Re-conceptualizing the gap as a potential space of becoming: Exploring aesthetic experiences with people living with dementia

Since those born blind can draw and interpret raised-line drawings, depiction is not an essentially visual medium. Conceding this, Robert Hopkins denies that raised-line drawings can be works of pictorial art: tactile experiences of raised-line drawings are not aesthetic experiences. This paper addresses Hopkins’s concerns. The reasons given for evaluating a picture aesthetically can cite its tactile qualities instead of its visual qualities. In particular, a raised-line picture can be valued for how it evokes a tactile experience of a worldly scene, just as a visual picture can be valued for how it evokes a visual experience of its subject.

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Dancing as Moments of Belonging: A Phenomenological Study Exploring Dancing as a Relevant Activity for Social and Cultural Sustainability in Early Childhood Education

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su13148080 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 13 (14) ◽

pp. 8080

Author(s):

Maria Grindheim ◽

Liv Torunn Grindheim

Keyword(s):

Early Childhood ◽

Early Childhood Education ◽

Sense Of Belonging ◽

Phenomenological Study ◽

Life Experiences ◽

Research Question ◽

Sustainable Living ◽

Aesthetic Experiences ◽

Cultural Sustainability ◽

Childhood Education

Individuals’ capacities to contribute to more sustainable living are deeply influenced by their early life experiences. Hence, there is a need to discover which experiences are relevant to young children’s contemporary and future contributions to more sustainable living. Perceiving children as aesthetically oriented to the world and their sense of belonging as a core experience for social and cultural sustainability, and using the example of dancing, we investigate how such a sense of belonging can be supported through aesthetic first-person experiences. This article is therefore structured around the following research question: How can adults’ experiences of themselves, others and their sense of belonging—when dancing—inform explorations of ways to foster embodied and aesthetic belonging for social and cultural sustainability in early childhood education (ECE)? Drawing on a phenomenological study, we analyse interviews with four dancers, who differ in age, gender and dance genre. Our analysis reveals their experiences when dancing as being in a meditative state, having a sense of freedom and feeling body and mind as one, described as an overall “different”, resilient way of being and belonging in a social context. Our findings indicate that facilitating moments of sensible and bodily awareness can support a non-verbal understanding of oneself and others, as well as arguments for promoting aesthetic experiences while dancing as relevant to sustainable practices in ECE.

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Prior Knowledge about Attributes: Learning a More Effective Potential Space for Zero-Shot Recognition

2020 25th International Conference on Pattern Recognition (ICPR) ◽

10.1109/icpr48806.2021.9413287 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Chunlai Chai ◽

Yukuan Lou ◽

Shijin Zhang ◽

Ming Hua

Keyword(s):

Prior Knowledge ◽

Effective Potential ◽

Potential Space

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Significance and Impact of the Intersphincteric Plane Sepsis in the Management of the Perianal Sepsis: Ultrasound Study

Journal of Gastrointestinal and Abdominal Radiology ◽

10.1055/s-0040-1722356 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Ashraf Talaat Youssef

Keyword(s):

Digital Rectal Examination ◽

Perianal Fistula ◽

Final Diagnosis ◽

Abscess Formation ◽

Study Group ◽

Potential Space ◽

Anal Glands ◽

Ultrasound Study ◽

Perianal Sepsis

Abstract Background The intersphincteric plane (ISP) is a potential space between the external and the internal anal sphincters. About 90% of the perianal sepsis is caused by an obstruction of the ducts of anal glands with subsequent secondary bacterial infection. The imaging modalities used to diagnose perianal sepsis are the ultrasound via endoanal and transperineal routes and magnetic resonance imaging. Objective The study aimed to identify the various patterns of the ISP sepsis and their incidence among our study group and to clarify the significance of ISP in the pathogenesis of anorectal abscesses and various types of perianal fistula tracts, to optimize the surgical management. Methods Retrospective descriptive study in which 57 patients with an ISP sepsis were evaluated with full medical history, clinical exam, and ultrasound; the final diagnosis was based on combining the results of ultrasound, digital rectal examination under anesthesia, and the operative results. Results The current study showed many patterns of the ISP sepsis and estimated the incidence of each pattern among our study group; such patterns could be fistula tracts, sinus tracts, abscesses, intersphincteric abscess with supralevator extension, sinus with abscess formation, fistula with abscess formation, distension of the ISP with free pus, and other complex patterns like horse abscess, abscess with transsphincteric sinus, and ISP fistula/sinus with transsphincteric branches. Conclusion Understanding the role of the ISP in the pathogenesis of anorectal abscesses and perianal fistula tracts can help in reaching the optimum way of management.

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Inevitable future: space colonization beyond Earth with microbes first

FEMS Microbiology Ecology ◽

10.1093/femsec/fiz127 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 95 (10) ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Jose V Lopez ◽

Raquel S Peixoto ◽

Alexandre S Rosado

Keyword(s):

Potential Space ◽

Public And Private ◽

Planetary Protection ◽

Overwhelming Evidence ◽

Future Space ◽

Private Research ◽

Life On Earth ◽

Space Colonization ◽

Future Plans

ABSTRACT Based on modern microbiology, we propose a major revision in current space exploration philosophy and planetary protection policy, especially regarding microorganisms in space. Mainly, microbial introduction should not be considered accidental but inevitable. We hypothesize the near impossibility of exploring new planets without carrying and/or delivering any microbial travelers. In addition, although we highlight the importance of controlling and tracking such contaminations—to explore the existence of extraterrestrial microorganisms—we also believe that we must discuss the role of microbes as primary colonists and assets, rather than serendipitous accidents, for future plans of extraterrestrial colonization. This paradigm shift stems partly from the overwhelming evidence of microorganisms’ diverse roles in sustaining life on Earth, such as symbioses and ecosystem services (decomposition, atmosphere effects, nitrogen fixation, etc.). Therefore, we propose a framework for new discussion based on the scientific implications of future colonization and terraforming: (i) focus on methods to track and avoid accidental delivery of Earth's harmful microorganisms and genes to extraterrestrial areas; (ii) begin a rigorous program to develop and explore ‘Proactive Inoculation Protocols’. We outline a rationale and solicit feedback to drive a public and private research agenda that optimizes diverse organisms for potential space colonization.

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