Ran Ma
Biographic Data
| ID | 5154703 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ran Ma |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ran |
| FAMILY NAME | Ma |
| SIGNATURE | MA R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Nagoya University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0608-6461 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 17 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 17 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
When Self-Awareness Serves the Self: A Person-Centered Analysis of Trait Mindfulness and the Dark Tetrad
Realigning the islands, contesting infrastructural Okinawa: Toward Yamashiro Chikako’s archipelagic fabulation
Departing from the ongoing US base construction in Okinawa’s Henoko area, this study reckons with what contemporary art can do when provoked into addressing Okinawa’s sociopolitical and environmental conundrums. It focuses on the multimedia works of Naha-born artist Yamashiro Chikako (1976–), foregrounding her shift from early performance videos to experimental short films. Among these, the article closely examines two short films, Chinbin Wester…
Guardianship from being present: The moderation of mindfulness in the longitudinal relationship of loneliness to quality of life and mental health problems among the oldest old
Longitudinal associations between family functioning and generalized anxiety among adolescents: The mediating role of self-identity and cognitive flexibility
Findings indicated that family functioning can be a protective factor of GA, and self-identity and cognitive flexibility act as a crucial role in the association between family functioning and GA. Future studies should adopt more time points and long-term follow-up assessments using more robust approaches to improve the reliability of the study findings. Findings may offer some implications that building a harmonious, open and warm family and gui…
Mindful parenting, internalized and externalized problem behaviors among children: A latent cross-lagged model
It is all about qingnian dianying: Post-independent Chinese cinema, auteurism, and the FIRST International Film Festival
Intersecting Chinese cinema studies and film festival studies, this article inquiries into the (re)invention and growing significance of qingnian dianying (‘youth cinema’) on the Chinese film festival scene since the mid-2010s—a period we approach as the ‘post-independent’—through a close examination of the FIRST International Film Festival. The article first uses the idea of ‘post-independent Chinese cinema’ to re-examine the contemporary cinema…
Construction and Optimization of an Ecological Network in Zhengzhou Metropolitan Area, China
Rapid urbanization aggravates issues related to protection and optimization of the ecological environment. Constructing an ecological network system, including ecological values in planning, and using landscape effects efficiently are important for adjusting regional ecological space and promoting local sustainable development. Land use data from eight time points between 1980 and 2020 in the Zhengzhou Metropolitan Area were used to identify the …
Soyoung Kim’s Exile Trilogy: Retro toward an Affective Archive
Looking at Soyoung Kim’s Exile Trilogy (2014–2017), three documentaries centering on ethnic Koreans in Central Asia (formerly USSR) and specifically the use of archival footages and soundtracks in Sound of Nomad, Arirang (2016), this article considers Kim’s works an organic contribution to the image archive of/about/by the global Korean diaspora while seeking to interrogate the politics of “retro” by turning to what Catherine Russell has approach…
In/visibility in post-war Okinawan images 2
Following on from the spring issue, we are proud to present the second part of our special section on postwar images of Okinawa. This two-part special section comes at an apt time, for next year wi
Re-emerging voices and re-imagined landscapes: An interview with Chikako Yamashiro
In this interview, the Okinawa-born filmmaker/artist Chikako Yamashiro looks back at the artistic trajectories and creative processes of her representative moving-image works since the 2000s, which have transitioned from videos of performance art to short experimental documentaries and fictions. In her work, Yamashiro foregrounds the methodology of using the body and voice as a medium to reconsider the politics of remembering vis-à-vis the Battle…
In/visibility in post-war Okinawan images 1
Almost half a century since its reversion from America’s military rule to the Japanese state in 1972, Okinawa still endures profound politico-historical uncertainties and social precarity, while wa
Reminiscences of a journey to Okinawa: Landscape film as essay, and Takamine Gō’s Okinawan Dream Show (1974)
This study places itself at the intersection between essay film, landscape film (fūkei eiga), and Okinawa. It aims to understand how such an intersection contributes to rethinking independent (documentary) filmmaking in Japan (and Okinawa) during the late 1960s and early 1970s. I highlight Okinawa-born, Kyoto-based filmmaker Takamine Gō, particularly his first nonfiction feature, Okinawan Dream Show (1974). Whereas ‘landscape film’ is used to fra…
A scholarly roundtable with Deep Focus and Directube
Co-organized by JCC’s guest editors Timmy Chen and Belinda He, a roundtable discussion took place between December 2020 and January 2021. Co-founders of two remarkable cinephilic organizations in the Chinese-speaking world (Deep Focus and DIRECTUBE) and scholars from various backgrounds were invited to share their observations and insights about cinema and cinephilia. Participants from six time zones started with a roundtable gathering via video …
A Landscape over There: Rethinking Translocality in Zhang Lu's Border-Crossing Films
This article examines three border-crossing films by the Korean Chinese (Chaoxianzu) filmmaker Zhang Lu, namely, Desert Dreams (2008), Dooman River (2010), and Scenery (2013). Using the conceptual framework of translocality and polylocality, this study first explores how Zhang, as a translocal auteur, leveraged his multilayered identities to engage the global film festival network. The cinematic trope of border crossing is emphasized. Not only ha…
Asian documentary connections, scale-making, and the Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival (YIDFF)
Intersecting both fields of film festival studies and transnational cinema studies, this article examines how Asian documentary film festivals help to configure and orchestrate regional documentary/film connections. In particular, this work examines Asia’s earliest documentary film festival, the biennial Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival (YIDFF), established in 1989 in Japan, and one of its visionary founders, documentarist Ogawa S…
Regarding the Grassroots Chinese Independent Film Festivals: Modes of Multiplicity and Abnormal Film Networking
Celebrating the International, Disremembering Shanghai: The Curious Case of the Shanghai International Film Festival
The state-sanctioned Shanghai International Film Festival (SIFF) is the only film festival accredited by the Fédération Internationale des Associations de Producteurs de Films (FIAPF) in the Greater China region. This paper intends to explore the perceived paradoxes of the SIFF by approaching its vaguely defined vision of 'being international/internationalization' (or guojihua). The vision of guojihua has, at best, fuelled the persistent efforts …
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Celebrating the International, Disremembering Shanghai: The Curious Case of the Shanghai International Film Festival
The state-sanctioned Shanghai International Film Festival (SIFF) is the only film festival accredited by the Fédération Internationale des Associations de Producteurs de Films (FIAPF) in the Greater China region. This paper intends to explore the perceived paradoxes of the SIFF by approaching its vaguely defined vision of 'being international/internationalization' (or guojihua). The vision of guojihua has, at best, fuelled the persistent efforts …
Regarding the Grassroots Chinese Independent Film Festivals: Modes of Multiplicity and Abnormal Film Networking
Asian documentary connections, scale-making, and the Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival (YIDFF)
Intersecting both fields of film festival studies and transnational cinema studies, this article examines how Asian documentary film festivals help to configure and orchestrate regional documentary/film connections. In particular, this work examines Asia’s earliest documentary film festival, the biennial Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival (YIDFF), established in 1989 in Japan, and one of its visionary founders, documentarist Ogawa S…
A Landscape over There: Rethinking Translocality in Zhang Lu's Border-Crossing Films
This article examines three border-crossing films by the Korean Chinese (Chaoxianzu) filmmaker Zhang Lu, namely, Desert Dreams (2008), Dooman River (2010), and Scenery (2013). Using the conceptual framework of translocality and polylocality, this study first explores how Zhang, as a translocal auteur, leveraged his multilayered identities to engage the global film festival network. The cinematic trope of border crossing is emphasized. Not only ha…
Soyoung Kim’s Exile Trilogy: Retro toward an Affective Archive
Looking at Soyoung Kim’s Exile Trilogy (2014–2017), three documentaries centering on ethnic Koreans in Central Asia (formerly USSR) and specifically the use of archival footages and soundtracks in Sound of Nomad, Arirang (2016), this article considers Kim’s works an organic contribution to the image archive of/about/by the global Korean diaspora while seeking to interrogate the politics of “retro” by turning to what Catherine Russell has approach…
In/visibility in post-war Okinawan images 2
Following on from the spring issue, we are proud to present the second part of our special section on postwar images of Okinawa. This two-part special section comes at an apt time, for next year wi
Re-emerging voices and re-imagined landscapes: An interview with Chikako Yamashiro
In this interview, the Okinawa-born filmmaker/artist Chikako Yamashiro looks back at the artistic trajectories and creative processes of her representative moving-image works since the 2000s, which have transitioned from videos of performance art to short experimental documentaries and fictions. In her work, Yamashiro foregrounds the methodology of using the body and voice as a medium to reconsider the politics of remembering vis-à-vis the Battle…
In/visibility in post-war Okinawan images 1
Almost half a century since its reversion from America’s military rule to the Japanese state in 1972, Okinawa still endures profound politico-historical uncertainties and social precarity, while wa
Reminiscences of a journey to Okinawa: Landscape film as essay, and Takamine Gō’s Okinawan Dream Show (1974)
This study places itself at the intersection between essay film, landscape film (fūkei eiga), and Okinawa. It aims to understand how such an intersection contributes to rethinking independent (documentary) filmmaking in Japan (and Okinawa) during the late 1960s and early 1970s. I highlight Okinawa-born, Kyoto-based filmmaker Takamine Gō, particularly his first nonfiction feature, Okinawan Dream Show (1974). Whereas ‘landscape film’ is used to fra…
A scholarly roundtable with Deep Focus and Directube
Co-organized by JCC’s guest editors Timmy Chen and Belinda He, a roundtable discussion took place between December 2020 and January 2021. Co-founders of two remarkable cinephilic organizations in the Chinese-speaking world (Deep Focus and DIRECTUBE) and scholars from various backgrounds were invited to share their observations and insights about cinema and cinephilia. Participants from six time zones started with a roundtable gathering via video …
Construction and Optimization of an Ecological Network in Zhengzhou Metropolitan Area, China
Rapid urbanization aggravates issues related to protection and optimization of the ecological environment. Constructing an ecological network system, including ecological values in planning, and using landscape effects efficiently are important for adjusting regional ecological space and promoting local sustainable development. Land use data from eight time points between 1980 and 2020 in the Zhengzhou Metropolitan Area were used to identify the …
It is all about qingnian dianying: Post-independent Chinese cinema, auteurism, and the FIRST International Film Festival
Intersecting Chinese cinema studies and film festival studies, this article inquiries into the (re)invention and growing significance of qingnian dianying (‘youth cinema’) on the Chinese film festival scene since the mid-2010s—a period we approach as the ‘post-independent’—through a close examination of the FIRST International Film Festival. The article first uses the idea of ‘post-independent Chinese cinema’ to re-examine the contemporary cinema…
Guardianship from being present: The moderation of mindfulness in the longitudinal relationship of loneliness to quality of life and mental health problems among the oldest old
Longitudinal associations between family functioning and generalized anxiety among adolescents: The mediating role of self-identity and cognitive flexibility
Findings indicated that family functioning can be a protective factor of GA, and self-identity and cognitive flexibility act as a crucial role in the association between family functioning and GA. Future studies should adopt more time points and long-term follow-up assessments using more robust approaches to improve the reliability of the study findings. Findings may offer some implications that building a harmonious, open and warm family and gui…
Mindful parenting, internalized and externalized problem behaviors among children: A latent cross-lagged model
When Self-Awareness Serves the Self: A Person-Centered Analysis of Trait Mindfulness and the Dark Tetrad
Realigning the islands, contesting infrastructural Okinawa: Toward Yamashiro Chikako’s archipelagic fabulation
Departing from the ongoing US base construction in Okinawa’s Henoko area, this study reckons with what contemporary art can do when provoked into addressing Okinawa’s sociopolitical and environmental conundrums. It focuses on the multimedia works of Naha-born artist Yamashiro Chikako (1976–), foregrounding her shift from early performance videos to experimental short films. Among these, the article closely examines two short films, Chinbin Wester…
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