FORMS OF ATTENTION: TIME AND NARRATIVE IN ECPHRASIS

2012 ◽  
Vol 58 ◽  
pp. 88-114 ◽  
Author(s):  
Simon Goldhill
Keyword(s):  
Work Of Art ◽  
Achilles Tatius ◽  
The Third ◽  
New Development ◽  
New Form ◽  
Aesthetic Expression

This paper investigates differing forms of attention entailed by the ecphrastic gaze in epic and epigram as a way of considering issues of time and narrative as crucial elements of ecphrasis. Its first section focuses particularly on Paulinus of Nola, who has been almost wholly ignored in recent discussions of ecphrasis, but who not only provides the first example of an ecphrasis of an ecphrasis – the description of an ecphrastic inscription attached to a work of art – but also provides a set of poems which construct the viewer's experience of visiting a church. This is taken as exemplary of a new development of a Christian gaze, a new form of attention. The second section looks specifically at temporality in ecphrasis (through Pliny, Virgil, and epigram), to see how different ideas of time and the experience of looking are inscribed in different genres – which in turn expect and create different forms of knowing. The third section looks particularly at later Greek epigrams, Callistratus and Achilles Tatius, to see how different authors play with ideas of temporality and narrative explored in the first two sections of the paper. Together, these interrelated arguments demonstrate how investigating forms of attention and modes of temporality allows us to develop a more nuanced comprehension of ecphrasis as a historical and aesthetic expression.

scholarly journals CYBERBULLYING AND PUBLIC POLICY: AN EVOLUTIONARY PERSPECTIVE

2015 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chris Berg
Keyword(s):  
Public Policy ◽  
Evolutionary Economics ◽  
Social Activity ◽  
Civil Liability ◽  
Evolutionary Perspective ◽  
Social Responses ◽  
The Third ◽  
New Form

This article is a comment on Peta Spyrou’s article in this volume entitled ‘Civil Liability for Negligence: An Analysis of Cyberbullying Policies in South Australian Schools’. It considers three aspects of the problem: the first focuses on the implications of the fact that  cyberbullying is not a new form of social activity but is rather a new form of bullying; the second explores some of the possible policy and social responses to the problem; and the third draws from the insights of evolutionary economics and underlines the importance of respecting the rights of children both to be protected from bullying as well as to develop their identities.

scholarly journals Happy Epiphany

Philosophy ◽  
1982 ◽  
Vol 57 (219) ◽  
pp. 1-2
Keyword(s):  
Old Age ◽  
Good Work ◽  
The Third ◽  
Science Philosophy ◽  
New Ideas ◽  
New Form ◽  
New Applications

In the days before the Third Programme changed its name and nature to those of Radio 3, there were occasional broadcast discussions by a group called the Epiphany Philosophers. Since 1966 they have been publishing a journal whose title and sub-title point to the large questions with which the group has continued to be concerned: Theoria to Theory: An International Journal of Science, Philosophy and Contemplative Religion. The editors are conscious of the risks but also of the need to take them:‘We are not now seen as so “way out” as we used to be, because more people are realizing that one has got to go “way out”, and that what is “in” is culturally more dated than some powerful forces would have us believe’. The latest issue (June 1981) is also to be the last, though there is hope of continuing the good work in other ways. The journal itself may be revived ‘in a new form as a much cheaper production’ (the current subscription is £30 for a volume of four issues of 88 pages). There is also a plan under which the publishers, Gordon and Breach, will publish a series of books designed to ‘promote the exploration of new ideas and new applications in philosophy and science through continuing co-operation between philosophers and scientists in different disciplines’. Among the halfpromised volumes is one on The Athletics of Old Age, ‘seen as a spiritual as well as a mental and physical matter’. Others are Revisionary Metaphysics and Revisionary Science, What is Wrong with Contemporary Physics? and How can we move beyond Neo-Darwinism in Biology?.

scholarly journals II.—On the Occurrence of a New Form of Discinocaris in the Graptolitic Beds of the “Colonie Haidinger” in Bohemia

1892 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 148-149 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ottamar Novák
Keyword(s):  
The Third ◽  
Specific Determination ◽  
New Form ◽  
The Village

In the Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc, vol. xxxvi. 1880, p. 617, Mr. John B. Marr mentions having examined three specimens of a Phyllopodiform Crustacean discovered by Mr. Martin Dusl in the strata of “Colonie Haidinger,” situated not far from the village of Gross-chuchle, south of Prague.The specimens were then identified with Discinocaris Browniana, H. Woodw., figured and described in the same Journal, vol. xxii. 1866, p. 503, pi. 25, figs. 4, 5, and 7. They are also mentioned by Dr. H. Woodward and Prof. T. Eupert Jones in the Third Eeport of the Committee on the Fossil Pliyllopoda of the Palaeozoic Eocks, 1885, p. 2, under Mr. Marr's specific determination.

scholarly journals The third sector and the new development paradigms

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 67-85
Author(s):  
Valentin Filip
Keyword(s):  
Third Sector ◽  
Democratic Participation ◽  
Development Projects ◽  
Economic Sustainability ◽  
The Third ◽  
New Development ◽  
Market Needs ◽  
Market Solutions ◽  
Selection Of

NGOs, as economic actors, are now passing a stage that could change their role in development for the long term. Developing NGOs are not only making peace with the market but are using its mechanisms to better tackle challenges such as poverty, inequality, democratic participation and bottom-up empowerment. Development projects are more sensible to the market needs and evolution while economic sustainability of their results is now a prerequisite. Furthermore, efficiency and accountability are criteria that appear in the majority of funding entities calls for projects, all of this putting a pressure on NGOs for changing their practices, their staff competences and their strategies. This evolution, perceived from the perspective of development economics theories, is contributing the confirmation of the “market solutions” approach, given by the neoliberal theories. However it is important to say that NGOs are making a selection of some large areas that can become a “refined” neoliberalism.

scholarly journals Women and Scientific Employment

2002 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 29-45
Author(s):  
Judith Glower
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Quantitative Data ◽  
European Level ◽  
Science And Society ◽  
Cultural Aspects ◽  
The Third ◽  
New Development ◽  
Women And Science ◽  
Education And Employment ◽  
Society Perspective

In the first section of this paper I present a brief picture, using available data, of the current situation of UK women in scientific education and employment. I then discuss the need for new data and describe some of the initiatives which have been taking place, primarily at the European level, to redress this issue. In the third section, having listed the various arguments which can be found in the literature about why the ‘women and science’ issue matters, I focus particularly on a new development in European Commission thinking: the link with the ‘science and society’ perspective. Finally, I offer some thoughts about the limitations of gathering quantitative data only, arguing that qualitative research into the institutions of science is also required if we are to understand more about the cultural aspects of science that appear to be persistently alienating for girls and women.

scholarly journals THE DEVELOPMENT BANK OF BRICS

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 5-32
Author(s):  
Thiago Ferreira Almeida ◽  
Roberto Luiz Silva
Keyword(s):  
International Development ◽  
World Bank ◽  
Development Bank ◽  
Brics Countries ◽  
The World Bank ◽  
New Development ◽  
The World ◽  
Development Institutions ◽  
New Form ◽  
Growth Analyses

This paper takes aim at the international financial system through the lens of the New Development Bank of the BRICS countries with an analysis of the Bank’s impact and relevance vis-à-vis the system. The work compares the traditional characteristics of international development institutions such as the World Bank and financial entities directed by national authorities with international solutions such as the New Development Bank, whose goals are to boost the infrastructure and renewable energy sectors of its five member countries as well as those of other developing countries. The work lays out insightful data on foreign direct investment of BRICS, GDP growth analyses, imports and exports inside and outside the BRICS group for a clearer understanding of the companies and businesses involved in the group. The work highlights an outlook of investment and development engaged in this new form of South-South cooperation which has been created by BRICS.

scholarly journals From Scorching Desert to Tropical Paradise: New Form of Video Game Orientalism in Far Cry 3

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 73
Author(s):  
Angga Prawadika Aji
Keyword(s):  
Video Games ◽  
Video Game ◽  
World System ◽  
Construction Process ◽  
The Third ◽  
Open World ◽  
New Form ◽  
Game Developers

This paper provides an analysis of different form of orientalism found in the third title of the popular Far Cry game series.  The open world system offered by Far Cry 3 brings a new nuance in the discourse of orientalism in video games, especially within the context of military shooter game. It provides both opportunities and challenges for developers to build ‘world’ as real as possible for players to explore. This construction process often reflects the orientalism practices shown by game developers in describing Eastern society and culture. Through a variety of activities such as hunting, exploring, sailing, and killing enemy forces, the player acts as a 'western mediator' who intepret the simulated Eastern world as a strange and mysterious territory.

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