IAFOR North American Conference Series - Week 2

the iafor north american conference series 2014

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NACMFCS NACAH2014 Programme Cover Image: “Duke Street, Newport” (1901) by Frederick Childe Hassam

Newport is a maritime city and its harbor’s history spans well over 300 years. During its history it has been a colonial shipping hub, a US Navy center during the World Wars, a resort for America’s elite, home to the New York Yacht Club, and past home of the America’s Cup yachting races.

The painting is by renowned American Impressionist painter Frederick Childe Hassam (1859-1935). Born in a neighbourhood of nearby Boston, Childe spent many summers during the mid-part of his career painting landscapes and buildings throughout New England, including several locations in Newport, Rhode Island.

In the late nineteenth century, Newport, Rhode Island, became famous as a summer resort for wealthy Americans, many of whom built Newport “cottages” in the latest architectural styles. Illustrations from the Library of Congress of John N. A. Griswold House (1864), the Isaac Bell House (1883),Vernon House (1760), Chateau-surMer (1852), Kingscote (1839), and the Samuel Whitehorne House (1811) can be found in the schedule section of the programme.

Rhode Island’s quarter-dollar coin image on the previous page is from the United States Mint. The above cover image is from WikiArt.org.

welcome to providence Dear Colleagues,

The International Academic Forum (IAFOR) brings a series of events to North America in order to share its vision of opening minds, educating intelligence and informing decisions with you in this special place, the “Creative Capital,” Providence, Rhode Island.

IAFOR has built a tradition of hosting truly international, intercultural and interdisciplinary conferences. People working in a great range of cultures, contexts, and academic areas come together to share their perspectives on common human issues.

The result is invariably a unique experience of learning and sharing and making new contacts for future collaboration, and I do expect this conference to continue in this tradition.

This conference, the second in a series of three, will bring together scholars and practitioners covering Arts, Humanities, Media, Film and Cultural Studies and we hope that you will enjoy the diverse program over this weekend together.

If you enjoy this event, then I would encourage you to explore other IAFOR conferences in Osaka, Japan, Brighton, UK, and Dubai, UAE. I would like to thank the conference chairs and the keynote and featured speakers, as well as each and every delegate, and I look forward to meeting you all.

Respectfully,

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Since 2009, IAFOR has promoted and facilitated research synergies and partnerships between individuals and institutions in, and between Asian countries, and between Asian countries and the outside world. This function as a network hub has seen IAFOR grow to develop partnerships with many of the world’s foremost institutions of learning. This event is strongly supported by the global partnership, including Waseda University (Japan), Birkbeck University of London (UK), The National Institute of Education (Singapore), The National University of Tainan (Taiwan), Lincoln University (UK), the Hong Kong Institute of Education (HKSAR), Auburn University (USA), and Virginia Tech (USA). We would also like to welcome our newest institutional partners, Monash University (Australia), Lehigh University (USA), and especially Providence University, in whose city we are hosting this event.

Dr Joseph Haldane IAFOR Executive Director

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Information and Registration If you have already paid online or by bank transfer, you will be able to pick up your registration pack at the Conference Registration and Information Desk. This will include a tote bag, the conference programme, and receipt of payment. At this time you will also be given a name card and lanyard. For those wishing to pay on the day, please note that we are able to accept credit cards, however, we cannot accept payment in foreign currencies.

The Conference Registration and Information Desk will be located at the following times and locations during the conference: Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday

15:00-17:00 in the 1F Lobby 08:30-1700 in the Lower Level Foyer 08:30-17:00 in the Lower Level Foyer 08:30-15:00 in the Lower Level Foyer

If you have any questions or concerns, IAFOR staff and hotel staff will happily assist you in any way they can.

Thursday, September 18, 2014 8:15-18:00: Pre-Conference Tour of Newport & Rhode Island This is ticketed at $100 and there are a limited number of spaces. For more information, please email us at conferences@ iafor.org. Please meet in the lobby at 8:15 AM for a prompt 8:30 AM departure. The tour bus will return to the hotel by 18:00.

15:00-17:00: Conference Registration & Information Desk Open (1F Lobby) 18:00-19:30: Conference Welcome Reception (AQUA) To open the conference, come and enjoy a few glasses of beer, wine, or a choice of soft drinks if you prefer. You can meet with fellow delegates, network, and enjoy Providence’s only poolside lounge. All registered attendees and spouses/partners are welcome.

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If you are a presenter, your official certificate of presentation can be collected after your session at the Conference Registration and Information Desk. Audience members can collect a Certificate of Participation at anytime during the conference.

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Friday, September 19, 2014 8:30-17:00: Conference Registration & Information Desk Open (Lobby Level Foyer)

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9:15-12:00: Welcome, Keynote Speaker, and Featured Speaker Session (Grand Ballroom)

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9:15-9:45: Welcome & Introductory Addresses (Grand Ballroom) Kiyoshi Mana, IAFOR Director of Events 2014 Joseph Haldane, IAFOR Executive Director Stuart Picken, Conference Chair and Chair of the IAFOR International Advisory Board 9:45-10:30 NACAH Keynote Speaker (Grand Ballroom) Yuriko Saito, Rhode Island School of Design, USA 10:30-11:00: Coffee Break 11:00-11:45: NACMFCS Keynote Speaker (Grand Ballroom) Jenna Stern, Actress, USA 11:45-12:00 Conference Photograph (Grand Ballroom) 12:00-13:00: Lunch Break 13:00-14:00: Parallel Session I (various rooms) 14:00-14:15: Lunch Break 14:15-15:15: Parallel Session II (various rooms) 15:15-15:30: Break 15:30-16:00 Friday Spotlight Session 1 (Grand Ballroom) Ryan R. Copping, University of Southampton, UK 16:00-16:30 Friday Spotlight Session I (Grand Ballroom) Andreas G. Anestis, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece Christos A. Goussios, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece 18:30-21:30: A Night Out in Providence: Official Conference Dinner The official conference dinner will be held at Uno Pizzeria and Grill, and provides a relaxed and enjoyable environment to meet and network with other delegates. This is ticketed at $50 and there are a limited number of spaces; prereservation is required. If you would like to join, please register at the Conference Registration Desk by 1pm on Friday, September 19.

The party will leave the hotel at 18:30, so please be there in good time. The venue is a 15 minute walk away. The conference dinner will begin at 19:00 and will finish at 21:30.

Saturday, September 20, 2014 8:30-17:00: Conference Registration & Information Desk Open (Lower Level Foyer) 9:30-10:30: Parallel Session I (various rooms) 10:30-10:45: Break

11:45-12:00: Break 12:00-13:30: Poster Session I (Republic) 13:00-14:00: Lunch Break 14:00-15:00 Parallel Session IV (various rooms) 15:00-15:30: Break 15:30-16:00 Saturday Spotlight Session 1 (Republic) Gloria R. Montebruno Saller, University of La Verne, USA 16:00-16:30 Saturday Spotlight Session I (Republic) John Scannell, Macquarie University, Australia 16:30-17:00 Saturday Spotlight Session I (Republic) William Schulte, Winthrop University, USA

Sunday, September 21, 2014 8:30-15:00: Conference Registration & Information Desk Open (Lower Level Foyer) 9:30-10:30: Parallel Session I & Workshop Session 1 (various rooms) 10:30-10:45: Break 10:45-12:15: Parallel Session II (various rooms) 12:15-13:00 Lunch Break 13:00-13:45: Closing Featured Address (Republic Room) Ron Strickland, Michigan Technological University, USA

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10:45-11:45: Parallel Session II & Poster Session 1 (various rooms)

13:45-14:00: Break 14:00-14:30: Conference Closing Address (Republic Room) Join us for closing remarks from Dr Joseph Haldane (IAFOR Executive Director) and Professor Stuart Picken (Conference Chair and Chair of the IAFOR International Advisory Board).

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What to Wear & Bring Attendees generally wear business casual attire. You may want to bring a light jacket or sweater as the temperature in meeting rooms is often difficult to control.

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Security Do not leave personal items or conference bags unattended anywhere in the hotel as they will be taken away by security. For the enjoyment of all participants, inappropriate behavior will not be tolerated and offenders will be removed from the premises.

Smoking Smoking is not permitted in the hotel.

Internet Access There will be a free WiFi internet connection throughout the conference areas. However, this can be unreliable and we would strongly suggest that you do not rely on a live connection for your presentation.

For your convenience, there will also be a limited number of computers at the Conference Information Desk.

Printing There will be a printer at the Registration & Information Desk, and we are able to offer a complimentary printing service of up to ten US Letter size sheets should you need this. Please be advised that printing may not be available in peak times.

Badges When you check in, you will receive a conference package, which includes your name badge. Wearing your badge is required for entrance to the sessions. If you lose your badge it can be replaced for a fee of $50 You must wear your badge at all times during the Conference. If you are not wearing your badge, security will stop you and ask you to show your ID and evidence that you are registered. Those unable to show proof may be escorted from the Conference by security.

There are 4 colours of badges indicating the type of conference participant: BLUE: Presenters, Exhibitors, and General Audience YELLOW: Keynote and Featured Speakers BLACK: IAFOR Staff & Board Members RED: Single Day Audience Photo/Recording Waiver There will be photography, audio and video recording at the conference. By entering the event premises you give consent to the use of your photograph, likeness or video or audio recording in whole or in part without restriction or limitation for any educational, promotional, or any purpose for distribution.

Refreshment Breaks Complimentary coffee, tea, and water is available throughout the day at the refreshment station located next to the Conference Registration Desk. Light snacks will be provided once in the morning and once in the afternoon.

Meals & Drinks Meals can be purchased at any of the restaurants or convenience stores in and around the hotel.

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Conference Welcome, Keynote Speaker & Featured Speaker Session: Friday 9:15-12:00 The plenary session will be held on Friday morning, with the event beginning at 9:15 AM in the Grand Ballroom on the lower ground floor. Please arrive in good time if you wish to attend the session. There will be an interval after the first featured address and complimentary refreshments and snacks will be served.The plenary session will be followed by the official conference photograph.

Parallel Speaker Sessions Parallel Sessions will run from 13:00 on Friday afternoon, and from 9:30 AM on Saturday & Sunday mornings.They are generally organized into streams. Sessions include two or three presenters. Each presenter has thirty minutes which includes Q and A time. The session length reflects the number of presenters.

We recommend that you bring two copies of your presentation in the case that one fails, and suggest sending yourself the presentation by email as a third and final precaution.

Session Chairs Session Chairs are expected to introduce themselves and other speakers (briefly), and ensure that the session begins and ends on time, and that the time is divided fairly between the presentations. Each presenter should have no less than 30 minutes in which to present his or her paper, and respond to any questions.

The session chair is asked to assume this timekeeping role, and to this end, a yellow and red coloured timekeeping card is used as a visual cue for presenters, letting them know when they have 5 minutes remaining, and when they must stop.

Please follow the order in the programme, and if for any reason a presenter fails to show, please keep to the original timeslots as delegates use the programme to plan their attendance.

A Polite Request to All Participants Participants are requested to arrive in a timely fashion for all addresses, whether to their own, or to those of other presenters. Presenters are reminded that the time slots should be divided fairly and equally between the number of presentations, and that they should not overrun. We recommend that the 30 minutes presentation timeslot be divided as follows: 20 minutes for the paper and 10 minutes for Q and A. Please don’t talk during sessions and please turn off your phone or set it to silent during presentations.

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Presentations and Equipment All rooms will be equipped with a MacBook computer pre-installed with PowerPoint and Keynote, that is connected to a LCD projector. If you wish, you may directly link your own PC laptop, although we advise you to use the computer provided by plugging in your USB flash drive.

Poster Sessions & Poster Requirements We recommended that posters be no larger than 707mm x 1000mm or 27” x 39”. If your poster is oversized, then we will be able to provide tape. Please be aware that there are no on-site poster facilities for printing posters.

Conference Proceedings The Conference Proceedings are published on the IAFOR website (www.iafor.org), and can be freely accessed as part of the research archive.

All authors may have their full paper published in the online conference proceedings. Full text submission is due by October 15, 2014 through the online system. The proceedings will be published on November 15, 2014.

Authors will have PDF copies of their offprints emailed to them by the IAFOR office by the end of December 2014.

Returning Delegate Discount Every year we have a growing number of delegates who have presented at previous IAFOR conferences. To show our appreciation, IAFOR would now like to offer you a 10% discount off your next IAFOR conference registration.

This offer is valid for the next 12 months and covers any IAFOR conference in Asia, Europe, Dubai, or the United States that you may choose to attend.

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Conference Chairs, Keynote Speakers & Featured Speakers

Stuart Picken

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Chair, Japan Society of Scotland Chair, IAFOR International Advisory Board

Professor Stuart Picken is the Chairman of the IAFOR International Advisory Board. The author of a dozen books and over 130 articles and papers, he is considered one of the foremost scholars on Japan, China, and Globalization in East Asia. As an academic, Professor Picken has devoted more than 30 years to scholarship in Japan, notably as a Professor of Philosophy at the International Christian University in Tokyo, where he specialized in ethics and Japanese thought, and as International Adviser to the High Priest of Tsubaki Grand Shrine (Mie prefecture). He has also served as a consultant to various businesses, including Jun Ashida Ltd., Mitsui Mining & Smelting Corp., Kobe Steel, and Japan Air Lines.

In 2008, the Government of Japan awarded Professor Picken the Order of the Sacred Treasure for his pioneering research, and outstanding contribution to the promotion of friendship and mutual understanding between Japan and the UK. The honour is normally reserved for Japanese citizens and is a mark of the utmost respect in which Professor Picken is held by the Japanese Government. More recently, in 2012 he was invited to London to attend a reception at the Japanese Embassy, hosted by Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko as an expression of their gratitude towards Britons who had helped support Japan after the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami. Professor Picken helped organize fundraising efforts through both the Japan Society of Scotland, of which he is the chair, in the UK, and IAFOR in Japan.

Although now resident in Scotland, Professor Picken maintains his interests in Japan, as Chair of the Japan Society of Scotland, and through the IAFOR IAB. He is also the Chairman of the Academic Board of New College, Birmingham.

He lives near Glasgow with his wife and two children.

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Yuriko Saito

Rhode Island School of Design, USA

Keynote Presentation: Everyday Aesthetics and World-Making In light of many serious problems that plague today’s world, aesthetic concerns may appear to be rather inconsequential.

In particular, the aesthetics of everyday life regarding objects of daily use, familiar environments, and regular chores may seem trivial and insignificant. However, I argue that our aesthetic tastes, preferences, and judgments regarding everyday life have a surprisingly, though often unrecognized, power to affect the quality of life and the state of the world, both positively and negatively. I will present this power of the aesthetic by exploring everyday aesthetics’ contribution to the promotion of nationalism, environmental consequences, and the cultivation of moral virtues. My overall thesis is that all of us are implicated in the collective and cumulative project of world-making as citizens, consumers, and community members, although many of us are not professional world-makers such as architects, designers, manufacturers, and policy-makers. As such, there is a need to cultivate aesthetic literacy and vigilance, as well as strategies to harness the power of the aesthetic toward better world-making.

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Yuriko Saito, born and raised in Japan, received her BA in philosophy from International Christian University (Tokyo, Japan) and Ph. D. in philosophy from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She has been teaching at the Rhode Island School of Design since 1981, where she received the Frazier Award for Excellence in Teaching in 1999. Her research area is aesthetics with a focus on everyday aesthetics, environmental aesthetics, and Japanese aesthetics. She teaches these subjects regularly, as well as introductory courses in philosophy. Her work and what she gained from teaching at RISD resulted in Everyday Aesthetics, recently (2008) published by Oxford University Press.

Keynote Session Friday, September 19, 2014 09:45-10:30 Grand Ballroom

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Jenna Stern

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Actress, USA

Jenna Stern is an American actress who has worked extensively in theatre, TV and film. She was born in Los Angeles, California, and is the daughter of British-born, Oscar- nominated Actress Samantha Eggar and American Producer Tom Stern. Her brother, Nicolas Stern, is a Producer for Film and TV and lives with his family in Los Angeles. Her brother Cameron Cash is also an Actor and Producer. She graduated from U.C. Berkeley with a B.A. and received her M.F.A from NYU’s Graduate Acting Program. She is married to fellow actor Brennan Brown and lives with her family in New York.

Keynote Presentation: Creative Pluralism: Embrace all your Passions I am an actress … but also a photographer, a parent, wife, coach, tennis player and community activist. The ups and downs of an actor’s life are well documented. I am surrounded by friends, family and peers whose careers are a roller coaster ride, at BEST. So the question arises: As an artist, actor, director, writer, dancer, filmmaker, parent… as a Creative…

How do you survive and create your work and get paid for it?

How do you make a life from your art form?

We are encouraged throughout our lives to find our area of expertise. Trained to navigate our education and higher learning into a progressively more narrow and specialized field. And while you must devote yourself initially to your chosen profession, the story of your success must include the width and breadth of your passions. I posit that it is not only possible but also vital to maintain the full complement of your interests: Creative Pluralism.

It is from those first loves and interests that you will be buoyed when the bottom falls out and you find yourself rudderless. Those passions that brought you to your profession will help you find a way back on course.

Panel Presentation Friday, September 19, 2014 11:00-11:45 Grand Ballroom

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Ron Strickland

Michigan Technological University, USA

Featured Presentation: The Politics of Spurious Belonging - Clint Eastwood, Cherokee Identity and the Southern Strategy A memorable moment of the 2012 US presidential campaign happened during the Republican Party’s nominating convention, when film actor and director Clint Eastwood made a surprise appearance to endorse the party’s candidate. But the strategy misfired; Eastwood’s unscripted remarks were ill-tempered and incoherent. Why did the Republicans turn the stage over to such a stumbling performer? It was a symptomatic miscalculation. In the wake of the civil rights movement the Republicans developed a “Southern Strategy” to appeal to disaffected white voters.

This strategy invoked patriotism, religious fundamentalism and racial prejudice. It also depended upon a shared sense of victimhood. Against the perception that African-Americans were gaining privilege through the recognition of historical persecution, white southerners sought to cast themselves also in the role of persecuted victims. This narrative found a counter-intuitive expression in the assertion that white racists and Native Americans—specifically Cherokees—share a common bond as a result of being persecuted by the federal government. In this connection Eastwood’s appearance makes sense. In an iconic role from a film entitled “The Outlaw Josey Wales,” Eastwood plays a post-civil-war Confederate guerrilla fighter who forms a bond with Native Americans in solidarity against the federal government. This association will not occur to most Americans, but many white southerners will make the connection intuitively. In this paper I will trace a genealogy of spurious belonging between white supremacist and Cherokee identity as adumbrated in this film and other sources, and I will show why the strategy is no longer effective in national elections.

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Professor Ron Strickland is Chair of the Humanities Department at Michigan Technological University. He was a founding co-editor (with Christopher Newfield) of Mediations: The Journal of the Marxist Literary Group. He is the author and editor of essays and collections on the politics of literary and cultural studies, and the creator of a widelyviewed series of internet lectures on topics in literature and cultural theory. His current research focuses on the institutional and cultural politics of the Humanities in higher education.

Featured Session Sunday, September 21, 2014 13:00-13:45 Republic Room

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Gary E. Swanson

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Mildred S. Hansen Endowed Chair in Journalism The University of Northern Colorado, USA

Gary E. Swanson is currently the Mildred S. Hansen Endowed Chair and Distinguished Journalist-in-Residence at the University of Northern Colorado, USA. From 2005-2007 Professor Swanson was a Fulbright scholar to China and lectured at Tsinghua University and the Communication University of China. In summer 2008 he was Commentator for China Central Television International (CCTV-9) and their live coverage of the Beijing Olympic Games. Swanson repeated his assignment covering the London Olympics for CCTV-4 in the summer of 2012. Previously, he was professor and director of television for nine years at the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University where he taught mostly graduate broadcast students. He has been an educator for 26 years; 20 years spent teaching at the university level.

Swanson is an internationally recognized and highly acclaimed documentary producer, director, editor, photojournalist, consultant and educator. He has given keynote speeches, presented workshops and lectured at embassies, conferences, festivals, and universities in over 20 countries.

Swanson has compiled a distinguished professional broadcast career spanning 13 years: From 1978 to 1991, Swanson worked for the National Broadcasting Company where he was honored with national EMMY’s for producing and editing: ‘The Silent Shame,’ a prime-time investigative documentary; ‘Military Medicine,’ a two-part investigative series on NBC News; and ‘Hotel Crime,’ an investigative news magazine piece. Swanson was an editor for ‘breaking news’ and features for NBC Nightly News with Tom Brokaw, the Today Show, Sunrise, Sunday Today, NBC Overnight, A Closer Look, Monitor, and other prime time news magazines. Swanson covered ‘breaking news’ in 26 states and Canada for the network including trips and campaigns of presidents Ronald Reagan, George Bush, and Bill Clinton.

Swanson was the Fulbright distinguished lecturer and consultant in television news to the government of Portugal in 1989, and in 1992, he covered the XXV Olympics in Barcelona, Spain for NBC News as field producer and cameraman.

Swanson has earned more than 75 awards for broadcast excellence and photojournalism including three national Emmy’s, the duPont Columbia Award, two CINE ‘Golden Eagles,’ 16 TELLY’s, the Monte Carlo International Award, the Hamburg International Media Festival’s Globe Award, the Videographer Award, The Communicator Award, the Ohio State Award, the CINDY Award, the 2011 Communitas Outstanding Professor and Educator award, the 2013 Professor of the Year award, and many others. He graduated from the University of Illinois at Urbana with a Bachelor’s degree in Education in 1974, and a Master’s degree in Journalism in 1993.

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Baden Offord

Cultural Studies Association of Australasia, Australia

In 2010-2011 he was Chair (Visiting Professor) in Australian Studies, Centre for Pacific Studies and American Studies, Institute for Advanced Global Studies,The University of Tokyo and has held several visiting professorships/fellowships in Spain, the United States, India, New Zealand and Japan. He is the Vice-President (International) of the Cultural Studies Association of Australasia.

Recent publications include the book Activating Human Rights and Peace: Theories, Practices, Contexts (Ashgate, London: 2012) and articles in Asian Studies Review; The Review of Education, Pedagogy and Cultural Studies; Continuum: Journal of Media and Cultural Studies; and Critical Arts: A journal of South-North Cultural and Media Studies.

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Baden Offord is Professor of Cultural Studies and Human Rights in the School of Arts and Social Sciences, Southern Cross University, Australia. Globally recognized as a specialist in sexuality and human rights, in 2012 he was a sponsored speaker to the 14th EU-NGO Human Rights Forum in Brussels and conducted a three-week lecture tour of Japan sponsored by the Australian Prime Minister’s Educational Assistance Funds post the Great Eastern Tohoku Earthquake in 2011. Baden’s interdisciplinary research cuts across the fields of Cultural Studies, Media Studies, Creative Writing, Cultural Geography, Socio-legal Studies, Asian Studies, Australian Studies and Critical Pedagogy.

Friday Spotlight Session I (15:30-16:30) Room: Republic The End of Fate: The War Cinema of James Whale Ryan R. Copping, University of Southampton, UK

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About the Presenter: Ryan R. Copping is currently a doctoral candidate at the University of Southampton in England. He was born in Kalamazoo, Michigan and received his Bachelors in Film and Still Photography and Master’s in Communication at Grand Valley State University in Grand Rapids, Michigan. In 2011 Mr. Copping was awarded a bursary at the Univerity of Southampton, where he is currently studying the cultural signifigance of First World War cinema between 1919 and 1940 from a Historical Reception Studies perspective. He is also a filmmaker and still photography, and has recently completed principal photography on a film for Mensicus Sunrise Productions.

Abstract: This paper looks at James Whale’s four films that concern the First World War: Hell’s Angels (1930), Journey’s End (1930), Waterloo Bridge (1931) and The Road Back (1937). In it, I will discuss Whale’s fatalistic perspective, his use of the concepts of death and mortality, and how his experiences as a veteran of the conflict influence the films. I will also argue that Whale’s critical reputation, which is based almost entirely on Queer Theory readings of his horror films, is limited and due for a re-appraisal.

Whale was a British expatriate who emigrated to the United States in the early days of sound, when the industry was in need of theatre professionals who knew how to deal with dialogue during the transition. He is remembered almost entirely today for his horror films at Universal, such as Frankenstein (1931) and its sequel The Bride of Frankenstein (1935), and The Invisible Man (1933).

While Queer Theory readings of these films are illuminating, they do a disservice to the uniqueness of Whale’s films.

Although Journey’s End can be read as possessing a homoerotic undertone, Waterloo Bridge features a plausible and desperate heterosexual romance. The director, himself a veteran of WWI, establishes a fatalistic and solemn tone to his war films, rendering them nearly completely at odds with his reputation as a camp artist. This paper will attempt to give Whale’s war cinema a long overdue evaluation and encourage a more holistic view of the director.

Effects of Cinema Sounds on the Perception of the Motion Picture Andreas G. Anestis, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece Christos A. Goussios, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece About the Presenter: Dr Andreas Anestis is currently an instructor of Human Anatomy and Physiology at the American College of Thessaloniki, Greece. Dr Anestis was born in the ancient greek city of Argos in 1979, but lives in Thessaloniki for the last 15 years. He holds Bachelor degrees in Biology and Film Studies, while he currently studies Theology at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. He also holds a MSc degree in Applied Genetics and Biotechnology and a MA in Film Studies. He has a PhD in Biology/Physiology and is a PhD candidate of Film Aesthetics and Perception.

His academic interests are stress physiology, cell biochemistry, as well as film directing and aesthetics.

Abstract: A big number of studies have investigated the mechanisms of the human nervous system that receive environmental stimuli in order to create what we understand as “reality”. Taking into account the importance of both audition and vision in constructing a common audiovisual reality, it is of great importance to identify the relation and interactions between sound and image in the case of audio-visual arts, like cinema.The object of the present study was to investigate the effects of sounds on the perception of motion pictures by film viewers.

One sequence from the film “Elephant” (G.Van Sant, 2003) was selected and two different soundtracks were composed for it. The three different versions of the sequence (one original and two with new soundtracks) were screened to 51 adult students (mean age 21.3 y.o.) who answered a series of questions after each screening.

We concluded that different soundtracks change the perception of the audience mainly concerning (a) their ability to recognize the film gender and (b) the emotions that the viewers develop while watching the sequence. On the contrary, the sequence’s crucial moment as well as the in-film time were not found to be affected by the different sound designs. Moreover, the sound design in not unlike to create visual illusions when the source of the sound used is obvious. Finally, factors like the sex and the study field of the audience were among the factors that differentiated our results, thus possibly affecting the viewer’s perception.

Friday Spotlight Presentations Friday September 19, 2014 15:30-16:30 Republic Room

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Saturday Spotlight Session I (15:30-17:00) Room: Republic The Disfigured and Fractured Self: On Becoming Whole Again through Narration.Atomic Bomb Survivors Tell their Stories to the World Gloria R. Montebruno Saller, University of La Verne, USA About the Presenter: Dr. Gloria R. Montebruno Saller is a professor of Japanese language and culture at the University of La Verne, California. Born in Italy, Dr. Montebruno Saller moved to the United States to pursue her doctoral degree in East Asian Languages and Cultures at the University of Southern California from where she received her doctoral degree. Dr. Montebruno Saller’s current research focuses on Atomic Bomb’s survivors personal narratives.

Scambaiters and Sakawa Boys: Exploring “419 Scam” Subcultures John Scannell, Macquarie University, Australia About the Presenter: John Scannell is lecturer in Media and Music in the Department of Media, Music, Communication and Cultural Studies at Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia. Recent publications include an interdiscipinary engagement with the work of musician James Brown. (Equinox, 2012) and along with John Potts, an edited collection on The Unacceptable (Palgrave, 2012).

Abstract: This paper is part of a broader research project into the relationship between illegal e-waste dumping in the developing world and its role in the online Advance Fee Fraud (also known as “419” fraud). Illegal e-waste dumping in Western Africa not only wreaks havoc on the ecosystems of its destination countries, but also bolsters the arsenal of the “419 scammers” and “data miners”, in turn. As these material vestiges of Western privilege are unwittingly recycled into the war machines of the “419 scam”, sanctimonious “419” vigilantes or “scambaiters” will in turn, hunt the scammers as a way of “turning the tables” on their fraudulent operations.

In this paper I will concentrate on the nature of this dialogue between scammer and scambaiter as well as the broader subcultures that encompass them, including the 419-celebrating Sakawa Boys of Ghana and the white, middle-aged vigilantes who do battle with them. But rather than frame this conflict in terms of relative morality, the paper will focus instead on the multiple creative possibilities that are actualised by these digitally mediated encounters between previously estranged regions of the world. That the successful facilitation of these scams, whether on the part of scammer or scambaiter, require a level of research into their respective subjects that requires an unprecedented “intimacy” between the developing world and the West.

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Abstract: At one time, physically disfigured atomic bomb survivors (hibakusha) hid in the back rooms of their homes, hiding from curious gazes. Their grotesque physical appearances hindered their social lives. Not only was it challenging for hibakusha to get married when external physical scars were not present; only to mention the city of residence, whether it being Hiroshima or Nagasaki, would scare suitors away; moreover, the anxiety of radiation disease to be a genetic one prevented many from building families. Those hibakusha that today are in their seventies or eighties, were only children of five or ten at the time the atomic bombs were dropped on their cities in August 1945. Lately, some of those survivors decided to leave those back rooms to share with the world their personal narratives through new means: the internet. Some of them bear visible physical scars (keloids, crippled hands, missing limbs); some of them bear hidden physical scars (leukemia, thyroid disease, cancer); and all of them bear deep emotional scars (post-traumatic stress disorder, phobias, anxiety, depression). Their stories are the stories of wounded youths struggling to survive not only in the aftermath of a nuclear explosion, but also fighting every day to live their lives with the physical and emotional reminders of those days. In their words, and through their voices, in their eyes, and through their gazes, we recognize their struggles to become whole again, and to embrace their new identities as active agents of change on the world stage.

Gannett Blog: Creating Space for Discourse through Anonymity William Schulte, Winthrop University, USA About the Presenter: Dr. William Schulte is an Assistant Professor of mass communication at Winthrop University in Rock Hill, South Carolina and received his Ph.D. from the Scripps School of Journalism at Ohio University. His fields of study include newsroom cultural dynamics, and social constructionism. Before starting his academic career, Dr. Schulte was an award-winning visual journalist and editor with eleven years of newspaper experience.

Abstract: This study uses discourse analysis to determine if news workers, unitizing Gannett Blog for industry news and information, are also using the blog for fellowship with other news workers. The news industry is struggling for viability and many news works no longer connect with each other through unions or collective bargaining groups. This analysis sought to determine how the blogosphere may be being used for professional connectivity and camaraderie.

Sensitive and dramatic information about decisions, policy, and executives fuel conversations about ethics issues, and modern journalism. The literature and recent history regarding news work indicates that space for support systems is a low priority of organizations.

Saturday Spotlight Presentations Saturday, September 20, 2014 15:30-17:00

This study uses social construction of reality as a frame as well as discourse analysis theory to understand of how Republic Room the blogosphere, through the concept of intertextablity, shows how individual texts draw on elements and discourses of other texts. It is this combination that causes meaning to change, and thus the social and cultural world. There is evidence that online discourse is a tool for perpetuating principles among newsworks, but meaning is often less fluid than discourse analysis indicates. This could be due to the concrete principles inherent in journalism.

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INTERNATIONAL INTERCULTURAL INTERDISCIPLINARY

iafor “To Open Minds, To Educate Intelligence, To Inform Decisions” The International Academic Forum provides new perspectives to the thought-leaders and decisionmakers of today and tomorrow by offering constructive environments for dialogue and interchange at the intersections of nation, culture, and discipline. Headquartered in Nagoya, Japan, and registered as a NonProfit Organization (一般社団法人) , IAFOR is an independent think tank committed to the deeper understanding of contemporary geo-political transformation, particularly in the Asia Pacific Region.

For more information about the International Academic Forum and its activities, please visit our website at www.iafor.org Hear the latest news and developments by joining our mailing list.

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IAFOR The International Academic Forum Academic Vision and Mission “To Open Minds, To Educate Intelligence, To Inform Decisions” The vision of IAFOR grew out of the perceived need to fill a vacuum in the communication and exchange activities of the academic world. Its mission arose out of examining that space and investigating why it existed. The vacuum existed because of the lack of opportunity for serious and thoughtful exchange between academics, members of the global business community, and practitioners in the fields of human endeavor that linked these groups together. In the field of education, for example, we have academic theorists, educational managers (political decision-makers and organizational directors) and classroom teachers with their support staff in IT, library work, exchange programs, and specialist fields. But how often do they have the opportunity to interact?

Moving beyond one particular field, larger questions arise. What function should universities prioritize in the 21st century? What do businesses see as their contribution to social and global well being? How can people on the ground, trying to implement improvements that will transform human life, best be supported? And perhaps above all, what are the agendas that will drive mechanisms to enable these groups to interact effectively.

One piece of distilled thought that came from early exchanges at one of our conferences was the recognition that some of the rhetoric of concern about the problems of developing nations was perhaps over-focused on the term “poverty” because it can be defined only in a relative way. “Hunger” was put forward as being more immediate and itself a contributory factor to poverty, rather than the other way round. One key to the hunger issue could be the provision of safe drinking water, or water for irrigation in some contexts, while flood management might be necessary elsewhere. These, in and by themselves become valuable only insofar as they help to relieve hunger in specific contexts.

IAFOR is affording opportunities that do not exist elsewhere. The base is Osaka, Japan’s great commercial and manufacturing hub, one symbol of the emerging Pacific economy that is already eclipsing the long dominant Atlantic zone. Our conferences present those taking part with three unique dimensions of experience. First of all, it encourages interdisciplinary activity to be expanded.

Depending on the field, this can face varying degrees of difficulty, ranging from discouragement to downright prohibition. Those overly dependent on fixed academic structures often see lateral thinking as a threat. None of these negatives apply in IAFOR. Its purpose is to generate new approaches that cross any disciplinary lines. The principle employed is to let the imagination permit intuitive responses to questions. There are no panels of critics. There are simply people who want to listen and reflect. The model of academic work as potholing is replaced by the metaphor of mountaineering. While respecting the need for solid and well-founded academic work, we feel the need to go beyond it from time to time to discover fresh approaches to old questions.

Secondly, it facilitates the heightening of intercultural awareness. Again, we encourage innovation through cross-cultural perception.

Cultural roots influence people in their attitudes more than most would realize or admit. The need to see and internalize insights gained from other viewpoints is met by a process of steady illumination.

Thirdly, it promotes the broadening of international exchange. We may live in a globalized world, but in reality parochialism still holds sway. The collapse of the U.S.S.R and the break-up of Yugoslavia led to the re-establishment of numerous former countries. While this may be desirable for the peoples concerned, it merely adds to the world’s cultural confusion. Exchange leads to explanation and that helps the growth of intercultural awareness.

IAFOR makes all of these developments possible in one gathering. Our conferences are not a substitute for specialist conferences.

We intend our events to be an alternative that functions as a balance or even a corrective to the extreme tendencies that can arise from more narrowly defined research parameters. In short, IAFOR is promoting and facilitating a new multifaceted approach to one of the core issues of our time, namely globalization and its many forms of growth and expansion. Awareness of how it cuts across the worlds of business, and academia, along with its impact on societies and institutions is one of the driving forces that has given the organization its momentum, and is making it a pioneer in this global age.

Rev. Professor Stuart DB Picken Order of the Sacred Treasure (瑞宝章), M.A. (Hons), BD., Ph.D., F.R.A.S. Chairman, Japan Society of Scotland Chairman, IAFOR Advisory Board Dr Joseph Haldane B.A. (Hons), Ph.D FRAS. Executive Director, IAFOR

people - Leadership Chairman of the International Advisory Board The Reverend Professor Stuart D. B. Picken, Order of the Sacred Treasure, M.A. (Hons), B.D., Ph.D. (Glasgow), F.R.A.S. Professor Picken is the Chairman of the IAFOR International Advisory Board.The author of a dozen books and over 130 articles and papers, he is considered one of the foremost scholars on Japan, China, and Globalization in East Asia. As an academic, Professor Picken has devoted more than 30 years to scholarship in Japan, notably as a Professor of Philosophy at the International Christian University in Tokyo, where he specialized in ethics and Japanese thought, and as International Adviser to the High Priest of Tsubaki Grand Shrine (Mie prefecture).

He has also served as a consultant to various businesses, including Jun Ashida Ltd., Mitsui Mining & Smelting Corp., Kobe Steel, and Japan Air Lines. In November 2008, the Government of Japan awarded Professor Picken the Order of the Sacred Treasure for his pioneering research, and outstanding contribution to the promotion of friendship and mutual understanding between Japan and the UK. The honour is normally reserved for Japanese citizens and is a mark of the utmost respect in which Professor Picken is held by the Japanese Government. More recently, in 2012 he was invited to London to attend a reception at the Japanese Embassy, hosted by Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko as an expression of their gratitude towards Britons who had helped support Japan after the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami. Professor Picken helped organize fundraising efforts through both the Japan Society of Scotland, of which he is the chair, in the UK, and IAFOR in Japan. As Chairman of the IAB, Professor Picken is responsible for the academic affairs and direction of the organization. He is also responsible for the development of the IAFOR Research Institute. Although now resident in Scotland, Professor Picken maintains his interests in Japan, as Chair of the Japan Society of Scotland, and through the IAFOR IAB. He is also the Chairman of the Academic Board of New College, Birmingham.

He lives near Glasgow with his wife and two children.

Vice-Chairman of the International Advisory Board Professor Jerry Platt, B.S. (Michigan State), MBA (Wayne State), MA, PhD (Ohio State), MS (Stanford) Jerry Platt is Professor of Global Business at Akita International University, Japan and Professor Emeritus at San Francisco State University. Professor Platt holds a B.S. in Multidisciplinary Social Sciences from Michigan State University, an MBA from Wayne State University, an M.A. in Public Administration, and a Ph.D. in Public Policy and Management from the John Glenn School of Public Affairs at Ohio State University, and an M.S. Statistics Post-Doctoral Degree from Stanford University. His research interests span business, technology and public policy and he is the author of over 85 peer-reviewed papers in these and associated fields. Balancing industry with academic interests, Jerry also served as head of financial analysis for a Bay Area Fortune 500 company, and as CEO of an aviation firm. He has been Principal Investigator on more than twenty U.S. federal research grants. From 1976-2004, Professor Platt was on the faculty of the School of Business at San Francisco State University, and was named Dean in 2001. From 2004 he was Senecal Endowed Dean of the Business School at the University of Redlands, California, before holding concurrent professorships at Redlands and Akita International University, Japan from 2010 until 2012. As Vice-Chair of the IAFOR International Advisory Board, Professor Platt advises the organization on matters pertaining to IAFOR’s development and strategy, as it faces the challenge of sustainable growth as both a regional and global organization.

Executive Director Dr Joseph Haldane, B.A., Ph.D. (London), F.R.A.S Joseph Haldane is the Executive Director of the International Academic Forum. He was Academic Director from IAFOR’s inception in 2009 until January 2011, when he assumed his current enlarged role. He is responsible for setting policies, forging institutional partnerships, implementing projects, and overseeing the research and publications of the organization, as well as maintaining responsibility for overseeing IAFOR’s growing global operations. Joe’s academic interests include politics and international affairs, literature, history, and the history of ideas, and he holds a PhD from the University of London in French Studies. He has taught at the University of Paris XII [2002-2004], at the French Press Institute in the University of Paris II - PantheonAssas [2003-2004] and was a full-time lecturer at Sciences Po in Paris, where he directed a postgraduate course on British Politics and Media in the School of Journalism [2004-2005]. In 2005 he moved to Japan, and immediately prior to this post was an Associate Professor at Nagoya University of Commerce and Business in both the undergraduate and graduate schools, teaching the Ethics course in the graduate school. He is a fellow of the Royal Asiatic Society.

people - The Executive Council of the International Advisory Board IAB Chair: Professor Stuart D.B. Picken

IAB Vice-Chair: Professor Jerry Platt

The IAB Executive Council is composed of distinguished academics, business executives, former and current government officials, and community leaders of international standing. Its role is to provide counsel and direction in the business and affairs of IAFOR, suggest and approve the areas of scholarly investigation, and safeguard the independence of the Forum’s work. International Directors of Program and Research Institute Directors are ex-officio members of the Executive Council of the International Advisory Board. Membership of the Executive Council of the International Advisory Board is by invitation only.

Mr Mitsumasa Aoyama Director, The Yufuku Gallery, Tokyo, Japan Professor David N Aspin Professor Emeritus and Former Dean of the Faculty of Education, Monash University, Australia Visiting Fellow, St Edmund’s College, Cambridge University, UK Professor Don Brash Former Governor of the Reserve Bank, New Zealand Former Leader of the New National Party, New Zealand Adjunct Professor, AUT, New Zealand & La Trobe University, Australia Lord Charles Bruce Patron, Japan Society of Scotland Patron, Scottish Centre of Tagore Studies at Edinburgh Napier University Chairman, Kolkata Scottish Heritage Trust Professor Judith Chapman Professor of Education, Australian Catholic University, Australia Visiting Fellow, St Edmund’s College, Cambridge University, UK Member of the Order of Australia Professor Chung-Ying Cheng Professor of Philosophy, University of Hawai’i at Manoa, USA Editor-in-Chief, The Journal of Chinese Philosophy Professor Steve Cornwell Professor of English and Interdisciplinary Studies, Osaka Jogakuin University, Osaka, Japan Osaka Local Conference Chair Professor Michael A. Cusumano SMR Distinguished Professor of Management and Engineering Systems, MIT Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA Professor Dexter Da Silva Professor of Educational Psychology, Keisen University, Tokyo, Japan Professor Georges Depeyrot Professor and Director of Research & Member of the Board of Trustees French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS) & L’Ecole Normale Superieure, Paris, France Professor Donald E. Hall Herbert J. and Ann L. Siegel Dean LeHign University, USA

Professor June Henton Dean, College of Human Sciences, Auburn University, USA

Professor Frank S. Ravitch Professor of Law & Walter H. Stowers Chair in Law and Religion, Michigan State University College of Law

Professor Michael Hudson President of The Institute for the Study of Long-Term Economic Trends (ISLET) Distinguished Research Professor of Economics, The University of Missouri, Kansas City

Professor Richard Roth Senior Associate Dean, Medill School of Journalism, Northwestern University, Qatar

Professor Koichi Iwabuchi Professor of Media and Cultural Studies & Director of the Monash Asia Institute, Monash University, Australia Professor Sue Jackson Professor of Lifelong Learning and Gender & Pro-Vice Master of Teaching and Learning, Birkbeck, University of London, UK Professor Sing Kong Lee Director, The National Institute of Education, Singapore Professor Sir Geoffrey Lloyd Senior Scholar in Residence, The Needham Research Institute, Cambridge, UK Fellow and Former Master, Darwin College, University of Cambridge Fellow of the British Academy Professor Keith Miller Orthwein Endowed Professor for Lifelong Learning in the Science, University of Missouri-St.Louis, USA Professor Kuniko Miyanaga Director, Human Potential Institute, Japan Fellow, Reischauer Institute, Harvard University, USA Professor Dennis McInerney Chair Professor of Educational Psychology and CoDirector of the Assessment Research Centre The Hong Kong Institute of Education, Hong Kong SAR Professor Ka Ho Joshua Mok Chair Professor of Comparative Policy, Associate VicePresident (External Relations) Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, The Hong Kong Institute of Education, Hong Kong SAR Professor Michiko Nakano Professor of English & Director of the Distance Learning Center, Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan

Professor Monty P. Satiadarma Clinical Psychologist and Lecturer in Psychology & Former Dean of the Department of Psychology and Rector of the University, Tarumanugara University, Indonesia Mr Mohamed Salaheen Director, The United Nations World Food Programme, Japan & Korea Mr Lowell Sheppard Asia Pacific Director, HOPE International Development Agency, Canada/Japan His Excellency Dr Drago Stambuk Croatian Ambassador to Brazil, Brazil Professor Mary Stuart Vice-Chancellor, The University of Lincoln, UK Professor Gary Swanson Distinguished Journalist-in-Residence & Mildred S. Hansen Endowed Chair, The University of Northern Colorado, USA Professor Jiro Takai Secretary General of the Asian Association for Social Psychology & Professor of Social Psychology Graduate School of Education and Human Development, Nagoya University, Japan Professor Svetlana Ter Minasova President of the Faculty of Foreign Languages and Area Studies, Lomonosov Moscow State University Professor Yozo Yokota Director of the Center for Human Rights Affairs, Japan Former UN Special Rapporteur on Myanmar Professor Kensaku Yoshida Professor of English & Director of the Center for the Teaching of Foreign Languages in General Education, Sophia University, Tokyo, Japan

Professor Baden Offord Professor of Cultural Studies and Human Rights & CoDirector of the Centre for Peace and Social Justice Southern Cross University, Australia

The International Advisory Board is composed of distinguished academics, business executives, former and current government officials, and community leaders. Its role is to consult and provide counsel on the business and affairs of IAFOR, and suggest areas of scholarly investigation. Membership of the International Advisory Board is by invitation only. For a full list please see the IAFOR website.

The Japan Liaison Committee (JLC)

The Japan Liaison Committee is a consultative committee that provides support in the form of advice and guidance in specific aspects of the planning and projects of the Forum held in Japan. The Chairman of the International Advisory Board is also chair of the JLC. Members of the JLC are ex-officio members of the International Advisory Board.

Prof Stuart D. B. Picken, Chairman, IAFOR IAB (chair) Mr Mitsumasa Aoyama, Founder of the PHP Institute, Kyoto, Japan & Director, the Yufuku Gallery, Tokyo, Japan Prof Kuniko Miyanaga, Director, the Human Potential Institute, Tokyo, Japan and Fellow, Reischauer Institute, Harvard University, USA Prof Michiko Nakano, Professor & Director of the Distance Learning Center, Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan Prof Yozo Yokota, Director of the Center for Human Rights Affairs, Japan & Former UN Special Rapporteur on Myanmar Dr Joseph Haldane, Executive Director, IAFOR

people - IAFOR Journal Editors Editors of IAFOR Journals are ex-officio Members of the International Advisory Board IAFOR Journal of Arts and Humanities Dr Thomas French, Ritsumeikan University, Japan IAFOR Journal of Literature & Librarianship Dr Richard Donovan, Doshisha University, Japan IAFOR Journal of Education Dr Bernard Montoneri, Providence University, Taichung, Taiwan IAFOR Journal of Business and Management Dr Merlin Levirs, Ritsumeikan University IAFOR Journal of the Social Sciences Dr Andrea Molle, Chapman University, USA

IAFOR Journal of Ethics, Religion and Philosophy Dr Michael O’Sullivan, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR

IAFOR Journal of Asian Studies Dr Seiko Yasumoto, The University of Sydney, Australia

IAFOR Journal of Sustainability, Energy and the Environment Dr Alexandru-Ionut Petrisor, The National Institute for Research and Development in Construction, Urban Planning and Sustainable Spatial Development (URBAN=INCERC), Romania

IAFOR Journal of Language Learning Dr. Ebru Melek Koç, Izmir Institute of Technology, Turkey IAFOR Journal of Politics, Economics & Law Dr Craig Mark, Kwansei Gakuin University, Japan

IAFOR Journal of Media, Communication & Film Dr James Rowlins, Singapore University of Design and Technology

people - IAFOR Staff Mr Kiyoshi Mana - Director of Business Development Kiyoshi Mana is the Director of Business Development as well as project director for the 2014 Events Team, overseeing IAFOR’s conferences in Asia, Europe, and North America.

An American of Japanese descent, Kiyoshi has long been fascinated by the country of his ancestors, studying both Japanese language and culture at San Francisco State.

Ms Megumi Mukudai - Executive Assistant to the Executive Director Megumi Mukudai provides support and assistance to the Executive Director, and is involved with general administration of the organization.

Megumi trained as a primary school teacher, specializing in music education and English at Kobe Women’s University. She spent one year in Dublin studying English, and a year in Paris studying French at the Sorbonne.

Mr Thomas Haldane - Creative Director A photographer and designer by training and graduate of London College of Communication, Tom was Director for Design, Media and Communications from 2009-2011, and Chief Operations Officer (non-academic) from 2011 until 2013. He is currently Creative Director at IAFOR.

Ms Mai Hasuno - Events, Marketing and Domestic Relations Manager Mai oversees the organisation’s conferences in Japan, and is responsible for developing and implementing IAFOR’s marketing strategy within Japan. She also acts as special assistant to the Executive Director and the IAB Chairman in the administration of the Japan International Liaison Committee. Previous to joining IAFOR, Mai worked for the Aioi Nissay Dowa Insurance Corporation. She is also the project manager for IAFOR’s Asian Events.

Mr Michael Kedzlie - Research and Policy Manager Michael Liam Kedzlie is a New Zealander who currently works as the Research and Policy Manager. He is responsible for formulating legal policy as well as liaising with the organisation’s university partners and the International Directors of Program.

He is also editor of Eye Magazine. He has a Master’s degree in Education from Massey University as well as a Law degree from the University of Waikato Law School. He is an enrolled Barrister and Solicitor of the High Court of New Zealand.

Mr Alexander Pratt - Business Development Manager A civil engineering graduate from the University of Nottingham, UK and a self-confessed jack of all trades, Alex first came to Japan in 1997.

At IAFOR he helps with the general administration and operation of conferences, as well as with the website, and works alongside the Director of Business Development to expand IAFOR’s operations in Japan and internationally. He is also the project manager for IAFOR’s European Events.

Mr Thaddeus Pope - Media and Design Manager Born and raised in Brighton, UK, Thaddeus Pope is an experienced commercial and editorial photographer with a BA in Photography from the London College of Communication (University of the Arts London). Thaddeus’s duties at IAFOR include overseeing the design and media output of the organisation.

Mr Bryce Platt - Technology & Operations Manager After growing up in the Silicon Valley in California, Bryce graduated from Gustavus Adolphus College (Saint Peter, Minnesota) with a degree in sociology, and in 2013 earned a Master’s degree in Global Communication from Akita International University in Japan. As well as coordinating IAFOR’s technology strategy, he is also responsible for managing the organisations’ internal and systems operations, and is the project manager for IAFOR’s North American events.

Mr David George - Coordinator: Events and Marketing Raised in Brisbane, Australia, Dave graduated from the University of Queensland with a Bachelor of Arts specialised in Psychology. Dave has a background in project based media and public relations work with experience at events in Australia, India, Singapore and Dubai.

Mr Takumi Saito - Coordinator: Finance and Administration Born and raised in Yamagata, Japan, Takumi studied English literature at Waseda University. A language lover, he has also studied German, Spanish, French and Polish and can also speak Italian. Takumi recently joined IAFOR to handle its finance and administration.

Ms Lindsay Lafreniere: - Coordinator: Publications and Communications Originally from Canada, Lindsay Lafreniere came to Japan in 2012. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology and English and a graduate diploma in Journalism. Lindsay brings her experience of media, publishing, and broadcast work in Canada to IAFOR.

Mr Shawn Mahler - Coordinator:Video and Media Los Angeles native Shawn Mahler has a wealth of experience working on film, video, and theater productions in the United States and Japan.

He holds a Bachelor of Arts in Film Theory and Production from the University of California, Irvine. Shawn has spent over ten years in Japan where he has worked with numerous industry professionals to develop television shows, movies, and theatrical productions.

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global thought leaders

Since 2009, IAFOR has welcomed university presidents, faculty deans, award-winning journalists, national politicians, government ministers, diplomats, charity leaders, think tank directors, documentary makers, movie directors, members of the armed forces, lawyers, doctors, jurists, artists, poets, writers, clergy, scientists, philiosophers...

iafor publications

IAFOR Journals The International Academic Forum’s Journals conform to the highest academic standards of international peer review, and are published in accordance with the IAFOR publishing commitment to make all of our published materials available online.

Journals FAQ

IAFOR’s Open Access Publishing Committment IAFOR is committed to providing ALL of its publications in online form for no fee.

Researchers and scholars, regardless of institutional affiliation and status, can access our academic journals, monographs, magazine, conference materials and special publications for no charge, wherever there is internet access.

IAFOR will never ask authors to contribute towards publication costs, or engage in other such publishing practices which we believe undermine academic independence and integrity.

How are journal editors appointed?

Journal Editors are appointed by the International Academic Forum’s leadership, under the guidance of the Chairman of the International Advisory Board. The term of appointment is for one issue, to be renewed by mutual consent.

How do we ensure academic integrity?

Once appointed, the editor is free to appoint his or her own editorial team and advisory members.

All papers published in the journal have been subjected to the rigorous and accepted processes of academic peer review. Neither editors nor members of the editorial team are remunerated for their work. Authors will never be asked to “contribute” towards publication costs.

How are papers selected?

Journal Editors may accept papers through an open call, and proposed articles may be sent directly to the respective editors. A small number of papers from the associated IAFOR conference proceedings may also be selected by the journal editor(s) for reworking and revising subject to normal processes of review. It is expected that between 5 and 10 percent of papers included in any given conference proceedings will be developed for inclusion in the associated conference journal.

How are IAFOR Journals related to IAFOR conferences?

IAFOR’s journals reflect the interdisciplinary and international nature of our conferences and are organized thematically. Papers included in the associated conference proceedings may be considered for reworking by the editor(s), and would then be subjected to the same processes of peer review as papers submitted by other means.

IAFOR Keynotes The IAFOR Keynotes Series is a collection of keynote addresses, or associated papers given at our conferences. Presented as a part of the open research archive, the Keynotes series provides an example of the range and quality of speakers at IAFOR events. These keynotes are lightly reworked, and contain references, but are otherwise true to the original address. Many can also be seen in video format on our YouTube page. Whether you were present at the conference or not, the keynotes are thoughtful addresses by senior academics, the content of which may help your research.

Special Series & Monographs The International Academic Forum is publishing a number of special monographs in print and online form. One such publication is a selection of haiku from the Annual Vladimir Devidé Haiku Award.

Eye Magazine Through Eye Magazine, the International Academic Forum’s own inhouse e-magazine publication, we hope to enlighten you to various views and opinions of our contributors, many of whom have presented full research papers at our various conferences.

The Summer 2014 edition of Eye magazine has several articles that focus on the question, “Who is taking charge in East Asia?”, as well as some other great articles, op-eds and essays.

Eye Magazine is available on the IAFOR website and through the ISSUU reader on your browser or mobile device.

The IAFOR YouTube Channel New videos uploaded weekly featuring interviews and presentations with IAFOR Speakers from our conferences in Asia, North America Europe and Dubai.

Prof. Svetlana Ter-Minasova President of the Faculty of Foreign Languages and Area Studies Lomonosov Moscow State University

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IAFOR North American Conference Series 2014 NACMFCS NACAH 2014

Providence, Rhode Island, USA

Friday Morning Events

08:30-17:00 Conference Registration 09:15-09:30 Welcome Address Grand Ballroom 09:30-09:45 Conference Chair Address: Professor Stuart D.B. Picken Grand Ballroom 09:45-10:30 Keynote Address: Professor Yuriko Saito Grand Ballroom 10:30-11:00 Coffee Break 11:00-11:45 Keynote Address: Jenna Stern Grand Ballroom 11:45-12:00 Official Conference Photo Grand Ballroom 12:00-13:00 Lunch Break

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Friday Session I: 13:00-14:00

Friday Session I: 13:00-14:00

Room: Reprisal

NACAH – Humanities: Language & Linguistics Session Chair: Saad Al-Gahtani 3172 - 13:00-13:30 Bringing Target Language and its Culture to an EFL Classroom: Implementing Videoconferencing in a Speaking Class Ali Ayed S. Alshahrani, King Khalid University, Saudi Arabia 2747 - 13:30-14:00 Preference Structure in L2 Arabic Requests Saad Al-Gahtani, King Saud University, Saudi Arabia

Friday Session I: 13:00-14:00

Room: Britannia

NACMFCS – Media & Mass Communication: Critical & Cultural Studies, Gender & Communication Session Chair: Naglaa Hassan 3342 - 13:00-13:30 Rethinking Genre: Critical Film Genre Theory and the Combat Film or What it Means to Be an American Soldier Ali M. Amri, University of Sfax, Tunisia 5670 - 13:30-14:00 The Politics of Space in Khaled's Hossini's ‘A Thousand Splendid Suns’: A Post-Structuralist Reading Naglaa Hassan, Fayoum University, Egypt

Friday Session I: 13:00-14:00

Room: Defiance

NACAH – Humanities: Literature & Literary Studies Session Chair: Nigel H. Foxcroft 2805 - 13:00-13:30 How "Chinese Dream" Became a Day Dream: The Paradox between Official Ideology and Folk Ideology Yuli Kou, Tsinghua University, China 1683 - 13:30-14:00 Malcolm Lowry: The Russian Connection Nigel H. Foxcroft, University of Brighton, UK

Friday Session I: 13:00-14:00

Room: Republic

NACMFCS – Cultural Studies: Gender Studies & Feminist Theory Session Chair: Christina Marie Bethel 1643 - 13:00-13:30 Rape Culture in Music: Lyrics that Provide a Step-by-Step Guide to Sexual Assault Antonella Regueiro Fernandez, Nova Southeastern University, USA 3346 - 13:30-14:00 My Parents May Have Been Soldiers, but They Raised a Warrior: Exploring the Cultural and Professional Identity Development of a Bound Radical Christina Marie Bethel, East Carolina University, USA 14:00-14:15 Coffee Break

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Friday Session II: 14:15-15:15 Friday Session II: 14:15-15:15

Room: Reprisal

NACAH – Humanities: Literature & Literary Studies Session Chair: Paul Babatunde Iluromi 2335 - 14:15-14:45 Okinawa: "The Land of Courtesy" in a Conflict of Linguistic Interests William Arthur O'Donnell, Kobe International University, Japan 1969 - 14:45-15:15 The Use of Teaching Aids in the Teaching of French as a Foreign Language in Nigeria Paul Babatunde Iluromi, Federal College of Education, Nigeria

Friday Session II: 14:15-15:15

Room: Britannia

NACMFCS – Media & Mass Communication Technology: Social Media Session Chair: Janelle Ward 4686 - 14:15-14:45 Mobiles to the Rescue: The Potential of Mobile Phone Learning for Increasing the Quality of Life in Developing Countries Nikol Konstante, Oslo and Akershus University College of Applied Sciences, Norway 3043 - 14:45-15:15 Let's Talk about Zwarte Piet: How Facebook Users Engage with the Debate Janelle Ward, Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands Damian Trilling, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands Anne Brons, Netherlands Inderdisciplinary Demographic Institute, The Netherlands

Friday Session II: 14:15-15:15

Room: Defiance

NACAH – Humanities: Media & Film Studies: Theatre & Communication Session Chair: Violette Du Geneville 4011 - 14:15-14:45 Depicting Transparency: On the Postmodern Aesthetics of Creativity and Its Socio-Cultural Prospects Rossen Roussev, Veliko Tarnovo University, Bulgaria 5374 - 14:45-15:15 The Individual and the Arts in a Globalised Society Violette Du Geneville, Independent Researcher, New Zealand

Friday Session: 14:15-15:15

Room: Republic

NACMFCS / NACAH – Interdiscplinary Session Chair: Branka Prodanovic 3284 - 14:15-14:45 Two Veils in Two Times of the Same Time and in Two Places of the Same Place: Sakineh Astian Versus Lady Gaga.

Sandra Palhares, Universidade do Minho, Portugal 5246 - 14:45-15:15 The Combination and the Discourses of Belonging Branka Prodanovic, Macquarie University, Australia 15:15-15:30 Coffee Break

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Providence, Rhode Island, USA

15:30-16:30 Friday Spotlight Session Room: Grand Ball Room NACMFCS / NACAH – Interdiscplinary Session Chair: Andreas G. Anestis 1971 - 15:30-16:00 The End of Fate: The War Cinema of James Whale Ryan R. Copping, University of Southampton, UK 3798 - 16:00-16:30 Effects of Cinema Sounds on the Perception of the Motion Picture Andreas G. Anestis, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece Christos A. Goussios, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece

19:00-21:30 A Night Out in Providence: Conference Dinner (Ticketed and Optional) Come and join your fellow delegates on an evening out in Providence.

Please meet at the Conference Registration Desk at18:30.

This is ticketed at $50 and there are a limited number of spaces.

If you would like to join, please register at the Conference Registration Desk by 1pm.

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IAFOR North American Conference Series 2014 NACMFCS NACAH 2014

Providence, Rhode Island, USA

Saturday Session I: 09:30-10:30 Saturday Session I: 09:30-10:30

Room: Reprisal

NACMFCS – Media & Mass Communication: Historiography Session Chair: Ekmel Gecer 1706 - 09:30-10:00 From the Consensus of One Channel to the Multiple Identities of Post-Television Israeli Drama's Historiography Itay Harlap, Tel Aviv University, Israel 3041 - 10:00-10:30 Public or Bureaucratic: Examining the Turkish Public Broadcasting Corporation Ekmel Gecer, Loughborough University, UK

Saturday Session I: 09:30-10:30

Room: Britannia

NACAH / NACMFCS – Interdisciplinary: Media & Humanities Session Chair: Muhammad Zain Islam 3340 - 09:30-10:00 Explorations and Communities--Friendships in Dyadic Relationships Between a Young Adult with a Developmental Disability and a Nondisabled Peer Lorna Sutherland, University of Alberta, Canada 4248 - 10:00-10:30 Pakistan: Its Youth and Social Media Muhammad Zain Islam, University of Management and Technology, Pakistan

Saturday Session I: 09:30-10:30

Room: Defiance

NACAH – Interdisciplinary: Media & Film Studies Session Chair: Abida Eijaz 2847 - 09:30-10:00 Power and Violence in ‘Ghett’a Life’: Mediating ‘Garrison’ Politics in Jamaican Film Rachel Moseley-Wood, University of the West Indies at Mona, Jamaica 3607 - 10:00-10:30 Israel through the Lenses of Oscar-Nominated Documentary Film 'Promises' Abida Eijaz, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan.

Saturday Workshop Session: 09:30-10:30

Room: Republic

NACAH - Cultural Studies: General Cultural Studies 5462 - 09:30-10:30 Constructive Airwaves: Anthropology and Public Engagement through Radio and Digital Media Adam Gamwell, Brandeis University, USA Aneil Tripathy, Brandeis University, USA

10:30-10:45 Coffee Break

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IAFOR North American Conference Series 2014 NACMFCS NACAH 2014

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Saturday Session II: 10:45-11:45

Saturday Session II: 10:45-11:45

Room: Reprisal

Session Chair: Olga Bogdanska NACAH – Humanities: Literature & Literary Studies 5318 - 10:45-11:15 The Fictive Characters and their Fictive Worlds: The Consequences of the Unresolved Conflicts in Chinua Achebe's Arrow of God Orabueze Florence, University of Nigeria, Nigeria 3220 - 11:15-11:45 Militainment in the Context of War Literary Journalism Olga Bogdanska, University of Lodz, Poland

Saturday Session II: 10:45-11:45

Room: Britannia

Session Chair: Chukwudi Justus Anyianuka NACMFCS - Media & Mass Communication: Journalism 2437 - 10:45-11:15 Multimedia Journalism in China and the United Kingdom: Synergies and Harmonization across National and Cultural Divides Ye Hao, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China Guy Starkey, University of Sunderland, UK 3354 - 11:15-11:45 English Teams to Die For: Televised Football and Fandom in the Nigerian Terrain Chukwudi Justus Anyianuka, Institute of Management and Technology, Nigeria

Saturday Session II: 10:45-11:45

Room: Defiance

Session Chair: Jared Baxter NACAH – Arts: Policy, Theory & Criticism 2516 - 10:45-11:15 Narcissist, Genius or Both? The Countess Castiglione and 19th Century Art Photography Dan Lambert, Tiffin University, USA 1905 - 11:15-11:45 Rembrandt's 'Slaughtered Ox' Vincent Van Gogh's Ideation of the Artist's Plight and Destiny Jared Baxter, Independent Scholar, USA

Saturday Session II: 10:45-11:45

Room: Republic

Session Chair: Laverne Young Smith NACAH – Humanities: Philosophy & Historiography 5265 - 10:45-11:15 Socio-Philosophical Evaluation of Conflict Resolution and Synergy: A Path to History Jude Adindu Onuoha, Federal University of Technology, Nigeria Ndidiamaka Uwazirike, Alvan Ikoku Federal College of Education, Nigeria 3596 - 11:15-11:45 Religion and Relationships: The Contrasting Experiences of Religious Toleration of Anglicans and Baptists in Colonial Virginia Laverne Young Smith, University of Birmingham, UK

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IAFOR North American Conference Series 2014 NACMFCS NACAH 2014

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Coffee Break 11:45-12:00

Saturday Session III: 12:00-13:00

Saturday Session III: 12:00-13:00

Room: Reprisal

NACMFCS – Media & Mass Communication: Critical & Cultural Studies, Gender & Communication Session Chair: Andrea McDonnell 5529 - 12:00-12:30 Hello Kitty's Popularity and its Change of Representation Miho Tsukamoto, Kyoto University of Foreign Studies, Japan 1701 - 12:30-13:00 Stars in Space: Gossip Magazines, Guilt, and the Liminal Airport Andrea McDonnell, Emmanuel College, USA

Saturday Session III: 12:00-13:00

Room: Britannia

NACMFCS – Film & Cultural Studies: Interdisciplinary Session Chair: Matthew Brake 2865 - 12:00-12:30 The Power of Pretty: Re-Appropriating the Gaze and Feminine Agency in "Spring Breakers" Patricia Williamson, Central Michigan University, USA 5479 - 12:30-13:00 Christian Conservatives and the LGBTQ Community in a Pluralistic World Matthew Brake, George Mason University, USA

Saturday Session III: 12:00-13:00

Room: Defiance

NACAH – Humanities: Philosophy & Ethics Session Chair: Murray Skees 3251 - 12:00-12:30 The Phenomenology of Digital Culture: An Analysis in the Philosophy of Science Jerry Obi-Okogbuo, Institute of Management and Technology, Nigeria 3381 - 12:30-13:00 Critical Humanities: Overcoming Moral Hazard through Practical Wisdom Lisa Yount, Savannah State University, USA Murray Skees, Savannah State University, USA

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IAFOR North American Conference Series 2014 NACMFCS NACAH 2014

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Saturday Poster Session: 12:00-13:30

Saturday Poster Session: 12:00-13:30

Room: Republic

NACAH / NACMFCS – Interdisciplinary 3060 Morphosyntactic Elements of Elizabethan and Modern English: A Comparative Study Bushra Siddiqui, University of the Punjab, Pakistan Muhammad Inam-ur-Rehman Sajid, University of the Punjab, Pakistan 3098 "Draw Me the Sea": Representation of Nature in the Graffiti on the West Bank Wall Rasha Ramzi Michael Sansur, Ohio University, USA 3046 A Woman Scorned: The Representation of Female Protagonists in Violent American Cinema Stacy Joy Quinones, Ohio University, USA

Lunch Break 13:00 – 14:00

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IAFOR North American Conference Series 2014 NACMFCS NACAH 2014

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Saturday Session IV: 14:00-15:00

Saturday Session IV: 14:00-15:00

Room: Reprisal

NACMFCS – Film & Literature: Artistic Correspondence Session Chair: Lucas Zangirolami Bonetti 5179 - 14:00-14:30 1+1=1; An Exploration of Bakhtinian Minimum for Existence in Andrei Tarkovsky's Nostalghia Maryam Zehtabi Sabeti Moqaddam, University of Massachusetts, USA 4313 - 14:30-15:00 The Concept of Ghostwriting from Literature to Film Music: The Moacir Santos Case of Study Lucas Zangirolami Bonetti, State University of Campinas, Brazil

Saturday Session IV: 14:00-15:00

Room: Britannia

NACAH – Humanities: Interdisciplinary Pespectives Session Chair: Rehana Esmail 1864 - 14:00-14:30 An Assessment of the Impact of Violence within the Tourism and Hospitality Industries in North-Central Nigeria: A Focus on the Jos Plateau State Region Abishai Auta Gaiya, National Commission for Museums and Monuments, Nigeria Usman Alhaji Tar, Nigerian Defence Academy, Nigeria 5486 - 14:30-15:00 Multiplicity and Difference: Pluralities of Identity Rehana Esmail, The New School, USA

Saturday Session IV: 14:00-15:00

Room: Defiance

NACAH – Humanities – Literature & Literary Studies Session Chair: Chi-Min Chang 5184 - 14:00-14:30 Captivity Narrative: An Insight into the Other My Sister's Keeper: A Story of Medical Emancipation Vivek Kumar Dwivedi, Northern Border University, Saudi Arabia 3210 - 14:30-15:00 Image Re-Presentation: From Douglas Gordon's ‘24-Hour Psycho’ to ‘Don Delillo's ‘Point Omega’ Chi-Min Chang, University of Taipei, Taiwan

15:00-15:30 Coffee Break

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IAFOR North American Conference Series 2014 NACMFCS NACAH 2014

Providence, Rhode Island, USA

Saturday Spotlight Session: 15:30-17:00

Saturday Spotlight Session: 15:30-17:00

Room: Republic

NACAH / NACMFCS – Interdisciplinary Cultural Studies & Humanities Session Chair: William Schulte 1936 - 15:30-16:00 The Disfigured and Fractured Self: On Becoming Whole Again through Narration. Atomic Bomb Survivors Tell their Stories to the World Gloria R. Montebruno Saller, University of La Verne, USA 5611 - 16:00-16:30 Scambaiters and Sakawa Boys: Exploring "419 Scam" Subcultures John Scannell, Macquarie University, Australia 5238 - 16:30-17:00 Gannett Blog: Creating Space for Discourse through Anonymity William Schulte, Winthrop University, USA

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IAFOR North American Conference Series 2014 NACMFCS NACAH 2014

Providence, Rhode Island, USA

Sunday Session I: 09:30-10:30 Sunday Session I: 09:30-10:30

Room: Reprisal

NACAH – Humanities: Literature & Literary Studies Session Chair: Ilya Erofeev 1500 - 09:30-10:00 Interpreting Poems, Interpreting Worlds - on Poetry Translation George Ho, Wenzao Ursuline University of Languages,Taiwan 5302 - 10:00-10:30 "The Poetry of Oscar Wilde" by K. Balmont and Its Critics Ilya Erofeev, Omsk Humanitarian Academy, Russia

Sunday Session I: 09:30-10:30

Room: Britannia

NACAH – Humanities: Literature & Linguistics Session Chair: Shubhangi Garg 4052 - 09:30-10:00 Discourse and Social Customs in Dasyla's "If the Gods Must Be": A Linguistic Analysis Adebola Omolara Adebileje, Redeemer's University, Nigeria 1551 - 10:00-10:30 From Colonial Elites to Postcolonial 'Jesters' Re/Defining the Parsi Identity in the Contemporary Postcolonial Fiction Shubhangi Garg, University at Buffalo (SUNY), USA

Sunday Session I: 09:30-10:30

Room: Defiance

NACAH – Humanities: Philosophy, Ethics & Religion Session Chair: Godwin Azenabor 2521 - 09:30-10:00 Interpreting the Islamic Concept of Piety (Taqwa) into Architecture Seyed Mahdi Khatami, University of Sydney, Australia Michael Tawa, University of Sydney, Australia 5500 - 10:00-10:30 An African Theory of Moral Conflict Resolution: A Kwesi Wiredu's Paradigmatic Model Godwin Azenabor, University of Lagos, Nigeria

Sunday Session I: 09:30-10:30

Room: Republic

NACMFCS/NACAH – Interdisciplinary Perspectives: History, Arts & Media Session Chair: Udenta Fidelis Chiemeka 2343 - 09:30-10:00 Eliot's Notion of Tradition and its Significance in the Age of Multimedia Aburawi Abuajaila Elmajdoub, Tripoli University, Libya 2857 - 10:00-10:30 Issues of Accreditation and Validation in the History of Modern Art in Nigeria: The Enugu Art School Experience Udenta Fidelis Chiemeka, Institute of Management and Technology IMT Enugu, Nigeria

10:30-10:45 Coffee Break

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IAFOR North American Conference Series 2014 NACMFCS NACAH 2014

Providence, Rhode Island, USA

Sunday Session II: 10:45-12:15

Sunday Session II: 10:45-11:45

Room: Reprisal

NACAH – Humanities – Literature & Literary Studies Session Chair: Shai Sendik 2767 - 10:45-11:15 The Literary Genius of Emily Bronte Janet Crosier, Springfield College, USA 2011 - 11:15-11:45 Austen from Right to Left: The Challenges of Translating "Sense and Sensibility" into Hebrew Shai Sendik, Levinsky College of Education, Israel

Sunday Session II: 10:45-11:45

Room: Britannia

NACAH – Arts: Teaching & Learning in the Arts Session Chair: Maria Inês Amaral Maniés Lourenço 3291 - 10:45-11:15 A Systems Approach to the Artistic Process: Situational, Social and Symbolic Orientations Charlotte Dixon, Maine Media College, USA 3388 - 11:15-11:45 The Learning of the Photograph in the Young People Maria Inês Amaral Maniés Lourenço, University of Lisbon, Portugal

Sunday Session II: 10:45-11:45

Room: Defiance

NACAH – Arts & Humanities: Performing Arts Practices Session Chair: Gökçe Doğan

2324 - 10:45-11:15 Living Off-Stage: A Technique in Continuity Jeffery Keilholtz, Frederick Community College, USA 5091 - 11:15-11:45 What Makes 'Night, Mother' by Marsha Norman a Feminist Play?

Gökçe Doğan, Süleyman Şah University, Turkey

Sunday Panel Session: 10:45-12:15

Room: Republic

NACMFCS – Film Studies: Film Criticism & Theory Session Chair: Alexia George 4159 - 10:45-11:15 Representing the Death of the Revolutionary Economy in Gutirrez Alea's Guantamera Gabriel Ignacio Barreneche, Rollins College, USA 4202 - 11:15-11:45 Slacker, Entrepreneur, or Patriot? Heroism and Pragmatism in "Juan De Los Muertos" Daniel Jacobson, Rollins College, USA 4201 - 11:45-12:15 "Habanastation:" A Return to Innocence or to Revolutionary Values in Today's Cuba?

Alexia George, Rollins College, USA

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12:15-13:00 Lunch Break

13:00-13:45 Closing Featured Address: Professor Ron Strickland Room: Republic 13:45-14:00 Coffee Break 14:00-14:30

Closing Session Room: Republic Join us for closing remarks from Dr Joseph Haldane (IAFOR Executive Director) and Professor Stuart Picken (Conference Chair and Chair of the IAFOR International Advisory Board).

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Virtual Presentations 5102 (Ancient) Modern Architectural Theory. The Architecture of Louis I. Kahn Rubén García Rubio, University of Valladolid, Spain 5244 Critical Creativity: Collage as Research Maree Gruppetta, University of Newcastle, Australia 5353 Masculinity and the Novel: A Study of ‘The God of Small Things’ Suraj Gunwant, Indian Institute of Technology, India Rashmi Gaur, Indian Institute of Technology, India 5487 Photovoice: A Public Education Tool Utilized on Behalf of Prisoner's Wives to Reduce Conflict, Social Sigma & Oppression Natasha Brien, University of Toronto, Canada 1640 The New Media and Their Economic and Socio-Political Imperatives for Africa a Study of Nigeria Chukwukelue Uzodinma Umenyilorah, Federal University Oye-Ekiti, Nigeria Virtual presentations are online video presentations of papers.

They can be viewed during and after the conference at youtube.com/user/AsianConferences

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A-Z Index of Authors Adebileje, Adebola Omolara

4052

p. 16

Jacobson, Daniel

4202

p. 17

Al-Gahtani, Saad

2747

p. 3

Keilholtz, Jeffery

2324

p. 17

Alshahrani, Ali Ayed S.

3172

p. 3

Khatami, Seyed Mahdi

2521

p. 16

Amri, Ali M.

3342

p. 3

Konstante, Nikol

4686

p. 4

Anestis, Andreas G.

3798

p. 5

Kou, Yuli

2805

p. 3

Anyianuka, Chukwudi Justus

3354

p. 9

Lambert, Dan

2516

p. 9

Azenabor, Godwin

5500

p. 16

Lourenço, Maria Inês Amaral Maniés

3388

p. 17

Barreneche, Gabriel Ignacio

4159

p. 17

McDonnell, Andrea

1701

p. 10

Baxter, Jared

1905

p. 9

Montebruno Saller, Gloria R.

1936

p. 13

Bethel, Christina Marie

3346

p. 3

Moqaddam, Maryam Zehtabi Sabeti

5179

p. 12

Bogdanska, Olga

3220

p. 9

Moseley-Wood, Rachel

2847

p. 8

Bonetti, Lucas Zangirolami

4313

p. 12

O'Donnell, William Arthur

2335

p. 4

Brake, Matthew

5479

p. 10

Obi-Okogbuo, Jerry

3251

p. 10

Brien, Natasha

5487

p. 20

Onuoha, Jude Adindu

5265

p. 9

Brons, Anne

3043

p. 4

Palhares, Sandra

3284

p. 4

Chang, Chi-Min

3210

p. 12

Prodanovic, Branka

5246

p. 4

Chiemeka, Udenta Fidelis

2857

p. 16

Quinones, Stacy Joy

3046

p. 11

Copping, Ryan R.

1971

p. 5

Regueiro Fernandez, Antonella

1643

p. 3

Crosier, Janet

2767

p. 17

Roussev, Rossen

4011

p. 4

Dixon, Charlotte

3291

p. 17

Rubio, Rubén García

5102

p. 20

Doğan, Gökçe

5091

p. 17

Sajid, Muhammad Inam-ur-Rehman

3060

p. 11

Dwivedi, Vivek Kumar

5184

p. 12

3098

p. 11

Eijaz, Abida

3607

p. 8

Sansur, Rasha Ramzi Michael Scannell, John

5611

p. 13

Elmajdoub, Aburawi Abuajaila

2343

p. 16

Schulte, William

5238

p. 13

Erofeev, Ilya

5302

p. 16

2011

p. 17

Esmail, Rehana

5486

p. 12

3060

p. 11

Florence, Orabueze

5318

p. 9

3381

p. 10

Foxcroft, Nigel H.

1683

p. 3

3596

p. 9

Gaiya, Abishai Auta

1864

p. 12

2437

p. 9

Gamwell, Adam

5462

p. 8

4160

p. 17

Garg, Shubhangi

1551

p. 16

3340

p. 8

Gaur, Rashmi

5353

p. 20

1864

p. 12

Gecer, Ekmel

3041

p. 8

2521

p. 16

George, Alexia

4201

p. 17

p. 4

Goussios, Christos A.

3798

p. 5

Tripathy, Aneil

3043 5462

p. 8

Gruppetta, Maree

5244

p. 20

Gunwant, Suraj

5353

p. 20

Hao, Ye

2437

p. 9

5529 Umenyilorah, Chukwukelue Uzodinma 1640 Uwazirike, Ndidiamaka 5265

Harlap, Itay

1706

p. 8

Hassan, Naglaa

5670

p. 3

Ho, George

1500

p. 16

Iluromi, Paul Babatunde

1969

p. 4

Islam, Muhammad Zain

4248

p. 8

Sendik, Shai Siddiqui, Bushra Skees, Murray Smith, Laverne Young Starkey, Guy Strickland, Ron Sutherland, Lorna Tar, Usman Alhaji Tawa, Michael Trilling, Damian Tsukamoto, Miho

Du Geneville, Violette Ward, Janelle Williamson, Patricia Yount, Lisa

p. 10 p. 20 p. 9

5374

p. 4

3043

p. 4

2865

p. 10

3381

p. 10

Notes

Notes

Notes

Notes

Thank You Our academic events would not be what they are without a commitment to ensuring adherence to international norms of abstract peer review. We would like to thank the following scholars who have acted as reviewers for the NACMFCS / NACAH 2014 Conference.

Senior Reviewers Behrouz Foladi, Kamalolmolk University, Iran David Sarkisyan, Yerevan State University, Armenia MariaInês Amaral Maniés Lourenço, University of Lisbon, Portugal Babak Ashrafkhani Limoudehi, Guilan University of Medical Sciences, Iran Juan F. Belmonte, University of Murcia, Spain Adebola Michael, The Federal Polytecnic, Nigeria Gökçe Doğan, Süleyman Şah University, Turkey Maryam Zehtabi Sabeti Moqaddam, Umass Amherst, United States Siyuan Max Ma, Humanities and Cultural Studies, United States Gloria R Montebruno Saller, University of La Verne, United States Jared Baxter, Independent Scholar, United States Charlotte Dixon, Maine Media College, United States Andreas Anestis, The American College of Thessaloniki, Greece Lucas Bonetti, Unicamp, Brazil Vivek Kumar Dwivedi, Northern Border University, Saudi Arabia Natasha Brien, University of Toronto, Canada Abida Eijaz, University of the Punjab, Pakistan Marina Ramos Caro, University of Murcia, Spain Aburawi Elmajdoub, College of Languages, Libya Rev. Fr. Dr. Jude Onuoha, Federal University of Technology Owerri, Nigeria Abishai Gaiya, National Commission for Museums and Monuments, Nigeria Bachir Bouhania, University of Adrar, Algeria Ali M. Amri, Faculty of Letters and Human Sciences, Tunisia Florence Orabueze, University of Nigeria, Nigeria Madhumita Purkayastha, D.H.S.K.College, India Shubhangi Garg, University at Buffalo (Suny), United States

Reviewers Andrea Mcdonnell, Emmanuel College, United States Janelle Ward, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Netherlands Rossen Roussev, Veliko Tarnovo University “St. Cyril and St. Methodious”, Bulgaria Nikol Konstante, Oslo and Akershus University College of Applied Sciences, Norway Branka Prodanovic, Macquarie University, Australia William O’Donnell, Kobe International University, Japan Rachel Moseley-Wood, University of the West Indies, Jamaica Violette Du Geneville, Independent Researcher, New Zealand Antonella Regueiro Fernandez, Nova Southeastern University, United States

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