scholarly journals FROM ONCE READ TO TWICE PERFORMED: EXPLORING THE QUESTIONS OF ERFORMATIVITY AND RASA IN MODERN INDIAN DRAMA

2020 ◽  
pp. 17-26
Author(s):  
Anshu Surve
Keyword(s):  
Performance Studies ◽  
Interdisciplinary Research ◽  
Literary Work ◽  
Affective Experience ◽  
Complex Matrix ◽  
Modern Drama ◽  
Shared Experience ◽  
The Core ◽  
Critical Theories ◽  
Indian Aesthetics

Recognising, analysing, and theorising the convergence and collapse of clearly demarcated realities, hierarchies, and categories is at the heart of postmodernism: this premise is at the core of this article when mediating two distinctive theories of criticism. The paper is drawn on the dualitatem of the critical theories of Performativity and Rasa with the objective of initiating deliberations and debates on Indian Aesthetics. Performance studies as an interdisciplinary discourse uses performance as a lens to engage with social, political, religious questions. The Rasa Theory in Indian dramaturgy and aesthetics have been critically analysed and applied on quite a few western and Indian literary works but seldom has a literary work been critically studied through the dual critical lenses of performativity in relation to the Rasa experience. Rasa is a manifestation of emotions translated to the audience in the form of shared experience. The proposed research is a humble attempt to engage with the questions: How performance of a drama and its affective experience can be attributed to the Rasa experience? This interdisciplinary research is contextualised in modern drama where in the complex matrix of performance, its affect becomes a shared Rasa experience that resonates in the form of a narrative with binaries of universality and subjectivity.

Cities of Refuge, Rebel Cities, and the City to Come

2019 ◽  
pp. 253-271
Author(s):  
Giovanna Borradori
Keyword(s):  
Critical Reflection ◽  
Symbolic Capital ◽  
Political Agency ◽  
The Political ◽  
Shared Experience ◽  
The Core ◽  
Political Transformations ◽  
Urban Contexts ◽  
To Come ◽  
The City

As the processes of globalization transform cities into nodes of accumulation of financial and symbolic capital, it is fair to assume that urban contexts have never been more vulnerable to the systemic imperatives of the market. It is thus surprising that cities continue to be the site where the deepest social and political transformations come to the surface. What, then, preserves the city as a space of dissent? The claim of this chapter is that a critical reflection on the political agency of Northern and Southern cities has to start from asking what it means today to occupy the pavement of their streets. The argument explored here is that, in this age of molecular neoliberal encroachment and restructuring, it is a certain experience of dispossession, rather than the quest for identification and recognition, that makes the city the core of a shared experience of refuge and resistance.

scholarly journals Constructing (Inter)Disciplinary Identities: Biographical Narrative and the Reproduction of Academic Selves and Communities

2021 ◽  
pp. 247-262
Author(s):  
Carlos Cuevas-Garcia
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Interdisciplinary Research ◽  
Academic Careers ◽  
Academic Disciplines ◽  
Careful Attention ◽  
Personal Traits ◽  
Academic Identities ◽  
The Core ◽  
Research Interviews ◽  
Responsible Research

AbstractInterdisciplinarity has become prominent in science policy and academia because of its potential to lead to more interesting, innovative and responsible research. However, its implications for the development of academic careers and identities are not well known, partly because different disciplinary communities regard it differently. Shedding light on how academic identities are constructed and negotiated in the context of interdisciplinary research, this chapter presents a discourse analysis of the biographical narratives that scholars from different disciplines—including mathematics, computer science, economics and archaeology—articulated during qualitative research interviews. The analysis illustrates how these narratives allowed the interviewees to identify themselves as members of specific disciplinary communities, having the personal traits these require, and emphasizing or playing down their interdisciplinary moves accordingly. The findings suggest that individuals’ biographical narratives deserve careful attention because they contribute to the establishment, reproduction and maintenance of academic disciplines. Consequently, they have the potential to make the narratives that constitute the ‘core’ of a discipline become, little by little, more heterogeneous.

scholarly journals Prospect Theory for Human-Centric Communications

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kevin Luo ◽  
Shuping Dang ◽  
Basem Shihada ◽  
Mohamed-Slim Alouini
Keyword(s):  
Behavioral Economics ◽  
Prospect Theory ◽  
User Experience ◽  
Interdisciplinary Research ◽  
Research Area ◽  
Core Concept ◽  
The Core ◽  
Behavioral Attributes ◽  
Analytical Frameworks ◽  
Linear Quantity

<pre>Entering the 5G/6G era, the core concept of human-centric communications has intensified the search effort into analytical frameworks for integrating technological and non-technological domains. Among non-technological domains, human behavioral, psychological, and socio-economic contexts are widely considered as indispensable elements for characterizing user experience (UE). In this study, we introduce the prospect theory as a promising methodology for modeling UE and perceptual measurements for human-centric communications. As the founding pillar of behavioral economics, the prospect theory proposes the non-linear quantity and probability perception of human psychology, which extends to five fundamental behavioral attributes that have profound implications for diverse disciplines. By expatiating on the prospect theoretic framework, we aim to provide a guideline for developing human-centric communications and articulate a novel interdisciplinary research area for further investigation.</pre>

scholarly journals Prospect Theory for Human-Centric Communications

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kevin Luo ◽  
Shuping Dang ◽  
Basem Shihada ◽  
Mohamed-Slim Alouini
Keyword(s):  
Prospect Theory ◽  
Interdisciplinary Research ◽  
Research Effort ◽  
Research Area ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Core Concept ◽  
The Core ◽  
Behavioral Attributes ◽  
Analytical Frameworks ◽  
Linear Quantity

Entering the 5G/6G era, the core concept of human-centric communications has intensified the research effort into analytical frameworks for integrating technological and non-technological domains. Among non-technological domains, human behavioral, psychological, and socio-economic contexts are widely considered as indispensable elements for characterizing user experience (UE). In this study, we introduce the prospect theory as a promising methodology for modeling UE and perceptual measurements for human-centric communications. As the founding pillar of behavioral economics, the prospect theory proposes the non-linear quantity and probability perception of human psychology, which extends to five fundamental behavioral attributes that have profound implications for diverse disciplines. An example of applying the novel theoretic framework is also provided to illustrate how the prospect theory can be utilized to incorporate human factors and analyze human-centric communications. By expatiating on the prospect theoretic framework, we aim to provide a guideline for developing human-centric communications and articulate a novel interdisciplinary research area for further investigation.

scholarly journals Struktur Naratif Hikayat Nur Muhammad

2017 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 118
Author(s):  
Nur Fauzan Ahmad
Keyword(s):  
Narrative Structure ◽  
Literary Work ◽  
National Library ◽  
The Core ◽  
Middle Unit

This paper will review the narrative structure in Hikayat Nur Muhammad (HNM). The theory used is Aristotels and Abrams theory that is narrative structure of introductory unit, opening unit, middle unit and closing unit. The object of this study is the script of Nur Muhammad collection of the National Library of Jakarta with the number Bat. Gen. 378 C / Ml. 378 C. HNM is an old literary work of genre saga. HNM belongs to a kind of biographical narrative that has a narrative structure consisting of narrative units each of which has certain content categories, namely the opening unit, the middle and the cover. The introductory unit, the opening, the middle unit is the part that contains the core of the story. This unit is the most dominant and most important. The middle unit of the HNM contains the story of the patience and submission test that Nur Muhammad must undergo, the events of Nur Muhammad's creatures and dialogue with the four elements. The concluding unit is the conclusion of the image of the greatness of Nur Muhammad's character which further strengthens the image of the greatness of the Prophet Muhammad who was the beginning of this creation. Narrative Structure HNM supports the image of greatness, greatness and goodness of Nur Muhammad as a lover of God from whom created this universe.

Gender, Psychology, and Justice

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julie R. Ancis ◽  
Corinne C. Datchi
Keyword(s):  
Interdisciplinary Research ◽  
Justice System ◽  
Culturally Responsive ◽  
Multicultural Training ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
The Core ◽  
System P ◽  
Women And Girls ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Legal Interventions

This chapter identifies the core themes that cut across the chapters of the book. Specifically, it discusses the relationship between systemic processes and women’s and girls’ entanglement with the justice system. It also calls attention to the compounding effect of institutional discrimination on the concerns of justice-involved women and girls. Lastly, it highlights the need for more interdisciplinary research, multicultural training, and evidence-based gender- and culturally responsive legal interventions in all arenas of the justice system.

Liquid Meaning in Sanskrit Poetics

2021 ◽  
pp. 37-44
Author(s):  
E. H. Rick Jarow
Keyword(s):  
Literary Theory ◽  
Silent Reading ◽  
Literary Work ◽  
Work Of Art ◽  
Sanskrit Poetics ◽  
Indian Aesthetics ◽  
Literary Work Of Art ◽  
Poetic Work

Chapter three surveys classical Indian literary theory and looks at how rasa (liquid meaning) became considered to be the goal of the literary work of art. The chapter considers a vision of the poetic work of art that is radically different from the models of private, silent reading that most Westerners have been brought up with. The text discusses how rasa is achieved through resonant suggestion, and how the meaning of a poem is understood in terms of its taste. The production of rasa is viewed through classical Indian aesthetics as well as though works of Western literary critics who have put forth resonant ideas. The Meghadūta is seen as an exemplary work in this regard.

A Case against the Constructivist–Critical Theory Synthesis

2019 ◽  
pp. 122-146
Author(s):  
J. Samuel Barkin ◽  
Laura Sjoberg
Keyword(s):  
Critical Theory ◽  
International Relations ◽  
International Relations Theory ◽  
The Core ◽  
Critical Theories

This chapter builds on the understandings of constructivist and critical International Relations theories laid out in the book so far to make an argument that constructivisms and critical theories are not the same thing, naturally aligned, or necessarily productive bedfellows. Furthermore, there are both analytical and political downsides to the constructivist/critical theory nexus, which are evident in work in international relations that pairs the two unreflectively. In fact, many of the intersections between constructivisms and critical theories in the current International Relations theory literature are contrived at the expense of some or even most of the core tenets of either theory. This chapter suggests that the “end of International Relations” and the lost, confused nature of International Relations theory (particularly progressive International Relations theory) can find their origins in the underspecification and overreached application of pairings between constructivisms and critical theorizing in International Relations. These implications make it necessary to critically evaluate figurations of constructivist and critical International Relations.

HOW TO STUDY LINGUISTICS. Geoffrey Finch. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1999. Pp. xii + 241. $16.95 paper. LINGUISTIC TERMS AND CONCEPTS.Geoffrey Finch. New York: St. Martin's Press, 2000. Pp. xii + 251. $16.95 paper.

2001 ◽  
Vol 23 (4) ◽  
pp. 553-554
Author(s):  
Yen-Hwei Lin
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Literary Work ◽  
Linguistic Competence ◽  
Feature Analysis ◽  
Linguistic Terms ◽  
The Core ◽  
Semantics And Pragmatics ◽  
Core Areas ◽  
And Performance

These two books by Geoffrey Finch are designed to be accessible and practical guides to the study of linguistics. The first book listed (HTSL) introduces the major aspects of linguistic study. After the introductory chapter on how language works and how one can describe language, Finch starts with notions such as linguistic competence and performance and the various functions of language (chap. 2). The next three chapters present the central aspects of the core areas of linguistics: phonetics and phonology (chap. 3), syntax (chap. 4), and semantics and pragmatics (chap. 5). Chapter 6 explores the core areas further by discussing topics such as distinctive feature analysis, intonation, morphology, X-bar theory, and transformational grammar, and then provides a brief introduction to sociolinguistics, stylistics, and psycholinguistics. One interesting feature of this book is that Finch often uses literary work and quotations to illustrate his points in the discussion of linguistic concepts. HTSL ends with a chapter that offers advice on how to write a linguistics essay and is complete with a glossary and an index. At the end of each chapter there is a list of references for further reading, but there are no exercises that one usually expects of an introductory linguistics book.

Comparative Global Humanities After Man: Alternatives to the Coloniality of Knowledge

2019 ◽  
Vol 36 (5) ◽  
pp. 23-48
Author(s):  
Lisa Lowe ◽  
Kris Manjapra
Keyword(s):  
Political Theory ◽  
Interdisciplinary Research ◽  
Art History ◽  
Core Concept ◽  
Disciplinary Knowledge ◽  
The Core ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Definition Of

The core concept of ‘the human’ that anchors so many humanities disciplines – history, literature, art history, philosophy, religion, anthropology, political theory, and others – issues from a very particular modern European definition of Man ‘over-represented’ as the human. The history of modernity and of modern disciplinary knowledge formations are, in this sense, a history of modern European forms monopolizing the definition of the human and placing other variations at a distance from the human. This article is an interdisciplinary research that decenters Man-as-human as the subject/object of inquiry, and proposes a relational analytic that reframes established orthodoxies of area, geography, history and temporality. It also involves new readings of traditional archives, finding alternative repositories and practices of knowledge and collection to radically redistribute our ways of understanding the meaning of the human.

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