Blog topics thoughts after Netpac@25 symposiums

Analysis of the American Impact on peer censorship of cultural identity language of Asian Nations and localities 

(as an issue from domestic USA discrimination of nationality and or Race)

• How does this impact differ in specific regions of the USA. Variables to analyze include education level, industry presence, population density, political parties. Gross geographic regions traditonally separated by history such as East Coast USA's;-- New England, mid-political Washington DC area, to Southern Eastern Seaboard states including Florida.

focus especially in areas for example:-

 ~ where Asian descent is only in 1% to .1% or less of dominant culture

~ and/or where there is a high per capita of higher education institutions such as Private or state funded Universities.

~ proximity of Human Rights Commission offices (if any) and what the radius is.

• How is this American impact on the USA's West Coast different? 

•How is the American Impact in Hawaii and other USA territories different? 

•In total, Does one geographical region impact globalism with Asian countries more than another through use of language or through peer censorship?

• Is peer/social censorship of the cultural specific Asian language in USA regions representative of government enough to substantiate changing Asian film language from culturally specific to globalism language in order to open and engage a conversation with audience that has only Eurocentric view from America-vocabulary of ideologies.

About making Films in Asian Language versus globalized English

My notebook: intro of this symposium panel

This morning I went to the Carnation room at the Ala Moana hotel and sat down to listen to the morning symposium "Chasing the Dream: Culture, Capitalism, and Cinema" presented by Netpac@25. It was followed by the panel discussion on "Co-productions and Globalization".

"When Language is Outlawed, speaking it is a political act." ~ Ella Henry, filmmaker New Zealand 

The only Panel Members I really think have the right mindset were-- New Zealand's Ella Henry, Philippine's Nick Deocampo, India's Nilesh Maniyar, China's Shayoi Sun.

"Word's are not innocent & have identity of the Colonizer. Identity is a negotiated process."~ Nick Deocampo, filmmaker Phillipeans.

They didn't give Kazakhstan Gulnara Abikeyeva's time with her more formal paper to share.

What I got out of the 2 panel sessions:- 

•Trying to overcome borders and communicate to other "cultures".

      - whether to use Cultural specific language or globalization's English language.

•The people's film claiming to do combat artistically against some globalization and corporate film mindset emanating from  Hollywood's "Wagnerianish" auture.  

•Attempting to "negotiate" the use of language in a world where only America allows some liberal idea of "freedom of speech".

•Nick Decampo was the only one who ventured to mention ASEAN and making film footage of rice.

------ I did ask 1 question about use of English and tried to briefly explain That even if conversation is put into English that it does not mean there is much context for the rest of the English speaking/ Euro-centric world. -- 

That I went to a business Dinner where there was a table full of people all who spoke English -- who needed a translator to give in depth context of seemingly simple sentences--also broken down in English, to an American Businessman. 

Still how the film world plans to cross globalization borders without similar dinner scenes to resemble & more like a cinematic Opera glance at the story from which the libretto has been derived,  is beyond me. ---------------------

^The panel chalked it up to a "negotiation" of use of language over culture. Or how to "weave" culture specific material with Global English...without getting into cinematic style.

It also made me reconsider being more specific when I use the following terms;-

•indigenous (political term, geographical presence, personal experience of foreign body)

•culture & culturally specific vs. society

• cosmopolitanism (went unmentioned) vs. globalization

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