1. An archaeology of photographic identification : lecture at the Society for Cinema & Media Studies Conference, Denver, Colorado, 13. 4. 2023Eszter Polónyi, 2023, unpublished conference contribution Abstract: This project returns to an early moment in the history of photographic IDs to better understand the current entrapment of our identities within what are by now massive infrastructures of automatized, unregulated and largely unauthorized identity extraction. Keywords: media studies, surveillance studies, history of art, history of visual culture, cultural studies Published in RUNG: 12.02.2024; Views: 431; Downloads: 2 Link to file This document has many files! More... |
2. Mobility media : an archaeology of the photographic ID documentEszter Polónyi, 2023, published scientific conference contribution Abstract: Mobility, in the sense of freedom of persons choosing to move or reside in a state in which they have no prior citizenship, was one of the four original “freedoms” defined in the treaty that ratified European Union member states in 1957.1 In the past decade, this particular freedom, the freedom of movement, appears to have become significantly eroded. Mobility in the sense of migration, that is, mobility of persons for reasons of residency or employment, has become a point of contention among member states that it has divided more than unified, with measures affecting immigrants, refugees and asylum seekers featuring at the core of recent electoral agendas. Certain member states’ deterrence of the mobility of migrants from outside the EU has resulted in the return to protocols and practices of controlling movement into and out of sovereign territories, among the most conspicuous of which has been the re-establishment of a – by now largely defunct – network of nation-state borders. And while the reappearance of new walls, barricades and barbed wiring alongside certain nation-state borders since the mid-2010s have made headlines, there have been other measures with less press and physical visibility that have been set in place to manage and enforce mobility.2 The photographic identity document, meaning a document of state-issued identity certification, has become one such mobility management measure. Keywords: cultural history, migration studies, history of art, history of visual culture, media archaeology, media studies Published in RUNG: 12.02.2024; Views: 439; Downloads: 0 This document has many files! More... |
3. Contesting views: the visual economy of France and Algeria : by Edward Welch and Joseph McGonagle Liverpool: Liverpool University Press, 2013, 236 pages, with 15 illustrations ISBN: 978-1-84631-884-9Martina Caruso, 2015, review, book review, critique Keywords: history of art, Algeria, France, visual culture, cultural history Published in RUNG: 16.01.2023; Views: 976; Downloads: 0 This document has many files! More... |
4. Mobility Media: an Archaeology of Identity Photography through Science, Art and Visual CultureEszter Polonyi, invited lecture at foreign university Abstract: In an era of total surveillance, being in possession of a biometric ID document can still result in denial of one’s basic civil protections and human rights. The discovery of systematic errors in state-implemented facial recognition programs—such as in recognizing faces of color (Joy Buolamwini)—suggests the failure of current practices of global intelligence and mobility. This paper offers an archaeological investigation of the contemporary photo ID document. Returning to its invention in the 1920s, it examines the issues of conjectural knowledge (Carl Ginzburg), embodiment or tact (Béla Balázs) and the optical unconscious (Walter Benjamin) behind early “physiognomic” media. Keywords: History of Science, History of Visual Culture, History of Art, History of Photography, Migration Published in RUNG: 13.01.2023; Views: 945; Downloads: 0 This document has many files! More... |
5. Kraljica Vida : a legend from a border landPietro Cromaz, 2021, undergraduate thesis Abstract: Culture is one of the fundamental aspects of human existence. Because of that, it is necessary to preserve little aspects of it that make a particular community unique. Popular traditions and local habits are important to create and maintain one's own identity in the context of a vaster society. This research aims to enhance the folk culture of Benečija and to contribute to building a more concrete proof of the existence of this culture. The paper analyzes the history of this border land, focusing on its literature and on a particular legend titled ''Kraljica Vida,” which has been transcribed by the pen of many authors of both Benečija, and elsewhere. Through the comparison of these texts, it is possible to recognize the influence of different cultural currents, that have always characterized the identity of Benečija. Keywords: folk culture, folklore, legend, Benečija, border land, Friuli Venezia Giulia, #Kraljica Vida, Atilla, San Giovanni d'Antro Published in RUNG: 13.10.2021; Views: 2994; Downloads: 119 Link to full text This document has many files! More... |
6. Post-Covid recovery of the Cultural and Creative Industries in the Adriatic-Ionian RegionPeter Purg, Dora Ruždjak Podolski, NIhad Kreševljaković, Sehad Čekić, Goran Tomka, Marija Katalinić, unpublished conference contribution Keywords: recovery, art, innovation, culture, creative Published in RUNG: 03.02.2021; Views: 2226; Downloads: 0 This document has many files! More... |
7. A future perspective on neurodegenerative diseases: Nasopharygneal and gut microbiotaFazlurrahman Khan, Sandra Oloketuyi, 2016, review article Abstract: Neurodegenerative diseases are considered a serious life‐threatening issue regardless of age. Resulting nerve damage progressively affects important activities, such as movement, coordination, balance, breathing, speech and the functioning of vital organs. Reports on the subject have concluded that neurodegenerative disease can be caused by mutations of susceptible genes, alcohol consumption, toxins, chemicals and other unknown environmental factors. Although several diagnostic techniques can be used to determine aetiologies, the process is difficult and often fails. Research shows that nasopharyngeal and gut microbiota play important roles in brain to spinal cord coordination. However, no conclusive epidemiologic evidence is available on the roles played by respiratory and gut microbiota in the development of neurodegenerative diseases. Thus, understanding the connection between respiratory and gut microbiota and the nervous system could provide information on causal links. The present review describes future perspectives on the role played by nasopharyngeal and gut microbiota in the development of neurodegenerative diseases. Keywords: culture‐independent, gut, microbiota, nasopharyngeal, neurodegenerative disease Published in RUNG: 14.01.2021; Views: 2159; Downloads: 0 This document has many files! More... |
8. Empowering citizen agency and being excellent to each other2020, radio or television broadcast, podcast, interview, press conference Keywords: counterculture, data freedom, open culture, hacktivism, privacy, democracy, education, artistic practice Published in RUNG: 25.11.2020; Views: 2644; Downloads: 22 Link to full text |
9. Facing the Berghain effect : how clubculture breeds (e)quality2020, radio or television broadcast, podcast, interview, press conference Keywords: curation, programming, festivalisation, musicology, experimental, programme design, platform, club culture Published in RUNG: 25.11.2020; Views: 2647; Downloads: 16 Link to full text |
10. Slovene scientists during World War II : The life trajectories of Maks Samec, Fran Ramovš and Ljudmila Dolar Mantuani, and the impact of World War II on their careersŽeljko Oset, 2019, original scientific article Abstract: This paper discusses the impact of World War II and its aftermath on the Slovene
intellectual elite within Slovene national institutions, e.g., the University of Ljubljana and
the Slovene Academy of Sciences and Arts. The focus is on the life trajectories of three
prominent professors of the University of Ljubljana, among whom two were also members
of the Slovene Academy of Sciences and Arts. They were selected due to their prominence,
scientific field (natural sciences and humanities), and gender. Case studies can provide
a better understanding of decisions, doubts, and anguish of individual scientists, while testy
about the general mood among intellectuals. Everyone tried to find their way through the
war and repression in different ways. Due to their position in society, the intellectuals
were more protected than the general public, but even then they were under pressure to
proclaim loyalty to the occupation authorities, and after a while denounce the liberation
movement. After the war, their lives, connections and wartime actions were placed under
the microscope by the new Communist authorities. Keywords: World War II, Slovene culture, University of Ljubljana, Slovene Academy of
Sciences and Arts, Maks Samec, Fran Ramovš, Ljudmila Dolar Mantuani Published in RUNG: 06.04.2020; Views: 2888; Downloads: 0 This document has many files! More... |