Religion and ethnicity in the arts of a Limba Chiefdom

Africa ◽  
1988 ◽  
Vol 58 (4) ◽  
pp. 437-465 ◽  
Author(s):  
Simon Ottenberg
Keyword(s):  
Performing Arts ◽  
Holistic Approach ◽  
African Art ◽  
Holistic View ◽  
Visual And Performing Arts ◽  
The Arts ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Art Forms ◽  
Religion And Ethnicity ◽  
Opening Paragraph

Opening ParagraphThis article examines the major visual and performing arts of one society and explores what changes have occurred to them over roughly one hundred years as a consequence of external religious and ethnic forces. This is a holistic, processual view of a people's arts in a particular region, providing a model to balance the excellently detailed studies of specific art forms which now exist for Africa. Using a holistic view we will raise certain issues concerning changes in African art. One of the most significant is the interrelationship of ethnicity and religion. Scholars (Bravmann, 1974, 1983; Prussin, 1986) have written extensively on the influence of Islam on African art, but have not seriously raised the question of the ethnic factor associated with Islam, which is equally important. In the case of Islam and its carriers there is a delicate intermixing of religion and ethnicity which is at issue and needs exploration. Further, the holistic approach employed here brings to the fore the reasons behind the wide range of responses to change of the various art forms of a people. Why do some syncretise, some disappear and others remain unchanged? Again, the holistic view allows us to ask to what extent the arts of a people merely reflect forces of change, or do they play roles in leading and directing it? The approach requires considerable background history, which is presented below.

scholarly journals A LETTER FROM THE EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-1
Author(s):  
Kumkum Bharadwaj
Keyword(s):  
Performing Arts ◽  
High Standard ◽  
Faculty Members ◽  
Google Scholar ◽  
Research Papers ◽  
Visual And Performing Arts ◽  
Research Article ◽  
The Arts ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
New Phase

English: It gives me immense pleasure to inform that “ShodhKosh: Journal of Visual and Performing Arts” ISSN: 2582-7472 has been listed in the UGC-CARE list. It is a bi-annual peer-reviewed journal of visual and performing arts that publishes research papers in both Hindi and English. Our editorial members have also contributed significantly in this effort. As a result of this, we have been able to make the research fund one of the leading journals in the field of art, and I congratulate the editorial members and the publisher by appreciating them.I would like to take this opportunity to express my gratitude to all the authors and reviewers whose contribution has made the journal reach this dimension. I would like to thank all the readers, contributors, writers, reviewers, and editorial members for all of you invaluable support and contribution.This change marks the beginning of a new phase of development in the future as we want to establish “ShodhKosh: Journal of Visual and Performing Arts” ISSN: 2582-7472 Journal in the fields of art We are committed to striving for a more consistently high standard of publication, while maintaining our wide range of teachers that includes all of the faculty members. On a national and international level, we want to assist the journal in any way we can. Even as we reimagine ourselves in conventional fields of the arts, we will continue to publish theoretical, artistic, and empirical investigations of modern and contemporary art in all its aspects.Over the years We have made several significant modifications to “ShodhKosh: Journal of Visual and Performing Arts” ISSN: 2582-7472 which will benefit all the researchers as well as we have done. ShodhKosh: Journal of Visual and Performing Arts (ShodhKosh) " ISSN: 2582-7472" is indexed on CrossRef, CrossMark, Google Scholar, Portico, Dimensions, PKP Preservation Network (PKP PN), Index Copernicus, PKP Index, so that all the papers published by us can be read nationally and internationally. We provide a unique DOI to each research article. The ShodhKosh is always progressing to support our commitment with well. Hindi: मुझे यह सूचित करते हुए अत्यंत हर्ष का अनुभव हो रहा है “ShodhKosh: Journal of Visual and Performing Arts” ISSN: 2582-7472 UGC-CARE list में अनुक्रमिनित कर लिया गया है। यह एक अर्द्धवार्षिक पत्रिका है, जिसमें हिंदी व अंग्रेजी भाषा में शोध पत्रों का प्रकाशन किया जाता है। इस प्रयास में हमारे सम्पादकीय सदस्यों का भी महत्वपूर्ण योगदान रहा है। इसी के परिणाम स्वरूप हम शोध-कोष को कला के क्षेत्र में अग्रणी पत्रिकाओं में से एक बनाने में सफल हुए हैं, और मैं सम्पादकीय सदस्यों एवं प्रकाशक की सराहना करते हुए उन्हें बधाई देती हूँ। में इस अवसर पर उन सभी लेखकों और समीक्षकों के प्रति आभार व्यक्त करना चाहती हूँ, जिनके योगदान से पत्रिका इस आयाम तक पहुँच पायी है। आप सभी के अमूल्य समर्थन व योगदान के लिए मैं सभी पाठकों, योगदानकर्ताओं, लेखकों, समीक्षकों, व सम्पादकीय सदस्यों को धन्यवाद प्रेषित करती हूँ।यह परिवर्तन भविष्य में विकास के एक नए चरण की शुरुआत का प्रतीक है क्योंकि हम “ShodhKosh: Journal of Visual and Performing Arts” ISSN: 2582-7472 UGC-CARE list को कला के क्षेत्रों में मजबूती से स्थापित करना चाहते हैं, इस पत्रिका में कला के सभी शिक्षकों को शामिल करते हुए हम हमारे व्यापक दायरे को बनाये रखते हुए, हम प्रकाशन के निरंतर उच्च मानकों के प्रयास हेतु प्रतिबद्ध है। हम पत्रिका के राष्ट्रीय व अंतराष्ट्रीय समर्थन के लिए प्रयास करेंगे। कला के पारंपिक क्षेत्रों में अपने आप को सशक्त करते हुए आधुनिक और समकालीन कला के सभी आयामों के सैद्धांतिक, मौलिक और अनुभवजन्य अध्ययनों को प्रकाशित करना जारी रखेंगे। विगत वर्षों से हमने “ShodhKosh: Journal of Visual and Performing Arts” ISSN: 2582-7472 UGC-CARE list में कुछ महत्वपूर्ण परिवर्तन किए है, जिससे सभी शोधकर्ताओं को लाभ मिले जैसे हमने ShodhKosh: Journal of Visual and Performing Arts (ShodhKosh) " ISSN: 2582-7472" की Indexing: CrossRef, CrossMark, Google Scholar, Portico, Dimensions, PKP Preservation Network (PKP PN), Index Copernicus, PKP Index पर की है, जिससे हमारे द्वारा प्रकाशित सभी शोधपत्र राष्ट्रीय व अंतराष्ट्रीय स्तर पर पढ़े जा सके। हमारे द्वारा सभी शोधपत्रों को स्वयं का DOI प्रदान किया जाता है। हमरी प्रतिबद्धता और सुधीजनों के सहयोगार्थ शोध-कोष निरंतर अग्रसर है।  

The Oxford Handbook of Quintilian

2021 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Literary Criticism ◽  
Middle Ages ◽  
Performing Arts ◽  
Late Antiquity ◽  
The United States ◽  
Educational Programme ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Visual And Performing Arts ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
History Of

M. Fabius Quintilianus was a prominent orator, declaimer, and teacher of eloquence in the first century ce. After his retirement he wrote the Institutio oratoria, a unique treatise in Antiquity because it is a handbook of rhetoric and an educational treatise in one. Quintilian’s fame and influence are not only based on the Institutio, but also on the two collections of Declamations which were attributed to him in late Antiquity. The Oxford Handbook of Quintilian aims to present Quintilian’s Institutio as a key treatise in the history of Graeco-Roman rhetoric and its influence on the theory and practice of rhetoric and education, from late Antiquity until the present day. It contains chapters on Quintilian’s educational programme, his concepts and classifications of rhetoric, his discussion of the five canons of rhetoric, his style, his views on literary criticism, declamation, and the relationship between rhetoric and law, and the importance of the visual and performing arts in his work. His huge legacy is presented in successive chapters devoted to Quintilian in late Antiquity, the Middle Ages, the Italian Renaissance, Northern Europe during the Renaissance, Europe from the Eighteenth to the Twentieth Century, and the United States of America. There are also chapters devoted to the biographical tradition, the history of printed editions, and modern assessments of Quintilian. The twenty-one authors of the chapters represent a wide range of expertise and scholarly traditions and thus offer a unique mixture of current approaches to Quintilian from a multidisciplinary perspective.

Dipo: The Krobo Ghanaian Puberty Rite and Art

Matatu ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 48 (2) ◽  
pp. 450-474 ◽  
Author(s):  
Grace Uchechukwu Adinku
Keyword(s):  
Performing Arts ◽  
Social Role ◽  
Critical Discussion ◽  
Cultural Value ◽  
Critical Gap ◽  
The Arts ◽  
Art Forms ◽  
A Site

The girl child’s transition from childhood to adulthood, Dipo, is of prime importance in the development of the Krobo community of Ghana. The transition acknowledges the part women play in the welfare of society; hence the performance of elaborate puberty rites for girls. The performance of Dipo puberty rites is therefore regarded as a means of unifying teenage women in their social role and integrating the arts of the Krobo people. Furthermore, it reveals the significance of these different art forms in the life of the Krobo people and in Dipo performance in particular. The problem, however, is that although there are several artistic elements embedded in the performance of Dipo, they have not been documented as art forms; nor have they constituteded a site for critical discussion and appraisal of Ghanaian performing arts. Early historical and anthropological scholarship on Dipo almost completely overlooks these artistic elements. This essay responds to this critical gap by situating Dipo in the context of these artifacts as displayed in multiple phases of ritual ‘installation’ performance. This essay also identifies and examines the specific artistic elements featuring in the rite in order to highlight their embeddedness in and significance to the Krobo people, and, by extension, Ghana. The artistic elements in Dipo include ritualized visual, verbal, body, and theatrical elements, all of which are active and inseparable in the rites. As such, these art forms are analysed and discussed by means of figures and plates, which confirm visually their existence, aesthetic significance, and cultural value.

scholarly journals Art, Design and Communication Theory in Creating the Communicative Social Robot ‘Haru’

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eleanor Sandry ◽  
Randy Gomez ◽  
Keisuke Nakamura
Keyword(s):  
Performing Arts ◽  
Design Thinking ◽  
Communication Theory ◽  
Precise Information ◽  
Visual And Performing Arts ◽  
Theoretical Perspectives ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Research Platform ◽  
Robot Communication

Haru is a social, affective robot designed to support a wide range of research into human–robot communication. This article analyses the design process for Haru beta, identifying how both visual and performing arts were an essential part of that process, contributing to ideas of Haru’s communication as a science and as an art. Initially, the article examines how a modified form of Design Thinking shaped the work of the interdisciplinary development team—including animators, performers and sketch artists working alongside roboticists—to frame Haru’s interaction style in line with sociopsychological and cybernetic–semiotic communication theory. From these perspectives on communication, the focus is on creating a robot that is persuasive and able to transmit precise information clearly. The article moves on to highlight two alternative perspectives on communication, based on phenomenological and sociocultural theories, from which such a robot can be further developed as a more flexible and dynamic communicative agent. The various theoretical perspectives introduced are brought together by considering communication across three elements: encounter, story and dance. Finally, the article explores the potential of Haru as a research platform for human–robot communication across various scenarios designed to investigate how to support long-term interactions between humans and robots in different contexts. In particular, it gives an overview of plans for humanities-based, qualitative research with Haru.

scholarly journals The festival of moors and christians as pillar of the arts.

2016 ◽  
Vol 10 (17) ◽  
pp. 40
Author(s):  
Miguel Ángel Martínez Pozo ◽  
José-Luis Anta Félez
Keyword(s):  
Performing Arts ◽  
Visual And Performing Arts ◽  
The Arts ◽  
Good And Evil ◽  
Concrete World

ABSTRACTThe Festivals of Moors and Christians represents a unique and concrete world that crosses both the history and geography of Spain and its social, political and economic configurations. Historically, they have had a pedagogical sense and, for that reason, they present the complexity of different events, elements, objects and actors that compose it as contrasting elements (assimilation of nationalism and regionalisms or the eternal Hispanic struggle between good and evil), making everything appear normal, exerting a power that few celebrations hold. These chameleonic feasts have adapted to different historical moments and, with the coming of postmodernity, have opened their gates to a colorful game of fantasy where visual and performing arts have become of the utmost importance. 

Releasing the ‘Profound Physicality of Performance’

1997 ◽  
Vol 13 (52) ◽  
pp. 329-338
Author(s):  
JoAnne Akalaitis
Keyword(s):  
New Jersey ◽  
Performing Arts ◽  
Art And Politics ◽  
Visual And Performing Arts ◽  
Rutgers University ◽  
The Arts ◽  
The Relationship

In the following interview, JoAnne Akalaitis discusses her experiences as an actress and director with the Mabou Mines company; her artistic encounters with Beckett, Brecht, and Genet; her thoughts about the relationship between art and politics; and her belief in the connection between the physical and the emotional in performance. Deborah Saivetz is a director and performer who teaches in the Department of Visual and Performing Arts at the Newark Campus of Rutgers University, New Jersey. She assisted JoAnne Akalaitis on her production of John Ford's Jacobean tragedy Tis Pity She's aWhore at the Goodman Theatre in Chicago, and performed in Akalaitis's workshop production of The Mormon Project at the Atlantic Center for the Arts in New Smyrna Beach, Florida. She had several opportunities to talk at length with Akalaitis during the months that they worked together.

scholarly journals 'It's not the form; it's the process': A phenomenological study on the use of creative professional development workshops to improve teamwork and communication skills

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anita Acai ◽  
Sydney A. McQueen ◽  
Christine Fahim ◽  
Natalie Wagner ◽  
Victoria McKinnon ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Communication Skills ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Performing Arts ◽  
Phenomenological Study ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Communication Styles ◽  
Visual And Performing Arts ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
The Arts

Introduction: Past research has demonstrated the positive effects of visual and performing arts on health professionals’ observational acuity and associated diagnostic skills, well-being, and professional identity. However, to date, the use of arts for the development of non-technical skills, such as teamwork and communication has not been studied thoroughly. Methods: In partnership with a community print and media arts organization, Centre[3], we utilized a phenomenological approach to explore front-line mental health and social service workers’ experiences with a creative professional development workshop based on the visual and performing arts. Through pre- and post-workshop interviews with participants and post-workshop interviews with their managers, we sought to examine how participants’ perceptions of the workshop compared to their pre-workshop expectations, specific impacts of the workshop with respect to participants’ teamwork and communication skills, and changes in their perceptions regarding the use of the arts in professional development. Results: Our workshops were successful in enhancing teamwork skills among participants and showed promise in the development of communication skills, though observable changes in workplace communication could not be confirmed. The workshop facilitated teamwork and collegiality between colleagues, creating a more enjoyable and accepting work environment. The workshops also helped participants identify the strengths and weaknesses of their communication skills, made them more comfortable with different communication styles, and provided them with strategies to enhance their communication skills. Conclusions: Participation in the arts can be beneficial for the development of interpersonal skills such as teamwork and communication among health professionals.

scholarly journals Conference & Planning Committee Information

2013 ◽  
Vol 5 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura Lukes
Keyword(s):  
Online Education ◽  
Performing Arts ◽  
Writing Center ◽  
Writing Across The Curriculum ◽  
College Of Education ◽  
Visual And Performing Arts ◽  
The Arts ◽  
University Life ◽  
Science College ◽  
Engineering Writing

Theme:Transformational Learning Campuswide: Insights to Enhance Student EngagementSeptember 20, 2013 Conference Director:Kimberly Eby (Center for Teaching & Faculty Excellence) Conference Coordinator:Ashleen Gayda (Center for Teaching & Faculty Excellence) (Retroactive) Conference Proceedings:Laura Lukes (Center for Teaching & Faculty Excellence)Chyna Staten (Center for Teaching & Faculty Excellence) Logistical Coordination:Karen Tai (Office of Events Management) Logistical Support:Events productionShannon DavisRebecca JonesLisa ListerSamira LloydLindsey LowenbergDenise NazaireHermoine PickettShawn Lee’s Tourism StudentsThe Writing Center Tutors Co-Sponsors: Blackboard, Inc.; 4-VA; Cengage Learning; Center for the Arts; College of Education and Human Development; College of Health and Human Services; College of Humanities and Social Sciences; College of Science; College of Visual and Performing Arts; Division of Instructional Technology; GMU Bookstore; Graduate Student Life; Higher Education Program; Mason Inn Conference Center & Hotel; Of ce of Student Scholarship, Creative Activities, and Research; Online Education; School for Con ict Analysis and Resolution; School of Management; School of Public Policy; University Libraries; University Life; Volgenau School of Engineering; Writing Across the Curriculum; and The Writing Center. 

The Future of the Arts in Education? Alternative Strategies

1992 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-17
Author(s):  
Robert Long
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Performing Arts ◽  
Arts Education ◽  
Alternative Strategies ◽  
Arts In Education ◽  
The Arts ◽  
The Future ◽  
Art Forms ◽  
Education Act ◽  
Sustained Responses

Much speculation exists as to the prospect Music and the Performing Arts face in the wake of the 1988 Education Act. Research shows that interaction and fusion, which exist between Music and the Performing Arts, intensify expressive character for young people, and generate more powerful and sustained responses, in comparison with single art forms.Results of experiments show the value of fused artefacts with significant implications for future Arts education, as regards both making and appraising.

scholarly journals From Source to Sea: ScARF Marine and Maritime Panel Report

2012 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Holistic Approach ◽  
Transport Infrastructure ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Research Strategies ◽  
Commercial Development ◽  
Holistic View ◽  
Panel Report ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Research Profile ◽  
Tidal Estuaries

The main recommendations of the panel report can be summarised under four headings: 1. From Source to Sea: River systems, from their source to the sea and beyond, should form the focus for research projects, allowing the integration of all archaeological work carried out along their course. Future research should take a holistic view of the marine and maritime historic environment, from inland lakes that feed freshwater river routes, to tidal estuaries and out to the open sea. This view of the landscape/seascape encompasses a very broad range of archaeology and enables connections to be made without the restrictions of geographical or political boundaries. Research strategies, programmes From Source to Sea: ScARF Marine and Maritime Panel Report iii and projects can adopt this approach at multiple levels; from national to site-specific, with the aim of remaining holistic and cross-cutting. 2. Submerged Landscapes: The rising research profile of submerged landscapes has recently been embodied into a European Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST) Action; Submerged Prehistoric Archaeology and Landscapes of the Continental Shelf (SPLASHCOS), with exciting proposals for future research. Future work needs to be integrated with wider initiatives such as this on an international scale. Recent projects have begun to demonstrate the research potential for submerged landscapes in and beyond Scotland, as well as the need to collaborate with industrial partners, in order that commercially-created datasets can be accessed and used. More data is required in order to fully model the changing coastline around Scotland and develop predictive models of site survival. Such work is crucial to understanding life in early prehistoric Scotland, and how the earliest communities responded to a changing environment. 3. Marine & Maritime Historic Landscapes: Scotland’s coastal and intertidal zones and maritime hinterland encompass in-shore islands, trans-continental shipping lanes, ports and harbours, and transport infrastructure to intertidal fish-traps, and define understanding and conceptualisation of the liminal zone between the land and the sea. Due to the pervasive nature of the Marine and Maritime historic landscape, a holistic approach should be taken that incorporates evidence from a variety of sources including commercial and research archaeology, local and national societies, off-shore and onshore commercial development; and including studies derived from, but not limited to history, ethnology, cultural studies, folklore and architecture and involving a wide range of recording techniques ranging from photography, laser imaging, and sonar survey through to more orthodox drawn survey and excavation. 4. Collaboration: As is implicit in all the above, multi-disciplinary, collaborative, and cross-sector approaches are essential in order to ensure the capacity to meet the research challenges of the marine and maritime historic environment. There is a need for collaboration across the heritage sector and beyond, into specific areas of industry, science and the arts. Methods of communication amongst the constituent research individuals, institutions and networks should be developed, and dissemination of research results promoted. The formation of research communities, especially virtual centres of excellence, should be encouraged in order to build capacity.

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