A Photographic Solo Comedy by Iiu Susiraja

2016 ◽  
pp. 10-13
Author(s):  
Jasna Jernejšek
Keyword(s):  
Critical Analysis ◽  
Critical Reflection ◽  
Social Values ◽  
Personal Life ◽  
Beauty Ideals ◽  
The One ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Relations Of Power ◽  
Traditional Roles ◽  
Good Behaviour

The article is a critical analysis of the work of Finnish photographer Iiu Susiraja based on her series Good Behaviour / Perfect Everyday Life and conversation with the author. Susiraja places herself and her personal life at the centre of her work. Her humorous and (self)ironical portraits can be seen as a critical reflection and a sarcastic commentary on socially desirable and to a large extent stereotypical ideas of femininity, beauty ideals, social roles such as being a housewife etc. and the relations of power that are implied in them. Her critique is on the one hand directed at conservative and patriarchal social values, but she at the same time poses a mirror to women who perpetuate these values by obsessively investing into their bodily beauty and who uncritically accept the traditional roles assigned to them. Her work thus addresses the question of the definition of “normality” – which because of her specific humorous approach – is best described as a solo comedy.

Generating a critical dialogue on gentrification in Latin America

2020 ◽  
pp. 030913252092657
Author(s):  
Ibán Díaz-Parra
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Critical Analysis ◽  
Cultural Imperialism ◽  
Urban Restructuring ◽  
Critical Dialogue ◽  
Political Concern ◽  
The One ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
American Cities

Studies on gentrification in Latin America currently face two main obstacles. On the one hand, there appears to be a refusal by the academy in Latin America to use the term, regarding it as an expression of cultural imperialism. On the other hand, there has been an excessively flexible and ambiguous use of the term, obscuring political and scholarly debates on the issue. Both obstacles are partly a consequence of the lack of dialogue between the different authors in the field. This article generates a critical dialogue with the most relevant works and researchers on gentrification in Latin America, as well as with those scholars reluctant to use the term. Specifically, the author advocates for a more restrictive and clarifying definition of the phenomena and defends the utility of the concept as a tool to promote the critical analysis of the specific processes in many Latin American cities, as well as in cities outside the region. The paper concludes that, even though it should not be the main political concern for urban researchers in the region, gentrification is a relevant ongoing process in some Latin American cities and its study would contribute to a better comprehension of recent processes of urban restructuring.

scholarly journals The phenomenon of Jihad in Islam

Islamovedenie ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 81-94
Author(s):  
Yakhyaev Mukhtar Yakhyaevich ◽  
◽  
Arsen Mukhtarovich Yakhaev
Keyword(s):  
Critical Analysis ◽  
Public Life ◽  
Popular Science ◽  
Holy War ◽  
World Community ◽  
Methodological Flaw ◽  
Educational Literature ◽  
The World ◽  
The One ◽  
Definition Of

Based on a critical analysis of the definitions of Jihad in popular science, dictionary refer-ence, commentary, and educational literature, the article establishes the methodological flaw of the abstract, one-sided representation of Jihad exclusively as a call to Muslims to wage a "Holy war". It concludes that such a one-sided definition of Jihad, imposed on the world community by Western Islamism, which is critical of everything Muslim, is used by the inspirers of interna-tional terrorism as a religious justification for the need to wage an armed war against non-believers and apostates. Understanding the Quranic provisions about Jihad, the historical en-richment of the content of Jihad, the various forms and varieties of its manifestation allows the authors to outline methodologically verified research principles and offer a conceptual defini-tion of Jihad that expresses its deep essence. The article defines Jihad as an Islamic phenome-non that consists in the concentration of consciousness, will, desires, and efforts of every Mus-lim and the entire Islamic Ummah in General to strengthen the faith in the One Allah, to protect and spread this faith, and to subordinate personal and public life to the requirements of Islam. This deep essence of Jihad is manifested in the most diverse efforts made by believers on the path of Islam, in the zeal that contributes to the qualitative improvement of the Muslim Ummah, its quantitative growth. The author of the article considers it inappropriate to claim that the religious phenomenon named by the Arabic term "Jihad" is exclusively an Islamic phenomenon. He puts forward the thesis that, although the term "Jihad" is used only in Islam to express the concentration of all ef-forts of Muslims on the path of establishing faith in the One Allah, a similar phenomenon occurs in other religions. The selfless service of Muslims to Islam should not become the basis for its characterization as a bloodthirsty religion associated with wars, battles, violence, suicides, and other negative aspects, since no religious and cult system can be established, strengthened, and spread except on the basis of the diligent service of its adherents.

scholarly journals Geospatial data quality (ISO 19157-1): evolve or perish

2020 ◽  
pp. 129-154
Author(s):  
Francisco Javier Ariza López ◽  
Pablo Barreira González ◽  
Joan Masó Pau ◽  
Alaitz Zabala Torres ◽  
Antonio Federico Rodríguez Pascual ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Big Data ◽  
Life Cycle ◽  
Data Quality ◽  
Critical Reflection ◽  
Evaluation Methods ◽  
Geospatial Data ◽  
The Other ◽  
International Standard ◽  
The One ◽  
Definition Of

Given the circumstance that the process for the revision of the international standard ISO 19157 is currently open, this article presents a critical reflection on its content, application and some challenges posed by the new types of data (e.g. big data, BIM data, etc.), that also have a geospatial component and to which, therefore, this international standard can be applied as well. Proposals are put forward going along three lines of improvement, on the one hand the consideration of new data quality elements and on the other, the reinforcement of the interoperability of this international standard with other standards related to data quality, and finally various improvements (e.g. standardization of evaluation methods, clearly introducing the life cycle, improvement of the definition of metaquality, etc.) of the standard, which come from experience.

scholarly journals The Problem of Form and the Relavitization of the Status of Documentary Film in Contemporary Slovak Authorial Production

2017 ◽  
Vol 65 (1) ◽  
pp. 49-62
Author(s):  
Martin Palúch
Keyword(s):  
Critical Analysis ◽  
Critical Reflection ◽  
Documentary Film ◽  
Social Reality ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
The Third ◽  
The Status ◽  
Subjective Views ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Formal Point

Abstract The present study offers a critical reflection of contemporary Slovak authorial production. Focusing on three films, the author analyses the authors′ approaches to representing reality from a formal point of view. The author claims that all of them relativize the status of documentary film, using as a tool of critical analysis Carl Plantiga’s definition of documentary film, included in his concept of “asserted veridical representation”. The films under analysis use three formally different approaches of relating to social reality. One relies on an acted form, the second takes the form of a historicizing essay, and the third promotes the author’s subjective views through a cut collage of motifs stemming from reality.

scholarly journals STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS OF ROBOT MACHINE MECHANISMS WITH PARALLEL KINEMATICS

2017 ◽  
Vol 2017 (1) ◽  
pp. 33-43 ◽  
Author(s):  
Андрей Толстошеев ◽  
Andrey Tolstosheev ◽  
Вячеслав Татаринцев ◽  
Vyacheslav Tatarincev
Keyword(s):  
Structural Analysis ◽  
Critical Analysis ◽  
Structural Models ◽  
Parallel Structure ◽  
Parallel Kinematics ◽  
Literary Sources ◽  
Closed Groups ◽  
Structural Formulae ◽  
The One ◽  
Definition Of

Robot machines with parallel kinematics belong to a new generation of machine-tools. The properties of these mechatronic machines are defined to a greater extent by a structure of their actuating lever mechanisms of a parallel structure (MPS). The purpose of this work is a development of the procedure for a structural analysis of MPS and the assessment of its efficiency. The following problems are under solution: a critical analysis of a problem state; a procedure development and check of its operational capability; a procedure application for certain structures of robot machines. By means of a critical analysis of literary sources there are emphasized three different approaches to the structural analysis of MPS: on the basis of the application of structural formulae, theory of closed groups of screws, test lists of mechanism functioning principles. All known procedures have a common drawback – onesided view upon a mechanism structure. A procedure for the structural analysis of MPS based on the presentation of the mechanism by a machine subsystem, on the one hand, and, on the other hand, - by a system with a hierarchical structure is developed. From a great number of known descriptions of mechanism structures there is formed a totality of structural models adapted to MPS different in the level of decomposition and a principle of formation. The algorithm of a structural analysis consists in the choice from this totality most suitable structural models for the synthesis and, accordingly, for the analysis of the mechanism under consideration and the fulfillment for them the following actions: a) system decomposition and the definition of the properties of components; b) system composition with the definition of mechanism properties as a whole. The authenticity of research results is confirmed by their adequate coincidence with known solutions obtained for existing mechanisms.

scholarly journals The construct of mature woman in media discourse — a critical analysis

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 ◽  
pp. 105-116
Author(s):  
Kaja Wójcik
Keyword(s):  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Old Age ◽  
Critical Analysis ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
Media Discourse ◽  
Linguistic Strategies ◽  
Research Concept ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Relations Of Power

A woman’s maturity places her somewhere between youth and old age. A woman trapped between the two receives advice to help her break free. The aim of the study was to reconstruct the linguistic ways of understanding a woman’s maturity and its social implications. The analysis was performed with the use of Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA), a research concept that allows the visualising of inequalities and relations of power. The definition of the concept as well as linguistic strategies representing various ways of striving for youth (reversing, lying, avoiding, fighting) and categories of disciplining such as appropriate appearance, sexuality and fi nancial position, were specified during this analysis.

scholarly journals Geospatial data quality (ISO 19157-1): evolve or perish

2020 ◽  
pp. 129-154
Author(s):  
Francisco Javier Ariza-López ◽  
Pablo Barreira González ◽  
Joan Masó Pau ◽  
Alaitz Zabala Torres ◽  
Antonio Federico Rodríguez Pascual ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Big Data ◽  
Life Cycle ◽  
Data Quality ◽  
Critical Reflection ◽  
Evaluation Methods ◽  
Geospatial Data ◽  
The Other ◽  
International Standard ◽  
The One ◽  
Definition Of

Given the circumstance that the process for the revision of the international standard ISO 19157 is currently open, this article presents a critical reflection on its content, application and some challenges posed by the new types of data (e.g. big data, BIM data, etc.), that also have a geospatial component and to which, therefore, this international standard can be applied as well. Proposals are put forward going along three lines of improvement, on the one hand the consideration of new data quality elements and on the other, the reinforcement of the interoperability of this international standard with other standards related to data quality, and finally various improvements (e.g. standardization of evaluation methods, clearly introducing the life cycle, improvement of the definition of metaquality, etc.) of the standard, which come from experience.

Understanding functional illiteracy from a policy, adult education, and cognition point of view: Towards a joint referent framework

2019 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
pp. 109-122
Author(s):  
Aleksandar Bulajić ◽  
Miomir Despotović ◽  
Thomas Lachmann
Keyword(s):  
Adult Education ◽  
Operational Definition ◽  
Literacy Skills ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Industrialized Countries ◽  
Functional Illiteracy ◽  
Scale Levels ◽  
Components Of Reading ◽  
The One ◽  
Definition Of

Abstract. The article discusses the emergence of a functional literacy construct and the rediscovery of illiteracy in industrialized countries during the second half of the 20th century. It offers a short explanation of how the construct evolved over time. In addition, it explores how functional (il)literacy is conceived differently by research discourses of cognitive and neural studies, on the one hand, and by prescriptive and normative international policy documents and adult education, on the other hand. Furthermore, it analyses how literacy skills surveys such as the Level One Study (leo.) or the PIAAC may help to bridge the gap between cognitive and more practical and educational approaches to literacy, the goal being to place the functional illiteracy (FI) construct within its existing scale levels. It also sheds more light on the way in which FI can be perceived in terms of different cognitive processes and underlying components of reading. By building on the previous work of other authors and previous definitions, the article brings together different views of FI and offers a perspective for a needed operational definition of the concept, which would be an appropriate reference point for future educational, political, and scientific utilization.

Costumes and Choreography from Bodenwieser's Trunk: The Coat as Affective Memory

2019 ◽  
Vol 37 (1) ◽  
pp. 89-110
Author(s):  
Rachel Fensham
Keyword(s):  
Modern Dance ◽  
Human Condition ◽  
Personal Life ◽  
Creative Thought ◽  
Cain And Abel ◽  
Embodied Research ◽  
The Many ◽  
The One ◽  
Material Evidence ◽  
Selection Of

The Viennese modern choreographer Gertrud Bodenwieser's black coat leads to an analysis of her choreography in four main phases – the early European career; the rise of Nazism; war's brutality; and postwar attempts at reconciliation. Utilising archival and embodied research, the article focuses on a selection of Bodenwieser costumes that survived her journey from Vienna, or were remade in Australia, and their role in the dramaturgy of works such as Swinging Bells (1926), The Masks of Lucifer (1936, 1944), Cain and Abel (1940) and The One and the Many (1946). In addition to dance history, costume studies provides a distinctive way to engage with the question of what remains of performance, and what survives of the historical conditions and experience of modern dance-drama. Throughout, Hannah Arendt's book The Human Condition (1958) provides a critical guide to the acts of reconstruction undertaken by Bodenwieser as an émigré choreographer in the practice of her craft, and its ‘materializing reification’ of creative thought. As a study in affective memory, information regarding Bodenwieser's personal life becomes interwoven with the author's response to the material evidence of costumes, oral histories and documents located in various Australian archives. By resurrecting the ‘dead letters’ of this choreography, the article therefore considers how dance costumes offer the trace of an artistic resistance to totalitarianism.

Medicine and Empathy in Contemporary British Fiction

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anne Whitehead
Keyword(s):  
Feminist Theory ◽  
Medical Humanities ◽  
Illness Experience ◽  
Contemporary Fiction ◽  
Theoretical Argument ◽  
Cultural Relations ◽  
Night Time ◽  
British Fiction ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Relations Of Power

This book offers a critique of the dominant understanding and deployment of empathy in the mainstream medical humanities. Drawing on feminist theory, it positions empathy not as something that one has or lacks, and needs to accrue, but as something that one does and that is embedded within structural, institutional and cultural relations of power. It aims to provide a critically informed definition of empathy, drawing on phenomenology, in order to counter the vagueness of the term as it has often been used. It questions, too, the assumption that empathy is limited to the clinical relation, looking to a broader and more encompassing definition of the ‘medical’. Combining theoretical argument with literary case studies of Mark Haddon’s The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, Pat Barker’s Life Class, Ian McEwan’s Saturday, Aminatta Forna’s The Memory of Love and Kazuo Ishiguro’s Never Let Me Go, this book contends that contemporary fiction is not a vehicle for accessing another’s illness experience, but itself engages critically with the question of empathy and its limits. The volume marks a key contribution to the rapidly evolving field of the critical medical humanities.

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