Digital Realisms

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Igor Krstić
Keyword(s):  
Social Inequalities ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
New Wave ◽  
Digital Cinema ◽  
Recent Scholarship ◽  
World Cinema

The chapter looks at contemporary depictions of slums in digital cinema. Joining recent scholarship (Nagib, Elsaesser, Rombes) that argues for a correlation between the advent of DV and a renewed return to realism in world cinema, the author rejects the notion that the advent of digital technologies marks a ‘loss of indexicality’, as claimed by some (Rodowick; Manovich, Grusin). Instead, the author argues that today’s independent (festival, art or new wave) cinemas (e.g. Dogme 95) enter into a post-postmodern phase since they attempt to re-materialise the filmic signifiers, precisely by refashioning the filmmaking practices and principles of earlier movements such as Italian neorealism or cinéma vérité. To illustrate this, the chapter looks at how Manila’s slums have been represented by the filmmakers of the ‘Philippine New Wave’ (e.g. Mendoza) and at Pedro Costa’s Fontainhas Trilogy, which depicts a slum once located on the outskirts of Lisbon. The chapter concludes that these filmmakers use digital technologies, albeit very differently, to reanimate a political kind of cinema that has been declared dead, turning their films into acts of resistance to the digital confections of today’s entertainment industries as well as to the blatant social inequalities of our ‘planet of slums’.

Introduction

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Igor Krstić
Keyword(s):  
Film Culture ◽  
Recent Scholarship ◽  
Slum Dwellers ◽  
Historical Processes ◽  
World Cinema ◽  
Enormous Amount ◽  
Slumdog Millionaire

The chapter first outlines the book’s scope and its aim to reconstruct two developments while trying to weave them together: accelerated urbanisation and the rise of an increasingly interconnected global film culture. Considering the enormous amount of slum-dwellers around the globe as well as the ‘global archive’ of still and moving imagery that we have of slums in cities as diverse as Victorian London or modern-day Mumbai, the author argues that in approaching ‘slums on screen’ one needs to take the historical processes of globalisation into account, since they have profoundly shaped both ‘world cinema’ and our ‘planet of slums’. While acknowledging the ethical and political concerns that have continuously been raised by critics – most recently in regard to the enormously popular Slumdog Millionaire (Boyle 2008) – Krstić argues to watch out for hasty accusations of social voyeurism, arguing instead for an approach that is anchored in historical-contextual analyses of representative examples. Taking the notion of ‘global complexity‘ (Urry) as a clue, and departing from Stam and Shohat’s Unthinking Eurocentrism (1994) as well as from recent scholarship on world cinema (Nagib, Andrew et. al.), the author outlines a ‘polycentric approach to world cinema’s planet of slums’.

Technology and In/equality, Questioning the Information Society

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 183-194
Author(s):  
Flis Henwood ◽  
Sally Wyatt
Keyword(s):  
New Media ◽  
Information Society ◽  
Social Inequalities ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
Gender Inequalities ◽  
Media Technology ◽  
Technological Developments ◽  
Discrimination And Oppression ◽  
And Control ◽  
Key Terms

Abstract At the beginning of the 21st century, we co-edited a book called Technology and In/equality, Questioning the information Society. In that book, we focused on access and control of media technology, education and skills with a particular focus on gender and global economic development. The editors and contributors were all committed to approaching teaching and research about digital technologies and society from an interdisciplinary perspective. In this article, we reflect on how the debates about digital inequalities have developed over the past 20 years, and on our current understanding of “technology” and “in/equality,” the key terms in the title of the book. In this article, we examine what has stayed the same and what has changed, through the lens of gender. We argue that while digital technologies have clearly changed, inequalities have persisted. Contrary to popular belief, access is still an issue for the global south, as well as for marginalised communities throughout the world. We also show how gender inequalities and hierarchies are reproduced in digital spaces, demonstrating that even where women have equal access, possibilities for discrimination and oppression remain. We conclude by arguing that there remain important tasks for scholars of technology and new media, namely to monitor the material and symbolic significance of new technological developments as they emerge and to examine the ways in which they may reflect and re-produce social inequalities.

scholarly journals A Second-Order Disaster? Digital Technologies During the COVID-19 Pandemic

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 205630512094816
Author(s):  
Mirca Madianou
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Social Inequalities ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
Second Order ◽  
Contact Tracing ◽  
Remote Work ◽  
Public Health Response ◽  
Marginalized Communities ◽  
Health Response ◽  
The One

One of the most striking features of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom has been the disproportionate way in which it has affected Black, Asian, ethnic minority, and working class people. In this article, I argue that digital technologies and data practices in the response to COVID-19 amplify social inequalities, which are already accentuated by the pandemic, thus leading to a “second-order disaster”—a human-made disaster which further traps disadvantaged people into precarity. Inequalities are reproduced both in the everyday uses of technology for distance learning and remote work as well as in the public health response. Applications such as contact tracing apps raise concerns about “function creep”—the reuse of data for different purposes than the one for which they were originally collected—while they normalize surveillance which has been traditionally used on marginalized communities. The outsourcing of the digital public health response consolidates the arrival of the privatized digital welfare state, which increases risks of potential discrimination.

scholarly journals New Wave of Businesses: Brick to Click Approach in Malaysia

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (4.35) ◽  
pp. 777
Author(s):  
Nur Afiqah Mohammad Ishak ◽  
Nurazariah Binti Abidin ◽  
Jegatheesan Rajadurai
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Millennial Generation ◽  
Academic Research ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
Marketing Strategies ◽  
New Wave ◽  
Wireless Internet ◽  
Analytical Skills ◽  
Key Aspects ◽  
Start Ups

Having been born into a technologically advanced, wireless internet society, today's younger generation or the Millennial, is in a better position to be nurtured as the new age online businesses. They are well educated, self absorbed, have a strong sense of independence and highly motivated toward their perception of success. As such, the Millennial generation rushes forward with their marketing strategies to start businesses using social media to reach out their existing and potential consumers. While there have been numerous studies about traditional businesses, there has been little academic research focused on Millennial and which skills needed to become online businesses This paper proposed to measure the association between social media analytical skills and online businesses competencies within the Millennial generation. A questionnaire was used whose respondents were 100 online businesses among Millennial. It is hoped that this study will significantly contribute to a higher success rate in new start ups of online businesses for the Millennial generation. This study will not only enable for further advance the knowledge of Millennial but also to identify key aspects of online businesses competency in digital technologies.

France as author of world cinema: International co-production and the Fonds Sud, 1984–2012

2020 ◽  
Vol 31 (2) ◽  
pp. 111-123
Author(s):  
Joseph Pomp
Keyword(s):  
Southern Hemisphere ◽  
Historical Inquiry ◽  
Film Culture ◽  
Literary Marketplace ◽  
International Circulation ◽  
Recent Scholarship ◽  
World Cinema ◽  
The Status

While the profound effect that metropolitan France has had on the contours of the global literary marketplace (or ‘littérature-monde’) has figured prominently in much recent scholarship, the similarly central role that Paris plays in the nebulous domain of world cinema remains ripe for scrutiny. The status of the Cannes Festival is well known as perhaps the single most powerful gatekeeper to a filmmaker’s international circulation, but the broader relationship between France’s administration of film culture and the international art-house circuit is not widely understood. This paper engages with competing definitions of ‘world cinema’ on both sides of the Atlantic and lays the groundwork for a historical inquiry into the Aide aux cinémas du monde, a production grant that the Centre national du cinéma established in 2012 to replace its long-running Fonds Sud, a fund for film projects originating in the southern hemisphere and beyond.

Demystifying, recognising and combating racism during the pandemic

2020 ◽  
Vol 29 (21) ◽  
pp. 1266-1270
Author(s):  
Kathleen Markey ◽  
Yu Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Social Inequalities ◽  
Daily Practice ◽  
Predisposing Factors ◽  
Self Awareness ◽  
New Wave ◽  
Discussion Paper

The increased reports of escalation of social inequalities, xenophobic and racist ideologies during the COVID-19 pandemic presents a growing concern. Nurses are not immune to xenophobia and racism, both as perpetrators and as victims. Although COVID-19 brings a new wave of xenophobia and racism, healthcare organisations have been tackling discriminatory and racist practices for decades. However, racist practice quite often goes undetected or unchallenged due to its associated sensitivity and a lack of understanding of its complexity. There is a need for a more open and non-judgemental discourse around interpretations of racism and its predisposing factors as a means of combating the growing reports. This discussion paper proposes a practice-orientated conceptualisation of racism and outlines some particular and sustainable areas for consideration for nurses to use in their daily practice. Developing self-awareness and nurturing the courage, confidence and commitment to challenge self and others is critical for transforming ethnocentric and racist ideologies.

scholarly journals The Geopolitical and Socioeconomic Factors of Digitization in Vietnam: Technology Adoption in the Art and Cultural Sector During the Covid-19 Pandemic

2021 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Emma Duester
Keyword(s):  
Socioeconomic Factors ◽  
Industrial Revolution ◽  
Social Inequalities ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
Global Scale ◽  
Digital Culture ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Art Collections ◽  
Digital Platforms ◽  
Cultural Sector

Abstract This paper argues that there is an emergent digital culture in the art and cultural sector in Hanoi, which is producing a paradigm shift in the nature of work for cultural professionals, the way of preserving and displaying art collections, as well as the nature of international connections. The advent of the “fourth industrial revolution” in Vietnam has brought about advances in digitization. While this transition is crucial in achieving national sustainable development goals, Vietnam remains at a disadvantage on a global scale due to country-specific challenges in digitization that include lack of human, technical, and financial resources. These challenges are hindering the pace and quality of the digitization process and impeding the ability of cultural professionals to utilize digital platforms. In addition, the global digital divide is having impacts on access, inclusion, and representation. This shows that the challenges faced in the digitization process are not only about access to technology but also about much more deep-seated issues related to culture, history, and social inequalities. This is especially pertinent during the Covid-19 pandemic, which has highlighted inequalities in access and inclusion. The research draws on 20 semi-structured interviews with cultural professionals across Hanoi. The interviews were carried out during the Covid-19 pandemic and addressed its impact on digitization projects and the use of digital technologies for work. The findings show how geopolitical and socioeconomic factors can suppress the ability to adopt new digital technologies, which is hindering the ability to exploit the opportunities of digitization. Yet, the Covid-19 pandemic has allowed more time to focus on digitization projects and to utilize digital tools and platforms, especially with free open-source software or platforms such as Facebook. This has become one route toward exploiting the opportunities of digitization for increased exposure, creation of digital resources, and rebalancing the discourse and amount of content circulating online regarding Vietnamese art and culture.

scholarly journals Digital Technologies in Cinema

2010 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 132-138
Author(s):  
Vladislav Vladimirovich Artemov ◽  
Vladislav Artemov
Keyword(s):  
Digital Technology ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
Digital Recording ◽  
Digital Cinema

The article is devoted to certain tendencies of digital cinema development. It contains the comparison of tape and modern devices based on Panasonic cameras digital technology. Features of different digital recording formats and AVC-Intra codec application are being described.

scholarly journals The Effects of Digital Technologies on Expanded  Cinema in the Age of Liquid Modernity:  Drowning and Surfacing in the Expanded Seas of the  Digital Cinema

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Horst C Sarubin
Keyword(s):  
Academic Writing ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
Short Film ◽  
Video Installation ◽  
Digital Cinema ◽  
Liquid Modernity ◽  
Expanded Cinema ◽  
Points Of View ◽  
Film And Video

<p>This thesis is submitted as one part of a three-part Masters program: it is accompanied by two creative praxis: a short film and video installation. The thesis itself mirrors the creative elements of the praxis and should be read in that light. It consists of writing and formatting style not usually found in academic writing. The font and formatting changes are designed to facilitate the reader’s experience and recognition of various points of view personified within. ...</p>

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