Drawing on sociological systems theory and a variety of empirical material, the thesis investigates tattooing as a social phenomenon. It suggests that tattooing is constituted by both economic and artistic communication, while emerging in a special form of communication called parallax.

The thesis shows that due to its special form tattooing has effects on how it is organized and described. While the study focuses on tattooing and related social phenomena, it also suggests that the chosen approach may be useful for the analysis of other phenomena.

Supervisors:
Associate Professor Anders la Cour
Professor Urs Stäheli, Hamburg University

Assessment Committee:
Associate Professor Holger Højlund (Chair)
Department of Management, Politics and Philosophy, Copenhagen Business School
Professor Dr. Michael Hutter
Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung
Professor Dr. Wolfgang Mayrhofer
Wirtschaftsuniversität (WU) Wien

Everyone is welcome to attend the defence, which will take place in English.

The defence will be followed by a reception in the Gallery, Porcelænshaven

 

The thesis is available from http://openarchive.cbs.dk/handle/10398/8365  

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