scholarly journals The Banana Leaf Approach: An Appreciation of Utilitarian Handcrafted Artifacts in the American Context

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rafael Ángel-Bravo
Keyword(s):  
Popular Culture ◽  
Natural Environment ◽  
Cultural Significance ◽  
Direct Experience ◽  
Everyday Objects ◽  
Form And Function ◽  
Theoretical Approaches ◽  
Crucial Component ◽  
And Function ◽  
Banana Leaf

There is a whole wide diversity regarding how people adapt to the natural environment conditions and how they value or relate to their everyday objects and products; outside aesthetics or functionality, users appreciate utilitarian artifacts according to assorted perspectives and factors, including traditional, emotional, and cultural approaches. This paper is envisioned to propose a reflection regarding the value and significance of utilitarian handcrafted objects as a fundamental element of popular culture, associated with tradition, heritage, and folkloric preservation. Based on direct experience, photographic record, and assorted theoretical approaches, it was viable to generate a conceptual review and reflection considering the consumers’ appreciation of traditional handcrafted artifacts, understanding these implements’ value and significance beyond their form and function, as the cultural significance of handcrafted utilitarian, decorative and traditional products, as a crucial component of tangible and intangible heritages and identities in the American context.

Cities-Before-Cities

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel W. Berman
Keyword(s):  
Crucial Role ◽  
The West ◽  
Central Greece ◽  
Form And Function ◽  
South Italy ◽  
Crucial Component ◽  
And Function ◽  
The City

Foundation myths are a crucial component of many Greek cities’ identities. But the mythic tradition also represents many cities and their spaces before they were cities at all. This study examines three of these ‘prefoundational’ narratives: stories of cities-before-cities that prepare, configure, or reconfigure, in a conceptual sense, the mythic ground for foundation. ‘Prefoundational’ myths vary in both form and function. Thebes, before it was Thebes, is represented as a trackless and unfortified backwater. Croton, like many Greek cities in south Italy, credited Heracles with a kind of ‘prefounding’, accomplished on his journey from the West back to central Greece. And the Athenian acropolis was the object of a quarrel between Athena and Poseidon, the results of which gave the city its name and permanently marked its topography. In each case, ‘prefoundational’ myth plays a crucial role in representing ideology, identity, and civic topography.

scholarly journals Material approaches to exploring the borders of paratext

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 106-129
Author(s):  
Sirkku Inkeri Ruokkeinen ◽  
Aino Liira
Keyword(s):  
Early Modern ◽  
Book History ◽  
Form And Function ◽  
Gray Area ◽  
Theoretical Approaches ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
Good Starting Point ◽  
And Function ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

This article examines the relationship of material text (text of the document) and paratext in light of fourteenth to sixteenth century evidence. Despite the wealth of interest generated by paratexts and paratextuality in recent years, especially in the fields of literary studies, book history, and translation studies, theoretical approaches to paratexts and paratextuality remain scarce. The paratextual status of an element is typically determined by its function, in combination with its distance from the material text: elements within the codex which do not share space with the text are part of the paratext. Less studied, however, is the gray area of elements which are located within the codex and share the space with the text. We examine this border between text and paratext through an analysis of late medieval and early modern initials, typeface, script and notes. While the form and function of the element are a good starting point, we propose that gauging the optionality of the element, in relation to the abstract text of the work and the material text of the document, is a better indicator of its paratextual status. Optionality should therefore be taken into consideration as evidence of a type of contemporary paratextual understanding.

scholarly journals Libertarianism in Pop Culture:

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marcella Lins
Keyword(s):  
Popular Culture ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Pop Culture ◽  
Ethical Theories ◽  
Public Authorities ◽  
Buffy The Vampire Slayer ◽  
Form And Function ◽  
And Function ◽  
Tv Show ◽  
Made In

Television drama is an important tool to present hypothetical scenarios and imagine various ways to deal with them, while testing the viability of ethical theories that could guide moral judgements and practical decisions made in real life. Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997-2003) left an important legacy in Popular Culture captivating viewers worldwide and still being relevant 20 years later. The aim of this article is to revisit Buffy’s Season 4 and analyze it through a libertarian perspective. Over this season, a great number of relevant subjects are discussed, such as the form and function of the state, its relationship with society, the subversion of public authorities and the morality of law and punishment. It is expected that the successful adoption of libertarian ethics and principles to understand this TV show might bring out Libertarianism as a valuable philosophical alternative to be taken into account when looking for solutions to current issues.

scholarly journals Contemporary Odeon Buildings as a Sustainable Environment for Culture

Buildings ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (7) ◽  
pp. 308
Author(s):  
Kazimierz Leonard Butelski
Keyword(s):  
Large Scale ◽  
Global Scale ◽  
Cultural Significance ◽  
Open Spaces ◽  
Main Research ◽  
Form And Function ◽  
Sustainable Environment ◽  
Functional Aspects ◽  
Cultural Spaces ◽  
And Function

The subject of this study is contemporary odeons in Poland, where 11 covered amphitheaters (odeons) have been built since 2005. The odeons were selected from a wider collection of 57 functioning amphitheaters. The study collected data on location, form, function, and construction. The data sources included the literature, archival research, design documentation, and competition entries. Descriptive and graphical comparative analyses of the phenomena, based on the statistics for completed structures and on design experiments in the case of unbuilt structures, were the two main research methods used in this study. The emergence and development directions of the typology of open cultural spaces from amphitheaters to odeons are presented in a global and regional context. Their interrelationships, affecting form and function, were also analyzed. The influence of high-end materials that were used to create these complex, large-scale spatial structures, and their impact on the environment, has been presented. The contemporary roofs covering the entertainment and stage complex were analyzed in relation to environmental factors, determining the location of the odeons. The functional aspects of these buildings and their cultural significance on a local, regional and global scale were discussed. The odeon in Biała Podlaska, built in 2019, was chosen as a case study to show, in detail, the complexity of the formation of contemporary odeons. In the discussion on the direction of the further evolution of open spaces for culture, an example of an unrealized competition design proposal of mobile roofing forms for the eighteenth-century amphitheater in the Royal Baths Park in Warsaw, Poland, was presented. The conclusions emphasize the environmental, spatial, functional, social and economic values of the establishment and functioning of contemporary odeons as open spaces of culture that are compliant with the principles of sustainable development.

scholarly journals History and Aesthetics of Progress Indicators

2019 ◽  
Vol 37 (3) ◽  
pp. 57-67
Author(s):  
Felix Raczkowski ◽  
Mary Shnayien
Keyword(s):  
Popular Culture ◽  
Digital Media ◽  
Media History ◽  
Self Management ◽  
Form And Function ◽  
History Of ◽  
And Function ◽  
Digital Cultures

Progress indicators are continuously changing and modulating their originally fairly limited functions of signifying the progress of human or machinic labor in industrial or computational contexts, to the point where they appear as an aesthetic convention of measurement in popular culture and self-management. This development raises questions regarding the shifting status of digital media aesthetics in digital cultures, which this paper will address by outlining a brief media history of progress indicators, exploring some of the various functions fulfilled by them, and by discussing the implications of the shift in place, form and function of progress indicators.

scholarly journals Eight Components of a Design Theory of Sonification

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael A. Nees
Keyword(s):  
Design Theory ◽  
Design Science ◽  
Current Status ◽  
Research And Practice ◽  
Form And Function ◽  
Theoretical Approaches ◽  
Design Theories ◽  
Advance Theory ◽  
And Function ◽  
Intensive Work

Despite over 25 years of intensive work in the field, sonification research and practice continue to be hindered by a lack of theory. In part, sonification theory has languished, because the requirements of a theory of sonification have not been clearly articulated. As a design science, sonification deals with artifacts—artificially created sounds and the tools for creating the sounds. Design fields require theoretical approaches that are different from theory-building in natural sciences. Gregor and Jones [1] described eight general components of design theories: (1) purposes and scope; (2) constructs; (3) principles of form and function; (4) artifact mutability; (5) testable propositions; (6) justificatory knowledge; (7) principles of implementation; and (8) expository instantiations. In this position paper, I examine these components as they relate to the field of sonification and use these components to clarify requirements for a theory of sonification. The current status of theory in sonification is assessed as it relates to each component, and, where possible, recommendations are offered for practices that can advance theory and theoretically-motivated research and practice in the field of sonification.

scholarly journals A Look Back into Ancient Egyptian Linguistic Studies (c. 1995-2019)

Panta Rei ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 23-42
Author(s):  
Carlos Gracia Zamacona
Keyword(s):  
Human Language ◽  
Form And Function ◽  
Ancient Egyptian ◽  
Theoretical Approaches ◽  
Linguistic Research ◽  
Look Back ◽  
Productive Research ◽  
Short Comment ◽  
And Function ◽  
The University

En este artículo se propone una revisión personal de la investigación lingüística de los últimos 25 años sobre el egipcio antiguo, la lengua hablada y escrita en Egipto desde el origen de la civilización egipcia escrita (hacia 3150 a. Jc.) hasta la desaparición del copto como lengua viva (siglo XVII d. Jc.), la lengua humana documentada durante más tiempo. Con este fin, se revisarán las principales corrientes teóricas y su relación con la enseñanza del antiguo egipcio en ámbito universitario. Mediante el análisis de la bibliografía más relevante de este periodo, se comentan cuatro líneas de investigación productivas: forma y función; documentos y lengua; léxico y gramática; y metalingüística en el Egipto antiguo. El artículo finaliza con un breve comentario sobre la necesidad de más estudios basados en corpora en el futuro, en lugar de los basados en marcos teóricos para la interpretación del egipcio antiguo. This article provides a personal overview of the last 25-year linguistic research on ancient Egyptian, the language spoken and written in Egypt since the origin of the written Egyptian civilization (c. 3150 BC) until the disappearance of Coptic as a living language (17th century AC), the longest-attested human language. With this purpose, the main theoretical approaches and their relationship to teaching ancient Egyptian at the university are reviewed. Through the analysis of the more relevant bibliography of the period, four productive research lines are discussed: form and function; documents and the language; lexicon and grammar; and ancient Egyptian metalinguistics. The article ends with a short comment on the need of more corpus-based studies in the future instead of theoretically-based frameworks for interpreting the ancient Egyptian language.

Numbers as a cognitive and social technology: on the nature of conventional number sequences used in economic systems

2010 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 167-190 ◽  
Author(s):  
DAVID A. HARPER
Keyword(s):  
Economic Systems ◽  
Productive Activity ◽  
Economic Agents ◽  
Everyday Objects ◽  
Form And Function ◽  
Material Systems ◽  
Number Sequences ◽  
The Right ◽  
And Function ◽  
Physical Tools

Abstract:This paper examines the fundamental nature of numbers as they are used in economic systems. In the framework proposed, number sequences are technological objects (‘tools’) that are constituted by both form and function. To do their job, number sequences have to have the necessary internal structure – all elements (e.g. symbols) of the sequence must be distinct from one another, and the sequence must be a progression. In addition, numerical toolkits have to have the right external structure – they must be situated in a social network of economic agents that confers on them quantitative functions (e.g. identifying set sizes). Number sequences are the product of multilevel evolutionary processes, including psychological selection that screens sequences for their learnability by human users. Number tools are a kind of capital; they are material systems that are as real as other everyday objects. Just as changing physical tools alters the structure of productive activity, so too changing number sequences alters cognitive, behavioral, and social routines.

scholarly journals ADAPTATION AND CONSERVATION OF THE SRI MANGANTI HALL AT YOGYAKARTA’S KERATON PALACE COMPLEX

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (01) ◽  
pp. 35-52
Author(s):  
Clarissa Jesslyn Soma - Alwin S. Sombu
Keyword(s):  
Added Value ◽  
Architectural Theory ◽  
Cultural Significance ◽  
Cultural Meanings ◽  
Local Conservation ◽  
Aesthetic Value ◽  
Form And Function ◽  
And Performance ◽  
And Function ◽  
The Impact

Abstract - Yogyakarta’s Keraton palace forms part of the Special Region of Yogyakarta (DIY) that has architectural values of high standing. Apart from this, the hall called Sri Manganti takes specific pride of place in this palace. The purpose of this research project is to reveal these architectural aspects through establishing their cultural significance, meaningful architectural elements and the conservational measures applied to this particular hall. The theories employed for this piece of research include the Capon theory, the Orbasli theory, the Feilden theory, the Forsythe theory, and finally the Javanese Tradition Architectural theory. The methods used consist of the descriptive and the qualitative method along with the architectural approach to the matter of the building’s form and function, and the local conservation of the various cultural meanings. The cultural significance of the Sri Manganti hall lies in the application of the Javanese architectural concept of Joglo Mangkurat (referring to the roof’s steep upper section) along with the hanging structure known as Lambung Gantung, aesthetic appreciation of Javanese culture and tradition and exhibition and performance of Javanese art. The architectural and aesthetic values can be discerned in its architectural components consisting of the fundament, floor, poles/pillars, supporting and upper wooden beams called ander & molo, ceiling, roof, various decorations and the general lay-out. A valuable building like this has apparently suffered from loss of quality in the components of its construction. This decline in quality could have been caused by the impact of the tropical climate, faulty maintenance and certain questionable human measures taken. On the other hand, it turns out that the change of function into an exhibition venue for art has actually brought added value in terms of the building’s usefulness.This building falls under the essential buildings that make up the Keraton palace, so its general condition needs to be properly maintained, both with the measures taken to adapt and conserve it for the future.Keywords: architectural value, aesthetic value, conservation, adaptation, preservation

Form und Funktion

2020 ◽  
Vol 68 (3) ◽  
pp. 410-424
Author(s):  
Julia-Constance Dissel
Keyword(s):  
Design Theory ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Everyday Objects ◽  
Form And Function ◽  
Basic Concepts ◽  
The Aesthetic ◽  
And Function ◽  
Common Understanding ◽  
Initial Change ◽  
Philosophical Understanding

AbstractThis essay deals with the terms “form” and “function” as well as their relationship insofar as they are still used in philosophical and design-theory discourse to determine the aesthetic dimension of designed artefacts, especially of everyday objects, and often also to distinguish them from objects of art. I discuss whether our common understanding of these terms and their relationship is an appropriate instrument for such determinations. What is up for discussion here are not only conceptions of functional beauty with regard to design methodology and the philosophical discourse on aesthetics, in which form and function become thematic, but also basic concepts of philosophical aesthetics itself. It is shown that the philosophical understanding of design aesthetics and the concepts of form and function are determined by profound preliminary decisions that restrict our access to the aesthetic dimension of designed artefacts, and a conceptualisation of an initial change in thinking is proposed.

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