Performing Painting: Projected Images as Living Pictures

Cet article (en anglais) éclaire la manière dont la culture des médias de la fin du XIXe siècle transforme les images établies en images performées. L'avènement de cette « plate-forme médiatique » qu'est la projection lumineuse offre en effet aux images un nouveau moyen de diffusion - ou d'« évasion » iconographique, pour reprendre le terme de Michel Foucault. Le relai intertextuel permis par les projections fixes et animées engage une spectacularisation inédite de l'image, que Valentine Robert analyse en suivant l'itinéraire d'une même composition de la toile à l'écran, ou plus précisément de la page - puisque la gravure est au coeur même de ces engrenages iconographiques - à la performance - dimension nouvelle acquise par l'image projetée. Le cas étudié concerne les images de la figure iconographique la plus emblématique: le Christ, qui permet au mieux d'observer la circulation intermédiale des images, connaissant une diffusion inégalée « sur page » grâce aux bibles illustrées, et aboutissant aux séances de projection sûrement les plus spectaculaires et nombreuses. L'on sait depuis le premier colloque DOMITOR combien les Passions cinématographiques prolifèrent, s'imitent et s'hybrident ; dans le champ de la projection fixe - dont les plus grands acteurs sont les congrégations religieuses - la représentation de Jésus connaît également un développement inégalé, donnant lieu à des performances « totales » qui, tout à la fois sermons, conférences et divertissements, convoquent ensemble plaques fixes, bandes filmées, commentaires, dialogues, cantiques, orgues et choeurs. L'analyse approfondie de ces variations intertextuelles révèlera le rôle nodal qu'y joue les plaques "Life Models", et surtout le "tableau vivant" qui se propage sous des formes multiples, dérivées, hybridesvoit et voit ses principes renouvelés dans ce contexte médiatique. Les spectacles d'images projetées s'approprient plusieurs de ses procédés, étendant la définition même du terme au point que ces nouvelles images performées, ces tableaux projetés et surtout filmés vont, dès 1896, être désignées par le terme même de « living pictures »

An empirical examination of individual, issue-related, and organizational determinants of ethical judgments

The purpose of this dissertation was to empirically examine an ethical decision-making model that contained individual, issue-related, and organizational factors. At the individual level, the relationship between two job attitudes, job satisfaction and organizational commitment, and ethical judgments was assessed. At the issue-related level, the association between moral intensity and ethical judgments was examined. At the organizational level, the relationship between ethical context and ethical judgments was examined. The hypothesized moderating effect of ethical context on the relationship between job attitudes and ethical judgments was also tested. A national sample of 3,000 sales professionals was used to test the hypotheses. The model was assessed using hierarchical linear regression and moderated regression analysis. Overall, the results provided marginal support for a relationship between job attitudes and ethical judgments, strong support for a relationship between moral intensity and ethical judgments, weak support for a relationship between ethical context and ethical judgments, and no support for the proposed moderating effects. The study makes several contributions to the ethics literature. First, the empirical assessment of an ethics model containing constructs that have received inadequate attention fills a gap in the literature. Second, the study found that (1) issue-related factors appear to be stronger predictors of ethical judgments than job attitudes and ethical context and (2) job attitudes and ethical context appear to be poor predictors of ethical judgments, which provides further insight into ethical decision making in organizations. And finally, the empirical analysis determined that individual, issue-related, and organizational factors might simultaneously influence ethical judgments in some contexts

Emulsion-based supracolloidal materials stabilized by specifically designed branched copolymers

The possible applications of branched copolymers are far reaching because of their various combinations of functionality and architectural diversity. More importantly, the domains and chain-end functionalities of the branched copolymers can be readily varied, via the simple and scalable Strathclyde route, to optimize/tailor the properties of the polymers for a specific application by careful choice of monofunctional monomers, branching monomers, and chain transfer agents. In the present thesis, branched copolymers were utilized as emulsifying agents for the production of oil-in-water emulsion droplets. These emulsion droplets were used as a platform to create novel emulsion-based supracolloidal materials. The chemical composition and architectural structure of the branched copolymers were specifically chosen to create stable emulsions and provide the correct functionalities required for the application. Calcium phosphate (CaP) microcapsules were fabricated by utilizing oil-in-water emulsion droplets, stabilized with branched copolymer, as templates. The branched copolymer was designed to provide a suitable architecture and functionality to produce stable emulsion droplets, and permit the mineralization of CaP at the surface of the oil droplet. These CaP capsules were made fluorescent by post-functionalization of the CaP shell with a fluorescent conjugate. Oil-in-water emulsion droplets stabilized with Laponite clay disc functionalized with pH-responsive branched copolymers were microfluidically spun into supracolloidal fibers. These supracolloidal fibers can be used as a tool to delivery volatile compounds in a time-controlled manner. The dried fibers created were low-weight porous materials. It was also discovered that these supracolloidal fibers can be utilized as a storage material for emulsion droplets, where emulsion droplets are ‘locked’ in the fiber structure under acidic condition, and are released from the fiber upon basification of the system. The release of emulsion droplets from the fiber can be time-controlled by programming the transient acidic pH states of the system by combining a fast acidic promoter with a feedback-driven biocatalytically controlled slow generation of base in a close system.Open Acces

Conclusion. Histoire de l'art et films sur l'art: entretien avec l'historienne de l'art et réalisatrice Judith Wechsler

Un état de la question sur le film sur l'art impliquait de donner la parole aux créateurs et conservateurs contemporains de cette production. Judith Wechsler actualise un double statut particulièrement pertinent au regard de la problématique de cet ouvrage en étant à la fois historienne de l'art et réalisatrice de films sur l'art. Cet entretien (en anglais) permet, à l'issue de ce volume de personnaliser et de donner corps à cette intersection entre histoire de l'art et documentaire de création

THE VIRTUAL PROFESSOR: A NEW MODEL IN HIGHER EDUCATION

Traditional colleges and universities face a unique challenge of increasing the scope of educational operations to accommodate the growing demand for online education. While online enrollments in higher education have grown at a rapid pace, faculty resources have remained stagnant at many institutions due to budget constraints and a sluggish economy. Many administrators in higher education struggle to find a balance between meeting course demands and maintaining quality of instruction while adhering to financial constraints. This paper proposes a model to manage costs by supplementing traditional faculty with virtual faculty who would operate primarily in an online environment and work for a fraction of their market costs. The concept of the virtual professor is facilitated by modern technology that allows remote participation in all aspects of academic responsibility ranging from campus meetings to student advising. This model is of particular significance to universities that are located in geographical areas where it may be difficult to attract and retain qualified faculty

Theorizing Blue-Collar Response to Imposed Technological Change

A study was conducted at twelve manufacturing facilities. The data from this study indicated the response of blue-collar workers to imposed technological change can be conceptualized as having seven factors: Disgruntlement, Job-security concerns, Accommodation, Informal learning, Resistance, Discussion, and Formal learning. Cluster analysis of the data identified three types of blue collar workers: Complainers, Team players, and Loners. In this study, membership in the Team players cluster increased as a function of age