scholarly journals UP TO DATE CULTURAL PRACTICES IN MODERN PROJECTIVE INDUSTRIES

2018 ◽  
pp. 82-87
Author(s):  
A. A. Semenenko
Keyword(s):  
Architectural Design ◽  
Cultural Practices ◽  
Cultural Anthropology ◽  
Social Progress ◽  
Self Identity ◽  
Artistic Activity ◽  
Show Business ◽  
Internet Art ◽  
Strongly Connected ◽  
Character Network

The article analyzes the connection between some forming relevant tendencies and the newest cultural practices, the development of which is due to economical, technical and social context. Such features as mass character, consumerism, innovativeness, integrality, media character, network and information unity, fundamentally transform the image of civilization and people’s lifestyle. Human projective activity vectors are explored with terminological tools of cultural anthropology and civilizational movement dominants defined by modern thinkers. Evolution of language and aims of substantial practices are showed and new architectural and design styles, like recycling-, pop-, eco-, recreational, motion-, media-design and so on, are marked and characterized. Modern phase of art’s development, that integrates it with other cultural practices, such as science, trade, production, communication, medicine, show-business, tourism, etc., which change its forms and nature (media-art, video-art, transmission-art, technological art (electronic, robot- and genomic-art, internet-art). All these types of architectural, design and artistic activity exist and are fulfilled in kind of intensive fusion, organizing and fundamentally changing human’s habitat. The variety of design styles are strongly connected today with the commitment to unify form-creating intentions, that had been disconnected during the movement of social progress, which means conformity with modernity’s character and requirements while maintaining ontological basis that gives a human sense of home and self-identity. Designer practices that implement communicative interactive potential in projectivity while keeping spaces alive and human are able to perform this harmony. Hence, exploration of features and vectors of the embodied in real and virtual substance projective activity gives a deeper understanding of the sense of civilizational transformations and their connection with human’s substantive dimensions.

scholarly journals Broken promises of Internet and democracy: Internet art in Serbia, 1996–2014

2019 ◽  
Vol 41 (6) ◽  
pp. 889-900
Author(s):  
Nina Mihaljinac ◽  
Vera Mevorah
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Practices ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Internet Technology ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Internet Art ◽  
Art And Culture ◽  
Mixed Feelings ◽  
Phases Of Development ◽  
Democratic Principles ◽  
Internet Revolution

The article uses case studies of artistic and cultural practices on Internet in Serbia (1996–2014) to provide a deeper analysis of possible uses of internet technology and internet art for social and political change as well as showcasing changing attitudes toward the internet in a transitional semi-periphery state. Through analyzing these questions, the article defines several phases of development of internet and art projects in Serbia including (a) the phase of techno-utopia when internet technology was used for staging and supporting student protests and the so-called first ‘internet revolution’ in Serbia (1996–1999); (b) the phase of ambivalence or ‘mixed feelings’ toward the Internet, triggered of by Kosovo War and North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)-led bombing of 1999–2000; (c) the phase of optimism and hope about the Internet after the ‘October 5th’ revolution (2000–cc. 2005); and (d) the phase of disillusionment with both the Internet and democracy (2010–2014). This study re-evaluates early achievements and democratic principles of networked society and illuminates core issues and accomplishments of cyberculture from the 1990s until present times through the point of view of multiple actors present within Serbian art and culture.

The Geometry and Symbolic Architecture of Basque Stone Octagons: The Pastoral Sarobe

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roslyn M Frank
Keyword(s):  
Bronze Age ◽  
Architectural Design ◽  
Cultural Practices ◽  
Basque Country ◽  
Field Work ◽  
Study Region ◽  
Carbon 14 ◽  
The Past ◽  
Local Tradition ◽  
Cardinal Directions

<p>In the Basque Country (Euskal Herria) stone octagons, known as <em>sarobe</em> in Basque (Euskara), were built using specified dimensions, based on a “geometric foot” standard (0.278m). This standard was incorporated into a septarian system of measurements, e.g., rods of 7 g.ft. in length, called <em>gizabete</em>, poles of 21 g.ft. and a unit called <em>gorapila</em> of 49 g.ft. The dimensions of the stone octagons suggest that ritual importance was attributed to their geometric design, to the size of their perimeter and their orientation. According to local tradition and Basque legal codes, the eight stones on the perimeter had to be oriented to the cardinal and inter-cardinal directions. Field work indicates that over 500 octagons may have existed inside Euskal Herria at some point in the past. In the study region the stone octagons are linked specifically to localized transhumant practices of Basque-speaking shepherds, well documented socio-cultural practices that appear to date back to the Late Bronze Age if not earlier. Inferential evidence suggests that the cognitive origins of their architectural design might reach back to the Neolithic and be related to similar pastoral traditions as well as septarian units of measure encountered along the Atlantic façade. Thus far, even though several of the sites have been Carbon-14 dated, the absolute <em>terminus ante quem non</em> of the design of the octagons is still uncertain.</p>

Moderne Landwirtschaft und Herbizide/ Modern Agriculture and Herbicides

1979 ◽  
Vol 34 (11) ◽  
pp. 895-899 ◽  
Author(s):  
Edmund Köhler
Keyword(s):  
Weed Control ◽  
Cultural Practices ◽  
Basic Research ◽  
High Standard ◽  
Production Costs ◽  
Social Progress ◽  
Modern Agriculture ◽  
The Bible ◽  
The People ◽  
Quality Of Living

Abstract Weeds and their control were mentioned already in the Bible. For hundreds of years weed control was performed by hand, with tools and machines. Since more than thirty years “Chem­istry” has been helping out to a steadily increasing degree. More than 100 different active sub­stances are available for this purpose today. The use of herbicides has grown at this tremendous rate because many of the people formerly employed in “Farming” discovered that other sectors of the economy offered better opportunities for earning an income with shorter hours and more pleasant working conditions; so they gradually left agriculture. In view of the lade of any other solution farmers had to use chemistry to substitute for the absence of sufficient manpower. A reversal of this development is hardly to be expected in spite of the growing popularity of the environmentalists’ slogan “Bade to Nature”. For one thing, the rationalization that was more or less forced on agriculture finally helped the farmer approach the high standard of living enjoyed by the rest of society. Agriculture without chemical| weed control would only become plausible if the people working in agriculture were again willing to accept longer workdays and greater discomfort (dust, dirt, wet and cold) and to agree voluntarily to waive a portion of their potential income. The resultant unit production costs in that case would mean that the consumer would have to also be willing to spend more for food and thus cut back the share spent on other items related to a high quality of living, such as leisure time, holidays and cultural activities. As the realization of these preconditions sharply contradicts the progressive nature of man and the trends of history, herbicides will maintain their position in agriculture. However, we are all called upon to integrate the use of chemical weed control agents with other cultural practices available in an economically and biologically responsible manner. Successful basic research must remain the foundation of social progress, and this in turn must create the financial prerequisites for flourishing basic research.

scholarly journals The Mexico-United States Border in Anthropology: A Critique and Reformulation

1994 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 43 ◽  
Author(s):  
Josiah McC. Heyman
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Public Policy ◽  
Political Ecology ◽  
Social Relationships ◽  
Cultural Practices ◽  
Cultural Anthropology ◽  
Anthropological Theory ◽  
Mexico Border

This paper criticizes the use of the Mexico-United States border in cultural anthropology as an image for conveying theoretical abstractions. Instead, the paper outlines a focused model of political ecology on the border. It delineates territorialized state processes, deterritorialized capital processes, and sets of social relationships and cultural practices characteristic of this region.Keywords: U.S.-Mexico border; anthropological theory; postmodernism; difference; public policy; states; capitalism; bureaucracies; brokers; households; immigration.

Self-identity, rationalisation and cognitive dissonance in undergraduate architectural design learning

2009 ◽  
Vol 13 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 315-321
Author(s):  
Christine Bachman ◽  
Leonard Bachman
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Dissonance ◽  
Architectural Design ◽  
Design Studio ◽  
Cognitive Mechanisms ◽  
Architecture Education ◽  
Self Identity ◽  
Design Learning ◽  
Self Image ◽  
Proposed Model ◽  
Theoretical Paper

This theoretical paper addresses the persistence of architecture students in undergraduate design learning despite the considerable sacrifices that this frequently entails, and proposes a framework for some of the mechanisms that explain students' diligence in their love-hate relationship with the design studio. Such love-hate association is poorly understood, but is clearly a pervasive dilemma in architecture education. The proposed model includes a number of cognitive mechanisms that students may use to reconcile their idealised and romanticised self-image with the incoherent sacrifices of design studio.

Identity construction in relation to niche events: images of Landsmót in social media.

2021 ◽  
pp. 121-134
Author(s):  
Susanna Heldt Cassel
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Identity Construction ◽  
Cultural Practices ◽  
Rural Landscape ◽  
Special Interests ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Outdoor Activities ◽  
National Pride ◽  
The People ◽  
Strongly Connected

Abstract In this chapter the concept of identity is discussed in relation to niche events as expressed through images produced and circulated in social media. Since niche events focus on special interests and activities for a limited number of people and attract participants from afar who share this interest, these types of events also influence the identities of the places that are represented in relation to them. By circulating images online - the people, attractions, landscapes and cultural practices of places connected to specific hashtags on social media - places are co-constructed and materialized in the minds of visitors, businesses and other stakeholders in an ongoing flow of communication. The study shows that social media posts related to Landsmót (the National Championship of the Icelandic horse) represent both the event and Iceland as a destination by stressing national pride and an Icelandic identity strongly connected to the rural landscape, to outdoor activities, to harsh nature and to skilled, strong and independent men and women who create their identities in relation to their horses.

scholarly journals The artistic dimensions of Semuel Franklin Cody’s show activity

2021 ◽  
pp. 231-234
Author(s):  
Olena Khlystun
Keyword(s):  
Art History ◽  
Life Stages ◽  
Scientific Methods ◽  
Artistic Activity ◽  
Scientific Analysis ◽  
Show Business ◽  
General Scientific ◽  
Late Nineteenth ◽  
Cultural Reality ◽  
First Time

The purpose of the article is to analyze the main milestones of life, stages of cultural and artistic activities and reveal the personality of Samuel Franklin Cody - a representative of show business and professional art showman of the late nineteenth - early twentieth century. Methodology. A number of scientific search methods have been used. The biographical method became optimal for revealing the main stages of the showman's life. The study is also based on methodological tools integrated with culturology, history, art history. General scientific methods are used - analysis, synthesis, and principles of scientific analysis - reliability, impartiality, etc. Scientific novelty. For the first time in Ukrainian science, in particular art history, an attempt was made to analyze the life, artistic activity, and significance of showman Samuel Franklin Cody. Conclusions. Samuel Francis Cody is the most famous showman, creator of the show "Wild West" and author of large kites Cody War-Kites, which could lift people. In S.-F. Cody, no doubt, was an innate talent of the showman, which was supported by certain traits - courage, openness to the new, impartiality, activity, generosity, adventurism, etc. The first role is played by the brightness of the image, the diversity of talents, the desire to create, entertain the audience, and be in the center of its attention. Without exaggeration, as a pioneer in today's popular show business S.-F. Cody can be considered the most talented person of his time, who saw far ahead and played a significant role in the formation of world show business, the profession of the showman, and the whole socio-cultural reality.

scholarly journals The Image of New Woman as Portrayed in Jhumpa Lahiri’s Novel The Lowland

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 92-98
Author(s):  
D. Kavitha ◽  
Prof. M. Neeraja ◽  
Prof. M. Neeraja
Keyword(s):  
Women Characters ◽  
New Woman ◽  
Cultural Practices ◽  
Family Relations ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Self Identity ◽  
Victorian Era ◽  
Jhumpa Lahiri ◽  
The New Woman ◽  
Major Shift

The last decade of the Victorian era witnessed a major shift in the social attitude of the woman. It was a break away from the patriarchal system, and women emerging as independent being and moving towards achieving gender equality. The ‘New Woman’ is considered as a precursor to the feminist movement and thus the legacy of New Woman lives on to this day. Jhumpa Lahiri, the significant writer of the Indian diaspora has emerged on the global literary scene with her remarkable writings. The novel has a compelling plot of family relations. It delineates the tender fraternal bond between Subhash and Udayan and how it gets affected by the various paths they chose in their lives. This intensely emotional tale unfolds diverse dimensions of the woman caught in the predicament of conservative cultural practices at home, political unrest in society and the life of an exile in the immigrant land. It also explores Gauri’s expression of identity, her struggle with love, Bela’s choice for individuality and pragmatism in life has turned the novel into a unique narrative. In her second novel, ‘The Lowland’ Jhumpa portrays her women characters devaluing the patriarchal setup. They break the myths of womanhood and motherhood. Prominence is given to assert their position in society by restoring self-identity than nurturing deeper family relations. They fight with courage and confront various challenges in their marital relationship.

Application of Energy-Saving Technology for Public Building Design

2015 ◽  
Vol 744-746 ◽  
pp. 2273-2276
Author(s):  
Yin Hui Zhang ◽  
Qin Yan
Keyword(s):  
Energy Saving ◽  
Construction Projects ◽  
Architectural Design ◽  
Rapid Development ◽  
Life Quality ◽  
Building Design ◽  
Social Progress ◽  
Public Building ◽  
Energy Saving Technology ◽  
Public Construction

Energy-saving technology has developed with the rapid development of economy in our country. Experts pay more attention to the construction of green environmental protection of energy conservation and emissions reduction in the process of urbanization. The public building is an important part of architectural design. It promotes social progress and innovation. It is not only saving the resources, alleviating the energy crisis, but also improves people’s life quality for using energy-saving technology in public construction projects. We can improve the overall quality of construction projects and reduce the waste of resources in public construction projects. Based on the case of the cultural center of Shanghai Expo, we analyzed its energy saving technology and summarized the application of energy-saving technology in the design of public buildings in China.

Timber and Chinese Architecture

2013 ◽  
Vol 671-674 ◽  
pp. 1766-1769
Author(s):  
Fang Han ◽  
Shou Feng Wang
Keyword(s):  
Architectural Design ◽  
Construction Material ◽  
Construction Materials ◽  
Constructional Material ◽  
Timber Structure ◽  
Social Progress ◽  
Structure Form ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
Chinese Architecture ◽  
Technology Improvement

Timber, a traditional construction material that was almost forgotten. Timber structure building got a qualitative leap in structure form, mechanized producing craftmanship and matching products, along with social progress and technology improvement. This paper will summarize modern timber structure forms by comparison with popular constructional material, like concrete and steel, in five aspects including life-cycle energy consumption, structure form, construction cost, construction period, seismic performance. Timber's advantages and disadvantages in architectural design will be listed, which may provide theoretical basis for diversified choice of construction materials in architectural design.

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