2016

THE INTERNATIONAL ACADEMIC FORUM

MEDIASIAFILMASIAART CENTER KOBE, JAPANThe International Academic Forum

ACE/ACSET/AURS 2016
Art Center Kobe, Japan

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University of BelgradeConference Theme

Justice

The Asian Conference onMedia & Mass Communication 2016
The Asian Conference on
Film & Documentary 2016
Thursday, October 27 – Saturday, October 29, 2016
Art Center Kobe, Kobe, Japan

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Justice
The media has long been considered a powerful tool for the fighting of injustice and for holding
powerful individuals and institutions to account. How do questions of justice interact withthose of power, ownership and control, as well as those of self-censorship? To what extent andwhere has mainstream media maintained independence and integrity? What is the role of social
media? And where is press freedom non-existent or increasingly curtailed? What of the role ofinvestigative journalists, citizen journalists and whistleblowers?

Is a work of fiction or media reporting culpable if it falsifies for a “good cause”? Does justice
have a “dark side”, or is this the outcome of it being manipulated? Questions like these havebeen with us throughout the ages. Do they exist as boundaries for reflection rather thanquestions to be answered?
Some modern TV series look into justice issues from a legal point of view, but also probe thepsychology of many types of people on both sides of the law. What do these contribute to
the better understanding of the complexities of human nature and human emotion exposedin them?
We expect this open and enduring theme to excite a number of stimulating research paths, andlook forward to their outcomes.
Be sure to join us on Friday, October 28 at the Art Center Kobe for this year’s IAFOR
Documentary Film Award & Festival (IDFA2016), which celebrates films that demonstrate
excellence in the craft of documentary filmmaking. Admission is free for university students
and all registered delegates of MediAsia2016 and FilmAsia2016.

Conference Theme

Film and media, like art and literature, are multi-layered forums for probing the depths of themultifarious concept of “justice”. This can relate to its ethical and moral branches (social, legal,
moral justice, etc.) as well as its less tangible embodiments (poetic justice, rough justice, etc.).
Fictional films and documentaries frequently celebrate victories of justice and triumphs over
adversity in functioning democratic institutions (e.g. Twelve Angry Men), while others explore
more fractious moral and ethical dilemmas related to the concept. For instance, can there everbe a moral justification for acting above the law – even committing a serious crime for a “higher
purpose”? One might reference Woody Allen’s countless adaptations of Dostoyevsky’s novel
Crime and Punishment.

We look forward to meeting you!
Professor Gary E. Swanson
Conference Co-Chair & Featured Speaker
IAFOR International Director of Programme: Media, Film & Journalism
Dr Paul Spicer
Conference Co-Chair & Featured Speaker
Hiroshima Jougakuin University, JapanDr James Rowlins
Conference Co-Chair & Editor of the IAFOR Journal of Media, Communication & Film
Singapore University of Technology and Design, Singapore
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The Reverend Professor Stuart D. B. Picken (1942-2016)
Order of the Sacred Treasure (瑞宝中綬章)
MA (Hons), BD, PhD (Glasgow), FRAS

Cleric and Philosopher
It is with sadness that we inform our friends of IAFOR that the Chairman of the organisation, the late
Reverend Professor Stuart D. B. Picken, passed away on Friday, 5 August, 2016.
Stuart Picken was born in Glasgow in 1942 and enjoyed an international reputation in philosophy,
comparative religious and cultural studies, but it is as a scholar of Japan and Japanese thought for
which he will be best remembered, and as one of the world’s foremost experts on Shinto.
Picken entered University of Glasgow, Scotland, aged 16 to study divinity and philosophy, and his
studies culminated with a doctorate that looked at Christianity and the work of Kant. In 1966 he wasordained in the Church of Scotland, and began his career as a minister in Orkney.
However, his curiosity led him from isolated rural Scotland to the world’s largest city, and following
a visit to Tokyo on a Rotary scholarship, Picken was appointed Professor of Philosophy at theInternational Christian University (ICU) in 1972. Here he turned his western theological and philosophical training to comparative
religious and cultural studies of Japan, at a time when the country was emerging from the shadows of the Second World War.
His groundbreaking and controversial work on suicide in Japan made his name within the country, but it was his subsequent workon Shinto that influenced the rehabilitation of the religion at a time when it was dismissed in the west as pagan and primitive, or
unjustly caricatured for its wartime associations.
As Japan emerged as an economic superpower in the 1970s and 1980s, and given his growing prominence as an academic, he
was much in demand as part of a period where Japanese wanted to learn more about themselves as seen through the eyes ofthe West, and where Western businesses were eager to learn from the all-conquering Japanese model. By then fluent in Japanese,
Picken served as a business consultant to such corporations and also served as a consultant to various businesses, including Jun
Ashida Ltd., Mitsui Mining & Smelting Corp., Kobe Steel, and Japan Airlines. During this period he was active in the St Andrew
Society, when he founded the Tokyo Highland Games, which is still an annual event.
The author of a dozen books and over 130 articles and papers, Picken was to stay at ICU for 25 years, where he was a popular
lecturer and mentor to both Japanese and visiting scholars, serving tenures as Chairman of the Division of Humanities from 1981
to 1983, and as Director of Japanese Studies from 1995 to 1997, as well as concurrently founding Director of the Centre forJapanese Studies at the University of Stirling, Scotland from 1985 to 1988. A keen amateur footballer, whose devotion to Japanwas rivalled only by that he felt for Glasgow Rangers, he continued to play into his fifties at ICU, encouraging many students totake up the sport.
He left ICU in 1997, and from then until 2004 was appointed the founding Dean of the Faculty of Foreign Languages and AsianStudies at Nagoya University of Commerce and Business, and the founding Dean of the Graduate School Division of Global
Business Communication from 2002 to 2004.
Upon his retirement from his academic posts, he returned to Scotland to re-enter the ministry as minister of the linked chargeof Ardoch with Blackford in 2005, yet he continued his academic and Japanese interests as the Chairman of the Japan Societyof Scotland.
Whether in his research or teaching, Picken devoted much of his life to increasing understanding between his adopted country
and the West, and in 2007 he was recognised with the Order of the Sacred Treasure, an imperial decoration for his pioneeringresearch and outstanding contribution to the promotion of friendship and mutual understanding between Japan and the UK. He
also served as the International Adviser to the High Priest of the Tsubaki Grand Shrine, one of Japan’s largest and oldest shrines.
From 2009 he was the founding Chairman of The International Academic Forum (IAFOR) where he was highly active in
helping nurture and mentor a new generation of academics, and facilitating better intercultural and international awareness andunderstanding. In the years immediately preceding his illness, he continued to lecture throughout the world, in Europe, North
America, Asia and the Middle East.
He is survived by his wife, Hong Wen, and children, Fiona, Jeannette, William and Lynn.

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Welcome to Kobe
Dear Colleagues,
Welcome to The Asian Conference on Film & Documentary 2016 (FilmAsia2016) and The Asian
Conference on Media & Mass Communication 2016 (MediAsia2016). Once again this pair of key IAFOR
conferences will be held alongside each other in the cosmopolitan city of Kobe, and will also host the
fourth IAFOR Documentary Film Award & Festival, an annual event celebrating excellence in the craft of
documentary filmmaking.

We are delighted to welcome academics and practitioners presenting on a diverse range of topics relating
to film and media studies within the conference theme of justice. We encourage you to explore theopportunities for interdisciplinary engagement and establishing new connections that the next few days
will offer.
On a sadder note, I am sorry to announce that the Chairman of IAFOR, the Reverend Professor Stuart D.
B. Picken, passed away on Friday, 5 August, 2016. A man of great intellect and integrity, for the past sevenyears Stuart has been a wonderful colleague, an inspirational leader and a loyal friend.
I would like to extend our thanks to the Conference Co-Chairs, Professor Gary E. Swanson, IAFOR

International Director of Programme for Media, Film and Journalism,

Dr Paul Spicer ofHiroshima Jougakuin University, Japan, and Dr James Rowlins of Singapore University of Technology
and Design, Singapore, as well as to our MediAsia2016 Keynote Speaker, Professor Richard Roth ofNorthwestern University, USA, and the many others who have given their time and expertise to the
preparation of this event. A special thank you also goes to silent film pianist Mie Yanashita, who will
present and perform following the conference Welcome Reception.
Warm regards,

Letter of Welcome

Set in the industrial and cultural hub of the Kansai region, the city of Kobe, with its lively, international
atmosphere and flourishing cultural scene, is a fitting backdrop for these two media-themed conferences,which will also host the fourth IAFOR Documentary Film Award & Festival. An annual event that celebrates
excellence in the craft of documentary filmmaking, this year the Award honours two hard-hitting, insightful
films selected from a pool of entries that saw the competition’s perennial high standards maintained. The
Festival will also benefit from a Q&A session with Leon Lee, Director of the 2016 Featured Documentary,
Human Harvest.

Dr Joseph Haldane, PhD (London), FRSA, FRAS
President, IAFOR

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Conference Guide
Getting to the Conference Venue
The Art Center Kobe is conveniently located just a five-minute walk from Shin-Kobe Station.

From Kansai International Airport

Board the Kobe-bound Airport Limousine Bus from bus stop number 6 on the first floor of Kansai International
Airport. Get off at Sannomiya Station (see below).

By Bullet Train (Shinkansen)

The Art Center Kobe is a five-minute walk from the first-floor exit of Shin-Kobe Station. There are regular bullet train(Shinkansen) services from Osaka (15 minutes), Kyoto (30 minutes) Tokyo (2 hours 48 minutes) and Hiroshima (1hour 13 minutes).

From Sannomiya Station (Kobe Downtown Area)

Around the Conference Venue

The Art Center Kobe is a large, modern events venue overlooking the city, and is opposite the ANA Crowne Plaza,
the official conference hotel.
Kobe Geijutsu Senta, Kumochi-Bashi-Dori 7-13-11, Chuo-Ku, Kobe City

Conference Guide

The bustling downtown center of Sannomiya, with a huge range of restaurants, bars, cafes and shops, is a 15-minutewalk, or a short direct subway ride away. The express train from Osaka Station to Sannomiya takes 21 minutes.
There are three options:1) Take the subway to Shin-Kobe Station (Seishin-Yamate Line)
2) Take a taxi to the Art Center Kobe (about five minutes and approximately 800 JPY)
3) Walk to the Art Center Kobe (about 15 minutes)

Information and Registration
You will be able to pick up your registration pack and name card at the Conference Registration Desk. The Conference
Registration Desk and Publications Desk will be situated in the following locations during the conference:
Thursday, October 27
Friday, October 28				Saturday, October 29

16:00-18:00
08:30-11:00
11:45-14:00
08:30-16:00(Room 504)
(Open Studio)(Room 504)
(Room 504)

If you have any questions or concerns, IAFOR staff and volunteers will happily assist you in any way they can.
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What to Wear & Bring
Attendees generally wear business casual attire. You may wish to bring a light jacket or sweater as meeting rooms are
air conditioned. Tour attendees are encouraged to wear comfortable shoes and bring an umbrella or waterproof incase of rain.
Smoking
Smoking is not permitted in the Art Center Kobe. Please smoke outside of the building in designated smoking areas.
Printing & Computer Access

Conference Guide

For your convenience, there will be an iMac computer (with Microsoft Office installed) and a printer at the conference
Registration Desk. We are able to offer a complimentary printing service of up to ten A4 sheets should you need this.
Please be advised that printing may not be available at peak times.
Business Centre
The Crowne Plaza operates a business centre for copying, printing, and scanning. This business centre is staffed andopen between 09:00 and 17:00 daily.
Internet Access
There will be a free WiFi internet connection on the fifth floor of Art Center Kobe. However, this can be unreliable
and we would strongly suggest that you do not rely on a live connection for your presentation.
WiFi Connection Name: kobe-art

Password: art12345

BadgesWhen you check in, you will receive a registration pack, which includes your name badge. Wearing your badge isrequired for entrance to the sessions. You must wear your badge at all times during the conference. There are fourcolours of badges indicating the type of conference participant:
Red: Presenters and General Audience
Yellow: Keynote and Featured Speakers
Blue: Conference Exhibitors and Affiliates
Black: IAFOR Staff & Board Members
Photo/Recording Waiver
There will be photography, audio and video recording at the conference. By entering the event premises you giveconsent to the use of your photograph, likeness or video or audio recording in whole or in part without restriction orlimitation for any educational, promotional, or other purpose for distribution.
Eating & Drinking
Food and drink (excluding water) are not allowed in the presentation rooms. Also, please refrain from consuming foodand drink in and around the 2F entrance area.
Refreshment Breaks
Complimentary coffee, tea, and water will be available during the scheduled coffee breaks at the Plenary Session on
Friday morning on the 2F, and in Room 504 (5F) during the rest of the conference. Light snacks will also be provided.
Official Conference Dinner
The official Conference Dinner is a ticketed optional event (5,000 JPY). If you have booked a place at thedinner you will receive a ticket when you collect your nametag. Please remember to bring your name tag andticket to the Conference Dinner. Conference Dinner attendees should meet in the Art Center Kobe 2F Lobby
at 19:00 on Friday, October 28, 2016. From here, IAFOR staff will lead the 15-minute walk to the restaurant.
Restaurant name: Hatagoya (はたごや)
Restaurant address: Kumoidori 4-2-13, Chuo Ward, Kobe

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Conference Abstracts
All conference abstracts are available online. Please visit papers.iafor.org for a searchable database of abstracts.
Alternatively, download the IAFOR Events application, free of charge, from appstore.com/iaforevents on iPad or
iPhone, or from the Google Play store for Android users.
Oral Presentations & Workshop Presentations
Oral Presentation Sessions will run from 12:45 on Friday afternoon, and from 09:00 on Saturday morning. They are
generally organised into parallel sessions by streams. Oral Presentations are normally scheduled in sessions comprising
three presentations, lasting 90 minutes in total. In sessions with two Oral Presentations, the session will last 60 minutes,
and in the case of four Oral Presentations, an extended session lasting 120 minutes will be scheduled.
How long can my presentation be?

Presentations & Equipment
All rooms will be equipped with a MacBook computer pre-installed with PowerPoint and Keynote and connected toa 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. We recommend that you bring two copies of your presentation in thecase that one fails, and suggest sending yourself the presentation by email as a third and final precaution.
Session Chairs
Session Chairs are encouraged to introduce themselves and other speakers (briefly) using the provided print-outs of
speaker bios, hand out the provided presentation certificates at the end of the session, ensure that the session begins
and ends on time, and that the time is divided fairly between the presentations. Each presenter should have no morethan 25 minutes in which to present his or her paper, and respond to any questions. 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 theprogramme to plan their attendance.
The Session Chair is asked to assume this timekeeping role, and to this end, a yellow and red timekeeping card is used
as a visual cue for presenters, letting them know when they have five minutes remaining, and when they must stop.
Presentation Certificates
Poster Presenters can pick up a certificate of presentation from the Registration Desk. All other presenters will
receive a certificate of presentation from their Session Chair or a member of staff at the end of their session.
A Polite Request to All ParticipantsParticipants are requested to arrive in a timely fashion for all presentations, whether to their own, or to those of otherpresenters. Presenters are reminded that the time slots should be divided fairly and equally between the number ofpresentations, and that they should not overrun. Please refrain from discussion until after presentations have ended
and ensure that mobile phones are switched off or on silent during presentations.

Conference Guide

The time in the sessions is to be divided equally between presentations. We recommend that an oral presentation
should last 15-20 minutes to include time for question and answers, but should last no longer than 25 minutes.

Poster Sessions
Poster Sessions will run on Friday and Saturday. Sessions are 60 minutes in length and will be held in Room 504 (5F).
Poster Requirements
The poster display boards are 1,800 mm high x 900 mm wide and pins and tape will be provided for putting posters
up. Please be aware that there are no on-site facilities for printing posters.
Conference Proceedings
The Conference Proceedings are published on the IAFOR website (www.iafor.org), and can be freely accessed as partof the research archive. All authors may have their full paper published in the online Conference Proceedings. Fulltext submission is due before November 29, 2016 through the online system. The proceedings will be published on
December 29, 2016. Authors will have PDF copies of their offprints emailed to them by the IAFOR office by January
29, 2017.
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Lunch

Conference Guide

Lunch on Friday and Saturday is included in the conference registration fee. Your IAFOR lunch voucher can beexchanged for lunch at Mame no Hatake located in the ANA Crowne Plaza, a five-minute walk away from theconference venue. Please see the map below for directions. Please collect your lunch voucher from the IAFOR staff
member situated outside the restaurants at the ANA Crowne Plaza between 11:30-14:00. Please remember to bringyour conference name badge as you will need to show this in order to claim your voucher. Please show your voucher
to restaurant staff as you enter. Last entry to the restaurant will be at 14:00.

Mame no Hatake (豆乃畑), ANA Crowne Plaza 2F
Japanese buffet-style restaurant with a great variety of Japanese dishes available, including vegetarian and vegan options.
The restaurant specialises in tofu-based and traditional Japanese vegetable dishes. Lunch service includes unlimited
drinks bar, coffee station and dessert table.
Your IAFOR lunch voucher can be exchanged for lunch at Mame no Hatake restaurant on the second floor of the
ANA Crowne Plaza.

Other Lunch and Dinner Options (recommendations):
Bistrot Cafe de Paris – French Cuisine (www.cafe-de-paris.jp)
Yamamoto-dori 1-7-21, Chuo-Ku, Kobe City
Kineya Udon (実演手打うどん 杵屋) ANA Crowne Plaza 3FSpecialises in serving Japanese style wheat-flour (udon) and buckwheat (soba) noodle dishes. Seating is limited.
The Rock, Kobe – Australian (www.therockjapan.com)
FPB Building, Kanou-cho 3-5-6, Chuo-Ku, Kobe City
Please see the registration desk for coupons and special offers.

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The Art Center Kobe

Floor Plan
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Thursday, October 27
16:00-18:00: Conference Registration, Information & Publications Desk Open (Room 504)
18:00-19:30: MediAsia/FilmAsia 2016 Welcome Reception (Grand Salon – 3F)
Admission is included as part of your registration fee.

Conference at a Glance

19:30-21:30: Featured Presentation (Prokofiev Hall)
What Made Her Do It?
Mie Yanashita, Silent Film Pianist, Japan

Friday, October 28
08:30-11:00: Conference Registration, Information & Publications Desk Open (Open Studio)
09:00-09:10: Announcements & Welcome Address (Prokofiev Hall)
09:10-09:40: Featured Presentation (Prokofiev Hall)
Political Turmoil, Institutional Mistrust, and the Tendency Film Contemporary
Representations of Political Ideology in Suzuki’s Naniga Kanojo wo So Sasetanoka(What Made Her Do It?) (1930)
Paul Spicer, Hiroshima Jougakuin University, Japan
09:45-10:20: Featured Presentation (Prokofiev Hall)TRUMPED
Gary E. Swanson, IAFOR International Director of Programme: Media, Film & Journalism
10:20-10:30: IAFOR Documentary Photography Award 2016
10:30-11:00: Coffee Break (Open Studio)
11:00-11:40: Keynote Presentation (Prokofiev Hall)
Contemporary Issues in Journalism
Richard Roth, Northwestern University, USA
11:40-11:45: Conference Photograph
11:45-12:45: Lunch
11:45-14:00: Conference Registration, Information & Publications Desk Open (Room 504)
12:45-14:45: Parallel Session I
12:45-14:45: Poster Session
14:45-15:00: Break

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Friday, October 28 (cont’d.)
15:00-15:10: IAFOR Documentary Film Award & Festival 2016 (IDFA2016)
Welcome Address (Prokofiev Hall)
15:10-15:30: IDFA2016 Awards Ceremony (Prokofiev Hall)
15:30-17:00: IDFA2016 Official Selection (Prokofiev Hall)
Among the Believers
Hemal Trivedi & Mohammed Naqvi

17:30-18:30: IDFA2016 Featured Documentary (Prokofiev Hall)
Human Harvest
Leon Lee
18:30-19:30: Featured Panel (Prokofiev Hall)
Human Harvest Q&A with Director, Leon Lee
19:00-21:00: Conference Dinner (optional extra)Come and join your fellow delegates for an evening out at Hatagoya (はたごや)
Please meet in the Art Center Kobe 2F Lobby at 19:00.
This event is ticketed at 5,000 JPY.

Saturday, October 29
08:30-16:00: Conference Registration, Information & Publications Desk Open (Room 504)
09:00-10:30: Parallel Session I
10:30-10:45: Break
10:45-12:45: Parallel Session II
12:45-14:30: Lunch
14:30-16:00: Parallel Session III

Conference at a Glance

17:00-17:30: Refreshments

14:30-16:00: Poster Session
16:00-16:15: Break
16:15-16:35: Special Screening (Room 504)
The Greatest Gift
IAFOR Media
16:35-17:00: Conference Closing Session (Room 504)

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The Journal Editor, Dr James Rowlins of the Singapore University of Technology and Design,
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Mie Yanashita
PianistFilmAsia 2016

Featured Presenter

Mie Yanashita is a silent film pianist from Japan. Her debut
performance was during the 100th Anniversary of Filmfestival organized by the Japanese news company Asahi
Shimbun. She has since accompanied more than 600
silent film screenings in Japan and throughout the world.
She has played in the UK, Germany, Italy, Thailand, Korea,
and Malaysia. Mie’s specialty is improvisation for all kindsof silent movies.

Featured Presentation: What Made Her Do It?
Released in 1930 What Made Her Do It? follows the story of a young woman struggling to survive
under the harsh conditions of The Great Depression. Tragically, the original prints of the film
were destroyed in a fire at the studio. The film would have been lost to history if not for theefforts of the producer’s grandson. Spurred by clues and hints of the existence of an undamaged
copy, he was led on an adventure that took him from Japan to Manchuria to the Soviet Union
where the film was eventually recovered and restored. Mie Yanashita will deliver a presentation
about the film and its significance in film history followed by a screening and original score.
Special thanks to the following collaborators:
1) KINOKUNIYA COMPANY LTD.
(日本語：株式会社紀伊國屋書店)
2) Sakaemachi Chuo Bldg Ltd.
President Masayuki W. Yamakawa(日本語：有限会社サカエマチ中央ビル
取締役社長 山川 雅行)
3) The Toy Film Museum(おもちゃ映画ミュージアム)

Featured Presentation
Thursday, October 27
19:30-21:30
Prokofiev Hall
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Paul Spicer

Hiroshima Jougakuin University, Japan

Japan in the 1920s was an exciting and somewhat unusual periodthat witnessed the people’s fight for political and social freedom. Known commonly as the Taisho Democracy Era(1912-1926), it was a confused and volatile era of change, filled with social and political unrest.
These changes were not confined to Japan, as throughout the world, empires fell, societies burned, and markets
crashed. Despite the often violent nature of these events, the Japanese saw them as victories for both democracy,
and the people. In addition, society was introduced to new ways of thinking, as Japanese intellectuals foundinspiration in the writing of Gorky, Plekhanov and Marx. A steady increase in the influence of foreign politicalthought, particularly communism, can be witnessed through the literature and art of the era, and where writers
such as Kaoru Osanai and Saneatsu Mushanokoji frankly expressed left-wing views in their work.
These topics were also explored by the Japanese film industry. Directors such as Daisuke Ito, Masahiro Makino,Tomu Uchida and even the celebrated ‘Golden Age’ director, Kenji Mizoguchi, crafted politically charged work
which was sympathetic to the left. They skilfully critiqued the contemporary political system, highlighting theplight and harsh reality of life for many ordinary Japanese people who had become disillusioned with reports ofinstitutional corruption. Tales of unfair practices went right to the top of both business and government and saw
the country’s Prime Minister, Hara (celebrated as the Common Prime Minister), and the financier, Zenjiro Yasuda,both ‘accused’ of corruption. The people felt that the trust that they had afforded these public figures had been
betrayed, although their demise (both Hara and Yasuda were assassinated in 1921), was met with shock. Hara wasstabbed by right-wing sympathiser, Nakaoka Konichi, and Yasuda, murdered by the ultra-nationalist group Heigo
Asahi, after he refused to back them financially. Despite both figures’ desire for change, the public disdain felt
towards them, and others in similar positions, were seized upon by a shrewd military campaign which, throughout
the 1920s, steadily seized political and social control through a series of coup d’états.
The films that represent this period fall into two distinct categories. The escapist fantasy, which relied on therecognisable literature of jidai geki (period drama); and the tendency film, which was a realistic and harsh portrayalof modern life, attempting to offer solutions to the woeful economic situation in Japan. As the name suggests, thefilm’s themes were a reaction to a specific social tendency. Set on the political backdrop of this era, many tendency
films were produced. Directors explicitly addressed the poor societal conditions forced upon the people, andhighlighted the corruption which, they argued, had caused it.

FilmAsia / MediAsia 2016

Featured Presentation: Political Turmoil, Institutional Mistrust,and the Tendency Film Contemporary Representations of Political
Ideology in Suzuki’s Naniga Kanojo wo So Sasetanoka (What
Made Her Do It?) (1930)

Featured Speaker & Conference Co-Chair

Dr Paul Spicer is currently an Associate Professor at Hiroshima
Jougakuin University in the beautiful city of Hiroshima. He waspreviously employed by the University of Portsmouth as a lecturer
within the School of Creative Arts, Film and Media, where he coordinated the courses Japanese Cinema and Culture, and East Asian
Cinema. In 2001 he decided to return to education, and began adegree programme at Portsmouth. He successfully graduated in2005 with a BSc (1st Class Hons) in Entertainment Technology. In
2007 he began work on his doctoral thesis entitled ‘The Films of
Kenji Mizoguchi: Authorship and Vernacular Style’. He completed
his thesis in August 2011, and successfully sat his Viva Voce at the
University of Portsmouth the same year. Dr Spicer’s research lies
primarily in the area of film and cultural studies, and his current
work focuses upon the relationship between film and Japanesesocio/political issues between 1965 and 1975.

This presentaion will focus on this period in Japanese film history by discussing the volatile state of contemporary
Japanese politics, and how the film industry reacted to it. Despite the military being in control by the late 1920s,
and cinematic restrictions imposed a little later, many films that were produced had extreme political views. One
film in particular, Shigeyoshi Suzuki’s 1930 tendency piece Naniga Kanojo wo so Sasetanoka (What Made Her Do It?), Featured Presentation
is a stellar example. Produced by Teikoku Kinema Engei, and adapted by Suzuki from a play by Seikichi Fujimori, theFriday, October 28
film was made on the cusp of the change from a democratic to a militaristic nationalist society. The film explores
09:10-09:40
the plight of the everyday people in 1920s Japan, focusing upon the unfair and corrupt systems of authority which
they have to endure. In addition to the political context of the film, the presentation will visually analyse Suzuki’s
Prokofiev Hall
methods, exploring how, through stark imagery, he promotes a distinct and unashamed left-wing ideology.
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Gary E. Swanson

FilmAsia / MediAsia 2016

Featured Speaker & Conference Co-Chair

IAFOR International Director of Programme:Media, Film & Journalism
Gary E. Swanson is currently CEO of D’image Studios and theformer Hansen Endowed Chair in Journalism and Distinguished
Journalist-in-Residence at the University of Northern Colorado,USA. From 2005 to 2007 Professor Swanson was a Fulbrightscholar to China and lectured at Tsinghua University and theCommunication 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 university
level.
Swanson is an internationally recognised 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 throughout China, South Africa, India, Papua New Guinea, Japan, The Philippines,
Thailand, Malaysia, Cambodia, Vietnam, Laos, Singapore, Greece, Germany, Jordan, Spain, Portugal, Peru, theUnited Kingdom and the United States.
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 honoured with national
EMMYs 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 timenews 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. 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 threenational EMMY’s, the duPont Columbia Award, two CINE ‘Golden Eagles,’ 16 TELLYs, 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 fromthe University of Illinois at Urbana with a Bachelor’s degree in Education in 1974, and a Master’s degree in
Journalism in 1993.
Featured Presentation: TRUMPED

A once unthinkable idea is now the Republican Party’s new political reality: billionaire Donald J. Trump has
become the presumptive nominee for President of the United States. His brash brand of campaigning,
personal insults, bullying and threats have earned him both praise by his voters and distain from theconservative right and much of the press. Donald Trump has defied every expectation and shown himself
impervious to the laws of politics. He blandly dismisses policy and questions of accuracy in the face of all
Featured Presentation but the most determined questioners and masterfully uses Twitter as a means of subduing the opposition.
Trump’s relationship to the media will be talked about long after the histories of the 2016 election are
Friday, October 28
forgotten. Having come to this point, the media has turned to self-examination – did news coverage create
09:45-10:20
the man or did the man create the news coverage?
Prokofiev Hall
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Richard RothNorthwestern University, USA

It has been 25 years since the World Wide Web made its public debut. That changed everything, especiallyas it has evolved. Nowhere has the change been more profound than in media, in how we get news andinformation. Today, about 6 in 10 Americans watch, read, or hear news several times a day, mostly on computers,
smartphones and tablets. Yes, a majority of people get their news from social media, most frequently fromFacebook. In fact, 4 in 10 adults in America now get news from Facebook, according to the Pew ResearchCenter. Among millennials, Pew researchers write, Facebook is far and away the most common source fornews and information about government and politics. At the same time, Americans are skeptical about what
they read on the self-same social media. Indeed, just 6 percent of people say they have a lot of confidence inthe media, putting the news industry about equal to the US Congress, according to a recent study by the Media
Insight Project. It’s no wonder that “newspaper reporter” was ranked as the worst job in America for the thirdyear running by CareerCast.com. Reporters today need major new skill sets, including the ability to shoot andedit video, perhaps from a drone, but certainly from a cellphone. Older reporters with older skill sets used toget moved to the copy desk, but copy editor jobs are disappearing at an alarming rate. Those jobs are being
eliminated – likely a major factor in the publication of those errors that have driven down public trust in the
media – as a result of a shifting business model, away from an internet of websites to an internet of apps, andwith them sophisticated ad blockers. These are just some of the issues Professor Roth will introduce and seek
solutions to during an interactive discussion with conference attendees at MediAsia2016.

Keynote Speaker

Keynote Presentation: Contemporary Issues in Journalism

MediAsia 2016

Richard J. Roth returned in fall 2014 to Northwestern
University’s Evanston, Illinois, campus after six years at theNorthwestern campus in Doha, Qatar, where he served as
the school’s senior associate dean. Before going to Qatar tolaunch the journalism degree program there, he was seniorassociate dean of the Medill School of Journalism in Evanston
for six years and associate dean for four years before that.
Roth has been an educator since 1990, except for a brief stint
as a guest editor at The Wall Street Journal in New York at thetime that publication launched its online edition, then calledwsjie.com, now wsj.com. Before going to The Journal, Roth wasa tenured member of the English faculty at DePauw University
in Greencastle, Ind., where he also served as the adviser to theaward-winning student newspaper. Before academe, Roth wasa newspaperman, having been editor-in-chief of the TribuneStar in Terre Haute, Ind., and a reporter at the late, lamented
Buffalo (NY) Courier-Express. He has won dozens of awards forhis reporting and writing. Roth is a member of the International
Advisory Board of The International Academic Forum, whichsponsors the annual MediAsia conference in Japan. In the past, Roth has served on the national board of
directors of the Society of Professional Journalists, was an international vice president of The Newspaper
Guild, president of the Indiana Associated Press Managing Editors association, and academic adviser to the
US Project for Excellence in Journalism. He has taught or made major presentations about journalism inIndia, Japan, Kuwait, Lesoto, Norway, South Korea, Spain and, of course, Qatar and the United States.

Keynote Presentation
Friday, October 28
11:00-11:40
Prokofiev Hall
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James Rowlins

FilmAsia / MediAsia 2016

Conference Co-Chair & Journal Editor

Singapore University of Technology and Design, Singapore
Dr James Rowlins left his native England for Paris, France,
where he studied for a BA (Hons) and MA specialising in
French cinema. His passion for visual culture subsequently
took him to Los Angeles, where he earned a doctorate
at the University of Southern California, USA. In addition
to exploring literature and film through a theoreticallens, as well as dabbling in filmmaking, his dissertation
focused on the crossover between post-war American
film noir and the French New Wave, arguing that thesubversive manipulation of the Hollywood genre formulaby the auteurs constitutes a political aesthetic. He has
published articles on contemporary French fiction,
film and existentialism, cinematic phenomenology andnew perspectives on the New Wave. He has held
teaching positions in Europe, America and Japan, andis currently a Lecturer in the Humanities and the Arts
Department at the Singapore University of Technology
and Design, Singapore established in collaboration with
the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA. Dr
Rowlins is the Editor of the IAFOR Journal of Media, Communication & Film.
The IAFOR Journal of Media, Communication & Film: Editor’s Introduction
The IAFOR Journal of Media, Communication & Film seeks scholarship exploring the relationshipbetween society, film and media, including new and digital media.
The journal’s focus is on Asia and Asian cultures’ interaction and interrelation with the wider
world. While some journal issues will privilege scholarship particular to specific countries,
cultures, ethnicities or demographics, other editions will be organised according to themes
designated by the editors and will not necessarily relate to any particular national situation. The
journal will endeavour, in particular, to give a voice to scholars considering hitherto unexamined
aspects of contemporary media and visual culture, with the aim of providing new perspectives
and keeping abreast of the socio-political changes taking place on the world’s fastest-developing
continent.
The IAFOR Journal of Media, Communication & Film is indexed in EBSCO Discovery Service,
Communication Source, SHERPA/RoMEO and Google Scholar.
Editor: Dr James Rowlins
ISSN: 2187-0667
Contact: jrowlins.iafor@gmail.com

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FRIDAYPlenary Session

Location: Prokofiev Hall
Time: 09:00-11:45
08:30-11:00: Conference Registration, Information & Publications Desk Open (Open Studio)
09:00-09:10: Announcements & Welcome Address (Prokofiev Hall)

Time: 09:00-11:45

Plenary Session

09:10-09:40: Featured Presentation (Prokofiev Hall)
Political Turmoil, Institutional Mistrust, and the Tendency Film Contemporary Representations of
Political Ideology in Suzuki’s Naniga Kanojo wo So Sasetanoka (What Made Her Do It?) (1930)
Paul Spicer, Hiroshima Jougakuin University, Japan
09:45-10:20: Featured Presentation (Prokofiev Hall)TRUMPED
Gary E. Swanson, IAFOR International Director of Programme: Media, Film & Journalism
10:20-10:30: IAFOR Documentary Photography Award 2016 (Prokofiev Hall)
10:30-11:00: Coffee Break
11:00-11:40: Keynote Presentation (Prokofiev Hall)
Contemporary Issues in Journalism
Richard Roth, Northwestern University, USA
11:40-11:45: Conference Photograph
11:45-12:45: Lunch
11:45-14:00: Conference Registration, Information & Publications Desk Open (Room 504)

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Friday Session I
Time: 12:45-14:45

Friday Session I: 12:45-14:45		
MediAsia: Visual Communication
Session Chair: Shu-Fen Yu

Room: Prokofiev Hall (2F)

32889 12:45-13:15
The Study of Rotational Motion Perception on the Dynamical Sphere of the Surface Spiral Pattern from the Angle of Line
Guang-Dah Chen, National Yunlin University of Science and Technology, Taiwan
Yu-De Jhou, National Yunlin University of Science and Technology, Taiwan
32726 13:15-13:45
Motion Graphic Design to Communicate Thai Brand Archetypes
Manon Taranurak, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand

32860 12:45-13:15
Representing Slow-Onset Hazard: A Diachronic Corpus Based Keyword Analysis of Newspaper Coverage on Three
Droughts of Taiwan
Kuo Win-Ping, Chinese Culture University, Taiwan
31247
13:15-13:45
Live, Linked and Uncensored: The Impact of Connectedness on Modern Disaster Reporting
Matt Grant, University of Southern Queensland, Australia
33170
13:45-14:15
Are Descriptive Writing Patterns Still Relevant in News Elections Reporting in Malaysia?
Mohd Zuwairi Mat Saad, Universiti Utara Malaysia, Malaysia
33102
14:15-14:45
Charismatic Power in the Web 2.0: The Italian Case and the Theoretical Issue
Miconi Andrea, IULM University, Italy

Time: 12:45-14:45

Friday Session I: 12:45-14:45			
Room: 501
MediAsia: Interdisciplinary Topics on Media Coverage and Communication
Session Chair: Miconi Andrea

Friday Session I

32643
13:45-14:15
Influence of Involvement and Brand Awareness on Attitude Toward Negative Publicity
Shu-Fen Yu, Ming Chuan University, Taiwan

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Friday Session I
Time: 12:45-14:45

Friday Session I: 12:45-14:45			
Film Asia: Film Direction and Production
Session Chair: Szuhsin Lee

Room: 503

32872 12:45-13:15
Watching “Aura”: Between Screen and Reality
Yi Hsuan Lin, Kun Shan University, Taiwan

Time: 12:45-14:45

Friday Session I

33205 13:15-13:45
The Off-Screen Space and the Silent Fragments in Andrei Tarkovsky’s Films
Hsin-Yi Wu, National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan
Wen-Shu Lai, National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan
32762
13:45-14:15
Multi-Layered Structure of Documentary Narration and the Blurring Lines
Nihan Gider Isikman, Baskent University, Turkey
32869 14:15-14:45
The Perspective of a Student Film: Using Experimental Techniques to Edit Frames in a Repeated Array
Szuhsin Lee, Kun Shan University, Taiwan
Pinru Chen, Kun Shan University, Taiwan
Friday Session I: 12:45-14:45			
Film Asia: Film Criticism and Theory
Session Chair: Rachmah Ida

Room: 505

33009 12:45-13:15
Islam as Counter-Narrative in the Films of Yasmin
Ahmad Iqbal Barkat, Macquarie University, Australia
32741
13:15-13:45
The Justice of Food in Relation to the Documentary, Our Daily BreadWu-tso Lin, Central Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taiwan
32634 13:45-14:15
Underbelly: A Case Study in Cultural Production
Anne Ferguson, Griffith University, Australia
Catrin Smith, Griffith University, Australia
32926
14:15-14:45(Re-)Framing Indonesian “Jugun Ianfu” Women in Post-Authoritarian Indonesia: Narrative Analysis on Documentary
Films about Jugun Ianfu Women in Indonesia
Rachmah Ida, Airlangga University, Indonesia

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Friday Session I
Time: 12:45-14:45

Friday Session I: 12:45-14:45			
Room: 506
MediAsia: Symposium
Symposium Chair: Michael Lithgow, Athabasca University, Canada
32782
Varieties of Spontaneous Discourse: Digital Media and Citizen Contributions to Cultures of Social JusticeDigital technologies are transforming practices of citizen participation in discourses of social justice. New media
platforms introduce new forms of labour and new opportunities for spontaneous discourse expressing a public
desire for justice. This panel will examine various ways in which unpaid and non-professional members of the
public use digital media to disclose perceived injustices.
Presentation #1
The Visual Textures of Justice: Contributions of Amateur Videos in News Coverage of the Arab Spring, 2011
Michèle Martin, Carleton University, Canada

Friday Session I: 12:45-14:45			
MediAsia: Law, Policy and Media Ethics
Session Chair: Bing Wang

Room: 601

32718
12:45-13:15
Shut Down the Online Games? Contextualizing News Discourse with Framing Theory
Chang Won Jung, University of Wisconsin-Madison, United States33452
13:15-13:45
Social Representations of Online Audiovisual Risks for Children in European Parliamentary Debates
Agnese Pastorino, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
32591
13:45-14:15
Policies of Social Integration in the State of Kuwait
Hamed AlAbdullah, Kuwait University, Kuwait

Time: 12:45-14:45

Presentation #3
Digital Restructuring to Give an Equal Women’s Access to Society: The Commitment of a French Women’s Magazine
Against Social Injustice
Karine Taveaux-Grandpierre, LabSIC, Paris 13 University, France

Friday Session I

Presentation #2
Polemical Tweets about Justice Minister and the Alleged Laxity of the French Government
Arnaud Mercier, Paris Panthéon-Assas University, France

33290 14:15-14:45
The Party-State’s Policy on the Critical Press in China: From the State-Society Relation Perspective
Bing Wang, Sun Yat-Sen University, China

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Friday Session I
Time: 12:45-14:45

Friday Session I: 12:45-14:45			
Room: 602
MediAsia: Critical and Cultural Studies, Gender and Communication
Session Chair: Shaoyu Ye
32100
12:45-13:15
The Theater and the Media: A Dialectical Relation: The Case of Arab Theater
Abdulaziz H Alabdullah, Kuwait University, Kuwait

Time: 12:45-14:45

Friday Session I

32985 13:15-13:45
Negotiating Women’s Identity as Sexual Violence Victims in the Public Sphere in Indonesia
Nindi Aristi, Padjadjaran University, Indonesia
Preciosa Alnashava Janitra, Padjadjaran University, Indonesia
Putri Limilia, Padjadjaran University, Indonesia
32771
13:45-14:15
College Students’ Online Privacy Concerns, Protection Behaviors and Interpersonal Relationships in Japan
Shaoyu Ye, University of Tsukuba, Japan32593
14:15-14:45
Social Network and Its Impact on Social Isolation
Hadi Ashkanani, Kuwait University, Kuwait

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Conference Poster Session

Friday: 12:45-14:45 & Saturday: 14:30-16:00
Conference Poster Session 		
Room 504
Friday: 12:45-14:45 & Saturday: 14:30-16:00
Posters will be on display on Friday and Saturday. Presenters may be available at the above times.

33402
Beyond Justice: Collective Occupation and Revolutionary Aesthetics
Chih-Wei Chen, National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan
33136
The Ethics and Practice of Social Media Advocacy in Hospice Care Counseling
Tsuey-Yuan Huang, Chang Gung University of Science and Technology, Taiwan
32972
Developing Media Outlets as an Attempt to Conduct Relevant, Contextual, and Real Learning in Higher Education
Efi Fadilah, Universitas Padjadjaran, Indonesia
Pandan Yudhapramesti, Universitas Padjadjaran, Indonesia
Gumgum Gumilar, Universitas Padjadjaran, Indonesia
Nunik Maharani Hartoyo, Universitas Padjadjaran, Indonesia
33067
A Comparative Framing Analysis of the Media Coverage of the 2014 Kaohsiung Gas Explosions between Online andTraditional News Media
Ping Shaw, National Sun Yat-sen University, Taiwan
Yue Tan, National Sun Yat-sen University, Taiwan
33375
Teenagers’ Media Use Pattern: Focusing the Usefulness and Consumption of News
InHye Choi, Educational Broadcasting System, South Korea
HongLim Jeong, Daewon Foreign Language High School, South Korea
32774
The Connected Flaneurs: Exploring Smartphone Mediated Urban Experiences and the Co-Construction of City Image
Sumei Wang, National Chengchi University, Taiwan

Friday: 12:45-14:45 & Saturday: 14:30-16:00

32624
From “Morning Sun” to “Though I Was Dead”: The Image of Song Binbin in the “August Fifth Incident”
Wei-li Wu, Taipei College of Maritime Technology, Taiwan

Conference Poster Session

32843
Origin, Transformation and Era Significance of the Traditional Photography Studio of Taiwan: A Documentary Study of
the John Photography Studio
Chien-Yuan Tseng, Kun Shan University, Taiwan
Hsien-Cheng Liu, Kun Shan University, Taiwan

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IAFOR Documentary Film Award& Festival 2016

Time: 15:00-19:00

IAFOR Documentary Film Award & Festival

Time: 15:00-19:00

Friday October 28		Prokofiev Hall
IAFOR Documentary Film Award & Festival 2016
Proudly supported by The International Academic Forum (IAFOR), the IAFOR Documentary
Film Award is a global competition celebrating the best in documentary filmmaking. Documentary
has a rich history of exposing truths, telling stories, raising awareness and creating discussion –all practices valued at IAFOR.
In this competition, content is king. We welcome submissions drawing on compelling subject
matter from any imaginable topic. Production quality is valued, but not the sole basis forjudgment. This is an open competition, welcoming storytelling from both amateurs andseasoned professionals.
The IAFOR Documentary Film Award 2016 is hosted by The Asian Conference on Media andMass Communication (MediAsia2016) and The Asian Conference on Film & Documentary(FilmAsia2016).
The IAFOR Documentary Film Award is the sister award of the IAFOR Documentary
Photography Award.
Message from Head Judge, Gary E. Swanson
At the IAFOR MediAsia and FilmAsia conferences, of which I am the chair, we have establishedourselves as the international meeting place for world leaders, academics and professionals alikethrough our yearly conferences in Kobe and Osaka, Japan. In addition to our highly regarded
and well attended conferences, we have also celebrated the finest films and videos through our
IAFOR Documentary Film Award & Festival.
We invite both professionals and amateurs to enter the IAFOR Documentary Film Award. In
addition to professionals who create documentaries for news stations, networks, and theatricalrelease, we are specifically opening our competition to students at film schools, colleges anduniversities from around the world with a significantly reduced entry fee.
I encourage everyone to enter as both beginners and experienced professionals have an
equal chance to win our highly coveted award. My two fellow judges are highly accomplishedand recognised professionals in the industry. James Rowlins, filmmaker and French Cinema
researcher, and Scott Erlinder, Assistant Professor and Freelance Director of Photography, will
also judge the entries to select the highest quality documentary videos from around the world.
I am honoured to play a significant role in the IAFOR Documentary Film Award and welcome
you to enter this prestigious international documentary event.
Most sincerely,
Gary E. Swanson
IAFOR International Director of Programme: Media, Film and Journalism

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IAFOR Documentary Film Award& Festival 2016
Time: 15:00-19:00

Friday October 28		Prokofiev Hall
IAFOR Documentary Film Award & Festival 2016

We will also present Leon Lee’s award-winning documentary, Human Harvest, as the IDFA2016
Featured Documentary. Winner of the Peabody Award for Documentary and Canadian ScreenAward Nominee, Human Harvest investigates government-sanctioned organ harvesting in
China linked to the persecution of Falun Gong practitioners. Following the screening there will
be a Q&A session to discuss the issues raised by Human Harvest with the film’s director, Leon
Lee. This is a great opportunity to meet the filmmaker and have questions answered about thecreative process and subject matter, including updates on the situation in China.
15:00-15:10: Welcome Address
15:10-15:30: Awards Ceremony
15:30-17:00: Official Selection: Among the Believers
17:00-17:30: Refreshments
17:30-18:30: Featured Documentary: Human Harvest
18:30-19:00: Q&A with Human Harvest director, Leon Lee
Full details can be found on the film festival website
www.iaforfilmaward.org/en/festival-2016/
19:00-21:00: Conference Dinner (optional extra)
The IAFOR Documentary Film Award & Festival will be followed by the official conference
dinner. Come and join your fellow delegates for an evening out at Hatagoya (はたごや) in Kobe.
Please meet in the Art Center Kobe 2F Lobby at 19:00.
This event is ticketed at 5,000 JPY.

Time: 15:00-19:00

This year’s festival will showcase a fascinating documentary from the open competition, Amongthe Believers. The film follows charismatic cleric Abdul Aziz Ghazi, an ISIS supporter and Taliban
ally, who is waging jihad against the Pakistani state. His dream is to impose a strict version of
Shariah law throughout the country, as a model for the world. Aziz’s foil is nuclear physicist andleading educational activist Dr Pervez Hoodbhoy. He passionately opposes Aziz through his
public appearances, lectures, and the media. Led by Hoodbhoy and others, Pakistan’s moderate
majority focuses on Aziz and calls for his arrest.

IAFOR Documentary Film Award & Festival

IDFA2016 is pleased to present the best entries from this year’s documentary competition
in both the amateur and professional categories at our Competition Screening. Please join us
as we honour a selection of films that demonstrate excellence in the craft of documentary
filmmaking.

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Among theBelievers
IAFOR Documentary Film
Award Official Selection –Professional Feature
Directed by Hemal Trivedi& Mohammed Ali Naqvi

Friday, October 28
15:30-17:00
Prokofiev Hall

Charismatic cleric Abdul Aziz Ghazi, an ISIS supporter and Taliban ally, is waging jihad against the
Pakistani state. His dream is to impose a strict version of Shariah law throughout the country, asa model for the world. A flashpoint in Aziz’s holy war took place in 2007, when the government
leveled his flagship mosque to the ground, killing his mother, brother, only son and 150 students.
With unprecedented access, Among the Believers follows Aziz on his very personal quest to createan Islamic utopia, during the bloodiest period in Pakistan’s modern history.
The film also follows the lives of two teenage students who have attended madrassahs (Islamic
seminaries) run by Aziz’s Red Mosque network. Throughout the film, their paths diverge: Talha, 12,
detaches from his moderate Muslim family and decides to become a jihadi preacher. Zarina, also
12, escapes her madrassah and joins a regular school. Over the next few years, Zarina’s educationis threatened by frequent Taliban attacks on schools like her own.
Aziz’s foil is nuclear physicist and leading educational activist Dr Pervez Hoodbhoy. He passionately
opposes Aziz through his public appearances, lectures, and the media. Opposition against Aziz
comes to a head in December 2014, when Aziz insults a grieving nation by trying to justify thebrutal massacre of 132 school children in Peshawar by the Taliban. The attack ignites a movement
to end extremism in Pakistan’s mosques and madrassahs. Led by Hoodbhoy and others, Pakistan’s
moderate majority focuses on Aziz and calls for his arrest.
Intimate and shocking, Among the Believers offers rare insights into the ideological battles shaping
Pakistan and the Muslim world.
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Human Harvest
Featured Documentary
Directed by Leon Lee

Friday, October 28
Prokofiev Hall
Film Screening
17:30-18:30
Director Q&A
18:30-19:00
Winner of the Peabody Award for Documentary and Canadian Screen Award Nominee, the film
investigates government sanctioned organ harvesting in China linked to the persecution of Falun
Gong practitioners.
Human Harvest follows two Nobel Peace Prize nominees, renowned immigration and human rights
lawyer David Matas and former member of Canadian parliament David Kilgour as they investigate
allegations of live organ harvesting in China. In 2006, the Kilgour & Matas Report alleged thatorgans were harvested from living prisoners of conscience, mostly from detained Falun Gong
practitioners. Human Harvest has raised awareness of the organ harvesting trade in China and theinferred violation of human rights.
The film has received press in The Vancouver Sun, The Daily Mail, Taipei Times and other international
publications. There is also a petition to the United Nations, following the release of the film,
calling for further investigation into the allegations and sanctions to be brought against the Chinese
government.
Following the screening, Mr Lee will host a Q&A session, discussing the issues raised by the film.

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SATURDAYSaturday Session I
Time: 09:00-10:30

Saturday Session I: 09:00-10:30
Film Asia: Film Criticism and Theory
Session Chair: Wenchi Lin

Room: Prokofiev Hall (2F)

33445 09:00-09:30
Martial Arts Narratives As “Content” In Sinophone Media Mix
Chia-Chi Wu, National Taiwan Normal University, Taiwan

Time: 09:00-10:30

Saturday Session I

32914
09:30-10:00
Changing Scope of Japanese Queer Cinema
Mary Akiko Reading, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, United States
33440 10:00-10:30
When the Heart Sings: Songs and Qiong Yao Films’ Romantic Inner Space
Wenchi Lin, National Central University, Taiwan
Saturday Session I: 09:00-10:30
Room: Chopin Hall (2F)MediAsia: Social Media and Communication Technology
Session Chair: Keisei Leboutet
32940 09:00-09:30
Combining Interactive Technology with Perceptual Training to Design an Interactive Installation for Elderly
Chen-Siang Huang, National Yunlin University of Science and Technology, Taiwan
Chao-Ming Wang, National Yunlin University of Science and Technology, Taiwan
32948 09:30-10:00
An Investigation of User Perception and Behavior for a Robotic Exercise Coach on Different Age Groups
Chun-Ying Wang, National Taichung University of Science and Technology, Taiwan
Hsiao-Chen You, National Taichung University of Science and Technology, Taiwan
32817
10:00-10:30
AI, The New “Risky Friend”? Investigating Cognitive Reactions to Communicative Artificial Intelligence in Japan
Keisei Leboutet, Keio University, Japan
Masami Morito, Keio University, Japan
Shunsuke Taura, Keio University, Japan
Kazuto Hara, Keio University, Japan
Sayo Takada, Keio University, Japan
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Saturday Session I
Time: 09:00-10:30

Saturday Session I: 09:00-10:30		
Room: 501
MediAsia: Advertising, Marketing and Public Relations
Session Chair: Omer Bakan
32997
09:00-09:30
Mobile Media Engagement: The Effect of Context on Consumer Response to Advertising
Shadi Badawood, Hull University Business School, UK
33207
09:30-10:00
An Exploration of the Interaction Between Taiwanese Twitch Streamers and Viewers in Advertised Games
Kuei-Wen Chen, Fu Jen Catholic University, Taiwan

Saturday Session I: 09:00-10:30		
Room: 505
MediAsia: Critical and Cultural Studies, Gender and Communication
Session Chair: Mohamed Ben Moussa

32957
09:30-10:00
The Voiceless in “The Voice”
Ibrahim Er, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, United States
32712
10:00-10:30
Rap It, Share It: Arab Youth Culture and Identity in the Digital Age
Mohamed Ben Moussa, Canadian University Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Time: 09:00-10:30

32915
09:00-09:30
Indonesia in Rampokan, A Graphic Novel by Peter Van Dongen: Is it Just?
Safrina Noorman, Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia, Indonesia

Saturday Session I

33315
10:00-10:30
Thoughts of University Students About the Organizations That Undertake Environment Sponsorship
Omer Bakan, Selcuk University, Turkey
Tugba Kara, Selcuk University, Turkey

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Saturday Session II
Time: 10:45-12:45

Saturday Session II: 10:45-12:45
Film Asia: Film Criticism and Theory
Session Chair: James Callow

Room: Prokofiev Hall (2F)32911
10:45-11:15“Why Must the Fireflies Die So Young?”: How Sky Crawlers and Grave of the Fireflies Give Children Voice in War
Olivia Maderer, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, United States

Time: 10:45-12:45

Saturday Session II

32925 11:15-11:45
Whose Justice?: Poetic Justice and Political Injustice in Masaki Kobayashi’s Kwaidan and Chu-Chin Wang’s The Legendof the Six Dynasty
Fang-Jeng Liu, National Sun Yat-sen University, Taiwan
32975
11:45-12:15
Perpetual Devils: Representations of the Japanese in Chinese War Films After 1949
Wei Jiang, Beijing Normal University-Hong Kong Baptist University United International College, China
32733
12:15-12:45
Profane Illumination: Natural Light and the Just Image of History
James Callow, Tamkang University, Taiwan
Saturday Session II: 10:45-12:45
Room: Chopin Hall (2F)MediAsia: Social Media and Communication Technology
Session Chair: Ahmad Shehabat
33446 10:45-11:15
Burying Fascism: Dismantling Historical Amnesia Through Social Media
Emmanuel Bonn Taguba II, University of the Philippines, The Philippines
33421
11:15-11:45
The Women for Palestine’s Uses of Social Media for Human Right and Independence Advocacy
Maimon Herawati, Universitas Padjadjaran, Indonesia
32891
11:45-12:15
Network for Rescue: Utilizing the Capacity of Social Networks for Volunteering Activities
Esmaeel Ramezani, Institute for Humanities and Cultural Studies, Iran
Rohollah Rajaee, Institute for Humanities and Cultural Studies, Iran
33089 12:15-12:45
Black-Boxing the Black Flag: Anonymous Sharing Platforms and ISIS Content Distribution Tactics
Ahmad Shehabat, University of Wollongong, Australia
Teodor Mitew, University of Wollongong, Australia

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Saturday Session II
Time: 10:45-12:45

Saturday Session II: 10:45-12:45		
MediAsia: Journalism
Session Chair:Virgil Hawkins

Room: 50132641
10:45-11:15
The First Convergent Newsroom in Saudi Arabia: Alyaum News Centre: Digital Newsroom But Traditional Practices
Ahmed Alzahrani, The University of Sheffield/King Abdulaziz University, Saudi Arabia
Jackie Harrison, The University of Sheffield, UK
Tony Harcup, The University of Sheffield, UK
32854
11:15-11:45
An Analysis of “Japan’s Image” and “Pro-Japanese” Discourses in Taiwanese Media Reports (2000-2015)
Xinping Huang, Jinan University, China

33442
12:15-12:45
Japan’s Narrow Window on the World: Foreign Affairs Coverage in Japanese Newspapers
Virgil Hawkins, Osaka University, Japan
Room: 505

32913
10:45-11:15
The Quest for Justice: Analysis of Subjectivity in Two Indonesian Films for Children
Nia Nafisah Kastalani, Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia, Indonesia
32868
11:15-11:45
The Construction of Justice in John Woo’s Films: Culturally Specific or Ethically Universal?
Mengshu Wang, Graduate School of International Culture and Communication Studies, Waseda University, Japan32912
11:45-12:15
Examining the Spoken English Used by Indonesian Characters in Eat Pray Love and Java Heat: Stereotype or English Varieties?
Ernie Diyahkusumaning Ayu Imperiani, Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia, Indonesia
31250
12:15-12:45
From the Nightmarish to a Dreamy State of Being:The Troubling Present in Thai Independent Cinema after the Coups D’État 2014
Sopawan Boonnimitra, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand

Time: 10:45-12:45

Saturday Session II: 10:45-12:45		
MediAsia: Film
Session Chair: Sopawan Boonnimitra

Saturday Session II

33309
11:45-12:15
Repressed-Sensation:The Portrayal of the Beneficiaries of the Kapusong Totoo Segments in the Primetime TV News Program 24 Oras
Florence May Jose, University of the Philippines Diliman, The Philippines

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Saturday Session III
Time: 14:30-16:00

Saturday Session III: 14:30-16:00
Room: Prokofiev Hall (2F)
Film Asia: Documentary History, Direction and Production
Session Chair: Eileen Pamela Lavranos
32072 14:30-15:00
Thematic Trends of Documentary Films of Mindanao-Based Filmmakers: Organizations Depicting Development Issues
Nef Luczon, Mindanao University of Science and Technology, The Philippines

Time: 14:30-16:00

Saturday Session III

15:00-15:30
33018
Boys From Vepery: Tracing John Footman’s 1847 Journey From Ireland to India During the Potato Famine
Ian Michael, Zayed University, United Arab Emirates
Fokiya Akhtar, Zayed University, United Arab Emirates
15:30-16:00
32874
Whose Story is Told in Documentary? Developing Protocols of Practice to Protect the Vulnerable in Our Community
Eileen Pamela Lavranos, Auckland University of Technology, New ZealandSaturday Session III: 14:30-16:00
Room: Chopin Hall (2F)MediAsia: Broadcast Media and Globalisation
Session Chair: Nirvana Bechan
33460 14:30-15:00
Ethnic Media and Communication: The Hakka TV in Taiwan
Hsin-yi Sandy Tsai, National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan
15:00-15:30
33160
Representation and Reality: The Perceptions of Underbelly’s “True Life” Characters
Anne Ferguson, Griffith University, Australia
Catrin Smith, Griffith University, Australia
15:30-16:00
32833
National Content Requirements in Globalised Media Education
Nirvana Bechan, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, South Africa

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Saturday Session III
Time: 14:30-16:00

Saturday Session III: 14:30-16:00		
MediAsia: Interdisciplinary Topics on Media
Session Chair: Annamaria Silvana de Rosa

Room: 505

32933
14:30-15:00
Mainstream Media Embraces Citizen Journalism: A Study From Indonesian National Television’s Strategy in Providing Space
for Citizen Reports
Alfi Widoretno, Universitas Padjadjaran, Indonesia
Efi Fadilah, Universitas Padjadjaran, Indonesia
Siti Karlinah, Universitas Padjadjaran, Indonesia

Saturday Session III

32944
15:30-16:00
Verbal-, Textual-, Image- Traditional and New Media-Based Methodologies Adopted for the Study of Social Representations:
The Integrative Perspective of the “Modelling Paradigmatic Approach”
Annamaria Silvana de Rosa, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
Elena Bocci, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
Laura Dryjanska, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
Martina Latini, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy

Time: 14:30-16:00

32965
15:00-15:30
Participatory Media Productions for Tackling Poverty, Social Development and Health Integrated: A Case Study of Chainat
Pichit Thi-In, Chandrakasem Rajabhat University, Thailand
Supakit Sukaroj, Chandrakasem Rajabhat University, Thailand
Jameball Kemjarat, Chandrakasem Rajabhat University, Thailand
Jakkarin Seawsang, Chandrakasem Rajabhat University, Thailand
Sthienpong Sankaeo, Chandrakasem Rajabhat University, Thailand
Nattaphon Chueanun, Chandrakasem Rajabhat University, Thailand
Kanokpon Saraisalab, Chandrakasem Rajabhat University, Thailand
Siriwan Booncherd, Chandrakasem Rajabhat University, Thailand
Rungruchee Hansuwanphaisan, Chandrakasem Rajabhat University, Thailand
Thitima Kosawithikul, Chandrakasem Rajabhat University, Thailand

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Conference Closing Session
Time: 16:15-17:00

Time: 16:15-17:00

Conference Closing Session

16:15-16:35: Special Screening (Room 504)
The Greatest Gift
Shawn Mahler & Thaddeus Pope, IAFOR MediaA shared ambition for change, transformation and social justice was the catalyst for the IAFORMedia and HOPE International Development Agency, Japan, to document the lives and storiesof the Indigenous Peoples of the Philippines and their struggle to achieve equity in education.
The Greatest Gift was made as part of a fundraising effort to create scholarships for the Pamulaan
Center for Indigenous Peoples Education in Davao, The Philippines. Hance Pugales is a first year
student at the Pamulaan Center and The Greatest Gift follows her story as we learn of theambitions and challenges of the IP youth.
A full-length documentary which further expands upon the lives of the IPs and the Pamulaan
Center is currently in production.
16:35-17:00: Closing Session (Room 504)

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VIRTUALVirtual Presentations
www.vimeo.com/iafor

32615
Social Media as a Research Tool
Yumi Wilson, San Francisco State University, United States

Virtual Presentations

32994
Some Obstacles That Excessively Farfetched Language May Impose for the Understanding and Communication in Legal
Discourse Framework
Marcus Antonio Assis Lima, State University of Southwest Bahia, Brazil
Ricardo Gomes Menezes, State University of Southwest Bahia, Brazil
31412
A Genealogical Approach to the Korean Cyber Asylum Seeking Phenomenon
Chang Yong Son, ICT and Future Planning, South Korea
Dong Hyun Song, University of Singapore, Singapore

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ABOUT 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 activitiesof 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 andorganisational directors) and classroom teachers with their support staff in IT, library work, exchange programs, andspecialist fields. But how often do they have the opportunity to interact?
Moving beyond one particular field, larger questions arise. What function should universities prioritise in the twentyfirst 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 thatsome 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 benecessary 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 Kansai, Japan’s great commercial andmanufacturing 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 thatcross 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 crosscultural perception. Cultural roots influence people in their attitudes more than most would realise or admit. The
need to see and internalise 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 world, but in reality parochialism stillholds sway.The collapse of the USSR 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 theextreme 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 globalisation 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 organisation its momentum, and ismaking it a pioneer in this global age.
Dr Joseph Haldane
BA (Hons), PhD, FRSA, FRAS
President, IAFOR
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Leadership
President & CEO
Dr Joseph Haldane
BA, PhD (London), FRSA, FRAS

Joseph Haldane is the President and Chief Executive Officer of the International
Academic Forum. He was Academic Director from IAFOR’s inception in 2009 until
January 2011, and Executive Director from 2011 until late 2014, when he assumed
his current role. He is responsible for devising strategy, setting policies, forging
institutional partnerships, implementing projects, and overseeing the organisation’s
business and academic operations, including research, publications and events.
Dr Haldane’s academic interests include politics and international affairs, literatureand history, and he holds a PhD from the University of London in 19th century
French Studies. He began his academic career in France, and from 2002 to 2005
held full-time faculty positions at the University of Paris XII (Paris-Est Créteil) and Sciences Po Paris, as well
as visiting positions at both the French Press Institute in the University of Paris II (Université PanthéonAssas), and the School of Journalism at Sciences Po Paris. Prior to founding IAFOR in 2009, Dr Haldane wasan Associate Professor at Nagoya University of Commerce and Business in Japan, where he taught a rangeof language and culture courses at undergraduate level, and the MBA Ethics course in the graduate school.
Dr Haldane is now a Guest Professor at Osaka University’s School of International Public Policy (OSIPP),
where he teaches on the postgraduate Global Governance Course. His current research concentrates on
post-war and contemporary politics and International Relations especially in and between Japan, China andthe USA.
From 2012 to 2014 Dr Haldane served as Treasurer of the American Chamber of Commerce in Japan(Chubu Region). He is a Director of the Tokyo-based clean water charity, Wine in Water, and a Trustee ofthe HOPE International Development Agency (Japan). In 2012 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Asiatic
Society, and in 2015 a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.
He is married with two children and lives in Nagoya, Japan.

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The Executive Council of the
IAFOR International Advisory Board
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 areasof 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 theInternational Advisory Board is by invitation only.
Mr Mitsumasa Aoyama
Director, The Yufuku Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Professor Don Brash
Former Governor of the Reserve Bank, New ZealandFormer 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 A. Robert Lee
Formerly University of Kent, UK and Nihon University,
Japan

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

Professor Sing Kong Lee
Director, The National Institute of Education, Singapore

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

Professor Sir Geoffrey Lloyd
Senior Scholar in Residence, The Needham ResearchInstitute, Cambridge, UK
Fellow and Former Master, Darwin College, Universityof Cambridge
Fellow of the British Academy
Professor Barbara Lockee

Professor Tien-Hui Chiang
Professor and Chair, Department of Education
National University of Tainan, Taiwan/Chinese Taipei
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
IAFOR International Director of Programme: Langauge
Learning
Professor Dexter Da Silva
Professor of Educational Psychology, Keisen University,
Tokyo, Japan
Professor Georges Depeyrot
Professor and Director of Research & Member of theBoard of Trustees
French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS)& L’Ecole Normale Superieure, Paris, France

Professor of Instructional Design and Technology, Virginia
Tech., USA
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
Co-Director of the Assessment Research Centre
The Hong Kong Institute of Education, Hong Kong
Dr James McNally
Director of the NACDA Program on Aging University ofMichigan, USA
Professor Johannes Moenius
The University of Redlands School of Business, USA

Professor Donald E. Hall
Herbert J. and Ann L. Siegel Dean
LeHign University, USA

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

Professor Thomas Brian Mooney
Head of School of Creative Arts and Humanities,
Charles Darwin University, Australia

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 Michiko Nakano
Professor of English & Director of the Distance Learning
Center, Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan

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

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Ms Linda Toyo Obayashi
Senior Mediation Officer, The World Bank Group
Washington DC, USA
Professor Baden Offord
Director and Chair, Centre for Human Rights Education
Curtin University, Australia
Professor Frank S. Ravitch
Professor of Law & Walter H. Stowers Chair in Law andReligion, Michigan State University College of Law, USA

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 Arthur Stockwin, OBE ORS
University of Oxford, UK
Professor Gary Swanson
CEO D’image Studios
Former Hansen Endowed Chair in Journalism andDistinguished Journalist-in-Residence
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, Russia
Professor Brian Daizen Victoria
Fellow of the Oxford Centre for Buddhist Studies
Professor Yozo Yokota
Former UN Special Rapporteur on Myanmar
Director of the Center for Human Rights Affairs, Japan
Professor Kensaku Yoshida
Professor of English & Director of the Center for the
Teaching of Foreign Languages in General Education,
Sophia University, Tokyo, Japan

IAFOR Key Staff
Kiyoshi Mana – Director of International Operations
Kiyoshi is the International Director of Operations,
responsible for overseeing the operations of theorganisation, including IAFOR’s conferences in Asia,
Europe, North America and the Middle East. An
American ovf Japanese descent, Kiyoshi has long beenfascinated by the country of his ancestors, studying
both Japanese language and culture at San FranciscoState.

Alexander Pratt – Director of Systems & Administration
A Civil Engineering graduate from the University of
Nottingham, UK, Alex first came to Japan in 1997.
Previous to joining IAFOR, in 2013, Alex held positionsin education management, information services, andinternational relations. At IAFOR Alex helps oversee
the general administration and operation of theorganisation.

Thaddeus Pope – Director of Design, Media & Marketing
Born and raised in Brighton, UK, Thaddeus is anexperienced photographer and videographer witha BA in Photography from the London College ofCommunication, University of the Arts London.
Thaddeus oversees IAFOR’s design and media
output, as well as producing photo-essays, short
documentaries and other visual content for theorganisation’s publications, including THINK. He is also
the Creative Director of the IAFOR Documentary
Photography Award.

Shawn Mahler – Director of Events, Media & Production
Los Angeles native Shawn Mahler has a wealth ofexperience working on film, video, and theater
productions in the United States and Japan. He holds a
Bachelor of Arts in Film Theory and Production fromthe University of California, Irvine. Shawn has spentover ten years in Japan where he has worked withnumerous industry professionals to develop televisionshows, movies, and theatrical productions.

Clare Midgley – Publications Manager
Clare graduated with a BA in French and Italian fromthe University of Bristol before going on to study for
an MPhil in Linguistics at the University of Cambridge.
She spent several years working in Cambridge on the
publications team of an online, open-access sciencejournal publisher before relocating to the Kansai areaof Japan. In her role as Publications Manager at IAFOR
she is responsible for IAFOR’s peer-reviewed journals,
as well as the IAFOR Vladimir Devidé Haiku Award.
Clare is the Editor of IAFOR’s online magazine, THINK.

Yumiko Horie – Events and Domestic Relations Manager
Yumiko Horie is responsible for conference
management and developing IAFOR’s institutional
partner relationships. An Ibaraki-born Japanese native,
she started her career as a correspondent of a major
Japanese newspaper, before returning to study, gaining
an M.Sc. at the School of Oriental and African Studies,
University of London, UK. She has since worked in theinternational non-profit sector for UN institutions andan NGO.

John Ananthan – Design & Technology Coordinator
Born and raised in northern Denmark in a multicultural
family, John studied Computer Science at University
College Nordjylland. At an early age he started his own
IT company, worked for several third party companies
and now has over 11 years of experience in website
management and software development. Due to his
Scandinavian background, John speaks Danish and canunderstand Norwegian and Swedish.

Darcey Barge – Events, Media & Communications
Coordinator
Darcey was born and raised in Yakima, Washington.
Graduating from Yakima Valley and Collins College withqualifications in animation and TV video production,
she pursued a career in the media at KNDO-TV. Aftermoving to KNXV-TV in Phoenix she received two
Emmy nominations for her technical directing work
Technical Directing Under Breaking News.

Virpi Helena Yasuda – Senior Administrative AssistantVirpi has a BBA degree in Modern Languages andBusiness Studies for Management Assistants fromHAAGA-HELIA University of Applied Sciences,Finland. Her common passions for both Japan andlanguages brought her to Nagoya to study Japanese.
Helena joined IAFOR soon after finishing her oneand-a-half year Japanese language course at the Trident
College of Languages and Hotel Studies.

Stephen Rudden – Systems & Administrative
Coordinator
Originally from Leicester, UK, Stephen Rudden is anexperienced network and systems engineer with a
B.Sc. in Computing from the University of Westminster.
Before joining IAFOR in April 2015, Stephen was a
network engineer for a global consumer electronics
company.

Mariko Oguri – Senior Administrative AssistantMariko was born and raised in Nagoya, Japan. She
majored in American History and as an exchange
student in the US she focused on Gender Perspective.
She then worked at the international sales section
at a company in Aichi. Mariko also has translated
correspondence exchanged between Japan and the
US and has worked as a Study Abroad Counsellor.

Nami Toyama – Administrative AssistantNami grew up in Aichi Prefecture of Japan, where she
studied Commerce and Economics at university. She
gained a senior secretary mechanic qualification before
working for various automobile-related companies,
with a particular focus on quality management andbusiness administration.

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IAFOR Journals
The International Academic Forum’s Journals conform to the highest academic standards of international peer review, andare published in accordance with the IAFOR publishing commitment to make all of our published materials available online.
How are journal editors appointed?
Journal editors are appointed by The International Academic Forum’s leadership, under the guidance 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 journal 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 contributetowards publication costs.
How are papers selected?
Journal editors may accept papers through an open call, and proposed ar ticles may be sent directly to the respective editors.
A small number of papers from the associated 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 five and ten 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 organised thematically.
Papers included in the associated Conference Proceedings may be considered for reworking by the Editor(s), and are thensubjected to the same processes of peer review as papers submitted by other means.
Visit the IAFOR website for fur ther information – www.iafor.org/journals

Journal Editors
IAFOR Journal of Arts & Humanities
Dr Alfonso Garcia Osuna, Hofstra University, USA
IAFOR Journal of Literature & Librarianship
Dr Richard Donovan, Kansai University, Japan
IAFOR Journal of Education
Dr Bernard Montoneri, Tamkang University, Taiwan
IAFOR Journal of Business & Management
Dr Anshuman Khare (Guest Editor), Athabasca University,
CanadaIAFOR Journal of the Social Sciences
Dr Tingting Ying, University of Nottingham, China
IAFOR Journal of Ethics, Religion & Philosophy
TBA
IAFOR Journal of Sustainability, Energy & the Environment
Dr Alexandru-Ionut Petrisor, “Ion Mincu” University ofArchitecture and Urban Planning, Romania and The National
Institute for Research and Development in Construction,
Urban Planning and Sustainable Spatial Development(URBAN-INCERC), Romania

IAFOR Journal of Media, Communication & Film
Dr James Rowlins, Singapore University of Design and Technology,
Singapore
IAFOR Journal of Asian Studies
Dr Seiko Yasumoto, The University of Sydney, Australia
IAFOR Journal of Language Learning
Dr Ebru Melek Koç, Izmir Institute of Technology, Turkey
IAFOR Journal of Politics, Economics & Law
Dr Craig Mark, Tokyo Denki University, Japan
IAFOR Journal of Cultural Studies
Professor Holger Briel, Xi’an Jiaotung-Liverpool University,
China
IAFOR Journal of Psychology & the Behavioral Sciences
Dr Shahrokh (Sharo) Shafaie, Southeast Missouri State
University, USA
Dr Deborah G. Wooldridge, Professor and School
Director, Bowling Green State University, USA

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Abstract Deadline
November 15, 2016

The Asian Conference on Arts & Humanities
March 30 - April 2, 2017 | Kobe, Japan“History, Story, Narrative”
Historians are far from the only interested party in writing history. In a sense it is an interest we all share – whether we are talking
politics, region, family birthright, or even personal experience. We are both spectators to the process of history while being
intimately situated within its impact and formations.
How, then, best to write it? Is it always the victor’s version? Have we not begun increasingly to write “history from below,” that
lived by those who are not at the top of the power hierarchy? Are accounts of history always gender-inflected, hitherto at least
men rather than women? Who gets to tell history if the issue is colonialism or class? How does geography, the power of place,intersect with history? What is the status of the personal story or narrative within the larger frame of events?
This conference addresses issues of writing history from literary and other discursive perspectives. That is to say: novels, plays,
poems, autobiography, memoir, diary, travel log, and a variety of styles of essay. One thinks of Shakespeare’s history plays, Tolstoy’s
War and Peace, Shi Nai’an’s The Water Margin, Balzac’s La Comédie Humaine. It also addresses oral history, the spoken account or
witness, Hiroshima survivor to modern Syrian migrant.
Which also connects to the nexus of media and history. The great “historical” films continue to hold us, be it Eisenstein’s October:
Ten Days That Shook the World (1925) or Gone with the Wind (1940). We live in an age of documentaries, whether film or TV. Thereis a view that we also inhabit “instant” history, the download to laptop, the app, the all-purpose mobile. How has this technology
changed our perception, our lived experience, of history? What is the role of commemoration, parade, holiday, festival, or statuary,
in the writing of history?
The different modes by which we see and understand history, flow and counter-flow, nevertheless come back to certain basics.
One asks whether we deceive ourselves in always asking for some grand narrative. Can there only be one narrator or is historyof necessity a colloquium, contested ground? Is national history a myth? And history-writing itself: is it actually a form of fiction, an
artifice which flatters to deceive? What, exactly, is a historical fact?
This conference, we hope, will address these perspectives and others which connect and arise.

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

Above left: At The IAFOR International Conference on the City 2016 (City2016), renowned critic and theorist Professor Bill
Ashcroft of the University of New South Wales, Australia, gives a Keynote Presentation on the concept of the Transnation.
Above centre: Alonso Carnicer, a news reporter at TV3, the Catalan Television channel, and Keynote Speaker at City2016,
discusses his Catalan Television documentary,“Shanty towns, the forgotten city”, which tells the story of impoverished settlements
in Barcelona. Above right: Novelist, playwright and poet Gloria Montero, Global2016 Featured Speaker, delivers a talk entitled“Filling in the Lonely, Empty Places” at The IAFOR International Conference on Global Studies (Global2016).
Below left: Speaking on the dialectics of communication, Professor Svetlana Ter-Minasova of Lomonosov Moscow State
University, Russia, presents during the Plenary Session at The European Conference on Psychology and the Behavioral Sciences(ECP2016). Below right: Dr Eddie Bruce-Jones of Birkbeck College School of Law, University of London, UK, explores thetensions and possibilities inherent in interdisciplinary work at the junction of the legal, the social-scientific and the literary, in his
Keynote Presentation at The European Conference on the Social Sciences (ECSS2016).
Bottom left: Dr Amy Azano, Keynote Speaker at The European Conference on Education (ECE2016), gives an animatedpresentation entitled “Leveraging Place and Moving Toward Glocalized Learning”. Bottom right: At The European Conferenceon Language Learning (ECLL2016), Professor Jean-Marc Dewaele, Keynote Speaker, argues that these non-linguistic benefits oflanguage learning are illustrations of multicompetence.

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Above left: Professor Sanja Bahun of the University of Essex, UK, addresses the part played by the arts, and literary art
in particular, in transitional societies, in a Keynote Presentation at The European Conference on Literature & Librarianship(LibEuro2016). Above right: In her role as ECAH2016 Keynote Speaker, Professor Anne Boddington, of the College of Artsand Humanities, University of Brighton, UK, explores the idea of the ‘stained glass ceiling’, by examining the challenge of achieving
effective intersectionality through gender and ethnic inequalities.
Below left: Toshihiko Sakaguchi, EBMC2016 Keynote Speaker and Director-General of JETRO London, gives a talk entitled“Japanese Economy and Business Opportunities” during the Plenary Session of The European Business & Management
Conference (EBMC2016). Below right: At The European Conference on Politics, Economics & Law (ECPEL2016), Professor
Michael Clarke, Keynote Speaker and Former Director General of the Royal United Services Institute, discusses the way inwhich the essential rules of international politics were formed and those states and societies that shaped them.
Bottom left: In a Keynote Presentation on reducing fear, increasing confidence and reaching the students who think that learning
is an ordeal, Ken Wilson, a teacher trainer, and published author of a large amount of ELT materials, outlines how some simple
group and game activities can serve as confidence builders for students at The European Conference on Language Learning(ECLL2016). Bottom right: Jared Baxter, ECAH2016 Keynote Speaker and Vincent van Gogh researcher, presents on “Vincent
van Gogh’s Symbolist Art” at The European Conference on Arts & Humanities (ECAH2016).

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Top left & right: Before and after impact. Sensei Hiroshi Nishioka, 5th Degree Black Belt Master Instructor of Osaka’s Nishioka
Dojo, practices Tameshiwari ice breaking during the Plenary Session at The Asian Conference on Education (ACE2015) in Kobe,
Japan. The Chito-Ryu Karate demonstration gave an exemplary illustration of the conference theme: “Power”.
Below left: Dr James McNally of the University of Michigan, USA, is Director of the NACDA Program on Aging, a data archive
containing over 1,500 studies related to health and the aging lifecourse. As AGen2016 Featured Speaker & Conference Co-Chair,
he delivers a Featured Presentation on the individual and societal benefits for caregivers to elderly family members.
Below centre: Professor Jun Arima, of the Graduate School of Public Policies, University of Tokyo, Japan, gives a Keynote
Presentation on the significance of the Paris Agreement in the history of climate negotiation, its major points and Japan’s action,
at The Asian Conference on Sustainability, Energy and the Environment (ACSEE2016).
Below right: As Keynote Speaker at The Asian Conference on Aging & Gerontology (AGen2016), Professor Hiroshi Ishidadiscusses social survey data sets and data-archiving activities in Japan and introduces the Social Science Japan Data Archive(SSJDA).

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Below left: John Nguyet Erni, Chair Professor in Humanities and Head of the Department of Humanities & Creative Writing at
Hong Kong Baptist University, poses questions about new sovereignty, human rights and humanitarian discourse in a Keynote
Presentation at The Asian Conference on Asian Studies (ACAS2016) entitled “Negotiating ‘Refuge’: Humanitarianism for the‘Included-outs’”.
Below centre: At The Asian Conference on Cultural Studies (ACCS2016), Professor Koichi Iwabuchi chairs a Keynote Panel onsocial movements and critical pedagogy. Koichi Iwabuchi is Professor of Media and Cultural Studies and Director of the Monash
Asia Institute in Monash University, Australia.
Below right: Dr Amy Szarkowski of Harvard Medical School, USA, delivers an interesting Featured Panel Presentation on
disability and disability issues in Japan at The Asian Conference on Asian Studies (ACAS2016).

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Top left: As a Keynote Speaker, Professor Stephen Ryan of Japan’s Waseda University, lectures on “Diverging approaches and converging
goals” at The Asian Conference on Language Learning (ACLL2016). Top right: In his Featured Presentation at the same conference, RichmondStroupe of Soka University in Tokyo, Japan, discusses enhancing learner autonomy in Japan through teachers’ professional development.
Above left: Professor Myles Chilton, a member of the Department of English Language and Literature at Japan’s Nihon University and
ACAH2016 Plenary Speaker, explores justice and literature in the classroom by investigating the claim that teaching literature means teachingsocial justice. Above centre: During the annual haiku workshop at The Asian Conference on Literature, Librarianship & Archival Science(LibrAsia2016), Hana Fujimoto of the Haiku International Association, Japan, gives a background and history to haiku and invites participants
to write their own poems. Above right: Also at the LibrAsia2016 haiku workshop, Emiko Miyashita, a prominent haiku poet who is also a
councillor for the Haiku International Association, reads world-famous haiku.
Bottom left: Lowell Sheppard, ACEID2016 Featured Speaker and Asia Pacific Director at HOPE International Development Agency, Japan,
presents on the connection between education and social justice at The Asian Conference on Education & International Development(ACEID2016). Bottom centre: The National University of Singapore’s Tan Tarn How delivers a Featured Presentation entitled “Educational
Rankings:Towards an Index of Flourishing Education” at The Asian Conference on Ethics, Religion and Philosophy (ACERP2016). Bottom right:
Also at ACERP2016, Dr Brian A.Victoria of the Oxford Centre for Buddhist Studies explores the nature of the relationship between religion
and war in today’s newspapers in his role as Conference Chair and Featured Speaker.

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Top left: Professor Frank S. Ravitch, Conference Chair and Keynote Speaker at The Asian Conference on Ethics, Religion and Philosophy(ACERP2016), gives an insightful presentation entitled “Freedom’s Edge: Religious Freedom, Sexual Freedom, and the Future of Justice in America”.
Top right: In a Keynote Presentation at the same conference, the Director of TELL Lifeline, Vickie Skorji, questions how a crisis hotline providing
services in a minority language can provide support, generate funding and maintain volunteer numbers.
Above left: Dr Christine Coombe, Keynote Speaker at The IAFOR International Conference on Education – Dubai (IICEDubai2016), talks about
professionalizing English language teaching. Above centre: In his talk on translation as culture, Professor Said M. Faiq of the American Universityof Sharjah, UAE, demonstrates the need for an interface of translation, cultural and discourse studies at The IAFOR International Conference on
Language Learning – Dubai (IICLLDubai2016). Above right: At The IAFOR International Conference on Education – Dubai (IICEDubai2016),
Professor Fadi Aloul, also of the American University of Sharjah, examines the latest cyber threats against human users in his Featured Presentation.
Bottom left: Speaking on the subject of emerging technology, the University of Hawai’i at Manoa’s Professor Curtis Ho, Keynote Speaker at
The IAFOR International Conference on Education 2016 – Hawaii (IICEHawaii2016), explores how students use multiple tools for both formal
and informal learning. Bottom centre: Also at IICEHawaii2016, Professor Chung-Ying Cheng, a philosopher-scholar of Chinese and comparative
philosophy, argues in his Keynote Presentation that reality can be seen as creativity and thus as a source for humanity to be creative. Bottom right:
Dr Paul Lowe of University of the Arts London, UK, gives a Keynote Presentation on creating a collaborative learning community for mid-career
postgraduates at The IAFOR International Conference on Technology in the Classroom – Hawaii (IICTCHawaii2016).

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Top left: Delegates enjoy a traditional Japanese meal at the official Conference Dinner against the backdrop of the Osaka skyline. Top right:
Internationally recognised specialist in human rights, sexuality and culture Professor Baden Offord chairs a Featured Panel on human rights
research and interdisciplinarity at The Asian Conference on Cultural Studies (ACCS2015).
Above left: Grand Prize Winner of the IAFOR Documentary Film Award 2015, Marovo Carver. Directed by Elliot Spencer and announced at
FilmAsia2015/MediAsia2015 in Kobe, Japan. Above centre: Brent E. Huffman, Assistant Professor of Journalism at Medill School of Journalism,
Media, Integrated Marketing Communications, USA, delivers his Keynote Presentation entitled “Documentary Journalists on the Front Line –Exposing Corruption, Protecting Human Rights and the Environment, and Saving Cultural Heritage” at FilmAsia2015/MediAsia2015. Aboveright: A Keynote Speaker at the same event, Professor Bradley J. Hamm, also of Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing
Communications, USA, speaks on power, human rights and justice.
Below left: Marusya Nainggolan, who teaches European Studies at the University of Indonesia, leads a workshop on diversity in a global
context at The Asian Conference on Arts & Humanities (ACAH2015). Below right: The One String Suma Goto Preservation Society perform.
The history of the single string version of the suma goto dates back to the 11th century. Played during the Sake Tasting Workshop at The Asian
Conference on Language Learning 2017.

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Above: IAFOR places great value on the local community and aims to ensure our delegates can experience Japan’s culture through a packed
and exciting programme of events. IAFOR conferences offer delegates a diverse, informative and thought-provoking range of activities andexperiences, such as taiko drumming by leading Japanese group Batiholic and the award-winning Osaka-based Akutagawa Senior High School
Drum Club. These traditional Japanese musical performances are a cultural highlight for the conference attendees, and the powerful andcomplex rhythms never fail to delight the appreciative audience.
Below left: An image from the series Life After Injury by Ukrainian photojournalist Alexey Furman, Grand Prize Winner of the 2016 IAFOR
Documentary Photography Award. “With this project I would like to raise awareness on a growing number of war veterans in Ukraine.”
Winners were announced at The European Conference on Media, Communication & Film (EuroMedia2016) in Brighton, England.The award’s
theme corresponds to the theme of the conference, which in 2016 was “justice”.
Below right: Traditional Awa Odori dance performance at ACAH/Librasia2016 in Kobe, Japan. The International Academic Forum is proud
to be based in Japan, and we organise a number of events throughout the year that showcase the best of Japanese culture, ranging from theraw power of the taiko drums to the understated beauty of the tea ceremony, from martial arts demonstrations by world class masters tohands-on calligraphy workshops by university clubs and haiku workshops by leading poets.

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A-Z Index of Authors

A-Z Index of Presenters
Alabdullah, Abdulaziz			p.26
Alabdullah, Hamed			p.25
Alnashava Janitra, Preciosa		
p.26
Alzahrani, Ahmed			
p.39
Aristi, Nindi				p.26
Ashkanani, Hadi				p.26
Badawood, Shadi			p.37
Bakan, Omer				p.37
Barkat, Iqbal				p.24
Bechan, Nirvana				p.40
Ben Moussa, Mohamed			
p.37
p.25
Bing, Wang				Boonnimitra, Sopawan			p.39
Callow, James				
p.38
p.27
Chen, Chih-Wei				Chen, Kuei-Wen			
p.37
p.27
Choi, Inhye				p.41
de Rosa, Annamaria Silvana		Er, Ibrahim				p.37
Fadilah, Efi				p.27
Fadilah, Efi				p.41
Ferguson, Anne				p.24
Ferguson, Anne				p.40
Gider Isikman, Nihan			
p.24
Grant, Matt				
p.23
p.39
Hawkins, Virgil				
Herawati, Maimon			p.38
Huang, Chen-Siang			p.36
Huang, Tsuey-Yuan			p.27
Huang, Xinping				p.39
Ida, Rachmah				p.24
Imperiani, Ernie Diyahkusumaning Ayu p.39
Jhou, Yu-De				p.23
Jiang, Wei				
p.38
p.39
Jose, Florence May			Jung, Chang Won			p.25
Kastalani, Nia				p.39
Kuo, Win-Ping				p.23
Lavranos, Eileen				p.40
Leboutet, Keisei				p.36

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Lee, Szuhsin			
p.24
Li, Yiwei			p.36
Lima, Marcus			p.44
Limilia, Putri			
p.26
Lin, Wenchi			p.36
Lin, Wu-Tso			
p.24
Lin, Yi-Hsuan			p.24
Lithgow, Michael		
p.25
Liu, Fang-Jeng			p.38
Liu, Hsien-Cheng		
p.27
Luczon, Rhyndl Nephi-Z		
p.40
Maderer, Olivia			
p.38
Martin, Michèle			
p.25
p.23
Mat Saad, Mohd Zuwairi		
Michael, Ian			p.40
Miconi, Andrea			p.23
Noorman, Safrina		
p.37
Pastorino, Agnese		p.25
Rajaee, Rohollah		p.38
Ramezani, Esmaeel		
p.38
Reading, Mary			
p.36
Shaw, Ping			
p.27
p.38
Shehabat, Ahmad		p.44
Song, Dong Hyun		
p.38
Taguba II, Emmanuel Bonn
Taranurak, Manon		
p.23
Taveaux-Grandpierre, Karine
p.25
Thi-in, Pichit			p.41
Tsai, Hsin-Yi Sandy		
p.40
Tseng, Chien-Yuan		p.27
Wang, Chun-Ying		
p.36
p.39
Wang, Mengshu			Wang, Sumei			p.27
Wilson, Yumi			p.44
Wu, Chia-Chi			p.36
Wu, Hsin-Yi			
p.24
Wu, Wei-Li			
p.27
Ye, Shaoyu			p.26
Yu, Shu-Fen			
p.23

MediAsia/FilmAsia2016 Reviewers
MediAsia2016 Senior Reviewers

FilmAsia2016 Reviewers

Prof. Aysen Akkor Gul, Istanbul University, Faculty ofCommunication, Turkey
Dr Marcus Lima, State University of Southwest Bahia,
BrazilDr Nihan Gider Isikman, Baskent University, Turkey
Prof. Ylva Rodny-Gumede, University of Johannesburg,
South Africa

Dr Eileen Lavranos, AUT University, New Zealand
Dr Ian Michael, Zayed University, United ArabEmirates
Dr Nihan Gider Isikman, Baskent University, Turkey
Dr Tunji Azeez, Lagos State University, Ojo, Lagos,
Nigeria
Dr Veena Hariharan, Jawaharlal Nehru University,
India

MediAsia2016 Reviewers
Mr Pichit Thi-in, Chandrakasem Rajabhat University,
ThailandProf. Annamaria Silvana de Rosa, Sapienza Universityof Rome, Italy
Dr Janelle Ward, Erasmus University Rotterdam,
Netherlands
Miss Mengshu Wang, Waseda University, Japan
Prof. Yu-Pei Chang, National Chiao Tung University,
Taiwan

IAFOR’s 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 scholars who have acted
as reviewers for MediAsia/FilmAsia 2016.

Reviewers

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Upcoming Conferences
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Upcoming Conferences

January 5-7, 2017 – IICSSHawaii2017 – The IAFOR International Conference on the Social Sciences – Hawaii 2017
January 5-7, 2017 – IICSEEHawaii2017 – The IAFOR International Conference on Sustainability, Energy & the Environment– Hawaii 2017
January 5-7, 2017 – IICAHHawaii2017 – The IAFOR International Conference on Arts & Humanities – Hawaii 2017
January 8-10, 2017 – IICEHawaii2017 – The IAFOR International Conference on Education – Hawaii 2017
January 8-10, 2017 – IICLLHawaii2017 – The IAFOR International Conference on Language Learning – Hawaii 2017
January 8-10, 2017 – IICTCHawaii2017 – The IAFOR International Conference on Technology in the Classroom – Hawaii 2017

Dubai, UAE 2017
February 26-28, 2017 – IICEDubai2017 – The IAFOR International Conference on Education – Dubai 2017
February 26-28, 2017 – IICLLDubai2017 – The IAFOR International Conference on Language Learning – Dubai 2017
February 26-28, 2017 – IICAHDubai2017 – The IAFOR International Conference on Arts & Humanities – Dubai 2017
February 26-28, 2017 – IICSSDubai2017 – The IAFOR International Conference on the Social Sciences – Dubai 2017

Kobe, Japan 2017
March 22-25, 2017 – ACP2017 – The Asian Conference on Psychology & the Behavioral Sciences 2017
March 22-25, 2017 – ACERP2017 – The Asian Conference on Ethics, Religion & Philosophy 2017
March 26-29, 2017 – ACEID2017 – The Asian Conference on Education & International Development 2017
March 30 - April 2, 2017 – ACAH2017 – The Asian Conference on the Arts & Humanities 2017
March 30 - April 2, 2017 – LibrAsia2017 – The Asian Conference on Literature 2017
June 1-4, 2017 – ACCS2017 – The Asian Conference on Cultural Studies 2017
June 1-4, 2017 – ACAS2017 – The Asian Conference on Asian Studies 2017
June 1-4, 2017 – IICJ2017 – The IAFOR International Conference on Japan & Japan Studies 2017
June 8-11, 2017 – ACSS2017 – The Asian Conference on the Social Sciences 2017
June 8-11, 2017 – ACSEE2017 – The Asian Conference Sustainability, Energy & the Environment 2017
June 8-11, 2017 – AGen2017 – The Asian Conference on Aging & Gerontology 2017

Brighton, UK 2017
June 29 - July 2, 2017 – ECE2017 – The European Conference on Education 2017
June 29 - July 2, 2017 – ECLL2017 – The European Conference on Language Learning 2017
July 3-5, 2017 – ECP2017 – The European Conference on Psychology & the Behavioral Sciences 2017
July 3-5, 2017 – ECERP2017 – The European Conference on Ethics, Religion & Philosophy 2017
July 6-9, 2017 – ECSS2017 – The European Conference on the Social Sciences 2017
July 6-9, 2017 – ECSEE2017 – The European Conference on Sustainability, Energy & the Environment 2017
July 10-12, 2017 – ECAH2017 – The European Conference on Arts & Humanities 2017
July 10-12, 2017 – EuroMedia2017 – The European Conference on Media, Communication & Film 2017

Barcelona, Spain 2017
July 14-16, 2017 – CITY2017 – The IAFOR International Conference on the City 2017
July 14-16, 2017 – GLOBAL2017 – The IAFOR International Conference on Global Studies 2017

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