Modern Water Sprites
In the 1950s, the Swedish State Power Board Vattenfall commissioned a large number of short films documenting the construction of water power plants in northern Sweden. Focusing on a selection of these films, I argue in this chapter that Vattenfall’s film production must be seen in the context of a...
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cramsterunivpr:10.5117/9789462986534_ch07 2024-05-19T07:46:06+00:00 Modern Water Sprites Zimmer, Fabian 2023 http://dx.doi.org/10.5117/9789462986534_ch07 https://scienceopen.com/book?vid=169dd8c2-fedf-46c7-a7bb-c985a565badc unknown Amsterdam University Press https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ Films That Work Harder ISBN 9789048537815 9789048537815 9789462986534 book-chapter 2023 cramsterunivpr https://doi.org/10.5117/9789462986534_ch07 2024-04-30T06:40:15Z In the 1950s, the Swedish State Power Board Vattenfall commissioned a large number of short films documenting the construction of water power plants in northern Sweden. Focusing on a selection of these films, I argue in this chapter that Vattenfall’s film production must be seen in the context of a larger shift in Vattenfall’s PR strategies. Starting in the 1950s, Vattenfall used film as a central medium for mitigating conflicts surrounding the construction of water power plants. Mobilizing new and ambivalent narratives of modernity, the films were designed to depict Vattenfall as an environmentally and socially friendly company –an image that was perfectly embodied by the allegory of the modern water sprite. Book Part Northern Sweden Amsterdam University Press (AUP) Nieuwe Prinsengracht 89 1018 VR Amsterdam Nederland |
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In the 1950s, the Swedish State Power Board Vattenfall commissioned a large number of short films documenting the construction of water power plants in northern Sweden. Focusing on a selection of these films, I argue in this chapter that Vattenfall’s film production must be seen in the context of a larger shift in Vattenfall’s PR strategies. Starting in the 1950s, Vattenfall used film as a central medium for mitigating conflicts surrounding the construction of water power plants. Mobilizing new and ambivalent narratives of modernity, the films were designed to depict Vattenfall as an environmentally and socially friendly company –an image that was perfectly embodied by the allegory of the modern water sprite. |
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