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Although there is a tendency to disregard these films, Ray explains, 'Roving documentary footage is typically unable to maintain a sense of aesthetic abstract for long. In 2006 the Dutch government funded a program to convert its ageing celluloid films to digital, for all to access, thereby opening a window for researchers into the early administration of the nation and its colonies. [Extracted from the article]

With unfolding image events following the 2014 presidential election, Strassler ends this book by saying that democratisation in Indonesia remains "eventful and unfinished" (p. 246). Arguing against the idea that these publicly circulating images are mere epiphenomenal noises, Karen Strassler's ethnography I Demanding Images i seeks to understand Indonesia's democratisation through the lens of contesting images in the country's media environment. However, there is a lack of justification as to why Strassler chose to feature these specific image events in this book, considering that Indonesia is deluged with a plethora of democracy-related image events. [Extracted from the article]

The past few decades have witnessed a notable increase in the engagement of developing countries in international trade, coinciding with rapid economic growth and massive poverty reduction. The findings suggest that trade openness has significantly benefited economic growth and, less significantly, poverty reduction. Yet, there is still much debate on the role of greater trade openness in economic growth and the channels through which trade affects poverty and economic inequality. [Extracted from the article]