scholarly journals Film fabularny jako narzędzie kuratora i badacza sztuki

2020 ◽  
Vol 31 (1) ◽  
pp. 209-236
Author(s):  
Łukasz Ronduda
Keyword(s):  
Contemporary Art ◽  
Common Ground ◽  
Academic Research ◽  
Full Length ◽  
Wide Audience ◽  
Self Presentation ◽  
Found Footage ◽  
Feature Films ◽  
The Right ◽  
Fixed Boundaries

In the essay, the author, Łukasz Ronduda, relates his own work as an artist, a film director, an art historian and curator, discussed in the light of the cinematic turn and the formation of common ground between cinema and contemporary art in both artistic and institutional sense. Ronduda looks closely at his two full-length feature films: Performer (2015) and Serce miłości (Heart of Love) (2017) and highlights their wider context. The first frame of reference spans from experimental films to contemporary full-length productions dedicated to wide audience. The second reference is his own work involving academic research, curating, writing a novel and the creation of a found footage film. In this self-presentation, Ronduda discloses his different attempts to find the right medium to speak about and analyze contemporary art. The full-length film turned out to be particularly effective medium in its ability to express the truth by means of fiction, placing him between creation and institutional structure. Film as a medium of interpreting art  seems to productively question fixed boundaries between research, criticism and art.

Roadblocks and Roads Not Taken: Fords on Water (1983), Coast to Coast (1987) and the British Bi-racial Buddy-Road Movie

2014 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 440-458
Author(s):  
Ieuan Franklin
Keyword(s):  
Film Culture ◽  
Wide Audience ◽  
Film And Television ◽  
Political Critique ◽  
Feature Films ◽  
Number Of Factors ◽  
History Of ◽  
Road Movies ◽  
The Right ◽  
Film Making

This article is about two low-budget British road movies which have long disappeared from the cultural radar: Fords on Water (1983) and Coast to Coast (1987). These films will be used as case studies to explore a number of factors that shaped film and television culture in the early to mid-1980s, including the importance of the television funding of feature films in an increasingly costly climate; the shifting strategic priorities of both the British Film Institute and the BBC during a pivotal moment in the history of their film-making activities; and the issues and difficulties involved in finding the right balance between social or political critique and comedy and generic conventions. The two films are rare examples of what might be termed ‘British bi-racial buddy-road movies’. The article will focus on the attributes they share: their obscurity and unavailability; their TV funding; their genre; and their theme of an inter-racial friendship bonded over a desire to escape from boredom and unemployment in Thatcher's Britain. However, it will also tease out their very different approaches, in terms of the more subtle and the more visceral aspects of tone, humour, politics and aesthetics. Finally, the article will consider the factors which prevented these lively films from reaching the wide audience they deserved, and whether they represent two ‘roads not taken’ in the intervening period in British film culture.

scholarly journals A protocol for adding knowledge to Wikidata: aligning resources on human coronaviruses

BMC Biology ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Andra Waagmeester ◽  
Egon L. Willighagen ◽  
Andrew I. Su ◽  
Martina Kutmon ◽  
Jose Emilio Labra Gayo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Common Ground ◽  
Knowledge Bases ◽  
Public Knowledge ◽  
Medical Problems ◽  
Human Coronavirus ◽  
Data Schema ◽  
Helping Others ◽  
Human Coronaviruses ◽  
The Right ◽  
Human Coronavirus 229E

Abstract Background Pandemics, even more than other medical problems, require swift integration of knowledge. When caused by a new virus, understanding the underlying biology may help finding solutions. In a setting where there are a large number of loosely related projects and initiatives, we need common ground, also known as a “commons.” Wikidata, a public knowledge graph aligned with Wikipedia, is such a commons and uses unique identifiers to link knowledge in other knowledge bases. However, Wikidata may not always have the right schema for the urgent questions. In this paper, we address this problem by showing how a data schema required for the integration can be modeled with entity schemas represented by Shape Expressions. Results As a telling example, we describe the process of aligning resources on the genomes and proteomes of the SARS-CoV-2 virus and related viruses as well as how Shape Expressions can be defined for Wikidata to model the knowledge, helping others studying the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. How this model can be used to make data between various resources interoperable is demonstrated by integrating data from NCBI (National Center for Biotechnology Information) Taxonomy, NCBI Genes, UniProt, and WikiPathways. Based on that model, a set of automated applications or bots were written for regular updates of these sources in Wikidata and added to a platform for automatically running these updates. Conclusions Although this workflow is developed and applied in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, to demonstrate its broader applicability it was also applied to other human coronaviruses (MERS, SARS, human coronavirus NL63, human coronavirus 229E, human coronavirus HKU1, human coronavirus OC4).

scholarly journals Agrobacterium-Mediated Transformation of Aspergillus awamori in the Absence of Full-Length VirD2, VirC2, or VirE2 Leads to Insertion of Aberrant T-DNA Structures

2004 ◽  
Vol 186 (7) ◽  
pp. 2038-2045 ◽  
Author(s):  
Caroline B. Michielse ◽  
Arthur F. J. Ram ◽  
Paul J. J. Hooykaas ◽  
Cees A. M. J. J. van den Hondel
Keyword(s):  
Single Copy ◽  
Full Length ◽  
Aspergillus Awamori ◽  
Wild Type ◽  
Dna Structures ◽  
Dna Integration ◽  
Virulence Proteins ◽  
Type Transformation ◽  
The Right ◽  
Transposon Insertions

ABSTRACT Reductions to 2, 5, and 42% of the wild-type transformation efficiency were found when Agrobacterium mutants carrying transposon insertions in virD2, virC2, and virE2, respectively, were used to transform Aspergillus awamori. The structures of the T-DNAs integrated into the host genome by these mutants were analyzed by Southern and sequence analyses. The T-DNAs of transformants obtained with the virE2 mutant had left-border truncations, whereas those obtained with the virD2 mutant had truncated right ends. From this analysis, it was concluded that the virulence proteins VirD2 and VirE2 are required for full-length T-DNA integration and that these proteins play a role in protecting the right and left T-DNA borders, respectively. Multicopy and truncated T-DNA structures were detected in the majority of the transformants obtained with the virC2 mutant, indicating that VirC2 plays a role in correct T-DNA processing and is required for single-copy T-DNA integration.

THE POWER OF MATERNAL IMPRESSION CAUSES THE ALLEGED FATHER'S NAME TO APPEAR IN LEGIBLE LETTERS IN HIS INFANT SON'S RIGHT EYE (1817)

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1976 ◽  
Vol 58 (6) ◽  
pp. 901-901
Author(s):  
T. E. C.
Keyword(s):  
Young Woman ◽  
19Th Century ◽  
Full Length ◽  
The Right ◽  
The Mind ◽  
The 19Th Century ◽  
Mind's Eye

During the 19th century the question of maternal impressions was still unresolved. A curious example of the putative power of this phenomenon is given below. A similar instance was reported about 1825 by Dr. Munro of Edinburgh who frequently exhibited a child in whose eyes many persons imagined they could read the name and age of his father. A young woman in Galloway [Scotland] having proved with child, laid the same to a respectable man of the name John Woods, who denied being the father of the same, and persisted in his denial saying that he would never acknowledge the child unless his name was written at full length on its face; and he accordingly gave his solemn oath before the court to that effect. This made so much impression on the mind of the young woman, who was present, that his name and person remained constantly in her mind's eye, and when the child was born, the name of the father appeared in legible letters in the child's eye, the name of "JOHN WOODS," on the right eye, and "BORN 1817" on the left eye. When John Woods, the alleged father, came to know this circumstance, he instantly absconded and has not since been heard of. This wonderful child has now arrived in this city [Edinburgh], and has been inspected by the Professors and other learned Faculties of this city, and pronounced to be a most wonderful phenomenon of nature, and an astonishing dispensation of Providence in pointing out the truth against the wicked and perjured ways of men.

Myth-Historical Tensions

2021 ◽  
pp. 23-70
Author(s):  
José G. Perillán
Keyword(s):  
Common Ground ◽  
Distinct Mode ◽  
Greater Good ◽  
The Right ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Reflective Discourse

Chapter 1 examines the origins of “myth-history” as a narrative category and the purposes for which it is employed. The term myth-history has been used by some physicists to self-consciously distinguish the informal stories they tell from scholarly histories. These scientist-storytellers are not admitting wrongdoing. They are aware of the deficiencies in rigor underlying their myth-histories, yet they reserve the right to filter out historical details for science’s greater good. This chapter sets the context for the rest of the book by establishing scientists’ diverse intents and justifications for writing myth-histories. The discussion is careful not to depict the relationship between myth and history as a polarized conflict. Instead, a more reflective discourse is sought, a common ground to appreciate the power of myth-histories as a distinct mode of storytelling. This framing challenges scientist-storytellers and historians to think critically about the effects of the stories they tell.

scholarly journals Editorial

Transfers ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-4
Author(s):  
Gijs Mom ◽  
Georgine Clarsen ◽  
Cotten Seiler
Keyword(s):  
Contemporary Art ◽  
Video Clip ◽  
Quarter Century ◽  
Low Speed ◽  
Video Clips ◽  
University Of Technology ◽  
The Right ◽  
Father And Son

At Eindhoven University of Technology, which has a modest reputation for collecting contemporary art, an exhibition of large machines and poetic video clips by father and son Van Bakel invites passersby to reflect on mobility. Gerrit van Bakel, who died more than a quarter century ago, became known for his Tarim Machine, a vehicle that moves at such a low speed that it almost does not matter whether it moves or not. The propulsion principle—for those who love technology—rests on the dilatation energy of oil in tubes propelling (if propelling is the right word …) the contraption a couple of centimeters over a hundred years or so, as long as there is change in temperature to trigger the dilatation. Emphasizing his father’s insights, Michiel van Bakel, exhibits a video clip of a horse and rider galloping over a square in Rotterdam, where the position and camera work are operated so that the horse seems to turn around its axis while the environment rotates at a different tempo. Mobility, these Dutch artists convey, is often not what it seems to be.

scholarly journals Thirty Years of Research on Children’s Rights in the Context of Migration

2020 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 36-65
Author(s):  
Ruth Brittle ◽  
Ellen Desmet
Keyword(s):  
Academic Research ◽  
Children's Rights ◽  
Migrant Children ◽  
Children’S Rights ◽  
Best Interests ◽  
Cultural Rights ◽  
Economic Migration ◽  
International Refugee Law ◽  
And Migration ◽  
The Right

This article presents a tentative analysis of 30 years of academic research in the field of children’s rights and migration (1989–2019). Much research has addressed the plight of unaccompanied, refugee and asylum-seeking children, trying better to link children’s rights considerations with international refugee law. Many publications address the best interests of the child principle and the right to be heard. Most research focuses on (migration towards) Europe. This has led to an increased visibility and recognition of children’s rights in the context of migration. However, there are still various blind spots in the research reviewed. Most research focuses on some children, but not all (e.g., accompanied children), on some rights, but not all (e.g., economic, social and cultural rights), and on some types of migration, but not all (e.g., economic migration). Moreover, refugee and migrant children tend to be studied as a group, which risks reducing attention for their internal diversity.

The Islamic Subject of Home Cinema of Kerala

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 30-51 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohamed Shafeeq Karinkurayil
Keyword(s):  
Arabian Gulf ◽  
The State ◽  
Full Length ◽  
Digital Revolution ◽  
Home Video ◽  
Feature Films

Migration to the Arabian Gulf as the experience of the state of Kerala has mostly been elided in mainstream Malayalam cinema. The digital revolution towards the end of the last century has spurred a local film practice in northern Kerala, usually called ‘Home Cinema’/‘home video’/‘home film’ and so on. Home Cinema of Kerala is locally produced low-quality CD/DVD video productions which are full-length feature films distributed through video shops, stationeries, bookstores and so on. Home Cinema, synonymous in its beginning with the films of Salam Kodiyathur, began as an attempt to oppose what was perceived as the immoral qualities of mainstream cinema, both global and regional. As a counter to the mainstream, Kodiyathur attempted to formulate Islamic cinema but in the idiom of a strand of mainstream Malayalam cinema. This article looks at the constitution of the Islamic subjects of these cinemas as negotiating the figure of the migrant Muslim in the dominant idiom of Malayalam cinema.

Why perceived political bias on TV does not inevitably lead to a polarized audience. The case of NRK and TV2 in Norway

2019 ◽  
Vol 44 (4) ◽  
pp. 382-406
Author(s):  
Anders Todal Jenssen ◽  
Toril Aalberg
Keyword(s):  
Political Polarization ◽  
Wide Audience ◽  
The Public ◽  
News Stories ◽  
Political Beliefs ◽  
Political Bias ◽  
News Source ◽  
Public Broadcaster ◽  
Political Spectrum ◽  
The Right

Abstract This paper investigates whether political polarization of the TV audience is emerging also in a typical democratic corporatist system. The study is motivated by the claim put forward by several US scholars, who argue that in today’s high choice information environments, partisans tend to see mainstream media as ‘hostile’ and therefore seek out and select broadcasters who confirm and deepen their worldview (Arceneaux and Johnson, 2013; Iyengar and Hahn, 2009; Tewksbury and Riles, 2015). This demand, they argue, expands the market for partisan TV and contributes to growing political polarization. We ask if there is evidence of a politically polarized Norwegian TV audience, by exploring the relationship between partisan preferences, perceived political bias and selective exposure to TV news. We find that many Norwegians believe that both the public broadcaster and the leading commercial broadcasters are politically biased. Consistent with the “hostile media hypothesis”, people on the right accuse the broadcasters of favoring the parties on the left, whereas people of the left tend to see the broadcasters as favoring the parties on the right, albeit not to the same degree. By using a survey experiment, our study also demonstrates that given the opportunity, the audience does select news stories consistent with their political beliefs from a politically ‘friendly’ broadcaster. However, they also choose news stories consistent with their political beliefs from a perceived hostile news source over politically inconsistent stories from a friendly source. This suggests that ‘friendly’ content triumphs perception of broadcaster bias. Despite widespread perceptions of partisan favoritism in the Norwegian TV market, we find few traces of a politically polarized audience. The main reason for this is that the public broadcaster still draws a wide audience across the political spectrum, as even critics consider this news source as too important and relevant to be ignored.

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