Women’s Popular Cinema in Greece: the case of Olga Malea

This thesis examines the film comedies directed by Olga Malea and released between 1997 and 2007 in Greece, in order to make a claim for the study of women’s popular cinema in Greece and beyond. Women’s popular cinema refers to films which are thematically associated with women’s cinema while operating in popular forms, such as genre. Olga Malea and her work make for a useful case study, in that they encapsulate the relationship between these two broad categories of women’s cinema and popular cinema. In addition, this thesis claims that the two categories inflect one another in interesting ways, and their intersections act as a productive framework for the analysis of women’s cinema as popular cinema, effecting a popularisation of usually marginalised themes. The introduction to this work primarily outlines the theoretical frameworks for the argument that follows, namely: women’s cinema and feminist theory; discussions around popular cinema; and considerations about authorship. The concept of national film cultures and its possible meaning in relation to Greece is also alluded to as a contextual factor. Each subsequent chapter advances the argument for women’s popular cinema through close textual analysis of the films in chronological order of their release. In particular, the analysis identifies recurrent strands and motifs in the director’s oeuvre, such as tensions between tradition and modernity, and the pervasive nature of patriarchy in informing national gender discourses. Having established the argument that women’s popular cinema is productive in popularising women’s cinema itself, the thesis concludes that, in the work of Olga Malea, its themes are conceived of, represented and perceived as prominent in the country during the period examined – and one can finally address women’s cinema as popular.

Is there a Rhythm Of The Rain? An analysis of weather in popular music

Weather is frequently used in music to frame events and emotions, yet quantitative analyses are rare. From a collated base set of 759 weather-related songs, 419 were analysed based on listings from a karaoke database. This article analyses the 20 weather types described, frequency of occurrence, genre, keys, mimicry, lyrics and songwriters. Vocals were the principal means of communicating weather: sunshine was the most common, followed by rain, with weather depictions linked to the emotions of the song. Bob Dylan, John Lennon and Paul McCartney wrote the most weather-related songs, partly following their experiences at the time of writing.

Parliamentary sovereignty, popular sovereignty, and Henry Parker's adjudicative standpoint

Discussions of popular sovereignty in early modern England have usually been premised upon a sharp distinction between ‘legal/constitutional’ forms of discourse (which merely interpret the law) and ‘political’ ones (which focus upon the right to make it). In such readings of the period, Henry Parker has a pivotal position as a writer who abandoned merely legalistic thinking. This chapter takes a different view. It argues that Parker’s major intellectual achievement was not so much to abandon legal/constitutional discourse as to offer a theorisation of its most distinctive features: he offered an account of a new kind of politics in which concern for ‘interests’ in property and in self-preservation replaced humanist concern with promotion of virtue. Parker drew upon ideas about representation best expressed by Sir Thomas Smith and ideas about law best expressed by Oliver St John. The theory he developed was not intended as a justification of legislative sovereignty, but of adjudicative supremacy. His picture of the two Houses as supreme adjudicators was meant to block the path to direct democracy. But the adjudicative standpoint they came to occupy presupposed that freeborn adults had ‘interests’ in life, liberty, and possessions. This had democratising implications.

Solar energy exhibits at the popular science park Teknoland

The new Popular Science Park TEKNOLAND in Falun contains a number of interactive solar energy exhibits, including The Solar Heated Chess Board, The Solar Electric Playhouse, The Sudanese Solar Oven, and Solar Collector Optics. The TeknoTrix tutored children activities include solar thermal activities. Some related interactive exhibits are planned to be included during the summer and during coming years.

Teknoland - popular science park with solar energy exhibits

The new Popular Science Park TEKNOLAND in Falun contains a number of interactive solar energy exhibits, including The Solar Heated Chess Board, The Solar Electric Playhouse, The Sudanese Solar Oven, and Solar Collector Optics. The TeknoTrix tutored children activities include solar thermal activities. Some related interactive exhibits are planned to be included during the summer and during coming years.

Popular history magazines and history education

This paper argues that popular history magazines may be a welcome complement toother forms of historical media in history teaching. By outlining a theoretical framework thatcaptures uses of history, the paper analyses popular history magazine articles from five Europeancountries all dealing with the outbreak of World War I. The study finds that while the studiedarticles provide a rather heterogeneous view of the causes of the Great War, they can be used todiscuss and analyse the importance of perspective in history, thus offering an opportunity tofurther a more disciplinary historical understanding.

A globalização, o estado nacional e a soberania brasileira

Globalização é a palavra-chave da economia internacional. Neste contexto, é muito importante a clara definição da posição de Estado Nacional e da Soberania Nacional em um mundo globalizado. Países desenvolvidos e não-desenvolvidos deve equacionar seus relacionamentos para que os objetivos de economia internacional se concretizem. O artigo faz referências à estas temáticas e aborda a conjuntura atual, segundo os conceitos vigentes.

Música popular nas rádios do ABC: memória musical e cultura regional nos anos 1950 e 1960

Aliança entre os estudos midiáticos e os relacionados à memória podem oferecer novas perspectivas para o entendimento da cultura e de suas relações com os meios de comunicação, seja em âmbito local ou em dimensões mais amplas. Tendo em vista as atuais relações entre memória social e comunicação, este artigo pretende analisar a produção musical popular na região do Grande ABC paulista sob o ponto de vista da memória de alguns de seus personagens, colocando em destaque o papel de quatro emissoras de rádio locais como mediadoras culturais entre gêneros musicais mais tradicionais e a sociedade local. Discutese a produção local de canções de gêneros tradicionais, como o samba-canção, o bolero, a valsa e a canção sertaneja, a partir da análise dos relatos de histórias de vida de músicos e compositores que viveram o período na região e, também, da análise de suas canções, a fim de pensar como as transformações culturais locais mantêm ou modificam essa produção musical local e identificam o papel do rádio na difusão desses gêneros musicais na região nessa época.

A jovem guarda no ABC paulista: música popular, mídia e memória

Por muito tempo, a memória dominante acerca da relação entre cidade de São Paulo e região do Grande ABC (pertencente à região metropolitana paulista) produziu sentidos de que o subúrbio não era o lugar da criação artística ou cultural, em especial a midiática. Contrários a esse ponto de vista, questionamos: quais são as possibilidades efetivas de criação e recriação dos movimentos culturais apresentados pela indústria cultural nessa região? Como é possível dimensionar a movimentação da Jovem Guarda numa área considerada periferia da capital paulista? Partindo disso, pretende-se nesse artigo mapear o movimento da Jovem Guarda no ABC nos anos 1960, com base em entrevistas de história oral com músicos e compositores da localidade, com vistas a demonstrar sua dinâmica e suas características numa região específi ca.

Instrumentos de participação popular na tutela ambiental

O presente trabalho busca demonstrar as possibilidades de participação do cidadão na tutela ambiental, de modo que foram elencadas os principais instrumentos com tal finalidade,até mesmo aqueles cuja titularidade não pertence ao cidadão,individualmente.Inicialmente abordou-se os fundamentos históricos do direito ambiental, bem como a natureza jurídica do direito ao meio ambiente equilibrado e os princípios dos quais parte tal ramo do direito.Tratou-se, ainda, do conceito de meio ambiente, que comporta abordagens de diferentes disciplinas, e jamais pode ser considerado único, encerrado e absoluto, uma vez que a tutela ambiental deve ser prestada de forma mais ampla possível.O destaque ao princípio democrático embasa o posterior desenvolvimento do estudo, voltado para seu aspecto pragmático, qual seja os instrumentos de tutela ambiental.A menção a tais institutos busca informar ao leitor a possibilidade, o momento e a forma de utilização.Por ser o direito ambiental disciplina recente e em construção, não é possível demostrar a plena eficácia dos instrumentos, mais já é possível delinear sua concretude e crescimento, ainda que tímidos.