scholarly journals Social and Cultural Influences on Traditional Balinese House Pattern in the Highland Areas of Eastern Bali

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
I Dewa Gede Agung Diasana Putra ◽  
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Ida Bagus Gde Wirawibawa ◽  
Ngakan Ketut Acwin Dwijendra ◽  
Anak Agung Ngurah Aritama
Keyword(s):  
Spatial Orientation ◽  
Visual Analysis ◽  
Cultural Influences ◽  
Spatial Layout ◽  
Daily Activities ◽  
Residential Patterns ◽  
Spatial Changes ◽  
Orientation System ◽  
Northern Regions ◽  
House Design

The design of a traditional Balinese house is based on the polarity principle, which states that the world is divided into two opposing poles. As a result, the orientation and form of space influence the physical landscape of Bali, including house plans. The topography of Bali, with the plateau running through the center of the island from west to east, causes changes in the spatial orientation system in various locations throughout the island. This condition is due to the fact that spirituality is based on geography, with high areas thought to be the abodes of the gods. As a result, the spatial orientation patterns of the island's southern and northern regions differ. Furthermore, many settlements in the eastern part of the island of Bali have unique pattern variations due to the island's unique orientation system. This individuality has an impact on local customs, such as traditional house design. To investigate this uniqueness, this article examines traditional residential patterns in several villages in eastern Bali. It investigates through the examination of buildings and exposure to developments and spatial changes associated with people's daily activities. This approach includes visual analysis and stories about community cultural activities. Geographic orientation, according to this study, has an impact on settlement patterns. Even though they are close to one another, the spatial layout of customary settlements differs.

scholarly journals Social and Cultural Influences on Traditional Balinese House Pattern in the Highland Areas of Eastern Bali

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
I Dewa Gede Agung Diasana Putra ◽  
Ida Bagus Gde Wirawibawa ◽  
Ngakan Ketut Acwin Dwijendra ◽  
Anak Agung Ngurah Aritama
Keyword(s):  
Spatial Orientation ◽  
Visual Analysis ◽  
Cultural Influences ◽  
Spatial Layout ◽  
Daily Activities ◽  
Residential Patterns ◽  
Spatial Changes ◽  
Orientation System ◽  
Northern Regions ◽  
House Design

The design of a traditional Balinese house is based on the polarity principle, which states that the world is divided into two opposing poles. As a result, the orientation and form of space influence the physical landscape of Bali, including house plans. The topography of Bali, with the plateau running through the center of the island from west to east, causes changes in the spatial orientation system in various locations throughout the island. This condition is due to the fact that spirituality is based on geography, with high areas thought to be the abodes of the gods. As a result, the spatial orientation patterns of the island's southern and northern regions differ. Furthermore, many settlements in the eastern part of the island of Bali have unique pattern variations due to the island's unique orientation system. This individuality has an impact on local customs, such as traditional house design. To investigate this uniqueness, this article examines traditional residential patterns in several villages in eastern Bali. It investigates through the examination of buildings and exposure to developments and spatial changes associated with people's daily activities. This approach includes visual analysis and stories about community cultural activities. Geographic orientation, according to this study, has an impact on settlement patterns. Even though they are close to one another, the spatial layout of customary settlements differs.

scholarly journals Integrating architectural, social and housing history

Urban History ◽  
1992 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 39-63 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roderick J. Lawrence
Keyword(s):  
Daily Life ◽  
Spatial Layout ◽  
Urban Housing ◽  
Historical Research ◽  
Daily Activities ◽  
Domestic Life ◽  
Housing Policies ◽  
Systematic Analysis ◽  
French Speaking ◽  
Societal Dimensions

The growth of interest in urban and housing history during recent decades has produced a large volume of studies that has examined broad societal parameters, or themes, such as housing policies, economics and legislation. Concurrently, a growing volume of historical research about households and families has been published, but few studies examine the lifestyles and values of the residents. In sum, there rarely has been any systematic analysis of how longitudinal developments in domestic life are related to developments in the spatial layout, the meaning and use of shared and private spaces and the daily activities these accommodate. In general, the inter-relations between the architectural, cultural and societal dimensions of housing history have commonly been overlooked. This paper argues why, and then illustrates how, integrative concepts and methods can be applied to diversify and enrich recurrent interpretations by referring to a published study of urban housing and daily life in the French- speaking cantons of Switzerland between 1860 and 1960.1

scholarly journals Dynamics of scene representations in the human brain revealed by magnetoencephalography and deep neural networks

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Radoslaw Martin Cichy ◽  
Aditya Khosla ◽  
Dimitrios Pantazis ◽  
Aude Oliva
Keyword(s):  
Human Brain ◽  
Time Course ◽  
Visual Analysis ◽  
Quantitative Model ◽  
Spatial Layout ◽  
Scene Recognition ◽  
Early Signal ◽  
Multistep Process ◽  
Electrophysiological Signal ◽  
Multivariate Pattern

Human scene recognition is a rapid multistep process evolving over time from single scene image to spatial layout processing. We used multivariate pattern analyses on magnetoencephalography (MEG) data to unravel the time course of this cortical process. Following an early signal for lower-level visual analysis of single scenes at ~100ms, we found a marker of real-world scene size, i.e. spatial layout processing, at ~250ms indexing neural representations robust to changes in unrelated scene properties and viewing conditions. For a quantitative explanation that captures the complexity of scene recognition, we compared MEG data to a deep neural network model trained on scene classification. Representations of scene size emerged intrinsically in the model, and resolved emerging neural scene size representation. Together our data provide a first description of an electrophysiological signal for layout processing in humans, and a novel quantitative model of how spatial layout representations may emerge in the human brain.

Adaptive Eating Device: Performance and Satisfaction of a Person with Parkinson’s Disease

2020 ◽  
Vol 87 (3) ◽  
pp. 211-220
Author(s):  
Alessandra Cavalcanti ◽  
Maíra F. Amaral ◽  
Fabiana C. M. Silva e Dutra ◽  
Artur V. F. Santos ◽  
Luísa A. Licursi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Parkinson’S Disease ◽  
Parkinson's Disease ◽  
Visual Analysis ◽  
Single Case ◽  
Health Condition ◽  
Production Costs ◽  
Daily Activities ◽  
Device Performance ◽  
Motor Impairments ◽  
Improve Performance

Background. Individuals with Parkinson’s disease (PD) can experience motor impairments related to their hand-use that restrict participation in daily activities. Feeding is one activity impacted by this health condition. The use of adapted utensils can improve performance and independence in this activity. Purpose. To investigate if a locally designed and made eating-adaptive device helps a person with PD to improve their feeding performance. Method. Single-case ABC-type experimental design. Performance and satisfaction of a 60-year-old man with PD were assessed during feeding tasks in 70 sequential days in three phases. Celeration Line, Two-Standard Deviation Band, and Visual Analysis were the methods used for data analysis. Findings. Performance and satisfaction increased significantly after the introduction of the adaptive eating device. The addition of weight also contributed to the increase in the participant’s performance. Implications. Adaptive eating device with low production costs and possibility of customized adjustments improves performance of people with PD.

scholarly journals Travel, Cultural Hybridity and Transnational Connections in Taiwanese Graphic Narratives

2020 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 98-123
Author(s):  
Adina Zemanek
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Cultural Diversity ◽  
Cultural Influences ◽  
Daily Activities ◽  
Cultural Hybridity ◽  
Collective Memories ◽  
Research Material ◽  
Graphic Narratives ◽  
Analytical Perspective ◽  
Transnational Connections

Abstract This study adopts a discursive analytical perspective to elaborate on transnational connections and cultural diversity as strategies for defining Taiwaneseness in graphic narratives published between 1997 and 2016. It considers the following aspects represented in the analysed texts: (1) processes of self-identification while travelling abroad; (2) depictions of Taiwan centred on familiar spaces open to outside cultural influences, which become locally appropriated through daily activities that link them to individual emotions and weave them into personal and collective memories; and (3) reaching beyond Taiwan to highlight transnational encounters and connections, thus placing the island within a global or regional framework of reference. The article assesses the degree to which this transnational viewpoint reproduces, challenges or complements existing notions regarding Taiwan’s relations with China, Japan and the US, while also exploring relations established with other nodes of reference: Europe, New Zealand and Hong Kong. It also comments on the extent to which academic critical stances on Taiwan’s multiculturalism and warnings against overlooking existing ties between Taiwan and the PRC in contemporary definitions of nationhood may hold true for the research material.

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