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Variations on the Author
Full text link“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
The construction of Karen Karnak: The multi-author-function
No full textThis thesis is situated within the comparatively recent developments of Web 2.0 and the emergence of interactive WikiMedia, and explores the mode of authorship within a Read/Write culture compared to that of a Read/Only tradition. The hypothesis of this study is that the role of the audience has become merged with the author, and as such, represents new functions and attributes, distinct from a more conventional concept of authorship, in which the roles of audience and author are more separate. Read/Write and participatory culture, as defined by this study, is focused on collaboration, and includes the influences of D.I.Y. culture, Open-Source practices and the production of text by multiple authors. Multi-authorship presents a re-thinking of several concepts which support the notion of the individual author, since the focus of multi-authorship is not on attribution and ownership of a finished text, but on the continued malleability of a text. Modes of multi-authorship, demonstrated in the use of the pseudonyms Alan Smithee and Karen Eliot, represent declarative authors whose names signify multiple origins, whilst concurrently indicating a distinct body of work. The function of these names form an important context to this study, since primary research involves the construction of an experimental mode of multi-authorship utilising WikiMedia technology and the interaction of thirty nine participants, who are invited to create a body of work under the collective pseudonym Karen Karnak. The data generated by this experiment is analysed using aspects of Michel Foucault's author-function to identify and determine power structures inherent in the WikiMedia context. The interplay of power structures, including concepts such as identity, ownership and the body of work, affect the resulting mode of authorship and contribute to the construction of Karen Karnak, suggesting further areas of research into the emerging multi-author
Felony convictions and employment / by Duke Chen, principal analyst
No full text1 online resource (8 pages)"February 5, 2021.
Connecticut's automated victim notification system and how other states notify victims / by Duke Chen, principal analyst
No full text1 online resource (3 pages)"November 10, 2020."Discusses Connecticut's Statewide Automated Victim Information and Notification (SAVIN) system and how other states notify victim
Questions for Commissioner of Correction nominee / by Duke Chen, principal analyst
No full text1 online resource (2 pages)"February 3, 2021.
Home improvement and New Home Builder Guaranty Fund statistics / by Duke Chen, principal analyst
No full text1 online resource (2 pages)"December 3, 2020."Discusses the Home Improvement and New Home Builder Guaranty funds and statistics for the last five fiscal year
Duke Law School, 1868-1968: A Sketch
Full text linkThis paper constitutes the somewhat revised text of an address by the author at the Law Alumni Association Annual Luncheon Meeting and Duke Law School Centennial Observance, April 20, 1968
Alcohol sales under the COVID-19 executive orders / by Duke Chen, principal analyst
No full text1 online resource (5 pages)"April 24, 2020."Summarizes how the recent COVID-19 executive orders establish conditions for or restrictions on alcohol sale
Acts affecting criminal justice and public safety / by Duke Chen (principal analyst), Michelle Kirby (senior legislative attorney)
No full text1 online resource (32 pages)"August 13. 2021."Summarizes new laws (public acts and special acts) significantly affecting crime and public safety enacted during the 2021 regular session and June special session (JSS
Jury pools and fair cross section requirement / by James Orlando (chief attorney), Duke Chen (principal analyst)
No full text1 online resource (8 pages)"November 2, 2020."Discusses jury pools and the constitutional requirement that jury pools represent a fair cross section of the communit
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