Ond optimisme og viljen til lykke

Det liberale dogme ’enhver er sin egen lykkes smed’ er tilbage med fornyet relevans. Neoliberal ideologi har i mange vestlige demokratier bevirket en afpolitisering af samfundsmæssige forhold, en afpolitisering som går hånd i hånd med psykologiseringen af stadigt flere kollektive domæner. Dette forhold kalder på en gentænkning af følelsers betydning og det feministiske credo ‘det private er politisk’

Religion på museer: som del af et undervisningsforløb

At studere religionsvidenskab kan bringe en vidt omkring. Man kan beskæftige sig med alt fra originaltekster på hebraisk, til moderne spirituelle grupper og videre omkring politiske lovforslag og trossamfund som folkekirken. Man kan eksempelvis tænke religion i en historisk, psykologisk eller etnografisk sammenhæng, og ofte står religion ikke alene, men det er noget, som i større grad studeres i et tværfagligt felt. Denne udvikling forsøgte jeg at belyse for en gruppe studerende med et undervisningsforløb ved religionsvidenskab på Aarhus Universitet i efteråret 2019

Virtual reality to assess visual attraction and perceived interest to daylit scene variations

Façades and light pattern composition have been shown to influence the spatial experience and physiological responses of humans [1,2]. The present study examines the effect of sunlight penetration and window size on fixations to the floor of the scene, and the relation between visual interest and fixations in an experiment using 360° scenes displayed in Virtual Reality. One hundred participants were shown the same daylit interior space with varying presence of sun patches (based on sky type and time-of-day variations) and window size in a mixed experimental design. Participants' head movements were recorded during the first 25 seconds of silent free-viewing exposure to each scene, after which they rated the visual interest of the scene. Fixation areas were derived from head movement data and were used to extract the percentage of fixations towards different areas in the scene. Linear Mixed Model (LMM) analyses showed that sun patch presence influenced the percentage of fixations towards both the front part of the floor (near the façade) and the whole floor. Pairwise comparisons showed that participants spent more time fixating towards the floor in the presence of small sun patch compared to no sun patch. Adding visual interest as a fixed factor in the LMM did not show a statistically significant relation between fixations towards the floor and visual interest ratings. Although limited to Virtual Reality and thus to its relatively small luminance range, these findings show that the presence of a sun patch in one's field of view elicits visual attraction

Evaluation of a digital method to assess evening meal intake in a free-living adult population

Background: In recent years new applications of technologies, including digital images, to capture dietary behaviour in real time have been explored. Objectives: To validate a digital method for estimating evening meal intake in a free-living adult population, and to examine the feasibility of the method for recording evening meal intake over a prolonged period of time. Design: The digital method was compared against weighed records of 19 participants’ usual evening meals for five consecutive days. Two trained image analysts independently estimated the weight of individual foods within the meals into major food categories, and the nutrient content was calculated. A second study included interviews with 28 participants recording their evening meals on weekdays for three consecutive weeks to get their perspective on the feasibility of the method. Results: High correlation coefficients between the digital method and weighed records were found for all measured food categories and nutrients. Comparable means and acceptable limits of agreement (mean difference +/− 2 SD) were found with regard to macronutrient distribution (e.g. fat content −5 to 6 E%), energy density (−75 to 91 kJ/100 g), and energy-adjusted foods (e.g. fruit and vegetable content −241 to 236 g/10 MJ). The majority of the participants expressed satisfaction with the method and were willing to record their evening meals for 1 month or more using the digital method. Conclusion: The digital method is valid and feasible for evening meal estimation in real-time where a prolonged recording period of participants’ meals is needed