It seems impossible to think of the Persian art without mentioning the significant presence of gardens. They are present in miniature painting, architecture, and literature. One of the modern works of Persian fiction in which gardens play a significant role is Malakut (1961), a novella by the modern Iranian fiction writer Bahram Sadeqi (1936-1984). The story of this novella begins in a “green g...

it seems impossible to think of the persian art without mentioning the significant presence of gardens. they are present in miniature painting, architecture, and literature. one of the modern works of persian fiction in which gardens play a significant role is malakut (1961), a novella by the modern iranian fiction writer bahram sadeqi (1936-1984). the story of this novella begins in a “green g...

Today’s converging entertainment industry creates ‘transmedial’ brand worlds in which consumers are expected to become immersed. Integrated marketing campaigns connected to these worlds encourage various kinds of consumer productivity and invite consumers to partake in brand-building processes. Consumers, thus, are increasingly counted on to act as co-producers of contemporary entertainment. Wh...

This article describes a web-based communicative space (a Dynamic Frequently Asked Questions environment—DFAQ) in which learners consult one another using questions, and in which both the flow of interaction and its artefacts become a resource available to a community of learners. Anecdotal evidence suggests that learners embarking on their first year of university study enter a world that is e...

This essay considers the possibilities of contemporary art as a viable medium socio-political critique within cultural terrain dominated by naturalised neoliberal economics. It begins considering centrality negativity to historical project critical theory most forcefully pursued Adorno ‘negative dialectics.’ Subsequent varieties postmodern fairly dispensed with dialectics variously favouring co...

The socio-economic phenomenon of post-Fordism strengthened the growing Japanese economy since 1970s. However, economic recession in 1990s led to birth precariat Japan. A country known for permanent employment and long-term stability was replaced by policies that enabled a new class temporary workers. These vulnerable part-time employees, also called freeters, are victims anxiety social pressure...