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The Role Of Media Technology In The Social Sustainability Of Staged Spaces, Noora Dhyaa Al-Najjar, Enas Salim Apr 2026

The Role Of Media Technology In The Social Sustainability Of Staged Spaces, Noora Dhyaa Al-Najjar, Enas Salim

Iraqi Journal of Architecture and Planning

Multimedia technologies are effective tools for stimulating the senses and enhancing engagement in architectural spaces. By activating perception, they help transform static environments into interactive platforms that support social sustainability. This study aims to explore the role of multimedia in this process. A descriptive and analytical approach was employed, incorporating a literature review and an analysis of two case studies: one local and one global. Results showed that integrating multimedia improves vitality, visual appeal, and functional performance. It also strengthens users’ sense of identity and belonging while encouraging social interaction. Furthermore, multimedia enables the creation of immersive spaces rich in …

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The Role Of Aporia In The Production And Reading Of Architectural Texts, Ghusoon Najm Abdulzahra, Abbas Ali Hamza Al Greiza Apr 2026

The Role Of Aporia In The Production And Reading Of Architectural Texts, Ghusoon Najm Abdulzahra, Abbas Ali Hamza Al Greiza

Iraqi Journal of Architecture and Planning

The concept of Aporia has been explored from various perspectives and epistemological frameworks in critical and rhetorical studies, particularly in analyzing and theorizing architectural texts. This research delves into Aporia and its related aspects across various fields of knowledge, examining how it can be employed as an intellectual framework for both producing and interpreting architectural texts. It is closely tied to the concept of the creative text and its perception through a series of semiotic processes aimed at understanding and interpreting meanings, enhancing knowledge, and uncovering latent meanings within the text. The research adopts a qualitative, descriptive, and analytical methodology …

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Defining Old Cities: Guardians Of Architectural Heritage And Collective Memory, Hussaen Ali Hasan Kahachi, Mufeed Ehsan Shok, Maria Abreu Apr 2026

Defining Old Cities: Guardians Of Architectural Heritage And Collective Memory, Hussaen Ali Hasan Kahachi, Mufeed Ehsan Shok, Maria Abreu

Iraqi Journal of Architecture and Planning

Old cities serve as testaments of architectural heritage and collective memory, offering unique urban experiences shaped by centuries of gradual evolution. Despite extensive research on physical preservation, limited studies address how old cities maintain their cultural and socio-economic relevance in modern contexts. This study aims to bridge this gap by defining old cities in terms of architecture and urban planning, and by examining their unique characteristics as assets in a modernizing world. Through a mixed-method approach, including a narrative literature review and a survey of experts in architecture and urban planning, this research uncovers the defining attributes of old cities. …

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Transformations In Fashion And Architecture (Causes And Mechanisms), Wasan Jawad, Mahdi Saleh A.H. Al-Ataabi Apr 2026

Transformations In Fashion And Architecture (Causes And Mechanisms), Wasan Jawad, Mahdi Saleh A.H. Al-Ataabi

Iraqi Journal of Architecture and Planning

Transformation is one of the common characteristics between fashion and architecture, as the transformation is linked to contemporary intellectual trends that call for change and renewal. The research was based on the study of changes in fashion and architecture, and the research problem was identified with (cognitive deficiency about the causes and mechanisms of transformations in fashion and architecture). Accordingly, the aim of the research was determined by studying the indicators of the causes of transformation in both fashion and architecture and the mechanisms of this transformation. On the practical and symbolic uses of clothing, while exploring the role of …

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The Role Of Silence In Enhancing The Meaning Of Architecture, Mustafa Rahman, Abbas Ali Hamza Al Greiza, Zainab Hussein Rauof Apr 2026

The Role Of Silence In Enhancing The Meaning Of Architecture, Mustafa Rahman, Abbas Ali Hamza Al Greiza, Zainab Hussein Rauof

Iraqi Journal of Architecture and Planning

The built forms represent the words in the language of architecture. Forms represent messages that convey expressions that can be expressed and felt through certain properties carried by space, which contribute to moving human thoughts and memories. Thus, we can talk about a hidden aspect in the language of architecture that we can call the language of silence. Silence speaks of the experience of stopping at the loss of words to reveal the presence of emotions and senses, as it is a natural reaction of the human being to a specific situation that requires interpretation. From this point of view, …

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Glitch Between Order And Chaos In The Products Of Digital Architecture, Yusur Raed, Basim Hasan Al Majid Apr 2026

Glitch Between Order And Chaos In The Products Of Digital Architecture, Yusur Raed, Basim Hasan Al Majid

Iraqi Journal of Architecture and Planning

The Digital development, philosophy and Intellect produced what is known as “digital architecture”, where architectural forms, mechanisms and materials have been developed also as a result of the digital progress. Digitization created new concepts, ideas and forms characterized by its unique and special features. The digital revolution changed the aesthetic concepts and Led to the emergence of " glitch "as a new aesthetic perception .Glitch can indicate a new opportunity and a spark of creative energy to indicate that something new is going to be generated, which is a combination of order and disorder, balance and chaos, reason and madness, …

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Concepts In Architecture Between Theory And Practice, Anwar Subhi Ramdan Al-Qaraghuli Apr 2026

Concepts In Architecture Between Theory And Practice, Anwar Subhi Ramdan Al-Qaraghuli

Iraqi Journal of Architecture and Planning

Architecture on both sides, theoretical and practical, deals with many concepts, according to the intellectual visions and different trends of architecture , in general, and of architectural designer, in particular. To highlight the importance of studying the concept in the architecture in terms of theoretical and practical aspects. The research problem came to point out” the lack of clear sight of the nature and levels of concepts that architecture deals with on both sides, theoretical and practical” Thus, the main goal of this research is to” make a clear understanding of concepts in architecture, which identifies the nature and levels …

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Excerption And Inclusion In Language And Architecture, Emad Younis Lafi Apr 2026

Excerption And Inclusion In Language And Architecture, Emad Younis Lafi

Iraqi Journal of Architecture and Planning

Excerption and inclusion are two terms in Arabic rhetoric. The excerption is defined as a taking a part of text from Holly Quran or Hadith and put it in a poem, verse line, or put it in a prose text. But the linguistics expand the concept of this term to include taking from another sciences and knowledge, like Grammar, Philology, and Prosody. Inclusion is defined as taking a verse line or part of verse line from another poet to put it in a new poem, it is necessary that the poet who take the text should declare it, and if …

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Transformation In Urban Design, Sanaa Sati Abbas, Ahmed Tariq Apr 2026

Transformation In Urban Design, Sanaa Sati Abbas, Ahmed Tariq

Iraqi Journal of Architecture and Planning

The research deals with the transformation in urban design ,as a concept ,which been focused on by the structuralism ,and the theorist and designer of late post -modern ,for its importance as a strategy in the design process . the concept had been studied in many disciplines ,such as linguistics ,biology,and architecture.

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The Privacy And The Isolation In The Residential Environment, Wahda Shuker Al-Hinkawi, Sahar Hamid Yousif Apr 2026

The Privacy And The Isolation In The Residential Environment, Wahda Shuker Al-Hinkawi, Sahar Hamid Yousif

Iraqi Journal of Architecture and Planning

The establishment operation of human Iimits and its relation with the surrounding environment correlate with the cultural variable of the society, which reflects the distances between the individuals in the different social infrastructures. The privacy concept represenrs oneof the social concepts that have cultural roots and expresses the adaptation of human and his cultural values, also affects on one hand the individual's relation with his family, and on the other hand his desire to activate or withdraw with other society individuals.     ترتبط عملیة تثبیت حدود الإنسان وعلاقته بالبیئة من حوله بالمتغیرات الحضاریة للمجتمع والذی یعکس المسافات بین الأشخاص فی البنى …

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Discontinuity As Catastrophic Event In Urban Design, Sanaa Sati Abbas, Baya Belmessaud Belmessaud Apr 2026

Discontinuity As Catastrophic Event In Urban Design, Sanaa Sati Abbas, Baya Belmessaud Belmessaud

Iraqi Journal of Architecture and Planning

This research is an attempt to study the discontinuity as a catastrophic event in Urban Design, where this phenomenon had been studied in many displines such as Mathematics, Planning , Medicine ,Surgery and Biology. The research studied this phenomenon from linguistics and conceptual points of views, and submitted its basics in Mathematics according to the Theory of Catastrophe. The research try to borrow this Theory from this field and built a Programme to measure and explore the Discontinuity as a Catastrophic Event in Urban Design. The case study was The CaSaba of Algeria , which is a traditional urban fabric …

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Strangeness In Contemporary Architecture As A Strategy, Khalil Ibrahim Ali, Emad Abd Al Hameed, Abbas Ali Hamza Al Greiza Apr 2026

Strangeness In Contemporary Architecture As A Strategy, Khalil Ibrahim Ali, Emad Abd Al Hameed, Abbas Ali Hamza Al Greiza

Iraqi Journal of Architecture and Planning

Throrgh the last four decades of the 20th Century, architecture, as a language, was studied in various directions, which were concemed either with meaning, or with expressive methods. Both directions aimed to enrich it with meaning and significance; which are contradictory and harmonious. To accomplish continuity between architecture and the receiver in the social order, design strategies utilized other fields ol knowledge such as literature, linguistics or sociology... etc. Which merged the two directions. From these, strangeness and differences were realized and studied in this paper.

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Specialty Of Concept "Creativity " In Architecture, Maysoon Safi Yaser Apr 2026

Specialty Of Concept "Creativity " In Architecture, Maysoon Safi Yaser

Iraqi Journal of Architecture and Planning

Architecture is one of the most effective changing methods in society. It's a cultural phenomena that reveal thoughts and believes of its society through its production. That production must have the power to introduce the unique, and which never been known. To achieve that is what could be named "Creativity". The object of this research is concerned with clarifying the concept "Creativity" in general, and its specialty in Architecture. The method which have been followed was by: l. Clarifying the concept in philosophy and linguistics theories because of itsinfluence on Architecture. 2. Clarifuing the concept in different theoretical attitudes and …

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Preferences An Office In Commercial Administration, Khalil Ibrahim Ali, Oday Abbas Abood Apr 2026

Preferences An Office In Commercial Administration, Khalil Ibrahim Ali, Oday Abbas Abood

Iraqi Journal of Architecture and Planning

This speech resemble the Identity ofArchitecture. A task which makes busy the thinkersand educated class people in general and the Alchitectures in special, on a basic that theIdentity resembles thoughts which are as a kind of eagemess and retuming back for the pasttill the point of resembling, as to be an expression for its role to achieve Identity this researchdeals with through two axis the first relate in describing the dimension and sides ofthereferences in general sight and in Architecture in special sight. The research discusses theArchitecture through explaining the linguistic and Idiomatic dimensions the philosophicalside enlighten this reality and …

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Development Of The Form And Meaning Relationship In Architecture, Akram Jassim Alakkam, Ayad Ahmed Elhyti Apr 2026

Development Of The Form And Meaning Relationship In Architecture, Akram Jassim Alakkam, Ayad Ahmed Elhyti

Iraqi Journal of Architecture and Planning

Many architectural literatures and studies emphasized on the relationship between Form and meaning. Ihat relationship varied through historical periods as a result of the natureof thinking changes reflecting specifically on that relationship. The research aims to verify the nature of relationship between form and meaning through historical and philosophical approaches in architecture. The research hypothesizedvariation of structural principles of that relationship To achieve the research's aim, It was subdivided into three parts. The first, historical dealt with a greek, gothic, romanesque, renaissance, and Baroque architecture, While the second part displayed the modern and contemporary architecture (post-modernsim and deconstractivism).

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Umcur 2026 Program Pdf Apr 2026

Umcur 2026 Program Pdf

University of Montana Conference on Undergraduate Research (UMCUR)

This program includes the schedule for oral presentations and posters.

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Four Reconstructions Of Early Vertical Aspirations, Edgar Calabia Samar Apr 2026

Four Reconstructions Of Early Vertical Aspirations, Edgar Calabia Samar

Kritika Kultura

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Landlocked: The Igorot Ili In The Cordillera Regional Autonomy Pageants, Jose Kervin Calabias Apr 2026

Landlocked: The Igorot Ili In The Cordillera Regional Autonomy Pageants, Jose Kervin Calabias

Kritika Kultura

The present essay intervenes in the resurgent discussions on Cordillera regional autonomy by relocating “autonomy” as it is showcased in the 2023 pageant “Search for Mr. and Ms. Cordillera Autonomy Youth Ambassador” (CAYA). This government-organized pageant simulates the simultaneously isolating and relational understanding of islands through the ili, an Indigenous form of self-governance, embodied by the youth “ambassadors” in the pageant. Through cultural analysis of the pageant space, contestant self-introductions, posters, and attires in the pageant, I argue that these minor agents of autonomy perform oratorical negotiations that uplift each of their ili’s alleged “self-sufficiency” to appeal to the government’s …

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“We Malaysian” Or “We Chinese”?: Navigating Archipelagic Negative Affects In Jason Leong’S Anglophone Stand-Up Comedy, Harry Shi, Sophie Xu Apr 2026

“We Malaysian” Or “We Chinese”?: Navigating Archipelagic Negative Affects In Jason Leong’S Anglophone Stand-Up Comedy, Harry Shi, Sophie Xu

Kritika Kultura

In this article, we argue that negative affects play crucial roles in shaping the identity of Malaysian Chinese within the context of Anglophone stand-up comedy. While prior studies on stand-up comedy have largely focused on individual affects such as shame or anger, little attention has been paid to the relational and synergistic dynamics of negative affects, particularly within racialized and postcolonial contexts. To address this gap, we conceptualize stand-up comedy as an affective arena, which allows for a nuanced examination of enduring social issues in Malaysia around conflicts and disparities in race and culture. To this end, we adopt an …

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Post-Anthropocentric Relations Unbound: Affirmative Ethics Of Loneliness In Children’S Robinsonades, Chengcheng You Apr 2026

Post-Anthropocentric Relations Unbound: Affirmative Ethics Of Loneliness In Children’S Robinsonades, Chengcheng You

Kritika Kultura

Informed by critical island studies, loneliness studies and posthumanist thought, with a particular emphasis on Rosi Braidotti’s propositions of affirmative ethics and zoe, this study focuses on children’s Robinsonades, specifically Scott O’Dell’s Island of the Blue Dolphins (1960) and Peter Brown’s The Wild Robot (2016), to examine how the isolation setting intensifies characters’ experiences of loneliness in a productive tension with the island’s abundant ecological responsiveness. It delves into the shift in loneliness from negative to affirmative, and its narrative potential for crafting a posthuman condition in which the recognition of zoe elicits post-anthropocentric relations. Through intersectional theoretical lenses, loneliness …

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Beyond Romance: Feminist Imagination Of Intimacy In Female-Centered Mengnü (Dream Girl) Fan-Fiction On Chinese Social Media, Gemma Yantao Sun Apr 2026

Beyond Romance: Feminist Imagination Of Intimacy In Female-Centered Mengnü (Dream Girl) Fan-Fiction On Chinese Social Media, Gemma Yantao Sun

Kritika Kultura

This article examines female-centered mengnü fan-fiction emerging on the Chinese social media platform Xiaohongshu as a feminist recontextualization of heteronormative romantic narratives. Unlike conventional mengnü fiction, which centers on male protagonists and heterosexual desire, these storiettes center female celebrities and intimacies between women. Drawing on frameworks of post-romantic culture and feminist criticism, this article read texts of this new genre through two dimensions. First, it examines how these narratives articulate emotionally intense yet ambiguous relationships. From these emerge nomadic, non-binary, and nonteleological forms of intimacy that resist fixed binary categories. Second, the study investigates how these fantasies of nomadic intimacy …

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How Does Fandom Contribute To Content Ip Value Formation?: Proposal For Fandom Asset Model, Sungmin Lee, Kyuchan Kim Apr 2026

How Does Fandom Contribute To Content Ip Value Formation?: Proposal For Fandom Asset Model, Sungmin Lee, Kyuchan Kim

Kritika Kultura

Despite the escalating importance of intellectual property (IP) in the entertainment industry, perspectives for assessing its holistic value beyond the conventional legal framework have been insufficiently discussed. This study posits fandom as a core source in the formation of value for content-based IP. To this end, the study critically examines the limitations of traditional IP perspectives and aims to establish a theoretical foundation for a fandom-centric theory of IP value by drawing upon participatory culture theory and brand equity theory. Furthermore, this paper proposes the Fandom Asset Model (FAM), which incorporates the scale (S), intensity (I), and duration (D) of …

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Too Much Love Will Kill Everything: K-Pop Fandom’S Shift From Prosumer To Market Distorter, Hyungjong Lee, Jimmyn Parc Apr 2026

Too Much Love Will Kill Everything: K-Pop Fandom’S Shift From Prosumer To Market Distorter, Hyungjong Lee, Jimmyn Parc

Kritika Kultura

Fandom activities gained increasing visibility during the 1980s and 1990s, fueled by the growing prominence of popular culture. This visibility has been further amplified since the 2010s by the rapid advancement of digital technology and the evolving media landscape. Generally, fandom is regarded as a positive force in the global music industry, and the K-pop phenomenon is often cited as a prime example—its global expansion largely attributed to the fervent support of dedicated fans. It remains questionable though whether fandom activism has advanced the music industry without generating adverse effects. As fandoms have transitioned from passive consumers to active prosumers, …

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Co-Creating Korean Culture In Europe Through Digital Media: The Rise Of Transculturator, Éva Judit Gajzágó, Mária Keresztes Apr 2026

Co-Creating Korean Culture In Europe Through Digital Media: The Rise Of Transculturator, Éva Judit Gajzágó, Mária Keresztes

Kritika Kultura

Over the past decade, Korean pop culture (including K-pop and K-drama series) has conquered the world and left its mark on the European market. Today, the number of fans of Korean culture exceeds 225 million. This study examines this fan phenomenon through a European sample. It focuses on fans who are not only consumers but also content creators, producers, and shapers of culture in digital media. The study is based on a multi-country dataset from Europe. The authors’ primary survey, conducted in 2024, targeted fans of Korean culture in twelve European countries. The research explores fans’ interest in Korean entertainment …

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Practices Of The Global Hallyu Fandom As A “Post-Creator”, Taehyun Baek, Jiyoung Joo Apr 2026

Practices Of The Global Hallyu Fandom As A “Post-Creator”, Taehyun Baek, Jiyoung Joo

Kritika Kultura

This study reconceptualizes global Hallyu fandom as a form of post-creation, where fans operate as cultural agents who reorganize affective structures and ethical codes within the algorithmic and economic conditions of platform capitalism. Drawing on Nicolas Bourriaud’s concept of postproduction and Kang Sumi’s formulation of the post-creator, this study positions fan practices as participatory or remixed acts while at the same time highlighting their role as politically and aesthetically significant interventions that reshape the meaning and circulation of cultural texts. Methodologically, this study conducts a comparative analysis of digital fan activities, including stage mixes, fan-subtitled translations, reaction videos, and performancebased …

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Introduction: Homo Connectus And Fandom Activism: Fansumers As Cultural Transmitters, Soongbeum Ahn, Ratan Kumar Roy Apr 2026

Introduction: Homo Connectus And Fandom Activism: Fansumers As Cultural Transmitters, Soongbeum Ahn, Ratan Kumar Roy

Kritika Kultura

The transformation of fandom in the age of digital media and hyperconnectivity calls for renewed scholarly attention. Earlier studies of participatory culture highlighted the role of the “prosumer,” who blurs the boundary between production and consumption. This special section shifts the focus to the concept of the “fansumer,” which captures a more specific mode of engagement in which emotionally invested fans mobilize coordinated consumption and activities to shape cultural visibility, influence market outcomes, and practice fandom activism. Fans also actively generate new cultural forms and position themselves as agents of communication, thereby amplifying the dynamism of the global popular culture …

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Frontier Crossings Of A 19th Century French Missionary Foundress Of British Malaya: Mathilde Raclot, Anne Vanessa Vincent, Shanthini Pillai, Suziana Mat Saad Apr 2026

Frontier Crossings Of A 19th Century French Missionary Foundress Of British Malaya: Mathilde Raclot, Anne Vanessa Vincent, Shanthini Pillai, Suziana Mat Saad

Kritika Kultura

This article explores the life and work of Mathilde Raclot, a French Catholic nun who became the first missionary foundress in British Malaya. Catholic nuns were obligated to adhere to stringent canon laws, which mandated them to lead a secluded life immediately upon taking their solemn vows. When Raclot was called to serve in Malaya, embarking on a journey of geographical transitions from European to Asian waterways brought her out of seclusion. We analyze Raclot’s journey to British Malaya by incorporating the concepts of heterogeneous frontiers from the perspective of a female French missionary to unearth gendered perspectives of French …

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The Burden Of Truth: Illness, Failed Mourning, And The Porous Body, Kim Jonggab Apr 2026

The Burden Of Truth: Illness, Failed Mourning, And The Porous Body, Kim Jonggab

Kritika Kultura

“Why me?” When illness strikes, this visceral cry is not merely a psychological plea for comfort, but also an ontological rupture that shatters the modern myth of the atomistic, closed body. This paper argues that depression, particularly “depression without cause,” functions as a catalyst for a radical existential shift. Unlike clinical models that seek a discrete etiology, the experience of causeless suffering bypasses linear causality, exposing the limitations of a substance-based ontology. Grounded in a critique of the “bounded ego,” this study rethinks the discourse of the body by approaching illness and failed mourning through a relational and ecological perspective. …

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Fluid Solidarity: The Taoist And Indigenous Water Philosophies In Rita Wong's Undercurrent, Yiyi He Apr 2026

Fluid Solidarity: The Taoist And Indigenous Water Philosophies In Rita Wong's Undercurrent, Yiyi He

Kritika Kultura

To criticize exploiting water as an extractive resource and to provide an alternative way of engaging with water, I highlight the philosophical “undercurrents,” the hidden threads of Taoism and Indigenous streams of thinking in Chinese Canadian poet Rita Wong’s undercurrent (2015). Central to water-based ecological thinking, the notions of reciprocity and resilience are important components within both Taoist and Indigenous water philosophies. The confluence of Taoism and Indigenous ways of knowing water is key to understanding Wong’s hydro-poetics and hydro-politics. I further adopt “fluid solidarity” to address the dynamic and complex allyship between Chinese Canadians and Indigenous Peoples. I argue …

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Feminine Supernaturalism: Matter, Gender, And Spirit In Traditional Chinese Theatre, Yixuan Li Apr 2026

Feminine Supernaturalism: Matter, Gender, And Spirit In Traditional Chinese Theatre, Yixuan Li

Kritika Kultura

Traditional Chinese theatre distinguishes itself by weaving human figures, natural landscapes, and supernatural forces into powerful expressions of emotion, often embodied in the interplay between female characters and the environment. Its philosophical foundation lies in the concept of yin—a principle in traditional Chinese cosmology that represents the generative, transformative, and enigmatic dimensions of femininity. Within this worldview, the environment is not a passive backdrop but an active agent that participates in and even shapes the life trajectories of female protagonists. Drawing on this framework and the lens of material ecocriticism, this article explores the ecological, material, and spiritual dimensions of …

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