Signs, forms, and models: Thomas A. Sebeok’s enduring legacy for semiotics

2021 ◽  
Vol 17 (4) ◽  
pp. 473-493
Author(s):  
Marcel Danesi
Keyword(s):  
Computer Science ◽  
Systems Theory ◽  
Meaning Making ◽  
The Past ◽  
Modeling Systems ◽  
Main Components ◽  
Theoretical Apparatus

Abstract Thomas A. Sebeok has left semiotics a comprehensive theoretical apparatus for studying semiosis across species and across systems (biological and artificial). Uniting the notions of form, sign, and model into an integrative purview of meaning-making, known as modeling systems theory, Sebeok has provided a conceptual and terminological apparatus for studying all forms of meaning in terms of the fundamental “standing-for principle” that undergirds all semiotic theories. This essay revisits the Sebeokian perspective, delineating its main components in a retrospective way, highlighting its value not only to semiotics but to computer science as well. Above all else, Sebeok has made it possible concretely to establish specific interconnections between semiotics and cognate disciplines in ways that are relatively free of terminological complexities and ambiguities which have beset semiotics in the past.

(Re)storying Japanese Canadian Histories: Artistic Engagements

2021 ◽  
pp. 153270862098726
Author(s):  
Matthew Chin ◽  
Izumi Sakamoto ◽  
Jane Ku ◽  
Ai Yamamoto
Keyword(s):  
Identity Formation ◽  
Meaning Making ◽  
Art Making ◽  
History Writing ◽  
The Past ◽  
Common Structure ◽  
Academic History ◽  
Historical Accounts ◽  
Japanese Canadian ◽  
Cultural Identity Formation

This paper examines how Japanese Canadian (JC) artists challenge discursive limitations of constructing representations of JC pasts. Their interventions into JC history-making are significant given the rise of interest in and proliferation of JC historical accounts, partly as a result of the accelerated passing of the remaining survivors of JC incarceration within a broader context of unsettled and unsettling discourses around incarceration in JC families and communities. Contrary to narratives of JC history premised on the conventions of academic history writing, we explore how JC artists engage with the past through their creative practices. Focusing on JC artist Emma Nishimura’s exhibit, The weight of what cannot be remembered, we suggest that JC creative history-making practices have important implications for processes of ethno-racial and-cultural identity formation. In so doing, we decenter state-bound history-making processes that reproduce colonial frameworks of JC subjectivity, temporal linearity, and “objectivity.” Instead, we focus on the temporally circuitous way that Nishimura and other JC artists engage with the past through the idiom of personal intimacy in ways that facilitate a more expansive notion of JC identity and community. Though Nishimura’s work is indexical as opposed to representative of contemporary JC art-making, it is significant in tapping into a common structure of feeling among JC artists that emphasizes a notion of JC’ness rooted in the active struggle to establish a relationship with the past. In attending to Nishimura’s work, we highlight the productivity of art-making as a method of (re)storying to expand meaning-making endeavors within and across communities.

scholarly journals A Model for the Strategic Use of Metacognitive Reading Comprehension Strategies

2017 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 187-201
Author(s):  
Juan David Gómez González
Keyword(s):  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
Strategy Instruction ◽  
Reading Proficiency ◽  
Intermediate Level ◽  
Comprehension Strategies ◽  
Reading Comprehension Strategies ◽  
Content Learning ◽  
The Past ◽  
Composite Approach ◽  
Main Components

This paper describes an approach to developing intermediate level reading proficiency through a strategic and iterative use of a discreet set of tasks that combine some of the more common metacognitive theories and strategies that have been published in the past thirty years. The case for incorporating this composite approach into reading comprehension classes begins with an explanation of its benefits and the context in which it came to be; its relationship to theoretical discourse in the field; a description of its three main components: textual indicators, strategy instruction, and content learning; and concludes by presenting a model for implementing the approach that integrates these three components.

Reliability and validity of a taekwondo electronic body protector

2018 ◽  
Vol 233 (2) ◽  
pp. 202-209
Author(s):  
Rizal Razman ◽  
Ryan Wy Lunn Chong
Keyword(s):  
Kinetic Energy ◽  
Scoring System ◽  
Reliability And Validity ◽  
Descriptive Statistics ◽  
Validity And Reliability ◽  
Testing Methods ◽  
Mean Velocity ◽  
The Past ◽  
System Body ◽  
Main Components

The Protector and Scoring System was introduced in taekwondo to encourage transparency in scoring during competition. The system, which has been used in the past two Olympics, consists of two main components, the electronic body protector and socks. The few studies that have been conducted on the Protector and Scoring System have not been comprehensive and used questionable testing methods. The main objectives of this study were to methodologically examine the validity and reliability of a Protector and Scoring System body protector. To fulfil these objectives, a customized mechanical pendulum was built to test the Protector and Scoring System. The reliability of the pendulum was first determined by tracking the pendulum’s mean velocity at impact for 50 trials on two separate occasions. Data from both days were compared and showed no significant differences ( p = 0.08). Mean kinetic energy of the pendulum was then calculated to be 55.52 J. For the experimental trial, the electronic body protector was divided into 12 sections. Each section was tested with the pendulum for 50 trials on two separate days. It was found that only three sections had no significant differences between the two days ( p > 0.01), while the rest of the sections had significantly different readings between Day 1 and Day 2. Based on the homologous descriptive statistics, only two sections were in the same group, which translated to the Protector and Scoring System being only 16.7% reliable overall for both days. In terms of validity, an independent samples t-test was used to determine the differences between the calculated kinetic energy from the pendulum (the criterion) and the displayed kinetic energy on the Protector and Scoring System, and values were found to be significantly different ( p < 0.01). Overall, the reliability and validity of the Protector and Scoring System was found to be questionable. The system needs to be examined exhaustively before being used in any future tournaments.

scholarly journals Consumer's inflation expectations in Brazil

2017 ◽  
Vol 47 (3) ◽  
pp. 509-529
Author(s):  
Fernando Ormonde Teixeira ◽  
Ingrid Christyne Luquett de Oliveira ◽  
Pedro Costa Ferreira
Keyword(s):  
Forecast Accuracy ◽  
Major Elements ◽  
Inflation Expectations ◽  
Consumer Survey ◽  
Micro Data ◽  
The Past ◽  
Expectations Formation ◽  
The Media ◽  
Main Components ◽  
Media Data

Abstract This paper investigates what are the main components of consumer's inflation expectations. We combine the FGV's Consumer Survey with the indices of inflation (IPCA and government regulated prices), professional forecasts disclosed in the Focus report, and media data which we crawl from one of the biggest and most important Brazilian newspapers, Folha de São Paulo, to determine what factors are responsible for and improve consumer's forecast accuracy. We found gender, age and city of residence as major elements when analyzing micro-data. Aggregate data shows the past inflation as an important trigger in the formation of consumers' expectations and professional forecasts as negligible. Moreover, the media plays a significant role, accounting not only for the expectations' formation but for a better understanding of actual inflation as well.

scholarly journals MODELING IN STUDYING COMPUTER GRAPHICS IN THE FUNDAMENTALIZATION OF COMPUTER SCIENCE

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (32) ◽  
pp. 755-767
Author(s):  
L. B. RAKHIMZHANOVA ◽  
S. N. ISSABAYEVA ◽  
M. A. ZHUMARTOV ◽  
K. T. NAZARBEKOVA ◽  
K. E. TURGANBAY
Keyword(s):  
Computer Graphics ◽  
Computer Science ◽  
Practical Knowledge ◽  
Probabilistic Method ◽  
Evaluation Criteria ◽  
Information Modeling ◽  
Information Models ◽  
Development Levels ◽  
Diagnostic Complex ◽  
Main Components

The aim of the study was to develop an effective method of teaching computer graphics using information models. The authors conducted a pedagogical experiment, which consisted of two stages: ascertaining and teaching. The experiment involved 30 students and teachers in computer science. At the ascertaining stage, the state of students' practical knowledge and skills in computer graphics was analyzed. The authors had the following tasks at the first stage: to develop and describe the components, evaluation criteria and development levels of the motivation for studying computer graphics; design a diagnostic complex aimed at studying the development of the main components of the motivation for studying computer graphics; to identify the features of the development of the main components and levels of motivation for studying computer graphics in traditional learning environments. The teaching stage allowed to check the effectiveness of the task system developed by the authors, as well as the author’s methodology of using information modeling in computer graphics. In order to test the accuracy of experimental learning, the authors used the method of comparing the level of mastering the educational material of students in the control and experimental classes and the probabilistic method. For this purpose, control tests were conducted, the results of which were subjected to qualitative analysis. The results of the pedagogical experiment indicated the effectiveness of the proposed method of using computer information modeling in teaching computer graphics. Also, the authors developed a set of teaching and applied research tasks.

scholarly journals Reel Cops: Exploring the Representation of Policing on Police Ten 7

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Gabrielle Margaret Podvoiskis
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Reality Television ◽  
Research Question ◽  
Production Capacity ◽  
Street Crime ◽  
The Past ◽  
Administrative Functions ◽  
Award Winning ◽  
Main Components

<p>Cop shows have been a perennial on prime time television for the past fifty years. Over the past two decades, however, the increasing popularity of reality television means that it is now competing for ascendency with traditional police-centered “soap operas”. For example, at the time of writing a search of the television scheduling by genre on TVNZ on demand reveals 92 reality television programmes compared to 65 dramas, 36 comedies and 22 news programmes. New Zealand, despite its limited production capacity has also cashed in on reality television with recent New Zealand offerings including Motorway Patrol, Illegal NZ, Drug Bust and Emergency 111. The most popular, award winning reality crime programme currently screening on New Zealand television, now in its 20th season, is Police Ten 7. The principle research question driving this thesis is: “To what extent does Police Ten 7 reflect the actual reality of contemporary policing in New Zealand?” This research question was explored through a content analysis of the entire 2010 season of Police Ten 7, consisting of 15 episodes. To assess the extent to which Police Ten 7 reflects the known realities of policing, the content analysis was broken into three main components. The first examined the demographic makeup of police. The second explored types of offences and offenders featured and the third explored the types of police activities depicted on Police Ten 7. These were then contrasted against the known realities of police, offenders and offending patterns in New Zealand. In short, the focus was on who was featured on Police Ten 7, what were they portrayed as doing and how this compares to what we actually know about crime and policing in New Zealand. The main findings were that while some aspects of policing and offending were depicted reasonably accurately, for example gender and ethnicity of police, other aspects were significantly skewed. Police Ten 7 consistently misrepresents the types of offences most commonly committed in New Zealand, over-representing traditional “street” crime such as drug and antisocial offending and violence and under-representing and even ignoring completely other common offences such as dishonesty crimes. Similarly, white individuals depicted in Police Ten 7 are much more likely to be police than offenders, while the opposite is true for non-white individuals who are also depicted more commonly as being involved in violent offending than their white counterparts. As a vehicle for the presentation of the reality of policing Police Ten 7 was found to significantly misrepresent the work undertaken by the typical police officer, over-emphasising the exciting and action-packed aspects of the job and under-emphasising the service and administrative functions of police. The conclusion reached as a result of this research is that Police Ten 7 does not in fact show audiences “a glimpse into the real working lives of New Zealand police” (TVNZ, 2011b). Instead it creates a specific, pro-police vision of policing and crime in New Zealand which features real police and offenders but as a result of the symbiotic relationship between the producers and the police combines to misrepresent the reality of both policing and offending for the majority of police and offenders.</p>

Expanding God’s Redemptive Fractal: Spirit-Centered Counseling and the Transformative Wisdom of Jesus

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
pp. 29-54
Author(s):  
Bill Buker
Keyword(s):  
Systems Theory ◽  
Meaning Making ◽  
Ways Of Knowing ◽  
Second Order ◽  
Conventional Wisdom ◽  
Order Change ◽  
Way Of Knowing ◽  
Second Order Change ◽  
The Mind

Using the image of a fractal, a Spirit-centered approach to counseling is proposed that conceptualizes the Spirit’s activity as seeking to replicate the patterns of God’s redemptive story throughout creation by facilitating deep second-order change. Involving an epistemological shift from ways of knowing shaped by the conventional wisdom of culture to a renewed mind grounded in the transformative wisdom of Jesus, this deep change is explored from the perspectives of science and Scripture. Integrating findings from systems theory with the ministry and message of Jesus, this approach to counseling emphasizes relational premises and values believed to be characteristic of the mind of the Spirit. Defined as the capacity to know and see in ways that are consistent with the passion and purposes of God, cultivating the mind of the Spirit is viewed as the essence of Spirit-centered counseling. Presumed to be seen most clearly in the life of Jesus, this model focuses on his distinctive way of knowing and seeing by examining what can be learned about the epistemological facets of perception and meaning-making when comparing his Way with the patterns of this world. It is proposed that Spirit-centered counseling is guided by the premises and patterns contained in Jesus’ transformative wisdom.

METHODOLOGICAL SYSTEM OF TRAINING STUDENTS IN INFORMATICS

2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (4) ◽  
pp. 85-97
Author(s):  
Asiyat Akhsutova ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Computer Science ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Holistic Education ◽  
Training System ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Conceptual Apparatus ◽  
Points Of View ◽  
Main Components

Currently, it is becoming relevant to study the issue of the methodological training system. This is due to the fact that researchers are trying to give the learning process a systematic nature, as a holistic education, consisting of interconnected elements. The elements in this case are the components of the educational process. It can be seen that the methodological system is closely related to the concept of methodology. The methodical system uses the conceptual apparatus of the methodology. The article presents the results of a study on the methodological system of teaching computer science at a university. The points of view of researchers on the development of this problem are analyzed. The main components of the proposed methodological system are highlighted and characterized.

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