scholarly journals The aesthetic turn: exploring the religious dimensions of digital technology

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 156-163
Author(s):  
Henrik Åhman
Keyword(s):  
Digital Technology ◽  
Interaction Design ◽  
Technology Development ◽  
Academic Research ◽  
Research Fields ◽  
Religious Dimensions ◽  
Definition Of Religion ◽  
The Aesthetic ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
The Individual

The arena for developing digital technology has undergone an aesthetic turn, broadening the focus from a functionalist approach producing centralized systems in the 1970s and 1980s to an increased awareness of the aesthetic aspects of the individual user’s interaction with technology in the 1990s and 2000s. Within the academic research fields studying digital technology (e.g. Human-Computer Interaction and Interaction Design) the aesthetic turn has resulted in a shift from a strong emphasis on user behaviour to an increased interest in aesthetic perspectives on the role of the designer, the design process, and the design material. Within these fields, aesthetics has often been interpreted as belonging to the realm of the individual; personal experiences such as pleasure, engagement, and emotions have been emphasized in both technology development and technology research. Aesthetics is not, however, only an individual phenomenon but also has relational and structural components that need to be acknowledged. Structural aspects of aesthetics condition the possibilities for individuals interacting with digital technology. Thus, the tension between individual and relational aspects of aesthetics in digital technology also reflects a tension between freedom and limitation; between change and permanence; between destabilizing and stabilizing forces.Such a broadened understanding of aesthetics offers a model of digital technology that roughly corresponds to Mark C. Taylor’s definition of religion. Taylor argues that religion is constituted by, on the one hand, a figuring moment characterized by structural stability and universality, and, on the other hand, a disfiguring moment characterized by disruption, particularity, and change. The purpose of this paper is to discuss the aesthetic turn and Taylor’s definition of religion to illustrate similarities between the two, suggesting possible religious dimensions of digital technology and how that can inform our understanding of people’s interaction with digital technology. 

scholarly journals “Vai viņa daļa dzīvo manī?” Smokija Mo dziesmas “Kas ir radītājs” interpretācija popkultūras un reliģijas studiju kontekstā

Ceļš ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 71 ◽  
pp. 6-19
Author(s):  
Ņikita Andrejevs ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Popular Culture ◽  
Popular Music ◽  
Mass Culture ◽  
Hip Hop ◽  
Religious Traditions ◽  
Everyday Lives ◽  
Definition Of Religion ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Individual Self

The Russian hip hop artist Smoki Mo has frequently referenced religious and spiritual topics in his lyrics. The composition “Who is the creator” discusses the positive and negative replies to this question. The lyrics are interpreted as a popular culture text with the aim to discover how popular culture texts can function as religious ones and how popular culture can function as religion. The article employs a functional definition of religion to explore how the studied text discusses existential questions and struggle with identity that religion also is concerned with. The popular culture itself is understood in the article as the meaning and value that people ascribe to mass culture products, such as popular music, in their everyday lives. The article also summarizes the possible issues with reading popular culture texts as religious ones to avoid misinterpretation due to researcher’s indebtedness to traditional religious definitions or to scholarly traditions of interpretation. The article also employs the notion of spirituality to connect the ideas expressed in Smoki Mo’s lyrics to a relevant ideological framework. The understanding of the “creator”, “God” and other theological notions in the lyrics is closely related to the broad features of modern spirituality that include the focus on the individual self and universal statements rather than particular religious traditions. In this way, the studied composition in itself is an expression of modern spirituality dealing with existential questions.

scholarly journals A literature review of personalization transparency and control: Introducing the Transparency-Awareness-Control Framework

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Claire Segijn ◽  
Joanna Strycharz ◽  
Amy Riegelman ◽  
Cody Hennesy
Keyword(s):  
Literature Review ◽  
Academic Research ◽  
Reliability And Validity ◽  
Personal Data ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Control Paradigm ◽  
Control Framework ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
The Individual ◽  
And Control

<p>Through various online activities, individuals produce large amounts of data that are collected by companies for the purpose of providing users with personalized communication. In the light of this mass collection of personal data, the transparency and control paradigm for personalized communication has led to increased attention of legislators and academics. However, in the scientific literature no clear definition of personalization transparency and control exists, which could lead to reliability and validity issues, impeding knowledge accumulation in academic research. In a literature review, we analyzed 31 articles and we observed that 1) no clear definitions of personalization transparency or control exist, 2) they are used interchangeably in the literature, 3) collection, processing, and sharing of data are the three objects of transparency and control, and 4) increased transparency does not automatically increase control because first awareness needs to be raised in the individual. Also, the relationship between awareness and control depends on the ability and the desire to control. This study contributes to the field of algorithmic communication by creating a common understanding of the transparency and control paradigm and thus improves validity of the results. Further, it progresses research on the issue by synthesizing existing studies on the topic, presenting the Transparency-Awareness-Control framework, and formulating propositions to guide future research.</p>

scholarly journals Репрезентанты концепта ПАМЯТЬ в свете новых задач стилистики

Stylistyka ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 28 ◽  
pp. 25-40
Author(s):  
Ольга В. Евтушенко
Keyword(s):  
Interdisciplinary Approach ◽  
Literary Work ◽  
Temporal Organization ◽  
Literary Texts ◽  
Family Chronicle ◽  
The Aesthetic ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Aesthetic Ideas ◽  
Individual Style

Starting with the definition of style by K.A. Dolinin, the article proposes to reflect on the perspectives of an interdisciplinary approach to stylistic research, using primarily the achievements of psychology and philosophy, as the style of a literary work is the result of the subject’s choices, which in turn result from his/her individual way of thinking. The interdisciplinary approach will also allow for more effective aesthetic assessment of the work. The article analyses three literary texts based on memories: The childhood years of Bagrov-grandson, serving as a continuation of the Family Chronicle by S.T. Aksakov, The Life of Arsenyev by I.A. Bunin and Be Like Children by V.A. Sharov. On the example of language constructions forming the concept of MEMORY, the researcher shows the factors that influence the choice of language means that ultimately create the individual style of the author. The study proves that this choice is influenced by non-linguistic factors: the situational context, era, the author’s professional and personal experience and education, philosophicaland aesthetic ideas, and other important circumstances that guide the artist’s thinking. Genre rules and current tastes are also of importance. The study shows that the ratio of the number of language constructions regarding experience memory and information memory can characterize the individual style of a given author. It also proves that a broader interdisciplinary view of style allows to see more determinants of the aesthetic value of a work. Among them are: the harmonious structure of the text including its spatial and temporal organization, and the compliance with the broadly understood norm that involves not only the linguistic but also the mental layer of the text, as expressed by appropriately selected means.

scholarly journals Sound in the individual poetic picture of the world of Mykola Vihranovskyi

2019 ◽  
pp. 86-95
Author(s):  
Iryna Ivanenko
Keyword(s):  
National Space ◽  
Individual Author ◽  
Living Things ◽  
The World ◽  
Poetic Practice ◽  
The Aesthetic ◽  
Poetic Texts ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Metaphorical Structures

The article analyzes models of metaphorical description of sounds that are relevant to M. Vinhranovsky’s individual poetic picture of the world. It is determined that the most productive type of audio metaphorization is related to the verbalization of associative sound-to-nature relationships. Its relevance is determined by the collective (secured by verbal tradition) and individual (author) experience of perceiving objects of national space, such as river, sky, water, forest, grove, trees, as well as related phenomena of nature (wind, storm, thunder, rain). and living things (birds, animals, insects). The persistence of associations in the poetic texts motivated by this experience has been consistently confirmed. The collective and individual experience of perception of the phenomena of the nature of rain, thunderstorm, rain, wind, water motivates the active use of «sound» verbs, which metaphorize the various actions and intensity of manifestation of these phenomena. The stylistic performance of common linguistic formulas with stylistically neutral verbs – carriers of the archives of ‘sounds of nature’ is traced. It is proved that an important fragment of the sound definition of the world in the national linguistic-poetic practice and in the idyllic style of M. Vinhranovsky as its symbolic fragment is the image of “silence”. Updating the “zero” manifestation of audio semantics, it creates a semantic opposition to images with the seven “sound”. The aesthetic unfolding of the image of silence in various structural metaphorical structures: verbal predicative, verbal object, oxymoronic, tautological is attested. Analyzed metaphors confirm that the aesthetized verbalization of sound impressions is one of the dominants of M. Vinhranovsky’s individual poetic phrase, in which the metaphors with the seven ‘sound’ are indisputable artistic dominants.

scholarly journals PROBLEMS OF MEDIAINDUSTRY MODEL FORMATION IN MODERN RESEARCH

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Olga Sukhorukova ◽  
Zoia Grygorova
Keyword(s):  
Technology Development ◽  
Creative Industries ◽  
Composition And Structure ◽  
World Economic ◽  
The Media ◽  
Gross World Product ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Model Formation ◽  
Cultural And Creative Industries

The article highlights modern approaches to defining the essence of the concept of "mediaindustry" and its composition. Mediaindustry is an essential part of the national and world economic system, which, in addition to its contributing to the creation of gross world product has a significant impact on all aspects of the individual, society and the state life as a whole. The genesis of approaches to the definition of the mediaindustry originates in the emergence of concepts of cultural and creative industries, the media of mass comunication. Despite, the concept of mediaindustry is often used, however, the definition of its essence and its components are not always clear or does not take into account current trends. Most existing modern approaches to defining the essence of the mediaindustry do not fully take into account its unique features as a phenomenon of cultural and, at the same time, economic sphere. Many definitions are have a generalized and vague approach, the lack of criteria by which the composition of the mediaindustry can be determined. Many aspects are insufficiently substantiated and debatable thats why further research in this area is necessery. A lot of factors complicate the understanding of the mediaindustry, such as the significant diversity of activities in this area, the close connection with related fields and industries and, finally, the ambiguity of interpretations of the categories of media and related cultural and creative industries. The lack of the mediaindustry clear definition, a clear list of mediaindustry composition and structure complicate research in this area. For this purpose, authors clarified the content of the concept of "mediaindustry", identified its composition and structure, developed a network model of the mediaindustry and proposed the main characteristics which allow to relate companies to the mediaindustry. The paper also describes the transformation processes occurring in the mediaindustry under the influence of technology development, changes in the processes of production, distribution and consumption of content and content itself.

scholarly journals In praise of light and shadows

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 82-85
Author(s):  
Nuno Grande
Keyword(s):  
Great Part ◽  
Great Influence ◽  
Le Corbusier ◽  
Frank Lloyd Wright ◽  
Interior Space ◽  
The Aesthetic ◽  
The Moment ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Modern Movement

The interaction of light and shadow has always fascinated architects, and even more so since Le Corbusier’s famous quote from 1923, published in Vers une Architecture, in which he describes architecture as “the learned game, correct and magnificent, of forms assembled in the light”. This game, which thus motivated the painters of Purism and Cubism – among whom Le Corbusier would come to be included – contributed in great part to the definition of the aesthetic ideals of the artistic avant-garde in the West in the first half of the 20th century. Associated with the purity of crystal, with the idea of total transparency, and with the blurring of the boundaries between the interior and the exterior, this very same game served as the conceptual premise of (and later as a critical challenge to) the architecture of the Modern Movement. The counterpoint to the purist and crystalline impetus of modernism would emerge, and indeed one of many, by way of “In Praise of Shadows”, a reference to the book written in 1933 by Junichiro Tanizaki. In this work, the author examines how Oriental culture (in contrast with Western culture) has always sought to shield the interior space from the invasion of light and from exterior views by use of trees, porches, patios, shutters, and translucent sliding doors or dividers (the Japanese shôji). It is not by accident that many of these traditional elements would once again come to be adopted by Western architecture from the late 1950s onward in its search for vernacular values deriving from a broad variety of cultures. Having studied in these seminal years of critical review of the Modern Movement and coinciding with the publication of the Survey on Regional Architecture in Portugal – (Inquérito à Arquitetura Popular em Portugal) (1955-1961), the young architect Álvaro Siza learned from Fernando Távora – his former teacher and mentor – to appreciate not only the effect of light on forms (Távora himself admitted to being an avid admirer of Le Corbusier), but also to stroll about the shadows in traditional habitats (Távora would gather important teachings from Japanese architecture during his grand tour in 1960 and filtering it through another great influence of his: Frank Lloyd Wright). These different “phantom-characters” would come to also occupy the imagination of the young Siza, and to them he added references to Alvar Aalto, Bruno Taut or Adolf Loos, at the moment of considering the relationship between the individual and the collective space, between the domestic and the monumental scale, between the window and the city. The photographic work of Mark Durden and João Leal focusing on Álvaro Siza’s work in Porto – now published by Scopio Newspaper – goes in search of not only this same game of shadows upon the target surfaces of the façades and the interiors of the buildings but also the multiplicity of transparencies and penumbras that unfold through their ample glazed windows. [...]

scholarly journals AUTHOR’S INDIVIDUAL PUNCTUATION AS AN ELEMENT OF TEXT GRAPHICS

Movoznavstvo ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 319 (4) ◽  
pp. 60-69
Author(s):  
N. S. PRУKHODKO ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Structural Features ◽  
Graphic System ◽  
Punctuation Mark ◽  
Poetic Text ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
The Aesthetic ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Historical Epoch ◽  
Individual Style

The article sheds light on the concept of text graphics and the importance of punctuation in the graphic system of the text, in particular, poetic text. The author elucidates various scholars’ approaches to the definition of the term author’s individual punctuation, with a focus on the system-structural features of some punctuation marks and the most important functions of punctuation as a stylistic device. The article analyzes the expressive and stylistic means used to produce the greatest emotional influence on the listener or reader and classifies them into constructive, emotive, combined, and contaminated groups. The multi-functionality of the author’s punctuation embraces strengthening the aesthetic loading of punctuation marks and expanding the boundaries of their use. The unregulated use of punctuation mark is determined by historical changes and the semantic principles concerning the location of punctuation marks. Author’s punctuation can be interpreted as a substitution of some normatively motivated signs/marks with the unregulated ones; as a text devoid of any marks; as an excessive use of either some particular punctuation marks or only one of them and, on the contrary, their complete absence in the text. The article outlines the main functions of the author’s punctuation: emotional, emphatic, logical, evaluative, semantic, dividing. The individual style, dependence on the functional style, genre, traditions, and norms of a definite historical epoch are the factors that influence the author’s individual punctuation system formation. The author’s punctuation is an interstyle phenomenon because it is inherent in texts of different functional styles. The research findings argue that the author’s individual punctuation system should be interpreted in a broad sense as any conscious, deliberate choice of the unregulated punctuation mark, not fixed in the spelling rules, and in a narrow understanding — all the punctuation marks in the author’s manuscript, which are different from the normative use.

scholarly journals DEVELOPING ACADEMIC SKILLS IN BLENDED ENVIRONMENTS

2019 ◽  
pp. 303
Author(s):  
Ana Balula ◽  
Sandra Vasconcelos ◽  
António Moreira
Keyword(s):  
Critical Thinking ◽  
Learning Strategies ◽  
Digital Technology ◽  
Online Teaching ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Academic Research ◽  
Academic Skills ◽  
Team Work ◽  
Delivery Mode ◽  
Definition Of

More teacher-centred in general, Higher Education Institutions are moving towards the incorporation of innovative and interactive practices and programmes, and in the last decades e- and b-learning have increasingly become credible alternatives to traditional modes of teaching and learning, and rethinking their curricula and strategies to incorporate e-approaches and digital technologies. The catalysts for this change thrive on the need to keep pace with other universities and recruiting students. The main goal of this paper is to briefly describe a PhD programme of the University of Aveiro, Portugal, and to put forward some selected blended strategies, namely concerning the use of digital technology to enhance learning and develop academic skills. Even though this paper does not directly address the topic of ESP, best practices described here are multi-disciplinary in nature, and offer insights as regards teaching practices and clues for academic and professional development and research on this topic.Stemming from the definition of ‘academic skills’, several online teaching and learning strategies are described. We therefore focus our paper on three selected strategies, used in this PhD for developing project group-work, writing academic papers and presenting research to peers. We delve on three main academic skills (collaboration, writing and presentation), as they are the basis for meaningful and lifelong learning. These are transferable and extensive and rely on students’ critical thinking and also on their team-work and initiative abilities, requiring them to be effective communicators and negotiators.The PhD programme makes use of blended strategies and digital technology to enhance participants’ learning experiences, sustaining the development of their academic skills. Students are required to participate in, produce and disseminate scientific research. Describing how different academic skills are developed throughout the PhD modules, the present text offers a fresh outlook on digital technology as a means of leveraging students’ academic/research skills, putting forth practices that can be relevant for a wide variety of academic and professional domains. The program described is blended and offered in sequential subjects, allowing students to concentrate on a topic at a time and carry out more in-depth and focused research, integrating individual and collective knowledge. This structure and flexible delivery mode also meet the students’ needs due to their professional obligations, promoting opportunities of continuous lifelong learning.Regarding academic skills, by relying strongly on collaboration, interaction and peer feedback, the PhD fosters autonomous learning and critical thinking, offering students the opportunity to engage in networking and the development of interpersonal skills, which are crucial for their academic future, and closer to what will be expected from them in their professional lives.

scholarly journals Designing Digital Technology for Service Work: Systematic and Participatory Approach

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 1453-1462
Author(s):  
Kentaro Watanabe ◽  
Ken Fukuda
Keyword(s):  
Engineering Design ◽  
Digital Technology ◽  
Interaction Design ◽  
Participatory Design ◽  
Technology Development ◽  
Elderly Care ◽  
Participatory Approach ◽  
Service Work ◽  
Service Workers

AbstractDigital technology is dramatically changing our life, industry, and society. Recent evolution of digital technology is expected to significantly impact service work, such as healthcare and social welfare. Meanwhile, an insufficient understanding of service work and workers' needs leads to the failure of technology development and integration. To make digital technology better fit to values and work practices of service workers, various studies have been conducted, especially in the field of participatory design, interaction design, and service design. However, the contribution of engineering design to this topic is still limited. This paper proposes an engineering design approach to design digital technology for better integration in service work. This study combines a modelling method to represent specifications of digital technology and the participatory approach in alignment with the changing service work and workers' values. A case study of the mobile application system for elderly-care professionals is introduced to exemplify the effectiveness of the proposed method. This study intends to foster innovation of service work through digitalization.

scholarly journals The Beauty of Iraqi Shrines and Their Reflection in Iraqi Painting

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mahmoud Hussein Abdul Rahman
Keyword(s):  
Research Problem ◽  
Research Community ◽  
Islamic Architecture ◽  
Important Place ◽  
The Aesthetic ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
The Individual

This research deals with the study of (the aesthetics of the Iraqi shrines and its reflection in modern Iraqi painting) and is located in two axes: The first theoretical axis is devoted to (a statement of the research problem and its importance, its objectives, its limits, and the definition of terminology). The research problem is summarized in answering this question: What are the aesthetic features of the Iraqi shrines? What is the extent of its reflection in modern Iraqi painting? The importance of this research was evident in addressing the artistic and emotional beauty of the shrines' status on the individual and their great impact on it, which prompted Iraqi artists to master their simulation to be reflected in their many artistic achievements in different ways, so there was a necessary and urgent need for this study represented in leadership in some of its aspects, and it was not studied in this way. And to occupy an important place in the national, Arab and Islamic libraries that deal with this type of study. This axis also included two topics: The first section dealt with the aesthetic features of Islamic architecture represented by domes and minarets, their decoration, sanctity and distinctive colors. However, the second topic dealt with the styles of artists (Ismail AlSheikhly, Widad Al-Orfali, Salman Abbas and Ayath Al-Doori). But the second axis (applied) was concerned with the procedures, as it included (the adult research community and its sample models, its method and tool, and the analysis and discussion of the sample models). Then the conclusion, which contained the results of the research, conclusions, recommendations, and proposals. Then he mentioned the margins and the most important sources that were adopted in this study.

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