Finding Home Among The Stars: Making sense of my experience as a refugee through science fiction
2025 (English)Independent thesis Advanced level (degree of Master (Two Years)), 5 HE credits
Student thesis [Artistic work]Alternative title
Hitta Hem Bland Stjärnorna : Att förstå min erfarenhet som flykting genom science fiction (Swedish)
Abstract [en]
This essay delves into the author’s experience as a Ukrainian refugee in Sweden by exploring the part science fiction media plays in creating a safe space for processing the complicated mixture of homesickness, grief and nostalgia. It uses examples of science fiction films and series to highlight the genre’s unique characteristic and explains the usage of it in the author’s own artistic practice.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2025. , p. 10
Keywords [en]
Science fiction, film, animation, animated series, estrangement, refuge, refugee, Ukraine, Russian Invasion of Ukraine, nostalgia, procrastination, home, homesickness, grief
National Category
Humanities and the Arts
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:kkh:diva-1120OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kkh-1120DiVA, id: diva2:1975205
Presentation
2025-05-30, Mindepartementet, Stockholm, 10:00 (English)
Supervisors
Examiners
2025-06-262025-06-232025-09-10Bibliographically approved