IAFOR Journal Category: IAFOR Journal of Cultural Studies
A Portrait of the Computer as a Young Artist
Author: Holger Briel, Xi’an Jiaotong Liverpool University, China & Monarch University, Switzerland Email: ijcs@iafor.org Published: April 02, 2018 https://doi.org/10.22492/ijcs.3.1.01 Citation: Briel, H. (2018). A Portrait of the Computer as a Young Artist. IAFOR Journal of Cultural Studies, 3(1). https://doi.org/10.22492/ijcs.3.1.01 Abstract From Emojis to Manga, from western adverts to “foreign” brand consciousness, visual products are continuing …
IAFOR Journal of Cultural Studies: Volume 3 – Issue 1
IAFOR Journal of Cultural Studies: Volume 3 – Issue 1 Editor-in-Chief: Professor Holger Briel, Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, China Guest Editor: Dr Markus Heidingsfelder, Habib University Published: April 02, 2018 ISSN: 2187-4905 https://doi.org/10.22492/ijcs.3.1 Articles A Portrait of the Computer as a Young Artist Holger Briel, Xi’an Jiaotong Liverpool University, China, & Monarch University, Switzerland Difference-theoretical Analysis …
Immigration, Identity and Mobility in Europe: Inclusive Cultural Policies and Exclusion Effects
Authors: Maxime Jaffré, CNRS – Centre Norbert Elias, France Elena Raevskikh, CNRS – Centre Norbert Elias, France Emmanuel Pedler, EHESS – Centre Norbert Elias, France Email: maxime.jaffre@univ-amu.fr Published: October 16, 2017 https://doi.org/10.22492/ijcs.2.2.03 Citation: Jaffré, M., Raevskikh, E., & Pedler, E. (2017). Immigration, Identity and Mobility in Europe: Inclusive Cultural Policies and Exclusion Effects. IAFOR Journal …
Crime Fiction and the City: The Rise of a Global Urban Genre
Author: Bill Phillips, Universitat de Barcelona, Spain Email: billphillips@ub.edu Published: October 16, 2017 https://doi.org/10.22492/ijcs.2.2.07 Citation: Phillips, B. (2017). Crime Fiction and the City: The Rise of a Global Urban Genre. IAFOR Journal of Cultural Studies, 2(2). https://doi.org/10.22492/ijcs.2.2.07 Abstract In the twentieth century, in the United States, the figure of the nineteenth century frontier pioneer metamorphosed …
Book Review: The Pedagogies of Cultural Studies. By Andrew Hickey (ed.) (2016). New York and London: Routledge
Reviewer: Maarit Jaakkola, University of Tampere, Finland Published: October 16, 2017 https://doi.org/10.22492/ijcs.2.2.08 Citation: Jaakkola, M (2017). In Search of the Signature Pedagogies of Cultural Studies. [Review of the book The Pedagogies of Cultural Studies, by A. Hickey (ed.)]. New York and London: Routledge.
The Analysis of Personal Supernaturalism Using World View Theory
Author: Shelley Ashdown, Graduate Institute of Applied Linguistics, Dallas, Texas, United States of America Email: shelley_ashdown@gial.edu Published: October 16, 2017 https://doi.org/10.22492/ijcs.2.2.06 Citation: Ashdown, S. (2017). The Analysis of Personal Supernaturalism Using World View Theory. IAFOR Journal of Cultural Studies, 2(2). https://doi.org/10.22492/ijcs.2.2.06 Abstract This paper proposes using universal categories of world view theory as an analytical …
Me, My “Selfie” and I: A Survey of Self-disclosure Motivations on Social Media
Author: Patricia Williamson, Trey Stohlman and Heather Polinsky Central Michigan University, United States of America Email: willi1pa@cmich.edu Published: October 16, 2017 https://doi.org/10.22492/ijcs.2.2.05 Citation: Williamson, P., Stohlman, T., Polinsky, H. (2017). Me, My “Selfie” and I: A Survey of Self-disclosure Motivations on Social Media. IAFOR Journal of Cultural Studies, 2(2). https://doi.org/10.22492/ijcs.2.2.05 Abstract Personal photo-sharing has become …
A Liberal Assessment of Intercultural Relations in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
Authors: Jamal Shah and Bican Şahin Government Degree College, Toru, Mardan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan Hacettepe University, Turkey Email: jamalkhattana@gmail.com Published: October 16, 2017 https://doi.org/10.22492/ijcs.2.2.04 Citation: Shah, J., Şahin, B., (2017). A Liberal Assessment of Intercultural Relations in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. IAFOR Journal of Cultural Studies, 2(2). https://doi.org/10.22492/ijcs.2.2.04 Abstract Various theories attempt to provide generalized solutions …
American Cinematic Discourses of Women’s Oppression in Old China: From The Good Earth to Pavilion of Women
Author: Jing Yang, Guangdong University of Foreign Studies, China Email: 199910233@oamail.gdufs.edu.cn Published: October 16, 2017 https://doi.org/10.22492/ijcs.2.2.02 Citation: Yang, j. (2017). American Cinematic Discourses of Women’s Oppression in Old China: From The Good Earth to Pavilion of Women. IAFOR Journal of Cultural Studies, 2(2). https://doi.org/10.22492/ijcs.2.2.02 Abstract Discourses of women’s oppression in old China have helped to …
Patriotic Rhetoric in Chinese Public Spaces
Author: Pawel Zygadlo, Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, Suzhou, China Email: pawel.zygadlo@xjtlu.edu.cn Published: October 16, 2017 https://doi.org/10.22492/ijcs.2.2.01 Citation: Zygadlo, P. (2017). Patriotic Rhetoric in Chinese Public Spaces. IAFOR Journal of Cultural Studies, 2(2). https://doi.org/10.22492/ijcs.2.2.01 Abstract This paper begins with the analysis of the socio-cultural phenomenon known as “public space.” This analysis is followed by the reflection on …
IAFOR Journal of Cultural Studies: Volume 2 – Issue 2
IAFOR Journal of Cultural Studies: Volume 2 – Issue 2 Editor: Professor Holger Briel, Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, China Published: October 16, 2017 ISSN: 2187-4905 https://doi.org/10.22492/ijcs.2.2 Articles Patriotic Rhetoric in Chinese Public Spaces Pawel Zygadlo, Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, Suzhou, China American Cinematic Discourses of Women’s Oppression in Old China: From The Good Earth to Pavilion of …
Black Women’s and Girls’ Return to Joy: Addressing Trauma, Healing, and Educational Opportunity
Authors: Dannielle Joy Davis, Saint Louis University, United States of America Cassandra Chaney, Louisiana State University, United States of America Denise Davis-Maye, Alabama State University, United States of America Donnamaria Culbreth, The National Girls and Women of Color Council, Inc., United States of America Email: djdavis@slu.edu Published: February 28, 2017 https://doi.org/10.22492/ijcs.2.1.06 Citation: Davis, D. J., …
Reversed Realities: National Pride and Visual Coding
Author: Porranee Singpliam, Waseda University, Japan Email: a.singpliam@toki.waseda.jp Published: February 28, 2017 https://doi.org/10.22492/ijcs.2.1.05 Citation: Singpliam, P. (2017). Reversed Realities: National Pride and Visual Coding. IAFOR Journal of Cultural Studies, 2(1). https://doi.org/10.22492/ijcs.2.1.05 Abstract This paper examines the historicity of Siam/Thailand and shows that the contact which took place between Siam and the European Other in the …
Human Traffic: The Fashionably and Unfashionably Marginalized in the Korean Cultural Context
Author: Dustin Hellberg & Yun Ha Kim, Yonsei University, South Korea Email: dchellberg@gmail.com Published: February 28, 2017 https://doi.org/10.22492/ijcs.2.1.04 Citation: Hellberg, D., & Kim, Y. H. (2017). Human Traffic: The Fashionably and Unfashionably Marginalized in the Korean Cultural Context. IAFOR Journal of Cultural Studies, 2(1). https://doi.org/10.22492/ijcs.2.1.04 Abstract This article will propose the novel terms “fashionably marginalized” …
The New Order Nationalist Rhetoric: The Articulation of Javanese Identity in Post-Colonial Indonesia
Author: Frida Rahmita, Freelance Writer and Journalist Email: f.rahmita.g@gmail.com Published: February 28, 2017 https://doi.org/10.22492/ijcs.2.1.03 Citation: Rahmita, F. (2017). The New Order Nationalist Rhetoric: The Articulation of Javanese Identity in Post-Colonial Indonesia. IAFOR Journal of Cultural Studies, 2(1). https://doi.org/10.22492/ijcs.2.1.03 Abstract The article seeks to find evidence that Indonesians perception of “the west” is still continue to …
Measuring Qatari Women’s Progress Through Reactions to Online Behavior
Authors: Mohanalakshmi Rajakumar, Virgina Commonwealth University in Qatar, Qatar Rumsha Shahzad, Independent Scholar Tanya Kane, Qatar University, Qatar Email: mohanalakshmi@gmail.com Published: February 28, 2017 https://doi.org/10.22492/ijcs.2.1.02 Citation: Rajakumar, M., Shahzad, R., & Kane, T. (2017). Measuring Qatari Women’s Progress Through Reactions to Online Behavior. IAFOR Journal of Cultural Studies, 2(1). https://doi.org/10.22492/ijcs.2.1.02 Abstract The close kinship structure …
Globalization’s Effect on Qatari Culture
Author: Ahmed Abdel Elshenawy, Monarch Business School, Switzerland Email: ahmed.elshenawy@hotmail.com Published: February 28, 2017 https://doi.org/10.22492/ijcs.2.1.01 Citation: Elshenawy, A. A. (2017). Globalization’s Effect on Qatari Culture. IAFOR Journal of Cultural Studies, 2(1). https://doi.org/10.22492/ijcs.2.1.01 Abstract Qatar has a rich national and cultural identity. Particular customs and traditions characterize the Qatari cultural heritage. Globalization, though, has generated a …
Smell, Space and Othering
Author: Cecilia Fe L. Sta Maria, University of the Philippines Baguio, Philippines Email: fayestamaria@gmail.com Published: September 30, 2016 https://doi.org/10.22492/ijcs.1.2.05 Citation: Sta Maria, C. F. L. (2016). Smell, Space and Othering. IAFOR Journal of Cultural Studies, 1(2). https://doi.org/10.22492/ijcs.1.2.05 Abstract Currently experiencing social shift from the rural/coastal to the urban, Matnog, Sorsogon, in the Philippines is left …
The Dilemma of the Revitalization of Intangible Cultural Heritage and Global Homogenization: The Case of Techno Nezha in Taiwan
Authors: Leo Yuan, MingDao University, Taiwan Holger Briel, Monarch University, Switzerland & Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, People’s Republic of China Email: leoyuan@ms4.hinet.net Published: September 30, 2016 https://doi.org/10.22492/ijcs.1.2.04 Citation: Yuan, L., & Briel, H. (2016). The Dilemma of the Revitalization of Intangible Cultural Heritage and Global Homogenization: The Case of Techno Nezha in Taiwan. IAFOR Journal of …
Film Censorship Policy During Park Chung Hee’s Military Regime (1960–1979) and Hostess Films
Author: Molly Hyo Kim, Ehwa Women’s University, South Korea Email: hjkanjy@hotmail.com Published: September 30, 2016 https://doi.org/10.22492/ijcs.1.2.03 Citation: Kim, M. H. (2016). Film Censorship Policy During Park Chung Hee’s Military Regime (1960–1979) and Hostess Films. IAFOR Journal of Cultural Studies, 1(2). https://doi.org/10.22492/ijcs.1.2.03 Abstract Park Chung-hee’s military government (1960-1979) purportedly used film censorship to distract the public …
The Rise of Popular Asceticism in Sinhalese Buddhist Culture: Some Significant Concepts and Practices
Author: Isha Gamlath, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany Email: ishagam@gmail.com Published: September 30, 2016 https://doi.org/10.22492/ijcs.1.2.02 Citation: Gamlath, I. (2016). The Rise of Popular Asceticism in Sinhalese Buddhist Culture: Some Significant Concepts and Practices. IAFOR Journal of Cultural Studies, 1(2). https://doi.org/10.22492/ijcs.1.2.02 Abstract The briefest explanation that could be provided for asceticism in the original Theravada Buddhist tradition …
Murder and Emancipation: Agatha Christie and Critical Qualitative Methods
Author: Tim Appignani, University of Illinois at Chicago, United States of America Email: tappig2@uic.edu Published: September 30, 2016 https://doi.org/10.22492/ijcs.1.2.01 Citation: Appignani, T. (2016). Murder and Emancipation: Agatha Christie and Critical Qualitative Methods. IAFOR Journal of Cultural Studies, 1(2). https://doi.org/10.22492/ijcs.1.2.01 Abstract Prominent cultural studies scholars, beginning as early as the Frankfurt School and continuing through to …
“Every Picture Should Be Unique.” A Conversation with Wang Wenlan
Author: Holger Briel, Monarch University, Switzerland & Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, People’s Republic of China Published: January 2016 https://doi.org/10.22492/ijcs.1.1.07 Citation: Briel, H. (2016). “Every Picture Should Be Unique.” A Conversation with Wang Wenlan. IAFOR Journal of Cultural Studies, 1(1). https://doi.org/10.22492/ijcs.1.1.07 Abstract Wang Wenlan does not really need an introduction. One of China’s most respected photographers for …
A Litho-Anthropological Study on Jade’s Mythological Narration and Chinese Cultural Origins
Author: Juan Wu, Beijing Institute of Technology, China Email: janewu@pku.edu.cn Published: January 2016 https://doi.org/10.22492/ijcs.1.1.06 Citation: Wu, J. (2016). A Litho-Anthropological Study on Jade’s Mythological Narration and Chinese Cultural Origins. IAFOR Journal of Cultural Studies, 1(1). https://doi.org/10.22492/ijcs.1.1.06 Abstract Based on the recent scholarship by Chinese literary anthropologists’ on mythology and jade ideology, this paper attempts to …
Creating Community Engagements Between People with Disability and the Local Community Through Digital Storytelling
Authors: Shinsuke Funaki, Fukui Prefectural University, Japan Shoichi Fujita, NGO Human Support Nest, Japan Kazunori Taiencho, Kakou-kai, Japan Email: sfunaki@fpu.ac.jp Published: January 2016 https://doi.org/10.22492/ijcs.1.1.05 Citation: Funaki, S., Fujita, S., & Taiencho, K. (2016). Creating Community Engagements Between People with Disability and the Local Community Through Digital Storytelling. IAFOR Journal of Cultural Studies, 1(1). https://doi.org/10.22492/ijcs.1.1.05 Abstract …
Multiple Identities of Media Labourers and Experiences of Creative Autonomy: An Empirical Investigation from a TV-Producer/Director’s Perspective
Author: Chairin An, University of Warwick, United Kingdom Email: C.R.An@warwick.ac.uk Published: January 2016 https://doi.org/10.22492/ijcs.1.1.04 Citation: An, C. (2016). Multiple Identities of Media Labourers and Experiences of Creative Autonomy: An Empirical Investigation from a TV-Producer/Director’s Perspective. IAFOR Journal of Cultural Studies, 1(1). https://doi.org/10.22492/ijcs.1.1.04 Abstract This paper seeks to fill a gap between existing theories of cultural …
Women Are the Breadwinners and Men are the Homemakers: Gender Socialization in Culture, Society, and Education
Authors: Alexandria Almy & Elvira Sanatullova-Allison Email: elviraallison@gmail.com Published: January 2016 https://doi.org/10.22492/ijcs.1.1.03 Citation: Almy, A., & Sanatullova-Allison, E. (2016). Women Are the Breadwinners and Men are the Homemakers: Gender Socialization in Culture, Society, and Education. IAFOR Journal of Cultural Studies, 1(1). https://doi.org/10.22492/ijcs.1.1.03 Abstract The aim of this paper is to examine the impact of gender …
The Influence of Gender Role Ideologies in Women’s Careers: A Look at Marianismo and Machismo in the Treatment Room
Author: Carmen Inoa Vazquez, New York University School of Medicine, United States of America Email: cinoavazquez@usa.net Published: January 2016 https://doi.org/10.22492/ijcs.1.1.02 Citation: Vazquez, C. I. (2016). The Influence of Gender Role Ideologies in Women’s Careers: A Look at Marianismo and Machismo in the Treatment Room. IAFOR Journal of Cultural Studies, 1(1). https://doi.org/10.22492/ijcs.1.1.02 Abstract Global statistics document …
Occupy Central: Towards A Geography of Presence
Author: Edward Irons, Hong Kong Institute for Culture, Commerce and Religion, Hong Kong Email: edirons@aol.com Published: January 2016 https://doi.org/10.22492/ijcs.1.1.01 Citation: Irons, E. (2016). Occupy Central: Towards A Geography of Presence. IAFOR Journal of Cultural Studies, 1(1). https://doi.org/10.22492/ijcs.1.1.01 Abstract Occupy Central was a 79-day experiment in urban identity. Occupy – the Umbrella Revolution of 2014 – …
IAFOR Journal of Cultural Studies: Volume 2 – Issue 1
IAFOR Journal of Cultural Studies: Volume 2 – Issue 1 Editor: Professor Holger Briel, Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, China Published: February 28, 2017 ISSN: 2187-4905 https://doi.org/10.22492/ijcs.2.1 Articles Spotlight: Qatar Globalization’s Effect on Qatari Culture Ahmed Abdel Elshenawy, Monarch Business School, Switzerland Spotlight: Qatar Measuring Qatari Women’s Progress through Reactions to Online Behavior Mohanalakshmi Rajakumar, Virgina Commonwealth …