scholarly journals The peculiarities of emotional impact and therapeutic properties of wooden sculptures

2021 ◽  
pp. 34-41
Author(s):  
Aleksandr Dmitrievich Cheglakov
Keyword(s):  
Rapid Development ◽  
Human Interaction ◽  
Emotional Impact ◽  
Natural Material ◽  
Natural Factor ◽  
Nature Deficit Disorder ◽  
Large Cities ◽  
Rehabilitation Programs ◽  
Man And Nature ◽  
Nature Deficit

This article explores the ability of wooden sculptures and objects to influence psychoemotional state of a person. It is noted that the expanding gap between man and nature due to the rapid development of large cities along with the natural factor receding into the background, generate the fundamentally new problematic and applied field that requires the creation of operational mechanisms to release the growing tension in the context of alienation from nature. It is stated that one of the recent achievements of the European scientific community consists in classification of this problematic as the nature deficit disorder, as well as in first steps towards resolving this issue in form of natural therapies – specific ways of human interaction with nature. The author traces and analyzes the possibility of using wooden sculpture as one of the instruments for stabilization pf psychoemotional and physical state of a person via interaction with natural material. Thus, the development of wooden sculptures and their inclusion into training, educational and rehabilitation programs indicates the properties of wooden sculpture as an affordable and effective therapeutic instrument.

scholarly journals COVID-19, Urbanization Pattern and Economic Recovery: An Analysis of Hubei, China

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (24) ◽  
pp. 9577
Author(s):  
Wenyi Yang ◽  
Xueli Wang ◽  
Keke Zhang ◽  
Zikan Ke
Keyword(s):  
Rapid Development ◽  
Generalized Method Of Moments ◽  
Economic Recovery ◽  
Population Mobility ◽  
Economic Resilience ◽  
Economic Resource ◽  
Large Cities ◽  
Impact Of Urbanization ◽  
The One ◽  
The Impact

In the context of the rapid development of urbanization and increasing population mobility in China, the outbreak of COVID-19 has had a significant impact on China’s economy and society. This article uses China UnionPay transaction data and takes Hubei, the worst-hit region by COVID-19 in China, as an example, to conduct empirical analysis using the generalized method of moments (GMM) of the impact of current urbanization patterns on the spread of the epidemic and economic recovery from the perspectives of time, industry, and regional differences. The study found that during the different stages of COVID-19, including discovery, outbreak, and subsidence, the overall impact of urbanization on the economy in Hubei Province was first positive, then became negative, and finally gradually increased. This process had significant industrial and urban heterogeneity, which was mainly manifested in losses in tourism and catering industries that were significantly greater than those in the audio-visual entertainment and digital office industries. Similarly, the recovery speed of large cities was lower than that of small and medium-sized cities. The main reason for these differences is that the one-sided problem of urbanization is more obvious in areas with higher urbanization rates. COVID-19 has drawn attention to the development of urbanization in the future, that is, the development path of one-sided economic resource agglomeration and scale expansion should be abandoned, with greater attention paid to the improvement of service functions and the development of amenities. This transformation is necessary to enhance urban economic resilience and reduce public health risks.

scholarly journals “Like Static Noise in a Beautiful Landscape”: A Mixed-Methods Approach to Rationales and Features of Disliked Voices in Popular Music

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julia Merrill ◽  
Taren-Ida Ackermann
Keyword(s):  
Mixed Methods ◽  
Popular Music ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Group Testing ◽  
Human Interaction ◽  
Emotional Impact ◽  
Voice Perception ◽  
Mixed Methods Approach ◽  
Vocal Activity ◽  
Everyday Communication

The use of the voice in everyday communication is vital for our understanding of human interaction. The singing of popular music often amplifies vocal features from speech, which can provide insights into vocal activity in the context of the intense emotional impact of music. Three studies with a mixed-methods approach aimed at evaluating rationales and features of disliked voices in the context of popular music. In an interview study (N = 20), rationales and features for disliked voices were identified using self-selected voices. In a group testing session (N = 48) and an online survey (N = 216), these disliked voices were presented to new participants, and the vocal features and evoked emotions by the singers were investigated, assuming that the participants did not have strong opinions about the voices. The results showed that participants justified their dislikes based on object-related/sound and emotional reasons, similar to findings from studies on musical taste. Specific features of disliked voices were confirmed in the following studies, including a specific feature of popular singing styles, the twang, perceived as a squeaky and nasal sound. Further disliked features include a pressed sound, imprecise and ordinary articulation and a uniform expression. Notably, a rough voice was no predictor of aesthetic judgments. Evoked feelings relate to vocal features with similar tension levels. The measures created in the current study will also be informative for studying voice perception and evaluation more generally, which is a tool to evaluate vocal expression and items to evaluate reasons for disliked voices.

scholarly journals An overview of the research work on Prof. Saijo including projects on cross-curriculum environmental education programs and on sustainable bamboo utilization

Impact ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (3) ◽  
pp. 76-78
Author(s):  
Kiyoshi Saijo
Keyword(s):  
Building Materials ◽  
Arable Land ◽  
Research Work ◽  
Natural World ◽  
Human Interaction ◽  
Rapid Expansion ◽  
Primary School Children ◽  
Natural Material ◽  
Japanese People ◽  
Faculty Of Education

Industrialisation in Japan has seen the country become increasingly urbanised. This has led to a level of disconnection from the countryside among Japanese people and nature has been affected by a lack of human interaction. Previously, satoyama, which refers to the area between the mountains and arable land and has come to represent humankind's interaction with the natural world, could be used to describe the interaction between Japanese people and nature. Bamboo is one natural material that was widely used by Japanese people in many applications, including as food and building materials. But, with the increase in urbanisation came a decline in the use of bamboo in Japan. As a result, bamboo trees and forests expanded across satoyama lands and their rapid expansion into different ecosystems led to the destruction of non-bamboo ecosystems. Professor Kiyoshi Saijo, Faculty of Education, Miyagi University of Education, Japan, is creating curricula to educate Japanese society on the importance of satoyama, and the need to use bamboo. Saijo has created educational programmes at both a university level and for primary school children that align with the aims of the UNs sustainable development goals, including the case study of the Tanabata festival, which features the use of bamboo in several different ways.

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