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- Foka, Anna, 1981-
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Half-Naked yet Empowered? : Spartacus (2010-) (Ancient) Gender Equality in Contemporary Television
- 2013
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In: 12th Annual Hawaii International Conference on Social Sciences. - Honolulu Hawaii.
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Conference paper (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Spartacus is attested in several ancient sources (Plutarch, Appian, and Florus) as the leader of a rebellion against the Roman Republic (73 to 71 BC). Despite that none of Spartacus' historical representations overtly suggest that he aimed at reforming Roman society by abolishing slavery and promoting equality, he has inspired a number of intellectuals across times and cultures as a egalitarian leader. Marx, in the Manchester letter to Engels (1861), considered him a real representative of the ancient 'proletariat’ and members of the German Spartacus League, a forerunner of the Communist Party of Germany. In contemporary popular culture, the most recent reception of the tale of Spartacus is the US Television series Spartacus: Blood and Sand (premiered on Starz in: 2010- followed by a late prequel and a sequel), where he is also portrayed as a just and egalitarian leader.In this paper, I will discuss how Spartacus (2010-) promotes social and gender equality as an ancient virtue within a contemporary context. Unlike Spartacus’ historical and other cinematic representations, women play a major role in the 2010- TV series either as slaves that join the rebellion, inspired by the egalitarian Thracian slave-leader, or wealthy Romans who oppose him. Despite incidental nudity, scenes of a sexual and violent nature, a TV MA rating for graphic violence, and strong sexual content in overexposed video stylization, I will show that female characters evolve from the older sexualized and objectified females of gladiatorial Sword and Sandals (e.g. Warrior and the Slave Girl: 1958) to strong and brave action heroines. Finally, I will discuss how the 2010- TV series reflects upon the impact of equality and feminism in the portrayal of the ancient world in our contemporary popular culture.
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- Westin, Jonathan, 1980
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Towards a vocabulary of limitations: the translation of a painted goddess into a symbol of classical education
- 2012
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In: International Journal of Heritage Studies. - : Informa UK Limited. - 1352-7258 .- 1470-3610. ; 18:1, s. 18-32
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- This paper discusses how ties with society are accumulated and interpreted as the ‘culture’ of an artefact. Following the reinterpretation of a painted statue into a white museum artefact, I argue that the rules we have to follow in approaching an artefact create a series of unrelated socio-cultural connotations which shape our perception of the object. The culture of the artefact is therefore largely the culture of the context through which it is presented. Hence, by distancing an artefact from an established context you also distance it from the networks that make up a large part of its cultural value. To discuss this process I draw on the works of Michael Callon and Bruno Latour, describing the presentation as a ‘translation’ – a process where the artefact is reinterpreted from one state into another. As a method to describe values sprung from the presentation of the artefact, I propose, and exemplify, a vocabulary of limitations for mapping the ties between society and artefact in different contexts. This vocabulary – developed for this article – helps us identify deeper connections between artefact, context and society by focusing on how interaction has been shaped around the artefact.
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- Agrell, Beata, 1944
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Berättande som tilltal – teori, estetik eller praktik?
- 2012
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In: Paper till ämneskonferensen ”Teorins ställning i litteraturvetenskapen” 22-23 mars 2012.
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Conference paper (other academic/artistic)abstract
- Vi frågar efter en ny teoretisk självförståelse, men vad skall vi då mena med teori? Rent åskådande och begrundan (etym. grek. theoria)? Eller systematisering och förklaring (naturvetenskaplig def.)? Utifrån den problematiken vill jag pröva några föreställningar – eller kanske fördomar? – om vad vår disciplin behöver just nu. Å ena sidan: Teori har inget egenvärde. Teori är, om man så vill, ett nödvändigt ont. Teorin kan stå i vägen för själva undersökningen – som när den lägger sig som en bromskloss i kapitel ett och sedan inte återkommer; som när den fungerar som ögonbin-del i stället för glasögon; som när den genererar ett fikonspråk att dölja de efterforskade sakerna i snarare än synliggöra dem. Å andra sidan: Teori behövs; den är också ett nödvändigt gott. Teori kan hjälpa oss att se och att tänka, klart och djupt. Teori som skådande, som vid ett paradigmskifte. Men efter skådandet, när ett nytt paradigm slagit rot, så kommer antingen ordningen, syste-met, förklaringen (strukturalismen och alla varianter den förde med sig). Eller också kommer förskjutningarna, differenserna, avdriften (poststrukturalismen och alla varian-ter den förde med sig). För att inte tala om alla mellanformer, bastarder, där ordning och avdrift korsas. Men vad slags teori behöver vi just nu? Ämnet har breddats; våra forskningsobjekt har mångfaldigats; den alfabetiska och bokligt bundna litteraturen har i mångas ögon blivit obsolet. För att studera allt detta nya behöver vi många olika teorier, olika glasögon, som också håller på att konstrueras. Men något gammalt står kvar, ett uråldrigt behov vi ännu vågar tala om utan att skämmas: berättelsen. Det är fortfarande berättelser i olika former som lockar. Och vad gör berättelser så åtråvärda? Kanske varken historien eller berättelsen som sådana, utan det mänskliga tilltal som möter i själva berättandet, sådant det vecklar ut sig under läsandets gång. Vad är det i så fall för ett tilltal, och hur utfors-kas det? Vad teorin beträffar skulle jag vilja pröva en mix av retorik, genreteori, recep-tionsteori och så ytterligare något som jag ännu inte vet. Men om det handlar mitt paper.
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- Agrell, Beata, 1944
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Bibeln som litteratur
- 2012
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In: Korsväg: tidskrift för debatt, kultur och nyheter i Göteborgs stift. ; 2012:1, s. 52-53
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Journal article (other academic/artistic)abstract
- Diskussion av litterära drag i Bibeln, med särskild hänsyn till anstötseffekter som avautomatiserar läsandet och utgör en central aspekt av biblisk didaktik.
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- Agrell, Beata, 1944
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Novellgenren, traditionerna och experimenten
- 2012
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In: Ord & Bild. - 0030-4492. ; 2012:3, s. 6-18
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Journal article (other academic/artistic)abstract
- Abstract Diskussion av novellbegreppet. Översikt av novellens historia internationellt och i Sverige. Särskilt uppmärksammas den första arbetarprosans kortprosastrategier. Jämförande analys av Elf Norrbos novell ”Sågspån och senor” med Lotta Lotass’ Redwood.
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- Buhre, Frida, 1984-
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Finding Never-Land : Nomadic Space-Time, Rhetoric, and Ethnic Minorities
- 2013
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In: Perspectives on Space and Place. - Witney : Inter-Disciplinary Press. - 9781848880566
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Book chapter (other academic/artistic)abstract
- According to Lee Edelman (2004), trying to fulfil the promise of reproductive futurism has become a normative power enacted among all persons claiming a right to the modern Western public sphere. The movement between normative and non-normative spaces depends heavily on temporal constructions of these spaces, where normative spaces have been tied to reproductive futurism. In this study, I conclude that the spatiotemporal image of the Sami as Nomads, or migrating Others, has not only had spatial consequences throughout the last hundred years (i.e. colonialism, loss of land rights and land ownership) but also changed spatial power structures within the national narrative. I conclude that the construction of Nomadic space has functioned as the opposite of the clearly delineated, productive, and normative room of modernity. The study poses these theoretical questions which can contribute to a further understanding of how racializing processes have taken place in European history: How has media helped constructing ethnic identities on the basis of spatiotemporal representation? More specifically, how does the depiction of exclusion outside of normative spaces construct a racialized alienation outside of the nation’s prosperous future for some ethnic minorities? By defining ethnic minorities as nomadic or migrating, and therefore not belonging to a national narrative, does media place ethnic minorities outside of the political landscape, in an everlasting Never-land?
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- Ekström, Anders, 1965-, et al.
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Kunskapspolitik för ett hållbart samhälle
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In: Kulturella perspektiv - Svensk etnologisk tidskrift. - Umeå : Umeå universitet. - 1102-7908. ; 22:1, s. 61-66
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)
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Energy Efficiency in Historic Buildings : Postprints from the Conference : Visby, February 9–11, 2011
- 2012
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Editorial proceedings (other academic/artistic)abstract
- Energy efficiency is an issue that brings the trade-off between aspects of use and preservation to a head. On the one hand, interventions for energy efficiency facilitate long-term use by reducing operating costs; on the other hand, the interventions may have both a physical and a visual impact on the cultural heritage value and the fabric of the building. In order to promote a sustainable use and preservation of historic buildings, The Swedish Energy Agency instituted a National Research Program for Energy Efficiency in HistoricBuildings. The first stage of the program ranfrom 2007 to 2010 with a total budget of around 4 million Euro. Additional funding was provided by the Church of Sweden and the NationalHeritage Board. There were fifteen projects involving some thirty researchers from different Swedish universities and research institutes. To mark the end of the first stage of the national research program the international conference Energy Efficiency in Historic Buildings was held in Visby in February 2011. Most of the projects within the program were presented at the conference and international key-note speakers were invited to each session, giving a total of 24 papers. More than one hundred participants, representing ten countries, participated in the conference.
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