Justice for the Enemy?

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Margaretha Franziska Vordermayer
Keyword(s):  
Transitional Justice ◽  
Specific Form ◽  
Public Image ◽  
Court Cases ◽  
Public Defenders ◽  
The Public ◽  
British Occupation ◽  
War Criminals ◽  
Transnational Cooperation

Between 1945 and 1949, a total of 329 court martials were conducted in the British occupation zone in Germany. In addition to German lawyers, 46 British officers took on a mandate as public defenders. German lawyers, British defence counsels, prosecutors and judges created a specific form of transnational cooperation in these tribunals. At the heart of this study is the now largely forgotten role of British officers who represented alleged German war criminals in military courts and significantly shaped the public image of their clients. The study illuminates the defendants who were prosecuted and the crimes they were accused of on the basis of sources that have barely been explored so far, as well as the proceedings and the judgements of the 34 tribunals. In addition to the description of the tribunals, concepts of transitional justice provide further access to these military court cases and the British defenders who operated there—their backgrounds, their protagonists and, not least, their consequences.

Archaeology and the Public Image

1960 ◽  
Vol 25 (3) ◽  
pp. 402-403 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert Ascher
Keyword(s):  
Mass Media ◽  
Mass Communication ◽  
Public Image ◽  
Technical Knowledge ◽  
Life Magazine ◽  
Knowledge And Skills ◽  
The Public

AbstractThe archaeological content of ten years of Life magazine is analyzed in an attempt to identify what may go into formulating the public's images of the archaeologist and his goals. The four themes which appear in the 34 Life articles are: chance nature of archaeological discovery, role of the archaeologist as an expert, emphasis on technical knowledge and skills, and heavy use of superlatives. Analysis of other mass media, including fiction and cartoons, might lead to the identification of other themes. The image of archaeology presented by mass communication is considered important in a science so dependent upon public cooperation.

#GirlGamers, Soldiers, and Public Relations: Analyzing Gender Representation in U.S. Army Esports

2022 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jolene Fisher ◽  
Joshua Foust
Keyword(s):  
Public Relations ◽  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Video Game ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
Public Image ◽  
Team Members ◽  
The Public ◽  
Video Game Play ◽  
Media Channels

Abstract While interest in esports is widespread across demographic categories, the gendered norms surrounding video game play have been replicated, resulting in a male-dominated space. Scholars argue that broadening representations of gamers is necessary to normalizing women’s presence in esports. As nongaming organizations enter the space, they have a unique opportunity to disrupt established norms through their representations of esports competitors. This study analyzes the representation of U.S. Army Esports (USAE) team members via official social media channels. USAE was created as a public relations tool to engage with a younger audience, redefine the public image of the Army, and recruit soldiers. Using a critical public relations framework and critical discourse analysis, we examine the discourse around gender and esports constructed through USAE’s representation of team members and the role of public relations practice in reinforcing or disrupting existing norms.

‘Stepping on the heads of our Gods'

2015 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 40-56
Author(s):  
Yangji Doma Sherpa ◽  
A. John Sinclair ◽  
Thomas Henley
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Rapid Development ◽  
High Mountain ◽  
Court Cases ◽  
The Public ◽  
Mountain Environments ◽  
Hydroelectric Dam ◽  
Decision Making Processes

The Himalayan region of India is experiencing rapid development in tourism, agriculture, highway construction and hydroelectric dam construction. This research considered the role of the public both within and outside of development decision-making processes in these high mountain environments using the proposed Himalayan Ski Village (HSV) in Manali as a case study. The qualitative data revealed that there has been an extensive array of public participation activity related to the HSV project over approximately 10 years. Very little of this activity has evolved, however, through the formal decision-making process. Rather, most participation activities, such as general house meetings, objection letters, public rallies, court cases against the proposed project, and a religious congregation were instigated by the public to protest the proposed development. The findings also show that involvement in the participatory activities undertaken by the public and project proponent fostered instrumental and communicative learning outcomes.

scholarly journals The ‘Affair of the Photographs’: Controlling the Public Image of a Nineteenth-Century Stigmatic

2017 ◽  
Vol 68 (4) ◽  
pp. 784-806
Author(s):  
TINE VAN OSSELAER
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
Public Image ◽  
Religious Perspective ◽  
The Public ◽  
Grassroots Initiatives ◽  
The Media

The article focuses on an episode concerning the photographs of the famous Belgian stigmatic, Louise Lateau. Examining the events leading up to the bishop's decision to restrict the circulation of her portrait, it becomes clear that the ‘affair’ of 1877 was as much about creating her public saintly image as it was about controlling it. Studying the ecclesiastical response to grassroots initiatives adds a more religious perspective to the young field of celebrity studies and offers a more complex view on sanctity, and the role of the media and modern techniques in its creation, use and misuse.

The gestures of Hermes: Federico Fellini as an interpreter and circulating agent of images

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 83-100 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ivan Pintor Iranzo
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Popular Culture ◽  
Comic Books ◽  
Public Image ◽  
Public Figure ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Past ◽  
Italian Culture ◽  
Federico Fellini

Based on its relationship to comic books, this article proposes an iconographic study of the public figure of Federico Fellini in terms of the Hermes archetype. With the aim of explaining how Fellini’s image has been interpreted from different visual perspectives, I consider two basic questions: what relationship does Fellini have to the images of himself and of Italian culture? And why have images in Fellini’s films and his own public image been the object of constant reinterpretations in film, advertising and on social networks? Focusing on the rereading of Fellini’s image in the comics of Milo Manara, this article explores a phenomenon that distinguishes Fellini’s filmmaking: his role as a circulator of images of classical and popular culture out of the past and into the future. The figure of Hermes, the god of mediation, constitutes the archetype through which we can understand this central role of Fellini.

scholarly journals Augmented Virtual Reality: Playing Architect

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stefan Miller
Keyword(s):  
Virtual Reality ◽  
Black Male ◽  
White Male ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
Public Image ◽  
The Public ◽  
Young Black Male ◽  
The Social ◽  
Alternative Understanding

This thesis sits at the intersection of identity and technology by considering what it means to assume the role of architect as the young black male. The public image of the architect is represented instead, by the white male figure and distributed in a narrative of individualist and ego. However, a critique of the ego through introspection and auto-biographical context gives alternative understanding to the social, cultural, racial and political discourse for the minority seeking autonomy. Framed in modern blackness, design in research becomes a process of appropriation where the architect can be challenged by notions of new softwares where platforms are built instead of foundations. Research that began largely about architecture and virtual reality - instead concludes with urgent questions involving the architect and the tools he interfaces - opening avenues for critical discourse on identity, autonomy, anonymity, and devices.

The prevention of torture in Rio de Janeiro: A study on the role of public defenders

2018 ◽  
Vol 100 (907-909) ◽  
pp. 185-209
Author(s):  
Étienne Chénier-Laflèche
Keyword(s):  
Rio De Janeiro ◽  
Prison System ◽  
The State ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Public Defenders ◽  
The Public

AbstractThe attorneys of the Public Defender's Office of the State of Rio de Janeiro (PDORJ) are heavily present in the penitentiary system of Rio de Janeiro, individually meeting the vast majority of detainees and conducting monitoring visits. This article presents the work of the PDORJ in the prison system, focusing on its role in the prevention of torture. Based on semi-structured interviews with public defenders, the article explains the paradox between the extensive presence of the PDORJ in the prison system and the few instances of torture that are officially reported. It also presents recommendations aimed at better identifying and responding to accounts of torture.

Eurydice and the Birth of Macedonian Power

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elizabeth Donnelly Carney
Keyword(s):  
Turning Point ◽  
Public Life ◽  
Great Power ◽  
Public Image ◽  
Alexander The Great ◽  
International Affairs ◽  
Philip Ii ◽  
The Public ◽  
Public Role

Eurydice (c. 410–340s BCE) played a part in the public life of ancient Macedonia, the first royal Macedonian woman known to have done so. She was the wife of Amyntas III, the mother of Philip II (and two other short-lived kings of Macedonia), and grandmother of Alexander the Great. Her career marked a turning point in the role of royal women in Macedonian monarchy, one that coincided with the emergence of Macedonia as a great power in the Hellenic world. This study examines the nature of her public role as well as the factors that contributed its expansion and the expansion of Macedonia. Some ancient sources picture Eurydice as a murderous adulteress willing to attempt the elimination of her husband and her three sons for the sake of her lover, whereas others portray her as a doting and heroic mother whose actions led to the preservation of the throne for her sons. Both traditions describe her as the leader of a faction, as well as an active figure at court and in international affairs. Eurydice also participated in the construction of the public image of the dynasty. Archaeological discoveries since the 1980s enable us to better understand this development.

Chained corpses: warfare, politics and religion after the Habsburg Empire in the Julian March, 1930s–1970s

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gaetano Dato
Keyword(s):  
Public Discourse ◽  
Human Remains ◽  
Collective Identities ◽  
The Public ◽  
The North ◽  
Politics And Religion ◽  
War Criminals ◽  
War Propaganda ◽  
The Great War

The chapter deals with the role of corpses in public memory during the Age of the World Wars in the North Adriatic borderland, where human remains had a momentous role in the clash among the area’s main collective identities: Italian, Slovenian and Croatian nationals, Habsburg authorities, Communists, Nazis, Fascists and new Fascists, and the Jewish community. In particular, corpses were actors in political-religious representations and a driving force in the period’s war propaganda. After 1945, human remains were contentious among conflicting factions and later became involved in trials against Nazi war criminals – regular public opinion has since underlined their fate. The analysis begins by recalling the public display and long spanning funeral of the mummified corpse of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his spouse, on the brink of the Great War in July 1914. The paper then explores other examples in use of corpses in the public discourse and pays careful attention to three case studies: the Redipuglia WW1 shrine, the pictures shot in winter 1943–44 of exhumed partisans’ enemies, and the victims’ ashes of the San Sabba Rice Mill lager.

Photography as a Small Language: Interview with Robert Hariman

2017 ◽  
pp. 10-13
Author(s):  
Ilija Tomanić Trivundža ◽  
Robert Hariman
Keyword(s):  
Paradigm Shift ◽  
Social Role ◽  
Political Efficacy ◽  
Public Image ◽  
Politics Of Representation ◽  
Main Argument ◽  
University Of Chicago ◽  
The Public ◽  
University Of Chicago Press

In the interview, Robert Hariman talks about his latest co-authored book The Public Image: Photography and Civic Spectatorship (University of Chicago Press, 2016), presenting the main argument that they put forward with John Louis Lucaites – that a paradigm shift is needed within the field of photographic theory in order to understand the changing social role of photography in contemporary societies. They argue for a redefinition of the medium’s “burden of representation”, embracing its limitations and treating it as a “small language”, firmly embedded within the notion of the vernacular. This move beyond simple politics of representation, he argues, should however not be apolitical. In fact, the paradigm shift is needed to re-politicise photography and therefore increase its political efficacy in the wake of unsustainability of the dominant neoliberal socio-economic order and the specific catastrophic idea of progress which it promotes. Keywords: capitalism, grimace, modernity, photography theory, progress, Robert Hariman

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