This paper examines motifs of ghostliness and haunting in representations of transsexuality, both in the violent and oppressive representations of transsexuality within a transphobic culture, and in the self-representation and narration of transsexuals themselves. Using scholar Avery Gordon’s definition of haunting—which characterizes haunting as the “knot” of oppression, self-representation, a...

In traditional media such as sculpture and painting, but also in film, a static design process is used during the creation phase. In interactive media dramaturgy can permanently change depending on user interaction or dynamic factors. To be consequent visualizations should react on narration changes, so that narrative content and visualization are consistent. Fig. 1: Visual Artists use graphica...

Narration of Case.?Mrs B., residing at , two miles west from Dunbar, setat. 34. Personal History.?Good, with exception of considerable oedema pedum during pregnancy. Obstetrical History.?Five previous confinements (one of twins), all easy. Delivery on 21st October 1882. Pains short and irregular; rupture of amniotic sac some time before my arrival. Presentation left hand and shoulder, vertex ly...

Tabletop role-playing games are a collaborative narrative experience. Throughout gaming sessions, Ambient music and noises are frequently used to enrich and facilitate the narration. With AmbiDice we introduce a tangible interface and music generator specially devised for this application scenario. We detail the technical implementation of the device, the software architecture of the music syst...

In this show and tell description paper we present the readaloud electronic books (eBooks) we create at Sinkronigo.com. Read-aloud eBooks incorporate both audio and text into a single epub3-compliant eBook, which can be read in any compatible eBook reader, where the user can listen to the audio narration while the words are highlighted as spoken. Read-aloud eBooks are a perfect companion for pe...

[The] assimilation of [the poet] to another, either by the use of voice or gesture, is the imitation of the person whose character he assumes[.] [...] Then in this case the narrative of the poet may be said to proceed by way of imitation[.] [...] Or, if the poet everywhere appears and never conceals himself, then again the imitation is dropped, and his poetry becomes simple narration. (Book III...