scholarly journals Aestheticism in visual symbols: catalysts for theatre patronage in contemporary play production

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 403-421
Author(s):  
Bernard Eze Orji
Keyword(s):  
Research Approach ◽  
Technological Advancement ◽  
Contemporary Theatre ◽  
Visual Aesthetics ◽  
Extra Energy ◽  
New Concepts ◽  
Theatre Production ◽  
Human Creativity ◽  
Visual Symbols ◽  
Play Production

Theatre practice in Nigeria like the world over is in a state of constant flux due to the ever emerging new trends. New concepts, styles, forms are continuously on demand as a result of the insatiable human tastes in performance and coupled with a civilization in which technological advancement and human creativity are not left out in its wake. The emergence of the social media has come to add more pressure on the live theatre from where the film medium stopped. Nigerian theatre patrons and sponsors have little or nothing to do again at the theatre at least, not with mobile phones such as i-phones, i-pads, tabs, blackberry and android, serving as forms of entertainment on the go. Therefore, wooing and keeping the live theatre audience will take extra energy and this can only be achieved if the visual appeal trend is revolutionized with a quantum deployment of visual aesthetics. The beauty of play production is ensconced in visual symbolism since theatre communication makes use of two of the human senses principally – the visual and the aural. These senses are in the main, complementary and supportive, its functions are numerous to the point that a theatre performance will be close to being meaningless without their application– be it in its superfluity, moderateness or aesthetically immoderate. This article, therefore, articulates those visual symbols required by a director and his or her production team to capture and sustain his or her audience in a theatre. Having employed a qualitative research approach, the paper established that visual symbols such as lighting, scenery, costume, sound, and makeup are ready tools at the disposal of the director in achieving the visual aesthetics of a theatre production so as to keep his or her audience and continuously enjoy their patronage. Keywords: Aesthetics, Visual Symbols, Contemporary Theatre Production, Theatre Director

scholarly journals AWARENESS AND USE OF WHATSAPP FOR BANKING AND FINANCIAL SERVICES: A STUDY OF SOCIAL MEDIA USERS IN NORTH-CENTRAL NIGERIA

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Silas Udenze ◽  
Edmund Chukwuma Onwuliri ◽  
Bibian Ugoala
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Financial Services ◽  
Quantitative Research ◽  
Banking Sector ◽  
Economic Life ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Technological Advancement ◽  
North Central ◽  
The Social ◽  
Potential Customers

Social media have become a fundamental ingredient in both the social and economic life of contemporary society. Social networking platforms have become an interesting vehicle for the banking sector to manage contact and interaction with their existing and potential customers. This study investigates users' awareness and the use of WhatsApp for banking activities in North-Central Nigeria. Based on a quantitative research approach, the study surveyed 400 respondents who have adopted WhatsApp Banking. The study's significant findings revealed a low level of awareness of this banking method among social media users. Besides, the percentage of users that utilised the platform for banking-related activities corroborated the deficient awareness as discovered in the study. Nevertheless, the audience is sceptical that the country's poor internet infrastructure might not permit the innovation to thrive. Hence, the study recommends that the banks concerned should endeavour to create more awareness about WhatsApp Banking, and there is a need for an urgent improvement in the internet facilities in the country in order to engender seamless technological advancement

scholarly journals En scenografisk inngang til teaterproduksjon

2018 ◽  
pp. 57-78
Author(s):  
Gunnar Fretheim
Keyword(s):  
Visual Analysis ◽  
Formal Analysis ◽  
Great Emphasis ◽  
Contemporary Theatre ◽  
Reflective Process ◽  
Experimental Teaching ◽  
Theatre Production ◽  
Special Expertise ◽  
Role Based ◽  
Creative Role

The scenographer works to develop spatial and visual resources in a theatre production. A stage production often has a complex, multimodal expression, and the question is how the scenographer can play an active creative role based on his special expertise. In contemporary theatre, and especially in educational contexts, theatre production is also often a collective artistic project with great emphasis on a coherent, reflective process. Based on Anne Bogart’s understanding and concepts in The Viewpoints Book. A Practical Guide to Viewpoints and Composition, the article argues that the scenographer uses the scenography laboratory and formal analysis as experimental teaching. Formal visual analysis contributes to reflection of spatial and visual resources and opens up for perceptions in theatre production. The strategy is discussed using two cases from the Bachelors Programme at NTNU.

scholarly journals INCREASING TREND TOWARDS PASSIVE RECREATION IN THE METROPOLITAN

2015 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 44-49
Author(s):  
Muhammad Asim ◽  
Rumana Khan Shirwani ◽  
Saima Gulzar
Keyword(s):  
Quantitative Research ◽  
Town Planning ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Daily Routine ◽  
Technological Advancement ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Qualitative Survey ◽  
Routine Work ◽  
Planning Concepts ◽  
Planning Objective

Man is the basic entity of this universe, from the origin till now struggling for betterment in life with well organized mechanism pursing all the deeds for comfort and easiness. Man has made a lot of progress and advancement for pursuing daily routine work with the advancement of science and technology. Along with these advancements a number of subjects have evolved for serving human beings, which specifically work for the comfort of their social living and to aid physically and mentally, within an environment; like sociology, psychology environment and above all town planning. This study is conducted to highlight the changing trends of recreation from active to passive. The priorities of people engaging in different types of recreation have changed. People today prefer to go shopping, picnicking, watching movies and indoor sports instead of engaging in physical activities and sports like cricket, football, basketball, badminton, volleyball. The fact for this shift in trends are technological advancements in the field of communication, poor planning concepts, security threats and changed concepts of parenting focused on bounding children at home. Such shifts are physically deteriorating our younger generation leading them to slackness and laziness. Thus, planning objective of healthy society cannot be achieved and at present there is a need to conduct research on this issue and highlight the factors that are responsible for this change. This research visualizes the crucial aspects and puts forward policy recommendation for planners by using quantitative research approach based on qualitative survey. Keywords: Active recreation, passive recreation, technological advancement

scholarly journals Introduction to the special issue on visual aesthetics

Psihologija ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 50 (3) ◽  
pp. 213-217
Author(s):  
Slobodan Markovic ◽  
Suncica Zdravkovic
Keyword(s):  
Individual Differences ◽  
Visual Art ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Visual Aesthetics ◽  
Visual Patterns ◽  
Natural Objects ◽  
Human Creativity ◽  
The Aesthetic ◽  
The Individual ◽  
The Relationship

Visual aesthetics encompasses the studies of the relationship between vision and various aesthetic phenomena - from the beauty ratings of simple visual patterns to the appreciation of visual art, from the preference for natural objects and scenes to the preference for products of human creativity, from the aesthetic effects of culture to the aesthetic effects of biology, from the universal aesthetic sensitivity to the individual differences in taste, and so on. In this special issue ten papers reported the most recent studies on very different subjects related to visual aesthetics.

‘Feast and Celebration’

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patrick Lonergan
Keyword(s):  
Irish Theatre ◽  
Contemporary Theatre ◽  
Theatre Production ◽  
The 1950S

‘Festivalization’—the organization of theatre cultures around the moveable feast of the festival—is a defining feature of theatre culture in an age of globalization. The effects of this phenomenon on Irish theatre have been apparent for many years, going back to the Tóstal festivals in the 1950s, which in turn evolved into the Dublin Theatre Festival, which would bring to Ireland forms of contemporary theatre practice that challenged Irish theatre-makers to explore innovative ways of creating performances. At the same time, as the ‘festival play’ and ‘event theatre’ became increasingly important to the economics of theatre, Irish productions mounted with an eye to the festival circuit came to feature more prominently in Irish theatre production, and a number of Irish companies now define themselves in relation to this new global geography. This chapter explores and assesses the effects of this important feature of contemporary theatre practice.

scholarly journals PERANAN PEMERINTAH DALAM PEMBERDAYAAN USAHATANI HOLTIKULTURA DI KABUPATEN BIAK NUMFOR

2017 ◽  
Vol 13 (3A) ◽  
pp. 227
Author(s):  
David J. J. D. Sabarofek ◽  
Lyndon R. J. Pangemanan ◽  
Mex L. Sondakh
Keyword(s):  
Secondary Data ◽  
Animal Husbandry ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Technological Advancement ◽  
Department Of Agriculture ◽  
Service Unit ◽  
Bargaining Position ◽  
Disease Attack ◽  
The Village

The purpose of this study is to determine: (1) how the role of the Department of Agriculture in Empowering Horticulture Farmers in Biak Numfor District, (2) constraints faced by farmers in horticulture farming in Dofyo Wafor Village, North Biak District, Biak Numfor District, Papua Province. This research was conducted for 3 months starting from March until May 2017. This research uses qualitative research approach. Primary data were collected by interviews and field observations. Respondents were selected by purposive sampling method as many as 30 respondents selected from 3 farmer groups in the village of Dofyo Wafor. Secondary data collection is obtained from the literature derived from related agencies such as: Animal Husbandry and Food Crop Farming Biak Numfor District. Central Bureau of Statistics of Biak Numfor Regency. Technical Service Unit of Agricultural Extension Institute of Biak Utara District and Dofyo Wafor Village Office. Data analysis used is qualitative analysis. The research found that (1) Government in empowering horticulture farm in Biak Numfor Regency. Particularly in Dofyo Wafor Village, through the Livestock and Food Crops Office of Biak Numfor District has empowered farmers, empowerment carried out in the form of counseling, seed breeder supervisors, providing superior seed support, irrigation irrigation facilities, technological advancement, assistance in land management, and assistance in farmer institutions; (2) The existing obstacles are pest and disease attack on agricultural crops, limited knowledge, skills and capital of farmers, and also the bargaining position of agricultural products that are still low.

The application of theory in literature reviews – illustrated with examples from supply chain management

2020 ◽  
Vol 41 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-20 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stefan Seuring ◽  
Sadaat Ali Yawar ◽  
Anna Land ◽  
Raja Usman Khalid ◽  
Philipp C. Sauer
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Data Analysis ◽  
Supply Chain Management ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Research Process ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Chain Management ◽  
Content Type ◽  
New Concepts ◽  
Literature Reviews

PurposeLiterature review articles have become a frequently applied research approach in operations and supply chain management (SCM). The purpose of this paper aims to elaborate on four approaches for developing or employing theory in systematic literature reviews (SLRs).Design/methodology/approachThe paper uses conceptual arguments and illustrates them by pointing to recent examples. In SLRs, the material collection is usually based on keywords and searching databases, which is comparatively well documented. Data analysis, however, often falls short in documentation and, consequently, is neither well explained nor replicable. Therefore, the focus of this paper is the elaboration of the data analysis and sense-making stage in the research process of SLRs.FindingsThe paper presents four different approaches, which are characterized as theory (1) building, (2) modification, (3) refinement and (4) extension, based on whether new concepts are formed or extant concepts within SCM or other fields of management theory are adopted.Research limitations/implicationsThe limitation of this research is that literature reviews could be conducted and presented in many ways. Since the focus of this research is on systematic literature reviews, only a limited number of approaches can be discussed and presented here.Originality/valueThe paper contributes to explaining the process and expected outcomes of a literature review and, therefore, aids in further developing the related methodological approaches. This is relevant as literature review publications now often replace conceptual or theoretical pieces but still have to deliver concerning demands of theory building.

Dramaturgy

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cock Dieleman ◽  
Ricarda Franzen ◽  
Veronika Zangl ◽  
Henk Danner
Keyword(s):  
Performance Studies ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Contemporary Theatre ◽  
Intuitive Process ◽  
Artistic Process ◽  
The Past ◽  
Theatre Production ◽  
Material Process ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Broad Overview

The image of the dramaturg resembling a stuffy librarian, as opposed to the largely intuitive process of theatre making, belongs to the past. Contemporary theatre performances not only tell a story, but constantly reflect on the world in which that story takes place and is shown. As a result, dramaturgy has become part of the artistic process. Thus everybody involved in a theatre production is concerned with dramaturgical thinking, i.e. how to relate to material, process, audience and society. The dramaturg crosses borders between theory and practice, between theatre makers, performance and audience. Dramaturgy. An Introduction provides a broad overview of the concept of dramaturgy and the profession of the dramaturg. It is intended for students and teachers of theatre and performance studies, but also for directors, scenographers, actors and for all lovers of theatre.

scholarly journals Essence of a Flexible Organisational Culture to Influence Change in the 21st Century Organisation

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 13
Author(s):  
ROLAND DARLINGTON MBEBA
Keyword(s):  
Global Economy ◽  
Business Models ◽  
Dynamic Environment ◽  
Organisational Change ◽  
Organisational Culture ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Extensive Literature ◽  
Technological Advancement ◽  
Smooth Change ◽  
Desk Research

In the current dynamic, diverse global organisational environment, organisations face the challenge of having to embrace change, so as to comply with emerging business models, technological advancement, mergers and acquisitions. It is thus imperative that organisations have in place flexible organisational cultures that are swift to adopt and embrace change that demands greater levels and lengths of innovation and creativity. This enables organisations to take significant strides in opening up to change and compete in the increasingly competitive global economy. The study adopted the desk research approach, qualitatively reviewing extensive literature, which is to yield detailed reported information, and this conviction of enquiry enables a deeper understanding of the effectiveness. The findings thus reveal that changing organisational culture is an uphill task although a flexible organisational culture is fundamental to organisations existence and capability to compete in a dynamic environment. Organisational culture change is essential in supporting organisational change. In other words a flexible organisational culture is essential in ensuring a smooth change process.

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