205 research outputs found
Authorship in the Interstices of History, Biography, Reality and Memory: Histoire(s) du cinéma and Cabra Marcado para Morrer
No full textEste artigo contrasta Histoire(s) du cinéma de Jean-Luc Godard e Cabra Marcado Para Morrer de Eduardo Coutinho, estão engajadas com a questão da autoria no cinema. Enquanto a imagem de Godard enfatiza a capacidade que tem um filme de transmitir a visão de mundo pessoal de um artista, a presença de Coutinho na tela funciona menos como um meio de subjetivar a obra do que como um catalizador instigando cetas reações nos "atores" filmados
Revisiting impediments to women’s land decision-making Processes in Uganda
No full textThis is a Working paper abstractDecision-making for women is a necessary condition for them to participate in various
aspects of their social lives as individuals. Demand for women to participate in land
decision-making processes is justifiable considering that for a long time, they have been
denied that human right by the social forces which permeate their daily lives. The
international human rights legal regime recognizes decision-making for women as a
cornerstone for all the developmental aspects of humanity. This article identifies and
revisits the main impediments to women’s land decision-making processes in Uganda
with a view to creating awareness about their evils in respect to the denial of women’s
rights. The impediments identified and discussed include custom, colonial rule,
colonial education and religion all of which are informed by the ideology of patriarchy.
The ideology of patriarchy, whether embedded in African custom or western social
fabric and legal systems has a negative impact on women’s right to decision-making
Politicization of land law and gender Relations in Uganda: a case study
No full textThis article explores the impact of custom on the right of women to effectively participate in land decision-making processes in Uganda based on a case study of Ibanda Town Council (ITC).This article explores the impact of custom on the right of women to effectively participate in land decision-making processes in Uganda based on a case study of Ibanda Town Council (ITC). It makes an analysis of issues of access, ownership, control and usability of land by both women and men in order to come up with a clear understanding of how each of them is related to custom, which have been politicized. It can thus be asserted that if these issues had not been politicized, their impact on women would have been different. In order to arrive at such a conclusion, this article gives a historical perspective of land law and gender relations in ITC. The history of land law and gender relations in ITC can best be understood by examining the broader history of Ankole Kingdom, in which ITC lies because not much has been written about its history. On the other hand, a lot is known about Ankole Kingdom in broader terms. In order to capture the broader issues of the land question in
Ankole Kingdom, however, the article adopts a broader perspective on law and gender relations in Uganda
The global fight against terrorism and the application of international humanitarian law
No full textThis is a research article on global fight against terrorism and the application on international humanitarian lawThis is a global fight against terrorism and its application under international humanitarian la
Collateral damage during armed conflict: inevitable or a rule of the game?
No full textThis article discusses the concept of collateral damage. Under international
humanitarian law, collateral damage is generally understood to mean the unintentional
or incidental damage affecting facilities, equipment, or personnel, occurring as a result
of military actions directed against targeted opposing military forces or facilities. The
basic ethical value of principles of international humanitarian law is utilitarianism or
ethical value of consequence. Utilitarianism defines the morally right action as that
action that maximizes some non-moral good such as pleasure or happiness and
minimizes some non-moral evil such as pain or misery, in situations of armed conflict,
the destruction of the opposing forces or their property. Since armed conflicts cannot be
stopped by law, the dilemma of legal scholars, politicians and the military remains how
to minimize collateral damage once armed conflicts break out. A general conclusion
drawn from the discussion is that collateral damage is an inevitable aspect of armed
conflicts
Chapter 28: Making the case for gender and environmental considerations in the regulatory framework relating to the Uganda-Tanzania crude oil pipeline project
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La citation littéraire dans la critique de cinéma de Jean-Luc Godard
No full textCet article présente les résultats d’une enquête visant à recenser, dans les critiques de cinéma de Jean-Luc Godard, les diverses formes de citations par lesquelles il convoque les auteurs de son panthéon littéraire. L’auteure retrace les sources de nombreuses citations et met en lumière la transformation singulière de ces textes perpétrée par Godard, en s’appuyant sur la notion d’intertextualité développée par Gérard Genette et les différentes pratiques relevées par Tiphaine Samoyault. En conclusion, l’auteure propose une ouverture vers le cinéma de Godard — et plus particulièrement Alphaville (1965) — en montrant comment son goût de la citation littéraire se poursuit à l’écran dans la continuité de son travail de critique.This article presents the results of a study seeking to inventory the diverse forms of quotation in Jean-Luc Godard’s film criticism by which he convenes the authors of his literary pantheon. The author traces the sources of numerous quotations and demonstrates the singular transformation Godard carried out on these texts, drawing on the notion of intertextuality developed by Gérard Genette and the various practices brought out by Tiphaine Samoyault. The author concludes with a discussion of Godard’s films—and in particular Alphaville (1965)—and shows how his taste for literary quotation extended to the screen, in continuity with his work as a critic
No Peace, No War: Protection of Civilians in the Great Lakes Region of Africa
No full textThis is a Conference paper presented at International Conference of the Great Lakes Region and published at Pretoria University Law Press. 2017Africa’s Great Lakes Region (GLR) has experienced protracted armed conflicts with severe humanitarian consequences. The dynamics of armed conflicts are often complex and their epicentre shifts from one locus to another, as they expand geographically. The brutality upon innocent civilians caused either by their government’s forces or rebels include sexual violence, forced population displacement and extrajudicial, and summary or arbitrary executions. In a majority of cases, incumbent governments fail in their constitutional mandates and international obligations to protect civilians from such atrocities. While the principle of responsibility to protect (R2P) has been invoked by the United Nations Security Council to protect civilians from atrocities in Libya, it remains unclear as to the criteria used to invoke this process. That inevitably poses constraints on the operationalization of protection of civilian mandates. The Chapter adopts a functionalist approach to probe the effectiveness of the responsibility to protect, by examining its role in the protection of civilians in the Great Lakes Region. Apart from identifying gaps between lack of clarity in conceptualization and operationalization; the discussion notes that there is need for clear normative standards on when and how responsibility to protect can be invoked for future protection missions.
Introduction The Great Lakes Region (GLR)1 in Africa consists of countries that essentially coalesce around Lake Victoria, the largest lake in Africa and other smaller lakes in East and Central Africa. These countries are organised under a regional body, the International Conference of the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR). Within the region, there are also other organisations with more or less similar objectives as the ICGLR, such as the East African Community (EAC), the Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS), the Economic Community of the Great Lakes Countries (CEPGL), the Intergovernmental Authority on
Development (IGAD), and the Common Market for Eastern and Southern. For purposes of this paper, Great Lakes Region (GLR) refers to the member states of the International Conference of the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR)
Accords et faux raccords entre les conceptions du cinéma de Jean-Luc Godard et de Gilles Deleuze
No full textLa réalisation des Histoire(s) du cinéma de Godard (1985-1998) est pour ainsi dire contemporaine de la rédaction des livres de Deleuze sur le cinéma (L’Image-mouvement, 1983 ; L’Image-temps, 1985). Ces travaux, qui se veulent à la fois bilan et programme, apparaissent comme les plus achevés du genre à ce jour. L’auteur du présent article compare ces conceptions du cinéma en montrant d’abord en quoi l’approche deleuzienne se distingue des méthodes phénoménologique et sémiologique. Il circonscrit ensuite la place de Godard dans les études de Deleuze et identifie les différentes fonctions attribuées par Godard au cinéma. Ce qui lui permet de dégager le motif de l’opposition entre l’esthétique godardienne de la rédemption fondée sur une mission de sauvetage de l’humanité, et la machination universelle pensée par Deleuze à travers des moyens d’expression cinématographique toujours plus adéquats à l’univers de la variation continue.Godard’s production of Histoire(s) du cinéma (1985-1998) coincides more or less with Deleuze’s critical books on film (L’Image-mouvement, 1983 ; L’Image-temps, 1985). These works, both of which propose a historical analysis and serve a programmatic purpose, appear today as the most accomplished works of their kind. The author of this article compares these two conceptions of film by showing first how the Deleuzian approach distinguishes itself from phenomenological and semiological methods. Next, the author focuses on the place given to Godard in Deleuze’s studies while identifying the different functions Godard attributes to film. This perspective highlights an opposition that may be made between the Godardian aesthetics of redemption — founded on the mission to rescue humanity — and the universal machination that Deleuze’s thinking attributes to the medium of filmic expression for its capacity to adjust itself to the world of continuous variation
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