http://reasonandrespect.rwu.edu/journal Civil Discourse in a Global Context Thu, 25 Feb 2010 19:29:19 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en By Catherine Crowe What is to be gained and/or lost when Technology and the Humanities intersect in the production of art? As an invited speaker at the New Media and Global Diaspora Symposium, Catherine Crowe addressed this question on the Roger Williams University campus in October 2008. Crowe, an ... http://reasonandrespect.rwu.edu/journal/index.php/2009/08/30/the-thread-of-meaning-a-reflection-on-interdisciplinarity-and-art/ Yuni Jeongyun Ko Kutztown University of Pennsylvania Yuni Jeongyun Ko discusses the implications of the phenomenon known as the Korean Wave—the spread of Korean popular cultures around the East and Southeast region. Particularly, she considers the role of the Korean Wave in forging conversations across and beyond national boundaries among Asian ... http://reasonandrespect.rwu.edu/journal/index.php/2009/05/26/riding-with-the-korean-wave-reflections-on-trans-asian-cultural-flows/ Mignonette Chiu, Ph.D. Candidate Teachers College, Columbia University Employing Judith Butler’s theory of performativity, Mignonette Chiu analyzes the complex linkages between the expansion of Chinese language media, beauty pageants, gender as symbolic capital in the project of nation-building, and the potential refiguring of a global Chinese “nation.” Chiu’s paper was originally ... http://reasonandrespect.rwu.edu/journal/index.php/2009/05/26/local-performances-global-identities/ Civil Discourse at Roger Williams University "I’m not sure why I’ve been invited to speak on civil discourse" is one of most common opening remarks audiences at RWU have heard in recent years. Intended as a humorous ice-breaker the comment, undoubtedly, hinges on the meaning of “civil” in civil discourse, particularly ... http://reasonandrespect.rwu.edu/journal/index.php/2009/02/07/from-the-editor/ Kamille Gentles Peart, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Communication, Roger Williams University Considering the relationship between mass media, public opinion, and identity in Arab populations, Professor Peart argues that we should be cautious about thinking of media as omnipotent, and instead we should seek a more contextual framework that positions media within the cultures ... http://reasonandrespect.rwu.edu/journal/index.php/2009/02/07/framing-the-discourse-mass-media-public-opinion-and-identity-in-the-arab-world/ Zafar Siddiqi Chairman, CNBC Arabiya As chairman of CNBC Arabiya, the Arab world’s first and only 24-hour Arabic language financial and business information channel, Zafar Siddiqi reflects on why he is optimistic about burgeoning freedom of expression in the Middle East and suggests what other in-roads need to be made to promote further ... http://reasonandrespect.rwu.edu/journal/index.php/2009/02/07/the-state-of-the-media-and-intellectual-freedom-in-the-middle-east/ Owen Kirby Political Program Manager of the Office of the Middle East Partnership Initiative, Bureau of New East Affairs, U.S. State Department In response to the question “What is intellectual freedom: when, where, and why is it important?” Owen Kirby highlights the 2002 edition of the UNDP Arab Human Development Report, which makes ... http://reasonandrespect.rwu.edu/journal/index.php/2009/02/07/unleashing-the-full-power-of-human-intellect-alliances-between-the-united-states-and-countries-of-the-middle-east/ Nael Jebril University of Southern Denmark, Denmark The concept of the public sphere has been frequently examined by different authors and in a variety of diverse contexts. The notions of democracy, public participation and functional public opinion are all materialized within such a unique conception. Nael Jebril questions the possibility of creating ... http://reasonandrespect.rwu.edu/journal/index.php/2009/02/07/palestinian-communities-in-europe-new-media-and-the-public-sphere/ With its founding in 1921, the members of International PEN made clear the relationship between intellectual freedom and civil discourse: to imagine a world free of national, ethnic, and racial hatreds, writers are obligated to promote understanding among all countries by speaking on behalf of those fellow writers whose speech ... http://reasonandrespect.rwu.edu/journal/index.php/2009/02/07/intellectual-freedom-and-pen/ Instituted at Roger Williams University in 2007, the Pen Collaborative is a course in which students embody a variety of the university’s core values: an appreciation of global perspectives, commitment to community service, and promotion of civil discourse. This series of essays highlights the issues on which the first class ... http://reasonandrespect.rwu.edu/journal/index.php/2009/02/07/the-pen-collaborative/