118 research outputs found
Le pouvoir des médias et la fragmentation identitaire dans les oeuvres de Larry Tremblay
No full textPlusieurs études ont déjà relevé la place singulière qu’occupe le personnage dans la dramaturgie de Larry Tremblay. Les œuvres de cet auteur québécois regorgent effectivement d’individus tourmentés par l’environnement dans lequel ils évoluent. Durant les 20 dernières années, la thématique des médias a particulièrement été l’objet de l’attention de l’auteur. En créant des pièces ayant comme centre l’univers médiatique, Larry Tremblay entreprend de poser un regard critique sur cet aspect important touchant la société actuelle. Dans le cadre de ce mémoire, l’objectif est donc d’étudier plus spécifiquement les différents personnages du dramaturge lorsque ceux-ci sont placés dans des contextes où ils sont envahis par les médias. Il s’agira de montrer comment le dramaturge expose les effets néfastes du pouvoir des médias en abordant la question du regard, de la banalité, du vide, du narcissisme ainsi que de la désillusion marquant l’époque contemporaine. L’analyse des œuvres Ogre (1995), Téléroman (1997) et Grande écoute (2015) permettra de montrer que c’est par l’intermédiaire de personnages dont l’identité se morcelle et se transforme, que Larry Tremblay expose les conséquences les plus importantes qu’entraine la société médiatique sur l’individu. L’objet de ce mémoire est de saisir l’évolution de la pensée de l’auteur à l’égard des médias et de comprendre comment ses personnages ont évolué au fil du temps parallèlement au domaine médiatique.Many studies have already examined the singular place occupied by the character in Larry Tremblay’s dramaturgy. This Quebec author’s works are filled with many individuals who are deeply affected by the environment they live in. For the past 20 years, the playwright’s particular interest in the theme of media has been observed. By creating plays in which the media are at the forefront, Larry Tremblay takes a critical look at an important aspect of current society. In the context of this thesis, the objective is therefore to study more specifically Tremblay’s characters who are in environments pervaded by the media. In order to show how the author exposes the negative impacts of the power of the media, we will address the question of the gaze, the banality, the void, the narcissism, as well as that of the disillusion that touches our time. The analysis of Ogre (1995), Téléroman (1997) and Grande écoute (2015) will demonstrate that it is through characters whose identity is crumbling and changing that Larry Tremblay denounces the most disastrous consequences stemming from the media for individuals. The purpose of this thesis is to grasp the evolution of the author’s thought regarding media and to understand how his characters have evolved over time alongside the media
Le pouvoir des médias et la fragmentation identitaire dans les oeuvres de Larry Tremblay
No full textPlusieurs études ont déjà relevé la place singulière qu’occupe le personnage dans la dramaturgie de Larry Tremblay. Les œuvres de cet auteur québécois regorgent effectivement d’individus tourmentés par l’environnement dans lequel ils évoluent. Durant les 20 dernières années, la thématique des médias a particulièrement été l’objet de l’attention de l’auteur. En créant des pièces ayant comme centre l’univers médiatique, Larry Tremblay entreprend de poser un regard critique sur cet aspect important touchant la société actuelle. Dans le cadre de ce mémoire, l’objectif est donc d’étudier plus spécifiquement les différents personnages du dramaturge lorsque ceux-ci sont placés dans des contextes où ils sont envahis par les médias. Il s’agira de montrer comment le dramaturge expose les effets néfastes du pouvoir des médias en abordant la question du regard, de la banalité, du vide, du narcissisme ainsi que de la désillusion marquant l’époque contemporaine. L’analyse des œuvres Ogre (1995), Téléroman (1997) et Grande écoute (2015) permettra de montrer que c’est par l’intermédiaire de personnages dont l’identité se morcelle et se transforme, que Larry Tremblay expose les conséquences les plus importantes qu’entraine la société médiatique sur l’individu. L’objet de ce mémoire est de saisir l’évolution de la pensée de l’auteur à l’égard des médias et de comprendre comment ses personnages ont évolué au fil du temps parallèlement au domaine médiatique.Many studies have already examined the singular place occupied by the character in Larry Tremblay’s dramaturgy. This Quebec author’s works are filled with many individuals who are deeply affected by the environment they live in. For the past 20 years, the playwright’s particular interest in the theme of media has been observed. By creating plays in which the media are at the forefront, Larry Tremblay takes a critical look at an important aspect of current society. In the context of this thesis, the objective is therefore to study more specifically Tremblay’s characters who are in environments pervaded by the media. In order to show how the author exposes the negative impacts of the power of the media, we will address the question of the gaze, the banality, the void, the narcissism, as well as that of the disillusion that touches our time. The analysis of Ogre (1995), Téléroman (1997) and Grande écoute (2015) will demonstrate that it is through characters whose identity is crumbling and changing that Larry Tremblay denounces the most disastrous consequences stemming from the media for individuals. The purpose of this thesis is to grasp the evolution of the author’s thought regarding media and to understand how his characters have evolved over time alongside the media
Public Ignorance and Estate Tax Repeal: The Effect of Partisan Differences and Survey Incentives
No full textWe re-examine whether the broad support for repeal of the estate tax is a result of citizen ignorance. We find that increasing information about the estate tax or politics in general has very different effects on Republicans and Democrats. While high and low-information Republicans support estate tax repeal, Democratic support is higher among those who know less. However, most highly-informed people in both parties support repeal. We also show that standard surveys overestimate the extent of misinformation about the estate tax. Therefore, “ignorance” is not a compelling explanation of why so many people support estate tax repeal.estate tax; voter competence; survey research; experimental economics; public policy
Issue #7 - October 23, 1974
No full textOct. 23, 1974. 12 pgs.
S.C. pres. Smith forced to resign after non-confidence motion; Council also voted non-confidence in the Executive Committee; New pres. Marc Duguay.
Editor: John Frankie
Layout: Barry Nesbitt, Allan Grover
Photography: Bruce McMulkin, Nancy Bloom, al Lysaught, Sandy Bachelor
Entertainment Editor: Peter Russell
Staff: Barb Munro, Mary Lou Brinker, hilary Forrest, Andrew Nikiforuk, Liz Brittain, Patricia Phillips, Anne Meggs, Sharon Kelly, Rhonda Nissenbaum, Farrel Haynes, Doug Graham, Larry Mohring, Glen Gaynor, Paul Dowling, Stephen Godfrey, Anne Marzalik, Susan Elliot, Catherine Cooper, Sophia Hodipetros, Christopher Hume, Peter Crane, Janet Bennitt, Cindy Randall, Mike Church, Jan Penhorwood, Roberta Powers, Cathy Scott, Milana Todroff, Doug Gayton, Marney Gattinger, Donna Yawching
Union pulls together by Marc Duguay
By-Election results 74-75
Dateline: Monday 10 pm
Pat Smith resigns - Marc Duguay takes over the reins
Glendon counselling services a human resource centre
Hotplates beware
Roughing up the bush by Hilary Forrest
At Glendon the trees are taller than the buildings
Straightening the facts
Grab Bag
Glendon student union finally talks back by Peter Bennett
Mystery hot spot by Doug Graham
Student's council bulletin by Emeric De Kovachich'
The story at protem
Dostoevsky by Stephen Barrick
On strike; labour struggles in Canada by Larry Mohring
Jazz comes to Glendon college by George Hewson
Station 10
Classical concert well received by Sophia Hodipetros
At the Nickleodeon
Kilroy is coming to Camino real October 30 and 31 8pm the pipe room
Oktoberfest ist wunderbar
Concert: Daryl Hall and John Oakes by Glen Gaynor
Jubalay - nice music but not much more by Donna Yawching
Beggers Banquet inexpensive
The face of a glendon president past and present
union pulls together? someone thinks no
Book Reviews
No full text'Searching for a Better Society: The Peruvian Economy from 1950'; Author: by John Sheahan; Reviewer:Raul Hopkins; 'Democratisation in Africa'; Editors: Larry Diamond and Marc F. Plattner; Reviewer: Jan Kees van Donge; 'Exchange Rate Misalignment: Concepts and Measurement for Developing Countries'; Editors: Lawrence E. Hinkle and Peter J. Montiel; Reviewer: Christopher Tsoukis; 'Orangi Pilot Project, Reminiscences and Reflections'; Author: Akhtar Hameed Khan; Reviewer: Jo Beall; 'Whey Governments Waste Natural Resources: Policy Failures in Developing Countries'; Author: William Ascher; Reviewer: Julio Pena-Torres; 'Evaluating Development Aid - Issues, Problems and Solutions'; Author: Basil Cracknell; Reviewer: Mike Faber; 'Development Microeconomics'; Authors: Pranab Bardhan and Christopher Udry; Reviewer: Scott McDonald; 'Economic and Social Changes in Czech Society After 1989: An Alternative View'; Authors: Lubomir Mlcoch, Pavel Machonin and Milan Sojka; Reviewer: Alasdair MacBean; 'Resistance to the Shah: Landowners and Ulama in Iran'; Author: Mohammad Gholi Majd; Reviewer: Rodney Wilson; 'Corruption and Democratisation'; Editors: Alan Doig and Robin Theobald; Reviewer: Heather A. Marquette;Review Books,
On evildoers: A Foucaultian analysis of the discursive structuring of contemporary terrorism
No full textTerrorism is routinely portrayed in the twenty first century as an evil perpetrated by Arab/Muslim barbarians—Evildoers—waging a holy war against the Western civilisation. This study challenges not just this present understanding of terrorism, but the very existence of a ding an sich of terrorism. Using a combination of Foucault’s archaeological and genealogical methods it provides an alternative history of the phenomenon in the form of a history of its discursive structuring: the regimes of practices that governed what could and could not be thought of, identified, defined, known, judged and punished as ‘terrorism’ during particular epochs, and particular places. It asserts that the conceptual anchor point of the present Evildoer-terrorist is the rebel who opposes established order, and identifies the first such figure in modern Western history as the Devil who rebelled against God and came to play a significant politico religious role in Western societies of the Middle Ages. The discourse of ‘terrorism’ emerged from the epistemic spaces created from the separation of religion and politics in the eighteenth century, from when onwards rebellion was no longer a sin but a crime. Since then, various other rebels have been brought under the domain of terrorism during different epochs, the latest of whom is the Evildoer. This is not to say that the Devil remained a blatant constant in the forefront of Western terrorism discourse, but that the various rebels share a conceptual history that made it possible for the contemporary terrorist to be the Evildoer that he is. How the rebels came to be known as terrorists during various epochs and the various mechanisms implemented to defend societies against them, it is argued, are irrevocably linked: one could not exist without the other. The contemporary terrorist cannot be known as an Evildoer without the War on Terror; at the same time, the War on Terror cannot be waged without the knowledge of the terrorist as an Evildoer. To demonstrate this power/knowledge dyad at work, this study analyses what was said and done about terrorism by the United States and the United Kingdom, the foremost allies in the War on Terror, during its first ten years. In the differences in their discourses emerges not just the ontological uncertainty of terrorism but also how these mechanisms for establishing the ‘truth’ of terrorism function as mechanisms of power. It is asserted that the Evildoer has made possible, and was made possible by, some of the most significant changes in how power is exercised in Western societies since the separation of religion and politics in the eighteenth century
DOMESTIC AND TRADE POLICY FOR CENTRAL AND EAST EUROPEAN AGRICULTURE
No full textInternational Relations/Trade,
The race for Muslim hearts and minds : a social movement analysis of the U.S. war on terror and popular support in the Muslim world
No full textAccording to conventional wisdom winning hearts and minds is one of the most important goals for defeating terrorism. However, despite repeated claims about U.S. efforts to build popular support as part of the war on terror during the first seven years after 9/11, a steady stream of polls and surveys delivered troubling news. Using a counterinsurgency and social movement informed approach, I explain why the United States performed poorly in the race for Muslim hearts and minds, with a specific focus on problems inherent in the social construction of terrorism, the use of an enemy-centric model while overestimating agency, and the counterproductive effect of policy choices on framing processes.
Popular support plays wide-ranging roles in counterterrorism, including: influencing recruitment, fundraising, operational support, and the flow of intelligence; providing credibility and legitimacy; and, sanctifying or marginalizing violence. Recognizing this the U.S. emphasized public diplomacy, foreign aid, positive military-civilian interactions, democracy promotion, and other efforts targeting populations in the Muslim world.
To explain the problems these efforts had, this thesis argues that how Americans think and talk about terrorism, reflected especially in the rhetoric and strategic narrative of the Bush administration, evolved after 9/11 to reinforce normative and enemy-centric biases undermining both understanding of the underlying conflicts and resulting efforts. U.S. policy advocates further misjudged American agency, especially in terms of overemphasizing U.S. centrality, failing to recognize the importance of real grievances, and overestimating American ability to implement its own policies or control the policies of local governments. Finally, the failure to acknowledge the role of U.S. policies counterproductively impacted contested framing processes influencing the evolution of mobilization. The resulting rhetoric and actions reinforced existing anti- American views, contributed to the perception that the war on terror is really a war on Islam, and undermined natural counter narratives
Filmic machines and animated monsters: retelling Frankenstein in the digital age
No full textFrankensteinian monsters have appeared on our screens since the early days of cinema. Indeed, across the history of film we see Mary Shelley’s “hideous progeny” rewritten as alchemical creations, animated corpses, lumbering fiends, robots, cyborgs, replicants, dinosaurs, artificial intelligences and digital constructions. In particular, Shelley’s text shares its speculative depiction of a posthuman future with fantastic and science-fictional cinema of the digital age. At the same time, posthuman bodies are being created by filmmakers. New possibilities in the digital imaging of human presence – from the replacement of actors with computer-generated imagery to the quest for photorealism in digital animation – themselves evoke the Frankenstein tale and consequently make interesting contributions to the evolving Frankenstein myth.
This thesis investigates the retelling of Frankenstein in popular cinema of the digital age. Through close analysis of a series of chosen texts, I examine the figure of the Frankensteinian monster and his/her/its equivalents in today’s popular culture: posthuman figures who negotiate uneasily with the organic world, boundary creatures who both define and unsettle our understandings of human being. I consider the way the tale, its themes and characters have both endured and evolved over time. I also examine the way these new filmic “machines” and animated “monsters” embody crucial problems associated with the technologies that screen them and the media that contain them.
My concern in this project is twofold. Firstly, I seek to map the (changing) relationship between Frankenstein and film. Since the early 1900s, cinema has provided a fertile ground for the retelling of Shelley’s tale. At the same time, cinema itself has always been a sort of Frankensteinian experiment: a means of breathing life into stillness, of constructing and re-constructing human presence, of stitching together fragmented moments to create a semblance of wholeness. In the digital age, this experiment grows and changes: new modes of production are continually being trialled, allowing us to re-create and re-present human presence in new and often bizarre ways. The figure of the Frankensteinian monster confronts and responds to these concerns, embodying and performing the uncanny, spectacular, mechanical, or organic-mechanical nature of screen presence.
Secondly, this thesis reads the Frankensteinian monster as a mythic figure for the digital age. I move towards the assertion that Frankenstein is a tale about the artificial body and its negotiation with a lost or disrupted origin in the organic world, and that this particular problem reverberates strongly in an age of digital representation. The analyses that constitute this thesis contribute to the argument that each time the Frankenstein tale is retold, re-technologised, and re-imagined using new filmic techniques, the problem of the screen body and its troubled origin stories is revisited and complicated
Saving Muslim women in the era of Axis of Evil? : pious women’s movement advocates in Iran, 2001-2010
No full textThis thesis aims to investigate US foreign policies in the post-9/11 world, focusing on
the ways in which they affected the Iranian women’s movement after Iran was included in the Axis of Evil in January 2002. The focus of the thesis draws on the Bush Administration’s decision to use Muslim women’s human rights as moral justifications for the War on Terror. The thesis argues that, despite the US commitment to Iranian women’s human rights, Iranian women’s movement advocates have found themselves in an even more challenging environment. Both the physical and discursive spaces for women’s activism has been narrowed due to the increasing violence, deteriorating living conditions resulting from the US/Western sanctions and hardline nationalist-militaristic politics. Drawing mainly on postcolonial feminism, the thesis evaluates how artificially enacted gendered, racial and sexualised exclusions and borders contributed to this. The thesis contends that after 9/11, the Bush Administration’s identity became hypermasculinised and this effectively led to the transnationalisation of violence that often materialises itself on the bodies of Feminine Others, which in this case was the Iranian Feminine Other. What further informed the Bush Administration’s identity formation and policies was the anxious logic of orientalism. The thesis examines how this orientalist anxiety built and sustained much of the US post-9/11 (in)security imaginary. The thesis makes the argument that orientalist anxiety produced two orientalised bodies, that of the Dark Monster and the already mentioned Feminine Other. This specific framework allows us to complicate the US conceptualisation of the Self as disconnected and unrelated to the Other and how the Self justifies the Other’s disciplining and policing via this disconnectedness. The thesis calls for a political vision that engages with difference, alternatives and real life experiences and eventually recognises everyone’s right to security
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