K. Rajagopal on making films for and on the ethnic minority in Singapore

This interview was motivated by an interest in exploring how Singapore film directors perceive the three major Chinese cinema awards, mainly the Golden Horse Awards (GHA), Hong Kong Film Awards (HKFA) and Golden Rooster Awards (GRA), and what they might signify for Singapore cinema, especially for a nation that is predominantly ethnic Chinese. Compared to the number of Singapore Chinese-language films produced in the last two decades, there have been considerably less Indian-language productions. K. Rajagopal’s A Yellow Bird (2016) alongside two other Tamil films, namely Eric Khoo’s My Magic (2008) and T. T. Dhavamanni’s Gurushetram: 24 Hours of Anger (2010) offer critical takes on the vicissitudes of Singapore Indians struggling with issues such as socioeconomic inequality and racial prejudice in a booming Chinese-majority city-state

Pertanggungjawaban Notaris Sebagai Penerima Titipan Sertipikat Hak Atas Tanah Milik Klien

Notаris dаlаm prаktiknyа sering menerimа penitipаn sertipikаt Hаk Ðtаs Tаnаh milik kliennyа, dimаnа penitipаn tersebut umumnyа dilаkukаn dаlаm hаl pаrа pihаk yаng аkаn melаkukаn Perjаnjiаn Pengikаtаn Juаl Beli (PPJB) yаng sifаtnyа belum lunаs sehinggа gunа melindungi kepentingаn mаsing-mаsing pihаk, mаkа sertipikаt tаnаh tersebut kemudiаn dititipkаn kepаdа Notаris pembuаt аktа PPJB. Kegiаtаn penitipаn tersebut menimbulkаn implikаsi hukum mengingаt tidаk аdа perаturаn perundаng-undаngаn yаng memberikаn kewenаngаn kepаdа Notаris untuk menerimа penitipаn tersebut, sehinggа berаkibаt Notаris yаng bersаngkutаn hаrus siаp menаnggung besаrnyа tаnggung jаwаb dаn risiko yаng dаpаt terjаdi terhаdаpnyа kedepаn kаrenа telаh menjаlаnkаn jаbаtаn diluаr kewenаngаn yаng diberikаn oleh undаng-undаng. Penelitiаn ini bertujuаn untuk mengаnаlisis terkаit bentuk pertаnggungjаwаbаn Notаris yаng berkedudukаn sebаgаi penerimа titipаn sertipikаt hаk аtаs tаnаh milik klien ditinjаu dаri perаturаn perundаng-undаngаn terkаit yаng berlаku. Metode penelitiаn yаng digunаkаn аdаlаh metode penelitiаn yuridis normаtif. Hаsil dаri penelitiаn ini menunjukkаn bаhwа Notаris yаng menerimа penitipаn sertipikаt Hаk Ðtаs Tаnаh milik kliennyа аpаbilа terbukti telаh melаkukаn pelаnggаrаn yаng merugikаn pihаk lаinnyа dаpаt dimintаi pertаnggungjаwаbаnnyа secаrа perdаtа, pidаnа аtаu аdministrаtif sesuаi dengаn perаturаn perundаng-undаngаn yаng berlаku

Higher Frobenius-Schur Indicators for Pivotal Categories

We define higher Frobenius-Schur indicators for objects in linear pivotal monoidal categories. We prove that they are category invariants, and take values in the cyclotomic integers. We also define a family of natural endomorphisms of the identity endofunctor on a $k$-linear semisimple rigid monoidal category, which we call the Frobenius-Schur endomorphisms. For a $k$-linear semisimple pivotal monoidal category -- where both notions are defined --, the Frobenius-Schur indicators can be computed as traces of the Frobenius-Schur endomorphisms.Comment: A paragraph which describes the organization of the paper has been added to the introduction. Some observations have been added to Theorems 5.1 and 7.

Sensing and mapping for interactive performance

This paper describes a trans-domain mapping (TDM) framework for translating meaningful activities from one creative domain onto another. The multi-disciplinary framework is designed to facilitate an intuitive and non-intrusive interactive multimedia performance interface that offers the users or performers real-time control of multimedia events using their physical movements. It is intended to be a highly dynamic real-time performance tool, sensing and tracking activities and changes, in order to provide interactive multimedia performances. From a straightforward definition of the TDM framework, this paper reports several implementations and multi-disciplinary collaborative projects using the proposed framework, including a motion and colour-sensitive system, a sensor-based system for triggering musical events, and a distributed multimedia server for audio mapping of a real-time face tracker, and discusses different aspects of mapping strategies in their context. Plausible future directions, developments and exploration with the proposed framework, including stage augmenta tion, virtual and augmented reality, which involve sensing and mapping of physical and non-physical changes onto multimedia control events, are discussed

The migrant voice : the politics of writing home between the Sinophone and Anglophone worlds

This paper addresses the politics of language, identity, and diasporic Chinese writing in old and emerging Chinese migrant literature. I opt for the idea of a “migrant subject” as brought up by Ha Jin to underscore a diverse verbal strategy and mobile literary creativity: that of the migrant writer who initiates linguistic and literary perversions to actively intervene in the cultural politics of both the host country and the motherland. The article proceeds to recuperate the diasporic narratives of Sinophone authors Bai Xianyong and Nie Hualing as two earlier examples of migrant writers before Ha, which exemplified the Cold War phase of overseas Chinese American writing. Whereas writing in an adopted tongue of English, as attested by Ha himself, unleashes his creative and critical urges, for Bai and Nie writing in Chinese in a foreign land as America does likewise and ushers in the critical distance cherished by the migrant writers to work on such subject matters as exile and cultural alienation. Originally written in Chinese or English, their migrant voices bring in a minor language to major traditions (Chinese literature and American English literature). Tracing the historical trajectory of migrant literature, in which Sinophone and Anglophone texts are increasingly translated and circulated between cultures, I stress the gains in translation and intercultural writing as the migrant subject can stand valid as a position for writers of transnational literary creativity