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Globalization from top and below: (re)framing (brazilian) margins in two north-american documentaries
No full textDissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Centro de Comunicação e Expressão, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Letras/Inglês e Literatura Correspondente, Florianópolis, 2010This dissertation analyzes the configuration of socioeconomic and national margins in two contemporary North-American documentaries entirely filmed in Brazil--Favela Rising (Jeff Zimbalist and Matt Mochary, 2005) and Manda Bala (Jason Kohn, 2008). In an attempt to contribute to the research on the representation of Brazil in foreign films, the investigation draws upon concepts such as globalization (Appadurai, 1996; Jameson, 2003), identity (Min-ha, 1997), and difference (Appadurai, 1996; Bhabha, 1996) to approach the documentaries not as fixed representations of a given reality, but as cultural texts that might or not be articulated through the notion of nation. The hypothesis is that the analyzed documentaries are sites for the configuration of margins and, for that reason, are privileged instances to observe the constitution of identities and differences. The conclusion-reached through individual and comparative analyses-is that the documentaries present very distinct articulations of socioeconomic and national margins. On one hand, Manda Bala, through an argumentative and circular structure, reinforces socioeconomic identities circumscribed by a Brazilian national margin. Besides presenting a totalizing portrayal of Brazil, Manda Bala reproduces a colonial gaze that fixes Brazilian society as cannibal, and reinforces the dominant gaze that it seeks to criticize. On the other hand, Favela Rising, through a mainly narrative structure, moves the gaze of national proportions towards the favela of Vigário Geral, in Rio de Janeiro. Less than creating a micro-portrait of Brazil, Favela Rising suggests the existence of social formations beyond national margins, whose political strength exists in its refusal of the negative difference imposed by socioeconomic margins. Another conclusion is that the documentaries present, in an opposite and complementary manner, contradictory forces at play in globalization
Editors' Introduction
No full textIn the editors' introduction, the scope of the volume is laid out for a broad readership. The editors present the concept of the book, which covers five decades of scholarship, historical source texts and literary and cultural production from the six Caribbean islands of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in the broad terrain of gender studies. The selection of texts foregrounds voices from the region and features key texts that illuminate the diversity and complexity of gender history, culture and politics in these islands
Scattered Speculations on the ‘Internationalization’ of Performance Research
No full textThe essay looks at what the catchword of ‘internationalisation’ does to the practice of performance research, especially in terms of its pedagogical implications. If internationalisation is seen as the answer, what is the question? What demands does the addition of the qualifier ‘international’ pose to a Humanities department in a city like Amsterdam, historically marked as a global mercantile centre, with a knotted legacy of slavery and prosperity, of colonisation and liberal thought? Finally, what vision of the university could the discipline of Theatre Studies hope to offer, by way of this enticing and ambitious call for internationalisation? Beyond the critique of the financialisation of higher education that most universities and especially Humanities faculties around the world are facing, the essay offers hope generated from the classroom, based on the experiences of the MAIPR Programme from 2008 to 2013. The task that internationalisation confers upon the discipline of Theatre and Performance Studies is the task of thinking and doing beyond the myopic limitations of the national framework. Two aspects of internationalisation, as drawn from the experiences of the day-to-day work of teaching, working with students and co-operating with partner institutions, are charted here. The first aspect relates to the use of English as the language of internationalisation, and the insightful and vexing learning situations it generates. The second aspect reflects on how the idea of performance as epistemology translates into pedagogical practice. The essay pleas for a learning that combines embodiment, live experimentation and reflection, beyond the tired binary of theory and practice. The scope of ‘internationalisation’ of performance research lies in imagining it as a meta-vocational discipline
Dynamics of Network Formation Processes in the Co-Author Model
No full textThis article studies the dynamics in the formation processes of a mutual consent network in game theory setting: the Co-Author Model. In this article, a limited observation is applied and analytical results are derived. Then, 2 parameters are varied: the number of individuals in the network and the initial probability of the links in the network in its initial state. A simulation result shows a finding that is consistent with an analytical result for a state of equilibrium while it also shows different possible equilibria.Dynamics, Network, Game Theory, Model,Simulation, Equilibrium, Complexity
Mantra Tolak Bala Komunitas Dayak Kalimantan Barat: Kajian Semiotik Riffaterre
No full textMotivasi terbesar untuk meneliti mantra tolak bala komunitas Dayak didasarkan pada fenomena bahwa mantra tersebut masih hidup dan digunakan sebagai sarana komunikasi dalam menghadapi dan memaknai setiap peristiwa hidup yang mereka alami. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mendeskripsikan hasil analisis dan interpretasi terhadap makna mantra tolak bala melalui pembacaan heuristik dan hermeneutik; matrik dan model dalam mantra tolak bala; dan hipogram dalam mantra tolak bala komunitas Dayak Kalimantan Barat. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode deskriptif kualitatif dan pendekatan semiotik Riffaterre. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa secara heuristik dan hermeneutik, makna mantra tolak bala berisi permohonan kepada Tuhan agar masyarakat terhindar dari COVID-19, bencana, malapetaka, dan hal-hal buruk yang menggangu kehidupan manusia. Matriks tidak hadir secara langsung dalam teks mantra, model tampil sebagai aktualisasi matriks, dan makna mantra terfokus melalui penetuan model. Hipogram dalam mantra ini merupakan hipogram potensial yang didasarkan pada realita bahwa penggunaan mantra tolak bala telah menjadi ritual yang sakral dan turun-temurun yang mereka yakini dan percayai dapat melindungi mereka dari ancaman marabahaya, malapetaka, dan sakit-penyakit termasuk COVID-19. Mantra tolak bala berfungsi sebagai media komunikasi untuk mengusir makhluk halus yang mendatangkan penyakit, bencana, atau malapetaka
Sang Penolak Bala
No full textKarya Seni yang berjudul Sang Penolak Bala bertujuan memberitahu publik mengenai keberadaan kain Geringsing yang semakin tertekan dengan pengaruh modernisasi ataupun akibat ketidak pahaman publik terhadap filosofinya, sehingga dapat menyebabkan kepunahan bahkan klaim oleh negara lain terhadap seni budaya warisan luhur milik bangsa Indonesia. Seiring perkembangan jaman dan modernisasi telah banyak menggeser bahkan merubah nilai dan fungsi utama dari kain Geringsing yang semua di kemas dalam bentuk dokumenter.Konsep teknis dan estetik penciptaan Karya dokumenter ini memasukkan opini dari beberapa orang yang mengenal kain Geringsing cukup dalam. Melalui opini mereka dokumenter ini akan berbicara mengenai pengaruh modernisasi terhadap Sang Penolak Bala. Dengan menerapkan gaya Ekspositori yang bertujuan mengarahkan penonton untuk menyaksikan suatu peristiwa berdasarkan subjektifitas sutradara, baik melalui naskah, narasi, maupun penyusunan opini narasumber
An Ingenious Portrayal of Mythical Traits in Bala Graha
No full textBala grahas, are a group of organisms, very magnificent divine non human forms that have capability to invade human beings and cause diseases attaining different forms and shapes. Invisible organisms that seize children to cause various illnesses especially those with unrecognized causes can be categorized under the scope of Bala graha. Aim: A novel portrayal of the manifestations of Bala graha to bring in a better opportunity to realize their trait in a more impressing and fascinating manner. Materials and Methods: Bala graha having colossal dimensions cannot be encapsulated easily which paved to the necessity of ingenious portrayal of the same. The approach consisted of thorough searching of several resources which includes Ayurvedic treatises, books, dissertations, conference proceedings and web based scientific databases. The key words that were used for the search consists of Graha, Graha rogas, Bala graha, scientific approach to Bala graha, Bala graha and infectious disorders, pictures of Graha, images of Bala graha. Doing proper literary review revealed that there is sparse tries to enfold Graha rogas and the need to depict the same was considered Conclusion: Bala graha being the untouched and less explored sector of Kaumarabhritya, can be considered eccentric in its origin, invasion, manifestation and management and has very much similarity with infectious disorders. As Grahas attain different size and forms, the depth of the features they produce also varies in its mightiness. Having scrutinized the literature sufficiently arise the need for a new pictorial representation to encapsulate the enormous information regarding the subject matter. This can make the topic much easier to lay hold on and help to recollect the same proficiently
"Let's hope this never comes true" by Buddhists Questioning Bodu Bala Sena
No full textWe like to share this post from "Buddhists Questioning Bodu Bala Sena"'s Facebook page. This page rises many interesting issues concerning the position if Bodu Bala Sena. We warmly invite our readers to visit this Facebook page. source: Buddhists Questioning Bodu Bala Sen
Diffusive author(s), cohesive author: Analysis of S/N (1994)
No full textThis study indicates the ways in which various aspects of the author(s) are brought forth in Dumb type’s performance art, the S/N production. Previous research has suggested a non-hierarchical organization of Dumb type and the absence of a “privileged author” in Dumb type’s collaborative work, S/N. However, the results that I have investigated from member’s interviews on the creative process of S/N along with my analysis of the recorded images of S/N, indicate a different aspect of the author(s). First, S/N was created through, so to speak, the collective ideas of the members of Dumb type. Further, S/N has at least nine quotations from previous performances, installations, and printed writings, besides the work-in-progress technique. Explicating one of the “author functions” as given by Michel Foucault, each text has plural subjects of the author. However, it has been revealed from members’ interviews that Teiji Furuhashi had a decision-making role in selecting the members’ ideas within the performance. Since then, S/N has had plural subjects of creation; however, Furuhashi is one of the subjects of creation along with the “privileged author.” S/N has plural authors (diffusive authors) yet at the same time, it has a “privileged author,” Teiji Furuhashi (cohesive author)
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