Les 10 commandements du bon spectateur
Posted by: Ariane Beldi on: February 1, 2010
Bien que j’ai commencé le terrain, je dois continuer de lire un certain nombre d’ouvrages plus théoriques sur le cinéma, la télévision et l’animation, afin de pouvoir affiner l’ancrage de mon cas d’étude au cadre théorique générale que je déploie dans cette thèse. Je suis en train de lire un ouvrage sur le développement des pratiques culturelle liées à la fréquentation des salles de cinéma et je suis tombée sur un passage, concernant l’apprentissage des “bonnes manières” dans les premiers lieux entièrement dévoués au cinéma, au début du 20ème siècle, que j’ai envie de partager ici. Read the rest of this entry »
Ph.D. front update #3
Posted by: Ariane Beldi on: January 12, 2010
Although it’s been a long time since I have updated my Ph.D. page, a lot has been going on in this research. As you’ll notice, if you compare the summaries of my project, many things have changed, while my original basic assumptions have been reinforced. One of the challenges I often encounter when thinking about a complexe issue or set of issues, is actually to put a name on my intuitions and in this case, it has taken me a particularly long time. Actually, almost two years before I was able to sort things out. Ok, I acknowledge that I initially had bitten off more than I could chew and I needed to cut down my topics into something manageable by one person. This was done last year and in October, I have handed out the first chapters of my dissertation, that is, the parts covering the description of the subject, set of problems, research questions, hypothesis and theoretical approaches.
I’m not going to publish the full document here, not for the moment, as it is all in French and I don’t have the time to translate 50 pages of academic writing in English. However, I have decided to post a summary of this work in English and French. I have to warn you that the language is a not always very digestible, because I was too busy trying to translate concepts and ideas from French school of thoughts into Anglo-Saxons perspective to pay much attention to the styling. This is something I’ll have to improve as I progress through my research and the writting of the dissertation.
Besides the theoretical description of my subject and the set of problems at the basis of my project, I have also outlined the method I’d like to implement for my fieldwork. I’m only at the very begining and I’m advancing as cautiously as possible. However, I must say that I’m happy to start this phase as I’m getting a bit tired to be sitting all alone in front of my computer, typing stuff. I’ll finally get to meet more amateurs of animes and to share with them a bit of my interests in this type of entertainment while working on my dissertation.
Are Internet and the Web media?
Posted by: Ariane Beldi on: October 20, 2009
Yesterday morning, during a radio discussion on the role played by the Web and the Internet in the present evolution of communication and information, I heard some “experts”, coming from various fields (but no engineers nor scientists), talking about these tools as “new media”. Now, if one is to consider Internet and the Web as media, then, one can also say that the telephon or the fax are media as well, simply because they also make it possible to connect distant people or exchange ideas. However, popular wisdom, like scientific and minimally nuanced discourses, would place them in the cateogry of transmission, if not of person-to-person interaction tools. Indeed, it is not because one can find contents from media productions (newspaper articles, video of TV programs, recording of radio shows, films or TV series, etc.) on the Web, that it becomes a media, while its association with the Web doesn’t make the Internet a media either. This mix stems, in my opinion, from a frequent confusion between such notions as “media”, “communication” and those that can be regrouped under the label “traffic”: broadcasting, transmission and distribution. Read the rest of this entry »
Internet et le Web sont-ils des médias?
Posted by: Ariane Beldi on: October 13, 2009
Encore ce matin, lors d’une discussion sur le rôle joué par le Web et Internet dans l’évolution actuelle des modes de communication et d’information, j’ai entendu des “experts”, issus de divers domaines (mais aucun ingénieur ni scientifique), s’exprimer à leur sujet en les désignant par le terme de “nouveaux médias”. Or, considérer Internet et le Web comme des médias, revient, à mon sens, à dire que le téléphone ou le fax sont aussi des médias, simplement parce qu’ils permettent la mise en relation de personnes éloignées les unes des autres ainsi que l’échange d’informations. Pourtant, la vulgate, tout comme les discours scientifiques un peu nuancés, les classent plutôt dans la catégorie des outils de transmission de message, voir d’interaction. En effet, ce n’est pas parce que l’on trouve du contenu issu des productions médiatiques (articles de journaux diffusés sur les sites web de la rédaction, vidéos d’émissions de télévision, enregistrement audio, souvent sous formes de podcast, de programmes radiophoniques, films, épisodes de séries, etc.) sur le Web, que ce dernier devient un média, et ce n’est pas non plus parce qu’Internet est associé au Web, qu’il en est un. Ce mélange provient, à mon sens, d’une confusion fréquente entre les notions de “média”, de “communication” et celles que l’on peut regrouper sous le terme de “circulation”: la diffusion, la transmission et la distribution. Read the rest of this entry »
Race and the Fantastic
Posted by: Ariane Beldi on: September 19, 2009
Paper and panel proposals are sought for the the 31st International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts which will be held March 17th – 21st, 2010 in Orlando, Florida at the Marriott Orlando Airport Hotel (Google Map).
The topic of this year’s conference is “Race and the Fantastic.” Papers related to this topic, as well as to the work of our guests of honor and attending authors, are especially welcome; as always, we also welcome proposals for individual papers and for academic sessions and panels on any aspect of the fantastic in any media. Read the rest of this entry »
Event: Futures of Entertainment Conference
Posted by: Ariane Beldi on: August 28, 2009
This is a conference for all those who are interested in discussions gathering high-quality scholars and actors from the industry about the future of entertainment from a techo-cultural point of view. The panels will take the shape of “talk-show”, quite an original way of materializing the convergences between media systems and communication formats, which is one of the main axis of reflection in media & communication studies (at large). For more information, check the Website below.
MIT Convergence Culture Consortium: Archives
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A Japanese Cinema Blogathon in June? @ Wildgrounds
Posted by: Ariane Beldi on: May 31, 2009
Fans of Japanese Cinema are everywhere: what if, during one week we unite our forces to promote Japanese Cinema? To write, share ideas about it? It could be fun!
It’s open to everyone willing to share or discover things about J-cinema. Whoever you are, whatever language you speak, you are welcome to participate!
For more information on this opportunity to share your passion for Japanese cinema with the rest of the world, visit Wildgrounds Blog!
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Tomorrow’s Professor Blog: 900. How to Write Anything
Posted by: Ariane Beldi on: May 25, 2009
Otaku: beyond the word and the prejudices
Posted by: Ariane Beldi on: April 28, 2009
Otaku: Japan’s Database Animals
For those of you out there who have had issues with the concept of “otaku” and wish to go deeper into its implication for (post-)modern mass media consumption, this new book is for you! Hiroki Azuma, one of the most prominent young Japanese literary critic and philosopher, has been writing about Otakus for some years now. However, as with many academic essays on the sociocultural significance of the Japanese audiovisual industry, they often never jump over the language barrier. Now, a translation by Jonathan E. Abel finally makes his 2001 book on otakus, Otaku Kara Mita Nihonshakai, available to all of us who can read English. Entitled Otaku: Japan’s Database Animals, it will definitely change your way of thinking about this subculture. As Takayuki Tatsumi, author of Full Metal Apache: Transactions Between Cyberpunk Japan and Avant-Pop America, states it:
Abandon every preconception, all ye who enter! In this mind-boggling book on Japan’s postmodernity, Hiroki Azuma conjures the ghost of the famous post-Hegelian Kojève, whose theory gets revived and even ‘animated’ here to reinterpret the anime-saturated realism that dominates our global Japanized reality studio. No one has more tactfully intertwined post-Derridean philosophy with Otaku-centric subculture studies than Azuma.
This should make a really interesting reading!
Village Manga – Salon du livre et de la presse de Genève
Posted by: Ariane Beldi on: April 21, 2009
Du 22 au 26 avril 2009, le Salon du livre et de la presse de Genève accueille pour la première fois un Village Manga, organisé par les associations Yume et Omusubi.
Il y avait certes eu le Japan Manga Festival, en 2007, mais celui-ci avait été organisé en annexe de l’événement principal et il fallait payer une entrée supplémentaire pour y avoir accès. Par ailleurs, le JMF constituait plus une convention typique pour fans avertis qu’un festival ouvert au grand public, constitué en grande partie de néophytes complets. Cette année, il a été décidé de s’y prendre autrement et de mettre en oeuvre une approche un peu plus didactique, afin d’éviter d’effrayer les parents des amateurs des univers mangas et de faciliter l’entrée dans cette forme spécifique de culture populaire japonaise. Ainsi, le Village Manga proposera diverses activités et animations, destinées aussi bien aux connaisseurs qu’au non-initiés. Pour les premiers, les organisateurs proposent l’incontournable cosplay, une exposition de figurines, des goodies importés directement du Japon et naturellement des stands de vente de mangas. Pour les seconds, une petite exposition sur l’histoire du manga aidera à comprendre d’où vient cette industrie et où elle va. Celle-ci incluera des panneaux illustrés ainsi que des objets rares, notamment des magazines mangas des années 30. Pour tous, une discussion avec des dessinateurs-illustrateurs amateurs ainsi que des professionnels de l’édition et de la vente se tiendra dimanche après-midi.
Naturellement, les membres des association Yume et Omusubi se tiendront à la disposition des visiteurs pour les informer et les orienter dans le Village Manga.
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- Tomorrow's Professor Blog: 900. How to Write Anything
- Résumé du projet de doctorat au 10 janvier 2010
- Ph.D.
- II. Résumé du déroulement du volet suisse de l'enquête file
- A Japanese Cinema Blogathon in June? @ Wildgrounds
- Village Manga - Salon du livre et de la presse de Genève
- I.Présentation rapide de la Suisse et de son paysage médiatique
- Researches
- A peak in my reading
- III. Présentation des résultats de l’enquête (suite)
- Ariane Beldi: Hi Kitsune, Thank you for your encouragements and your loyalty to this blog! Your comment is right on the issue and this is the kind of things I'm tr
- Kitsune: That's interesting :) I am glad you are progressing with your work :) Services like Crunchyroll will gain even more popularity in the future and ha
- Ph.D. front update #3 « Otakademia: [...] Summary of my Ph.D.project [...]
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I'd love to hear from you and what you think of this blog, so don't hesitate to send me an email at the following address: ariane.beldi [at] gmail [dot] com.
My links on diigo
- Project MUSE - Mechademia - Historicizing Anime and Manga: From Japan to the World February 8, 2010
- Manga Publishers, Comics Creators React to the Apple iPad February 2, 2010
- Mandatory internet service provider (ISP) filtering: Measures to increase accountability and transparency for Refused Classification material | Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy January 20, 2010
- Research Online - M. J. McLelland: The World of Yaoi: The Internet, Censorship and the Global “Boys’ Love” Fandom January 20, 2010
- Australian Anime, Manga & Slash Fans May Run Afoul of Law | Dru Pagliassotti January 20, 2010
Copyrights issues
The works on this blog by Ariane Beldi are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 2.5 Switzerland License.
Online academic research tools
- Twitter Groups
- LE DICTIONNAIRE - Dictionnaire français en ligne gratuit
- Larousse.fr : encyclopédie collaborative et dictionnaires gratuits en ligne
- SYNONYMES - Dictionnaire des synonymes & antonymes
- Independent Movies Delivered to Your Doorstep - Film Baby
- Ina.fr - A la une : vidéo, radio, audio et publicité - Actualités, archives du jour de la radio et de la télévision en ligne
- CNC - accueil
- www.bebo.com
- Animeland, le 1er mag de l'animation et du manga
- Main Page - Webnographers
Let’s manga!
- Review: 'Japanese in Anime & Manga' language learning site created by the Japan Foundation
- Another workshop on manga and fan culture at Groenendaalcollege high school
- Conference wrap-up, and looking for good podcasts from Japanese universities
- Conference "Comics Worlds and the World of Comics: Scholarship on a Global Scale" underway
- It's alive! A short update on the manga library and the project
The Chronicles of Timothy Abbott
- European Elections? Well, they are happening somewhere
- Out of Brixton into the world
- Timothy Abbott's Chronicles of night and Northern Light
- Landscapes of the mind and soul » Timothy Abbott. Professionally produced, unconventional journalism
- Landscapes of the body » Timothy Abbott. Professionally produced, unconventional journalism
Fanfic Forensics – Nele Noppe’s blog
- Where's the "Explain why taxpayers should give you money for this research" section?
- Under construction: conference presentation on reading fanfic as part of 'open work'
- Draconian Australian law could target slash fans (among many, many others)
- Conference wrap-up, and looking for good podcasts from Japanese universities
- Conference "Comics Worlds and the World of Comics: Scholarship on a Global Scale" underway
Fanfic Forensics on Live Journal
- Where's the "Explain why taxpayers should give you money for this research" section?
- Under construction: conference presentation on reading fanfic as part of 'open work'
- Draconian Australian law could target slash fans (among many, many others)
- Auctioning off Harry Potter fanart on help_haiti
- Snape/McGonagall art: Illustrations from 'Home Studies' (PG)
Confessions of an Aca-Fan
- Learning in a Participatory Culture: A Conversation About New Media and Education (Part One)
- How to Get Academic Credit While Attending San Diego Comic-Con: An Interview With Matthew J. Smith
- "Killer Paragraphs" and Other Reflections of PBS's Digital Nation
- Five Ways to Read Avatar
- The Last Airbender or The Last Straw?, or How Loraine Became a Fan Activist
New Media & Society
- Leong, S., Mitew, T., Celletti, M., & Pearson, E. (2009). The question concerning (internet) time. New Media Society, 11(8), 1267-1285.
- Goode, L. (2009). Social news, citizen journalism and democracy. New Media Society, 11(8), 1287-1305.
- Garcelon, M. (2009). An information commons? Creative Commons and public access to cultural creations. New Media Society, 11(8), 1307-1326.
- Leung, L. (2009). User-generated content on the internet: an examination of gratifications, civic engagement and psychological empowerment. New Media Society, 11(8), 1327-1347.
- Vandebosch, H., & Van Cleemput, K. (2009). Cyberbullying among youngsters: profiles of bullies and victims. New Media Society, 11(8), 1349-1371.
