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The Cartographic Steppe: Mapping Environment and Ethnicity in Japan's Imperial Borderlands
The Cartographic Steppe: Mapping Environment and Ethnicity in Japan's Imperial Borderlands The Harvard community has made this article openly available. Please share how this access benefits you. Your story matters Citation Christmas, Sakura. 2016. The Cartographic Steppe: Mapping Environment and Ethnicity in Japan's Imperial Borderlands. Doctoral dissertation, Harvard University, Graduate School of Arts & Sciences. Citable link http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:33840708 Terms of Use This article was downloaded from Harvard University’s DASH repository, and is made available under the terms and conditions applicable to Other Posted Material, as set forth at http:// nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:dash.current.terms-of- use#LAA The Cartographic Steppe: Mapping Environment and Ethnicity in Japan’s Imperial Borderlands A dissertation presented by Sakura Marcelle Christmas to The Department of History in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the subject of History Harvard University Cambridge, Massachusetts August 2016 © 2016 Sakura Marcelle Christmas All rights reserved. Dissertation Advisor: Ian Jared Miller Sakura Marcelle Christmas The Cartographic Steppe: Mapping Environment and Ethnicity in Japan’s Imperial Borderlands ABSTRACT This dissertation traces one of the origins of the autonomous region system in the People’s Republic of China to the Japanese imperial project by focusing on Inner Mongolia in the 1930s. Here, Japanese technocrats demarcated the borderlands through categories of ethnicity and livelihood. At the center of this endeavor was the perceived problem of nomadic decline: the loss of the region’s deep history of transhumance to Chinese agricultural expansion and capitalist extraction. -
Hiff 2018 Announces Alan Alda, First
Embargoed Until 12:00PM ET / 9:00AM PT on Thursday, August 30, 2018 THE HAMPTONS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES ALAN ALDA AS “THE DICK CAVETT ARTISTIC CHAMPION AWARD” RECIPIENT FIRST MAN announced as Saturday Night Centerpiece Film ROMA to Screen as Spotlight Film Complete Lineup in World Cinema Narrative and World Cinema Documentary Categories Announced Alan Alda, Damien Chazelle and Josh Singer to attend Festival 26th Annual Festival to run October 4 - 8, 2018 East Hampton, NY (August 30, 2018) - The Hamptons International Film Festival (HIFF) announced today that Academy Award®-nominated and Golden Globe®-winning actor Alan Alda will receive The Dick Cavett Artistic Champion Award, celebrating his artistic achievements and contributions to the industry over the years. The festival established the award in 2017, honoring Dick Cavett himself. Seven-time Emmy® Award winner Alan Alda played Hawkeye Pierce and wrote many of the episodes on the classic TV series M*A*S*H, and appeared in continuing roles on ER, The West Wing, 30 Rock, The Blacklist, The Big C, Horace and Pete, and The Good Fight. He was nominated for an Academy Award® for his role in THE AVIATOR. Alda’s films include BRIDGE OF SPIES, TOWER HEIST, WANDERLUST, CRIMES AND MISDEMEANORS, MANHATTAN MURDER MYSTERY, AND THE BAND PLAYED ON, SAME TIME, NEXT YEAR and CALIFORNIA SUITE, as well as THE SEDUCTION OF JOE TYNAN, which he wrote, and THE FOUR SEASONS, SWEET LIBERTY, A NEW LIFE and BETSY’S WEDDING, all of which he wrote and directed. On Broadway, he received Tony nominations for Glengarry Glen Ross, Jake’s Women, and The Apple Tree. -
NATO Feb 05 NL.Indd
February 2005 NANATOTO of California/NevadaCalifornia/Nevada Information for the California and Nevada Motion Picture Theatre Industry THE CALIFORNIA POPCORN TAX CALENDAR By Duane Sharpe, Hutchinson and Bloodgood LLP of EVENTS & The California State Board of Equalization (the Board) recently issued an Opinion on a refund HOLIDAYS of sales tax to a local theatre chain (hereafter, the Theatre). The detail of the refund wasn’t discussed in the opinion, but the Board did focus on two specifi c issues that affected the refund. February 6 California tax law requires the assessment of sales tax on the sale of all food products when sold Super Bowl Sunday for consumption within a place that charges admission. The Board noted that in all but one loca- tion, the Theatre had changed their operations regarding admissions to its theatre buildings. Instead February 12 of requiring customers to fi rst purchase tickets to enter into the theatre building lobby in which all Lincoln’s Birthday food and drinks were sold, the Theatre opened each lobby to the general public without requiring tickets. The Theatre only required tickets for the customers to enter further into the inside movie February 14 viewing areas of the theatres. This admission policy allowed the Theatre not to charge sales tax on Valentine’s Day “popcorn sales.” California tax law requires the assessment of sales tax on the sale of “hot prepared food products.” The issue before the Board was whether the popcorn sold by the Theatre was a hot February 21 prepared food product. President’s Day From the Opinion: “Claimant’s process for making popcorn starts with a popper. -
January 2005 NEWSLETTER a N E N T E R T a I N M E N T I N D U S T R Y O R G a N I Z a T I O N
January 2005 NEWSLETTER A n E n t e r t a i n m e n t I n d u s t r y O r g a n i z a t i o n FILM Music Biz Quiz 50th Anniversary Randall Rumage As we enter the new year, it’s good to review some of the amazing musical The President’s contributions made in 2004 to movies, television programs, and soundtrack albums. It’s now the season of the Golden Globes, the Academy Awards and the Corner Grammy Awards, all of which help to remind us of the songs, the scores, and the people who make them come to life. See if your film music trivia knowledge is Michael R. Morris up to speed with this scientifically uncertified multiple choice quiz! The answers In December, the CCC celebrated are on page 5. the holidays with its annual party, again held at the ever-hospitable 1. According to Billboard, what was the top selling soundtrack album of 2004? Cafe Cordiale. While this meant a A. Spider-Man 2 - (Geffen/DreamWorks/Interscope) hiatus from our regular monthly pa- B. Tupac: Resurrection – (Amaru/Interscope) nels, the sold-out evening afforded C. The Passion Of The Christ – (Integrity/Sony Music) CCC members and friends a splendid D. Ray (Ray Charles) – (WMG Soundtracks/Atlantic/Rhino) opportunity to usher out 2004, rekin- dle old friendships, and - of course - 2. Connect these top 5 Hot Soundtrack Singles (according to Billboard’s 2004 musically schmooze. Special kudos to year-end edition) to the soundtracks or films in which they were embodied: James Leach for organizing the musi- cal portion of the party, and to Deb- A. -
Danny Elfman's Horror Film Music Elements in the Films
DANNY ELFMAN’S HORROR FILM MUSIC ELEMENTS IN THE FILMS BY TIM BURTON Rinske Lerk 4251970 July 29, 2017 Bachelor Thesis Musicology, MU3V14004 Supervisor: Dr. Petra Philipsen Table of Contents 1. Introduction…………………………………………………………………………... 3 2. Theoretical Framework…………………………………………………………......... 5 2.1. Instrumentation………………………………………………………………….. 5 2.2. Harmonics and Dynamics……………………………………………………….. 7 2.3. Scare Tactics…………………………………………………………………….. 8 3. Analysis Beetlejuice and Sleepy Hollow………………………………………........... 10 3.1. “Main Titles” – Beetlejuice……………………………………………………… 10 3.1.1. Instrumentation…………………………………………………….……... 10 3.1.2. Harmonics and Dynamics………………………………………………… 11 3.1.3. Scare Tactics……………………………………………………………… 12 3.2. “Main Titles” – Sleepy Hollow………………………………………………….. 13 3.2.1. Instrumentation…………………………………………………………… 13 3.2.2. Harmonics and Dynamics………………………………………………… 14 3.2.3. Scare Tactics……………………………………………………………… 14 4. Comparison…………………………………………………………………………… 16 5. Conclusion………………………………………………………………………......... 17 6. References……………………………………………………………………………. 18 2 1. Introduction Growing up I have seen many films, but one film has always stood out for me: Corpse Bride (2005). As soon as we got the DVD of this film, I must have watched it at least 20 times. This film marked the start of my love for Tim Burton films and music by Danny Elfman. After Corpse Bride I have seen many other films by Tim Burton. What has always intrigued me about his films, is that the storylines are quite dark and often use dark colours. This insinuates that Burton’s films could be horror films,1 but this is not always the case. The question this raises is to what extent the music in his films features horror elements. The main question in this thesis is: To what extent does the music of Danny Elfman in films by Tim Burton express fright? In this thesis I am focusing on the music itself, because I want to find out whether it is obvious from the music alone that it is frightening or not. -
1 Forever Alone in a Crowd, Arthur Fleck Seeks Connection. Yet, As He
Forever alone in a crowd, Arthur Fleck seeks connection. Yet, as he trods the sooted Gotham City streets and rides the graffitied mass transit rails of a hostile town teeming with division and dissatisfaction, Arthur wears two masks. One, he paints on for his day job as a clown. The other he can never remove; it’s the guise he projects in a futile attempt to feel he’s a part of the world around him, and not the misunderstood man whom life is repeatedly beating down. Fatherless, Arthur has a fragile mother, arguably his best friend, who nicknamed him Happy, a moniker that’s fostered in Arthur a smile that hides the heartache beneath. But, when bullied by teens on the streets, taunted by suits on the subway, or simply teased by his fellow clowns at work, this social outlier only becomes even more out of sync with everyone around him. Directed, co-written and produced by Todd Phillips, “Joker” is the filmmaker’s original vision of the infamous DC villain, an origin story infused with, but distinctly outside, the character’s more traditional mythologies. Phillips’ exploration of Arthur Fleck, who is indelibly portrayed by Joaquin Phoenix, is of a man struggling to find his way in Gotham’s fractured society. Longing for any light to shine on him, he tries his hand as a stand-up comic, but finds the joke always seems to be on him. Caught in a cyclical existence between apathy and cruelty and, ultimately, betrayal, Arthur makes one bad decision after another that brings about a chain reaction of escalating events in this gritty, allegorical character study. -
Adventures in Film Music Redux Composer Profiles
Adventures in Film Music Redux - Composer Profiles ADVENTURES IN FILM MUSIC REDUX COMPOSER PROFILES A. R. RAHMAN Elizabeth: The Golden Age A.R. Rahman, in full Allah Rakha Rahman, original name A.S. Dileep Kumar, (born January 6, 1966, Madras [now Chennai], India), Indian composer whose extensive body of work for film and stage earned him the nickname “the Mozart of Madras.” Rahman continued his work for the screen, scoring films for Bollywood and, increasingly, Hollywood. He contributed a song to the soundtrack of Spike Lee’s Inside Man (2006) and co- wrote the score for Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007). However, his true breakthrough to Western audiences came with Danny Boyle’s rags-to-riches saga Slumdog Millionaire (2008). Rahman’s score, which captured the frenzied pace of life in Mumbai’s underclass, dominated the awards circuit in 2009. He collected a British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) Award for best music as well as a Golden Globe and an Academy Award for best score. He also won the Academy Award for best song for “Jai Ho,” a Latin-infused dance track that accompanied the film’s closing Bollywood-style dance number. Rahman’s streak continued at the Grammy Awards in 2010, where he collected the prize for best soundtrack and “Jai Ho” was again honoured as best song appearing on a soundtrack. Rahman’s later notable scores included those for the films 127 Hours (2010)—for which he received another Academy Award nomination—and the Hindi-language movies Rockstar (2011), Raanjhanaa (2013), Highway (2014), and Beyond the Clouds (2017). -
Build a Be4er Neplix, Win a Million Dollars?
Build a Be)er Ne,lix, Win a Million Dollars? Lester Mackey 2012 USA Science and Engineering FesDval Nelix • Rents & streams movies and TV shows • 100,000 movie Dtles • 26 million customers Recommends “Movies You’ll ♥” Recommending Movies You’ll ♥ Hated it! Loved it! Recommending Movies You’ll ♥ Recommending Movies You’ll ♥ How This Works Top Secret Now I’m Cinematch Computer Program I don’t unhappy! like this movie. Your Predicted Rang: Back at Ne,lix How can we Let’s have a improve contest! Cinematch? What should the prize be? How about $1 million? The Ne,lix Prize October 2, 2006 • Contest open to the world • 100 million movie rangs released to public • Goal: Create computer program to predict rangs • $1 Million Grand Prize for beang Cinematch accuracy by 10% • $50,000 Progress Prize for the team with the best predicDons each year 5,100 teams from 186 countries entered Dinosaur Planet David Weiss David Lin Lester Mackey Team Dinosaur Planet The Rangs • Training Set – What computer programs use to learn customer preferences – Each entry: July 5, 1999 – 100,500,000 rangs in total – 480,000 customers and 18,000 movies The Rangs: A Closer Look Highest Rated Movies The Shawshank RedempDon Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Raiders of the Lost Ark Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers Finding Nemo The Green Mile Most Divisive Movies Fahrenheit 9/11 Napoleon Dynamite Pearl Harbor Miss Congeniality Lost in Translaon The Royal Tenenbaums How the Contest Worked • Quiz Set & Test Set – Used to evaluate accuracy of computer programs – Each entry: Rang Sept. -
Vol. 38, Issue 3 – February 14, 2005
Feature SportsSports Dynamic duo’s Mary Harrison throughout history. talks tennis. pages 4&5 page 7 Vol. 38, Issue 3 – February 14, 2005 Captain Shreve High School 6115 East Kings Highway Shreveport, LA 71105 The History of Valentine’s Day by Laurie Basco life,” junior Lindsay Radcliffe said. one of a priest named Valentine. of the most popular saints in Every year there is a time “It is a day of romance, people get- This priest was alive England and France by the Middle when stores are decorated with ting together, while Rome’s Ages. This day dates back to the paper hearts and little cupids. A spending Emperor was ancient Roman celebration, time when stores are full of roman- Emperor Lupercalia. tic sayings and people are buying Claudius The first box of Valentine’s candy, cards, and flowers. This II.candy was in the late 1800’s. The month of the year is February, and it oldest known greeting card was is a month dedicated to love. And made in 1400’s. And commercial on February 14, Valentine’s day, Valentines were introduced in the couples have a chance to show their 1800’s. significant other just how much they Today, Valentine’s Day is truly mean. This sign of affection mostly associated with the sym- can be shown through candy, cards, bols of Cupid, doves, love birds, flowers, gifts, or some sort of roses, hearts, arrows, and lacy romantic adventure. time doilies. And, over one billion For everyone, Valentines together Valentine cards are sent each year, has a unique meaning. -
Newsletter Summer 2005.Qxd (Page 1)
TADLOW MUSIC NEWS www.tadlowmusic.com SUMMER 2006 TADLOW MUSIC PRAGUE NEWS The Complete Recording Package for the Film, Television, Recent Recordings with THE CITY OF PRAGUE PHILHARMONIC Video Game and Recording Industry in ORCHESTRA at the Barrandov Studios - Smecky Soundstage and THE LONDON • PRAGUE • BERLIN and BRUSSELS PRAGUE STUDIO ORCHESTRA at Czech TV Music Studios supervised by Tadlow Music include: LATEST NEWS: TRUE GRIT World Premiere Recording of the Complete Score to the Classic JOHN TADLOW MUSIC NOW REPRESENTS WAYNE Western composed by ELMER BERNSTEIN THE FLEMISH RADIO ORCHESTRA JAMES STEVENS Music by veteran English composer including his CONCERTINO CONCERTANTE, (a mini piano concerto) performed by the orchestra conducted by Adam Klemens with Jaraslav Klepac as soloist INSPECTOR LYNLEY Music by ANDY PRICE for the latest BBC TV Series of 4 episodes of the popular detective series SAVINGANGEL HOPE First feature film score by Robin Hoffmann for new comedy starring Bernard From April 2006, Tadlow Music is adding the Flemish Radio Orchestra Hill, Billy Boyd and Tim McInnerny,directed by Lukas Erni (The Vlaams Radio Orkest) to their portfolio. CHRIS NICKEL The Flemish Radio Orchestra was established in 1935 under the aegis of New album of orchestral music by Canadian concert and film music the public broadcasting network. In 1998 the orchestra became independent composer and started to developing its own activities which includes many classical concerts and recordings but they are also active in performing and IN THE BEGINNING recording film music. The orchestra have since 2000 have been the Epic production based on the Bible for SIGHT & SOUND theatres in USA orchestra "in residence" for the Flanders International Film Festival and in with music composed by DAVID CLYDESDALE. -
Halloween Night Pdf Free Download
HALLOWEEN NIGHT PDF, EPUB, EBOOK Marjorie Dennis Murray,Brandon Dorman | 40 pages | 07 Aug 2013 | HarperCollins Publishers Inc | 9780061857737 | English | New York, United States Halloween Night PDF Book Monday, October 14 Hocus Pocus, a. Product Reviews. Want to join the Hungry Ghosts Festival or snack on a sugar skull? Hocus Pocus, 9 a. Disney Pixar's The Incredibles , a. Monster House , p. Saturday, October 19 ParaNorman , 7 a. Scream 2 , p. National Treasure, 12 p. For fans of the holiday, the dressing-up experience is made even sweeter and cuter once a child enters the picture, thanks to coordinating mommy-and-me costumes. Let's face it: You love visitors Monsters University Disney-Pixar a. United States. Hocus Pocus a. Monster House , 12 a. Decorating Disney: Halloween Magic a. Why should humans have all the fun on Halloween? Hocus Pocus , a. Carving pumpkins brings the whole family together. The Addams Family , p. Can a Halloween attraction be sued for being too scary? Which One Are You? Haunted houses have an arsenal of scare tactics they deploy depending on who darkens their doors. Type keyword s to search. The American Halloween is just one of many celebrations around the globe with roots in ceremonies to honor the dead who've returned to visit their loved-ones. That, amongst all of the following reasons, is why nothing compares to All Hallows' Eve. And it's still funny. Learn More. The Mummy a. The Nightmare Before Christmas , 11 a. Hocus Pocus, p. Hotel Transylvania 2 Freeform Premiere p. United States. Special shout-out to candy corn and anything pumpkin-shaped. -
Corpse Bride
SeptSept. 29.29. 20052005 Music,M u s i c , MMovieso v i e s anda n d MoreM o r e MUSIC: Damian ‘‘Jr.Jr. GGong’ong’ Mararleyley rrollsolls out new rreggaeeggae album MOVIES: ‘TTimim BurBurton’ston’s CCorpseorpse BrBrideide’ and ‘OlivOliverer TTwist’wist’ open in theatheatersters MORE: New fall TTVV shoshoww guide, plus a trtributeibute ttoo New OrOrleans-styleleans-style dinidiningng 2 THE BUZZ Bush, have separated. People re- carriage, at least for the Trumps. ports the once seemingly happy Donald Trump, 59, is going to be Contents couple has decided to split up. a dad once again, this time with THE Another report also claims that beautiful wife Melania Knauss. 02 The Inside Buzz there is no more wedding bliss Their spring baby will be the fi rst I N S I D E for “Sopranos” Actress, 24-year- for Knauss and fi fth for Trump. 03 Fall TV Lineup old Jamie-Lynn Discala, and 34- ... Anna Nicole Smith takes her year-old husband (and manager) court battle to the Supreme Court BUZZ AJ Discala. Married for two to try and get a piece of her late Concert Calendar years, they have separated and husband’s fortune. New notable there’s no word yet on a recon- CD releases that came out Tues- 04 New Movies ciliation … funny woman Kathy day were Sheryl Crow Wildfl ow- Griffi n requested papers to di- er … Neil Young’s Prairie Wind 06 New Music vorce her husband of four years, … Sean Paul Trinity … new Matthew Moline … on to happi- DVD releases this week include By MAHSA KHALILIFAR er news, at least for now – one of … Robin William’s “Robots” Flashback Favorite Daily Titan Asst.