Instagram influences our perception and manipulates what we buy, think, and engage with. This has contributed to the digitalization of art and a shift in the shaping of our collective perceptions...Show moreInstagram influences our perception and manipulates what we buy, think, and engage with. This has contributed to the digitalization of art and a shift in the shaping of our collective perceptions of the past. Previous research has indicated that artists and cultural memory are intertwined. Likewise, it demonstrated that social media and cultural memory are connected. However, literature on cultural memory theory has rarely been developed in context of academic research of the combination of artists and social media. This thesis will use qualitative research methods and the theories of Halbwachs’ collective memory, Warburg’s social memory and Nora’s sites of memory in addition to other expert’s analysis to investigate how contemporary artists’ use of Instagram affects the theory of cultural memory. The combination of this research illuminates that artists and their fans are in the unique position to create a visible anchor of memory by shaping or viewing Instagram as a carefully curated exhibition site. This thesis’ purpose is to add value to memory studies, social media research and art history literature streams by taking insights from cultural memory research and applying it to social media research.Show less
What to do when confronted with fractured memories? This is a question that arises when thinking about the remnants of the internal conflict in Peru that took place between the years 1980 and 2000....Show moreWhat to do when confronted with fractured memories? This is a question that arises when thinking about the remnants of the internal conflict in Peru that took place between the years 1980 and 2000. The aftermath of this conflict has left the country aching for ways to represent and make sense of the events that allowed for the deaths of over 30.000 people to go unaccounted and unacknowledged until the official reports made by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission were published in 2003. The mistreatment and indifference towards the lives of the people affected by this conflict has led artists such as Maya Watanabe to look for artistic ways to deal with the remnants of the tragedy. Through her video, Liminal, the Peruvian artist strives to make sense of the traumatic memory of the victims by filming the exhumation of the clandestine mass graves where their bodies were tossed. Hence, in this thesis the implications of representing such traumatic events and the role that the medium of film has on such representation will be analysed.Show less
Bachelor thesis | Griekse en Latijnse taal en cultuur (BA)
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In dit eindwerkstuk heb ik geprobeerd het gedicht De reditu suo van Rutilius Namatianus te koppelen aan theorieën over landschap, aan de hand van de vraag, hoe Rutilius omgaat met het landschap...Show moreIn dit eindwerkstuk heb ik geprobeerd het gedicht De reditu suo van Rutilius Namatianus te koppelen aan theorieën over landschap, aan de hand van de vraag, hoe Rutilius omgaat met het landschap waar hij doorheen reist. Op twee verschillende niveaus heb ik geprobeerd te beschrijven hoe deze omgang in De reditu suo plaatsvindt. Op macroniveau zien we een aantal contrasten, die als een soort thema’s door het gehele gedicht lopen. Analyse op microniveau biedt de mogelijkheid om de afzonderlijke plaatsen die Rutilius bezoekt los te halen uit de langere lijn van het reisnarratief, en zo te bekijken hoe de plaatsen als mnemotopen functioneren.Show less
In the Korean War, almost 4000 Dutch men served under the flag of the United Nations. Since the end of the war, the veterans came home to a society that showed very little interest in their...Show moreIn the Korean War, almost 4000 Dutch men served under the flag of the United Nations. Since the end of the war, the veterans came home to a society that showed very little interest in their experiences in Korea. This study tries to determine to what extent a cultural memory of the Dutch participation in the Korean has been established and how veterans and Dutch government have contributed to this cultural memory.Show less
Son of Saul- A New Approach in the Inheritance of Cultural Memory of the Holocaust This thesis argues that the movie Son of Saul seeks to inherit the cultural memory of the Holocaust in a different...Show moreSon of Saul- A New Approach in the Inheritance of Cultural Memory of the Holocaust This thesis argues that the movie Son of Saul seeks to inherit the cultural memory of the Holocaust in a different way compared to previous Holocaust movies. While other movies such as ‘Sindler’s list’ or ‘Shoah’ are not able to illustrate objectively the ‘death camp’, ‘Son of Saul’ seeks to depict it as it was. The movie shows similarities with the so-called ‘Counter monuments’ in its artistic approach. Both artefact involves the audience and do not let them observe from an outsider point of view. The main aim of Son of Saul is to portray an account of the essence and the moral message of the Holocaust for future generations, who will not have the opportunity to meet survivors, and therefore it creates a historical narrative of its own.Show less
This thesis aims to discover the extent to which the exhibition "The Lost Museum: The Berlin Paintings and Sculpture Collection 70 years after WWII" at the Bode Museum can be described as an agent...Show moreThis thesis aims to discover the extent to which the exhibition "The Lost Museum: The Berlin Paintings and Sculpture Collection 70 years after WWII" at the Bode Museum can be described as an agent of political catharsis and historical abreaction both in Germany and in German-Russian relations. Berlin and Germany’s cultural memory is complex, with the preservation of this cultural memory being of importance to city planners, curators and the public by and large. This exhibition represents a way in which this difficult memory can be addressed and used as a means of looking forward. In a sense, the museum undertakes an “abreaction” of painful cultural memory. The use of replicas and the dedication to research in museums, in both Russia and Germany bring about solutions to painful loss and disputed property and “reactivates” the memory of artworks lost at the end of World War II through destruction and theft.Show less
The War on Drugs has largely been declared a policy failure, and the attack on the supply-side has been subject to scholarly debate (see Bagley, Bertram, Nadelmann, Tokatlian, Johns etc.). This is...Show moreThe War on Drugs has largely been declared a policy failure, and the attack on the supply-side has been subject to scholarly debate (see Bagley, Bertram, Nadelmann, Tokatlian, Johns etc.). This is in contrast to the somewhat glorified war narrative of ‘good versus bad’ that Narcos imposes on the events that occurred in early 1980s Colombia. The show’s perpetuation of the War on Drugs supply-side logic, the juxtaposition of narcotrafficantes with communism, and the demonization of the narcos all serve to justify the suspension of morality in the war against the narcos.Show less
Research master thesis | Archaeology (research) (MA/MSc)
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The research is an ethnographic fieldwork in combination with a library research. The information that is used comes from archaeological, historical and ethnographical sources. The ethnographical...Show moreThe research is an ethnographic fieldwork in combination with a library research. The information that is used comes from archaeological, historical and ethnographical sources. The ethnographical research was performed in the province of Jujuy in Argentina. The native people of Jujuy are Collas. They have lost many characteristics of their culture, but they preserve some cultural traits, like agriculture, the gathering and production of salt, the making of traditional music instruments, weaving techniques, the cult to the Pacha Mama and many beliefs and rituals that are combined with the catholic religion. Textiles form a vital part of the Andean society. They have a social and cultural meaning and are used as a form of visual language that is understood by both the weaver and its community. All the aspects giving “life” to textiles, such as their symbols, motives, weaving techniques, the weaver, etc., reflect religious concepts and the social and cultural meaning that they have. Furthermore, textiles are fixed in the cultural memory and identity of the native communities of Jujuy. The cultural identity of theses cultures are materialized in their textiles. This Master thesis focuses on the native communities in the province of Jujuy, Argentina and how their inhabitants experience, live, practice and create their cultural identity through the practice of Andean weaving. The thesis tries to interpret the recuperation of this old Andean weaving practice as a constructor and invigorator of the cultural identity of these native communities.Show less