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Biopolitical Happiness Network: A case study of the Happiness Museum in Copenhagen
Malmö University, Faculty of Culture and Society (KS), School of Arts and Communication (K3).
2022 (English)Independent thesis Advanced level (degree of Master (Two Years)), 80 credits / 120 HE creditsStudent thesis
Abstract [en]

Research on happiness, quality of life, and well-being has become increasingly popular in the academic field and among the general public over the past few years, as thousands of self-help books, podcasts, and personal coaching entered the global market. There has even been established a new academic discipline - happiness studies. This thesis approach happiness from the perspective of critical cultural studies with the aim to trace the happiness network and grasp the “art of governance” employed to a life worth living. 

 

With the application of the Actor-Network Theory as a method, this case study of the Happiness Museum in Copenhagen sheds the light on the actors of the happiness network and its relationships with(in) culture, politics and the market. 

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2022. , p. 45
Keywords [en]
happiness, Actor-Network Theory, governmentality, biopolitics
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Cultural Studies
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URN: urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-53159OAI: oai:DiVA.org:mau-53159DiVA, id: diva2:1673192
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KS K3 Culture and Change
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Available from: 2022-06-21 Created: 2022-06-20 Last updated: 2022-06-21Bibliographically approved

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