IAFOR Journal Category: IAFOR Journal of Arts & Humanities
The Migrant Protagonists in Ignacio del Moral’s La mirada del hombre oscuro and José Moreno Arenas’ La playa
Author: Eugenia Charoni, Flagler College, St. Augustine, United States of America Email: echaroni@flagler.edu Published: December 8, 2017 https://doi.org/10.22492/ijah.4.2.05 Citation: Charoni, E. (2017). The Migrant Protagonists in Ignacio del Moral’s La mirada del hombre oscuro and José Moreno Arenas’ La playa IAFOR Journal of Arts & Humanities, 4(2). https://doi.org/10.22492/ijah.4.2.05 Abstract The constant movement of populations in …
Different Histories, Different Narratives: ICT Uses As “Habitus”?
Author: Angeliki Monnier, University of Lorraine, France Email: angeliki.monnier@univ-lorraine.fr Published: December 8, 2017 https://doi.org/10.22492/ijah.4.2.04 Citation: Monnier, A. (2017). Different Histories, Different Narratives: ICT Uses As “Habitus”? IAFOR Journal of Arts & Humanities, 4(2). https://doi.org/10.22492/ijah.4.2.04 Abstract History forms narratives, narratives form media uses? The present paper formulates a theoretical proposal, that of considering the uses of …
Representation of History in the Indian Graphic Novel: An Analytical Study of History through the Frame of Graphic Narratives
Author: Antarleena Basu, Research Scholar, University of Hyderabad, India Email: Antrleena@gmail.com Published: December 8, 2017 https://doi.org/10.22492/ijah.4.2.03 Citation: Basu, A. (2017). Representation of History in the Indian Graphic Novel: An Analytical Study of History through the Frame of Graphic Narratives. IAFOR Journal of Arts & Humanities, 4(2). https://doi.org/10.22492/ijah.4.2.03 Abstract In this research paper I attempt to …
Plato at the Foundation of Disciplines: Method and the Metaxu in the Phaedrus, Sophist, and Symposium
Author: Raphael Foshay, Athabasca University, Canada Email: rfoshay@athabascau.ca Published: December 8, 2017 https://doi.org/10.22492/ijah.4.2.02 Citation: Foshay, R. (2017). Plato at the Foundation of Disciplines: Method and the Metaxu in the Phaedrus, Sophist, and Symposium. IAFOR Journal of Arts & Humanities, 4(2). https://doi.org/10.22492/ijah.4.2.02 Abstract This paper situates the interpretation of Plato in its 2500-year trajectory toward a …
The Title of This Paper Is ༛༾༶༙༑༒ On Asemic Writing and the Absence of Meaning
Author: Law Alsobrook, Virginia Commonwealth University in Qatar, Doha, Qatar Email: lcalsobrooki@vcu.edu Published: December 8, 2017 https://doi.org/10.22492/ijah.4.2.01 Citation: Alsobrook, L. (2017). The Title of This Paper Is ༛༾༶༙༑༒ On Asemic Writing and the Absence of Meaning. IAFOR Journal of Arts & Humanities, 4(2). https://doi.org/10.22492/ijah.4.2.01 Abstract Asemic writing is a wordless form of textual communication, with …
IAFOR Journal of Arts & Humanities: Volume 4 – Issue 2
IAFOR Journal of Arts & Humanities: Volume 4 – Issue 2 Editor: Dr Alfonso J. García Osuna, Hofstra University, United States of America Published: December 8, 2017 ISSN: 2187-0616 https://doi.org/10.22492/ijah.4.2 Articles The Title of This Paper Is ༛༾༶༙༑༒ On Asemic Writing and the Absence of Meaning Law Alsobrook, Virginia Commonwealth University in Qatar, Doha, Qatar …
Implementing the Sorcery National Action Plan (SNAP): The Need for Coordinated Participatory Research and for the Development of Effective Communication Strategies
Author: Alex Agai Botu, University of Goroka, Papua New Guinea Email: botua@uog.ac.pg, soliolabotu@hotmail.com Published: April 5, 2017 https://doi.org/10.22492/ijah.4.1.05 Citation: Botu, A. B. (2017). Implementing the Sorcery National Action Plan (SNAP): The Need for Coordinated Participatory Research and for the Development of Effective Communication Strategies. IAFOR Journal of Arts & Humanities, 4(1). https://doi.org/10.22492/ijah.4.1.05 Abstract The Sorcery …
Contradictions in the Representation of Asexuality: Fiction and Reality
Author: Gwendolyn Osterwald, Hofstra University, United States of America Email: gwendolyn.osterwald@gmail.com Published: April 5, 2017 https://doi.org/10.22492/ijah.4.1.04 Citation: Osterwald, G. (2017). Contradictions in the Representation of Asexuality: Fiction and Reality. IAFOR Journal of Arts & Humanities, 4(1). https://doi.org/10.22492/ijah.4.1.04 Abstract This paper discusses an obscure chapter in the history of sexuality, one that has received precious little …
Urban Aspirations: A Field View from the Margins of the City
Author: Yogita Naruka, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, India Email: yogitanaruka.88@gmail.com, yogita.naruka2016@tiss.edu Published: April 5, 2017 https://doi.org/10.22492/ijah.4.1.03 Citation: Naruka, Y. (2017). Urban Aspirations: A Field View from the Margins of the City. IAFOR Journal of Arts & Humanities, 4(1). https://doi.org/10.22492/ijah.4.1.03 Abstract Cities in India are transforming rapidly. While there is considerable variation in the level …
From Quest to Brothel: The Demise of the Courtly Love Tradition in La Celestina
Author: Alyssa Acierno, Hofstra University, United States of America Email: aaaci13@gmail.com Published: April 5, 2017 https://doi.org/10.22492/ijah.4.1.02 Citation: Acierno, A. (2017). From Quest to Brothel: The Demise of the Courtly Love Tradition in La Celestina. IAFOR Journal of Arts & Humanities, 4(1). https://doi.org/10.22492/ijah.4.1.02 Abstract Enduring an arduous quest is an important component of the knightly code …
In Between Angry Rivals: 2017 Prospects for Middle Powers Amidst US-China Relations
Author: Er-Win Tan, University of Malaya, Malaysia Email: erwintan@um.edu.my Published: April 5, 2017 https://doi.org/10.22492/ijah.4.1.01 Citation: Tan, E.-W. (2017). In Between Angry Rivals: 2017 Prospects for Middle Powers Amidst US-China Relations. IAFOR Journal of Arts & Humanities, 4(1). https://doi.org/10.22492/ijah.4.1.01 Abstract Donald Trump’s electoral victory was an unexpected outcome in the 2016 US Presidential Election, and one …
Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman: A Re-evaluation
Author: Gunasekaran Narayanan, Government Arts College, India Published: October 2015 https://doi.org/10.22492/ijah.3.1.04 Citation: Narayanan, G. (2015). Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman: A Re-evaluation. IAFOR Journal of Arts & Humanities, 3(1). https://doi.org/10.22492/ijah.3.1.04 Abstract Miller, in his “Introduction” to the Collected Plays, says that Death of a Salesman is a play that poses the question … “whose …
Analytical Survey on the Challenges of Teaching and Learning the Arts in the 21st Century and the Way Out
Author: Soyoye Akinyode Solomon, Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria Email: soyoye.akinyode@gmail.com Published: October 2015 https://doi.org/10.22492/ijah.3.1.03 Citation: Solomon, S. A. (2015). Analytical Survey on the Challenges of Teaching and Learning the Arts in the 21st Century and the Way Out. IAFOR Journal of Arts & Humanities, 3(1). https://doi.org/10.22492/ijah.3.1.03 Abstract The concept of “Arts” in the context of …
The Idea of the Nation-State as an Obstacle to the Right to Global Development
Author: Rajesh Sampath, Brandeis University, United States of America Published: October 2015 https://doi.org/10.22492/ijah.3.1.02 Citation: Sampath, R. (2015). The Idea of the Nation-State as an Obstacle to the Right to Global Development. IAFOR Journal of Arts & Humanities, 3(1). https://doi.org/10.22492/ijah.3.1.02 Abstract A stark question remains with us today. Has the idea of the nation-state always sought …
Impact of Coal Mining on Environment: A Study of Raniganj and Jharia Coal Field in India
Author: Sribas Goswami, Serampore College, India Email: sribasgoswami@gmail.com Published: October 2015 https://doi.org/10.22492/ijah.3.1.01 Citation: Goswami, S. (2015). Impact of Coal Mining on Environment: A Study of Raniganj and Jharia Coal Field in India. IAFOR Journal of Arts & Humanities, 3(1). https://doi.org/10.22492/ijah.3.1.01 Abstract Coal mining adversely affects the eco-system as a whole. On the unstable earth; the …
Jerusalem as a Uniting Factor for Muslims and Christians: Historical and Scriptural Grounds
Author: Kamal-deen Olawale Sulaiman, Ekiti-State University, Nigeria Email: drsulaimanko@yahoo.com Published: September 2014 https://doi.org/10.22492/ijah.2.1.04 Citation: Sulaiman, K. O. (2014). Jerusalem as a Uniting Factor for Muslims and Christians: Historical and Scriptural Grounds. IAFOR Journal of Arts & Humanities, 2(1). https://doi.org/10.22492/ijah.2.1.04 Abstract Jerusalem is perhaps the only city in the world that is considered historically and spiritually …
From Resistance to Participation: Clanship and Urban Modernization in the Wuyi Rural Market Towns During the Republican Era
Authors: Tung-Yiu Stan Lai, Chu Hai College of Higher Education, Hong Kong Weijen Wang, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Email: stylai1421@yahoo.com.hk Published: September 2014 https://doi.org/10.22492/ijah.2.1.03 Citation: Lai, T.-Y. S., & Wang, W. (2014). From Resistance to Participation: Clanship and Urban Modernization in the Wuyi Rural Market Towns During the Republican Era. IAFOR Journal of …
The Many Faces of Popular Culture and Contemporary Processes: Questioning Identity, Humanity and Culture Through Japanese Anime
Author: Mateja Kovacic, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong Email: mateja@life.hkbu.edu.hk Published: September 2014 https://doi.org/10.22492/ijah.2.1.02 Citation: Kovacic, M. (2014). The Many Faces of Popular Culture and Contemporary Processes: Questioning Identity, Humanity and Culture Through Japanese Anime. IAFOR Journal of Arts & Humanities, 2(1). https://doi.org/10.22492/ijah.2.1.02 Abstract In the highly globalized world we live in, popular culture …
Coming Together and Apart While Reading Popular Cultural Texts: Identities in Media Reception
Author: Ewa Glapka, University of the Free State, South Africa Email: ewaglapka_ev@wp.pl, glapkae@ufs.ac.za Published: September 2014 https://doi.org/10.22492/ijah.2.1.01 Citation: Glapka, E. (2014). Coming Together and Apart While Reading Popular Cultural Texts: Identities in Media Reception. IAFOR Journal of Arts & Humanities, 2(1). https://doi.org/10.22492/ijah.2.1.01 Abstract Although reading is popularly considered to be a solitary experience, in linguistics …
Decision-Making and Disambiguation in Japanese-to-English Literary Translation: An Application of Game Theory
Author: Richard Donovan, Nagoya University of Foreign Studies, Japan Email: rdonovan@nufs.ac.jp Published: August 2012 https://doi.org/10.22492/ijah.1.1.04 Citation: Donovan, R. (2012). Decision-Making and Disambiguation in Japanese-to-English Literary Translation: An Application of Game Theory. IAFOR Journal of Arts & Humanities, 1(1). https://doi.org/10.22492/ijah.1.1.04 Abstract Jiří Levý’s 1966 paper “Translation as a Decision Process” applied game theory to translation studies …
The Encounter of Hybridity Through Space in Narratives: Life Stories from Taiwan’s Military Dependants’ Villages
Author: Pei-Ling Lee, Shih Hsin University, Taiwan Email: leeplk@cc.shu.edu.tw Published: August 2012 https://doi.org/10.22492/ijah.1.1.03 Citation: Lee, P.-L. (2012). The Encounter of Hybridity Through Space in Narratives: Life Stories from Taiwan’s Military Dependants’ Villages. IAFOR Journal of Arts & Humanities, 1(1). https://doi.org/10.22492/ijah.1.1.03 Abstract After the defeat of the Kuomintang (KMT) by the Chinese Communist Party in the …
Exploring Nagusamegusa (1418): The Semiotics of Encounter and Exchange for a Poet-Traveller in Muromachi Japan
Author: Penelope Shino, Massey University, New Zealand Email: p.a.shino@massey.ac.nz Published: August 2012 https://doi.org/10.22492/ijah.1.1.02 Citation: Shino, P. (2012). Exploring Nagusamegusa (1418): The Semiotics of Encounter and Exchange for a Poet-Traveller in Muromachi Japan. IAFOR Journal of Arts & Humanities, 1(1). https://doi.org/10.22492/ijah.1.1.02 Abstract The paper applies the LibrAsia2012 conference theme of “exchanges and encounters” to a fifteenth-century …
Changing Peripheries: East–West Relations During the Growth of Globalisation
Author: Olavi K. Fält, University of Oulu, Finland Email: Olavi.Falt@oulu.fi Published: August 2012 https://doi.org/10.22492/ijah.1.1.01 Citation: Fält, O. K. (2012). Changing Peripheries: East–West Relations During the Growth of Globalisation. IAFOR Journal of Arts & Humanities, 1(1). https://doi.org/10.22492/ijah.1.1.01 Abstract The paper examines why Western culture achieved a position of hegemony in global development in the 1800s and …
IAFOR Journal of Arts & Humanities: Volume 4 – Issue 1
IAFOR Journal of Arts & Humanities: Volume 4 – Issue 1 Editor: Dr Alfonso J. García Osuna, Hofstra University, United States of America Published: April 5, 2017 ISSN: 2187-0616 https://doi.org/10.22492/ijah.4.1 Articles In Between Angry Rivals: 2017 Prospects for Middle Powers Amidst US-China Relations Er-Win Tan, University of Malaya, Malaysia From Quest to Brothel: The Demise …
IAFOR Journal of Arts & Humanities: Volume 3 – Issue 1
IAFOR Journal of Arts & Humanities: Volume 3 – Issue 1 Editor: Thomas French, Ritsumeikan University, Japan Published: October 2015 ISSN: 2187-0616 https://doi.org/10.22492/ijah.3.1 Articles Impact of Coal Mining on Environment: A Study of Raniganj and Jharia Coal Field in India Sribas Goswami, Serampore College, India The Idea of the Nation-State as an Obstacle to the …
IAFOR Journal of Arts & Humanities: Volume 2 – Issue 1
IAFOR Journal of Arts & Humanities: Volume 2 – Issue 1 Editor: Thomas French, Ritsumeikan University, Japan Published: September 2014 ISSN: 2187-0616 https://doi.org/10.22492/ijah.2.1 Articles Coming Together and Apart While Reading Popular Cultural Texts: Identities in Media Reception Ewa Glapka, University of the Free State, South Africa The Many Faces of Popular Culture and Contemporary Processes: …
IAFOR Journal of Arts & Humanities: Volume 1 – Issue 1
IAFOR Journal of Arts & Humanities: Volume 1 – Issue 1 Editor: Thomas French, Ritsumeikan University, Japan Published: August 2012 ISSN: 2187-0616 https://doi.org/10.22492/ijah.1.1 Articles Changing Peripheries: East–West Relations during the Growth of Globalisation Olavi K. Fält Exploring Nagusamegusa (1418): The Semiotics of Encounter and Exchange for a Poet-traveller in Muromachi Japan Penelope Shino The Encounter …
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