Conclusion

2020 ◽  
pp. 277-286
Author(s):  
Anna Pakes
Keyword(s):  
Future Research ◽  
Late Development ◽  
Art Form ◽  
Art Forms ◽  
Work Concept ◽  
Ontology Of Art

The Conclusion summarises and qualifies the book’s historical thesis about the late development of the work-concept in Western theatre dance. It draws attention to stronger and weaker conceptualisations of works which have, respectively, narrower and broader historical applications. These are in turn related to the equivocation in ontology of art between two distinct baseline conceptions of works in art forms that produce multiples: work as repeatable structure, and work as the focus of appreciation within the art form in question. These conceptualisations pull apart in dance practices not governed by the classical paradigm. The range of ontological positions considered by the book is also summarised and directions for future research identified. The residual pull of structuralist ontology is acknowledged, given initial convictions about work invisibility and disappearance in dance practice.

Unworking Choreography

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Frédéric Pouillaude
Keyword(s):  
Human Movement ◽  
Late Development ◽  
Philosophical Theory ◽  
Partial Dominance ◽  
Art Form ◽  
Art Forms ◽  
The Status ◽  
Work Production ◽  
Contemporary Practice ◽  
Apparent Resistance

There is no archive or museum of human movement where choreographies can be collected and conserved in pristine form. The central consequence of this is the incapacity of philosophy and aesthetics to think of dance as a positive and empirical art. In the eyes of philosophers, dance refers to a space other than art, considered both more frivolous and more fundamental than the artwork without ever quite attaining the status of a work. This book develops this idea and postulates a désoeuvrement (unworking) as evidenced by a conspicuous absence of references to actual choreographic works within philosophical accounts of dance; the late development and partial dominance of the notion of the work in dance in contrast to other art forms such as painting, music, and theatre; the difficulties in identifying dance works (and developing a philosophical theory of dance identity) given a lack of scores and an apparent resistance within the art form to the possibility of notation; and the questioning of “ends” of dance in contemporary practice and the relativization of the very idea that dance artistic or choreographic processes aim at work production.

Unfurling the cultural value of street art experiences

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 65-82
Author(s):  
Amelia Green ◽  
Steffen Gray
Keyword(s):  
Social Contexts ◽  
Cultural Value ◽  
Street Art ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Art Form ◽  
Arts Marketing ◽  
Recent Developments ◽  
Research Stream ◽  
Part Model

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to begin unfurling the cultural value of street art experiences by opening up an audience-centred research stream sensitive to the nuances of this art form.Design/methodology/approachThe paper develops a two-part model through which to investigate how everyday citizens experience street art. The methodology involves a purposeful literature review, and direct assessment of how the nuances of street art could pertain to audience experiences.FindingsThe first part of the model conceptualises the characteristics that distinguish contemporary street art from other art forms. To help further guide future research, the second part distinguishes six layers that frame street art audience experiences: (1) “the art”, (2) artist's intentions for the art, (3) the street artist, (4) experiential context, (5) social contexts and (6) audience interpretive lenses.Research limitations/implicationsThe investigative model provides a constructive stimulus for substantive empirical inquiries into the dynamics, complexities and implications of everyday street art experiences.Practical implicationsThe research stream developed could inform appropriate approaches to facilitating street art, and collaboration amongst street artists, facilitators, municipal representatives and policymakers.Originality/valueThe paper helps to open up an audience-centred approach to street art that intersects with recent developments in arts experience, cultural value and arts marketing.

scholarly journals Arts-based approaches to promoting health in sub-Saharan Africa: a scoping review

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (5) ◽  
pp. e001987 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher Bunn ◽  
Chisomo Kalinga ◽  
Otiyela Mtema ◽  
Sharifa Abdulla ◽  
Angel Dillip ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Promotion ◽  
Scoping Review ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Health Issues ◽  
Arts And Humanities ◽  
Art Forms ◽  
Health Related ◽  
Sub Saharan ◽  
Hiv Aids

IntroductionArts-based approaches to health promotion have been used widely across sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), particularly in public health responses to HIV/AIDS. Such approaches draw on deep-rooted historical traditions of indigenous groups in combination with imported traditions which emerged from colonial engagement. To date, no review has sought to map the locations, health issues, art forms and methods documented by researchers using arts-based approaches in SSA.MethodsUsing scoping review methodology, 11 databases spanning biomedicine, arts and humanities and social sciences were searched. Researchers screened search results for papers using predefined criteria. Papers included in the review were read and summarised using a standardised proforma. Descriptive statistics were produced to characterise the location of the studies, art forms used or discussed, and the health issues addressed, and to determine how best to summarise the literature identified.ResultsSearches identified a total of 59 794 records, which reduced to 119 after screening. We identified literature representing 30 (62.5%) of the 48 countries in the SSA region. The papers covered 16 health issues. The majority (84.9%) focused on HIV/AIDS-related work, with Ebola (5.0%) and malaria (3.3%) also receiving attention. Most studies used a single art form (79.0%), but a significant number deployed multiple forms (21.0%). Theatre-based approaches were most common (43.7%), followed by music and song (22.6%), visual arts (other) (9.2%), storytelling (7.6%) and film (5.0%).ConclusionsArts-based approaches have been widely deployed in health promotion in SSA, particularly in response to HIV/AIDS. Historically and as evidenced by this review, arts-based approaches have provided a platform to facilitate enquiry, achieved significant reach and in some instances supported demonstrable health-related change. Challenges relating to content, power relations and evaluation have been reported. Future research should focus on broadening application to other conditions, such as non-communicable diseases, and on addressing challenges raised in research to date.

When Music Unfolds into Image

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jean-Baptiste Barrière ◽  
Aleksi Barrière
Keyword(s):  
Contemporary Music ◽  
Video Art ◽  
Specific Form ◽  
Media Art ◽  
Live Performance ◽  
Cross Media ◽  
Cultural Roots ◽  
Art Form ◽  
Technological Tools ◽  
Art Forms

The authors reflect on their own experience of developing a specific form of multimedia live performance: the visual concert. The various video projects they realized for works by Finnish composer Kaija Saariaho serve as examples illustrating a more general aesthetic question: what can video art bring to music within the concert ritual? Answers are suggested first in a general assessment of the scientific (perception and cognition research) and cultural roots and parameters of cross-media art forms, and second in an analysis of the contemporary technological tools that allow the visual concert to move beyond the antiquated paradigms of synesthesia, synchronization, or aleatory autonomy of juxtaposed media, and thus to meet the challenges of contemporary music. These mostly unexplored links between new musical techniques and video art open new opportunities that expand the listener’s experience of music and suggest a practice that can become an art form of its own.

scholarly journals Arts engagement facilitated by artists with individuals with life-limiting illness: A systematic integrative review of the literature

2021 ◽  
pp. 026921632110458
Author(s):  
Jenny Baxley Lee ◽  
Sonja McIlfatrick ◽  
Lisa Fitzpatrick
Keyword(s):  
Palliative Care ◽  
Sense Of Self ◽  
Well Being ◽  
The United States ◽  
Health Condition ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Eligibility Criteria ◽  
The Arts ◽  
Art Form ◽  
Arts Engagement

Background: Living with life-limiting illness significantly impacts quality of life. A growing body of evidence suggests that arts engagement facilitated by artists promotes well-being. However, no synthesis of the literature exists to describe arts engagement delivered by artists with individuals receiving palliative care. Aim: To systematically review and synthesize evidence to identify outcomes and key knowledge gaps to inform future research and practice. Design: A systematic integrative literature review was conducted using a pre-defined search strategy and reported using PRISMA guidelines. Analysis was conducted iteratively and synthesis achieved using constant comparison to generate themes. Data sources: PubMed/MEDLINE, CINAHL, PsycINFO, Scopus, Web of Science, and Embase were searched for studies published between database inception and August 2020. Search terms included variations on arts/artists; patients/service users; and palliative or end-of-life care. Eligibility criteria was applied and study quality assessed. Results: Seven reviewed studies explored literary, performing, and visual arts engagement in hospitals, hospice and community settings in England, the United States, France, and Canada. Study designs, interventions and findings were discussed. Themes identified across studies associated arts engagement with (1) a sense of well-being, (2) a newly discovered, or re-framed, sense of self, (3) connection with others, and (4) challenges associated with practice. Conclusion: Recommendations for future research were offered in order to maximize benefits, minimize risks and address complexity of artists’ engagement in palliative care including: (1) consistency in methods and reporting; (2) inclusion of wider perspectives; and (3) key considerations for adapting the arts by health condition and art form.

scholarly journals The importance of Vasanthan Kooththu (Art Form) songs in revealing the existence of human social and professional life

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 56-64
Author(s):  
Thushyanthi Sathiyajith
Keyword(s):  
Folk Music ◽  
Music Performance ◽  
Professional Life ◽  
Sri Lankan ◽  
Social Character ◽  
Agricultural Industry ◽  
Art Form ◽  
The Social ◽  
Art Forms ◽  
Art And Culture

The culture of a community plays a major role in narrating the history and life of that particular community. This culture includes various aspects such as religion, ritual, faith, food, customs or practices as well as art and culture. Among these aspects, art is not only for entertainment; but it is also for exposing the social character and tradition of that particular community. The undeniable thing here is the factor that art forms in every country, and in every region are not only to create entertainment but also to preserve the antiquity of their existence up to now. In that respect, Vasanthan Kooththu, one of the Sri Lankan Tamil art forms, is a notable art form in that category. Even though this art form is found in Batticaloa and Jaffna areas, they have differences between each other. This study focuses on the songs of Vasanthan Kooththu performed in the Katuthavalai area of ​​Batticaloa. This type of Kooththu is an art form of tapping and dancing with two sticks in the hands; however, these sticks are also used to express the function of the meaning of the song with dance. Even though this type of Kooththu is a dance form, the greatness of the songs used in this Kooththu is significant. There are 62 types of Vasanthan poems have been in use in the Art Form performances. These have been compiled around the year 1940. These 62 genres of songs are divided into six genres and compiled, namely 'Kattiyam', 'Thoththiram', 'Sariththiram', 'Tholil', 'Vedikkai', 'Vilaiyaattu' and are still in the practice during Kooththu performance. As mentioned earlier, these Kooththu song systems emphasize the art expression of the culture of a community. The songs related to the professions or job involved in these Kooththu songs express the whole series of activities of the agricultural industry. The reason that these Kooththu songs to aim to explore only a specific industry is to be explored. It is vital to discover this factor; and this article explores about how these Kooththu songs are still in operation today as a popular form of folk music performance to describe a particular social professional life, beyond globalization trends, imposition and blends of colonization thinking. This article also explores the significance of these Kooththu songs hold, the importance they have gained in the life of people as well as the value that these Kooththu songs have even today.

scholarly journals Raising environmental awareness through art projects

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 11-17
Author(s):  
Sanja Marković ◽  
Jelena Petrović
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Issues ◽  
Way Of Life ◽  
Socially Engaged Art ◽  
The Awakening ◽  
Art Form ◽  
Raising Awareness ◽  
The Social ◽  
Art Forms ◽  
Socially Relevant ◽  
Literature And Film

The paper analyzes the importance of actively raising awareness about the significance of ecology and the preservation of our environment through various art forms. The role they play in the process is an important one, both in terms of educating the younger, and raising awareness among the older generations about environmental issues. Art strives for the preservation of culture and cultural heritage, and represents a permanent record of a certain age, a way of life, the social and political circumstances, human opinions, and socially relevant topics. Ranging from architecture, as the most frequently used type of art, via literature and film, to music which reaches the widest of audiences, it can convey any message to the greatest number of people, and each art form can give its own contribution to environmental issues. Socially engaged art is a frequent occurrence. Throughout history, art has been used as a call to rebellion, resistance, and change. Environmental topics have been increasingly more present in art over the past few decades, but are still not present enough. Great potential for the awakening of mankind in terms of the environmental challenges we are facing lies precisely in various art forms. Everyone has their own preference when it comes to art, which is why no art form should be neglected; instead, they should all be developed equally so as to encourage as many people as possible, spanning all generations, to consider the importance of environmental issues.

scholarly journals The Jesuit College Ballets: What We Know and What’s Next

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 431-452
Author(s):  
Judith Rock
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Eighteenth Century ◽  
The United States ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Interdisciplinary Work ◽  
Physical Understanding ◽  
Art Form ◽  
German Speaking ◽  
To Come ◽  
Jesuit College

The existence and nature of the seventeenth- and eighteenth-century ballets produced at Jesuit colleges in Catholic Europe, most often in France and German-speaking lands, is better known now, in the United States and in France, than it was several decades ago. Researchers have come to understand much more about the ballets, their motivation and widespread production, and their professionalism. The Jesuit college ballets are a rich nexus of art, theology, philosophy, and culture. Looking again at what we already know reveals questions that need to be addressed in future research. The most fruitful future research is likely to come from scholars committed to interdisciplinary work, including some physical understanding of dance as an art form. As with any phenomenon involving the meeting of an art form and theology, historians of the art form and historians of the theology tend to know and be interested in very different things. And their colleagues, historians of culture, may be interested in yet something else. As scholars approach a variety of possible future Jesuit college ballet projects, this interdisciplinary challenge can illumine more completely the commitments and intentions of the ballets’ Jesuit producers, as well as the ballets’ influence on their surrounding cultures, and the cultures’ shaping of the ballets.

Schemata in the Graphic Novel Persepolis

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 91-119
Author(s):  
Fredrik Strömberg
Keyword(s):  
Formal Analysis ◽  
Schema Theory ◽  
Graphic Novel ◽  
Visual Elements ◽  
Art Form ◽  
Depth Analysis ◽  
Art Forms ◽  
Visual Cultures

It has repeatedly been suggested that the art in the graphic novel Persepolis by Iranian French artist Marjane Satrapi contains numerous connections to ancient Persian art forms, to the point of this becoming a ‘truism’, although the claim has not been subjected to in-depth analysis. The present formal analysis employs Gombrichian schema theory to identify visual elements in the graphic novel potentially connected to Persian visual cultures to discern if and how they might relate to their proposed influences and how they integrate with styles and visual conventions in comics. The results indicate that there are indeed connections, although integrated into the art form of comics through combination and accommodation, and that this reinforced the Persian theme of the graphic novel and potentially enriched the art form of comics.

Describing work as meaningful: towards a conceptual clarification

2015 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 202-223 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammed Yasin Ghadi ◽  
Mario Fernando ◽  
Peter Caputi
Keyword(s):  
Meaningful Work ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Organizational Mission ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Meaning In Work ◽  
Current State ◽  
Work Concept ◽  
High Level ◽  
Clear Goal

Purpose – Providing employees with meaning in their work has inspired numerous researchers to study the role of personal meaningful work and its related outcomes. Despite this high level of interest, the theoretical views and methodological approaches used to explore this concept still require refinement and development. Without a comprehensive review of these views and approaches, the concept of meaningful work will remain an ill defined notion. The purpose of this paper is to address this gap with a review of the theoretical and empirical research on meaningful work. Design/methodology/approach – The paper includes a discussion on the concepts of “meaning” and “work”, and its importance and the sources for conceptual confusion, and a synthesis of the common features that form the idea of meaningful work in numerous empirical and theoretical studies. Findings – The paper found meaningful work is derived when the employee has a perfect understanding of the nature and expectations of the task environment (i.e. the work has a clear goal, purpose and value that is connected to the employee), the employee feels a sense of fit or congruence between their own core values and the job requirements and organizational mission and goals, and when perfect understanding exists of how employees’ roles contribute to the purpose of the organization. Practical implications – As part of an effective HRM strategy, organizations should actively encourage and develop managers’ abilities to redesign jobs and the climate to build enhanced feelings of meaning in work. Furthermore, organizations can promote greater experiences of meaningful work among employees by implementing the “job crafting” concept. Also, the role of top management is to focus on job elements that would possibly change personal needs of employees and hence perceive their jobs to be more meaningful. Originality/value – Given the limited amount of recent literature focused on defining meaningful work, this paper provides valuable resources to help organizations succeed in their understanding of how to engage in creating meaningful work environment. It also examines the underlying features that constitute the meaningful work concept and offers guidance for future research by presenting the current state of knowledge about meaningful work.

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