Year: 2017
Management Education for Global Sustainability
Challenges to corporate business success requires the development of a new type of manager/leader who can integrate business expertise with …
Evaluation Research and Development of Strategic Plan for Faculty of Public Health Burapha University
Research Objectives to evaluate and develop a strategic plan of the Faculty of Public Health Burapha University. The source of …
Operative Fiscal Management Mobility and Its Implications to School Performance in Compostela Valley Division
The main purpose of the quantitative descriptive correlation study was to determine the significant relationship between the level of operative …
Extraversion and Introversion in Young Adult ESL Learners
Why do some ESL intermediate classes seem so energized while others seem so much more subdued? And why do even …
Exploring Japanese University Students’ Perceptions of Peer Feedback in Oral Presentations
While there are many benefits of using oral presentations in EFL (English as a Foreign Language) classroom, learner difficulties with …
The Diversity Experienced by Left-Handers: Reports of Five Different Generations
This research aimed to understand how people experience the condition of being left-handed, trying to identify the characteristics of laterality …
Is There Still a Gender Myth: Science Fields for Boys and Humanities for Girls?
MEXT, Japan (2006 and 2016) reported the numbers of university students' enrollments. In the area of Electric Communication Engineering, particular, …
The Courses on Inclusive Education in Departments of Early Childhood Education in Taiwanese Universities
According to official statistics, more than 90% of the preschool-aged children with disabilities in Taiwan are placed in regular education …
A Case Study of the Integration of Sight Word Instruction to Enhance Students’ English Reading
Reading proficiency has been thought of as a fundamental basis of other learning skills and subjects. Also, it plays an …
Assessing Information Literacy Skills of First Year Undergraduate Students
The present study aimed at assessing the information literacy skills of first year undergraduate students from author's university. This study …
Factors Related to Administration and Management of Moral Higher Education Institutions
The objectives of this research are to 1) study the opinions of the executives, lecturers, and supporting personnel about the …
Blended Vis–Vis Face-To-Face Courses: The Effect of Delivery Mode on Adult Learners’ Performance
Blended courses, which combine online and face-to-face delivery, are rapidly gaining traction in educational institutions in recent years because of …
Challenges Singapore Early Childhood Centre Leaders Face
In accord with emphasis made by the local government authority for early childhood services and education in Singapore, namely Early …
Effect of Self-Paced Online Modules As Support for Instruction on Student Outcomes of Grade 10 Miriam College High School Students
The affordances of technology provide teachers innovative teaching methods (Wong, 2015; Parnell and Bartlett, 2012). In Miriam College High School …
Relationship of Learning Environments to Students’ Interactive Behavior in a Project-Based English Course
A substantial number of studies have already considered cooperative or project-based English learning, which are often cited as forms of …
An Investigation on the Learning Satisfaction of Employing the Flipped Classroom Model in an “Introduction to Computer Science” Course
The employment of the flipped classroom model in instruction has become popular in Taiwan among different levels of education. Reversed …
The Social History of Chronic STIs in Africa: Experiences From Cameroon
The emergence of chronic sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in Africa has been nightmare to medical scientists who experience different clinical …
ICT Use: Changing Students’ Perception in Learning Grammar Through Kahoot Program
The background of the study in this research is based on the researcher's experience when doing teaching practice, in which …
Overview of Edtech Research Practices and Decision-Making in Higher Education
This session will review the results of a year-long research project looking at the role of efficacy research in educational …
The Development Multimedia Storybook for Promotion the Moral and Ethics Development for Hearing Impaired Students
Multimedia storybook is useful and has many advantages for hearing impaired students. This paper presents information based on reliable literature …
Effectiveness of the Use an Animation Programs to Development Architectural Skills of Students for Design; The Architectural Departments – Faculty
During the 1990, anime appeared as one of Japan's cartoon Art, Anime is derived from the English term animation. This …
The Benefits of Typographical Principles in Materials Design
This presentation contains the results of a study investigating the role typography and design play on learners' interaction with texts. …
The Effect of Game-Based Learning on Science 10 Test Scores
Game-based learning (GBL) is one of many methods that enhance the classroom learning environment by increasing student motivation and engagement. …
Transiting to Student-Centered Learning in Kazakhstan: Undergraduate Student Experiences
Karaganda State Medical University has been transiting and practicing active methods of teaching and learning since 2011. Faculty members are …
Fostering Autonomy through Meaningful Homework in Foreign Language Education
There is an important dichotomy between teachers' and students' expectations in university. Teachers focus on content and skills that they …
Limited English Proficiency of Chiang Mai University Students As Evidence of English Language Education in Thailand
This paper presents a review of recent research that investigates the problem and the practice of English language teaching and …
Analysis of Placement Tests
It was around 2009 that the so-called era of free college admissions began due to a shortage of college applicants. …
Exploring Singaporean Children’s Chinese Word Learning Experience
Learners' word learning experience and learning needs are valuable indicators for learning resource developers. This article introduces a study on …
Bridges Between SLA Research and Classroom Teaching: Implications From Foreign Language Teaching in New Zealand Primary and Secondary Schools
It has been argued that there is a gap between the theoretical recommendations of second language acquisition (SLA) research and …
A Three-Level Problem Corpus for Introductory Computer Programming Courses
Solving problems is a very important exercising activity for students in an introductory computer programming course. The paper introduces the …
Implementing Pair Work for Using Smartphones in University Liberal Arts Education
There has been a marked decline in students' motivation in liberal arts courses at Japanese universities. Therefore, research and experimental …
Fostering Empathy, Logical Thinking, and Creativity by Literary Texts: A Neuroscientific Approach
This paper aims to show that reading a literary text is an effective means to foster empathy, logical thinking, and …
A Study of Open Courseware’s Learning Effectiveness on E-Book Production Professional Technique Competence for Design-Related Department Students
This study intended to use the development of a set of industrial technique oriented open courseware for E-Book production, as …
International English in Context: Which Pedagogies?
In its unmissable spread as the international language for communication by excellence, the English language is a classified detectable entity …
Educational Policy Theory and Practice: Designing Comprehensive Frameworks for Evaluating and Managing Changing Educational Environments
Educational institutions at all levels of the education system can make positive contributions to social change in global society by …
Development of Physical Blocks with Communication Device for Visual Programming Study
The visual programming language Scratch is widely used to learn problem-solving skills and logical thinking; However, it is not easy …
Emotional Intelligence in Adolescents with Javanese Ethnic (Study in Special Region of Yogyakarta, Indonesian)
The Indonesian country is known to have a very pluralist society. Of the many ethnic groups in Indonesia is known …
The Effects of Mental Imagery with Ocean Virtual Reality on Creative Thinking
Mental imagery in creativity has been regarded as facilitating insight in creative thinking, but several issues remain to be addressed …
Bernstein’s Pedagogic Device As Deconstruction of Teaching Practices
The aim of this study is to discuss Bernstein's Pedagogic Device Theory as the grounding for deconstruction of teaching practices …
The Development of Indonesian Language Textbook Based on Multiple Intelligences Theory for Industrial Chemistry Department Students in SMK Negeri 1 Cerme
Intelligence is included in aspects of individual differences. Gardner divided intelligence of human became eight categories, called as multiple intelligences. …
Causes of Bullying: A Comparison of Teacher and Student Perspectives
The aim of this study was to determine any variances between teacher and student perspectives of bullying's causes. A total …
STEM Education in English: A Case Study of a Japanese Technical College
Attempts to teach subject courses in English have become more widespread in Japanese universities. Methods such as Content and Language …
Facilitating Skills-Learning by Blending Teaching in Clothing Construction Class
This study aims to facilitate students' learning of sewing skills through blending teaching method. Clothing construction class was designed for …
Teaching English to Non-Native Primary Learners Through Picture Books
Over the past decades language learning as one of the tools to holistically develop students for the ever changing world, …
Design a Pilot Program Based on the Storyboard to Teach an Iraqi Displaced Children: Experimental Study
The storyboard is a world-class art that uses storytelling to use scenes or sequential drawings to express text written in …
The Use of Comics to Development the Effectiveness of Training Courses and Continuing Education Programs
Training courses are a series of intensive important educational and complementary programs, based on previous foundation experiences. Create to development …
The Development of Teachers’ Skills of Buddhist Instruction for Schools Affiliated with the Nakhon Nayok Primary Educational Service Area
The purposes of this research were to study the problems of teaching in schools affiliated with Nakhon Nayok Primary Educational …
A Comparison of Political Movements in Thailand From 2005-2013: Case Study on People’s Alliance for Democracy (PAD), the People’s Democratic Reform Committee (PDRC), and United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD)
This paper analyzed the three political movements in Thailand since 2005-2013: the People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD), the People's Democratic …
The Role of Political Party and Political Movement in Thailand: A Case Study on PAD and PDRC
This paper argues that there is a hidden factor which impacted on Thai political conflicts. Thus, the political party played …
The Role of Political Party and Political Movement in Thailand: A Case Study on UDD Camp
This paper aimed to analyzed the role and relationship between political party and political movement. In this case, we will …
Innovative Methods of Teaching of Radiology to Undergraduate Medical Students
The current generation of doctors have become very much dependant on radiology for making a diagnosis.Therefore it is imperative that …
Feedback in the EFL Writing Classroom: Effectiveness and Students’ Perceptions
In EFL writing classes, teachers give feedback with the assumption that it will help students improve. In contrast, Truscott (1996) …
The Development of Science Activity Packages Learning on Ecosystem and Environment for Mathayomsuksa 1. Students
There were three Purposes of the study:1) to develop and identify the educational quality of science activity packages learning on …
The Effectiveness of Child Centered Play Therapy to Improve Joint Attention Skills in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder
Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) have difficulties in building and developing social and emotional skills in the same pattern …
OBOR: China’s Challenge to Western Hegemony in Higher Education and Implications for Malaysia Universities
The One Belt One Road initiative is seen as China's challenge to Western hegemony in higher education. The strength of …
A Development of Science Laboratories on “The Basic of Wastewater Management for Students Living Along Saen Saeb Canal”.
There were four purposes of the study: 1) to develop and identify the educational qualities of science laboratories 'The Basic …
The Usage Television Media That Taking Main Information From TRF Researches Focused on Cultural Tourism in Nakhonthai District, Pitsanulok Province
This research aims at using television media that takes its main information from TRF research focused on cultural tourism in …
An Action Research on the Development of Special Education Propagation Activities
In the trend of inclusive education, guiding students appreciating individual differences is vital. In Taiwan, it is common to utilize …
A Narrative Exploration Into the Experience of One Mother Raising a Twice-Exceptional Child
"Self-narrative" is the story of their own life experience. This study seeks to describe the researcher's experience of raising a …
A Little Astronomical Scientist – A Dream of a Twice-Exceptional Student
This study is to explore a twice-exceptional student who has been identified as a visual disorder since childhood. This is …
Developing Speaking Proficiency Using Task-Based Approach Through a Role-Play to Junior High School Students in Indonesia
Nowadays, teaching speaking has become increasingly important since English has been regarded as a language for international communication. In addition, …
21st Century Learning: Developing Critical Thinking and Communication Skills in the English Language Classroom
Rightfully, a crucial 21st century skill, 'critical thinking' has become the buzzword in foreign language education worldwide. Whilst many approaches …
Surviving and Thriving in Times of Change by Learning from the Past: Promoting the Cultural, Social and Economic Value of Ancient Myths and Tales in Modern Societies
Chair: Bernard Montoneri, National Chengchi University, Taiwan
Every civilization has its own myths, which are often symbolic battles between good …
Strategies for Learning Kanji Vocabulary Among Thai Students Who Studied Elective Japanese Courses in Higher Education
The purposes of this research were 1) to study how Thai students who chose Japanese as elective courses learned the …
Theory, Policy, And Implementation of Scientific Learning on Geography Subjects in Indonesia
The biggest challenge Indonesia facing now is demographic bonus with population of productive age over 70% but in low level …
Using Project Based Learning in Statistics Course to Develop the Statistical Literacy for College Students
Using project based learning in the course of Statistics for Career to develop the statistical literacy was conducted with the …
Causes and Effects of Educational Innovation in Thailand Public University
The objectives of this paper were 1) to study the definition and forms of Educational Innovation in Thailand Public University, …
Cultural-Fit Management: Sustainable Success Factor of Thailand Public University
This research aimed to study 1. The meaning and forms of Cultural-fit Management, 2. The factors affected to Cultural-fit Management …
Authentic vs Non-Authentic Materials in Teaching English as a Foreign Language (EFL) in Indonesia: Which One Matters More?
The popularity of English around the world, including Indonesia results to the increasing demand of learning this language as a …
Saw Vocal Tradition in Local Schooling: The Contestation between Official Knowledge and Localized Knowledge
The prevailing discourses on Thai Education indicate that school is highly institutionalized and culturally hegemonized. It serves an important apparatus …
The Curriculum Evaluation on Doctor of Optometry Program, Ramkhamhaeng University: The First Optometry Program in Thailand
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the Doctor of Optometry Program of Ramkhamhaeng University, the first optometric curriculum …
A Contentious Genre: Defining the Historical Film
On its surface, the historical film genre appears easy to define as a film that depicts historical events. However, after …
The Social Mobility Perception of Chinese International Students in the U.S.
This study explores the transitional identity of the youngsters who experience dual mobility—the horizontal mobility (geographic relocation) and the potential, …
History of Conflict Between Interest and Law
What happened on May 1998 has attracted many attention since there was a conflict among any interest which could not …
McDonaldization Advertising in the Context of Electronic Colonialism Theory
Food is an important element in defining culture and can be seen to be the oldest global carrier of culture. …
Sports News on Commercial Music Radio: Reinforcing National Identity?
News is an important area where the nation turns to looking for an understanding of national and world events and …
The Development of a Novel Using Storytelling Technique As a Communication Tool to Enhance the Effectiveness of Communication
The purposes were to 1) develop a novel using storytelling technique as a communication tool 2) examine the effectiveness of …
Ayutthaya’s Series Song: Recorded Digital Video Disc (DVD), Analytical Notes and Music Notation Program
Thai Traditional Chamber Ensemble called 'Wong Mahori' has been first referred to as a song formed under the Ayutthaya Period …
Online Cinema Ticketing Industry: Impacts and Opportunities for Transformation in the Chinese Film Industry
In recent years, China's film market has been growing rapidly. The magnet effect brought about by growing box-office sales has …
Narrating War in Wartime Manchukuo: The Movement of Propaganda Films in Rural Northeastern China in 1932-1945
This research examines how the propaganda films made by Japanese colonial authority were screened in rural area of Manchukuo without …
Blue Documentary As a Tool for Marine Life Conservation
Human activities, including over-exploitation, food consumption, tourism, and any other economic activities are found to have significant impacts on the …
Internet Rumours with Chinese Characteristics
Internet rumors are a global phenomenon. For instance the claims that Barack Obama was not born in America persisted throughout …
Wayang Kulit and Its Influence on Modern Entertainment
Wayang Kulit is one of the oldest forms of puppet based performances, originating from Java, Indonesia. A form of shadow …
Representing Interculturally on the Example of Indigenous Film-Making of Colombia
This paper investigates the idea that film might become an efficient way of intercultural communication and open dialogue between the …
Exploring the Conflict of National Narratives in Taiwanese Film From Cultural Politics and the Market of Popular Culture
Policy of Cultural and Creative Industries (CCI) is often integrated to cultural policy. However, cultural policy involves symbolic interaction and …
Animated Tale of Pirates: The Tale of the Unspoken
We often gain our understanding of history through popular media, just like we think we know sea pirates and the …
Urban Landscape and the “Disinhabitation” in Japanese Cinema
Postwar Japan started the increasing wave of modernization and industrialization as an inseparable element of the Japanese 'miraculous' economic and …
Searching Cultural Practices of Citizen Consumers and Modernity Through Popular Local Movies As an Imagined Community
Exploring meanings of daily life from popular culture implies a possibility of resistance against representation structured by powerful elites. This …
Choice of Access to the Media of the Older People In Srisa Jorakhaenoi Subdistrict Administration Organization Samutprakarn Province
The objective of the research to study correlation between the older people's process of selection of access to the media …
The Power of Facebook Over the State-Controlled Journalism: Recapture the Position of Vietnamese Journalism
Within the frame of press classification theories developed from Siebert et al. in 1963 to Cain in 2014, this paper …
Generation Y’s Behaviors in Using Media: A Case Study of Bangkok Metropolitan Region, Thailand
The paper presents results of a study on Generation Y's Behaviors in Using Media, Bangkok Metropolitan Region as a case …
The Wise: An Animated Adaptation of Thai Contemporary Literature
Most of animated adaptations in Thailand come from literary works. However, the animation's inventiveness has been inhibited by its fidelity …
Humor in Thai Political Cartoons Published During the 2013-14 Thai Political Crisis
Thailand in 2013-14 is a period of political instability. The protest organized by PDRC is one of the world's largest …
Changes of Japanese Female Characters in Chinese Films About WWII
World War II is a significant topic for movie makers in China because of its unforgettable influence on Chinese history. …
China Daily’s Western Type Framing of the Egyptian Arab Spring
Existing research has mainly focused on the role of the media in the uprisings against the regimes of the countries …
The Importance of Practicing Social Media in Journalism
In the early years of social networking, users sent personal messages to one another, or a small group of family …
Cultural Export of Japan: A Case Study of Japanese Men’s Rhythmic Gymnastics
Men's rhythmic gymnastics has been developed uniquely in Japan since the late 1940s. It gains a certain amount of domestic …
When a Media Entity Humanizes its Identity Politics of Representation in The Filipino Channel’s Own Historiography
The study is a critical discourse analysis of the 'auto-historiography' of The Filipino Channel (TFC) in the form of periodic …
Issues and Information management for Public communication in Willingness to pay for Forest Area of Bangkok Dwellers Project
The research of public information management in the 'Issues and information management for Public communication in Willingness to pay for …
Challenging the Narrative Rhetoric: Inscribing Her Story Into History
Historically the media has been used for propaganda, and censorship to supress creative expression. Recently the presence of censors in …
In Search of Justice Narratives in Music Performances
Since the Indonesian independence era, the topic of justice has become the concerns of gamelan composers believing that music posseses …
Documentary As Autoethnography: A Case Study Based on the Changing Surnames of Women
In the autoethnographic research method, researchers analyse their own subjectivity and life experiences, and treat the self as ‘other’ while …
Manufacturing Politicians: Angela Merkel’s Image in the Spanish Press During the German Federal Elections
Spanish public opinion shows, according to sociological surveys, a disaffection towards the Chancellor of Germany, Angela Merkel. From the influence …
The Hero and the Shadow Deconstructing Ideology and Identity in Anglo-Boer War Film and Drama Series Narratives
How does the predominant myth of a society influence the narratives told by its popular culture? That is the key …
Writing of the History: Ernesto Rogers Between Estrangement and Familiarity of Architectural History
Ernesto Rogers was the key figure of the post-war Italian architecture. Architect, educator, writer, editor, he was a man of …
Different Histories, Different Narratives: ICT Uses as “Habitus”?
History forms narratives, narratives form media uses? My presentation will address this question drawing on a research conducted on social …
Journalism Ideology in Practice at a South African Public Radio Station
The core functions of journalism form part of a certain belief system or 'ideology' concerning journalism. Most journalists and journalism …
Self-Reflection on Buddhist Dhamma Teachings Through Acrylic Paintings and Video Art: Experiential Approach of Understanding
This research aims to study the experiential method of learning and understanding of buddhist teachings on Truth or Dhamma through …
A Research of Self-Disclosure on Fanpage Creators of Illustration/Text in Taiwan
As technology evolves, gradually more virtual network platforms with innovative functions are being developed. Nowadays, the phenomenon of nearly every …
Life and Death in Verses – A Case Study: The Writings of Lili Kasticher, The Only Woman That Wrote in Auschwitz
This paper focuses on the unique works of a young woman named Lili Kasticher, written at the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp …
De-Westernising Travel Journalism: Consumerism Meets Postcolonialism
Scholars have long viewed travel writing and travel journalism from a postcolonial perspective, based on the history of ‘the West …
Silesia and Oikology: What Knowledge of Home Does Silesia Offer?
The author addresses the problem of the philosophy of the Silesian home. Silesia is a borderland in Central Europe now …
Hybridity and Context in Sita Sings the Blues: Appropriate or Appropriative
Abandoned by her husband who was working in India, the cartoonist Nina Paley found Sita’s rejection by Rama to be …
La Mise Hors Scène Screen Memory
Regarding mise-en-scène, in Antonin Artaud’s letter to theater critic, Benjamin Crémieux, Artaud candidly expressed that “mise-en-scène itself” could act as …
Centering Literature: Literature and the History of Environmentalism in Malaysia
Environmentalism in Malaysia, which has its roots in the British colonial administration, has evolved as a social and political force. …
Justice Delayed? The Nkanu Igbo and the Nigerian Army Occupation: 1967-1970
The Nigerian-Biafran Civil War was savagely contested by both sides of the divide. The seceding Biafra had borne the brunt …
Arthur Hugh Clough’s Amours De Voyage: A Poetic Account of the 1849 Siege of Rome
It is a cliché to say that we live in a time of political and historical uncertainty. Many commentators have …
Perception and Construction of Children’s Perspectives on Japanese Superheroes: A Comparative Study on the Ways Children in Singapore and Malaysia Appropriate Media Cultures
Japan has emerged as one of the global players in media content, and many of Japanese media artifacts enjoy immense …
Can Design Underpin a Strong Wellbeing?
It is understood that involvement in creative activities can boost wellbeing, theories behind Art and Design can also be useful …
Women as Reflected in Egyptian TV Commercials
In the Arab countries, many studies have tackled the image of women in different media platforms, like in drama, movies, …
Theo Angelopoulos: “A Voyage in History, Time and Space”
This paper aims to analyse the historical and dialectical approach of Angelopoulos’s mise-en-scene as well as its connection to historical …
Treasure and Travesty: Refractions of Victorian Imperialism Through Selected Contemporary Literature
Racism is pervasive. Modernity shows that race broaches constant invocation, nearly becoming the standard for relations, internal and international. Moored …
Teaching History or Retelling Ancient Stories with Pictures: William Blake and the School Version of Virgil
History is not only told by words but also images and objects. This paper looks into the book illustrations of …
Bypassing the Camera: The Image Production Possibilities of Taiwanese Experimental Images
In the article, Experiment - My Film History by Taiwanese artist, Kao Chung-Li, Li stated that “animation” served as cameraless, …
The Medical Intelligentsia: Life in Post-Revolutionary Russia (Doctors Letters Material to N.A.Semashko)
In the State Archive of the Russian Federation there are many documents, containing doctors’ letters arrested by Cheka in 1919-1922 …
Theorizing Narrative Space, Memory, and Everyday Present in Tarashankar Bandopadhyay’s the Tale of Hansuli Turn
Village life and community,their rituals and superstitions, the sense of belonging to the ‘place’ they live in, the events of …
Tapoi Katha: A Reconstruction of History Through an Odia Folk Travel Narrative
Considering the question of non-European travels and to rediscover a history on the least explored problematic of Intra-Asian travel by …
Art From Tibetan Buddhist Perspective
Art, divided into art works of fine art; and art objects of religion, where religion is largely defined, which includes …
The Representation of History in “The Chronicles of Yerevan Days”
The film “The Chronicle of Yerevan Days” is unique in the way it uses city ambience as a narrative technique. …
Cinematic Representations of Girls Who Participate in African Political Conflicts
Fictional films which mainly focus on the experiences of girls who participate in African political conflicts are often caught up …
From Greatcoats to Gym Tunics: Reading History through Images of Women Playing Netball
Visual representations of women playing sport have always struggled to gain a consistent foothold in the visual history of sport. …
Postmodern Simultaneity Versus European History in Contemporary Travel-Writing
The XXIst-century metropolis is dominated by signs, an oppressive quantity of merchandised goods, quick changes and a distortion of traditional …
Representation of History in the Indian Graphic Novel: An Analytical Study of History Through the Frame of Graphic Narratives
This research paper attempt to explore how, through the amalgamation of images and words, India’s historical events have been represented …
The Uses of Instagram for Self-Presentation and Self-Promotion of Thai Celebrities
When browsing celebrities' photos on their Instagram accounts, their life stories and lifestyles are reflected. Presentation of self is a …
Business Name Signboards in the Area of Bang Lamphu: Analysis of a Linguistic Landscape
Business name signboards can shape the linguistic landscape of a business area and can create its identity. This study aims …
Queer Approach to Homosexuality in Indian Culture
Today homosexuality and queer identity is acceptable in more Indian youths than before, but still when it comes to families, …
Re-Thinking Politics in Film: Thai Independent Cinema After the Coups D’état 2014
During the period of political instability that led to the coups d’état of 2006 and 2014, the independent cinema flourished …
The Dependence on International Film Festivals of Thai Independent Cinema
The essay explores and critically looks at the process of independent filmmaking in Thailand, examines various factors affecting the subject …
Television Comes to Town – The Role of Television in National Identity Formation in One Post-Colonial Caribbean Nation.
The decolonisation movement that swept the British Caribbean and which saw all but five of the islands begin their move …
Reading RPF as Digital Fiction: New Perspectives for Interpretation
Real person fiction is a type of fanfiction utilizing real (living) people as characters. It tends to flourish within subcultural …
Lesbians (On Screen) Were Never Meant to Survive
My paper will focus on the evolution of the image of the lesbian on screen. We all know what can …
Contesting History: Revisiting Native American Identity Through the Narratives of Momaday and Erdrich
This paper will study the works of prominent Native American writers like N.Scott Momaday and Louise Erdrich to illustrate how …
Looking for the Heart: From the History of Heart Transplant in the USSR
Despite the outstanding achievements of heart transplant in the experiment, the history of heart transplantation to patient in the USSR …
The Possession of Narratives: Telling and Transmitting Caste in Indian Folktales
This paper postulates that caste in India is not just a sociological category, or an existential reality, but has been …
Race and the Quest for Identity in Chimamanda Adichie’s Americanah
Stories matter. Many stories matter. Stories have been used to dispossess and to malign, but stories can also be used …
Untouched Voices: Dalit Women’s Autobiographies in Dalit History
This paper will engage with the idea of the self as a narrated, social identity, as this is explored and …
The Migrant Protagonists in Ignacio Del Moral’s La Mirada Del Hombre Oscuro and José Moreno Arenas’ La Playa
The constant movement of populations in the search of better living conditions has been observed since the early days of …
The Construction of ‘Singapore’ In Singapore Cinema
“The fact that we have this multiracial mix is problematic for our cinema…” (David Lee, Vice Chairman, Singapore Film Society). …
Transracial Adoption: Love and Pain
In various social and political discourses, we hear that orphaned children need homes and love, and that children of the …
Matauranga Maori and Therapeutic Landscapes
The indigenous Maori of New Zealand contend that the relationship they have with the land, shapes the ways in which …
Cross-Temporal Icons: Amazonian Globality
Recent studies of the female warrior figure, have shown that it is a character that needs rethinking and contributes to …
A Study of Cultural Transmission through Thai Television Drama
This research entitled “A Study of Cultural Transmission Through Thai Television Drama” were 1) to study a policy of drama …
London and the Cockney in British Cinema
London has long been one of the great world cities—the beating heart of the British Empire in the past and …
Turning the Industrial City into the City of Humanities Using Historical Heritages
The city has a close relationship with our daily life. The spaces that we routinely use, such as streets, apartments …
Tourism Communication of Bangkok Governor
The purpose of this research is 1) To study the communication of Bangkok Governor and Tourism policy and 2) To …
Relations Between Gentrification, Hospitality and Tourism: Illustrating Change in Amsterdam
Working class areas close to city centres can transform into middle and higher class areas, referring gentrification. Wealthier residents move …
SkypeLab: The City As Urbaness
The City as Urbaness presents the concept of ‘urbaness’, that is the understanding of oneself as an urban citizen, as …
City of a Nation and a Nation of Cities: Jawaharlal Nehru and the Civic Consciousness of Anti-Colonial Nationalism in India
Most historical writings on India have often put the village as the backdrop of the study of Indian society. This …
Communication Building City Identities: Communication as a Key Enabler for Dynamic Urbanism in Smart City Environments
Why are some cities so appealing, despite their weak quality of life indicators? Dynamic cities like Rio de Janeiro, Barcelona, …
Re-Thinking the Cultural Politics of Otherness: Theories and Practices
Chair: Jinwoo Choi, Hanynag University, South Korea Symposium Abstract This panel is concerned with the complex political process of otherness, …
Stories About Hope’: Exploration of Survival, Refugee Identity and Possibilities for Belonging Through Art
In the settings of the World refugee crisis, we get to hear only one story - a story of trauma, …
A Postmodern Exploration of the Screened Dialogue Between Past and Present in “Barcelona (Un Mapa)” And Barcelona As a Dystopia
This proposal highlights the postmodern elements in Barcelona (un mapa). In focus is the screened representation of a sophisticated Barcelona …
Sense of Place in an Inner City: Insights from the End of the World
Understanding cities is like understanding metaphors: one needs to engage in a search for the common ground below the surface. …
The Trading of Individual Investors without Knowledge of Law Related to the Stock Market
The purposes of this research was to study the individual investors who almost never study the news securities and exchange …
Legal Measure to Waive Abortion in ASEAN Regional Countries
The purpose of this research is to study exception of abortion in South East Asian region compared with globally legal …
How Do Cities Promote Online Their Investment Potential? Comparative Analysis of Investment Promotion Websites of Barcelona, Manchester, Wrocław, and Lublin
Investment potential is one of the key assets of the city that are used to develop the local economy. Hence, …
The Representation of a Protest against Jakarta’s Governor in the News: A Transitivity Analysis
News as discourse has an essential role in shaping people’s opinions or views on a particular event or a social …
‘A Dirt Field’: Nature and Power in Local Planning
Research in urban political ecology (notably Neil Smith’s notion of the production of nature) provides needed legibility for people and …
A Study of Multi-Agent Simulation in the Urban Transformation of Tamsui, Taiwan
Cities embed the parameters and drive components, which has intention behind the physical embodiment. Based on the research of Cedric …
Transformation of the Open-Air Cinemas of Istanbul Under Urban Gentrification
This study aims to look at the history open air cinemas in Istanbul and how they formed democratic spaces for …
Registration of UNESCO’s Intangible Cultural Heritage and Contestation of Belongings in North EastAsia
UNESCO has played a leading role in the protection of cultural heritage. While 2003 Convention for the Safeguarding of the …
Ecofeminist Ethics for Sustainable Urban Public Space
Throughout history, the public urban space has been the reflection of a city’s social, economic, cultural and environmental well-being. In …
Silk Road As Political Metaphor: Quest for an Ideal World in Ancient Korea
This paper explores the Silk Roads as a political metaphor in the context of Korea’s ancient kingdoms. Typically, many consider …
The Platonic Doctrine of Untruth: Heidegger’s Interpretation of Plato’s Theaetetus and the Natural Possibility of Opinion
This article examines Heidegger’s interpretation of Plato’s Theaetetus, focusing on the problematic nature of opinion (doxa). Some commentators maintain that …
Exploration of Justice in the Redd+ Projects Implementation in Indonesia
Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation “Plus” (REDD+) was first proposed at The 13th Conference of Parties of the United …
Re-Contextualizing Cultural Exchange Policy in Culture-led Urban Regeneration
This study attempts to explore the core concepts and implications of the activity of international cultural activity applied in the …
Affective Politics of Citizenship in Reality TV Programs Featuring North Korean Refugees
This paper is concerned with emerging affective politics of citizenship in contemporary South Korean society. Focusing on the recent reality …
Ordinary Interaction and Severance: Relationships Between South Koreans and North Korean Refugees
This article investigates relationships between South Koreans and North Korean Refugees where many North Korean Refugees co-reside with native South …
Theoretical Implications of Cosmopolitanism and Korean Textbooks Analysis
In an era of diversity and conflicts, we need to consider cosmopolitanism which has important lessons for all mankind beyond …
How a Neighborhood Changes From Summer Resort to Conservative Quarter: The Case of Florya, Istanbul
Florya one of the oldest summer resort in İstanbul competing with its neighbors in growing. With the changes in its …
Depth Perception and Visual Manipulation of Japanese Gardens
The primary interest of this research is to introduce the principle of visual perception of depth and how the principles …
Relationship between Diabetes Self-Care Management and Quality of Life of People with Type 2 Diabetes
This research aimed to study the relationship between diabetes self-care management and quality of life in patients with diabetes type …
Implicit Cognitions in Awareness: Three Empirical Examples and Implications for Conscious Identity
Across psychological science the prevailing view of mental events includes unconscious mental representations that result from a separate implicit system …
Fostering Moral Competence with KMDD (Konstanz Method of Dilemma-Discussion)
Well designed ethics classes can enchance moral competence development which plays an important role in a general personality and identity …
Identity, Religion and Intergroup Conflict: The Role of Religious-Secular Discourse in Self-Investigation
This paper explores the logic and implications of a Secular-Religious Discourse and group processes to construction of individual and social …
Active Imagination and Identity – Self Concept
For the Analytical Psychology, Self is a borderline concept because it is not only the center of the psyche but …
Living the Rhetoric of Dialogue: An Ecumenical Challenge
“Dialogue is a manner of acting, an attitude; a spirit which guides one’s conduct. It implies concern, respect, and hospitality …
Porphyry, An Anti-Christian Plotinian Platonist
Porphyry, the Phoenician polymath, having studied with Plotinus when he was thirty years old, was a well-known Hellenic philosopher, an …
Arguing About Religious Identity and the No True Scotsman Fallacy
Anthony Flew critiqued a particular argumentative manoeuvre he dubbed, ‘The No True Scotsman Move’, where a speaker redefines an original …
Numbers, Geometry, and Mathematical Axioms: The Problem of Metaphysics in the Critique of Pure Reason
We have shown that 1) “the representation I think” – the transcendental unity of self-consciousness – is homogeneous with “pure …
Personal Identity and Wholeness: Hans Urs von Balthasar’s Reflection on Mission
The aim of this essay is to argue the way the fundamental aspects of von Balthasar’s distinctive theological aesthetic and …
The Evolving Narrative of Indian Mythology and Classical Arts
Abstract philosophy is best explained through effective metaphors. Ancient Indian mythology and classical dance are reflective of this; having been …
If the Amazon Turkers Are Representative of the “New” Economy, What Does it Mean for Mental Health Services?
Objectives: The structure of formal economies has changed significantly in the past decade, making millions of people partly or wholly …
On Eric Voegelin’s (1901–1985) Totalitarianism and Gnosticism: Gnosticism As the Nature of Modernity
This paper is part of the a master’s thesis in progress. The chosen theme arises from the need to understand …
The Development of Professional Identity in a Learning Community of Adult Students
This presentation is one part of a larger research-based development process, which focuses on a question �How to Use Learning …
Community, Identity and Elderly: What Happens When “Us” Enhances “Me” – The Belonging on Elderly
We are living on times where it is possible to observe families with three or four generations to coexist, but …
The Evolution of Research on Organizational Compassion Capacity: A Systematic Review and Research Agenda
The study of compassion at the organizational context is gaining momentum as the need for other-serving behavior increases in todays’ …
The Complaint of Rumi’s Reed: It’s Significance as the Identity of Man in the Concept of Existence
The Quran opens with “In the Name of God the Most Merciful, the Most Compassionate”. Muslims read this verse in …
Interventive Psychodiagnosis in a University Clinical Practice in Brazil: Managing Psychological Assessment and Intervention of Children in Underserved Populations
Childhood psychological problems and psychiatric disorders may impose long term care costs to individuals and society. In 2011, prevalence of …
Theoretical Underpins of Lean Construction for Environmental Sustainability in the Built Environment of Developing Economies
One of the key global concerns for sustainability is to achieve environmental sustainability. According to earlier studies achieving environmental sustainability …