LJ Theo
Biographic Data
| ID | 6521952 |
|---|---|
| NAME | LJ Theo |
| GIVEN NAMES | LJ |
| FAMILY NAME | Theo |
| SIGNATURE | THEO L |
| AFFILIATIONS | Cape Peninsula University of Technology |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8837-7579 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Towards a definition of 'empathic understanding' in industrial design practice
Empathy is often not well defined, particularly in design. While the practice of designers developing a deep understanding of the people who use their products is recommended, the details of how to do this are limited. This problem of vagueness about empathy in design makes it difficult for product designers to take suitable actions to produce best results for the users. Through a strategic examination of a body of literature, across seven databa…
Nuances in the Framing of Africa on German TV News from 1952 to 2018
The article is a reflection on representations of Africa over an extended period after World War 2 in Germany, aimed at teasing out a more nuanced and balanced view than is at times suggested by accusations of blanket bias or representation in terms of a purported homogeneity of the continent and its people by Western media. Through an empirical semiotic analysis in terms of framing theory, the article identifies the frames used in Tagesschau cov…
Degrees of becoming on recent Netflix docu-shows
Although billed as a ‘crime TV drama’, the Netflix series Unbelievable (2019) is more of a docu-drama. The correspondence between fact and fiction creates a powerful empathic relationship with audiences, the nature of which is comprehensible through how this film, alongside more traditional format documentaries on the online platform, engages ‘the real’ through representing bodies and actions that manifest cinematically in ‘the aesthetics of the …
Re-reading Eduard Vilde’s Mäeküla Piimamees
Although the female protagonist in novel Mäeküla Piimamees serves as an instance of early 20th century Estonian feminism, a re-reading based in Derridean différance reveals that Mari also “queers” the narrative through delivering its dramatic irony. Alongside a notable body of early twentieth-century Nordic literature, the text writes a “trope of silence” that constructs Mari as a “liminal” character in three interlinked ways. A Bakhtinian thresh…
LGBTQ “selves” in films from the Reel-Lives project as signifiers of political and social change, and of personal value
To accurately reflect the complexities of unusual sexual or gender identifications in non-stereotypical ways, film documentarians are challenged to represent people as both sexual/gender identities and as subjectivities engaged in personal experiences. This imperative is explored through a semiotic lens focused on films produced through the Reel Lives youth media training project, which aims to give voice to marginalised youth, and which presents…
Towards a definition of 'empathic understanding' in industrial design practice
Empathy is often not well defined, particularly in design. While the practice of designers developing a deep understanding of the people who use their products is recommended, the details of how to do this are limited. This problem of vagueness about empathy in design makes it difficult for product designers to take suitable actions to produce best results for the users. Through a strategic examination of a body of literature, across seven databa…
LGBTQ “selves” in films from the Reel-Lives project as signifiers of political and social change, and of personal value
To accurately reflect the complexities of unusual sexual or gender identifications in non-stereotypical ways, film documentarians are challenged to represent people as both sexual/gender identities and as subjectivities engaged in personal experiences. This imperative is explored through a semiotic lens focused on films produced through the Reel Lives youth media training project, which aims to give voice to marginalised youth, and which presents…
LGBTQ “selves” in films from the Reel-Lives project as signifiers of political and social change, and of personal value
To accurately reflect the complexities of unusual sexual or gender identifications in non-stereotypical ways, film documentarians are challenged to represent people as both sexual/gender identities and as subjectivities engaged in personal experiences. This imperative is explored through a semiotic lens focused on films produced through the Reel Lives youth media training project, which aims to give voice to marginalised youth, and which presents…
Degrees of becoming on recent Netflix docu-shows
Although billed as a ‘crime TV drama’, the Netflix series Unbelievable (2019) is more of a docu-drama. The correspondence between fact and fiction creates a powerful empathic relationship with audiences, the nature of which is comprehensible through how this film, alongside more traditional format documentaries on the online platform, engages ‘the real’ through representing bodies and actions that manifest cinematically in ‘the aesthetics of the …
Re-reading Eduard Vilde’s Mäeküla Piimamees
Although the female protagonist in novel Mäeküla Piimamees serves as an instance of early 20th century Estonian feminism, a re-reading based in Derridean différance reveals that Mari also “queers” the narrative through delivering its dramatic irony. Alongside a notable body of early twentieth-century Nordic literature, the text writes a “trope of silence” that constructs Mari as a “liminal” character in three interlinked ways. A Bakhtinian thresh…
Nuances in the Framing of Africa on German TV News from 1952 to 2018
The article is a reflection on representations of Africa over an extended period after World War 2 in Germany, aimed at teasing out a more nuanced and balanced view than is at times suggested by accusations of blanket bias or representation in terms of a purported homogeneity of the continent and its people by Western media. Through an empirical semiotic analysis in terms of framing theory, the article identifies the frames used in Tagesschau cov…
Towards a definition of 'empathic understanding' in industrial design practice
Empathy is often not well defined, particularly in design. While the practice of designers developing a deep understanding of the people who use their products is recommended, the details of how to do this are limited. This problem of vagueness about empathy in design makes it difficult for product designers to take suitable actions to produce best results for the users. Through a strategic examination of a body of literature, across seven databa…
Art (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Literature (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Aesthetics (2 works) · Cinema and Media Studies (2 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Epistemology (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works)