FN-komplexet i New York: Det visuella uttryckets roll i en ny generations företagsstad
(2021) KOVK03 20202Division of Art History and Visual Studies
- Abstract
- The American company town has, by several authors, been pronounced dead in its current state. In this study, the concept of the company town is applied to the United Nations Headquarters in New York City. When applying the concept of the company town in a contemporary context, the exact pattern that characterised the company town during the 19th and early 20th century cannot be followed. By making use of semiotic and poststructuralist theory, the study investigates how strategies that defined the company town traditionally relate to, and are reflected in, similar and equivalent strategies exhibited in the UN headquarters. By comparing the analysis of the UN-headquarters in relation to the concepts of de- and reterritorialization,... (More)
- The American company town has, by several authors, been pronounced dead in its current state. In this study, the concept of the company town is applied to the United Nations Headquarters in New York City. When applying the concept of the company town in a contemporary context, the exact pattern that characterised the company town during the 19th and early 20th century cannot be followed. By making use of semiotic and poststructuralist theory, the study investigates how strategies that defined the company town traditionally relate to, and are reflected in, similar and equivalent strategies exhibited in the UN headquarters. By comparing the analysis of the UN-headquarters in relation to the concepts of de- and reterritorialization, denotation, and connotation, to the strategies traditionally used in the company town to exert power, the author concludes that the strategies used in the company town traditionally, as well as in an example of a new company town, are closely linked to the changes that society and the company went through during the early 20th century. The conclusion that is reached also shows that the visual expression of the UN-headquarters plays a greater role than it did in the traditional company town. (Less)
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- author
- Fritzon, Zack LU
- supervisor
- organization
- alternative title
- The UN-complex in New York: The visual expression’s role in a new generation’s company town
- course
- KOVK03 20202
- year
- 2021
- type
- M2 - Bachelor Degree
- subject
- keywords
- United Nations, company town, denotation, connotation, deterritorialization, reterritorialization
- language
- Swedish
- id
- 9039963
- date added to LUP
- 2021-02-09 14:11:31
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- 2021-02-09 14:11:31
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abstract = {{The American company town has, by several authors, been pronounced dead in its current state. In this study, the concept of the company town is applied to the United Nations Headquarters in New York City. When applying the concept of the company town in a contemporary context, the exact pattern that characterised the company town during the 19th and early 20th century cannot be followed. By making use of semiotic and poststructuralist theory, the study investigates how strategies that defined the company town traditionally relate to, and are reflected in, similar and equivalent strategies exhibited in the UN headquarters. By comparing the analysis of the UN-headquarters in relation to the concepts of de- and reterritorialization, denotation, and connotation, to the strategies traditionally used in the company town to exert power, the author concludes that the strategies used in the company town traditionally, as well as in an example of a new company town, are closely linked to the changes that society and the company went through during the early 20th century. The conclusion that is reached also shows that the visual expression of the UN-headquarters plays a greater role than it did in the traditional company town.}},
author = {{Fritzon, Zack}},
language = {{swe}},
note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{FN-komplexet i New York: Det visuella uttryckets roll i en ny generations företagsstad}},
year = {{2021}},
}