title: Diasporic audiences and non-resident media: The case of Indian films

authors: Athique, Adrian M.

subjects: globalisation

abstract: This article seeks to demonstrate how various overlapping claims made by politicians, film producers and academics regarding diasporic audiences have constructed a particular model of cultural transmission emerging from a globalised mediasphere. Taking the case of popular Indian films and their global circulation, this article goes on to challenge the dominant ethnocultural explanations of popular culture and its circulation. Following a consideration of the empirical and epistemological faultlines arising from that paradigm, it is claimed that the tidy equation of media dispersal with migrant ethnicities is not only problematic in this specific case, but also that it provides for misleading conclusions about the relationship between cultural identity and media consumption. On reflection, it is argued that the epistemological foundation of global audience studies must provide for a greater recognition of the subjective and demographic diversity of audiences as well as the inherent hybridity and multiplication of media sources in everyday experience.

text: Diasporic audiences and non-resident media: The case of Indian films This article seeks to demonstrate how various overlapping claims made by politicians, film producers and academics regarding diasporic audiences have constructed a particular model of cultural transmission emerging from a globalised mediasphere. Taking the case of popular Indian films and their global circulation, this article goes on to challenge the dominant ethnocultural explanations of popular culture and its circulation. Following a consideration of the empirical and epistemological faultlines arising from that paradigm, it is claimed that the tidy equation of media dispersal with migrant ethnicities is not only problematic in this specific case, but also that it provides for misleading conclusions about the relationship between cultural identity and media consumption. On reflection, it is argued that the epistemological foundation of global audience studies must provide for a greater recognition of the subjective and demographic diversity of audiences as well as the inherent hybridity and multiplication of media sources in everyday experience.

year: 2011

title: Isopolyoxometalates of Antimony: Arylstibonic Acids [H₈ (RSb)₁₂O₂₈] and Derived Dodecanuclear Polyoxostibonates [M₂H10−x(RSb)₁₂O₃₀]x−, M = Na or K

authors: Nicholson, Brian K.

subjects: chemistry

abstract: Electrospray ionization mass spectrometry shows arylstibonic acids, p-XC₆H₄SbO₃H₂ (X = methyl, nitro, or chloro), and 1-naphthylstibonic acid exist in MeCN as dodecanuclear aggregates [H₈(RSb)₁₂O₂₈]. With KOH or NaOH these form polyoxometalate ions [M₂H₈(RSb)₁₂O₃₀]²⁻ (M = K or Na) with a hexagonal antiprismatic array of the Sb atoms, as shown by X-ray crystallographic structures for three new examples. There is one firmly encapsulated 10-coordinate M⁺ ion within an inorganic 12-crown-6 moiety {Sb₆O₆} in the hexagonal channel and one six-coordinate M⁺.

text: Isopolyoxometalates of Antimony: Arylstibonic Acids [H₈ (RSb)₁₂O₂₈] and Derived Dodecanuclear Polyoxostibonates [M₂H10−x(RSb)₁₂O₃₀]x−, M = Na or K Electrospray ionization mass spectrometry shows arylstibonic acids, p-XC₆H₄SbO₃H₂ (X = methyl, nitro, or chloro), and 1-naphthylstibonic acid exist in MeCN as dodecanuclear aggregates [H₈(RSb)₁₂O₂₈]. With KOH or NaOH these form polyoxometalate ions [M₂H₈(RSb)₁₂O₃₀]²⁻ (M = K or Na) with a hexagonal antiprismatic array of the Sb atoms, as shown by X-ray crystallographic structures for three new examples. There is one firmly encapsulated 10-coordinate M⁺ ion within an inorganic 12-crown-6 moiety {Sb₆O₆} in the hexagonal channel and one six-coordinate M⁺.

year: 2010

title: He Whakaoranga Kia Puta Kia Ora (prepared for Health Research Council of New Zealand)

authors: Kilgour, Jonathan T.

abstract: This research project explored the relationship between cultural connectedness and wellbeing (as a social determinant of health). In particular, the research explored the diverse ways in which tribal members connected with and expressed their Waikatotanga.

text: He Whakaoranga Kia Puta Kia Ora (prepared for Health Research Council of New Zealand) This research project explored the relationship between cultural connectedness and wellbeing (as a social determinant of health). In particular, the research explored the diverse ways in which tribal members connected with and expressed their Waikatotanga.

year: 2015