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Visar resultat 16 - 20 av 165 avhandlingar innehållade ordet semiotics.

  1. 16. I naturens teater : Kultur- och miljösociologiska analyser av naturhistoriska utställningar och filmer

    Författare :Anna Samuelsson; Hedvig Ekerwald; Nina Lykke; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; exhibitions; nature culture-dualism; museums of natural history; cultural environmental studies; museology; environmental sociology; deconstruction; human-animal-relations; andro- and anthropocentric stereotyping; semiotics; discourse analysis; rhetoric; display; representation; climate change.; Sociology; Sociologi; Sociologi; Sociology; Idé- och lärdomshistoria; History of Sciences and Ideas;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis is a study of constructions of reality in visual and textual representations in current exhibitions in the Swedish Museum of Natural History in Stockholm with comparisons to the Natural History Museum in Gothenburg and minor excursions to other museums. The study also includes seven giant screen films in Cosmonova: an IMAX theatre which is part of the Swedish Museum of Natural History. LÄS MER

  3. 17. Artworks as diagrams : Diagrammatic reasoning and the epistemic potential of art

    Författare :Leticia Vitral; Lars Elleström; Frederik Stjernfelt; Linnéuniversitetet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Semiotics; Aesthetics; Epistemology; Inquiry; Diagrammatic reasoning; Comparative literature; Litteraturvetenskap;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis is concerned with establishing a bridge between matters of aesthetics and epistemology, by investigating the mechanisms through which artworks allow agents to derive knowledge through the former’s manipulation. It is proposed that, in order to understand the epistemic potential of artworks, we need to approach them as diagrams, in the sense developed by Charles Peirce. LÄS MER

  4. 18. Patterns of corporate visual selfrepresentation in accounting narratives

    Författare :Emelie Eriksson; Alf Westelius; Carl-Johan Petri; Bino Catasus; Linköpings universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; visual research; self-representation; diagrams; accounting narrative; corporate reporting; public disclosure; business models; semiotics; annual report; Ericsson; visuell forskning; visuella metoder; självrepresentation; diagram; externredovisning; affärsmodell; semiotik; årsredovisning; Ericsson; Economic Information Systems; Ekonomiska informationssystem;

    Sammanfattning : This dissertation deals with firms’ visual and pre-visual self-representations in accounting narratives. Self-representations are those descriptions about the company that firms include in accounting narratives to convey the current standings and their identity. LÄS MER

  5. 19. The birds in the Iliad. Identities, interactions and functions

    Författare :Karin Johansson; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; ancient ornithology; birds; bird symbolism; divination; double motivation; divine intervention; Homer s Iliad; identity; messenger; metaphorical utterances; oral tradition; parallelism; semiotics; species interactions; transformation; transmitter; Trojan war;

    Sammanfattning : As the topic of this study embraces and entwines what is routinely divided into two separate categories, “nature” and “culture”, the birds in the Iliad challenge modern scientific division and in some ways, our thinking. They are simultaneously birds, signs and symbols. LÄS MER

  7. 20. Fantasiens morgonrodnad : En studie i Clas Livijns romaner

    Författare :Ljubica Miočević; Roland Lysell; Paula Henrikson; Klaus Müller-Wille; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Clas Livijn; Lorenzo Hammarsköld; Swedish Romanticism; history of the novel; 19th century; intertextuality; semiotics; manuscripts; imagination; self-reflection; collaborative writing; genius; metaphor; metamorphosis; Romantic irony; satire; parody; Clas Livijn; Lorenzo Hammarsköld; svensk romantik; svenska romaner; romanhistoria; 1800-talet; intertextualitet; semiotik; handskrifter; fantasi; självreflexion; samskrivande; geni; metafor; metamorfos; romantisk ironi; satir; parodi; Literature; litteraturvetenskap;

    Sammanfattning : This doctoral thesis investigates four novels of the Swedish Romantic author Clas Livijn (1781–1844). Livijns’s self-reflective prose is dense with allusions to contemporary literary works and political events, delivered in a style that abounds with metaphors and allegories, and characterized by satire, parody, and irony. LÄS MER