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A Critical Reflection on the Importance of Dziga Vertov’s Man with a Movie Camera
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Giga Virtov's The Man with a Movie Camera is a 68-minute experimental silent documentary of the Soviet period of innovative art. Although it has been criticized for its strong experimentality, insufficient emotional depth and over-reliance on technology, it is still of great significance in the current digital media environment. This article believes that the film uses montage to break the linear narrative, integrate different space-time images, and lay the foundation for the modern digital visual information architecture. This core contribution has a far-reaching impact. Nowadays, short video platforms often use montage to attract audiences. In addition, the "Kino-Eye" theory provides a reference for immersive interactive visual perception, and the transparency of the media production shown by the film also enhances the audience's trust. In summary, it not only shapes the current digital media design, but also provides a classic analysis model that emphasizes visual appeal, immersion and transparency for future digital experiences.
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Research on Policy Coordination and Risk Governance of Tourism Performances from the Perspective of National Cultural Parks
Taking the integration of tourism performances into National Cultural Parks as an example, this paper discusses issues mainly from three aspects: their policy evolution process, alienation risks, and standardized paths. The research process includes the following key points: Based on the coordination and unification of the development of policies related to tourism performances and National Cultural Parks, it analyzes the implementation process of financial support policies shifting from centralization to inclination; explores the transformation of the cultural attributes of tourism performances from profit-oriented entertaining operations to public welfare education and ecological civilization construction; combined with existing research results, it is found that although tourism performances have become a manifestation of national cultural strategies driven by policies, they have also brought new problems such as the anomie of ecological ethics, the proliferation of technical rationality, and the weakening of cultural subjects. The strategic suggestions for their development are to improve the relevant policies and regulations of tourism performances through top-level institutionalization and multi-party collaborative management, so as to build a sound situation of coordinated integration of cultural inheritance, ecological protection, and tourism development.
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Reverse Translation of Bashu Internet Slang and the Reconstruction of Cross-Cultural Identity
Digital media-reinforced glocalization transforms the cross-border dissemination of local culture. This research focuses on China’s Bashu area, examining the English reverse translation of internet slang from its distinctive socio-linguistic context. Taking "cultural reverse nurturing" as its core theoretical perspective, the study integrates translation sociology and semiotics findings to construct a multi-dimensional analytical framework. It identifies this practice as an intentional endeavor by online youth groups to reconstruct cross-cultural identities. Rigorous case analyses demonstrate reverse translation’s role as a pivotal semiotic practice, empowering local cultural actors to transition from passive objects of representation to active agents of self-representation. The discussion extends to contemporary humanities development approaches, providing valuable perspectives for grasping the evolving dynamics of cultural exchange in the digital age.
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Research on the Social Functions of Silk Road Cultural Heritage: Cross-Border Tourism and the Reconstruction of National Memory
Against the backdrop of the continuous advancement of the Belt and Road Initiative, cross-border tourism cooperation between Xinjiang, China and Kazakhstan has become an important link connecting the two countries. Based on the theories of "collective memory" and "cultural memory" in sociology, this paper explores how Silk Road cultural heritage realizes the reconstruction of contemporary national memory and exerts its multi-dimensional social functions through cross-border tourism practices. The research shows that cross-border tourism transforms static material heritage into dynamic memory narratives serving current social needs through mechanisms such as selective activation, narrative integration, emotional attachment, and cross-border dialogical negotiation. This process of memory reconstruction has effectively strengthened the sense of community for the Chinese nation internally, enhanced the cultural confidence and national identity of ethnic minorities in border areas; externally, it has consolidated the emotional foundation of the "China-Central Asia Community with a Shared Future", built an effective platform for people-to-people diplomacy, and laid a solid public opinion foundation for the sustainable development of bilateral relations. This paper not only provides a theoretical perspective for understanding the in-depth role of cultural heritage in cross-border governance, but also offers academic reference and reflection for the formulation of relevant policies.
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The Right to Be Seen: How Observing Children's Behavior Can Inspire More Inclusive Community Architecture
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In rapidly urbanizing contexts, children’s visibility and participation in public spaces serve as critical indicators of intergenerational equity. This study focuses on a high-density historical community in Wuhan, China, and investigates by observing and tracking the daily activities of children aged 0 to 12. By analyzing 36 valid behavioral trajectories and 104 stopping points, we find that children are actually creative space experts: they will take the initiative to explore the urban environment, naturally gather in those " life-oriented nodes" and play spontaneous and even a little "rule-breaking" games, which are often clever responses to the surrounding environment. A special case of “wilderness-style” free play further shows that those spaces in the community with no fixed gameplay and a little adventure are very important for children's growth. The results show that observing children's behavior can be a scientific design method and provide a basis for creating an inclusive and child-friendly urban renewal project. Three design strategies are proposed: micro-scale "urban acupuncture" transformation around daily facilities; Optimize the school route into a continuous experience corridor; Under the guidance of risk assessment, some controllable "adventure" environments are added. This research finally provides a low-cost, replicable “behavior–space” analytical framework and a practice-oriented design toolkit, which helps to create a child-friendly and inclusive community architecture.
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Literary Writing and Memory Preservation of Ida Pruitt from a Spatial Perspective
Space not only possesses the value of preserving memory but also provides a reasonable approach for cultural construction in narrative works. Identity confirmation is the main way to address issues of identification. It effectively constructs an identity system in the process of expressing self-subjectivity and discourse power, thereby completing the articulation of self-identity. The Chinese writings in Ida Pruitt’s literary works are presented in three forms: "de-subjectivity", "partial intervention of subjectivity", and "restoration of subjectivity". From the perspective of multiple identity advantages and cultural studies, she re-narrates Chinese national fables. Using traditional Chinese culture as the writing medium and adopting an ethnographic writing style, she interprets the national character and psychology of the Chinese nation, thus completing her own identity confirmation process. With the help of cross-cultural hermeneutics and the critical theory of autobiographical narrative space, this study selects Pruitt’s cultural identity, gender identity, and national identity as research perspectives to interpret her autobiographical narrative texts related to traditional Chinese culture, analyzing how she uses spatial narrative methods to achieve cultural construction and memory reshaping. Abandoning pre-established value positions among various cultural trends and taking commonality as the premise, using creative texts as a literary medium to examine the daily life of the people in a specific era is not only a unique way of Pruitt’s Chinese literary writing but also a vivid interpretation of her cultural care consciousness.
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Social Changes and the Evolution of Crime Patterns: Taking China's "Digital Transformation" as an Example
Against the backdrop of China's rapid "digital transformation," crime patterns have exhibited a distinct 特征 of "dual variation": traditional contact crimes such as theft, robbery, and fraud have continued to decline due to the popularization of mobile payments and the strengthening of technical prevention and control measures like the Skynet Project. Meanwhile, new types of crimes using the internet as a tool, platform, or target—such as telecom fraud, data theft, and online black industry—have grown rapidly, exposing problems including legislative lag, inadequate supervision, and the digital divide. This evolution stems from technology's reshaping of social structures and criminal opportunities, driving criminal activities toward remoteness, technicalization, and cross-regionalization. To address these challenges, it is necessary to construct a "resilient governance" system, promote legislative and regulatory innovation, strengthen smart law enforcement and platform responsibilities, deepen international cooperation, and enhance national digital literacy, thereby transforming crime governance from passive response to proactive early warning and systematic prevention and control.
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A Study on the Grassroots Dynamics of Frontier Customs Houses During the Full-scale War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression — Focusing on the Longzhou Customs in Guangxi
Located on the Guangxi section of the China - Vietnam border, Longzhou has been home to the Longzhou Customs to administer import and export affairs since it was opened as a treaty port. During the full - scale War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, the operation of the Longzhou Customs and the activities of its staff were shaped by the war. An abnormal life of fleeing disasters, seeking refuge, and relocating became an inevitable reality for the staff and the institution itself. Around the end of the war, as local reconstruction gradually kicked off, customs staff conducted a series of surveys on local conditions to restore the operation of the Longzhou Customs, and addressed issues such as internal personnel affairs, staff living conditions, and salary disbursement. By examining the historical predicaments faced by the grassroots work of the Longzhou Customs, a frontier administrative agency, amid the evolution and reconstruction of the wartime social situation, we can understand the operational characteristics of frontier customs houses. This study provides a detailed case study for the in - depth research on the history of frontier customs in China.
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"The Aware of Boxing": Subject Reconstruction, Genre Variation, and Cultural Representation of Boxing Films in Japan
Japanese boxing films focus on marginalized groups such as hikikomori, ethnic minorities, and the deaf-mute, transforming boxing from a tool for external gain into a "language" to communicate with the world. They respond to identity anxiety in modern society and accomplish subject reconstruction. By breaking the narrative paradigm of the "hero's journey" and expressing the traditional "mono no aware" aesthetics, these films demonstrate the plot tension of ordinary people "burning out their lives," completing the genre variation of "the aware of ordinary mortals." Cultural representation is reflected in three aspects: the genre variation as a cultural resistance against capital-driven "winner economy" and meritocracy; the expression of Japanese traditional aesthetics through defeat or "de-competition"; and the philosophical elaboration of "the human condition" and "human emancipation" through boxing as an act.
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Ethical Expansion of Provincializing Narrative: The Historical Voice of Non-Human Agents from the Perspective of Postcolonial "Irony"
Since the proposal of the "Anthropocene", the post-humanist view of history has entered a new paradigmatic stage, exerting a profound impact on the traditional progressive narrative and forming a critical tension with dual dimensions. As a core concept, "Irony", on the one hand, reflects the oppressive nature of colonial modernity towards both human and non-human, and on the other hand promotes postcolonial theory to break through the constraints of anthropocentrism. Drawing on the perspective of "Irony" in postcolonial theory, this paper elaborates on the historical evolutionary path of the idea of "Provincializing" from subverting Eurocentric discourse to shaping interspecies ethical relations. While postcolonial perspectives strive to break down universal historical narratives, the derived practice of "provincialized human" incorporates non-human agents into the scope of moral concern, thereby fostering resistance within the discourse of the oppressors. This strategy not only transforms the modern landscape of nation-states and the global ecosystem but also provides symbolic spaces for marginalized groups such as oceans and animals through the multispecies turn, fulfilling the value vision of harmonious coexistence between human and nature in historical writing.
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