Ny kurslitteratur i konstvetenskap – Semiotik

Vad innebär det att tala om en bild som ikonisk eller bildelement i termer av symboler? Inom konstvetenskap används ofta begreppet semiotik. I den här boken, Semiotik. Teoretiska tillämpningar i konstvetenskap 3, demonstrerar bidragen i boken exempel på hur semiotisk teori kan användas. Bokens sex kapitel syftar till att visa på den bredd av studieobjekt … More Ny kurslitteratur i konstvetenskap – Semiotik

Samernas nationaldag – läs om hur samisk konst uteslutits av konsthistorikerna

Under samemötet i Trondheim (Tråante) den 6-9 februari 1917 samlades samer från både den norska och svenska sidan av gränsen. Mötet lade grunden för samernas nationaldag den 6 februari. Samemötet blev också starten på en gemensam samisk politik och en konstnärlig sammanslutning över nationalstatsgränserna i Norden. Samerna diskuterade bland annat de utmaningar som nationalstaternas gränslinjer … More Samernas nationaldag – läs om hur samisk konst uteslutits av konsthistorikerna

New book investigates digital society, digital culture, and digital media objects

The studies in this book introduce the new research field “digital human sciences,” which include the humanities, the social sciences, and law. From their different disciplinary outlooks, the authors share the aim of discussing and developing methods and approaches for investigating digital society, digital culture, and digital media objects. … More New book investigates digital society, digital culture, and digital media objects

New OA Textbook in Art History: Kontextualisering (Contextualisation) #newbook #oabooks

One of the most common Concepts in Humanities This book is about a concept which is constantly used in many different ways, but also one of the most common concepts in humanities: context. However, the significance and use of this concept shifts between disciplines, and sometimes within the same discipline. All chapters in this edited … More New OA Textbook in Art History: Kontextualisering (Contextualisation) #newbook #oabooks

New book from Stockholm University Press: Modernism as Institution: On the Establishment of an Aesthetic and Historiographic Paradigm

Is it possible to distinguish between the history of modern art and the history of modernism? Anyone who studies the history of modern art—in art museums, in the classroom, in art historical handbooks or specialist surveys—will soon be aware of a certain recurrent pattern governing the selection of objects and forming a certain type of … More New book from Stockholm University Press: Modernism as Institution: On the Establishment of an Aesthetic and Historiographic Paradigm

New book from Stockholm University Press: Don’t be Quiet, Start a Riot: Essays on Feminism and Performance by Tiina Rosenberg

Tiina Rosenberg’s latest book is freely available to the public in English through open access publishing, an innovative method of disseminating her studies of Swedish Performing Arts, feminism, and performance worldwide. “I hope that publishing these essays in an open access format will enable a wider audience to share the insights of Scandinavian research into … More New book from Stockholm University Press: Don’t be Quiet, Start a Riot: Essays on Feminism and Performance by Tiina Rosenberg