Dance improvisation through Authentic Movement: A practice of discernment

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 191-205
Author(s):  
Shaun McLeod
Keyword(s):  
Negative Impact ◽  
External Factors ◽  
Personal Interest ◽  
Authentic Movement ◽  
Theoretical Terms ◽  
Movement Theory ◽  
Dance Improvisation ◽  
Studio Practice ◽  
Affective Impact ◽  
Shed Light

Dance improvisation in performance is often spirited and unpredictable. But the form can also be hampered by its conditions of uncertainty so that a state of open, spontaneous creativity can actually become difficult to achieve in performance situations. In particular, the perceived ‘judgment’ of an audience can alternately enhance or inhibit the performer’s creative engagement with open improvisation. This article describes a studio process utilizing Authentic Movement which was directed towards a performance in which the dancers attempted to diminish the negative impact that external factors, or internalized perceptions of external factors, can have on improvisation. However, the article is specifically focused on the experiences of a single dancer (the author) in the studio practice which underpinned the performance. At the heart of this practice were personal explorations of how best to discern a positive personal interest while improvising. This discernment is framed as a means to define an ‘inner witness’ (drawing from Authentic Movement theory): an internal perceptual anchor at the centre of the practice which helps fosters an open, imaginative engagement with improvisation. The article also seeks to clarify a subjective situation in objective, theoretical terms and so to shed light on a phenomenon also experienced by many other performers of improvisation. Drawing on the work of Teresa Brennan and Mihali Csikszentmihalyi, the article examines how the affective impact of judgment can interrupt the spontaneous flow of embodied imagination in improvisation.

The dilemmas of the Israeli reality and the choice of war

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 151
Author(s):  
Bashir Hadi Abdul Razak
Keyword(s):  
Negative Impact ◽  
Arab World ◽  
External Factors ◽  
Political Movement ◽  
World Today ◽  
The World ◽  
Arab Israeli Conflict ◽  
Internal And External Factors

The Arab-Israeli conflict is among the longest and most complex conflicts in the world today, a conflict that transcends borders or a difference of influence. It is a struggle for existence in every sense. Since the establishment of Israel in 1948, one of the regional forces whose political movement is determined by the Arab world has become the result of the internal and external factors and changes that affect it. This entity is hostile to the Arabs, Which would have a negative impact on the regional strategic situation.

scholarly journals Dampak Faktor Eksternal dan Faktor Internal terhadap Perkembangan Bank Umum Syariah di Indonesia

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 97-108
Author(s):  
Luthfiah Nurazlina ◽  
Hasbi Assidiki Mauluddi
Keyword(s):  
Negative Impact ◽  
External Factors ◽  
Islamic Banks ◽  
Internal Factors ◽  
Simultaneous Test ◽  
Panel Data Regression ◽  
Data Regression ◽  
Simultaneous Testing ◽  
Significant Negative Impact ◽  
The Impact

The goal of this study was to determine the impact to which external factors such as GDP growth, inflation and BI interest rate and internal factors such as CAR, FDR and NPF have had an influence on the development of Islamic Banks in Indonesia that represented by the growth of total assets Islamic banks in Indonesia from 2015-2019. This research used a quantitative approach and the data would be analyzed using multiple regression test through panel data regression with partial test and simultaneous test provided by Eviews 10. Considering the results of the simultaneous testing, the study suggests that all variables had an impact on the development of the Islamic Bank. As for the partial test, from the external factors only the BI rate which gives a significant negative impact on the development of Islamic banks and from internal factors there are NPF and FDR which give significant negative impact. It was concluded that GDP, Inflation, and CAR did not affect the development of Islamic Banks in Indonesia.

STUDY ON EFFECTS OF DISTRUTIVE AGENTS ON THE ARTWORKS

2017 ◽  
Vol 31 (1) ◽  
pp. 75-81
Author(s):  
Valeria Mirela Brezoczki ◽  
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Emese Bonta ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Negative Impact ◽  
Art Museum ◽  
External Factors ◽  
Cultural Value ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Active Monitoring ◽  
Baia Mare ◽  
Different Types ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Over Time

The paper describes a series of effects created by the impact of environmental factors on artworks in museums, as well as the way that active monitoring of these destructive agents (temperature and relative humidity) is done. Over time, artefacts exhibited within museums are subject to a series of degradations caused by external factors (air components, humidity, temperature, sunlight, bacteria, molds or fungi etc.), which can leave a negative impact on these goods with cultural value. The main observed negative effects are directly and intimate related to the deterioration of wood sculptures by the occurrence of cracks and the installation of different types of bacteria; the appearance of brownish-red spots on the surface of the paper and the increase in its reliability; various types of corrosion of artworks from different metals; color losses and cracks on paintings etc. The study brings to the fore the damaging effects produced on the different cultural works hosted within the County Art Museum - Art Center Baia Mare.

scholarly journals Materialism, social stratification, and ethics: evidence from SME owners in China

2019 ◽  
Vol 25 (3) ◽  
pp. 499-517 ◽  
Author(s):  
Taoyong Su ◽  
Junzhe Ji ◽  
Qingan Huang ◽  
Lei Chen
Keyword(s):  
Social Stratification ◽  
Household Income ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Practical Significance ◽  
Ethical Attitudes ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Future Studies ◽  
Ethical Attitude ◽  
Attitudes Toward Money ◽  
Shed Light

PurposeThe study of business ethics has seldom shed light on small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) despite their theoretical and practical significance. Drawing from strain perspective, the purpose of this paper is to address this insufficiency and investigate SME owners’ ethical attitudes toward money-related deviances.Design/methodology/approachBased on a large sample of 741 Chinese SMEs, an OLS regression analysis was employed to test associated hypotheses. The robustness of results was additionally checked.FindingsThe results suggest that for stratification variables, education level is positively related to ethical attitudes, whereas household income level is surprisingly negatively associated with ethical attitudes; for materialism facets, success and happiness exert a negative impact on ethical attitudes as hypothesized, but centrality has no associated impact.Research limitations/implicationsThis study has examined both structural and motivational sources of personal strains on the ethical attitude of SME owners, while the characteristics of these strains could be explored in the future studies.Originality/valueThis study advances and complements the dominant behavior approach that emphasizes cognitive and other psychological processes in explaining individual ethical attitudes. It is also seemingly the first study to examine the influence of three materialism facets on entrepreneurial ethical attitudes.

scholarly journals Constraints by the Public Prosecutor in Proving Aspects of Criminal Liability for Narcotics Criminals with Undercover Buy Techniques

2021 ◽  
Vol 04 (12) ◽  
Author(s):  
Trynalia Slamet Tri Wahyudi ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Criminal Responsibility ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Criminal Liability ◽  
Law Enforcement Officers ◽  
External Factors ◽  
Advanced Technology ◽  
Public Prosecutor ◽  
Internal Factors ◽  
The Public ◽  
Internal And External Factors

Narcotics crime is one of the extraordinary crimes. In addition to the negative impact it causes, the disclosure of narcotics crimes is not easy because it is transnational in nature, is carried out in secret, organized, uses various modus operandi and uses advanced technology. Therefore, the Law on Narcotics regulates investigative techniques that can be used to uncover narcotics crimes, one of which is an undercover buy investigation technique. However, this technique sometimes also leaves its own problems in its implementation. The objective of this study is to identify and explain the various constraints faced by the Public Prosecutor in proving aspects of criminal responsibility for narcotics criminals, especially those carried out with the undercover buy technique. This paper using a normative research type through a statutory approach and a case approach. This study explains that the Public Prosecutor still has problems in proving aspects of criminal responsibility for narcotics criminals, both from internal and external factors. The constraints from internal factors was that the Public Prosecutor was not careful in checking the completeness of the formal. Meanwhile, external factors, namely investigators did not provide actual information regarding the completeness of the material submitted in the first stage of file submission. Therefore, it is necessary to improve the regulation and coordination between law enforcement officers in terms of proving the accountability aspects of narcotics criminals using undercover buy techniques.

scholarly journals Water adsorption and freeze-thaw resistance of limestone treated with Oxal NK100

2019 ◽  
Vol 91 ◽  
pp. 02048
Author(s):  
Elena Korneeva ◽  
Anna Babanina ◽  
Yulia Larionova
Keyword(s):  
Water Absorption ◽  
Air Temperature ◽  
Water Adsorption ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
External Factors ◽  
Review Of The Literature ◽  
Compound A ◽  
Freeze Thaw ◽  
Before And After

Natural limestone is subjected to negative impact of external factors, such as rain and low air temperature. One of the ways to improve the properties of limestone is considered in the paper, which is its treatment with Oxal NK100 compound. A review of the literature regarding the problem of durability and the use of limestone is presented. The water absorption and freeze-thaw resistance of the rock was determined experimentally before and after processing with a stone reinforcing compound. The analysis of the obtained data is conducted and conclusions about the effectiveness of the Oxal NK100 composition are drawn.

Islamist Pluralism

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Avi Max Spiegel
Keyword(s):  
Social Movement ◽  
Comparative Politics ◽  
Arab World ◽  
Political Sociology ◽  
Sociology Of Religion ◽  
Political Islam ◽  
Narrative Style ◽  
Movement Theory ◽  
Shed Light

This introductory chapter provides an overview of the book's main themes. The book attempts to unlock the incipient industry of Islamism. This is, at its core, a work of political sociology, informed, most of all, by scholarship in social movement theory, comparative politics, and the sociology of religion. To make the material accessible to a wide variety of readers, the author has aimed to write in a lucid, narrative style. In his nearly four years in Morocco, he witnessed firsthand the development of political Islam in one place. But these experiences also shed light on what is happening in other parts of the Arab world.

Fuzzy Legality and the Challenge to Proper Governance

2021 ◽  
pp. 255-288
Author(s):  
Margit Cohn
Keyword(s):  
Political Economy ◽  
Deliberative Democracy ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
External Factors ◽  
Design Stage ◽  
The Political ◽  
Power Politics ◽  
The Rule Of Law ◽  
Executive Action ◽  
Exogenous Factors

This chapter addresses two aspects of the propriety of reliance on fuzzy law as a central strategy for the retention of executive dominance over and under law. First, it presents arguments concerning the direct negative impact of fuzzy law on proper governance. These arguments are sorted around two nodes of democratic theory: ‘the rule of law’, and theories of participatory/deliberative democracy. Both offer good bases for embedding these arguments in the normative debate. The second part of the chapter offers a hitherto untreated aspect: it traces the political economy of fuzziness. It traces the factors that enhance reliance on fuzzy modes of executive action, classified under a distinction between endogenous and exogenous factors. Beyond law’s endemic fuzziness, I study a group of external factors that impact on the retention of fuzziness, including power politics and player preferences; disagreement during the design stage of a rule or at a subsequent political juncture; pressure to act that results in fuzzy arrangement, not necessarily designed to be applied; and the relative marginalization of the action exercised, which leads to the retention of fuzziness. Combined, the two parts of the chapter enrich the understanding of the ubiquity of fuzziness, while emphasizing the prices paid by continuous reversion to such practices.

Director Compensation in the Banking Industry Around the Dodd-Frank Act

2021 ◽  
pp. 2150022
Author(s):  
Wikil Kwak ◽  
Xiaoyan Cheng ◽  
Burch Kealey
Keyword(s):  
Banking Industry ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Director Compensation ◽  
Compensation Plans ◽  
Equity Compensation ◽  
Sarbanes Oxley ◽  
The Board Of Directors ◽  
Board Monitoring ◽  
Compensation Packages ◽  
Shed Light

Directors’ monitoring and advising activities as agents were supposed to increase after the Dodd-Frank Act in 2010. The Dodd-Frank Act significantly increases the pressure on the board of directors to be more effective agents of the stockholders even after the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (2002) became effective. Director compensation, especially incentive-based compensation, is intended to align with the interests of shareholders and motivate director behavior. This paper empirically tests how banks respond to the Dodd-Frank Act by redesigning their director compensation plans. Our findings suggest that banks recognize the need for improved board monitoring by highlighting the importance of director workload and qualifications through the design of director compensation packages in the post-Dodd-Frank Act period. We also find that the negative impact of excessive director equity compensation on firm performance was attenuated after the passage of the Dodd-Frank Act. The findings of this study shed light on the rationale of director compensation policies for banking firms.

Losing a Little Part of Yourself: Families’ Experiences With Foreclosure

2019 ◽  
Vol 40 (13) ◽  
pp. 1832-1859
Author(s):  
Cyleste C. Collins ◽  
Kristen A. Berg
Keyword(s):  
Social Identity ◽  
Family Relationships ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Emotional Attachment ◽  
Quantitative Studies ◽  
Structural Forces ◽  
Qualitative Work ◽  
Families With Children ◽  
Depth Interviews ◽  
Shed Light

While quantitative studies have described foreclosure’s correlates, and qualitative work has shed light on homeowners’ experiences in general, research has not focused specifically on how families with children younger than 18 years experience foreclosure. This study was an exploratory qualitative examination of families’ experiences with home foreclosure, focusing especially on the meaning(s) the foreclosure had for them. In-depth interviews were conducted with 29 adult homeowners living with children younger than 18 years during their foreclosures. The analysis revealed key themes of foreclosure threatening personal and social identity, family relationships and routines, and emotional attachment and experiences of loss. Adults tended to blame themselves for the foreclosures as opposed to seeing structural forces as responsible for their predicaments. The findings help illuminate some of the potential mechanisms underlying the negative impact of foreclosure. Understanding families’ experiences is critical to formulating services and policies to help affected families regain stability.

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