This thesis discusses the instrumentalization of cultural heritage within political conflict by the Russian Federation in the case of Scythian Gold. It gives a discourse analysis of statements made...Show moreThis thesis discusses the instrumentalization of cultural heritage within political conflict by the Russian Federation in the case of Scythian Gold. It gives a discourse analysis of statements made about the conflict and discusses the instrumentalization of Scythian Gold within the conflict and within the Russian Federations nation-building.Show less
Chinese films can be subjected to Jungian symbol analysis. By constructing a Jungian analytic framework, archetypal elements in film can be found and explained. Fei Mu's 'Spring in a Small Town' ...Show moreChinese films can be subjected to Jungian symbol analysis. By constructing a Jungian analytic framework, archetypal elements in film can be found and explained. Fei Mu's 'Spring in a Small Town' (1948) and Alan Mak and Andrew Lau's 'Infernal Affairs' (2005) both yield ample material when subjected to a Jungian analysis. Selectivity, subjectivity and the impossibility of falsification remain problematic when analyzing films for symbols.Show less
