Asymmetry in Face Orientation

1974 ◽  
Vol 39 (1) ◽  
pp. 83-91
Author(s):  
Erica Metzig ◽  
Steven Rosenberg ◽  
Mark Ast

197 naive undergraduate students indicated aesthetic preferences for the backward inclination or the forward inclination of each of four pictures of faces randomly selected. Two were pictures (photograph or line drawing) of the faces of famous artists, the other two of famous scientists. The pictured faces were inclined 7° backward and forward of the upright on the horizontal axis. The criterion of aesthetic preference was unification of the features of the face. Pretesting with trained Ss had established a prediction of preference for the backward inclination of pictures of the artists' faces, those of Tolstoy and Ibsen, and a prediction of preference for the forward inclination of the pictures of the faces of the scientists, Copernicus and Kepler. In the formal experiment the naive Ss gave confidence ratings of their backward vs forward judgments of each pictured face. When Ss' arbitrary judgments are discounted, predictions for three of the four pictured faces are sustained. Some support is lent to Schlesinger's claim that contrasting properties of the faces of artists and scientists determine Ss' preference for the backward inclination of pictures of artists' faces and the forward inclination of scientists' faces. The results encourage expanded study of asymmetry in orientation of faces and refinement of methodology.

2013 ◽  
Vol 2013 ◽  
pp. 1-7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ibrahim Abdulrasheed ◽  
Asuku Malachy Eneye

Background. The upper lip-nose complex contributes significantly to the concept of symmetry and proportion of the face. A study of the morphology and aesthetic preferences of the lip-nose complex will provide a database that will serve as a guide for reconstruction. Subjects and Methods. Hundred Nigerian children participated in this study. Demographic data and standard photographs of the philtral column and nostrils were obtained. Sixty volunteers were recruited to evaluate the photographs. Each volunteer was asked to rank the photographs based on their aesthetic preference. Results. The morphology of the philtral columns was classified into four groups: (1) triangular, (2) concave, (3) flat, and (4) parallel. The nostril shape was also classified into four groups: (1) triangular, (2) round, (3) teardrop, and (4) rectangular. In both genders, the triangular shape of philtral column was the most common. There are significant age differences in the aesthetic rankings of philtral columns and nostril shapes. Conclusion. Our study establishes the basal values for the morphometric and aesthetic parameters of the lip-nose complex of 5- and 6-year-old children in Nigeria. We hope our results and reconstructive surgery will intersect at a point to treat disfigurements of the philtrum and nostrils successfully.


2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 62
Author(s):  
Lia Cristiane Lima Hallwass ◽  
Valdirene Hessler Bredow

O Ensino Remoto Emergencial (ERE) se mostrou uma possibilidade diante da pandemia causada pela COVID-19. Por outro lado, trouxe muitos desafios, em particular no que se refere à interação e aprendizagem de estudantes de cursos presenciais. Baseado na perspectiva histórico-cultural da aprendizagem e nos estudos sobre uso de tecnologias educacionais digitais, o objetivo deste estudo é analisar o uso do aplicativo WhatsApp como ambiente de interação social e de aprendizagens durante o ERE. Este estudo qualitativo e exploratório teve sua coleta de dados baseada no fichamento de conversas entre professores e estudantes de graduação, durante o primeiro semestre de 2020, as quais foram analisadas conforme categorias temáticas e conforme os objetivos da interação: gerais, tecnologias e aprendizagens. Seus resultados mostram, principalmente, que a praticidade, a acessibilidade, a familiaridade e a afinidade dos estudantes com o WhatsApp foram determinantes para a manutenção dos processos de aprendizagem durante o ERE, transformando o aplicativo de ferramenta complementar em ferramenta altamente potente para dúvidas sobre conteúdos, sobre processos, sobre as próprias tecnologias e de interação social entre os pares, respaldando suas aprendizagens. Pode-se concluir que o uso de tecnologias não educacionais, como o WhatsApp, foi de utilidade na educação não somente durante o ERE, mas também pôde contribuir ainda pelo seu potencial de aproximação entre os pares. O aplicativo de mensagens mostrou-se, por meio de seus canais, uma possibilidade acessível, de forma que a interação social e os processos de aprendizagem fossem sustentados nesse momento de incerteza.Palavras-chave: Ensino Remoto Emergencial. Tecnologias Educacionais Digitais. Aprendizagem.Whatsapp as an environment for social interaction and learning during emergency remote teachingABSTRACT The emergency remote education (ERE) proved to be a possibility in the face of the pandemic caused by COVID-19. On the other hand, it brought many challenges, particularly with regard to the interaction and learning of students in classroom courses. Based on the historical-cultural perspective of learning and studies on the use of educational technologies, the objective of this study is to analyze the use of the WhatsApp application as an environment for social interaction and learning during the ERE. This qualitative, exploratory study had its data collection based on the record of conversations between professors and undergraduate students, during the first semester of 2020, which were analyzed according to thematic categories according to the objectives of the interaction: general, technologies and learning. Its results show, mainly, that the practicality, accessibility, familiarity and affinity of students with WhatsApp were decisive for the maintenance of learning processes during ERE, transforming the application as a complementary tool into a highly powerful tool for questions about content, on processes, on the technologies themselves and on social interaction between peers, supporting their learning. It can be concluded that the use of non-educational technologies, such as WhatsApp, was of use in education not only during the ERE, but also could contribute to its potential for bringing peers closer together. The messaging application proved, through its channels, an accessible possibility so that social interaction and learning processes were sustained in this moment of uncertainty.Keywords: Emergency Remote Teaching. Digital Educational Technologies. Learning.Whatsapp como entorno de interacción social y aprendizaje durante la enseñanza remota de emergenciaRESUMEN La Educación Remota de Emergencia (ERE) demostró ser una posibilidad ante la pandemia causada por COVID-19. Por otro lado, trajo muchos desafíos, particularmente con respecto a la interacción y el aprendizaje de los estudiantes en los cursos en el aula. Basado en la perspectiva histórico-cultural del aprendizaje y los estudios sobre el uso de tecnologías educativas, el objetivo de este estudio es analizar el uso de la aplicación WhatsApp como un entorno para la interacción social y el aprendizaje durante el ERE. Este estudio exploratorio cualitativo tuvo su recopilación de datos basada en el registro de conversaciones entre profesores y estudiantes de pregrado, durante el primer semestre de 2020, que se analizaron según categorías temáticas de acuerdo con los objetivos de la interacción: general, tecnologías y aprendizaje. Sus resultados muestran, principalmente, que la practicidad, accesibilidad, familiaridad y afinidad de los estudiantes con WhatsApp fueron decisivos para el mantenimiento de los procesos de aprendizaje durante el ERE, transformando la aplicación como una herramienta complementaria en una herramienta muy poderosa para preguntas sobre el contenido, sobre procesos, sobre las tecnologías mismas y sobre la interacción social entre pares, apoyando su aprendizaje. Se puede concluir que el uso de tecnologías no educativas, como WhatsApp, fue de utilidad en la educación no solo durante el ERE, sino que también podría contribuir a su potencial para acercar a sus pares. La aplicación de mensajería demostró, a través de sus canales, una posibilidad accesible para que la interacción social y los procesos de aprendizaje se mantuvieran en este momento de incertidumbre.Palabras clave: Educación Remota de Emergencia. Tecnologías Educativas Digitales. Aprendizaje.


2010 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 85-93
Author(s):  
Timothy Beal

This article reads between two recent explorations of the relationship between religion, chaos, and the monstrous: Catherine Keller’s Face of the Deep and Author's Religion and Its Monsters. Both are oriented toward the edge of chaos and order; both see the primordial and chaotic as generative; both pursue monstrous mythological figures as divine personifications of primordial chaos; both find a deep theological ambivalences in Christian and Jewish tradition with regard to the monstrous, chaotic divine; both are critical of theological and cultural tendencies to demonize chaos and the monstrous; and finally, both read the divine speech from the whirlwind in the book of Job as a revelation of divine chaos. But whereas one sees it as a call for laughter, a chaotic life-affirming laughter with Leviathan in the face of the deep, the other sees it as an incarnation of theological horror, leaving Job and the reader overwhelmed and out-monstered by God. Must it be one way or the other? Can laughter and horror coincide in the face of the deep?


2011 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 265-291
Author(s):  
Manuel A. Vasquez ◽  
Anna L. Peterson

In this article, we explore the debates surrounding the proposed canonization of Archbishop Oscar Romero, an outspoken defender of human rights and the poor during the civil war in El Salvador, who was assassinated in March 1980 by paramilitary death squads while saying Mass. More specifically, we examine the tension between, on the one hand, local and popular understandings of Romero’s life and legacy and, on the other hand, transnational and institutional interpretations. We argue that the reluctance of the Vatican to advance Romero’s canonization process has to do with the need to domesticate and “privatize” his image. This depoliticization of Romero’s work and teachings is a part of a larger agenda of neo-Romanization, an attempt by the Holy See to redeploy a post-colonial and transnational Catholic regime in the face of the crisis of modernity and the advent of postmodern relativism. This redeployment is based on the control of local religious expressions, particularly those that advocate for a more participatory church, which have proliferated with contemporary globalization


2019 ◽  
Vol 54 ◽  
pp. 412-431
Author(s):  
Svetlana I. Skorokhodova

This article is devoted to the insufficiently known topic of the disease and death of Y. F. Samarin, a great Russian philosopher, ascetic and warrior, politician and scientist. On the basis of the extensive archival materials the author of the article presents the events panorama that allows to reconstruct certain fragments of Samarin’s life. According to the author, the strongest aspects of Samarin’s personality, supported by his belief in bodily resurrection, were revealed in the face of bodily affliction and death. His love for congenial people, relatives, and Russia dominated all the other feelings of the philosopher both during his life and at the time of his departure. The article shows that something mysterious and undisclosed still remains in Samarin s death.


Trictrac ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Petru Adrian Danciu

Starting from the cry of the seraphim in Isaiahʹ s prophecy, this article aims to follow the rhythm of the sacred harmony, transcending the symbols of the angelic world and of the divine names, to get to the face to face meeting between man and God, just as the seraphim, reflecting their existence, stand face to face. The finality of the sacred harmony is that, during the search for God inside the human being, He reveals Himself, which is the reason for the affirmation of “I Am that I Am.” Through its hypnotic cyclicality, the profane temporality has its own musicality. Its purpose is to incubate the unsuspected potencies of the beings “caught” in the material world. Due to the fact that it belongs to the aeonic time, the divine music will exceed in harmony the mechanical musicality of profane time, dilating and temporarily cancelling it. Isaiah is witness to such revelation offering access to the heavenly concert. He is witness to divine harmonies produced by two divine singers, whose musical history is presented in our article. The seraphim accompanied the chosen people after their exodus from Egypt. The cultic use of the trumpet is related to the characteristics and behaviour of the seraphim. The seraphic music does not belong to the Creator, but its lyrics speak about the presence of the Creator in two realities, a spiritual and a material one. Only the transcendence of the divine names that are sung/cried affirms a unique reality: God. The chant-cry is a divine invocation with a double aim. On the one hand, the angels and the people affirm God’s presence and call His name and, on the other, the Creator affirms His presence through the angels or in man, the one who is His image and His likeness. The divine music does not only create, it is also a means of communion, implementing the relation of man to God and, thus, God’s connection with man. It is a relation in which both filiation and paternity disappear inside the harmony of the mutual recognition produced by music, a reality much older than Adam’s language.


Imbizo ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Naomi Epongse Nkealah ◽  
Olutoba Gboyega Oluwasuji

Ideas of nationalisms as masculine projects dominate literary texts by African male writers. The texts mirror the ways in which gender differentiation sanctions nationalist discourses and in turn how nationalist discourses reinforce gender hierarchies. This article draws on theoretical insights from the work of Anne McClintock and Elleke Boehmer to analyse two plays: Zintgraff and the Battle of Mankon by Bole Butake and Gilbert Doho and Hard Choice by Sunnie Ododo. The article argues that women are represented in these two plays as having an ambiguous relationship to nationalism. On the one hand, women are seen actively changing the face of politics in their societies, but on the other hand, the means by which they do so reduces them to stereotypes of their gender.


2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abimael Francisco do Nascimento

The general objective of this study is to analyze the postulate of the ethics of otherness as the first philosophy, presented by Emmanuel Levinas. It is a proposal that runs through Levinas' thinking from his theoretical foundations, to his philosophical criticism. Levinas' thought presents itself as a new thought, as a critique of ontology and transcendental philosophy. For him, the concern with knowledge and with being made the other to be forgotten, placing the other in totality. Levinas proposes the ethics of otherness as sensitivity to the other. The subject says here I am, making myself responsible for the other in an infinite way, in a transcendence without return to myself, becoming hostage to the other, as an irrefutable responsibility. The idea of the infinite, present in the face of the other, points to a responsibility whoever more assumes himself, the more one is responsible, until the substitution by other.


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