Scholars have for decades challenged the popular belief that Islam is intrinsically and implacably hostile to anthropomorphic art. Rooted in this literature, essay argues was responsible popularizing portraiture Senegal, which previously featured none. With founding of local Sufi brotherhoods such as Mouridiyya 1880s, eminence religious leaders led an unprecedented demand their portraits. Glass...

The aim of this article is to unravel the craftsmanship of online identities implicit in taking and sharing selfies and to measure the immediate or resulting violence by imposed definition upon the subject-photographer. This paper especially focuses on the identity building of young women on the social networking platform Instagram. Crucial to the research are Susan Sontag’s work on photography...

The article on a significant theoretical basis and an example of the programs “Widow” “How to Talk?” presents some aspects transformation genre “classical” interviews into modern formats. It is proved that experiencing transformations gaining new features, among which are analyticity, portraiture, journalism. main strategies reflected in activity popular interviewers — Yuri Dud Irina Shikhman c...

Through a phenomenological lens of portraiture methodology, this article explores the career experiences veteran acting teacher who, at age 85 years, remains highly passionate and dedicated to his work with younger aspiring actors. The reveals how for teacher, strong identity characterised by quest challenge commitment career-long professional development are significant maintaining relevance p...