Drums of Doubt: On the Rhythmical Origins of Poetic and Scientific Exploration

In his article “Drums of Doubt: On the Rhythmical Origins of Poetic and Scientific Exploration” Caius Dobrescu argues that even though the sciences and arts of doubt have never been connected to the notion of rhythm, doubt is a form of energy, and more specifically, a form of vibration. It implies an exploratory movement that constantly expands and recoils in a space essentially experienced as uncharted territory. Poetry acquires cognitive attributes through oscillatory rhythmic patterns that are explorative and adaptive. In order to test this hypothesis, the essay focuses on the nature and functioning of free verse. This modern prosodic mutation brings about a dovetailing of the rhythmic spectrum, but also, and more significantly, a change in the very manner of understanding and experiencing rhythm. Oscillatory rhythms are broadly associable with entrainment indexes that point to the adaptation of inner physiological and behavioral rhythms to oscillatory environment stimuli. Free verse emerges from the experience of regaining an original explorative, adaptive, and orientation-oriented condition of consciousness.

The Feminine in the “Reporter Book”: An Epistemological View on Gender and Journalistic Practices

This article is part of an exploratory movement from a post-doctoral study. Statements taken from interviews with Eliane Brum, Fabiana Moraes and Alexandra Lucas Coelho, authors of reporter books who integrate the role of subjects and the research corpus, revealed actions of resistance towards the form of journalistic objectification. Journalism was observed through the prism of gender, focusing on discourses from reporters on professional practices that subvert the dominant masculine logic and elaborate an interpretation of journalistic knowledge. A set of practices emerge, identified as feminine, which are inhibited and diminished in the hierarchies of journalistic values. It provides a more complex lens for observing reality and subjects; it demonstrates the inability of journalistic objectification, forged in the nineteenth century, for reading in the twenty-first century world. It suggests thinking about new and necessary eyes through which to see journalistic practices and the criticism of journalism. Este artigo é parte dos movimentos exploratórios de pesquisa de pós-doutorado. A partir dos depoimentos das jornalistas Eliane Brum, Fabiana Moraes e Alexandra Lucas Coelho, autoras de livros de repórter que integram o rol dos sujeitos e o corpus de pesquisa, encontramos pistas das ações de resistência ao modo de objetivação jornalística. Neste exercício reflexivo, o jornalismo é observado pelo prisma de gênero focalizando nos discursos das repórteres sobre as práticas profissionais que subvertem as lógicas masculinistas dominantes e elaboram uma exegese do saber jornalístico. Um conjunto de práticas foi identificado como fazendo emergir o feminino interditado e inferiorizado nas hierarquias de valores do jornalismo. Sugere lentes mais complexas pelas quais a realidade e os sujeitos podem ser observados; demonstra a incapacidade da objetivação jornalística, forjada no século XIX, para uma leitura do mundo no século XXI. Dá fôlego para que se pense os novos e necessários óculos a serem utilizados nas práticas jornalísticas e para a crítica do jornalismo.Este artículo hace parte de los movimientos exploratorios de una investigación postdoctoral. A partir de los depoimentos de las periodistas Eliane Brum, Fabiana Moraes y Alexandra Lucas Coelho, auctoras de libros de reportero, que forman parte del elenco de sujetos y el corpus de investigación, encontramos pistas de las acciones de resistencia al modo de objectivación periodística. En este ejencicio reflexivo, el periodismo es observado por el viés de género poniendo en relieve los discursos de las repórteras-auctoras sobre las prácticas profissionales que subverten las lógicas masculinistas dominantes y elaboran una exegesis del saber periodístico. Un conjunto de prácticas fué identificado como responsable por la emergencia del femenino interditado e inferior en las hierarquias de valores del periodismo. Indica lentes más complejas a traves de las cuales la realidad y los sujeios pueden ser observados; demuestra la incapacidad de la objetivación periodística, forjada en el siglo XIX, para una lectura del mundo en el siglo XXI. Sugere que se piense las nuevas y necessarias lentes para las prácticas periodísticas y para la crítica del periodismo.

Investigating key functions of hand movements by individuals with visual impairment: Improving teaching practices in special education through research

Research is still ongoing with regard to types of exploratory movement by active touch and its key functions in individuals with visual impairment. The aim of the present study was to describe and identify different types of exploratory movement performed by individuals with visual impairment in their exploration of geometric shapes. A total of twelve participants were asked to explore a number of simple and complex geometric shapes. The research design consisted of two research phases. In the first phase, the participants were asked to describe and, if possible, to identify the properties of each shape. In the second phase, the participants were asked to describe their hand movements during active exploration. The findings indicated that the participants utilized different movements to extract the featural and global properties of the shapes. It was also observed that some patterns of exploratory movement were present in all of the participants’ strategies, which indicated issues of laterality. Finally, the research highlighted that by observing patterns of exploratory movement, educators of students with visual impairment can determine which strategies may be worth exploring with a view to their adoption in teaching practices and instruction. Keywords: visual impairment, active touch, geometric shapes, think -aloud protocols, laterality, teaching practices

Exploratory movement and affordances in design

The design community has growing familiarity with the concept of affordances and with the utility of this concept in many areas of design. Less emphasis has been placed on natural processes by which people acquire knowledge about affordances. Consequently, little is known about how design might be optimized to enable users to detect the actions that are available in a given human–machine system. We review scientific research about what people do to obtain information about affordances. We discuss implications of this research for design.