Heading south : theory, Viva Riva! and District 9
- Authors: Frassinelli, Pier Paolo
- Date: 2015-07-13
- Subjects: Said, Edward W. - Culture and imperialism , Comaroff, Jean - Theory from the South , Comaroff, John L., 1945- - Theory from the South , Viva Riva (Film) , District 9 (Film)
- Type: Article
- Identifier: uj:5610 , ISSN 02560046 , http://hdl.handle.net/10210/14348
- Description: This article begins by reflecting on how the geopolitical configuration outlined in Edward Said’s Culture and imperialism (1993) has been radically altered both by the decline of the US empire and, in conjunction with it, by what Jean and John Comaroff describe, in the subtitle of Theory from the south (2012), as Euro-America’s evolution toward Africa. From there, the article turns to Viva Riva! (2010) and District 9 (2009), two films that appropriate the conventions of Hollywood blockbusters to produce cinematic narratives set in contemporary. African urban landscapes which lend themselves to be viewed through the lens of recent theoretical debates on the becoming global of the south. These films’ gazes produce an image of African cities that is legible as a dystopic vision of the global future.
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- Authors: Frassinelli, Pier Paolo
- Date: 2015-07-13
- Subjects: Said, Edward W. - Culture and imperialism , Comaroff, Jean - Theory from the South , Comaroff, John L., 1945- - Theory from the South , Viva Riva (Film) , District 9 (Film)
- Type: Article
- Identifier: uj:5610 , ISSN 02560046 , http://hdl.handle.net/10210/14348
- Description: This article begins by reflecting on how the geopolitical configuration outlined in Edward Said’s Culture and imperialism (1993) has been radically altered both by the decline of the US empire and, in conjunction with it, by what Jean and John Comaroff describe, in the subtitle of Theory from the south (2012), as Euro-America’s evolution toward Africa. From there, the article turns to Viva Riva! (2010) and District 9 (2009), two films that appropriate the conventions of Hollywood blockbusters to produce cinematic narratives set in contemporary. African urban landscapes which lend themselves to be viewed through the lens of recent theoretical debates on the becoming global of the south. These films’ gazes produce an image of African cities that is legible as a dystopic vision of the global future.
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Secret/Wish : the problem of the object in relational aesthetics
- Authors: Raubenheimer, Landi
- Date: 2015
- Subjects: Relational aesthetics , Object (Aesthetics) , Art objects , Secret/Wish (Artwork)
- Type: Article
- Identifier: uj:5619 , ISSN 02560046 , http://hdl.handle.net/10210/14576
- Description: Nicholas Bourriaud’s (2002) relational aesthetics interprets art as social or political in nature, underemphasising aesthetic concerns such as the creating of objects as artworks. This article aims to problematise the relational model from a material point of view, based on a “new aesthetics” which Jacques Ranciére discusses as a mode of art-making which he titles “inventory”. In order to do so the article addresses a spectator-orientated artwork entitled Secret/Wish, conceived along with artist Paul Cooper, and installed at the University of Johannesburg in South Africa in 2011. In previous publications on the work I questioned its significance as relational and site-specific according to Nicholas Bourriaud and Miwon Kwon’s theories. I would like to further interrogate their ideas here by investigating Secret/Wish as rooted in the production of authored objects despite its affinity with Bourriaud and Kwon’s perspectives, which denounce the art object as pivotal to artistic production.
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- Authors: Raubenheimer, Landi
- Date: 2015
- Subjects: Relational aesthetics , Object (Aesthetics) , Art objects , Secret/Wish (Artwork)
- Type: Article
- Identifier: uj:5619 , ISSN 02560046 , http://hdl.handle.net/10210/14576
- Description: Nicholas Bourriaud’s (2002) relational aesthetics interprets art as social or political in nature, underemphasising aesthetic concerns such as the creating of objects as artworks. This article aims to problematise the relational model from a material point of view, based on a “new aesthetics” which Jacques Ranciére discusses as a mode of art-making which he titles “inventory”. In order to do so the article addresses a spectator-orientated artwork entitled Secret/Wish, conceived along with artist Paul Cooper, and installed at the University of Johannesburg in South Africa in 2011. In previous publications on the work I questioned its significance as relational and site-specific according to Nicholas Bourriaud and Miwon Kwon’s theories. I would like to further interrogate their ideas here by investigating Secret/Wish as rooted in the production of authored objects despite its affinity with Bourriaud and Kwon’s perspectives, which denounce the art object as pivotal to artistic production.
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Youth and marriage : a study of changing marital choices among the university students in India
- Ramsheena, C. A., Gundemeda, Nagaraju
- Authors: Ramsheena, C. A. , Gundemeda, Nagaraju
- Date: 2015
- Subjects: Marriage - India , Youth - India , Marital choices - India , University students - India
- Type: Article
- Identifier: uj:5614 , ISSN 02560046 , http://hdl.handle.net/10210/14408
- Description: Each social group in the Indian context, whether it may be a caste or religion or tribe, has its own rules and regulations that define the practices of social relations within the group and outside the group. Marriage as a social institution establishes a social relation with the members of two families. It is largely regulated by the norms and values of the groups and society. In the same way, choice of marriage is also much influenced by caste and religious norms and values. Here, the individual preferences are constrained by the groups' norms. At this juncture, higher education has the potential role in shaping the marital choices of students. This study sets out to analyse the students' views on choices of marriage in a university campus by employing qualitative and quantitative techniques. It also attempts to explain the changing forms of marital choices and types of marriages in the university campus. For this study, extensive data was collected from 450 selected students from the University of Hyderabad (UoH) through survey research questionnaire on marital choices among the students. In order to strengthen the reliability of the data, personal opinion on marital choices was drawn from 20 selected students from different caste and religious backgrounds by using open-ended questionnaire. The data analysis shows that the students' marital choices are still influenced by cultural factors like caste, religion, class, and family.
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- Authors: Ramsheena, C. A. , Gundemeda, Nagaraju
- Date: 2015
- Subjects: Marriage - India , Youth - India , Marital choices - India , University students - India
- Type: Article
- Identifier: uj:5614 , ISSN 02560046 , http://hdl.handle.net/10210/14408
- Description: Each social group in the Indian context, whether it may be a caste or religion or tribe, has its own rules and regulations that define the practices of social relations within the group and outside the group. Marriage as a social institution establishes a social relation with the members of two families. It is largely regulated by the norms and values of the groups and society. In the same way, choice of marriage is also much influenced by caste and religious norms and values. Here, the individual preferences are constrained by the groups' norms. At this juncture, higher education has the potential role in shaping the marital choices of students. This study sets out to analyse the students' views on choices of marriage in a university campus by employing qualitative and quantitative techniques. It also attempts to explain the changing forms of marital choices and types of marriages in the university campus. For this study, extensive data was collected from 450 selected students from the University of Hyderabad (UoH) through survey research questionnaire on marital choices among the students. In order to strengthen the reliability of the data, personal opinion on marital choices was drawn from 20 selected students from different caste and religious backgrounds by using open-ended questionnaire. The data analysis shows that the students' marital choices are still influenced by cultural factors like caste, religion, class, and family.
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