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Using visual signifiers to distinguish between fact and fiction in science shows
Tommy´s Ph D thesis research investigates how authenticity and virtuality is visually represented in science shows and similar moving images within the area of public understanding of science. How can you show that an image does not represent reality? How can you tell the audience the authenticity of what they see? How could the producers of science shows use visual signifiers to distinguish between fact, fiction, and the continuum in between? Thommy will study visual signifiers in science show documentaries as well as feature films, in order to draw ideas and methods from the visual storytelling used in such movies.
Thommy has the intention that this work will lead up to a poetic for signifying virtuality. He uses self- and auto-ethnography methods to study his own and colleague´s everyday work and design processes. The studied work processes have been part of production projects together with Universeum (the science center in Göteborg), Utbildningsradion and in two research projects together with Stanford University. Semiotics and hermeneutics form the ground for analysis and interpretation. Film theory and documentarism as mentioned are also part of his theoretical foundation. Public understanding of science is incorporated as a special case of documentarism.
Content Responsible: Katarina Clase
Updated: 2009-01-23 |
Organizational affiliation
IT-universitetet i Göteborg (Chalmers University of Technology), Konstnärlig fakultet (University of Göteborg)
Project type
Ph.D. project
Project period
2006-2010
Status
Ongoing
Doctoral candidate
Thommy Eriksson
Supervisor
Sven Andersson
Co Supervisor
Karin Wagner
Funded by
Chalmers and various funds, e.g. the Wallenberg Foundation
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