Inside the Theatre of Business: Performance and Corporate Presentation Training

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 138-160
Author(s):  
Daniel Johnston
Keyword(s):  
Business Performance ◽  
Meaning Making ◽  
Business Training ◽  
Art Form ◽  
Practice Performance ◽  
Performance Techniques ◽  
Simplistic Notion ◽  
The One ◽  
Relationship Of

How are theatre-techniques used in business training? Do theatre-making skills represent a unique field of knowledge? In this case study, I consider the National Institute of Dramatic Art’s (NIDA) ‘Executive Presenter’ two- day course in Sydney, Australia, and attempt to counter a simplistic notion of theatre as magical practice. Performance techniques are complex, historically and culturally-contingent processes for making and sharing meaning (McAuley 2008). I describe exercises from the course in some detail ‒ including elements of space, voice, body, structure, awareness, spontaneity, and rehearsal ‒ and suggest that we can understand these presentation skills in a relationship of continuity with everyday meaning-making, rather than as a magical art form. On the one hand, NIDA trades off and reinforces the popular mystique surrounding acting. On the other hand, the course introduces simple and effective techniques of verbal and non-verbal communication. Ultimately, my investigation considers the claim made in marketing the course that ‘public speaking can come naturally to you.’

scholarly journals Persepsi Masyarakat Dusun Gili Trawangan Terhadap Penyebab Terjadinya Bencana Gempa Bumi

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 89-107
Author(s):  
Taufiq Ramdani ◽  
Muhammad Arwan Rosyadi ◽  
Azhari Evendy ◽  
Anisa Puspa Rani
Keyword(s):  
Case Study Research ◽  
Natural Phenomenon ◽  
Natural Occurrence ◽  
Religious Leaders ◽  
Level Of Education ◽  
The One ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Depth Interviews

An inevitability that natural disasters such as earthquakes will be perceived differently by different individuals within a community, some may perceive earthquakes as a natural occurrence plain and others perceive in transcendental meaning (the relationship of creatures and their Lord), namely the relationship causality between human behavior on the one hand as the cause and the punishment of God through the natural disaster on the other side as a result. This study aims to (1) determine how the perception of Gili Trawangan people to the cause of earthquake that has ever happened, (2) to determine the factors that affect the perception of Gili Trawangan people to the cause of earthquake. This research is down with qualitative paradigm, and case study research as design. Then, the technique of purposive samping and snow ball sampling are used to determine some key informans and support informans.  As for in-depth interviews, observation, and documentation are some of the data collection techniques. The research showed that the majority of Gili Trawangan people (71%) perceive that all behaviour and activity of Gili Trawangan community, then the type of tourism business that correlate to party activity, promiscuity, alcohol, as the cause of the earthquake. As for the small percentage (16%) of Gili Trawangan people who are the owner of tourism business perceiving that the earthquake is a natural phenomenon that occurs naturally due to the cyclical annual. As for those who perceive ambiguously are their backgrounds as tourism workers, such as waiters, porters, coachman of horse cart, and others, the amount are 14%. Perception ambiguous question in this research is at one time informants perceive that the cause of the earthquake transcendentally based on religious beliefs but at the same time agree well with the perception that the earthquake is a natural annual cycle. The factors that influence the perception of the above is the level of education, various professions, understanding delivered by preachers and religious leaders, and presentation of information from the mass media.

scholarly journals Intertextuality and the Construction of Meaning in Jazz Worlds: A Case Study of Joe Farrell’s “Moon Germs”

2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 51-71
Author(s):  
Andrew J. Kluth
Keyword(s):  
Meaning Making ◽  
Jazz Improvisation ◽  
The World ◽  
Construction Of Meaning ◽  
Opening Paragraph ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
Ways Of Being

(Opening paragraph): In this article, I invoke the concept of intermusicality as defined by Ingrid Monson and develop its role in meaning-making in musical worlds. Her groundbreaking book, Saying Something: Jazz Improvisation and Interaction (1996) offers a sophisticated criticism of jazz improvisation and the construction of meaning therein. In doing so, it explores methods by which to nuance and/or rupture traditional historiographies that construct the jazz canon. More than intermusicality, though, I look to a more general intertextuality as a hermeneutic window disruptive to the “great man” histories that have so often heretofore constructed the jazz tradition. I argue that the notion of intertextuality is particularly useful in mediating questions of essentialism in jazz (racial or otherwise) with considerations of practical competency and an artist’s particular situatedness in that body of texts. Working against positivist taxonomies resultant in definitions of what is/is not jazz, this perspective leaves space for the refiguring work of novelty and experimentation requisite therein. This resonates with Steven B. Elworth’s (1995) claim: “Far from being an unchanging and an easily understood historical field, the jazz tradition is a constantly transforming construction” (58). In my suspicion of linear ideas of history and “progress” (and therefore, telos), I prefer to interrogate and ratify instead the complicated relationship of novelty to tradition. The negotiation of these meta-categories is at the heart of the work improvising musicians do; combining disparate ways of being in the world with musical ideas and practices to create new musico-sociocultural wholes.

Persepsi Masyarakat Dusun Gili Trawangan Terhadap Penyebab Terjadinya Bencana Gempa Bumi

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 89-107
Author(s):  
Taufiq Ramdani ◽  
Muhammad Arwan Rosyadi ◽  
Azhari Evendy ◽  
Anisa Puspa Rani
Keyword(s):  
Case Study Research ◽  
Natural Phenomenon ◽  
Natural Occurrence ◽  
Religious Leaders ◽  
Level Of Education ◽  
The One ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Depth Interviews

An inevitability that natural disasters such as earthquakes will be perceived differently by different individuals within a community, some may perceive earthquakes as a natural occurrence plain and others perceive in transcendental meaning (the relationship of creatures and their Lord), namely the relationship causality between human behavior on the one hand as the cause and the punishment of God through the natural disaster on the other side as a result. This study aims to (1) determine how the perception of Gili Trawangan people to the cause of earthquake that has ever happened, (2) to determine the factors that affect the perception of Gili Trawangan people to the cause of earthquake. This research is down with qualitative paradigm, and case study research as design. Then, the technique of purposive samping and snow ball sampling are used to determine some key informans and support informans.  As for in-depth interviews, observation, and documentation are some of the data collection techniques. The research showed that the majority of Gili Trawangan people (71%) perceive that all behaviour and activity of Gili Trawangan community, then the type of tourism business that correlate to party activity, promiscuity, alcohol, as the cause of the earthquake. As for the small percentage (16%) of Gili Trawangan people who are the owner of tourism business perceiving that the earthquake is a natural phenomenon that occurs naturally due to the cyclical annual. As for those who perceive ambiguously are their backgrounds as tourism workers, such as waiters, porters, coachman of horse cart, and others, the amount are 14%. Perception ambiguous question in this research is at one time informants perceive that the cause of the earthquake transcendentally based on religious beliefs but at the same time agree well with the perception that the earthquake is a natural annual cycle. The factors that influence the perception of the above is the level of education, various professions, understanding delivered by preachers and religious leaders, and presentation of information from the mass media.

scholarly journals JOVENS BRASILEIROS, DESCENDENTES DE ITALIANOS: relações transnacionais e significados da dupla cidadania

2013 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mariagrazia Santagati
Keyword(s):  
The Other ◽  
Qualitative Investigation ◽  
Great Cost ◽  
The Past ◽  
Multiple Meanings ◽  
Investigación Cualitativa ◽  
The One ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

O artigo apresenta os resultados de uma pesquisa qualitativa, que reconstrói biografias de jovens brasileiros que são descendentes de italianos, com a cidadania italiana ou à espera de retorno ou de partida para a Itália. A análise propõe uma exploração dos múltiplos sentidos, instrumentais e simbólicos, da cidadania e aprofunda o relacionamento dos oriundi com o seus antepassados: por um lado, os jovens entrevistados são colocados em um "mercado da cidadania", dirigido por profissionais mais ou menos competentes e honestos, que se propõem buscar a documentação necessária para a aquisição da cidadania, vendendo a um preço elevado o "sonho italiano". Por outro lado, eles pretendem viajar para a Itália em busca de suas raízes, impulsionados pela memória e lembranças de família, em uma mobilidade facilitada por redes transnacionais de familiares e amigos. O estudo de caso mostra que as migrações nunca são definitivas, mas são viagens de ida e volta: o caminho para a Itália destes jovens é um caminho oposto aos avós e bisavós, que vieram no passado do Brasil, e caracteriza a trajetória de pessoas que, ao mesmo tempo, reivindicam um vínculo formal e emocional com a terra de seus antepassados, mas estão procurando melhores oportunidades de vida na Itália e na Europa.Palavras-chave: Jovens. Cidadania. Migrações. Redes transnacionais.YOUNG BRAZILIANS WITH ITALIAN ORIGINS: transnational relationships and meanings of dual citizenshipAbstract: The article presents the outcomes of a qualitative investigation whose objective was to write the biography of young Brazilians with Italian origins, young Brazilians waiting for or already possessing Italian citizenship and young Brazilians waiting to get back to Italy. The study examines the multiple meanings of citizenship and analyzes the relationship of Italian Oriundi Brazilians with the country of their ancestors:on the one hand, the interviewees live in a sort of "market of citizenship", managed by officers with variable levels of expertise and honesty. These officers are responsible for searching the documents required to obtain Italian citizenship and sell the "Italian dream" at great cost. On the other hand, young Brazilians consider their journey to Italy as a way back to their origins, guided by their memories and those of their family and supported by transnational networks of relatives and friends. The case study here presented highlights how migrations are actually endless. These are instead more similar to round trips: young Brazilians'way back to Italy is opposite to that of their grandparents and great grandparents travelling to Brazil in the past; furthermore, it is a way for them to restore an emotional bond as well as a formal link with the land of their ancestors, but also to search for better opportunities in Italy and in Europe.Keywords: Youngs. Citizenship. Migrations. Transnational networks.JÓVENES BRASILEÑOS, DESCENDIENTES DE ITALIANOS: relaciones transnacionales y sentido de la doble ciudadaníaResumen: Este artículo presenta los resultados de una investigación cualitativa, que ha tenido el objetivo principal de recoger algunas biografías de jóvenes brasileños, descendientes de italianos, con ciudadanía italiana o en espera de obtenerla, sino también de regreso o en espera de la partida hacia Italia. El análisis ofrece una exploración de una moltitud de sentidos, instrumentales y simbólicos, de la ciudadanía y profundiza la relación de los oriundi con el país de sus ancestros: por una parte, los jóvenes entrevistados se colocan en un "mercado de la ciudadanía", administrado por expertos más o menos eficientes y honestos, que se proponen lograr la documentación necesaria a la adquisición de la ciudadanía, vendiendo a precios altos el "sueño italiano". Por la otra, ellos miran al viaje hacia Italia como a un recorrido para encontrar sus orígenes, acompañados por la memoria y los recuerdos familiares, facilitados en la movilidad gracias a las redes transnacionales de familiares y conocidos. A través del caso examinado, se ve que las migraciones nunca son definitivas, sino viajes de ida y vuelta: el recorrido hacia Italia de estos jóvenes representa un camino inverso respecto a lo de los abuelos y bisabuelos que han llegado en pasado a Brasil y caracteriza la trayectoria de personas que, en el mismo tiempo, reclaman una relación afectiva y formal con la tierra de los ancestros, pero buscan también mejores oportunidades de vida en Italia y Europa.Palabras clave: Jóvenes. Ciudadanía. Migraciones. Redes transnacionales.

scholarly journals Investigating the Activity Design and Development Skills of Geography Teachers

2017 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 269
Author(s):  
Ali Meydan
Keyword(s):  
Geographical Area ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Main Theme ◽  
Environmental Properties ◽  
The One ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Academic Year

As geography program has been discussed with the constructivist approach, it has become necessary to enhance the lessons with activities. Geography teachers implement the activities in course books, on the one hand, and also use the activities other teachers prepared or the activities in social network websites, on the other. However, what is more important is teachers’ designing and developing activities considering the conditions of the school they carry on their duties, status of their students, environmental properties and geographical area depending upon acquisitions. The Ministry has also provided conveniences required for designing and developing activities taking the activities in course books and other sources as example.In this research, it was aimed to reveal skills of geography teachers upon designing and developing activities. The research was carried out  by using the case study method, one of qualitative research approach and the opinions of geography's teachers working in Turkey in Nevsehir province, were consulted in the academic year of 2015-2016. The views of 32 geography teachers carrying on their duties in the center and districts of Nevsehir province were collected using semi-structured interview form. Each question in the form was accepted as a main theme, and sub-themes were created depending upon the views. It was concluded in the research that activities performed in the lessons had several benefits upon affective and cognitive development of children, course books, supplementary sources and internet websites were widely used for the activities, school sub-structure was adequate for organizing activities, teachers considered themselves as competent for designing activities, and teachers were able to develop the relationship of activity-acquisition in activities. 

scholarly journals E-Business Performance Analysis: A Case Of A Slovenian e-Shop

2011 ◽  
Vol 2 (10) ◽  
Author(s):  
Metka Tekavcic ◽  
Mojca Marc
Keyword(s):  
Performance Analysis ◽  
Empirical Analysis ◽  
Business Performance ◽  
Business Environment ◽  
The Other ◽  
On Line ◽  
The One ◽  
A Company

This paper is part of our on-going work in the field of business performance analysis in e-environment. We put forward a framework that tries to link different aspects of performance analysis and to relate them to broader business environment on the one hand, and to the value of a company on the other. We illustrate the use of the proposed framework with a case study examining the Slovenian home-store company Merkur, which operates one of the best Slovenian on-line shops. The framework can also serve as a tool for an empirical analysis.

scholarly journals COMPARATIVE BODY ANALYSIS OF SHEIKH LOTFOLLAH MOSQUE IN ISFA-HAN AND AHMED MOSQUE IN ISTANBUL

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 132-142
Author(s):  
Alireza Haj Vaziri ◽  
Parnaz Goodarzparvari ◽  
Ismail Baniardalan
Keyword(s):  
Geographical Location ◽  
Structural Features ◽  
The Body ◽  
Islamic Architecture ◽  
Distinctive Features ◽  
The One ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Made In

A mosque is a manifestation in which religion meets with art, demonstrating the most distinctive features of this art. Among the structural analysis approaches in architectural science, body analysis is critical, especially while the conceptual characteristics are considered. The positioning of the mosque building bodies and their relation to each other is also essential. The study aims to realize the geometry of motifs in Islamic architecture contemplated in many scientific and artistic disciplines from the perspective of body approach and understand the pattern on which this creative adaptation is made. In the Safavid era and the Ottoman Empire, Iran, due to its religious approaches, political rivalries, and European influence, saw new relations, and their cultural and artistic influences became tight. To understand the structural features of the architecture of the Safavid and Ottoman era, Sheikh Lotfollah and Sultan Ahmad mosques were studied (as a case study), considering their body analysis as a route to investigate the application of concepts and elements of Islamic architecture, as well as considering the architectural practices of the region and geographical location. Obtained results provided the relationship of the bodies and spaces to each other. Despite many differences, there are some distinct similarities in the body of the studied mosques due to the mystery of the motifs that unite the whole building in Islamic buildings. There is a display of homogeneity and dominance of decoration over the form. The one behind the decoration is in line with Islamic concepts and values. It is a message of unity and solidarity.

scholarly journals Läsning som passion och social praktik

2018 ◽  
pp. 69-90
Author(s):  
Lotta Bergman
Keyword(s):  
Book Club ◽  
Meaning Making ◽  
Critical Distance ◽  
The Other ◽  
Reading Practices ◽  
Reading Practice ◽  
Result Show ◽  
Characteristic Features ◽  
The One

This article deals with research on the reading practice of ordinary readers in a book club. The background is the increasing interest in book club activities, but also the growing gap between professional reading within the academy, characterized by critical distance and analysis, and ordinary readers reading, often considered as immersive, naïve and uncritical. The lack of research on ordinary readers reading has been noticed by several scholars (Felski, 2008, Miall, 2006; Persson, 2011). The purpose of the study is to understand the characteristic features of the reading practice and the meaning making processes that takes place within it. The case study was carried out in a book club with seven women who meet regularly to discuss fiction. The material consists of four documented meetings, interviews with all participants and notes taken in connection with the meetings. The result show a multifaceted reading practice characterised by, on the one hand, immersion and strong emotions and, on the other hand, critical reflections on both the fictional and the real world. The reading practices affects the participants’ reflections on their lives and their place in society in a decisive way. The result can provide important insights for the teaching of literature.

Measuring Smiling Curves in Community Enterprises: Evidence from the One Tambon One Product Entrepreneurship Programme in Border Thailand

2020 ◽  
pp. 097215092096752
Author(s):  
Piriya Pholphirul ◽  
Teerawat Charoenrat ◽  
Akkaranai Kwanyou ◽  
Pungpond Rukumnuaykit ◽  
Kitisak Srijamdee
Keyword(s):  
Business Performance ◽  
International Markets ◽  
Sales Promotion ◽  
Manufacturing Industries ◽  
Small Enterprises ◽  
The World ◽  
The One ◽  
Community Enterprises ◽  
Business Sectors

Stan Shih’s smiling curve concept has been applied for use in describing manufacturing industries of various sizes around the world; yet, no studies, so far, have ever been undertaken using small enterprises, like community enterprises. The objective of this article is to explain the use of the smiling curve concept in community enterprises in Thailand as a case study. From a survey of 101 community enterprises under the One Tambon One Product (OTOP) entrepreneurship programme in a border province of Thailand, it was found that the smiling curve concept can also be applied in the case of community businesses. Emphasizing the importance of upstream activities, like applying concepts of creativity and research and development in production as well as focusing on downstream activities such as marketing, sales promotion and branding strategies are found to enhance business performance (profit) of those community enterprises. Therefore, the relevant government agencies or business sectors should step in to provide support and collaborative assistance by focusing on both activities (upstream activities and downstream activities) to add value to community products and make community businesses more competitive in both national and international markets.

scholarly journals The Potential Use of Ground Conductivity Meters to Identify the Location of Seepages—Case Study of the Maniów Levee near Krakow, Poland

Geosciences ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 97
Author(s):  
Wojciech Klityński ◽  
Szymon Oryński ◽  
Nguyen Dinh Chau
Keyword(s):  
Geological Structure ◽  
Reference Points ◽  
Silty Clay ◽  
Quantitative Interpretation ◽  
Data Inversion ◽  
Vistula River ◽  
The One ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
Ground Conductivity

This paper presents an assessment of the potential usefulness of the Ground Conductivity Meter (GCM) method to locate seepage pathways in the Maniow levee zone near Kraków, Poland. We have realized this aim through geological recognition of the study area, which requires the implementation of GCM data inversion measured in the sounding version. The GCM measurements were performed along with the net of profiles using combined data from CMD Mini Explorer and CMD Explorer equipment. The methodology of the one-dimensional (1D) inversion of the GCM soundings located along profiles is presented in the article. The legitimacy of the inversion and the relationship of the results obtained in the form of conductivity sections along profiles with geology have been verified in detail. The inversion procedures were tested on the synthetic GCM soundings obtained from modeling processes, by using the electrical conductivity and thicknesses, known from the drilled formations and additionally based on DC-R sounding data. These soundings were performed at some selected reference points in the levee zone. We have used our software and IX1D Interpex software to calculate the forward modeling. Quantitative interpretation processed along the profiles has been proceeded by 1D inversion of GCM data at several referential points located close to boreholes and DC soundings. It was done to verify the correctness of the quantitative interpretation. The geoelectrical models, obtained in a section form, were correlated with the borehole lithology data, providing a reference geological structure in some places. As a result of the work mentioned above, the potential seepage zones were located on the conductivity sections. The thickness of the cohesive silty clay layer, lying near to the surface, in the seepage zones, was thin enough and less than a meter. When the water level in the Vistula river was high enough, water can flow in the noncohesive gravel layer occurring directly below the silty clays and lead to flooding on the landward side of the dams in the Maniow region.

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