Category: Panel Presentation
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, …
Visual Framing in Ichikawa’s 1964 Tokyo Olympiad
Depicting a mega-event such as an Olympic Games is generally centered around heroic victories played out in spectacular stadiums. Such …
Framing the Pre-Olympic News Coverage of Tokyo 2020: A Comparative Analysis of Tokyo’s Successful Bid and the Olympic Stadium Design
The Olympics as a global spectacle usually generates a significant amount of international news coverage for the host country. The …
Tokyo 2020 Olympics: Nation Branding Creates an Opportunity for a New Cultural Narrative for Japan
What is the role of the 2020 Olympics in shaping the narrative for Japan's cultural and national identity? A cultural …
A Cultural Reflection: The Auspicious Sign in Miscellaneous Notes of the Tang Dynasty (618-907)
The belief in auspicious sign from the scientific point of view may probably be regarded as a kind of superstition, …
Is a Paternal Nephew’s Right to Inherit His Uncle’s Estate Indisputable: The Enlightening Case of Tsang Yuet Mui
The British Law has been enforced in Hong Kong since 1842, but the cases involving Chinese traditional practices were still …
Standard Chinese Characters and Their Role in Cultural Heritage
Hanzi is a system of ideograms that encodes the Chinese language built on the integrated representation of form, sound and …
Jesus in Films: Representation, Misrepresentation and Denial of Jesus’Agony in (Apocryphal) Gospels
Since the discovery of cinematographe in 1895, Jesus has been presented for the silver screen. This representation correlates with the …