Binaural Audio and 360 Video: Immersive Method of Preserving Banten's Culture and History

Visual media is an easy-to-use medium for documenting events, discoveries, and even the culture of a particular country. It's different with audio media, where audio media is very difficult to describe something like a culture without someone having had experiences related to that culture. Binaural audio is an audio system where the system allows a person to record audio that can represent the auditory results of the ear organs. If a person is presented with a binaural audio of a cultural performance, then the audio can simulate a person's perception as if he is at that cultural performance. Over time, the preservation of culture and history is needed so that Indonesian culture and history remain known in this increasingly modern era. The combination of visual media such as 360 Video with binaural audio media is expected to attract people to be more curious about Indonesian culture and history and appreciate it more as well as open the possibility for people with disability to experience the historical location through 360 video or Virtual Reality. This research is a means to documenting and preserve the Chinese Indonesian shrine across Indonesia’s island starting from Banten province.Binaural Audio dan Video 360: Metode Imersif Melestarikan Budaya dan Sejarah Banten Abstrak Media visual adalah media yang mudah digunakan untuk mendokumentasikan peristiwa, penemuan, dan bahkan budaya suatu negara tertentu. Berbeda dengan media audio, di mana media audio sangat sulit untuk menggambarkan sesuatu seperti budaya tanpa seseorang memiliki pengalaman yang berkaitan dengan budaya tersebut. Audio binaural adalah sistem audio di mana sistem tersebut memungkinkan seseorang untuk merekam audio yang dapat mewakili hasil pendengaran organ telinga. Jika seseorang disajikan dengan audio binaural dari pertunjukan budaya, maka audio tersebut dapat mensimulasikan persepsi seseorang seolah-olah dia berada di pertunjukan budaya itu. Seiring berjalannya waktu, pelestarian budaya dan sejarah sangat dibutuhkan agar budaya dan sejarah Indonesia tetap dikenal di era yang semakin modern ini. Kombinasi media visual seperti 360 Video dengan media audio binaural diharapkan dapat menarik minat masyarakat untuk lebih penasaran dengan budaya dan sejarah Indonesia dan lebih mengapresiasinya serta membuka kemungkinan bagi penyandang disabilitas untuk merasakan lokasi bersejarah tersebut melalui video 360 atau Virtual Reality. Penelitian ini adalah sarana untuk mendokumentasikan dan melestarikan kuil Cina Indonesia di seluruh pulau Indonesia mulai dari provinsi Banten

The Relationship Between Systems Thinking by Building Leaders and Academic Outcomes for Marginalized Students

Despite the attempts by lawmakers to legislate a closing of the achievement gap, persistent gaps in performance for students based on ethnicity, race, economic level, disability, and first language persist throughout public schools in the United States. Occasionally, a principal will receive attention for raising the performance of minoritized groups in their school. However, while admired, the principal’s efforts are not easily replicated. Furthermore, principal development programs fail to produce building leaders that can reliably achieve the change marginalized communities need. There have been numerous studies that have shown that principals impact the academic performance of their students. For the last several decades, principals have been told to focus on instructional leadership, to be transformative leaders, and to distribute leadership responsibilities to teacher leaders. Yet, student performance has largely remained unchanged. Because of the lack of success and the evolution of schools’ societal role, principals are being called to be systems thinkers. In this mixed-method study, a review of the research related to systems thinking by school leaders is paired with an evaluation of student academic performance. The study is done on public schools along the I-5 corridor in western Washington. Building leaders were asked to evaluate their leadership on the Principal Systems Thinking Scale (PSTS). Their scores were then assessed against their students’ performance on the Smarter Balanced Assessment (SBA) in English Language Arts and math. The PSTS survey also included open-ended questions where principals were asked to describe their leadership. The study found inconclusive results on the impact of the level of a principal’s self-reported systems thinking and the academic performance of their students. Additionally, results were inconclusive on the impact of systems thinking on closing the academic outcome gap. However, the study highlighted that principals have a limited understanding of systems thinking

Quantum Criticality in Strongly Correlated Electron Systems

The study of the Hubbard model in three dimensions contains a variety of phases dependent upon the chosen parameters. This thesis shows that there is the indication of a zero temperature phase transition at a finite doping. The Hubbard model has been used to identify a similar quantum critical point in two dimensions. The presented results continue these investigations. The system demonstrates a strange metal phase at finite temperature which cannot be described in term of the conventional Fermi liquid. While there have been extensive studies over the past three decades for such materials in two dimensions, there are few numerical studies in three dimensions. This study strives to identify the existence of the strange metal beyond two dimensions. In this work we present numerical results based on the dynamical cluster approximation to demonstrate the existence of a strange metal phase in three dimensions

Acoustic signature for chaos and fractal geometries

One discipline of study that has been coming up in the recent years is the study in the behavior of nonlinear systems. Most of these exhibit chaos traits and this has spurred much interest. Fractal geometries, which are as a result of chaos behavior, have been more feasible to research on, with the recent computer technology. Most of these fractal behaviors can be mapped into the sound domain. This \u27sound domain\u27 is referred to as acoustic signature. This thesis majors on a way to map out the fractals to the sound domain without much change in the parameters that define the fractal. Some of these parameters include position of the individual points on the drawing axis and the way a fractal appears in form of a color map. Due to their dependence on initial conditions sometimes they may look similar and hence a method is needed that can distinguish them. The different types of fractals are mapped in different ways. Some of these ways involve producing an audio wave (known as wav file) that is further converted to MIDI

INDIGENIZING WATER SECURITY

The term ‘water security’ continues to gain traction in the water resources literature with broad application to human health and longevity of water supply. In this body of literature, water security holds a strong anthropogenic focus, particularly on utilitarian needs and water resource demands of society. There is presently little reference in the literature to ‘water security’ from an Indigenous perspective in Canada. Water has many symbolic meanings to Indigenous people including but not limited to a sacred gift, a life form, and a medicine. These Indigenous ways of knowing are not captured in the current definitions of water security. The purpose of this research is to explore opportunities for an ‘Indigenous’ water security and in so doing make a contribution to the water security discourse. Data for this research emerged from semi-structured interviews with Indigenous participants each representing varied backgrounds and communities from across Saskatchewan. Using an approved interview guide, this qualitative research approach identified themes from the participant interviews specific to an Indigenous perspective on water security. The results clearly indicate that water security from an Indigenous perspective embraces much more than water quality and water availability. At least six themes emerged from this research that speaks to a more holistic framing of water security than that found in the current western science literature. It is shown that an Indigenous water security includes water as a life form, water as connected to the spirit world, women as water-keepers, water as relational to human ethics, water as foundational to Indigenous culture, and the linkage between water and landscape. This broader, Indigenous understanding of the term provides a transformative understanding of water security that not only enriches the narrative but contributes positively to reconciliation between settler state and Indigenous peoples through social learning. While an Indigenous understanding of water security includes a much broader, holistic framing of the term this research also reveals that Indigenous people feel they have little water security. This divergent perspective illustrates the tension between traditional values and belief systems and the current condition of water in many Indigenous communities. The lack of water protection, upstream contamination, challenges facing water treatment, and the inability to govern water are just some of the factors contributing to low water security as reported in this research. An Indigenous understanding of water security encapsulates ‘two-eyed seeing’ by including the strengths of Indigenous knowledge and ways of knowing and the strengths of western knowledge

Nature of the appeal of the eighth-century prophets ..

Typewritten sheets in cover. Thesis (M.A.)--Boston University Bibliography: p. 108-110

Land Grant Application- Johnson, Obadiah (Windsor)

Land grant application submitted to the Maine Land Office on behalf of Obadiah Johnson for service in the Revolutionary War, by their widow Azubiah.https://digitalmaine.com/revolutionary_war_mass/1198/thumbnail.jp

Lessons from the journey : developing and applying an actor\u27s process through embodying Uncle Peck in How I learned to drive.

This personal narrative briefly describes my past in the performing arts and outlines my training as an actor and my development of an actor\u27s process through various class and performance experiences at the University of Louisville. Through the use of character notes, physical and vocal warm ups, and research into the mindset and vocal patterns of another person I found pathway for exploring, discovering, and embodying the character of Uncle Peck. I further discuss how I can apply this process to other theatre projects and offer my own insights into theatre and why I have chosen this art form as my life\u27s work and vocation

Map of lot sold by William Hartshorne and John Hartshorne to Aaron Pitney, March 26, 1814

A survey map of the a salt meadow sold by William Hartshorne and John Hartshorne to Aaron Pitney. The survey is signed by Obadiah Herbert and cost $2.00.https://digitalcommons.kean.edu/lhc_1810s/1115/thumbnail.jp

Doctrine and ritual in an African Independent Church in Botswana: a study of the beliefs, rituals and practices of the Head Mountain of God Apostolic Church in Zion

African Christianity has attracted, and continues to attract, the attention of many theologians, anthropologists and church historians the world over. The interrelation between colonialism and the missionary movement has contributed very much to the formation of Christianity in Africa. However, missionary Christianity and colonialism have lost, and are continuing to lose, their dominance over Christianity in Africa. What have emerged, and still continue to emerge, are the African Independent Churches which are now a major aspect of Christianity in Africa.Many people in Africa are frustrated because of the impact of Western civilization on their traditional cultures, customs and practices. Religion, which permeates all aspects of the African's life, is being challenged by modernization and scientific culture. Christianity, as a Western religion, has failed to address these problems and in many cases has identified itself with them. The African Independent Churches, however, have tried, and are still trying, to make life meaningful through retaining, adapting and transforming some traditional rituals and practices in order to give meaning to the life of the African. Bishop Toitoi Smart Mthembu of the Head Mountain of God Apostolic Church in Zion, founder and one of the prominent leaders of the African Independent Churches, started a church which is trying, through its beliefs and practices, to give meaning to the lives of the Batswana, the Southern African peoples and Africa generally.This study is a monographic account of the contribution of the Head Mountain of God Apostolic Church in Zion to the indigenization of African Christianity.Chapter One discusses the religious and social background of the Batswana. In Chapter Two, European missions amongst the Batswana are discussed, with focus on the methods used by the missionaries to spread Christianity in Botswana. Chapter Three examines the general social transformation brought about by Christianity, leading to the emergence of the African Independent Churches. In Chapter Four, the life of Bishop Toitoi Smart Mthembu is reviewed as is the general establishment of his church in Botswana. Chapters Five to Seven analyse the nature of the HMG with regard to the structure and organisation, meeting procedures and worship. Chapters Eight and Nine discuss the teaching and beliefs of the HMG with special reference to doctrines and rituals, while Chapter Ten is a theological reflection on the HMG and its impact on Botswana society and Southern Africa. General conclusions and suggestions complete the study