scholarly journals Creative minds and neurosciences…

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. e00173806
Author(s):  
Ricardo F. Allegri
Keyword(s):  
Social Context ◽  
Frontotemporal Dementia ◽  
Brain Region ◽  
Affective Disorders ◽  
Multiple Solutions ◽  
Divergent Thinking ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
The Arts ◽  
The Social

Creativity is the ability to generate original ideas in the arts or sciences, leaving traditional stereotypes behind, ultimately introducing innovation to the social context in which they arise. It has been associated with "divergent thinking" which prioritizes the generation of multiple solutions, different from traditional ones. Some authors have observed creative individuals present higher incidence of affective disorders, possibly related to hypomania or disinhibition. Similarly, “creativity” has been described in patients with frontotemporal dementia, a brain region linked with creativity on fMRI. Creativity is one of the most salient characteristics that human beings possess.

Baroque between the Wars

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jane Stevenson
Keyword(s):  
Popular Culture ◽  
Social Context ◽  
Interior Design ◽  
Sexual Politics ◽  
Central Idea ◽  
The Arts ◽  
The Social ◽  
Painting And Literature ◽  
Creative Production

This book re-examines the arts in the 1920s and 1930s, arguing that rather than being dominated by modernism, the period saw a dialogue between modern baroque—eclectic, playful, and open to influence from popular culture—and modernism, which was theory-driven, didactic, and exclusive, features which suggest that it was essentially a neoclassical movement. Thus the period is characterized by the ancient competition between baroque and classical forms of expression. The author argues that both forms were equally valid responses to the challenge of modernity by setting painting and literature in the context of ‘minor arts’ such as interior design, photography, fashion, ballet, and flower arranging, and by highlighting the social context and sexual politics of creative production. The chapters of the book pursue a set of interconnected themes, focused by turns on artists, artefacts, clients, places, and publicists, in order to test and explore the central idea.

The Impact of the Social Context on Aesthetic Experience

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stefano Mastandrea
Keyword(s):  
Social Context ◽  
Aesthetic Experience ◽  
The Arts ◽  
Production And Consumption ◽  
The Social ◽  
Affective Processes ◽  
The Family ◽  
Socio Demographic Factors ◽  
The Aesthetic ◽  
The Impact

Not only cognitive and affective processes determine an aesthetic experience; another important issue to consider has to do with the social context while experiencing the arts. Several studies have shown that the aesthetic impact of a work of art depends on, to an important extent, the different socio-demographic factors including age, class, social status, health, wealth, and so on. The concepts of cultural and social capital by Pierre Bourdieu and the production and consumption of artworks by Howard Becker are discussed. Another important aspect of the impact of the social context on aesthetic experience deals with early art experience in childhood within the family—considered as the first social group to which a person belongs.

scholarly journals Arts in working with youth on sensitive topics: A qualitative systematic review

2020 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 381-397 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marian Tumanyan ◽  
Tuija Huuki
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Psychological Issues ◽  
Education Professionals ◽  
Sensitive Topics ◽  
The Arts ◽  
Qualitative Systematic Review ◽  
The Social ◽  
Academic Publications

This study examines existing research on the use of arts-based methods in approaching issues sensitive for youth and children. We conducted a qualitative, systematic review of twenty academic publications on this topic from 1997 to 2017. Our results show the use of arts-based methods to (1) recognize and make visible previously invisible experiences, acts, voices and histories; (2) nurture change and transformation in the lives of the youth; and (3) allow exploring the more-than-human, more-than-present and less-than-conscious aspects in the lives of youth and children ‐ aspects that traditional study methods might not readily access. Our findings offer teachers, researchers, practitioners, psychologists and social workers greater awareness of the use of arts-based methods in matters young people find sensitive. This review allows education professionals to achieve a broader view of methods emerging from the arts in addressing the social and psychological issues that young human beings might face.

Hume on Suicide

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eugenio Lecaldano
Keyword(s):  
Social Context ◽  
End Of Life ◽  
Moral Philosophy ◽  
Adam Smith ◽  
Critical Discussion ◽  
Moral Principle ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
The Social ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Right

The chapter starts with the history of Hume’s essay on suicide, and the sources and the social context of it in 1755. It also exposes the first reactions to the essay, particularly that of Adam Smith. The central sections present a critical discussion of the interpretation of the essay as a text of the philosophy of religion. The thesis of the chapter is that “On Suicide” is a text of moral philosophy. Hume refutes the Christian position and also the distinction between rational and irrational suicide; he advances—as resolutive—the positive moral principle of the natural liberty of all human beings and “the right to dispose of their own lives.” The essay has an influence in the contemporary bioethical literature just for this conception on the choices for the end of life.

Impulse aus der Augustinforschung

2019 ◽  
Vol 79 (5) ◽  
pp. 385-392
Author(s):  
Volker Henning Drecoll
Keyword(s):  
Social Context ◽  
Individual Identity ◽  
Direct Influence ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Concept Of God ◽  
Recent Scholarship ◽  
The Social ◽  
Ongoing Development ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Good And Evil

AbstractResearch in Augustine is manifold. Recent scholarship in Germany focused upon Augustine‘s heresiology (esp. against Manichaeism, but also Pelagianism, Donatism, Priscillianism), the controversy with Neoplatonism, his exegesis (esp. in sermons and in de Genesi ad litteram), emotions (esp. for the description of sin and grace), and his widespread correspondence. As important impulses for modern theology, his concept of God may be of special interest. God establishes his will in time and history and cannot be urged against his will. This is the presupposition not only for Augustine’s christology and pneumatology, but also for his understanding of history and his doctrine of grace. The latter takes into consideration the social context of human beings, the emotional character of voluntary decisions and the ongoing development of individual identity. Furthermore, good and evil are not equal options, but the good is only possible if God enables the individual to act according to his insights and exerts a direct influence upon one's will. Insights or knowledge are not salvific by themselves, but belong to one’s development that leads to a better understanding of creation and revelation exactly when it is orientated towards God’s salvific operations.

A DIVINE WIND: THE ARTS OF DEATH AND MUSIC IN TERMINAL FORMATIVE OAXACA

2012 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 9-24 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarah B. Barber ◽  
Mireya Olvera Sánchez
Keyword(s):  
Social Context ◽  
Detailed Analysis ◽  
Adult Male ◽  
Iron Ore ◽  
Formative Period ◽  
Musical Instruments ◽  
The Arts ◽  
The Social ◽  
Valley Of Oaxaca ◽  
Animate Object

AbstractThis paper examines the social context of music and musical instruments in pre-Columbian Mesoamerica through the detailed analysis of a late Terminal Formative period (a.d.100–250) burial from the site of Yugüe in the lower Río Verde Valley of Oaxaca. The burial contained a sub-adult male interred with an incised bone flute and a plaster-backed iron-ore mirror. The Yugüe flute is the earliest reported bone flute from Mesoamerica and is incised and carved to create the bas relief image of a skeletal male figure. Based on the instrument's archaeological context and elaborate incising, we argue that the flute was categorized in pre-Columbian ontology as an animate object that actively participated in ceremonial action at Yugüe. While the nature of such ceremony remains unclear, the incising on the flute indicates that the instrument was capable of making manifest ancestral and divine forces affiliated with rain, wind, and agricultural fertility.

scholarly journals We are creative – are you?

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-2
Author(s):  
Caroline Dickson ◽  
◽  
Kate Sanders ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Social Care ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Care Services ◽  
The Arts ◽  
The Social ◽  
Health And Social Care ◽  
The World ◽  
New Ideas ◽  
Workplace Cultures ◽  
Do So

When thinking about this editorial, we knew we wanted to say something about creativity. Working creatively is a valuable means of accessing embodied knowledge and new insights about ourselves, our practice and our workplace cultures that can be used to inform development and transformation. However, being new to writing editorials, we first decided to have a look back through the journal’s editorial archives and seek the wisdom of previous authors. In doing so, it was interesting to see that our first Academic Editor, Professor Jan Dewing, had written an editorial about being creative back in May 2012; we encourage you to have a look. Jan began: ‘Yet again I recently heard someone saying they weren’t a creative person... ’and this is something we both experience when working with others. Is this because the word creativity is perceived to refer to the arts – for example, crafting, painting, movement and music – rather than a broader understanding, as suggested by the dictionary definition below: ‘The ability to transcend traditional ideas, rules, patterns, relationships, or the like, and to create meaningful new ideas, forms, methods, interpretations, etc.; originality, progressiveness, or imagination ’(dictionary.com). Taking this more expansive perspective opens up the possibility for us all to perceive ourselves as inherently creative. It could be argued that this creativity has come to the fore as we have adapted to new ways of living and working during the Covid-19 pandemic. While this crisis has brought huge uncertainty and challenge right across the complex mix of health and social care services, what has been remarkable is the ability people have shown to change their ways of working, to seek solutions – and to do so at pace. We believe this reflects the creative nature of human beings/persons. Oliver (2009) argues that creativity is everywhere, as humans and the world are constantly engaged in a process of making. He contends that we should view creativity as ‘openness’, which is person-oriented (Massey and Munt, 2009). In this way, we create the possibility for participatory exploration of the social, cultural and embodied context, and for improvisation and transformation, by engaging in people’s ‘interests, curiosities and passions ’(Massey and Munt, 2009, p 305).

scholarly journals Investigação Quanto ao Papel de Círculos Sociais no Desempenho Discente no Ensino Superior Utilizando Análise de Redes Complexas

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fernando Concatto ◽  
Alex Luciano Roesler Rese ◽  
Rafael De Santiago ◽  
Rudimar Luis Scaranto Dazzi ◽  
Anita Maria da Rocha Fernandes
Keyword(s):  
Social Context ◽  
Linear Function ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Individual Behavior ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Social Circle ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Using Data ◽  
The Individual

The individual behavior of human beings is susceptible to influencesfrom their peers. It is known that contact between individuals,both direct and indirect, can foster or inhibit a considerable rangeof human characteristics and behaviors. This study aims to evaluatethe impact of the social context of undergraduate students on theiracademic performance, understanding "social context"as the averageperformance of classmates socially close to each student. Ourmethodology involves reconstructing the underlying social networkof a class computationally, using data gathered from a questionnaireapplied to the students of the class, and testing the hypothesis thatthe change in the grade of a student can be accurately modeledas a linear function of the differences between the student’s gradeand the mean of their peers’ grades. The results show that defininga student’s social circle as the community they belong to insteadof their set of neighbors allows for the construction of statisticalmodels with significatively higher predictive potential

Evaluating Complementary and Alternative Medicine: The Limits of Science and of Scientists

2003 ◽  
Vol 31 (2) ◽  
pp. 198-212 ◽  
Author(s):  
David J. Hufford
Keyword(s):  
Social Context ◽  
Alternative Medicine ◽  
Complementary And Alternative Medicine ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Scientific Evaluation ◽  
The Social ◽  
Knowledge Theory ◽  
Controversial Topic ◽  
Culture Of Science ◽  
Complementary And Alternative

Science provides the most important set of tools for the evaluation of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM). Nonetheless, there are important limits in science that constrain its ability to evaluate CAM effectively. Some are the limits encountered by science in conventional medical research. Others are peculiar to this controversial topic. The most important limits are not those inherent within the basic methods of science, but rather within the culture of science — the particular ways that scientific knowledge, theory, and method are configured and arrayed rhetorically, and in the social context in which science operates. It is the limitations of scientists as a group of human beings more than science as a set of methods that hamper scientific evaluation of CAM.

Homeric Books and Hellenistic Culture in the World of the Sages

1997 ◽  
pp. 337-352
Author(s):  
Yaacov Shavit
Keyword(s):  
Social Context ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Way Of Life ◽  
Cultural System ◽  
Greek Culture ◽  
The Social ◽  
The World ◽  
History Of ◽  
History Of Culture

This chapter explores three different issues: how familiar the Sages were with Greek culture and through which agents of culture they learned about it, to what extent they were influenced by it or how many different elements they adopted from it, and how tolerant the Sages were regarding the use of Hellenistic elements by the Jewish public. Here, complex cultures are characterized by multifariousness and stratification. The history of culture reveals a wide diversity of needs and tendencies, expressed in the social context, and the power or weakness of the mechanism for screening and supervision to control all aspects and layers of the cultural system. Any attempt to limit the scope of Judaism as a religious way of life thus assumes that the Jews were somehow unlike all other human beings. Or, that they had the same cultural needs as all humanity, but were able to satisfy and answer these needs by themselves, being totally independent of any outside help or influence.

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