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Film Festival: Place M – Crossing the boundary between Photography and Film, 3/19(Fri)-22(Mon)
Since its establishment in 1987, Place M, a photography gallery located in Shinjuku, Tokyo, has served as a venue for the experience of photographic expression and experimentation. With the establishment of the film department and the first Place M Film Festival in 2019, the organizers
New YouTube Channel: Philosophy in Motion – Interview with Hans-Georg Moeller by Arqam Khan
Professor Moeller, congratulations to your new project, Philosophy in Motion. In a nutshell: What is this YouTube channel all about? Philosophy in Motion brings to life weirdly fascinating stories from the Daoist classic Zhuangzi. These stories are surprisingly relevant today, seductively funny, refreshingly subversive, soothingly therapeutic, and smart
Virtual Conference on Critical Theory, 24th October 2020
Critical theory is a Western, and distinctly European, intellectual tradition that drew its normative resources from the social and political events that transpired in Europe over the course of the 20th century. It is relevant to ask the question whether, as a critical-practical tradition, critical
The Hypocrisy of The Social Dilemma: Life in Today’s Media Matrix – A Commentary by Hans-Georg Moeller
The real dilemma at the heart of The Social Dilemma, Netflix’s docudrama about the social and psychological harm caused by the new media, was almost immediately noticed by many. Audience reviews on Google are replete with comments like this one from Janntui Maoa: “Netflix recommended
The Art of the Asymmetrical Perspective – Interview with Subekti Priyadharma, author of “Media and Transformation in Germany and Indonesia”
Hi Subekti, thank you for agreeing to this interview. Hello Khai. Thanks for having me! Congratulations to your new book. Besides the reason of structural similarities, is there any other reason why you chose Indonesia and Germany as your research subjects? Well, we mention this
“Here’s Hoping” – Interview with Kerry Brown on his new book ‘The World According to Xi’
MH: Professor Brown, thanks a lot for agreeing to this interview. Your time budget must be rather small. May I ask what you are currently working on? Two projects. One is a selection of excerpts from key writers from outside China who have written about
New Book: Media and Transformation in Germany and Indonesia: Asymmetrical Comparisons and Perspectives
Indonesia, the state with the largest Muslim population in the world, is in a process of continuous societal transformation. From the perspective of Media and Communication Studies, recent political developments towards an increasingly consolidated democratic system are of great interest. The comparison with Germany may
“Operating on Happiness” – Interview with Alka Menon on Beauty Ideals in Cosmetic Surgery and the ‘Sociology of Covid-19’
Hi Alka! Hi, Markus. Let me introduce the two others first: This is Saima, our Editor-in-Chief, and this is Yap Khai Qing, a journalism student at Xiamen University Malaysia. Hi Sama, hi Khai, nice to meet you guys. I think Saima wants to go first,
