Papers by Meryl Shriver-Rice
Etruscan and Italic Studies
This article provides an overview of the epistemological traditions that have downplayed the impo... more This article provides an overview of the epistemological traditions that have downplayed the importance of environmental studies and archaeobotanical analysis in Etruscan archaeology. In particular, we survey and highlight the history of archaeobotanical studies in Etruscan archaeology in the twentieth century to understand better the current deficit of archaeobotanical knowledge in the twenty-first century. While plants provided the majority of calories for prehistoric diets, little has been written about the direct archaeological evidence for plant material at Etruscan sites. Archaeobotanical results from all excavations associated with ancient Etruria are synthesized, prior methodologies are discussed, and best practices are offered for current and future excavations. This article also provides an overview of the wider cultural questions related to landscape, identity, and land management that still remain to be investigated.
JCMS: Journal of Cinema and Media Studies
A History of Danish Cinema
Much of contemporary Danish cinema self-consciously engages in psychologically difficult narrativ... more Much of contemporary Danish cinema self-consciously engages in psychologically difficult narratives that adopt a normative stance supporting political action as opposed to privileged and irresponsible detachment. This chapter assesses the international careers of contemporary Danish directors and examines whether their individual and collective commitment to interrogating ethical quandaries in their films has had an impact on their reception abroad. The first part of the chapter discusses the emergence of a generation of Danish auteurs from Dogme 95, examining a typical pattern of perceived failure in Hollywood followed by a renaissance at home in Denmark. The second part of the chapter closely examines the ethical concerns that typify the work of Thomas Vinterberg, Susanne Bier, and Lone Scherfig and their interrogation of Scandinavian privilege.
A History of Danish Cinema
A Companion to Motion Pictures and Public Value, 2022
<p>Meryl Shriver-Rice interprets <italic>Brothers, After the Wedding</italic>, ... more <p>Meryl Shriver-Rice interprets <italic>Brothers, After the Wedding</italic>, and <italic>In a Better World</italic> in terms of the shared trope of the white male sojourner who travels from Denmark to locations that feature non-white, non-Western citizens. This chapter situates the Bier/Jensen trilogy within a wider trend of contemporary Scandinavian narratives of guilt. In assessing potential critiques of the trilogy on postcolonial grounds, Shriver-Rice argues that the "elsewheres" of these films do not ignore geographic location specifics and cultural contexts in order to assert a universalizing morality. Instead, the ethical trajectories of these films are not universal, and the idea that universalist ethics will inevitably fail takes precedence. Shriver-Rice argues that Bier's drawing from non-industrialized non-Western space has more to do with speaking to the privileged-world guilt in the Danish viewer, and reminding him or her of the world at large beyond Western space.</p>
<p>The volume introduction contextualizes Susanne Bier's work in light of Danish cinema... more <p>The volume introduction contextualizes Susanne Bier's work in light of Danish cinema's unprecedented popularity around the turn of the 21st century; outlines the evolution of her career; relates her work to broader questions in cinema studies related to women's screen authorship, genre and cinema's social and cultural influences; and previews the book's structure and chapter foci.</p>
Environmental Communication, 2021
This study examines young South Floridians’ perceptions of visual elements and four generic types... more This study examines young South Floridians’ perceptions of visual elements and four generic types of engagement identified via a novel interdisciplinary methodology (Vaughan, H., & Johns, L. N. [20...
Journal of Environmental Media, 2019
In these pages and in issues to come, we invite researchers, authors and readers to explore the d... more In these pages and in issues to come, we invite researchers, authors and readers to explore the deepening relationship between our environment, culture, and media. From the epic scales of big data and global climate change to the local specificities of personal technology use and green lifestyle politics, the twenty-first century is steadily being defined by the ubiquity of digital screens and the increasing awareness and threat of environmental instability-where the intersections fall between these, and how they shape matters of social justice, resource use and environmental communication, is the purview of our mission. We take the opportunity of introducing this inaugural issue to explore a bit further what the emerging interdisciplinary nexus of environmental media studies encompasses and where it falls in the contemporary landscape of scholarship, theory and applied study across various disciplines and their recent subfields committed to studies of the digital era.
Frontiers in Marine Science, 2019
Relational values (RV) are values that arise from a relationship with nature, encompassing a sens... more Relational values (RV) are values that arise from a relationship with nature, encompassing a sense of place, feelings of well-being (mental and physical health), and cultural, community, or personal identities. With sharks, such values are formed by diverse groups that interact with these animals and their ecosystems, either physically or virtually, whether a scientist, student, fisher, or media-viewer. Further, these user groups may overlap or come into conflict over management plans, media portrayals of sharks, and their conservation status. Although scientists have not explicitly aimed to assess RV through sharks, qualitative studies of shark fishers, tourism operators, tourists, and the public, as well as historical and archeological accounts, can be interpreted through an analytical lens to reveal values which can also be defined as relational. To this end, this review considers studies capturing RV alongside those of economic value (increasingly, the value of a shark is appraised by their financial value in shark tourism) and the social and cultural roles of sharks. Based on these studies and the broader RV literature, we then outline a workflow for how RV can be leveraged in scientific inquiry, equitable resource management, and education. We conclude that via collaborative assessments of RV, with implicit inclusion of multiple values of sharks and by acknowledging their importance to all parties involved in user conflicts, the RV framework can lead to a constructive dialog on polarizing conservation and management issues. By illuminating shared values, and/or revealing dichotomies of values ascribed toward certain areas or objects, this framework can provide inroads to mediation, seeking to conserve or even restore relationships with nature, and their derived values as much as is possible. This approach can yield unexpected knowledge, solutions, and compromises in an increasingly complex conservation landscape.
Film International, 2011
... Meryl Shriver-Rice is a final-year Ph.D. candidate in Film Studies at the University of Miami... more ... Meryl Shriver-Rice is a final-year Ph.D. candidate in Film Studies at the University of Miami. Her dissertation project titled, &amp;amp;#x27;Inclusion in New Danish Cinema: Gender, Sexuality, and TransnationalBelonging&amp;amp;#x27;, examines films by Danish women directors and queer Danish cinema. ...
By examining the recent work by Danish writer-directors of both Dogme and New Danish Cinema from ... more By examining the recent work by Danish writer-directors of both Dogme and New Danish Cinema from 1998 onward, this study pinpoints examples of film analysis that articulate the shared ethical themes of New Danish Cinema. These themes include Danish citizenship and identity, ...
Interdisciplinary Press Oxford, UK, 2013
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