Measuring Heads, Reading Faces

2018 ◽  
pp. 169-236
Author(s):  
Alasdair Pettinger
Keyword(s):  
Visual Culture ◽  
Physical Appearance ◽  
Racial Science

The fourth chapter takes off from Douglass’s meeting in Edinburgh with the phrenologist George Combe in order to investigate Douglass’ complex attitudes towards mid-century racial science and visual culture. Douglass’ own suspicion of the prevailing assumption that physical appearance offered a reliable guide to character was intensified by the awareness that the novelty of his appearance was drawing audiences, already familiar with the performances of blackface minstrel troupes, which toured Scotland at the same time. It also helps to explain his willingness to overrule his Irish publisher over which portrait to use for the frontispiece of a new edition of his Narrative, after arriving in Glasgow with only a few copies left. Following the dispute in some detail, the chapter goes on to suggest why Douglass disliked the first portrait so much and took great pains to have it replaced.

scholarly journals Precious Items Piling up Like Mountains: Buddhist Art Production via Fundraising Campaigns in Late Koryŏ Korea (918–1392)

Religions ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (10) ◽  
pp. 885
Author(s):  
Maya Stiller
Keyword(s):  
Visual Culture ◽  
Material Culture ◽  
Physical Appearance ◽  
Source Material ◽  
Buddhist Art ◽  
Economic Activities ◽  
Royal Court ◽  
Fundraising Strategies ◽  
Monastic Life ◽  
Buddhist Ritual

Considering visual culture alongside written source material, this article uncovers the socioeconomic aspect of Korean Buddhist monastic life, which has been a marginalized field of research. Arguing against the idea of an “other-worldly” Buddhism, the article specifically discusses the ways in which Buddhist monasteries conducted fundraising activities in late Koryŏ period (918–1392 CE) Korea. Via fundraising strategies, which targeted wealthy aristocrats as well as the commoner population, Buddhist monks managed the production and maintenance of Buddhist material culture, such as the construction of shrines, the casting of precious sculptures, and the carving of thousands of woodblocks used for the printing of sacred Buddhist scriptures. While the scholarship on Koryŏ Buddhism has traditionally focused on meditation, doctrine, state sponsored rituals, and temples’ relationships with the royal court, this study expands the field by showing that economic activities were salient features of Koryŏ Buddhism “on the ground.” By initiating and overseeing fundraising activities, Buddhist manager-monks not only gained merit, but also maintained the presence and physical appearance of Buddhist temples, which constitute the framework of Buddhist ritual and practice.

The Effects of Self-monitoring and Physical Appearance on the Determination of General Attraction

1999 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sebastian Laube ◽  
Rachel Silger ◽  
Christy Williams ◽  
Julie Schuldt
Keyword(s):  
Physical Appearance ◽  
Self Monitoring

Adolescents Perceptions of Teacher Efficacy Based on Physical Appearance: Classroom Management

2006 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maggie Foster ◽  
Brian Cerda ◽  
Rosita Chan ◽  
Alex Damarjian ◽  
Pequette Johnson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Efficacy ◽  
Classroom Management ◽  
Physical Appearance

On everyday academic research

2017 ◽  
pp. 98-134 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Tirole
Keyword(s):  
Common Good ◽  
Academic Research ◽  
Research Quality ◽  
Economic Research ◽  
Relevant Research ◽  
The Common ◽  
Verification Of Models ◽  
Science And Research

In the fourth chapter of the book “The economy of the common good”, the nature of economics as a science and research practices in their theoretical and empirical aspects are discussed. The author considers the processes of modeling, empirical verification of models and evaluation of research quality. In addition, the features of economic cognition and the role of mathematics in economic research are analyzed, including the example of relevant research in game theory and information theory.

Development and Use of The Organizational Framework For Exploring Nutrition Narratives

2016 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 32-42
Author(s):  
Catherine Morley
Keyword(s):  
Health Status ◽  
Thematic Analysis ◽  
Hermeneutic Phenomenology ◽  
Physical Appearance ◽  
Dietary Change ◽  
Role Identification ◽  
Dietetics Education ◽  
Physical Deterioration ◽  
Organizational Framework

A hermeneutic phenomenology was undertaken to explore eating and feeding experiences with 11 women living with changed health status and who had household feeding responsibilities. Thematic analysis yielded two distinct narratives; those in Life-the-Same (LS) group (n=3; participants whose lives were relatively the same after a period of adjustment), and the Life Altered (LA) group (n=8) (those whose lives were completely altered as a result of their condition). Participants in the LS group had adjusted to new dietary, exercise, and medication routines, achieved physiologic goals, and retained eating and feeding routines at and away from home. Participants in the LA group experienced profound changes in ingesting and digesting food, and eliminating waste, physical appearance, and in enjoyment of eating, and rarely left home. Anticipated physiologic effects of dietary change were not achieved due to physical deterioration. Family and friends took on feeding duties when the regular ‘feeder’ was acutely ill, however, participants resumed these roles as soon as they were able (even though they remained unwell) owing to the strength of role identification. The Organizational Framework for Exploring Nutrition Narratives (OFFENN) emerged from the analysis, and is comprised of four domains (Personal; Household; Beyond Household; and Unthoughts), and four filters (Events/Facts; Values/Beliefs; Actions; Emotions and Reflections). The framework offers a means to explore clients’ narratives and to invite conversations about eating and feeding; it is not meant to be prescriptive of dietary guidance, and has application in dietetics education (in preparing students for their counselling roles and in informing research).

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