Browsing University of Galway Theses by Author "Crosson, Seán"
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Cultural glocalization or resistance? Interrogating the production of YouTube videos at an Irish summer college through practice-based research
Mac Dubhghaill, Uinsionn (2017-03)This thesis includes the film Dúshlán Lurgan/The Lurgan Challenge and a written exegesis which reflects on the film's 'generative performance'. The film asks if making Irish-language versions of music videos in English at ... -
Disability, deficiency and excess: a critical re-examination of the construction, production and representations of physical disability in contemporary European film
Casey, James (2014-06-26)This thesis critically investigates three contemporary European disability films to examine how representation and metaphor are used to present physical disability as deficient in comparison with the able-bodied ideal. The ... -
I-Ulysses: poetry in motion. An educational virtual reality guide to the unfolding events of the ‘Wandering Rocks’ chapter of Joyce’s Ulysses.
Colreavy-Donnelly, Simon (2016-01-29)A spatial and temporal virtual reality experience, guiding the user through the unfolding events of the ‘Wandering Rocks’ chapter of James Joyce’s Ulysses. This is an educational tool intended to help the user understand ... -
Living the stories we create: an educational response to narrative in the digital age
McCabe, Ellen (2015-11-30)Narrative forms, play a vital role in human enrichment and development. Through them we acquire a sense not only of our environment, but of our own identity. We are drawn to describe our world and subsequently seek to ... -
Punk aesthetics in cinema: The intersections of punk movements, queer histories and subcultural filmmaking
Gürbüz, Temmuz Süreyya (NUI Galway, 2021-10-24)This research combines historical and political investigations into the relationship between punk subcultures and film, tracing the development of punk aesthetics on screen through certain independent, avant-garde and ... -
The role of Irish and Irish-themed media in the formation and maintenance of Irish cultural identity in Britain
Dwyer, Dan (NUI Galway, 2023-05-31)This thesis is an exploration of the role of Irish media in the formation and maintenance of Irish cultural identity in Britain. Cultural identity is understood as a discursive construct formed and maintained by social ...