“宙合方圆”：客家土楼的生命世界

在闽粤赣交界的闽西山区,有着让世界为之震撼的“独一无二的神话般的山区建筑”,它们便是客家土楼。这是一种集体聚居的生土夯筑的大型建筑,形式多样,且因地制宜,与周围山水和谐相处。2008年7月7日,第32届世界遗产大会正式将“福建土楼”列入《世界遗产名录》,成为中国第36个世界遗产地!     

Of Photographs and Flags: Uses and Perceptions of an Iconic Image Before and After September 11, 2001

After the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center in New York City, media pundits summoned the memory of Joe Rosenthal's classic "Flag Raising on Iwo Jima" photograph, comparing it to a new image of a flag raising at Ground Zero, where the attacks occurred. Such use of an iconic photograph reflects a widely-held belief: Photographs have a direct and powerful effect on public consciousness. However, this powerful effects approach has not been supported by empirical evidence. By examining how media have encoded Rosenthal's photograph with cultural meaning, and by conducting surveys of audience recognition and interpretation of the photograph both before and after September 11, 2001, this study systematically explores how meaning and identity can be constructed through media uses and audience interpretations of a single news photograph.     

近代城市公共空间的官民互动——以近代成都城市公园为例

公园是近代城市社会发展的产物,也是封建帝国向民族国家转型过程中政府调试与民众关系,为民众提供公共活动空间的产物。它一方面成为政府进行社会教育和意识渗透的工具;另一方面又是民众生存、生活乃至进行民主活动的场所。在这一舞台上,政府和公众双方相互演绎着合作与冲突,共同推进了近代中国城市的近代化。