A Case Study of Digital Preservation of Motion Capture for Bā Jiā Jiāng Performance, Taiwan Religious Performing Arts

Author(s):  
Yun-Sheng Syu ◽  
Li-o Chen ◽  
Yu-Fang Tu
2017 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 187-192
Author(s):  
Gertrud Koch

"Operative Ontologien werden in diesem Artikel als relationale kommunikative Situationen vorgestellt, in denen Medien und Technik Teil einer Praxis sind, aber nicht einfach mit dieser zusammenfallen. Die Ontologie bezieht sich auf eine temporäre Konstellation, beispielsweise eine Verknüpfung von Maschine, Körper und Bild, in der die ontologische Frage der Anthropologie perspektivisch immer wieder verschoben wird. Wie das genau zu verstehen ist, wird am Fallbeispiel der Motion-Capture-Technik deutlich, in der durch eine Verschmelzung von Live Action Movie und der animierten Welt der Visual Effects eine permanente Veränderung dessen erfolgt, was als Mensch oder menschliche Umwelt angesehen wird. This article presents operational ontologies as communicative situations in which media and technology are part of a practice, but do not simply coincide with it. Ontology refers to a temporary constellation, for example a link between machine, body and image, which shifts the ontological question of anthropology in perspective time and again. This thesis is further illustrated by a case study of the motion capture technique, whose merging of live action movie and the animated world of visual effects leads to a permanent modification of our notions of the human being and human environment. "


Author(s):  
Elizabeth A Clendinning

The book seeks to answer these questions: Why are there more than 150 gamelans (Indonesian percussion ensembles) in North America, and why are more than half of them associated with American colleges and universities? How and why did gamelan ensembles spark the ethnomusicological imagination? What impact have these ensembles had on college music programs, their local communities, and transnational Indonesian performing arts scenes? How does a lifetime of teaching foreign college students shape the lives of non-American music teachers? First providing an overview of gamelan and its incorporation in education in North America, this book uses the story of the career and community of one performer-teacher, I Made Lasmawan of Bali and Colorado, as a case study to examine the formation and sustenance academic world music ensembles. It examines the way students develop musical and cultural competence by learning gamelan in traditional ethnomusicology ensemble courses and analyzes the merits of including gamelan ensembles in studies in percussion, composition, and music education. More broadly, the book argues that beyond the classroom, the presence of these ensembles shapes transnational arts education and touristic performing arts scenes in Bali. Finally, it advocates for world music ensemble courses as a powerful means for teaching musical and cultural diversity and sparking transnational exchanges, both in and outside the classroom.


Author(s):  
Kathleen Jasonides ◽  
Janet Karvouniaris ◽  
Amalia Zavacopoulou

Innovative since its inception, the ACS Honors Humanities program has a long history of more than 40 years as an interdisciplinary team-taught course that examines essential questions through literature, visual and performing arts, philosophy and history.  This innovative approach has continued to motivate successive teaching teams to modify and enhance a program that challenges students academically, utilizing the best possible resources and taking advantage of new technology. In this article, we present one in-depth case study where we explain how we transformed the Honors Humanities course from Face To Face to i2Flex. We will describe and present examples of how we redesigned the course format and presentation, learning activities and assessment. We present data on student feedback and our findings regarding the benefits and challenges of adopting the i2Flex methodology for this course.


2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 455
Author(s):  
Beni Andika ◽  
Fani Dila Sari

AbstrakKreativitas grup Bungong Sitangkee mempertunjukan Rapa’i Daboi’h merupakan upaya reproduksi budaya di perkampungan bekas pengungsian NGO (Non Goverment Organization) CARE di perkampungan Teurebeuh Kecamatan Kota Jantho Kabupaten Aceh Besar. Rapa’i Dabo’ih adalah seni pertunjukan atraksi yang menakjubkan. Seni pertunjukan ini digemari karena bentuk sajian pertunjukan Rapa’i Dabo’ih yang atraktif dengan debus sebagai puncak dari permainan yang disertai instrumen Rapa’i dengan lantunan syair-syair berisikan syiar agama Islam. Reproduksi budaya adalah proses mempertahankan identitas budaya yang dilakukan oleh masyarakat korban pascatsunami yang sudah tinggal menetap di area bekas pengungsian sebagai  pelestarian dan eksistensi kebudayaan asalnya. Tujuan penelitian ini adalah mengungkap keberadaan Rapa’i Daboih sebagai  reproduksi budaya yang terjadi di perkampungan CARE bekas pengungsian korban pascatsunami di Aceh 2004 lalu. Identifikasi reproduksi budaya ditinjau dari pemkanaan ulang seni pertunjukan Rapa’i Dabo’ih oleh Grup Bungong Sitangkee di Kecamatan Kota Jantho Kabupaten Aceh Besar. Metode yang digunakan adalah metode kualitatif, pengumpulan data dilakukan melalui observasi dan mengamati pertunjukan dan wawancara. Hasil penelitian ini mengungkapkan bagaimana kebradaan reproduksi budaya dengan studi kasus Rapa’i Dabo’ih.Kata Kunci: rapa’i dabo’ih, reproduksi, budaya.AbstractThe Bungong Sitangkee group's creativity demonstrates Rapa 'i Daboi'h is an effort to reproduce culture in the CARE (Non Government Organization) in Teurebeuh village, JAntho City District, Aceh Besar District. Rapa’i Dabo’ih is an amazing performing arts performance. This performance art is favored because of the attractive form of the Rapa'i Dabo'ih show with debus as the culmination of the game accompanied by the Rapa'i instrument with the recitation of verses containing Islamic symbols. Cultural reproduction is the process of maintaining cultural identity carried out by post-tsunami victims who have settled in ex-refugee areas as a preservation and existence of their original culture. The purpose of this study is to uncover the existence of Rapa'i Daboih as a cultural reproduction that occurred in the CARE village of ex-refugee victims after the tsunami in Aceh in 2004. Identification of cultural reproduction is reviewed from the reopening of the Rapa 'i Dabo'ih performance by the Bungong Sitangkee Group in Kota Jantho District, Aceh Besar Regency. The method used is a qualitative method, data collection is done through observation and observing performances and interviews. The results of this study reveal how the existence of cultural reproduction with the Rapa'i Dabo'ih case study.  Keywords: rapa'i dabo’ih, reproduction, culture.  


Author(s):  
Audri Phillips

This chapter examines the relationships between technology, the human mind, and creativity. The chapter cannot possibly cover the whole spectrum of the aforementioned; nonetheless, it covers highlights that especially apply to new immersive technologies. The nature of creativity, creativity studies, the tools, languages, and technology used to promote creativity are discussed. The part that the mind and the senses—particularly vision—play in immersive media technology, as well as robotics, artificial intelligence (AI), computer vision, and motion capture are also discussed. The immersive transmedia project Robot Prayers is offered as a case study of the application of creativity and technology working hand in hand.


Author(s):  
Jan Söffner

This chapter presents a case study for the use of enactivist phenomenology as a paradigm for Cultural Analysis and Renaissance Studies. It begins by describing a mask used in commedia dell’arte, first as a simple object and then as embedded in an acting praxis. The focus then turns to Renaissance cultures of the performing arts, fiction, and the constitution of subjectivity. Finally, the chapter considers what the mask has to say about sixteenth-century Italy, comparing the outcomes of this analysis with those of more conventional approaches, which are mostly focused on Renaissance humanism. The line of argumentation follows a bottom-up methodology based on enactivist assumptions. By the end the chapter will render the adopted approach theoretically explicit and offer closing remarks about the use of enactivist phenomenology for cultural analysis, by comparing it with neighbouring theories and methods in Cultural Studies (especially Praxeology, Actor-Network-Theory, studies on Material Cultures, and Performance Studies).


2013 ◽  
Vol 26 (3) ◽  
pp. 17-39
Author(s):  
Daniel Burda ◽  
Frank Teuteberg

Firms are required to consciously retain information in an effort to ensure compliance with legal and business needs. However, sustained accessibility to digital information cannot be taken for granted as it is threatened by expeditiously changing technologies associated with the risk of obsolete soft- and hardware. As part of an effort to ensure long-term access to digital information, digital preservation (DP) provides effective means. But still little is known about DP in firms. In this study the authors aim to provide insights into a firm’s DP needs, capabilities and decision making mechanisms by conducting a multiple case study through the lens of organizational information processing theory. The results indicate that a lack of decision making procedures and responsibilities impedes the alignment between DP needs and capabilities, which seems to foster a culture of information hoarding. Based on the authors’ empirical insights about DP in firms they derive an explanatory model and provide five managerial recommendations.


2015 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 409-431 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennifer Mayer
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