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Book Reviews
Authors: Von Schilling James A. , Walker Myra , Byers Catherine Fox
Published: May 2014

BOOM! – A Baby Boomer Memoir, 1947–2022, Ted Polhemus (2012) Raleigh, NC: Lulu Press, 400 pp., ISBN 978-1-47099-995-7, p/bk, $24.82

DECADES: A Century of Fashion, Cameron Silver and Rebecca DiLiberto (2012) London: Bloomsbury (oversize format with colour and black and white fashion images and text), 255 pp., ISBN: 978-1-59691-663-0, h/bk, $60

The Many Lives of Miss K., Jean-Noel Liaut (2013) New York: Rizzoli Ex Libris, ISBN: 978-0-8478-4129-5; 244 pp., p/bk, $24.95
The power structure of the fashion industry: Fashion capitals, globalization and creativity
Authors: Godart Frédéric
Published: May 2014

Geography plays a crucial role in the fashion industry. For example, clothing brands are readily associated with specific countries and cities, and the apparel value chain is globalized in ways that have generated a lot of attention from social scientists, for example regarding outsourcing. In this article, the geographical perspective on fashion is extended and analysed through a power angle. In other words, the origins of the current ‘oligarchic’ structure of fashion - around New York, London, Milan and Paris - are explored in order to (1) better understand how power is shared in fashion; and (2) determine whether this structure actually has a future. More specifically, can the current fashion oligarchy make room for a fully democratized industry or a polyarchical structure that would include additional players, in Brazil, Russia, India or China among others?
Augmenting fan/academic dialogue: New directions in fan research
Authors: Booth Paul
Published: May 2014

Fan studies as a discipline is still in its infancy. But even given this nascence, there have been significant shifts in the ways that it has theorized, studied and investigated fans over the first two and a half decades of research. As scholarship, fan studies has moved away from ethnographic investigations of fans as the main object of study to focus instead on the output of fan discourse as the key mode of examination. At the same time, scholars like Henry Jenkins and Matt Hills, both central to the discipline, have opened dialogue about the nature of the fan/academic, often called the ‘aca-fan’. This article uses the lens of aca-fandom to analyse fan answers to interview questions at a large Midwestern Doctor Who convention. Fans were asked about the role that fan studies has played in their life, how they perceive the study of fans and whether fan studies as an academic discipline has an effect on their fandom. The fans’ answers reflect a critical awareness of fandom but a general ignorance of fan studies. This article argues three points to take away from this. First, fan studies needs to refocus attention back onto fans themselves through ethnographic work. Second, the discipline needs to refocus its output less on esoteric academic titles and more on popular venues. Finally, fans and academics should engage in specific dialogue to open up avenues for new fannish and academic exploration.
A case of identity: Role playing, social media and BBC Sherlock
Authors: McClellan Ann
Published: May 2014

Many fans of Sherlock Holmes are now extending their interest in the famous sleuth into the world of social media. In particular, the BBC’s modern adaptation, Sherlock, seems to have grabbed the public’s attention with multiple character role plays on Facebook, Twitter, and Tumblr. It remains unclear, however, whether to categorize these narratives as fan fiction or role play game. This article explores the genre differences between fan fiction and role play game and identifies specific genre characteristics that place social media fan narratives in the role play game category.

While adaptation studies and much of fan fiction center on issues of fidelity to the source text, role play scholarship emphasizes recreating the world of the sourcetext. Role playing both expands the boundaries of the original series in that it provides viewers with more—more stories, more character development, more adventure—but it is also limited by the constraints of the original show’s characterization and overall narrative arc. Online role play characters must speak like their source characters, they must interact with other characters from the show in textually appropriate ways, and they must respond to new situations in ways that are consistent with their televisual counterparts.

Looking specifically at BBC Sherlock role plays on Facebook, Tumblr and Twitter, this article explores the ways in which contemporary audiences are using social media to challenge traditional understandings of genre, world building and fandom in order to approach a greater verisimilitude of play.
Community clip show: Examining the recursive collaboration between producers and viewers of a postmodern sitcom
Authors: Sharma Rekha
Published: May 2014

In the new media landscape, exclusive communication within a TV show’s creative team or amongst its fans is no longer sufficient to maintain the continuation of the programme. Instead, a community arises through the collaboration of those behind the scenes and those in front of the screens. By utilizing interactive technologies, showrunners and audiences have redefined notions of media consumption and mass media. An illustrative case is NBC’s postmodern sitcom, Community (Harmon, 2009–). The show features metadiscourse on media production, responds to viewers’ feedback and preferred narratives and shares the creation of meaning with the audience. As a result, the show has developed an ardent following because viewers feel their concerns are directly addressed by the show’s creative team. Further, their contributions challenge the conventional belief that fan interpretations are merely secondary discourse to the primary television text, as Community fans’ works have helped shape the televised narrative. One episode, Season 2’s ‘Paradigms of Human Memory’, deals with the creators’ and viewers’ mutual conceptualization of time and reality encapsulated in the series.
‘I’m not a lawyer but …’: Fan disclaimers and claims against copyright law
Authors: Roth Jenny , Flegel Monica
Published: May 2014

Fan fiction has become increasingly widespread, and online discussions between fans about fan fiction and copyright reveal the extent to which fans are both governed by and resist copyright law, as they understand it. As complex agents both within and outside of law, writers and supporters of fan fiction reveal the problems of speaking against law from a position that is regulated by law, a position creative re-producers are forced to occupy in an increasingly copyrighted, patented and trademarked world. So long as those whom the law is meant to regulate see themselves as legitimate shapers of that law, even though they inhabit space outside the formal mechanisms of law or the legal world, the law will not be effective. When fans with little or no legal expertise invoke and interpret copyright, they reveal that copyright does not attend to the complex realities of creative production, nor the very active consumption, engagement with, and re-articulation of cultural artefacts and texts in society to effectively police at the grassroots level.
Fuck yeah, Fandom is Beautiful
Authors: Coppa Francesca
Published: May 2014

First-wave ethnographic work in fan studies, especially that of Henry Jenkins, Camille Bacon-Smith, Constance Penley, Roberta Pearson and John Tulloch, remains foundational to contemporary fan scholarship. Jenkins’ work in particular remains relevant for its ongoing commitment to fandom as a social identity and as a network; this contrasts sharply with the work of later scholars who see fandom as a matter of enthusiastic but individual engagement. It is important for fan scholars both to revisit and to emulate first-wave scholarship because the terms of the relationship between fans and the entertainment industry are being radically renegotiated. Fandom is increasingly understood to have economic and promotional value to content producers, and there is a danger that fandom-as-enthusiasm is being encouraged by producers even as fans are in danger of being alienated from their creative labour and from each other as a community.
Scissors, paper, poetry: The interaction between Chinese folk art and contemporary art practice
Authors: Miller Melanie , Zhou Tongyu
Published: May 2014

This article examines the relationship between folk art in China and contemporary art practice. The main focus is on paper cutting and the work of Lu Shengzhong, a renowned Chinese artist and head of the Experimental Art Department of the Central Academy of Fine Art (CAFA), and how his work is rooted in the folk-art tradition of China.

The article starts with a short overview of the tradition of paper cutting in China. It then discusses the work of Lu Shengzhong. Lu has taken the traditional Chinese process of paper cutting to a new level, transforming it into large-scale monumental work. There is a brief examination of the practice of collecting folk art from the countryside in CAFA; and the folk-art study unit at the Experimental Art Department in which Lu’s students learn about traditional Chinese crafts from extensive field research. Melanie Miller, senior lecturer in the Department of Design at Manchester Metropolitan University (MMU) and co-author of this article, attended a paper-cutting workshop given by Lu Shengzhong at MMU in 2010; the final section of the article discusses the body of work made by Miller in response to the workshop. Through Lu and Miller’s work we see how the ancient art of paper cutting becomes transformed.
The vernacular line: Adoption and transposition of the kitsch in illustration
Authors: Walker James
Published: May 2014

The article considers the affect folk art has on the development of a vernacular visual language in particular associated with the expression and translation of the graphic line in illustration. It is argued that this process of translation and transference results in a conflict between aesthetic readings of the vernacular line, associated with the kitsch and the agency of the illustrated image/object. In adopting Alfred Gell’s (1998) principle of the agency of art a more objective consideration of illustration in relation to its functional role in society, rather than the aesthetic value of the image/object can be developed.
Making (the) subject matter: Illustration as interactive, collaborative practice
Authors: Vormittag Luise
Published: May 2014

Traditional models for operating as a commercial illustrator are being affected by a rapidly changing media landscape and a reduction in commissioning budgets. Illustration as a discipline can use this time of financial uncertainty and change to reflect upon related fields in the creative industries as well as referring back to its own core values, skills and objectives.

In the context of fine art there have been a number of terms and practices discussed over the last decades that centre around social engagement and collaboration: relational aesthetics (Nicolas Bourriaud), new genre public art (Suzanne Lacy), connective aesthetics (Suzy Gablik) and dialogical aesthetics (Grant Kester). Similarly, design has seen a variety of initiatives and organizations that focus on engaging with communities in order to improve people’s lives in meaningful ways while taking into account complex social, political and environmental challenges.

Illustrators can use elements of these practices to expand their remit while continuing to take advantage of their core skill of giving visual form to externally given content for a particular audience. Taking responsibility for generating content through outward-facing engagement while also having a stake in the methods of distribution opens up a wealth of opportunities that promise to be productive for the discipline.
‘Best. Show. Eever.’: Who killed Veronica Mars?
Authors: Paproth Matthew
Published: May 2014

In this article, I argue that Veronica Mars is a fruitful site for critical analysis as a result of its position between cult and mainstream fandom. As a result of network pressure, writer-creator Rob Thomas made significant changes to both the show’s structure and content; simultaneously,
he positioned it as a cult-television haven for fans of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, which had recently gone off the air. This deliber-ate positioning, coupled with Thomas’s openness about the process and the surprising willingness of cult fans to cooperate, makes it a unique case study
in the business of popular television.
Two men and a moustache: Masculinity, nostalgia and bromance in The Good Guys
Authors: Lavigne Carlen
Published: May 2014

The 2010 Fox series The Good Guys presents a replay of the buddy cop relationship that promotes male bonding while self-consciously acknowledging its homoerotic overtones. This article explores The Good Guys as a text that somewhat ambiguously promotes hybrid masculinities while reinscribing
other racial and gender stereotypes. The Good Guys illustrates, and challenges, both previous and present concepts of masculine performance; at the same time, its affectionately cartoonish action-genre tropes suggest masculine wish fulfilment and nostalgia for the not-too-distant ‘good
old days’ always just out of reach.
Three characters in search of an archetype: Aspects of the trickster and the flâneur in the characterizations of Sherlock Holmes, Gregory House and Doctor Who
Authors: Charles Alec
Published: May 2014

This article examines the relationship between C.G. Jung’s notion of the trickster and the Baudelairean concept of the flâneur in the context of three iconic heroes of popular culture – and in doing so explores the similarities between those three figures – Sherlock
Holmes (from Conan Doyle’s original to Benedict Cumberbatch’s contemporary interpretation of the role) and the heroes of the television series House M.D. and Doctor Who. It suggests that by applying these models to these three characters – these eccentric and brilliant and
apparently emotionally stunted outcasts – we may discover in these figures greater depths than had at first met the eye.
Dione Lucas and the beginnings of television in Australia
Authors: Adams Jillian
Published: May 2014

English-born, American television celebrity chef Dione Lucas, toured Australia in 1956, 1958 and 1960, each time sponsored by The Australian Women’s Weekly (AWW), a magazine that at that time boasted weekly sales of 750,000 copies. On the surface, Lucas’s 1956 Australian visit is in line with the magazine’s practice of bringing high profile international guests to Australia to promote the magazine and increase sales. But there was a more compelling reason for her to travel to Australia. With the launch of television just weeks away, and the knowledge that women controlled 90 per cent of household spending, her cooking demonstrations were closely linked to the promotion of the sale of television sets and television viewing. This article uses a culinary lens along with archival material, magazine and newspaper articles and personal stories to add Lucas’s cooking demonstrations, and Australian women, and their interest in cooking, to the history of the start of television in Australia. It thus challenges the static narratives, about both this event and the 1950s housewife, embedded in our popular memory.
How Mad Men is haunted by race
Authors: Wallace Beth Kowaleski
Published: May 2014

In this article, I argue that, despite arguments to the contrary, Mad Men (2007–) powerfully reflects the realities of a racialized America. From the very first episode, the characters, the actors and the script of Mad Men are haunted by race. First, the characters’ identities are called into being by the black figures who inhabit the edges of their consciousness. Second, the performances of the actors are haunted by a history of racialized representation. Third, the script of Mad Men is haunted by political events that manifest as psychic disturbance. This last form of haunting mirrors the audience’s own experiences with a history of race in America, and, in the end, it evokes a painful knowledge of a history of racial violence.
Speaking for and to the nation? Borgen and the cultural viability of public service broadcasting in Denmark and Germany
Authors: Hochscherf Tobias , Philipsen Heidi
Published: May 2014

The article compares and contrasts the reception of DR’s political drama series Borgen (2010–13) in Denmark and Germany. Whilst German audiences are au fait with a number of Danish primetime drama series, public opinion of the shows can diverge considerably. One such example is the reception of Borgen. Even if the critics’ reaction was for the most part positive in both countries, reviews differ in tone and content. Among other issues, this is particularly apparent when critics relate the drama to a much broader discussion of public service broadcasting.
Nordic Noir challenging ‘the language of advantage’: Setting, light and language as production values in Danish television series
Authors: Jensen Pia Majbritt , Waade Anne Marit
Published: May 2014

In this article, the authors argue that the relative success in Great Britain of Danish television drama series marks an interesting shift in both the British and Danish context. In Denmark, it marks a shift in television’s drama production in which the exoticism of the Danish settings, landscapes, light, climate, language and everyday life become promotional tools when marketing the productions internationally, hence internationalizing Danish television drama production from within. In Great Britain, the success of the Danish series has paved the way for an unprecedented increase in subtitled foreign television drama, which arguably represents a cultural mark-up in the minds of British audiences and critics alike, hence internationalizing British television from without. Consequently, the Danish series’ success in Great Britain and beyond also tentatively challenges long-held ‘truths’ about media globalization and the perceived dominance of anglophone audio-visual industries and content.
Book Reviews
Authors: Edwards Leigh H. , Johnston Derek , Stigler Elizabeth , Geraghty Lincoln , Kleinecke-Bates Iris
Published: May 2014

Legitimating Television: Media Convergence and Cultural Status, Michael Z. Newman and Elana Levine (2012) New York: Routledge, 232 pp., ISBN: 9780415880251, h/bk, $150.00; ISBN: 9780415880268, p/bk, $36.95

1950s ‘Rocketman’ TV Series and Their Fans: Cadets, Rangers, and Junior Space Men, Cynthia J. Miller and A. Bowdoin Van Riper (eds) (2012) New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 270 pp., ISBN: 9780230377318, h/bk, $90

Television, Sex, and Society: Analyzing Contemporary Representations, Basil Glynn, James Aston and Beth Johnson (eds) (2012) London: Continuum International Publishing Group, 196 pp., ISBN: 9780826434982, p/bk, $24

Sherlock and Transmedia Fandom: Essays on the BBC Series, Louisa Ellen Stein and Kristina Busse (eds) (2012) Jefferson: McFarland, 241 pp., ISBN: 0786468181, p/bk, $40.

Television, Memory and Nostalgia, Amy Holdsworth (2011) London: Palgrave Macmillan, 192 pp., ISBN 9780230245983, hbk, £50.
One man’s junk is another man’s disease: Exploring hoarding as reality television entertainment
Authors: Evans Shannon M. , Barton Kristin M.
Published: May 2014

Reality television programmes focusing on issues of ‘hoarding’ (accumulating items and possessions at unhealthy levels) have become popular on US cable networks such as A&E and TLC. But while these shows outwardly appear to be offering help to those who are featured on the series (as well as viewers at home), the quick-fix solutions and pseudo-medical treatments exhibited may have serious negative consequences for participants and media consumers alike. This article will explore the current state of hoarding within the medical profession, how the disease is depicted through reality television programming, and the problems that result from the superficial and insensitive portrayals of hoarders and their lifestyles.
Félix Guattari and urban cultural studies
Authors: Vilaseca Stephen Luis
Published: May 2014

Addressing academia’s distrust of Félix Guattari and his difficult language, this short-form article examines the bearing of a Guattarian approach to urban cultural studies on both the social sciences and humanities disciplines.
Disaster, pre-emptive security and urban space in the post-9/11 New York City of Cloverfield and The Visitor
Authors: Simon Stephanie
Published: May 2014

Using two post-9/11 films set in New York City, Cloverfield (2008) and The Visitor (2008), this article interrogates the urban space of pre-emptive security practice in the United States. Putting these two films together, and tracing their characters’ paths through the city, offers insights into the relationship between threat imaginaries, security practices and the complex cities within which they are interwoven. While pointing to some of the continuities with longer-standing socio-spatial tactics of urban control, this analysis also draws attention to the particular spatio-temporal landscape of pre-emption, which has come to define post-9/11 security stances. It is argued that pre-emptive security imaginaries and practices are stretched across urban spaces in ambiguous and uneven ways as attempts are made to render urban complexity, uncertainty and circulation visible and knowable. The cinematic paths of the characters in Cloverfield and The Visitor offer points of micro-visibility onto post-9/11 urban security practice as a circulatory process that is not ultimately fixed or fully competent. In this way the article complicates the imagination of a seamless, fully rendered urban battlespace and instead stresses the active process of securitizing potentialities and acts that slip in and out of the innumerable spatial stories that compose the urban fabric.
The harlot city?: Prostitution in Hollywood, 1920–40
Authors: Kooistra AnneMarie
Published: May 2014

Conflicting narratives about prostitution in Hollywood – from reformers, Hollywood novels and newspapers covering the sensational Hollywood ‘love mart’ case – indicate awareness as well as deep-seated concerns not only about changing sexual norms but also the urban context that generated them. Reformers employed the language of ‘white slavery’ to suggest that the new sexual economy victimized innocent urban newcomers; Hollywood novels suggested the notion of women as sexual agents; and newspaper coverage of the ‘love mart’ case employed both narratives in depicting prostitution. While such contradictory depictions indicate the unevenness of the process by which urbanization ushered in new sexual mores, narratives of prostitution in Hollywood shared the idea that the city was a modern nightmare rather than a dreamy landscape of opportunity.
New Jerusalems: Derek Walcott’s poetics of the Caribbean city
Authors: Jefferson Ben Thomas
Published: May 2014

In his poetry of Castries, Saint Lucia and Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, Derek Walcott both interrogates and appropriates colonialist and modernist utopian discourses. By appropriating these discourses, Walcott defines the Caribbean city as an inherently modern space, and in doing so redefines Eurocentric conceptions of modernity and cultural prejudices. Although he utilizes utopian discourses, and argues that the cities’ smallness, incorporation of rurality, cultural mixity, and technological innovation are ideal aspects of the modern city, Walcott is also perceptive regarding issues of spatial power relations and inequality. Walcott portrays town squares, parks and other enclosed areas as zones of exclusion, and reads these from the peripheralized perspective of shantytowns. Furthermore, Walcott criticizes the spatial coloniality and political corruption of the postcolonial city. Ultimately, Walcott’s concern is the everyday and embodied place(s) of the city, and it is from such a phenomenological perspective that the poet can draw artistic inspiration and sustain a poetic vision.
Colonial modernity and urban space: Naguib Mahfouz’s Cairo
Authors: Scott Bede
Published: May 2014

This article explores the spatial dimension of colonial modernity in Naguib Mahfouz’s 1947 novel Midaq Alley. I begin by discussing the way in which modernity reconfigures urban space in Cairo so that the radical disjunctures and discontinuities it initiates become encoded within the topography of the city itself. I then address the impact this reconfiguration of space has on the inhabitants of Midaq Alley, forcing them to engage with modernity as a concrete presence in their daily lives. In other words, to use Mikhail Bakhtin’s terminology, modernity in the novel takes on a chronotopic quality – fusing time and space, history and geography – and as a consequence, those characters who aspire to move from one temporality to another are required to do so by following a particular spatial trajectory. They must traverse a number of significant boundaries and interstitial zones, before entering those chronotopic sites whose function it is both to signify and shape colonial modernity: in this case, specifically, the brothel and the bar.
Teaching urban: Reflections from Hispanic Studies
Authors: Feinberg Matthew I.
Published: May 2014

While the ‘urban’ both as a site for research and as a theoretical concept has become a central interest to scholars in a wide range of fields, its role in the classroom has often been unclear. As a result, this article looks to explore what it means to teach about urban space and the urban experience. In particular, it explores the challenges and possibilities for ‘teaching urban’ within the context of Hispanic Studies. Using discussions from a recent seminar entitled ‘Teaching urban’ that took place at the Eleventh Annual Conference of the Cultural Studies Association as a point of departure, this article reviews some recent scholarship on the incorporation of urban theory and the study of urban space into the classroom. It argues that foregrounding the role of changing communication technologies in producing urban space while asking students to participate in those networks of communication might be one approach to developing language and cultural proficiency while engaging with contemporary discourses of urbanism.
THE ARTICLE ON THE PERFORMANCE THE PERFORMANCE HAS BEEN CANCELLED DUE TO CONCEPTUAL REASONS HAS BEEN CANCELLED DUE TO CONCEPTUAL REASONS
Authors: Čičigoj Katja
Published: May 2014

The article addresses the questions of artistic hyper-production and anti-production through a theoretical and political contextualisation of the performance entitled The Performance is Cancelled Due to Conceptual Reasons. To this purpose, the article itself is cancelled due to conceptual
reasons; yet what is published is precisely this very gesture of self-cancellation. In this way, the article consciously inhabits the paradoxical position of contemporary critical artistic production: in order to speak about the paradoxical demand for hyper-production dictated by the economy,
on one side, and on the other, about the disabling of any normal functioning of the artistic sphere by governmental austerity measures carried out in the name of this very same economy, something must, again, be producedČlanek naslavlja vprašanje umetniške hiperprodukcije
in antiprodukcije prek teoretske in aktualnopolitične kontekstualizacije predstave z naslovom Predstava zaradi koncepta odpade. Tako tudi članek zaradi koncepta odpade: kar je objavljeno, je natanko gesta samoukinitve, S tem se clanek zavestno umešča na paradoksalno
pozicijo sodobne kritične umetniške produkcije: da bi spregovorili o paradoksalni dvojnosti ekonomske zahteve po umetniški hiperprodukciji na eni strani in nemožnosti normalnega delovanja umetniške sfere zaradi vladnih varčevalnih ukrepov v imenu te
iste ekonomije na drugi strani, moramo ponovno nekaj – producirati
COEXISTENCE AND MISUNDERSTANDINGS BETWEEN NATURE AND CULTURE UP TO NATURE FESTIVAL IN WOODCHESTER PARK NEAR BRISTOL AND ON KARHO ISLAND NEAR KUOPIO
Authors: Brezavšček Pia
Published: May 2014

This paper attempts to overcome the simple polarisation between nature and culture. It deals with artistic events that took place in nature, outdoors, within the frame of the Up To Nature festival, at two of the festival’s four locations – Bristol and Kuopio. It comparatively
also deals with the events that took place in the independent production of the In Between Time festival, which took place simultaneously at the Bristol location. The contribution critically evaluates the specifics of the outdoor art festival and analyses the way in which the individual events
functioned in this contextPrispevek, ki je zasnovan kot preseganje preproste polarizacije med naravo in kulturo, obravnava umetniške dogodke, ki so se zgodili v naravi, na prostem, v okviru festivala Up to Nature na dveh od štirih lokacij – pri Bristolu in Kuopiu. Primerjalno
obravnava tudi dogodke v samostojni produkciji festivala In Between Time, ki so se zgodili sočasno na bristolski lokaciji. Prispevek kritično vrednoti specifičnost umetniškega festivala na prostem in analizira, na kakšen nacin so v tem kontekstu ucinkovali
posamezni dogodki
Concentrated intimacies
Authors: Boko Jasen
Published: May 2014

The author analyses the showcase of Slovenian theatre, which took place as part of the 2012 Maribor Theatre Festival (Borštnikovo srečanje). The text is a short critical reflection on the performances that were shown in the showcase: The feast, or The story of a savoury
corpse …, The Fisherman and His Soul, The Trial, or the Woeful Story of Joseph K., Three Sisters, Tristan and Isolde, Who Is Next?, Dangerous Liaisons and The Conference of the Birds. With no ambition to sum up the state of affairs in Slovenian theatre on the basis of these performances,
the author nevertheless establishes that Slovenian theatre with its aesthetics remains very diverse, and that it is marked by strong directorial personalities, high-quality actors and good production conditions. This allows it to maintain its leading position in the region; however, it remains
to be seen how the serious financial crisis will affect its future.
Nota Bene. Anti-representation enters the theatre
Authors: Vatovec Matej T.
Published: May 2014

This article deals with the problem of artistic representation in theatre. It explores the practice of the Italian actor and director Carmelo Bene, which virtually coincides with the theoretical (or philosophical) thought of Gilles Deleuze and his philosophy of difference. The author tries to show the move from classical theatre representation towards the critical staging that overturns the theatre practice, actualizing at once the 'philosophy of difference" in art. In the author's theoretical view, this shift represents the essence of artistic activity - the so-called "de-equalisation" or denunciation of common sense'.
We all know! Cultural politics from the viewpoint of managers and creators of performing arts
Authors: Novak Jure
Published: May 2014

A series of discussions about Slovenian cultural politics from the viewpoint of managers and creators of the performing arts. We interview three practitioners, producers and artists who question and contextualize their own actions. Simon Kardum has transitioned from activist to practitioner, from dreamer to politician. He is the manager of the public institution CUK Kino Šiška. Janez Janša considers the relationship between the public and private cultural sectors. He describes what the differences between the two are and were, and what they could be, and the consequences of erasing these differences. He is the longtime manager of Maska Institute, one of the biggest NGOs in the field of the performing arts in Slovenia. Iztok Kovac is a pragmatist, thinks in the long-term and focuses on the institution in the context of the individual and the contemporary dance genre. He is a pioneer in institutionalizing Slovenian contemporary dance and the manager of the Španski Borci Culture Centre. The interviewees see more errors and possibilities for development in the areas that they are perhaps less familiar with. Between the lines, we find space for possible dialogue, common work for a common cause.
Maska and the post-alternative of Slovenia
Authors: Kraigher Amelia
Published: May 2014

Maska, which today as an institute for publishing, cultural and production activities commemorates along with many other non-governmental organizations the twentieth anniversary of its establishment, no longer finds its key importance in the affirmation of recent art practices through their recording and global and historical contextualization, but focuses on the problematization of structural and political issues posed by and in contemporary art and theory. The questioning of one's own position has become an ethical imperative of the art of the twenty-first century.
'Big Brother really is watching you!': Literature in mobile dataspace
Authors: Suter Beat
Published: May 2014

Starting point for this article is William Gibson's image of locative art in his two books Spook Country (2007) and Zero History (2010). Gibson creates a very clear and comprehensive picture of the term 'locative art'. The article compares this purely fictional image with the appearance of locative art and poetry in reality. It reviews projects like 'Objects of Desire' (2008) by Ludic Society, 'AndOrDada' (2008) and 'Sniff_jazzbox' (2008) by AND-OR and the very constricting project 'Constraint City. The Pain of Everyday Life' (2008) by Gordan Savicic. The project 'Before the Satellite Detects You' (2010) by AND-OR works with similar premises and makes the player aware of being constantly tracked: He has to hide in house entrances, under bridges, roofs and in the signal-shade of bigger buildings on his path through town. These projects show the dangers of an electronic data space that offers possibilities to amass personal data and set up a tight control via satellite- and other networks.
Exodus and Performance Art: Where To Flee in IWC?
Authors: Apostolou-Hölscher Stefan
Published: May 2014

One question is becoming more and more necessary nowadays: to what extent are there alternatives to the given relations of production? In what sense can the forces of artistic production escape an encompassing appropriation of their potential, albeit always only particularly and temporarily? Dealing with the recent crisis of financial capital does not necessarily mean, as some exponents of former postoperaism put it, a revolutionary exodus of living labor away from capital absolutely, but rather hints at the potential of post-Fordist virtuosity itself and its alternative modes of production – its potential to reconfigure their relations instead of overthrowing them.
Autonomous artistic practices and research: Popularization, definition and value
Authors: Legin Katja
Published: May 2014

The article approaches the topic of artistic practices and research by providing an overview of the basic terms (practice, research, autonomy, laboratory, process, result, product) associated with such form of artistic creation. Through this and the three focuses - (1) reasons for the popularisation of such artistic activities, (2) their possible definitions and (3) the question of their value - the author comes to the conclusion that artistic practices and research are not opposed to 'final' artworks, but that the (creative) process and the result likewise constitute different aspects of the same phenomenon - creation.
A necessarily better place: Images of New Zealand in the Slovak mass media
Authors: Barrer Peter
Published: May 2014

New Zealand and Slovakia have some things in common in spite of their distance from each other. Both countries have similarly sized populations and national identities attached to strong agricultural heritages. Also, both countries have faced isolation – New Zealand’s geographical
‘tyranny of distance’ and Slovakia’s one-time political position at ‘the forgotten centre’ of Europe. Although bilateral economic, political and person-to-person links between the two countries are on a negligible level, Slovaks certainly know of New Zealand even
if very few have actually been there; their knowledge and image of the country is primarily constructed from the Slovak mass media. This article examines the image of New Zealand in the Slovak mass media from 2010 to 2012: a period which saw the first ever football encounter between the two
countries at the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa, as well as an event in New Zealand (the February 2011 Christchurch earthquake) which was covered by the Slovak media. The images of New Zealand presented herein will contribute to the wider discussion of popular perceptions of New Zealand
in the region of central Europe.
Washday at the Pa (1964): History of a Controversy
Authors: McDonnell Brian
Published: May 2014

New Zealand is a liberal democracy where state censorship is among the lightest in the world. However, in 1964, the government intervened in the controversy surrounding the publication of a primary schools bulletin called Washday at the Pa. This booklet which showed photographs of the home life of a rural Maori family, engendered strongly differing social views on the representation of Maori, the desirability or otherwise of censoring classroom resources, and the shifting dynamics of race relations in the country. This article scrutinizes the events of 1964 surrounding Washday at the Pa in detail to provide an account of the complex series of actions undertaken by government departments, government ministers, publishers, pressure groups, and commentators on both sides of the debate. It also extends its coverage to subsequent events such as the 2011 re-publication of the bulletin for a twenty-first-century readership. This article argues that the censorship of Washday at the Pa has had long-lasting ramifications and illustrates the evolution of attitudes to the representation of Maori over the decades.
A new typology for the logic of appropriateness in Fiji
Authors: Ramesh Sanjay
Published: May 2014

This article utilizes public choice theory, in particular the logic of appropriateness analysis, developed by James March, on recognition, identity and rules to argue that political appropriateness in Fiji was centred around communal considerations. As such, it was incompatible with multiracial governance, which resulted in conflict between Indo-Fijians and indigenous Fijians which in turn caused internal factionalization within indigenous Fijians, leading to coups and civil unrest in 2000 and 2006. However, since the December 2006 coup, there have been attempts by the military-led regime to change the communal logic towards a new logic based on ethnic inclusiveness, which allowed for the framing of a new political typology where all ethnic groups in Fiji have equal citizenry. However, the article identifies that there may be risks involved with the new political structuration process where contending rules and identities of the past may not be reconciled, creating a circulatory that undermines the new logic trajectory. Regional governments, Australia and New Zealand, imposed travel bans on Fiji government ministers and a number of local Non Government Organizations and unions have criticized the military led regime of being autocratic and insensitive to the concerns of indigenous Fijians. Nevertheless, the article suggests that there is an opportunity for cementing the new logic by setting up deliberative forms of governance including reforms to parliamentary institutions through a committee system where conflicting views and ideas can be debated and reconciled.
The ‘unnatural’ legal framing of traditional knowledge and forms of cultural expression in the Pacific
Authors: Farran Sue
Published: May 2014

The consequences of social and economic development in Pacific island states are far reaching and on a number of levels illustrate the head-on collision of endogamous and exogamous forces. This is particularly evident in the ways in which manifestations of cultural property and traditional knowledge are harnessed and regulated. Laws inspired by western liberal thinking and capitalist economies see intellectual effort as giving rise to property rights and their related remedies, which are premised on individualism, exclusion and the commodity value of knowledge and creativity and its physical manifestation. Traditional, indigenous perceptions are however different. While knowledge may be power it is not always exclusive, individual or commercial. Cultural property creates networks of exchange and reflects continuums between the past and the present, between people and generations, and people and places. Increasingly, there is pressure internally and externally to exploit and use cultural property and traditional knowledge to meet the economic imperatives of development. Linked to this is a real or perceived need to adopt or incorporate a range of legal measures. Many of these are reflections of the colonial past of Pacific islands and an illustration of the neo-colonial present. There are, however, some attempts to moderate this onslaught and to take steps to shape the ­regulatory ­framework in a way that bridges the traditional and the modern. This article considers the challenges facing Pacific island states seeking to articulate laws that meet the demands of modernity and satisfy the values of tradition.
Review Article
Authors: Belgrave Michael
Published: May 2014

Decolonizing voices: Maori scholarship comes of age Colonising Myths – Maori Realities: He Rukuruku Whakaaro, Ani Mikaere (2011) Wellington: Huia, 380pp., ISBN 978 1 8696 9453 1 (pbk), NZ$45

Weeping Waters: The Treaty of Waitangi and Constitutional Change, Malcolm Mulholland and Veronica Tawhai (eds) (2010) Wellington: Huia, 260pp., ISBN 978 1 8696 9404 3 (pbk), NZ$40

The State of Maori Rights, Margaret Mutu (2011) Wellington: Huia, 251pp., ISBN 978 1 8696 9437 1 (pbk), NZ$45

‘Always Speaking’: The Treaty of Waitangi and Public Policy, Veronica Tawhai and Katarina Gray-Sharp (eds) (2011) Wellington: Huia, 400pp., ISBN 978 1 8696 9481 4 (pbk), NZ$45

Mana Tangata: Politics of Empowerment, Huia Tomlins-Jahnke and Malcolm Mulholland (eds) (2011) Wellington: Huia, 293pp., ISBN 978 1 8696 9480 7 (pbk), NZ$45
Gestión de los cuidados, desnacionalización y precariedad laboral: una perspectiva comparada
Authors: Martínez Virto Lucía
Published: May 2014

El objetivo de esta comunicación es analizar cómo un Estado de Bienestar de carácter subsidiario con escasa capacidad de desfamiliarización en las tareas de cuidado ha favorecido la creación de un modelo migratorio complementario y el mantenimiento de un nicho laboral femenino, precario y desvalorizado. En las últimas décadas, el envejecimiento de la población, el acceso de las mujeres autóctonas al mercado laboral y la escasez de servicios de proximidad, han favorecido la demanda de trabajo reproductivo. Ante esta realidad, se observan tres factores en la construcción de este modelo. En primer lugar, se han mantenido los rasgos básicos de la regulación del empleo doméstico. En segundo lugar, se han promovido servicios de atención mercantiles financiados parcialmente con dinero público mediante la gestión privada de servicios con titularidad pública y las ayudas económicas a la dependencia. Y, por último, se ha diseñado una política migratoria muy permisiva, caracterizada por unos flujos muy intensos. Partiendo de que estas actuaciones precarizan las condiciones laborales de los trabajos reproductivos, se comparan y analizan otras experiencias en Europa que han contribuido a mejorar dicho nicho laboral.
El cambio en las organizaciones con el modelo de constelaciones sistémicas
Authors: Gómez Gómez Francisco
Published: May 2014

Este artículo aborda el cambio en las organizaciones desde las nuevas miradas que aporta el modelo de constelaciones sistémicas desde un análisis breve de dos tesis doctorales realizadas en España y Holanda. Existen otras aportaciones en las que se estudiaron los resultados obtenidos, en diferentes ámbitos geográficos y profesionales, por la aplicación del modelo de las constelaciones sistémicas en las organizaciones. Las conclusiones más relevantes a las que se llega con este trabajo suponen, también, nuevas y diferentes formas de afrontar los procesos de toma de decisiones en las organizaciones, más desde lo que es y se puede hacer que desde lo que se debería hacer.
Nordic Zonderwege on Europeanized tracks towards Dis-establishment
Authors: Christoffersen Lisbet
Published: May 2014

Die staatskirchlichen Systeme der nordischen Länder erfahren derzeit erhebliche Veränderungsprozesse. Jeweils wird eine Balance gesucht zwischen der Annäherung an europaweit verbreitete Standards, wie sie vor allem durch Urteile des Europäischen Gerichtshofs für Menschenrechte markiert werden, und dem Bemühen, für die gesamte Bevölkerung offene nationale Kirchen zu erhalten. Strittige Punkte sind meistens die staatliche Beteiligung an der kirchlichen Gesetzgebung, die Regelungen zur Kirchensteuer, die Stellung der Bischöfe sowie das Recht zur Einführung von Liturgien.
Organisierte Kirche und Öffentliche Bildung
Authors: Schröder Bernd
Published: May 2014

Der Artikel skizziert die große Pluralität rechtlicher Regelungen zur Mitwirkung verfasster Religionsgemeinschaften an staatlichen Schulen; und er gibt exemplarische Einblicke zur Lage in Norwegen, Frankreich, Spanien und Ungarn. Vielerorts werden die Mitwirkungsrechte von Religionsgemeinschaften im Rahmen der staatlichen Schule reduziert. Zugleich engagieren sich viele Gemeinschaften durch Aufbau eigener Formen und Institutionen, etwa durch die Trägerschaft privater Schulen. Für Europa im Ganzen gilt: Es sind nicht nur religions-, sondern vor allem bildungspolitische Entwicklungen, die inzwischen einen ‚Anpassungsdruck‘ auf das Recht der Religion an der Schule ausüben.
Emerging varieties of incorporated capitalism. Theoretical considerations and empirical evidence
Authors: Buhr Daniel , Frankenberger Rolf
Published: May 2014

The economic success of state-led forms of capitalism in Russia, China and some other autocracies is one of the most challenging developments for existing typologies of comparative political economy research. For the OECD-World complex theories and models assess the interrelation of polity and economy (e.g., Hall/Soskice), while well defined and systematic approaches for autocracies are seldomly found. Most of the existing work are rather idiosyncratic case studies. We argue that by climbing up the ladder of abstraction (Sartori), we gain analytical leverage and comparability between cases and regions. That's why we've developped an idealtype called “incorporated capitalism.” By looking at state-capitalist developments in China, Singapore, Saudi-Arabia or Russia, there is strong empirical evidence for a variety of “incorporated capitalism”: bureaucratic market economies and patrimonial market economies. Why are those types of capitalism so successful? In order to answer this question correctly, we have to consider other questions first: 1) Which are the specific patterns of interaction between polity and economy? 2) What are the unique governance mechanisms in those incorporated capitalisms? Using mainly qualitative methods we will empirically proof our theoretical findings in order to decode the special complementarities of the bureaucratic and patrimonial market economy in those four real types mentioned above.