Search results for "Embodied"
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Understanding Human–Technology Relations Within Technologization and Appification of Musicality
2020
In this paper, we outline a theoretical account of the relationship between technology and human musicality. An enactive and biocultural position is adopted that assumes a close coevolutionary relationship between the two. From this position, we aim at clarifying how the present and emerging technologies, becoming embedded and embodied in our lifeworld, inevitably co-constitute and transform musical practices, skills, and ways of making sense of music. Therefore, as a premise of our scrutiny, we take it as a necessity to more deeply understand the ways that humans become affiliated to the ever-changing instruments of music technology, in order to better understand the coevolutionary impact …
“The risk of age”? Early detection test, prostate cancer and practices of self
2010
Abstract Drawing on Rose and Novas’s concept of “biological citizenship” and Michel Foucault's "practices of self", this paper reflects on how men become agents of their own therapeutic regimens, and yet internalise messages of risk and practices of self within early detection of prostate cancer discourses in the late 20th century. In doing so, it traces the ways in which concepts of age, gender and risk converge at the problematic site of prostate cancer and preventative health strategies, both of the state and the medical profession. Analysing how insecurities have simultaneously resulted in over-promoting and over-diagnosing risk, thereby blurring the lines between normal and pathologica…
Environmental performance of building materials: life cycle assessment of a typical Sicilian marble
2009
Background, aim, and scope: The building sector is strategically important for achieving sustainability. Therefore, the improvement of energy and environmental performances are relevant targets because precious building materials such as marble have a significant impact on the environment. The aim of this paper is an analysis of a typical Sicilian marble (Perlato di Sicilia) to evaluate its energy and environmental performance. Marble plays an important role in the economy of Italy and has a global market share of 58% in terms of exports. For the main production areas of marble, relevant environmental performance data are missing except for one region (Tuscany-Massa e Carrara province). Per…
Critical aspects of student teachers’ conceptions of learning
2011
Abstract The aim of this phenomenographic study was to discover the educationally critical aspects of learning conceptions among health education student teachers (N = 20). The qualitative data consisted of written essays and semi-structured interviews. Six qualitatively distinctive conceptions of learning could be discerned, namely learning as 1) the reproduction of acquired health knowledge, 2) the application of health knowledge, 3) developing personal meanings on health matters, 4) the transformation of individual thinking, 5) personal growth, and 6) collective meaning-making. These qualitatively distinct categories were reflected through three themes, which embodied critical aspects: t…
Fostering Positive Changes in Health and Social Relationships in Children
2017
Several studies have demonstrated that altruism and gratitude may confer beneficial effects on psychophysical wellbeing. The present chapter describes how positive changes in health and social relationships can be fostered in 6- to 9-year-old children when participating in positive interventions. The findings show that the experience of working with others to attain shared goals and focusing on gratefulness positively modulated altruism and social interactions among peers, highlighting the great behavioural plasticity of children. Moreover, interventions involving cooperative playing not only increased positive relationships but also contributed to a decrease in chronic stress levels. The p…
The Naturist Constellation in Europe
2013
The present study introduces some reflections on possible approaches to the phenomenon of naturism. Our investigation starts from the main consideration that this phenomenon is now transiting from its subcultural and countercultural origin—that depended on the history of Western countries—to a new stage of consumption and legalization.
Costruzione della Sicilian Experience. Il caso di Anna Tasca Lanza Cooking School
2020
La Sicilia è storicamente oggetto di narrative di stampo marcatamente edonistico, anche di recente casi rispecchiate e alimentate da casi editoriali di grande successo. Con l’imporsi di nuovi trend turistici improntati alla scoperta di specialità gastronomiche e vinicole locali, il settore turistico dell'isola gode di un ciclo particolarmente positivo. Le strutture di produzione e distribuzione agroalimentare e le realtà ricettive del territorio si stanno evolvendo per assecondare questo nuovo tipo di domanda, con effetti prevedibili di patrimonializzazione e ricostruzione semiotica della cultura alimentare tipica. Tra le realtà più in vista, nel settore, c’è la scuola di cucina Anna Tasca …
Embodied graffiti and street art research
2021
Graffiti and street art research (GSAR) has become more acknowledged within the academic discourse; however, it has much to gain from theorising its methodological aspects. As a multidisciplinary field, GSAR has mostly used qualitative research methods, exploring urban space through methods that range from visual recordings to ethnography, emphasising the researchers’ reflexivity. This qualitative approach has, however, paid little attention to the role of embodied practices. In this paper we discuss how embodied methodologies provide multisensory research results where the experienced moments, the participant’s and researcher’s senses, cognition and mobility in urban spaces are connected.…
Implicit perception simplicity and explicit perception complexity in sensorimotor communication: Comment on "The body talks: Sensorimotor communicati…
2019
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Ritrovarsi in gruppo e fare ricerca insieme: dall’esperienza artistica ai gruppi di studio
2022
Nel mio intervento approfondisco il tema dei gruppi di studio APID rilevandone l’importanza ai fini della produzione di un sapere condiviso, dell’avvio di nuovi percorsi di ricerca, della “costruzione di comunità”, ma anche dell’azione verso un cambiamento culturale che coinvolga, in generale, la società civile. Parlo quindi della dimensione del gruppo di lavoro e delle sue specificità e funzioni e conduco una riflessione sulla necessità di trovare nuovi approcci epistemologici per la ricerca in ambito artistico ed embodied, insieme a nuove modalità comunicative verso l’esterno. Infine presento i gruppi di studio attualmente esistenti in APID e quelli ipoteticamente da costituire in relazio…