scholarly journals Babyface: Performance and Installation Art Exploring the Feminine Ideal in Gendered Machines

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kate Ladenheim ◽  
Amy LaViers
Keyword(s):  
New Technologies ◽  
Installation Art ◽  
Modern Technology ◽  
Popular Media ◽  
Contemporary Dance ◽  
Audience Member ◽  
Dance Performance ◽  
Artistic Creation ◽  
The Feminine ◽  
Robotic Tools

Representations of gender in new technologies like the Siri, Pepper, and Sophia robotic assistants, as well as the commodification of features associated with gender on platforms like Instagram, inspire questions about how and whether robotic tools can have gender and what it means to people if they do. One possible response to this is through artistic creation of dance performance. This paper reports on one such project where, along the route to this inquiry, creation of machine augmentation – of both the performer and audience member – was necessary to communicate the artistic ideas grappled with therein. Thus, this article describes the presentation of Babyface, a machine-augmented, participatory contemporary dance performance. This work is a reaction to feminized tropes in popular media and modern technology, and establishes a parallel between the ways that women and machines are talked about, treated, and – in the case of machines – designed to look and behave. This paper extends prior reports on the creation of this piece and its accompanying devices to describe extensions with audience member participation, and reflect on the responses of these audience members. These fabricated elements alongside the actions of the performer and a soundscape that quotes statements made by real “female” robots create an otherwordly, sad cyborg character that causes viewers to question their assumptions about and pressures on the feminine ideal.

scholarly journals Delivering Personalized Care at a Distance: How Telemedicine Can Foster Getting to Know the Patient as a Person

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 137
Author(s):  
Janet Record ◽  
Roy Ziegelstein ◽  
Colleen Christmas ◽  
Cynthia Rand ◽  
Laura Hanyok
Keyword(s):  
New Technologies ◽  
Office Visit ◽  
Modern Technology ◽  
Office Visits ◽  
Patient Centeredness ◽  
Patient Centered ◽  
Personalized Care ◽  
High Satisfaction

The promise of precision medicine is based on the use of new technologies to better characterize patients by defining individuals in the areas of genomics, proteomics, metabolomics and other aspects of biologic variability. Wise application of modern technology can similarly transform health visits with patients, allowing for better characterization of the patient’s individual life circumstances than possible in a traditional office visit. The use of, and experience with, telemedicine have increased significantly during the COVID-19 pandemic. Patients and clinicians report high satisfaction with telemedicine, and the quality of communication and patient-centeredness experienced in this setting are both rated highly. In this article, we explore the benefits offered by telemedicine in facilitating personalized care with particular focus on telemedicine delivered by video platforms. We propose strategies and skills specific to the effective implementation of personalized telemedicine, drawing on literature in patient-centered communication and home visits. While traditional in-person office visits continue to offer important opportunities such as thorough physical examination and the potential for enhanced non-verbal communication, telemedicine offers many important advantages that can facilitate the process of getting to know the patient as a person.

Style-Based Robotic Motion in Contemporary Dance Performance

2014 ◽  
pp. 205-229 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amy LaViers ◽  
Lori Teague ◽  
Magnus Egerstedt
Keyword(s):  
Contemporary Dance ◽  
Dance Performance ◽  
Robotic Motion

scholarly journals Audiovisual Aesthetics of Sound and Movement in Contemporary Dance

2018 ◽  
Vol 38 (2) ◽  
pp. 191-211
Author(s):  
Claire Howlin ◽  
Staci Vicary ◽  
Guido Orgs
Keyword(s):  
Electrodermal Activity ◽  
Incongruent Condition ◽  
Contemporary Dance ◽  
Causal Relationships ◽  
Dance Movement ◽  
Dance Performance ◽  
Psychophysiological Responses ◽  
Aesthetic Appeal

How do movement and sound combine to produce an audiovisual aesthetics of dance? We assessed how audiovisual congruency influences continuous aesthetic and psychophysiological responses to contemporary dance. Two groups of spectators watched a recorded dance performance that included the performer’s steps, breathing, and vocalizations but no music. Dance and sound were paired either as recorded or with the original soundtrack in reverse so that the performers’ sounds were no longer coupled to their movements. A third group watched the dance video in silence. Audiovisual incongruency was rated as more enjoyable than congruent or silent conditions. In line with mainstream conceptions of dance as movement-to-music, arbitrary relationships between sound and movement were preferred to causal relationships in which performers produce their own soundtrack. Performed synchrony Granger caused changes in electrodermal activity only in the incongruent condition consistent with “aesthetic capture.” Sound structures the perception of dance movement, increasing its aesthetic appeal.

scholarly journals Demographic and Socioeconomic Factors Influencing Uptake of Striga Weed Control Technologies in Kenya

2021 ◽  
pp. 51-59
Author(s):  
Godfrey Nakitare Nambafu ◽  
Richard Ndemo Onwonga
Keyword(s):  
Socioeconomic Factors ◽  
Weed Control ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Control Strategies ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Modern Technology ◽  
Sample Population ◽  
Population Type ◽  
Control Technologies ◽  
Land Size

Over the years, new technologies have been tested and introduced to control Striga in maize producing areas but adoption has remained low. The study done in 2013, determined the demographic and socioeconomic factors that influenced the adoption of Striga control technologies in Kisumu West, Bumula and Teso South sub counties of Western Kenya. Through Multi stage sampling technique, 40 households were selected per sub county for questionnaire administration; to gather information on demographic profiles of the sample population, type of fertilizer and seed variety used, income of the household, source of credit facilities and challenges faced in weed control. Chi square test at P<0.05 and logistic regression analysis, using R software was used to determine the relationship between demographic and socioeconomic factors and uptake of Striga control technologies. Farmers cited high cost, poor availability of improved varieties and lack of adequate knowledge as reasons for non-adoption of the Striga control strategies. Farmer’s age, education, land size and hiring of labour were found to significantly influence the adoption of the Striga control technologies. The low levels of adoption of modern technology indicate that they were not meeting farmers’ expectations, thus, researchers should put into consideration farmers’ education, age, land size and ability to high labour in their planning for an informed technology adoption. In addition, alternative options should be extended to farmers who are not able to use expensive technologies.

scholarly journals Constructive geometry education by contemporary technologies

2011 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 164-183
Author(s):  
Aleksandar Čučaković ◽  
Biljana Jović
Keyword(s):  
New Technologies ◽  
Technological Development ◽  
New Technology ◽  
Modern Technology ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Theoretical Knowledge ◽  
Complete Knowledge ◽  
3D Geometry ◽  
Cad Cam ◽  
Interactive Dynamic

Contemporary technological development (CAD/CAM/CAE, VR, AR, MR) made conventional methods of Descriptive and Constructive Geometry uncompleted. Application and use of new technologies in Constructive geometry requires educational process with the aim to have complete knowledge of all fields that belong to this area. The aspect and results research shows that knowledge acquired in this way by using new technology, develops students' skills that are very important in senior years of studies, particularly in the field of engineering design. Interactive dynamic 3D geometry could not be achieved by conventional ways of studying. The use of modern technology should enable expanding the fields of research as well as preservation of the theoretical knowledge of descriptive geometry.

scholarly journals Making Modern Knowledge of Traditional Carpentry in China and Japan: Myth, Reality and Transmission

2021 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 34-62
Author(s):  
Ren Congcong
Keyword(s):  
New Technologies ◽  
Modern Technology ◽  
Building Industry ◽  
Heritage Culture ◽  
History Of ◽  
China And Japan ◽  
Yingzao Fashi ◽  
Historical Trajectory ◽  
Building Practice ◽  
Building Standards

Abstract Carpentry skills were among the most important elements of building practice in premodern China and Japan, and traditional carpentry skills continue in use in both countries to the present day. Although their importance has been greatly marginalised in building practice, in both countries some master carpenters have gained public recognition. This paper compares the modernisation of traditional building knowledge in China and Japan, and the fate of carpentry knowledge as the building industry and the formal discipline of architecture evolved. It distinguishes three phases in this historical trajectory: the period during the introduction of Western architecture as a discipline, when traditional knowledge was rejected or used selectively in the construction of national histories of building; the period when modern technology took over the main building industry and traditional craftsmen had to confront the realities of new technologies of production; and the period, still unfolding today, where heritage movements are promoting the recuperation and development of traditional craft knowledge. For each country, the paper traces how the nation’s history of building was selectively fashioned into an orthodox narrative; explores the content of key early technical works (for China, the official handbook Yingzao fashi [Building standards] and the craftsman’s manual Lu Ban jing [Carpenters’ Canon], and for Japan kikujutsu [literally, “compass and ruler techniques”] books); and shows how a talented master carpenter succeeded in creating a niche for himself within the contemporary heritage culture. It concludes that differences in the cultural respect accorded to carpentry knowledge in the two countries are rooted in the contrasting status of craftsmen in the premodern era.

MODERN TECHNOLOGIES OF RECEIVING DIETARY FIBERS FROM SECONDARY PRODUCTS OF PROCESSING OF VEGETABLE RAW MATERIALS

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
М.Ю. ТАМОВА ◽  
Е.В. БАРАШКИНА ◽  
Р.А. ЖУРАВЛЕВ ◽  
Н.Р. ТРЕТЬЯКОВА ◽  
Е.С. ФРАНЧЕНКО
Keyword(s):  
Electromagnetic Field ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Raw Materials ◽  
Modern Technology ◽  
Dietary Fibers ◽  
Secondary Products ◽  
Adsorption Activity ◽  
Vegetable Raw Materials ◽  
Ultrahigh Frequencies ◽  
Modern Technologies

Рассмотрены перспективы получения пищевых волокон (ПВ) из вторичных продуктов АПК. Приведены результаты анализа опубликованных исследований о перспективах получения ПВ, проявляющих детоксикационную и адсорбционную активность, с целью обогащения ими продуктов питания. Рассмотрены современные технологические решения получения ПВ из продуктов переработки сахарной свеклы и яблок. Признано целесообразным дальнейшее проведение научно-экспериментальных разработок новых технологий получения ПВ из растительного сырья с применением электромагнитного поля крайне низких и сверхвысоких частот. The prospects of obtaining dietary fibers (DF) from secondary products of agriculture are considered. Results of the analysis of sources on the prospects of receiving the DF showing detoxification and adsorption activity for the purpose of enrichment of food by them are given. Modern technology solutions of receiving DF from products of processing of sugar beet and apples are given. Further carrying out scientific and experimental developments of new technologies of receiving DF from vegetable raw materials with application of the electromagnetic field of extremely low and ultrahigh frequencies is perspective.

scholarly journals Teaching English Through Modern Technology: A Study of Private Language Centers, Sindh Pakistan

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 113
Author(s):  
Shamim Kousar ◽  
Shabana Sartaj ◽  
Syed Waqar Shah ◽  
Shoukat Ali Lohar
Keyword(s):  
Action Research ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
English Language ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Language Teaching ◽  
Modern Technology ◽  
Modern World ◽  
Young Generation ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Teacher Student

In this modern world where everything is connected with new technologies and internet. Under control of the internet and new technological inventions, it is hard to undermine their contribution to foreign language teaching. This study pertains to the beginner level students doing English language diploma courses in their initial stage at a private English learning institute located in Sindh province of Pakistan. The study aims at investigating English teaching practices through SS method (Student to student) such as pair work and group study and reduce TS method (Teacher student) of teaching. In such methods modern technology such as visualizer and multimedia (modern technology) are great help for practicing a language teaching. The use of aids and tools is one of the useful resources for language learning and teaching in an easy manner. Most of the researchers’ interest lies in action research and carried out different cycles of action research such as planning, acting, observation and reflection. The study used convenient sampling to recruit participants (n=20). Data for the study included open-ended questionnaires, classroom observations and semi –structured interviews from students as well as researchers’ reflections as a supplementary source of data. The study finds multimedia usage crucial, especially by the young generation of language teachers who understand and support the idea of technology in the classroom, on the contrary to the older generation which criticizes and underestimates its importance.

Modern technology and organisational communication implications for management

1983 ◽  
Vol 7 (4-5) ◽  
pp. 169-183 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. More ◽  
R.K. Laird
Keyword(s):  
Large Scale ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Work Force ◽  
Modern Technology ◽  
Management Level ◽  
Organisational Communication ◽  
Important Concern ◽  
The Social ◽  
Special Area ◽  
Social Upheaval

In the present era of rapid technological change, emotion will often rule reason in debates within organisations concern ing the introduction, usage and effects of modem computer and related technologies. Much literature in recent times has focused on the implications of modern technology for those organisational employees at levels other than management. There is no doubt that in an information-based economy, there is potential for organisational upheaval with the introduction and diffusion of new technologies. However, this will also significantly affect the managerial sector of the work force. The need to understand the implications of such technology in organisations, in terms of managing these innovations for those working at a management level, is an important concern. Without understanding and competent management the social upheaval many forecast as following in the wake of technologi cal innovation must be more likely to occur. This is an aspect of concern for business and management education, and needs to be emphasised now. In other words, there needs to be a balance of concern for the implications of modern technology, not only for the 'workers', but also for 'management'. The central aim of this paper is to briefly outline some technologi cal innovations relevant to large-scale 20th century organisa tions, and to assess the implications of some of these for managers. The authors place emphasis on one special area—that of organisational communication. It is intended that some outline be given of significant present day innovations in technologies which may affect organisational communication, followed by a discussion of some of the implications for management.

Women and Domesticity in the 1950s

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wendy Gamber
Keyword(s):  
Real Life ◽  
Popular Media ◽  
Concentration Camps ◽  
Female Population ◽  
Social Science Theory ◽  
Science Theory ◽  
The Feminine ◽  
Women's Lives ◽  
The 1950S ◽  
Popular Television

Two images dominated popular portrayals of American women in the 1950s. One was the fictional June Cleaver, the female lead character in the popular television program, “Leave It to Beaver,” which portrayed Cleaver as the stereotypical happy American housewife, the exemplar of postwar American domesticity. The other was Cleaver’s alleged real-life opposite, described in Betty Friedan’s The Feminine Mystique (1963) as miserable, bored, isolated, addicted to tranquilizers, and trapped in look-alike suburban tract houses, which Friedan termed “comfortable concentration camps.” Both stereotypes ignore significant proportions of the postwar female population, both offer simplistic and partial views of domesticity, but both reveal the depth of the influence that lay behind the idea of domesticity, real or fictional. Aided and abetted by psychology, social science theory, advertising, popular media, government policy, law, and discriminatory private sector practices, domesticity was both a myth and a powerful ideology that shaped the trajectories of women’s lives.

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