Roya Arab
Biographic Data
| ID | 329479 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Roya Arab |
| GIVEN NAMES | Roya |
| FAMILY NAME | Arab |
| SIGNATURE | ARAB R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Griffith University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4936-3075 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The Pragmatics of Humour in Interactive Contexts, written by Esther Linares-Bernabéu
Situational irony in Australian prison radio: Humour as a tool for coping and resistance
This article examines the use of humour in a selection of prison radio shows in Australia. Prison radio consists of radio and other audio that involves incarcerated people and their communities, either produced inside prisons – limited to and targeting a prison-based population – or produced outside of correctional centres and broadcasting to a wider public. Drawing on approximately broadcast content from Jailbreak , Beyond the Bars , and Radio S…
Cultural semantics of the ‘salt’ word in Persian
This article explicates the cultural conceptualizations of the word for salt ( namak ) in Persian. The concept of namak reveals an important aspect of Persian sociality, hospitality, mutual respect, and playfulness. For instance, a person’s face or words can be perceived to ‘have salt’, or one’s hand is declared to ‘not have salt’ in the Persian language. To examine the conceptualization of namak , this article makes use of corpus data as well as…
Humour and belonging: A Thematic Review
Serving as introduction to this Special Issue, this article presents a thematic review of topics involved in studies on humour and belonging. It briefly elaborates on the intricacies of concepts such as humour, sense of humour and belonging and their relationships. It then provides a selective review of some major relevant studies. Finally, the themes and contents of the Special Issue are introduced
Evaluating the Credibility of Storied Matter in the Context of Agential Realism
This study is defined within the context of the critical posthuman project of decentring humanist subjectivity. We argue that because agential realism, and the agency and performativity that go with it, do not enable non-human matter to be accountable, only human matter, in its intra-active becoming with non-human matter, can support an ethical project. Secondly, we map our understanding of Barad’s agential realism, explaining the importance of a…
Open Letter on Iranian Heritage
History is being rewritten, but the question is: how audacious will the re-write be? Will the Near East no longer be the birthplace of civilization? With much of the evidences for these pasts being destroyed, either by agents internal or external to the region, no matter who the victor, the future is robbed not just of truth but the very chance to seek it
Humour and belonging: A Thematic Review
Serving as introduction to this Special Issue, this article presents a thematic review of topics involved in studies on humour and belonging. It briefly elaborates on the intricacies of concepts such as humour, sense of humour and belonging and their relationships. It then provides a selective review of some major relevant studies. Finally, the themes and contents of the Special Issue are introduced
Open Letter on Iranian Heritage
History is being rewritten, but the question is: how audacious will the re-write be? Will the Near East no longer be the birthplace of civilization? With much of the evidences for these pasts being destroyed, either by agents internal or external to the region, no matter who the victor, the future is robbed not just of truth but the very chance to seek it
Cultural semantics of the ‘salt’ word in Persian
This article explicates the cultural conceptualizations of the word for salt ( namak ) in Persian. The concept of namak reveals an important aspect of Persian sociality, hospitality, mutual respect, and playfulness. For instance, a person’s face or words can be perceived to ‘have salt’, or one’s hand is declared to ‘not have salt’ in the Persian language. To examine the conceptualization of namak , this article makes use of corpus data as well as…
Humour and belonging: A Thematic Review
Serving as introduction to this Special Issue, this article presents a thematic review of topics involved in studies on humour and belonging. It briefly elaborates on the intricacies of concepts such as humour, sense of humour and belonging and their relationships. It then provides a selective review of some major relevant studies. Finally, the themes and contents of the Special Issue are introduced
Evaluating the Credibility of Storied Matter in the Context of Agential Realism
This study is defined within the context of the critical posthuman project of decentring humanist subjectivity. We argue that because agential realism, and the agency and performativity that go with it, do not enable non-human matter to be accountable, only human matter, in its intra-active becoming with non-human matter, can support an ethical project. Secondly, we map our understanding of Barad’s agential realism, explaining the importance of a…
The Pragmatics of Humour in Interactive Contexts, written by Esther Linares-Bernabéu
Situational irony in Australian prison radio: Humour as a tool for coping and resistance
This article examines the use of humour in a selection of prison radio shows in Australia. Prison radio consists of radio and other audio that involves incarcerated people and their communities, either produced inside prisons – limited to and targeting a prison-based population – or produced outside of correctional centres and broadcasting to a wider public. Drawing on approximately broadcast content from Jailbreak , Beyond the Bars , and Radio S…
Philosophy (3 works) · Aesthetics (2 works) · Archaeology (2 works) · Environmental ethics (2 works) · Epistemology (2 works) · History (2 works) · Humor Studies and Applications (2 works) · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies (2 works) · Linguistics (2 works) · Narrative (2 works)