier; internet; Welcome to Night Vale; Mushroom Land TV; creepypasta;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis explores French philosopher Jacques Derrida’s ’hauntology’ through the lens of digital monsters and feminist theory.Hauntology – a pun on ‘ontology’ and ‘haunting’ – offers an ethics based on responsibility towards that which cannot be said to fully exist, yet has an effect on our everyday lives nonetheless. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Wicked women and witches. Subversive readings of the female monster in Mexican and Argentinian horror film

    Författare :Valeria Alejandra Villegas Lindvall; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; feminist philosophy; decolonial thought; monstrosity; Latin America; horror cinema; Mexico; Argentina; La Llorona; witch; monster;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis accrues to the growing field of Latin American horror scholarship in relation to gender and sexuality, discussing the implications of the representation of the feminized, racialized and/or impoverished monster in relation to Mexican and Argentinian national identity discourses. The thesis looks at two distinct iterations of gendered monstrosity in Mexican and Argentinian visual culture: La Llorona and the bruja (witch), respectively. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Designing Monstrous Experiences Through Soma Design

    Författare :Pavel Karpashevich; Kristina Höök; Pedro Sanches; Jordi Solsona; Mark Blythe; KTH; []
    Nyckelord :NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; soma design; first-person perspective; monster; monstrous experiences; shape-changing; restrictions; uncomfortable experiences; wearable technologies; soma design; förstapersonsperspektiv; monster; monstruösa upplevelser; formförändrande; begränsningar; obekväma upplevelser; kroppsnära teknik; Människa-datorinteraktion; Human-computer Interaction;

    Sammanfattning : There is currently a wave of research and development of novel on-body technologies and materials, including shape-changing technologies to be worn on or used close to the body. Traditional interaction design methods and interface models are not always a good fit for designing meaningful interactions with these technologies as they primarily interact with our somatic selves—not our language-oriented, symbol-processing ways of being in the world. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Himlens fröjd eller helvetets fasa : perspektiv på västsvenska kyrkomålningar från 1700-talet

    Författare :Maud Färnström; Avdelningen för konsthistoria och visuella studier; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Apocalypticism; Eschatology; Church-painting; Christ; Angels; Devils; Monster; Socialisation; Function; Dysfunction; Symbolic universe; Social change; Konsthistoria; Art history; Heaven; Last Judgement; Hell; Art of painting; Måleri;

    Sammanfattning : During the18th century, the Swedish orthodox Church faced considerable problems with dissension and indifference. One important means of coping with the situation was the decision to have the ceilings of the churches painted in brilliant oil-paint. LÄS MER