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ItemHitchcock’s Simulacra: Crystallizing the mental operations of Rear Window and Vertigo(Buchner, 2017)By referring to Gilles Deleuze’s philosophy of the cinema, and most notably to his commentaries on Hitchcock’s conception of the moving image, this article poses a film analysis that is no longer based on representational accounts. Drawing upon two of Hitchcock's films, Rear Window and Vertigo, I seek to demonstrate how the philosophical ideas set by Deleuze help to overcome the apparatus of film theory by triggering the simulacrum of a new mental image. In the case of Rear Window, by making the spectator aware of the act of perceiving images, I argue that the director introduces a mental operation that opens an interaction between characters and viewers that is both actual in space and virtual in time. This approach compares Hitchcock’s film with Deleuze’s theory of the simulacrum; a place of pure production without any referential point of departure. In a second moment, with Vertigo, the spectator’s virtual activity is analysed in terms of the ambiguous status of time and memory portrayed on screen. Focusing on Vertigo’s image temporality, and by employing Deleuze’s definition of the crystal image, I claim that the vision of which Scottie and the triad Madeleine, Carlotta and Judy are so badly prey mirrors the loop in temporality which marks the instability of the subject itself.
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ItemChen Yanyin: Giving Form to Emotion(ShanghART Gallery, 2016)
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ItemMelbourne Mandarins: ‘Modern Chinese Painters’, 1974(Routledge, 2019-04-18)The 1974 exhibition ‘Modern Chinese Painters in the Traditional Style’ represents an early effort to promote the understanding of modern Chinese art in Australia. Initiated by the professor of Chinese at the University of Melbourne and held at the University Art Gallery, the exhibition was a cross-disciplinary and cross-institutional endeavour that brought together paintings from private collections in Melbourne, Sydney and Canberra. Australia re-established diplomatic relations with China in December 1972, and in late 1973, Gough Whitlam made the first visit to China by an Australian prime minister, opening the door to greater dialogue and exchange. 1974 was a pivotal moment in China and Australia to reflect on China’s cultural and artistic past and consider its future.
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ItemNo Preview AvailableIntroduction(Text Publishing, 2019-10-01)A self-portrait by one of Australia’s greatest artists, a man mistakenly portrayed as a hermit
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ItemNavigating Online Down Under: International Students’ Digital Journeys in Australia(Rowman & Littlefield, 2018)Research focusing on the experiences of international students tends to centre directly on their educational experiences rather than their everyday lives outside study. Moreover, much of this research has concentrated almost exclusively on the various impacts of the physical, geographic mobility of international students as they move from one country to another, with very little exploration of their digital experiences. There also exists extensive research on the social media and information seeking experiences of young people in different regions of the world. Some of this research provides a comparison between different sources of information and uses of social media. However, there has been little research on what happens when young people move between regions or countries. Borrowing Chang and Gomes’ (2017a) concept of the digital journey, where in crossing transnational borders, migrants might also cross digital borders, this chapter provides some concrete examples of the digital experiences of international students as they transition––wholly or partly––to the Australian digital environment. How do international students transition from certain online environments into others that may be completely different, even alien, to what they have previously experienced? Referring to qualitative and quantitative data collected from three separate projects conducted between 2012 and 2017, this chapter shows that in making the digital journey, international students in Australia do not so much quit their original digital comfort zones as widen their digital horizons. Understanding international students’ digital journeys is particularly significant since it has implications for future research in international student well-being and the provision of support services for students.
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ItemRembau, Negeri Sembilan: Personalities and promises(Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, 2014)The volume offers a set of case studies of parliamentary and state-level contests, detailing campaign messages, strategies and apparent patterns.
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ItemDiscourses, dispositifs, and dispositions in young children's mobile media use(Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2019)Focusing on the digital lives of children aged eight and under, and paying attention to their parents and educators, this book showcases research findings from the UK, Denmark, Turkey, Indonesia and Australia.
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ItemPostdigitality in Children’s Crossmedia Play: A Case Study of Nintendo’s Amiibo Figurines(Palgrave Macmillan, 2019-02-21)This book examines the rise of internet-connected toys and aims to anticipate the opportunities and risks of IoToys before their widespread diffusion.
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Item"Adapt or Die": The funeral trade show as a site of institutional anxiety(Routledge, 2019-06-11)Funeral directors shot themselves in the foot over cremation, and cemeteries got splattered with the blood.