Mark Munsterhjelm
Biographic Data
| ID | 453329 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Mark Munsterhjelm |
| GIVEN NAMES | Mark |
| FAMILY NAME | Munsterhjelm |
| SIGNATURE | MUNSTERHJELM M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Windsor |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
US Political Theology and Sacrifice in US Military Use of Genetic Technologies in Sovereign Violence
Through an analysis of US military development and use of genetic technologies, I argue these efforts have been shaped by an emphasis on sacrifice to the Nation and the American People in the committing of sovereign violence. First, I analyze genetic testing in the identification and sacralization of US service personnel, including the controversial 1998 identification of the Vietnam War Unknown Soldier. Conversely, US war culture engages in the …
Synecdochic and metonymic chains in the organizing narratives of PRC forensic genetic research targeting Uyghurs in Xinjiang
In this paper, I demonstrate how synecdochical and metonymic chains function in the semiotic narrative schema of forensic genetics articles. Greimas’s narrative schema and work on categories provides a framework that can be synthesized with cognitive linguistic advances on synecdoche and metonymy chains to understand how meaning is created in organizational interactions through the circulation of objects of value. Based on an empirical analysis o…
Forensic Colonialism: Genetics and the Capture of Indigenous Peoples
Mackay's unburnt legacy: Heroes-rescue-Aborigines organizing narratives in the exhibiting of Taiwan Aboriginal artefacts
This paper is a case study of this 2001 exhibition in Taipei entitled ‘Treasures Preserved Abroad: the Dr. Mackay Collection of Formosan Aboriginal Artefacts.’ These Royal Ontario Museum owned Taiwan Aboriginal artefacts were originally collected in the late 1800s by the Canadian Presbyterian missionary George Leslie Mackay (1844–1901). The exhibition honoured the centennial of Mackay's death, because Mackay has become something of a modernizing …
Corporate protectors of state sovereignty: Mitsubishi’s and a Taiwan affiliate’s accounts of relations with Taiwan Aborigines
This paper compares two related corporations’ accounts of enacting sovereignty with Taiwan Aborigines. First, Mitsubishi corporate webpage histories constitute mythic origin narratives about how their patriotic founder, Yataro Iwasaki, helped the Japanese government transport munitions and troops to Taiwan in 1874 and the government rewarded him with 30 ships, starting their close relationship. These narratives about this state-centred assemblage…
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Mackay's unburnt legacy: Heroes-rescue-Aborigines organizing narratives in the exhibiting of Taiwan Aboriginal artefacts
This paper is a case study of this 2001 exhibition in Taipei entitled ‘Treasures Preserved Abroad: the Dr. Mackay Collection of Formosan Aboriginal Artefacts.’ These Royal Ontario Museum owned Taiwan Aboriginal artefacts were originally collected in the late 1800s by the Canadian Presbyterian missionary George Leslie Mackay (1844–1901). The exhibition honoured the centennial of Mackay's death, because Mackay has become something of a modernizing …
Corporate protectors of state sovereignty: Mitsubishi’s and a Taiwan affiliate’s accounts of relations with Taiwan Aborigines
This paper compares two related corporations’ accounts of enacting sovereignty with Taiwan Aborigines. First, Mitsubishi corporate webpage histories constitute mythic origin narratives about how their patriotic founder, Yataro Iwasaki, helped the Japanese government transport munitions and troops to Taiwan in 1874 and the government rewarded him with 30 ships, starting their close relationship. These narratives about this state-centred assemblage…
Forensic Colonialism: Genetics and the Capture of Indigenous Peoples
Synecdochic and metonymic chains in the organizing narratives of PRC forensic genetic research targeting Uyghurs in Xinjiang
In this paper, I demonstrate how synecdochical and metonymic chains function in the semiotic narrative schema of forensic genetics articles. Greimas’s narrative schema and work on categories provides a framework that can be synthesized with cognitive linguistic advances on synecdoche and metonymy chains to understand how meaning is created in organizational interactions through the circulation of objects of value. Based on an empirical analysis o…
US Political Theology and Sacrifice in US Military Use of Genetic Technologies in Sovereign Violence
Through an analysis of US military development and use of genetic technologies, I argue these efforts have been shaped by an emphasis on sacrifice to the Nation and the American People in the committing of sovereign violence. First, I analyze genetic testing in the identification and sacralization of US service personnel, including the controversial 1998 identification of the Vietnam War Unknown Soldier. Conversely, US war culture engages in the …
History (3 works) · Narrative (3 works) · Law (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Sovereignty (2 works) · Annexation (1 works) · Archaeology (1 works) · Art (1 works) · Art history (1 works)