Power Of Discourse Research Articles

COLONIAL GAZES AND MYTHIC LANDSCAPES: A CRITICAL STUDY OF EUROPEAN TRAVELOGUES ON KASHMIR

Travel writing, particularly from the colonial period, has significantly influenced the ways in which places like Kashmir are imagined and understood. European travelogues on Kashmir are not just descriptive texts; they are a form of cultural production that participates in the broader discourse of colonial power, representing the region through a Western, often exoticized lens. These travelogues, while seemingly concerned with documenting landscapes and cultures, are deeply ideological, reflecting the colonial desire to construct and control the "other." This article situates European travel narratives on Kashmir within postcolonial and critical theoretical frameworks, exploring how these texts construct space, identity, and knowledge, and how these constructions perpetuate particular visions of the world.

How Will China's Clean Energy Industry Develop?

This paper mainly takes China's clearer energy industry as the research object, and adopts the methods of literature analysis, comparative analysis and data analysis. The research compares and analyzes the current situation and evolution of the global and Chinese clearer power profession, and draws out the overall characteristics of the evolution and development of China’s clean energy industry. From three different levels of clearer power types, it specifically analyzes three major clean energy industries: solar energy industry, clean coal industry and fuel cell industry. The study found that with the continuous development of energy technology and profession, China’s clean energy industry is gradually opening up, and clean power discourse in the international market will continue to improve. Based on these conclusions, China’s clean energy industry needs cooperation, especially exploring the mode of mixed ownership between private and state-owned enterprises. By lowering the threshold for market access, it will greatly encourage entrepreneurship and innovation in the energy field, and jointly promote the globalization of China's clean energy industry.

The Biblical Metaphor of “Governing as Shepherding” and Catholic Biopolitics in Medieval Icelandic Contexts

This paper studies the Old Icelandic use of the Biblical conceptual metaphor of “governing as shepherding”, based on projecting patterns of the practices of shepherding on the notion of governing. It examines the transfer of this conceptual metaphor to Old Icelandic literature through the reception of Christian literature, the frequency and chronology of occurrences of the linguistic realizations of this conceptual metaphor in different textual genres and periods of Old Icelandic literature, and the possible lineages of texts’ transmission that might have enabled the cultural transfer of this conceptual metaphor from Latin to Old Icelandic. On the theoretical basis of Michel Foucault’s governmentality theory, the emergence of the discourse of pastoral power over human life in Old Icelandic literature is correlated with the development of specific biopolitical practices of governance regarding the protection of human life applied by the Catholic Church in medieval Iceland.

Retracted: The Scheme of Ecological Environment Governance under International Discourse Power from the Perspective of Ecological Civilization.

[This retracts the article DOI: 10.1155/2022/3367200.].

Technical Thinking on Chinese Embroidered Paintings

In the history of Chinese embroidery, Gu’s Embroidery in the late Ming Dynasty and Ding Pei’s Principles of Embroidery can be considered the pinnacle of embroidered painting’s practice and texts. Nowadays, there are many studies of the unique position and artistic value of “embroidered painting.” It is in this context that this paper offers a particular consideration of the technical aspects of embroidered painting in the Ming and Qing dynasties. With a series of specific questions, this paper is designed to examine embroidered painting from the perspective of stitching technique and gender, as well as its dual status as both an independent art form and a stitching technique. However, due to its nature as a women-exclusive art, embroidery suffered discriminatory treatment and was unable to acquire its privileged status in a male-dominated imperial society. As a result, embroidered painting had to win discourse power by not emphasizing its sophisticated technique.

Politik Kebangkitan Adat dalam Praktik Wacana Orang Ambon

In Indonesia, the emergence of indigenous revivalism (or adat revivalism) is equated with unequal treatment at the local level, such as the seizure of adat lands to be converted into national development concessions. The conversion of “negeri adat” (indigenous villages) in Ambon, which is the main locus of this study, represents an instance of this. Indigenous revivalism intends to fight for indigenous values and regain equality that was neglected during the New Order Regime. However, unfortunately, it has become rooted in the discourse of power. This indigenous euphoria in the Reformasi era did not answer the challenge of indigenous values, but instead got caught up in local political interests by bureaucratizing, managerializing, and/or administering indigenous values. The consequence is ethnic projection. The discourse of indigenous revival has turned into a discourse of ethnic identity revival. In that context, especially regarding the revival of indigenous discourse in Ambon, I would like to discuss three main issues, namely: genealogy, power relations, and subjectivity. The discussion of the third issue will utilize Michel Foucault’s critical discourse analysis method.

Surrendering to the Discourse of Representation in Laila Halaby’s Once in a Promised Land

This paper explores the effects of the discourse of representation on the cultural identity of the protagonist Jassim in Laila Halaby’s Once in a Promised Land by making specific reference to Stuart Hall’s notion “The Discourse of Representation.” Michel Foucault’s theory of power/ knowledge is also significant to reveal the hegemonic power of discourse in a certain culture. Besides Hall’s and Foucault’s theories, this article draws upon the works of some other theorists such as Homi Bhabha, Louis Althusser, and Antonio Gramsci. The study explains how the primary role of power produces a certain discourse that normalizes the individual. The personal options and experiences of the main character will be scrutinized in order to explain how Jassim ultimately surrenders to the discourse of representation.

China’s New Idea of Socialist Core Value Education: President Xi’s Philosophical Discourse on the Education of Socialist Core Values

Abstract The influence of the education of socialist core values includes both domestic and foreign countries, which are embodied in consolidating China’s spiritual strength, safeguarding the national governance system, and enhancing the international discourse power. In education principle, the education of socialist core values has both commonness and individuality, adhering to the guiding direction of Marxism, integrating into the “four modernizations” of life, and conducting sub-subject education close to the masses. In terms of educational content, the education of socialist core values revolves around “three advocations”, namely, advocating great morality, guarding public morality, and strictly practicing private morality. In terms of educational approach, the system and environment of socialist core values education should be optimized, namely, government macro-control, school main body participation, and family and community cooperation in education.

A critical race theory analysis of STEM schools in an urban school district

AbstractThe creation of specialty science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) Schools has been presented as a way to improve both academic and STEM‐related outcomes, particularly in urban school districts where “failing” schools are converted the STEM Schools. This study examines this conversion process through the tenets of critical race theory, particularly the tenets of Whiteness as property, interest convergence, and the power of discourse. Using data collected from 28 textual sources and 29 interviews of teachers, students, and administrators at STEM Schools, a comparative case study approach was used to examine the historical development of two STEM Schools in one urban area. Findings indicated that the creation of STEM Schools was a way to protect STEM as a property of Whiteness by funneling resources toward White, middle‐class students. Additionally, the motivation for the conversions demonstrates how interest convergence functions in educational reform. In particular, the interests of White parents (to have access to high‐quality educational resources) and industry leaders (to develop a STEM workforce) temporarily converged with the interests of local families to improve neighborhood schools. However, ultimately, Black students and families, particularly those from lower socioeconomic status, were not served by the new STEM Schools.

The History of European Stereotypes and Allegories of Representation of North Africans: Continuity Narratives and Shifting Paradigms

The representational politics of European cinema and literature were effectively determinant in shaping and reflecting the values and the ideologies of the dominant parties in dealing with encounters and representing cultural difference. Conditioned by the synchronous historical and political contexts, the work of stereotyping has persisted and Continued in deploying almost the same tropes and metaphors of representation that have been in operation since the medieval ages, constructing a logic of binarization of encounters on asymmetrical grounds. This article explores the genealogy of representation of North Africans in European cinema and literature, focusing on the metamorphosis of its dominant tropes and stereotypes over centuries. It addresses the ways fictional representation of North Africans, especially Moroccans, reinforce the orientalizing discourse of power, domination, and hegemonic construction of cultural difference on stereotypical and judgmental basis. It suggests that the visual and literary representation of North Africans has constantly kept appearing, disappearing, shifting and redefining in response to the prevailing political and historical contexts that shaped encounters between Europeans and North Africans. To track the mutation of the stereotype, its intertextuality and its hierarchical structures of power, Edward Said’s colonial discourse analysis and Homi Bhabha’s conceptualization of the stereotype will be used as theoretical frameworks in this article.

Mind the gap! UK employment policy both during and beyond EU membership: from policy layering to policy drift

ABSTRACT This article interrogates the impact of EU employment policy on the UK both during and after EU Membership. To do so, it adopts insights from both historical institutionalism and discursive institutionalism. The argument made is that integration in the area of employment policy resulted in a process of ‘layering’ whereby EU policy ultimately tamed some of the more liberal elements of the UK’s employment model. Such layering, however, failed to generate a more fundamental change within the UK’s path dependency owing to the emergence of a powerful discourse within British politics. This discourse portrayed EU legislation as a threat to the UK’s ability to generate growth and jobs. As an ‘independent’ country, however, overtime UK employment policy is likely to experience policy drift from the EU, albeit the extent of such remains unclear.

The Construction of Cultural Translation Research System under Big Data Technology

Abstract In the context of big data development, one of the reasons for the ineffectiveness of Chinese cultural translation research is the lack of attention to the “system construction”, this paper focuses on the construction of the cultural translation research system under the big data technology, based on the MOOC recommendation system using the recommendation engine group for the hybrid recommendation, the recommendation engine group integrated the use of the mainstream collaborative filtering algorithm based on foreign translation literature in the recommendation algorithm. Through the experimental analysis, the model performance reaches the maximum when the number of cultural literature is 7, and the F_1 of the traditional method is improved by about 2.6%. Compared with the original recommendation algorithm, the improved recommendation algorithm of the MOOC implicit scoring model can get more accurate recommendation results to promote the construction of a Chinese cultural foreign translation discourse system. It is expected to promote the construction of Chinese cultural foreign translation discourse system, show the vitality, staying power, and influence of China’s excellent culture to the world, enhance the international discourse power and cultural soft power of Chinese culture in the new era, and contribute Chinese wisdom to global cultural exchange and governance.

Artful theory: thinking spatial planning differently

ABSTRACT I attempt to unsettle the taken-for-granted clichés of powerful discourses and Western-centrism evident in the colonizing enterprises of much international planning-related research and practice. Regarding art as a powerful lens which can provoke us to see and think the world differently, I engage Lubaina Himid’s spatial planning-related artwork, The Operating Table, as an inclusive synthesis of stories, meanings and land use elements, which may stimulate creation of new or reconfigured concepts, institutions and practices which would decolonialize encounters between First Nations’ and Western-oriented ways of knowing and being. I attempt to bring Deleuze’s and Guattari’s concept of inclusive disjunctive synthesis into alliance with First Nation onto-epistemologies, potentially working together in difference.

Construction of Climate Identity of Britain and America Based on Discourse-historical Analysis

Climate change has always been the focus of the international community, and the construction of national identity in the field of climate is closely related to discourse power. Based on discourse-historical analysis, this paper analyzes the speeches delivered by American and British leaders at the 26th and 27th Conferences of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change through nomination strategy and predication indication strategy. It is found that Britain constructs its national identity as an active advocate and the United States constructs its national identity as a trustworthy world leader. National identity, national power, and discourse restrict and influence each other. This paper adds a reference for other countries to build their identity and enhance their national discourse power in climate diplomacy.

Research on CE Translation of Political Texts from the Perspective of Eco-translatology

Cultural Confidence is the cornerstone of China’s Rise. It is crucial to build a pluralistic and dialogical external discourse system on how to disseminate Chinese values to the world. Based on Eco-translatology, this study takes the CE translation of the 20th CPC National Congress Report as an example to explore how to fully tap into Cultural Confidence and achieve communicative purposes in the international publicity translation represented by political texts. It is found that translators often choose translation strategies such as literal translation, liberal translation, amplification and omission, domestication and foreignization, synthesization, annotations and so on to achieve the adaptation and selection of translation in three dimensions: language, culture and communication. It would promote full communication between source and target cultures in order to enhance the international influence and communication power of Chinese discourse.

The Construction of International Trade Dispute Settlement Mechanism in the Context of RCEP and China's Positioning

With the regional economic integration and economic globalization, RCEP was enacted and entered into force, and its dispute settlement mechanism provides a more efficient and convenient way and platform for FTA members to resolve trade frictions against the background of WTO dispute settlement mechanism's difficulties. The paper adopts the research methods of textual analysis and comparative analysis and concludes that the RCEP dispute settlement mechanism adopts a hybrid model with more comprehensive provisions in terms of basic settings and procedural construction; compared with the WTO dispute settlement mechanism, RCEP has obvious advantages in terms of autonomy, timeliness and fairness. Meanwhile, the paper proposes that China, as an important member of RCEP, should further strengthen Asia-Pacific region's economic and trade corporation in the process of building an open, free and rule-based multilateral trading system to help the construction of "One Belt, One Road" and enhance China's influence and discourse power as a practitioner.

Research on the Export Strategy of Chinese Culture on TikTok Platform

With the strengthening of our comprehensive strength, in the background of the development of economic globalization, the spread of culture is also an indispensable part of improving the power of national discourse. We not only need to continue to inherit and develop our own culture, but also need to export our culture to international platforms, so that a wider audience can understand our culture. Meanwhile, with the rapid development of economy, the leisure time of the public is gradually fragmented, and the demand for entertainment is also changing imperceptibly.However, although TikTok is widely accepted by overseas users, there are still defects in the transmission of Chinese culture-related content. Problems such as the quality of Chinese culture-related videos and the differences between Chinese and foreign cultures have led to the limitation of cultural output on short video platforms everywhere, and there is still a lack of key strategies to break the situation. This paper starts with the current status of TikTok's overseas development, refers to the literature studies of many scholars, analyzes the shortcomings of its current cultural output, and finds out possible breakthrough strategies to provide opportunities for the export of Chinese culture on overseas platforms.

Comparing Wide Sargasso Sea and Jane Eyre in Foucault's Perspective to Interpret "The Madwoman in the Attic"

Charlotte Bronte portrayed a marginal character in Jane Eyre, Bertha Mason, the madwoman in the attic. Many readers thought she was insane, ugly, and silent at the same time. She emerges from the attic later to recount her forgotten background in Wide Sargasso Sea when Jane Rhys investigates her family history. Whether it is the postmodern writing style or the psychological exploration of the heroine in the novel, it has the artistic research value of various interpretations. The study of Wide Sargasso Sea and Jane Eyre mainly focuses on postcolonial discourse and identity discourse. It is rare to analyze Bertha from the perspective of Foucault's discourse power theory. This essay interprets Bertha and Antoinette's characterizations in terms of the interrelationships of discourse, power, and knowledge based on Foucault's theory of discursive power. It examines the lack of women's discourse and its reconstruction, broadens the viewpoints of Wide Sargasso Sea and Jane Eyre, and deepens our comprehension of The Madwoman in the Attic.

“In Other News”: China’s International Media Strategy on Xinjiang—CGTN and New China TV on YouTube

In the Western world China stands accused of severe human rights violations regarding its treatment of the Uyghurs and other predominantly Muslim minorities in its northwestern Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. This is the first article to systematically analyze the response of China’s international state media to these allegations. By studying the YouTube channels of two leading Chinese state media, China Global Television Network (CGTN) and New China TV (operated by Xinhua News Agency), it presents an in-depth understanding of how China’s foreign-facing propaganda works in a crucial case. The quantitative content analysis highlights how China reacted to increasing international (mostly United States) pressure regarding its Xinjiang policies by producing higher volumes of videos and putting out new counternarratives. The qualitative analysis that follows provides in-depth treatment of the most important discourses that Chinese media engage in to salvage the nation’s international image, namely those on development, culture, nature, and terrorism. It finds several ways of countering criticism, ranging from presenting a positive image of China, in line with traditional propaganda guidelines and President Xi Jinping’s assignment to state media to “tell the China story well,” to more innovative approaches. Thus the development narrative becomes more personalized, the discourse on culture supports the “heritagization process” to incorporate minority cultures into a harmonized “Chinese civilization,” representations of nature firmly tie Xinjiang into the discourse of “beautiful China,” the “terror narrative” strategically employs shocking footage in an attempt to gain international “discourse power,” etc. The article provides an up-to-date picture of China’s state media strategy on a highly contentious international issue.

Moralitas Diskursus Dan Otoritas Wacana Keagamaan Di Media Sosial

The progress of the digital world influences the structure of religious discourse. The development of religious discourse in digital space, especially social media, has run wild without control. One-sided truth claims are getting stronger. So Khaled Abou el-Fadl's offer deserves consideration, namely the morality of discourse as the authority for religious discourse on social media. This research focuses on how the morality of discourse can be used as a basis for the power of religious discourse on social media. This research is descriptive-qualitative, which is a conceptual study using library data. Through a holistic approach, the reference data is analyzed through data reduction and data presentation. The data presented are adapted to relevant perspectives, interpreted based on theories, classified into concepts, and narrated in a new understanding of the phenomenon under study. As a result, discourse morality procedures in the authority structure of religious discourse on social media need to be upheld so that belief in God as the highest authority is not replaced by unilateral claims. In addition, the morality of discourse can also be the basis for government policies to regulate and limit religious discourse discussed on social media.