15 research outputs found
Paradoxes of Interactivity
Current findings from anthropology, genetics, prehistory, cognitive and neuroscience indicate that human nature is grounded in a co-evolution of tool use, symbolic communication, social interaction and cultural transmission. Digital information technology has recently entered as a new tool in this co-evolution, and will probably have the strongest impact on shaping the human mind in the near future. A common effort from the humanities, the sciences, art and technology is necessary to understand this ongoing co- evolutionary process. Interactivity is a key for understanding the new relationships formed by humans with social robots as well as interactive environments and wearables underlying this process. Of special importance for understanding interactivity are human-computer and human-robot interaction, as well as media theory and New Media Art. »Paradoxes of Interactivity« brings together reflections on »interactivity« from different theoretical perspectives, the interplay of science and art, and recent technological developments for artistic applications, especially in the realm of sound
The Bright Continent: African Art History (Second Edition)
Significant original research is included in this textbook. Through nearly 1000 images, it explores both traditional and contemporary African art through general discussion and specifics. The first chapter discusses materials, gender, training, and patronage. Chapter Two covers the elements and principles of design, as well as stylistic and contextual analysis. Chapter Three takes a thematic approach to African art, including numerous case studies. Chapter Four explores how religionsâtraditional, Christian, and Muslimâimpact art and how different types of societiesânomadic, small-scale, and kingdom-basedâfavor varied arts. Appendices on note-taking and research are included. Maps; index. 668 pages.https://engagedscholarship.csuohio.edu/msl_ae_ebooks/1023/thumbnail.jp
Corpus Linguistics software:Understanding their usages and delivering two new tools
The increasing availability of computers to ordinary users in the last few decades has led to an exponential increase in the use of Corpus Linguistics (CL) methodologies. The people exploring this data come from a variety of backgrounds and, in many cases, are not proficient corpus linguists. Despite the ongoing development of new tools, there is still an immense gap between what CL can offer and what is currently being done by researchers. This study has two outcomes. It (a) identifies the gap between potential and actual uses of CL methods and tools, and (b) enhances the usability of CL software and complement statistical application through the use of data visualization and user-friendly interfaces. The first outcome is achieved through (i) an investigation of how CL methods are reported in academic publications; (ii) a systematic observation of users of CL software as they engage in the routine tasks; and (iii) a review of four well-established pieces of software used for corpus exploration. Based on the findings, two new statistical tools for CL studies with high usability were developed and implemented on to an existing system, CQPweb. The Advanced Dispersion tool allows users to graphically explore how queries are distributed in a corpus, which makes it easier for users to understand the concept of dispersion. The tool also provides accurate dispersion measures. The Parlink Tool was designed having as its primary target audience beginners with interest in translations studies and second language education. The toolâs primary function is to make it easier for users to see possible translations for corpus queries in the parallel concordances, without the need to use external resources, such as translation memories
Inter-subjectivity and intra-communality in Ciaran Carsonâs Poetic Translations
This thesis presents an analysis of Northern Irish poet, Ciaran Carsonâs style of poetic
translation in four volumes published between 1998 and 2012: The Alexandrine Plan (1998), The
Inferno of Dante Alighieri (2002), The TĂĄin (2007), and In the Light of (2012). The thesis discusses
the implementation of transitional structures for all-inclusive self-governance in Northern
Ireland in 1998, the Good Friday Agreement, as the central critical context of Carsonâs
translational poetics. Three main areas of the Good Friday Agreement (dialogue, identity and
commemoration) are discussed, both in how they have worked in cross-communal
reconciliation of differences and conflict, and in how they are manifested in the practice of
Carsonâs translations. The critical framework for analysis consists in a sociological approach to
dialogue on an inter-subjective, intra-cultural level; theories of poetic translation; and
conceptual approaches to civic integration. JĂŒrgen Habermasâs model for self-regulative dialogic
practice provides a critical analysis through which to comprehend Carsonâs inter-subjective
approach to producing a type of translational equivalence. Carsonâs âcloseâ equivalence to poetic
form frames the inter-subjective exchange between translator and original poet in his
commissioned versions of lyric sonnet forms and epic types of verse. His mainly âlooseâ semantic
selection of culturally symbolic signifiers and subjective poetic expression reveals his response
to the originalsâ contexts and styles and his way of commenting obliquely on his own cultural
context. Carson demonstrates significantly different uses of form in the lyric sonnet forms
published in 1998 and 2012. While authoritative form, structure and scheme either trap or
distance his translated-subjects in the 1998 volume, the unstructured prose Carson selects to
produce a new poetic form in the 2012 volume facilitates informal expression through
unidentifiable voices and weak rhyme. Carsonâs handling of lexis and syntax in the two epic
types of verse demonstrate his shift from emotional evocations of communal desire and
frustration to grammatical and phrasal constructions that enfold communicative acts and
articulate equivalence between cultures. The exclusive and collective focus on the translation
volumes presents a specific mode of analogy for individual and collective experiences of being
moved into a new formal space and learning the way its language works to profitable
cooperative ends
Planetary Science Vision 2050 Workshop : February 27â28 and March 1, 2017, Washington, DC
This workshop is meant to provide NASAâs Planetary Science Division with a very long-range vision of what planetary science may look like in the future.Organizer, Lunar and Planetary Institute ; Conveners, James Green, NASA Planetary Science Division, Doris Daou, NASA Planetary Science Division ; Science Organizing Committee, Stephen Mackwell, Universities Space Research Association [and 14 others]PARTIAL CONTENTS: Exploration Missions to the Kuiper Belt and Oort Cloud--Future Mercury Exploration: Unique Science Opportunities from Our Solar Systemâs Innermost Planet--A Vision for Ice Giant Exploration--BAOBAB (Big and Outrageously Bold Asteroid Belt) Project--Asteroid Studies: A 35-Year Forecast--Sampling the Solar System: The Next Level of Understanding--A Ground Truth-Based Approach to Future Solar System Origins Research--Isotope Geochemistry for Comparative Planetology of Exoplanets--The Moon as a Laboratory for Biological Contamination Research--âBe Careful What You Wish For:â The Scientific, Practical, and Cultural Implications of Discovering Life in Our Solar System--The Importance of Particle Induced X-Ray Emission (PIXE) Analysis and Imaging to the Search for Life on the Ocean Worlds--Follow the (Outer Solar System) Water: Program Options to Explore Ocean Worlds--Analogies Among Current and Future Life Detection Missions and the Pharmaceutical/ Biomedical Industries--On Neuromorphic Architectures for Efficient, Robust, and Adaptable Autonomy in Life Detection and Other Deep Space Missions
Building resilience for social-ecological sustainability in Atlantic Europe
This thesis argues that complex adaptive socialâecological systems (SES) theory has important implications for the design of integrated ocean and coastal governance in the EU. Traditional systems of governance have struggled to deal with the global changes, complexity and uncertainties that challenge a transition towards sustainability in Europeâs maritime macro-regions. There is an apparent disconnect between governance strategies for sustainability in Europeâs maritime macro-regions and a sound theoretical basis for them. My premise is that the design of governance architecture for maritime regional sustainability should be informed by SES theory. Therefore, the aim of this research was to gain insight into a multilevel adaptive governance architecture that combines notions of sustainability and development in the context of the Atlantic Europe maritime macro-region. The central research question asked whether it is possible to achieve this insight by using a SES as a framework and analytical tool. This research adopted social ecology and sustainability science as a foundation for understanding societyânature relations. Concepts from complex adaptive systems, SES and resilience theories were integrated into a conceptual framework that guided the investigation and analysis. A study was conducted to conceptualise the European Atlantic socialâecological system (EASES). This was used to represent and understand the Atlantic Europe macro-region as a SES. The study examined the proposition that governance can be focused on building SES resilience to help achieve maritime regional sustainability. A workbook method was developed and used to elicit expert opinion regarding EASES. The study identified sources of resilience and resilience dynamics that require management in the context of multilevel adaptive governance. This research found that the Atlantic Europe macro-region is a key focal level for multilevel adaptive governance architecture. The majority of the findings are specific to Atlantic Europe and not generalisable to other maritime macro-regions in Europe
Paradoxes of interactivity: perspectives for media theory, human-computer interaction, and artistic investigations
Current findings from anthropology, genetics, prehistory, cognitive and neuroscience indicate that human nature is grounded in a co-evolution of tool use, symbolic communication, social interaction and cultural transmission. Digital information technology has recently entered as a new tool in this co-evolution, and will probably have the strongest impact on shaping the human mind in the near future. A common effort from the humanities, the sciences, art and technology is necessary to understand this ongoing co- evolutionary process. Interactivity is a key for understanding the new relationships formed by humans with social robots as well as interactive environments and wearables underlying this process. Of special importance for understanding interactivity are human-computer and human-robot interaction, as well as media theory and New Media Art. "Paradoxes of Interactivity" brings together reflections on "interactivity" from different theoretical perspectives, the interplay of science and art, and recent technological developments for artistic applications, especially in the realm of sound
The underdetermination of interdisciplinarity: theory and curriculum design in undergraduate higher education
Interdisciplinarity in higher education is a widely used but poorly understood term. There is a wealth of literature about the topic, but beneath the surface details very little of it agrees. Further, what attempts have been made to engage with pedagogies of interdisciplinarity in the undergraduate curriculum often suggest dubious programmes of âminimal understandingâ or âadequacyâ. These are consistent only in their inconsistency and lack of standard qualifications, and are often short lived. This thesis explores why there is no consensus on interdisciplinarity, and why there is no consistently effective undergraduate curriculum to develop it, and seeks to resolve both questions via a range of empirical evidence from fields which have not heretofore been applied to interdisciplinarity research.
Three problems are identified in the current research: self-contradictory pedagogic models; a general lack of reliable evidence for theories; and a lack of engagement with relevant educational and psychological research. Taking a pragmatic approach to evidence I review the existing educational research on disciplinarity and the psychological research on expertise, knowledge transfer, collaborative cognition and categorisation to see if these can yield more consistent and empirical foundations for an understanding of interdisciplinarity. The culmination of this research soundly undermines several of the persistent but ill-evidenced models of interdisciplinarity in the literature, namely pluralism, disciplinary essentialism, and competency-based models, and establishes a more coherent approach to interdisciplinary curricula.
Taking the view that a model is not complete without connection to practice, I have also interviewed current academics in the âinterdisciplinaryâ field of Medieval Studies to correlate the psychological evidence with praxis. Ultimately, interdisciplinarity as a âthingâ or a stable academic identity is refuted in favour of interdisciplinarity as a particular focus of skills-based curriculum. This focus should ideally be developed concurrently with matching skills in a disciplinary context in order to balance breadth and depth of learning. This thesis ends with some forward-thinking considerations of curriculum models which could facilitate a balanced disciplinary and interdisciplinary approach in practice
InSEA European Regional Congress: Tales of art and curiosity
Proceedings volume from the International Society for Education through Art (InSEA) European Regional Congress
Famtile: An Algorithm For Learning High-level Tactical Behavior From Observation
This research focuses on the learning of a class of behaviors defined as high-level behaviors. High-level behaviors are defined here as behaviors that can be executed using a sequence of identifiable behaviors. Represented by low-level contexts, these behaviors are known a priori to learning and can be modeled separately by a knowledge engineer. The learning task, which is achieved by observing an expert within simulation, then becomes the identification and representation of the low-level context sequence executed by the expert. To learn this sequence, this research proposes FAMTILE - the Fuzzy ARTMAP / Template-Based Interpretation Learning Engine. This algorithm attempts to achieve this learning task by constructing rules that govern the low-level context transitions made by the expert. By combining these rules with models for these low-level context behaviors, it is hypothesized that an intelligent model for the expert can be created that can adequately model his behavior. To evaluate FAMTILE, four testing scenarios were developed that attempt to achieve three distinct evaluation goals: assessing the learning capabilities of Fuzzy ARTMAP, evaluating the ability of FAMTILE to correctly predict expert actions and context choices given an observation, and creating a model of the expert\u27s behavior that can perform the high-level task at a comparable level of proficiency