InterCultural Studies
Au grand théâtre du pluralisme culturel, dans le magasin des accessoires conjonctifs, tous n’offrent pas un même degré de maniabilité. Le multi n’est pas sans lourdeur, certes, mais aisément saisissable. L’inter affiche une grande... more
Au grand théâtre du pluralisme culturel, dans le magasin des accessoires conjonctifs, tous n’offrent pas un même degré de maniabilité. Le multi n’est pas sans lourdeur, certes, mais aisément saisissable. L’inter affiche une grande souplesse quoiqu’il soit, parfois, difficilement rattachable. Le et, court, droit et rigide, ne pose aucun problème. Reste le trans qui possède tous les défauts de ses qualités : telle une membrane plastique, extensible ou réductible à souhait, extrêmement malléable, ses mouvements sont imprévisibles et imprédictibles. Pourtant, c’est le plus utile de tous les outils de liaison. Le comparatisme littéraire ne saurait désormais s’en passer malgré les caprices de son usage. Décliné, entre autres, en transdisciplinaire, transculturel ou translinguistique, il illustre le principe fondateur du groupe « Transpositions », composante du Centre interdisciplinaire d’étude des littératures (Université d’Aix-Marseille). Afin de faire retour sur les orientations épistémologiques et méthodologiques du groupe, le 20 février 2014 (Maison de la Recherche, bâtiment 2, salle 2.44) s’est tenue une journée d’études sous la forme d’un atelier de réflexion intitulé « Position : trans ». Programme Le groupe « Transpositions » fédère des axes de recherche dont le point commun est de questionner le principe du transfert et de la translation entre des cultures (traversées), des langues (traductions), des médiums artistiques (transmédialité) et des périodes historiques (traces).
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"Au grand théâtre du pluralisme culturel, dans le magasin des accessoires conjonctifs, tous n’offrent pas un même degré de maniabilité. Le multi n’est pas sans lourdeur, certes, mais aisément saisissable. L’inter affiche une grande... more
"Au grand théâtre du pluralisme culturel, dans le magasin des accessoires conjonctifs, tous n’offrent pas un même degré de maniabilité.
Le multi n’est pas sans lourdeur, certes, mais aisément saisissable. L’inter affiche une grande souplesse quoiqu’il soit, parfois, difficilement rattachable. Le et, court, droit et rigide, ne pose aucun problème. Reste le trans qui possède tous les défauts de ses qualités : telle une membrane plastique, extensible ou réductible à souhait, extrêmement malléable, ses mouvements sont imprévisibles et imprédictibles. Pourtant, c’est le plus utile de tous les outils de liaison.
Le comparatisme littéraire ne saurait désormais s’en passer malgré les caprices de son usage. Décliné, entre autres, en transdisciplinaire, transculturel ou translinguistique, il illustre le principe fondateur du groupe « Transpositions », composante du Centre interdisciplinaire d’étude des littératures (Université d’Aix-Marseille). Afin de faire retour sur les orientations épistémologiques et méthodologiques du groupe, le 20 février 2014 (Maison de la Recherche, bâtiment 2, salle 2.44) s’est tenue une journée d’études sous la forme d’un atelier de réflexion intitulé « Position : trans ».
Programme
Le groupe « Transpositions » fédère des axes de recherche dont le point commun est de questionner le principe du transfert et de la translation entre des cultures (traversées), des langues (traductions), des médiums artistiques (transmédialité) et des périodes historiques (traces)."
Le multi n’est pas sans lourdeur, certes, mais aisément saisissable. L’inter affiche une grande souplesse quoiqu’il soit, parfois, difficilement rattachable. Le et, court, droit et rigide, ne pose aucun problème. Reste le trans qui possède tous les défauts de ses qualités : telle une membrane plastique, extensible ou réductible à souhait, extrêmement malléable, ses mouvements sont imprévisibles et imprédictibles. Pourtant, c’est le plus utile de tous les outils de liaison.
Le comparatisme littéraire ne saurait désormais s’en passer malgré les caprices de son usage. Décliné, entre autres, en transdisciplinaire, transculturel ou translinguistique, il illustre le principe fondateur du groupe « Transpositions », composante du Centre interdisciplinaire d’étude des littératures (Université d’Aix-Marseille). Afin de faire retour sur les orientations épistémologiques et méthodologiques du groupe, le 20 février 2014 (Maison de la Recherche, bâtiment 2, salle 2.44) s’est tenue une journée d’études sous la forme d’un atelier de réflexion intitulé « Position : trans ».
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Le groupe « Transpositions » fédère des axes de recherche dont le point commun est de questionner le principe du transfert et de la translation entre des cultures (traversées), des langues (traductions), des médiums artistiques (transmédialité) et des périodes historiques (traces)."
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"The Italian community in Finland is relatively small compared to other larger Italian communities abroad. Despite the quantitatively restricted dimensions, there are multiple reasons to study the phenomenon. First of all, the two... more
"The Italian community in Finland is relatively small
compared to other larger Italian communities abroad.
Despite the quantitatively restricted dimensions,
there are multiple reasons to study the phenomenon.
First of all, the two countries represent the geographical
extremes of the European Union as well as two
very diff erent realities in terms of historical, cultural
and social background. These two member states
of the EU in fact are very diff erent in terms of multiculturalism
/ multiethnicity and for their role in the
European unifi cation process. Studying the migration
fl ows between the two countries is therefore important
not only to understand the bilateral relationship
between Finland and Italy but it can also off er a more
general perspective on how the European integration
process is actually proceeding. This essay examines
the decision-making process of Italians planning to
move to Finland through a semantic analysis of the
posts (or web messages) sent to the message board
of web newsmagazine La Rondine by Italians looking
for a relocation in Finland. The collection and analysis
of the semantic universe provide the list of motivators
at the basis of Finland as chosen destination and an
outlook on how Finland is perceived by Italians. As
a conclusion of the semantic analysis on the source
material, a map on the opportunities and threats that
Italians attribute to Finland, will be drawn.
Key Words: emigration, immigration, Italy, Finland,
expectations."
compared to other larger Italian communities abroad.
Despite the quantitatively restricted dimensions,
there are multiple reasons to study the phenomenon.
First of all, the two countries represent the geographical
extremes of the European Union as well as two
very diff erent realities in terms of historical, cultural
and social background. These two member states
of the EU in fact are very diff erent in terms of multiculturalism
/ multiethnicity and for their role in the
European unifi cation process. Studying the migration
fl ows between the two countries is therefore important
not only to understand the bilateral relationship
between Finland and Italy but it can also off er a more
general perspective on how the European integration
process is actually proceeding. This essay examines
the decision-making process of Italians planning to
move to Finland through a semantic analysis of the
posts (or web messages) sent to the message board
of web newsmagazine La Rondine by Italians looking
for a relocation in Finland. The collection and analysis
of the semantic universe provide the list of motivators
at the basis of Finland as chosen destination and an
outlook on how Finland is perceived by Italians. As
a conclusion of the semantic analysis on the source
material, a map on the opportunities and threats that
Italians attribute to Finland, will be drawn.
Key Words: emigration, immigration, Italy, Finland,
expectations."
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Whale Rider (2003), adapted for screen by Niki Caro from Witi Ihimaera’s novel, tells the story of a Māori girl who struggles to overturn patriarchal resistance towards her future role as a leader. Following critical acclaim and an Oscar... more
Whale Rider (2003), adapted for screen by Niki Caro from Witi Ihimaera’s novel, tells the story of a Māori girl who struggles to overturn patriarchal resistance towards her future role as a leader. Following critical acclaim and an Oscar win for Keisha Castle-Hughes, the film’s considerable commercial success sharpened local debate already sparked by the Pākehā (European New Zealand) status of its director . Dialectical conceptions of cultural difference underpin much of that commentary, as do assumptions about power relations on set and positivist dismissals of the indigenous spirituality guiding the production. This essay expands the scope of that debate by exploring the very nature of the intercultural collaborative processes established between Caro, Ihimaera, Taumaunu (Cultural Advisor), and the elders of Whangara (home of the Whale Rider myth). While New Zealand’s cinematic history proves that intercultural collaboration may replicate processes of colonial assimilation, my research reveals processes characterised by a sophisticated awareness of what distinguishes and what connects peoples from different cultures, extremely high levels of mutual respect, and the democratization of traditional screen production culture in accordance with Māori spirituality and protocols. This, in turn, triggers a higher degree of shared authorship than is the norm in mainstream cinema production. The resulting film demonstrates the potential for indigenous mythology to address contemporary concerns, and interweaves the respective naturalistic and symbolic registers of New Zealand cinema and Maori storytelling paradigms without retreating in to exoticism. I thus argue that the ‘dialogic’ mode of intercultural collaboration undertaken in the making of Whale Rider, in which differentiation is understood as ‘simultaneous resemblance and difference’ , provides an exemplar for intercultural creative practice and manifests in a specific permutation of aesthetically hybrid cinema that carves out a constitutive ‘third space’ in the New Zealand national canon.


