Digital visual effects (VFX) has become increasingly primary to film and TV production. With major media conglomerates historically exercising great influence over the spatial distribution of industry activity, production localisation has been determined by cost-effectiveness and access to local tax incentive programmes. Despite lack of tax incentives, Swedish VFX firms are capturing an increasing

Sonic perspectives on oceanic ecologies Half day seminar by Sound Environment Centre at Lund University & Åsa Stjerna - PhD and Sound Artist, University of Gothenburg   Increased human activity in and around the seas - such as coastal wind turbines, increased maritime transportation, and the exploitation of the Arctic - have over the past decades had a major impact on marine underwater environment

https://www.lmc.lu.se/aktiviteter/aktiviteter-2020/underwater-sounds - 2025-07-25

Course-outline-COSB40-2022 (1) 1 COSB40: Contemporary South-East Asia - Political Developments and Societal Issues Centre for East and South-East Asian Studies, Lund University Autumn (November) 2022 (Online) Course Director: Elizabeth Rhoads (elizabeth.rhoads@ace.lu.se) Other instructors: Chontida Auikool 7.5 credits The course provides students with basic knowledge of Southeast Asian political s

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The humanities take centre stage THE JOINT FACULTIES OF HUMANITIES AND THEOLOGY: RESEARCH MANIFESTO FOR THE 2020s 3THE JOINT FACULTIES OF HUMANITIES AND THEOLOGY: RESEARCH MANIFESTO FOR THE 2020s Humanities research for the 2020s Humanities research constitutes a fundamental pillar of the knowledge-based society of the 2020s. In our high-tech, globalised age, solid understanding of the humanities

https://www.ht.lu.se/fileadmin/user_upload/ht/dokument/Forskning/The_Humanities_take_centre_stage_webb.pdf - 2025-07-26

Alt-Lit is a literary movement which first sprung up in The U.S in the middle of the first decade of the second millennia. Vaguely defined and led by aspiring writers belonging to the Y-Generation, also known as millennials, its presence and influence has become increasingly apparent. These are the first writers to use the internet, not only as a platform, but as an aesthetic and linguistic inspir

That democracy brings peace has been long known. That war may, in certain cases, bring democracy has not. However, the essay begins by exploring the history of humanitarian and liberal interventions, as well as the history of ideas behind them. I have found that the first cases appeared in the 19th-century, though they were rare until the second half of the 20th. I have also discussed legal and et

This paper examines mass media coverage of Taiwanese high-level political visits to Japan and critically analyzes the phenomenon of nostalgic repetition as a narrative formula in such sources. Stressing its elements of pathos, nostalgia, and sentimental reassurance, I argue that the repetition formula presents an avenue of immense strategic advantage for visiting pro-independence politicians vis-à

This article argues that there are observable similarities between the way ancient heresiologists depicted their theological opponents and how religious people and religion as a phenomenon are described by con­­­tempo­rary anti-religion orators. The short study takes its departure from previ­ous studies on the Nag Hammadi texts and ancient heresiological discourse and ends with reflections on the

Under flera decennier var Svensk filmindustri (SF) Sveriges ledande producent och distributör av film till landets skolor. I detta kapitel analyseras hur denna privata aktör positionerade sig gentemot samhället under decennierna efter andra världskriget. Genom att studera tidskriften Svensk skolfilm och bildningsfilm visar kapitlet på att gränserna mellan begrepp som ”skolfilm”, ”bildningsfilm” oc

375897_A5_Program Sanne KG.indd 20 Years of Sound Environments THE SOUND ENVIRONMENT CENTRE | LUND UNIVERSITY | 19 NOVEMBER 2024 20 Years of Sound Environments 10.00–10.30 WELCOME BY SANNE KROGH GROTH Sound Environments: Exploring, listening, positioning Sound Environments marks the 20th anniversary of the Sound Environment Centre at Lund University. The centre was initiated in 2004 and establishe

https://www.lmc.lu.se/en/sites/lmc.lu.se.en/files/2024-11/Program%2020%20years%20of%20sound%20environments.pdf - 2025-07-27

The #InnovationForGood Award was arranged in India during 2015 and 2016 in collaboration between SASNET and Centre for Work Technology and Social Change (WTS) at Lund University. Prize winners 2016  Paul D'Souza representing TouchéThe first prize winner of the #InnovationForGood Award is Touché. The motiivation: This innovation can assist millions of people worldwide to information that others tak

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/research/current-research-projects/sweden-south-asia-media-project/workshops-2015-and-2016/innovation-good-award-2015-and-2016 - 2025-07-25

7,5 credits, fall semester 2023 In this course ‘ideology’ is understood as a ubiquitous phenomenon that underpin political, social and cultural beliefs and practices. The course studies how ideologies are formed, translated and contested during different historical periods and in different societies and contexts in the region. It addresses how ideologies shape people’s everyday life, including the

https://www.graduateschoolasianstudies.lu.se/activities/phd-courses/ideologies-east-and-south-east-asia-legacies-and-contemporary-developments - 2025-07-25

15 CREDITS | SPRING TERM This course focuses on significant feminist interventions to social theories within the distinct but interrelated spheres of the economic, political, social and sexual. As a student of this course, you will be trained in the diversity of the field of feminist theory, including its debates, theoretical contributions and analytical tools. Overview About the course Students w

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This article treats the New Religious Movement (NRM) Salamullah, using Internet and social media for the dissemination of its religious ideas.

Travel in the footsteps of cinema is an expanding market, both in Sweden and internationally. Travel habits are changing, and the fact of a good number of people planning their journeys in order to follow in the footsteps of fictitiousn characters, or alternatively follow a particular route in order to experience first-hand something they saw at the cinema or on television, has become an important

Review of the book The Birth of Computer Vision by James E. Dobson (2023) Minneapolis (MN), University of Minnesota Press, viii-205 pp.

Change is sweeping through the world of museums, technologically, financially, and ideologically, impacting on the sociocultural evolution of their roles and status. We seek to contribute to ongoing reflections by offering a conceptual framework that links museums with democratic theory, to citizenship and its practices – a domain that is also in notable transition. We connect concretely with the

This paper will approach the topic “What does heritage change?” by looking at the perspectives and experiences of a special category of heritage-makers, namely so-called “transmitters of intangible cultural heritage” (feiwuzhi wenhua yichan chuancheng ren) in China. It will explore the processes of heritagization and will ask whether, and what, heritage status changes when it comes to these indivi

The aim of this paper is to outline a process-based approach to the historical trajectory of commercialising cities that can account for continuity and change in a city’s image. Previous research involving historical approaches to the commercialisation of places are typically underpinned by a view of history as linear and chronological. By contrast, the present study adopts a performative view of