Surveillance, Security, and Neo-noir Film: Spike Lee’s ‘Inside Man’ As a 9/11 Counter-narrative

Counter-surveillance as Political Intervention?

This paper analyzes practices of counter-surveillance*/particularly against closed-circuit television systems in urban areas*/and theorizes their political implications. Counter-surveillance is defined as intentional, tactical uses, or disruptions of surveillance technologies to challenge institutional power asymmetries. Such activities can include disabling or destroying surveillance cameras, ...

shadow aesthetics in film-noir

in a fictional movie, shadow is not only a technical and thematic concept, but also one of the most illustrative and expressing aesthetic elements of the movie. shadows vast dimensions have led to various discussions and studies along the history of cinema. the main theory of this essay is that a shadow is a comprehensible phenomenon whose interpretation and understanding are greatly essential ...

Use of Awamori-pressed Lees and Tofu Lees as Feed Ingredients for Growing Male Goats

Okinawan Awamori is produced by fermenting steamed indica rice with black mold, yeast, and water. Awamori-pressed lees is a by-product of the Awamori production process. Tofu lees is a by-product of the Tofu production process. This research consisted of two experiments conducted to elucidate whether or not dried Awamori-pressed lees and Tofu lees can be used as a mixed feed ingredient for rais...

The Ordering Process of Narrative in James Joyce's A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

Regarding the literary historical debates, one of the main concerns of modern historiography is the way of representing the concept of reality within the framework of a coherent narrative, a reality that is only achievable through the process of narrative that is supposed to be constructive and ordering. Therefore, in order to examine this ordering process of narrative in James Joyce's novel, A...

Developing Effective Counter-Narrative Frameworks for CVE