Browsing University of Galway Theses by Author "Stoneman, Rod"
Now showing items 1-10 of 10
-
Being in the land: a sculptural investigation of ecology
Hutton, Eileen (2012-04-04)This doctoral research addresses the question: How may sculpture be generated as a result of a reciprocal relationship with the natural environment? Through an integrated theoretical and practical framework, the sculptures ... -
Comedy Italian Style: an Evolution of Italian Neorealism
Boitani, Giacomo (2011-11-30)This dissertation examines the relationship between the critically revered cinematic mode of production flourished in Italy at the end of World War II known as "neorealism" (1945-1954) and the commercially successful Italian ... -
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 ... -
The Legacy (Das Vermächtnis): the role of cultural production in the reprocessing of collective experiences that are equivalent to trauma
Dinkelbach, Stefanie (2013-10-08)This project attempts to address and raise awareness of a loss of social and emotional connection (Bezugsverlust) that has developed over time in German society and explains how this disconnection can, and has, led to ... -
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 ... -
Nietzsche's askesis and philosophy as a style of life
Riel, Trine (NUI Galway, 2019-05-08)In its original Greek sense askesis means ‘exercise.’ As such askesis is practical; it names the very idea of practice as an activity, and askesis is aspirational; it indicates an aim for which the practice is undertaken. ... -
The Palestine Solidarity Movement in Ireland and the UK: mediating and framing Palestine online
Abuayyash, Shadi (2016-09-19)This research explores the Palestine Solidarity Movement’s contemporary collective action in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland and the impact of online media on the dynamics of the movement’s activism. It does ... -
The Representation and Narrative Function of a Character's Unconscious in the Films of Luis Bunuel, Alfred Hitchcock and Krzysztof Kieslowski
Johnson, Veronica (2013-06-04)Summary of Contents This thesis has examined a phenomenon that is unusual in cinema - the use of a character's unconscious as a motivating factor for action and narrative progression. The three directors chosen for this ... -
Suspended pratfalls: Slapstick in contemporary art
Hanes, Levi (2018-02-22)This thesis considers a comedic trend in contemporary art that engages in a process of critical enquiry towards its own material structure and contextual frameworks. Certain contemporary artists employ a form of critical ...