Hasil untuk "Handicrafts. Arts and crafts"

Remko Fermin, Matthijs Rog, Guido Stam et al.

Time-reversal symmetry breaking superconductivity is a quintessential unconventional quantum state. In Josephson junctions, time-reversal symmetry breaking manifests itself in the supercurrent interference pattern as the invariance of the critical current under the reversal of both transport and magnetic field directions, i.e., $I_\text{c+}(H) = I_\text{c-}(-H)$. So far, such systems have been realized in devices where superconductivity is injected into a deliberately constructed weak link medium, usually carefully tuned by external magnetic fields and electrostatic gating. In this work, we report time-reversal symmetry breaking in spontaneously emerging Josephson junctions without intentionally constructed weak links. This is realized in ultra-pure single-crystal microstructures of Sr$_2$RuO$_4$, an unconventional superconductor with a multi-component order parameter. Here, the Josephson effect emerges intrinsically at the superconducting domain wall, where the degenerate states partially overlap. In addition to violating $I_\text{c+}(H) = I_\text{c-}(-H)$, we find a rich variety of exotic transport phenomena, including a supercurrent diode effect present in the entire interference pattern, two-channel critical current oscillations with a period that deviates from $Φ_0$, fractional Shapiro steps, and current-switchable bistable states with highly asymmetric critical currents. Our findings provide direct evidence of TRSB in unstrained Sr$_2$RuO$_4$ and reveal the potential of domain wall Josephson junctions, which can emerge in any superconductor where the pairing symmetry is described by a multi-component order parameter.

Margareth Ongkowijoyo, Tamara Septania, J. Yulianto

Wonomerto Village is home to several groups of people with disabilities who face challenges in securing a steady income. However, these groups possess valuable skills in crocheting, knitting, and baking, which they acquired through community empowerment programs facilitated by various universities in the previous year. Recognizing this potential, the 2024 PPK Ormawa program aims to support these individuals by developing a sustainable handicraft business to enhance the community’s economic capacity. From July to October 2024, a dedicated team of university students and lecturers will collaborate with community members to provide comprehensive crochet training, covering everything from production techniques to effective marketing strategies. This program is designed not only to enhance technical skills but also to foster essential soft skills such as teamwork, creativity, and entrepreneurship. By the end of the training, participants will have the opportunity to showcase their crafted goods and apply learned marketing tactics. Initial evaluations indicate that participants are gaining confidence and are better equipped to identify potential business opportunities within the arts and crafts sector. By employing a participatory and community-focused approach, the crochet training initiative is significantly raising awareness and building the capacity of the Wonomerto Village community to leverage its local talents. This initiative not only empowers individuals but also promotes economic growth and sustainability within the village. === Desa Wonomerto memiliki sejumlah kelompok masyarakat penyandang disabilitas yang belum memiliki penghasilan tetap. Namun demikian, kelompok ini memiliki berbagai keterampilan dasar, seperti meronce, merajut, dan membuat kue, yang didapatkan dari beberapa program pemberdayaan masyarakat desa yang dilakukan oleh kampus-kampus lain pada tahun sebelumnya. Sebagai bagian dari program PPK Ormawa 2024, kami menindaklanjuti potensi tersebut dengan berkolaborasi mengembangkan potensi bisnis kerajinan tangan untuk meningkatkan kapasitas ekonomi warga. Selama 4 bulan (Juli—Oktober 2024), tim mahasiswa dan dosen universitas bekerja sama dengan kelompok masyarakat melaksanakan pelatihan meronce, dari latihan produksi hingga pemasaran. Program ini tidak hanya berfokus pada peningkatan keterampilan teknis, tetapi juga pengembangan softskills seperti kerja sama tim, kreativitas, dan kewirausahaan. Di akhir pelatihan ini, para peserta mendemonstrasikan keterampilan mereka dalam memasarkan hasil karya kerajinan. Hasil post-test menunjukkan bahwa warga juga menjadi lebih positif dan mampu mengenali peluang bisnis seni dan kerajinan. Melalui pendekatan partisipatif dan berbasis komunitas, pelatihan meronce berhasil meningkatkan kesadaran dan kapasitas masyarakat Desa Wonomerto dalam memanfaatkan potensi lokal yang dimilikinya.

N. S. Filonenko, Mariya Sergeevna Tretyakova, Natal'ya Yur'evna Kazakova

The article is devoted to understanding the current concept of Japanese design, called "monozukuri" associated by the Japanese with the realm of the sacred, as it refers to the act of putting a new soul into a thing. In the Japanese tradition, "monozukuri" is also associated with "hitozukuri" (lit. "creating people"), that is, with the idea that a "good" product is produced by a "good" person. Therefore, design as "monozukuri" is broader than the understanding of design as a "craft". In the course of the study, the authors turn to the "artisanal source" of Japanese design, namely, the Westernized understanding of "handicraft" within the Mingei movement (developed since the second half of the 1920s), and then turn to overcoming this understanding in the later concept of Japanese design, which is represented by MUJI company (founded in 1980-year). The purpose of the research is to understand the current concept of Japanese design, which is the most theoretically developed. The methodological basis of the work consists of historical (historical-genetic and historical-comparative) and analytical (formally descriptive and stylistic) methods of art criticism. In the course of the study, the authors note that in Japan, where the social status of a master of traditional arts has always been very high, understanding design as "monozukuri" gives social weight to the profession of a designer. The authors of the study conclude that the requirement for the mental and physical development of a designer today should be considered not so much as a tool for mythologizing his personality, but rather as a condition for improving the quality of his work. This is all the more important because the development of technologies designed to facilitate the work of a designer, according to the authors, may lead to further emasculation of the profession.

Georges Gagneré

In parallel with the dissemination of information technology, we note the persistence of frontiers within creative practices, in particular between the digital arts and the performing arts. Crossings of these frontiers brought to light the need for a common appropriation of digital issues. As a result of this appropriation, the AvatarStaging platform and its software dimension AKN_Regie will be described in their use to direct avatars on a mixed theatre stage. Developed with the Blueprint visual language within Epic Games' Unreal Engine, AKN_Regie offers a user interface accessible to non-programming artists. This feature will be used to describe two perspectives of appropriation of the tool: the Plugin perspective for these users and the Blueprint perspective for programming artists who want to improve the tool. These two perspectives are then completed by a C++ perspective that aligns AKN_Regie with the language with which the engine itself is programmed. The circulations between these three perspectives are finally studied by drawing on work on the ecology of collective intelligence.

Тетяна Ціпан

The article is devoted to the problem of multicultural education of children in family-type homes. It has been found that 1) the family is the first and most important institution for the socialization of a child, which forms certain models of social behavior, including in a multicultural society; 2) multicultural education of children in family-type homes is aimed at adapting children to different values in a situation of multiculturalism; interaction with people of different faiths and traditions; and focus on dialogue of cultures; 3) multiculturalism is a social reality, the impact of which on the development of society and the effectiveness of individual life is increasing due to global integration processes and the openness of society. It was distinguished: forms and methods of multicultural education of children of preschool and primary school age: reading and composing fairy tales, legends; reading and discussing stories, poems; learning proverbs and sayings; listening to music, singing songs and folk dances; stories and conversations about the life, customs, work, holidays, national dress, toys, etc. of the cultures living in the immediate social environment; forms and methods of multicultural education of adolescent children: visual arts, reproduction of folk arts and crafts; learning foreign languages; studying the national and cultural characteristics of different people; celebrating state and national (religious) holidays and festivities; collecting materials about culture: clothes, household items, family photos, handicrafts, etc; forms and methods of multicultural education of senior school age children: communication with representatives of different cultures, correspondence with a foreign friend; participation in folklore games of the peoples of Europe; cooking national dishes from the national cuisine of different countries; watching and discussing films about the lives of people of different nations and nationalities; participation in open dialogues. The article provides examples of forms of multicultural education for each of the above age groups of children brought up in family-type homes.

M. Jabeen, Virginia Bodolica

Learning outcomes The learning outcomes of this study are to estimate the complexities associated with the management of a novel business idea in the context of emerging markets; to demonstrate an understanding of entrepreneurial action and strategic adaptation under various challenges of the business world; to apply the principles of design thinking and innovation to analyze the sustainability of a social enterprise; and to evaluate the pros and cons of different strategic options and provide viable recommendations for future development. Case overview/synopsis Many riverine communities in Nigeria battled water hyacinth spread for decades, until Achenyo Idachaba-Obaro contributed her time, creativity and innovation to resolve the issue. She sacrificed her successful computer science career in the USA to launch her social enterprise, MitiMeth. The startup aimed to resolve the unaddressed environmental problems of her home country and to provide a decent living to the vulnerable community of indigenous artisans. This case study discusses Idachaba-Obaro’s efforts in researching the alternative usages of the water hyacinth weed under the condition of a limited availability of resources. Considering Nigeria’s creative arts culture and dismal socioeconomic conditions, she chose to weave the weed into handmade artifacts by educating herself and training local artisans to manufacture and sell handicrafts in the market. To receive financial support and attract environmentally conscious customers, Idachaba-Obaro had to participate in funding competitions, regularly attend exhibitions and partner with private entities, nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) and government authorities. This case study further elaborates on multiple hindrances associated with female entrepreneurial activities in a conservative Nigerian society characterized by marginalization, social stigma and gender-based stereotypes. Despite many challenges ensuing from a limited market access in rural areas, high unemployment rates and low levels of disposable incomes in the country, MitiMeth ambitioned to maintain its culture of creativity and innovation. The team regularly studied materials used and conducted brainstorming sessions with artisans to launch new items, improve existing products and incorporate needed alterations based on customer feedback and special demands. MitiMeth made its notable contribution toward the achievement of several sustainable development goals, while striving to continuously increase remittances to working artisans. Recently, the company was challenged by the vertiginous technological advancements of the digital era, as many businesses around the globe used machines to upscale their operations. Idachaba-Obaro pondered whether she should use technology in product manufacturing processes or focus on her commitment to provide a livelihood to local artisans and preserve the authentic look-and-feel of handmade crafts. Complexity academic level This case study is for an upper-level undergraduate audience. Supplementary material Teaching notes are available for educators only. Subject code CCS 3: Entrepreneurship.

Marloes Arts, Victor Garcia Satorras, Chin-Wei Huang et al.

Coarse-grained (CG) molecular dynamics enables the study of biological processes at temporal and spatial scales that would be intractable at an atomistic resolution. However, accurately learning a CG force field remains a challenge. In this work, we leverage connections between score-based generative models, force fields and molecular dynamics to learn a CG force field without requiring any force inputs during training. Specifically, we train a diffusion generative model on protein structures from molecular dynamics simulations, and we show that its score function approximates a force field that can directly be used to simulate CG molecular dynamics. While having a vastly simplified training setup compared to previous work, we demonstrate that our approach leads to improved performance across several small- to medium-sized protein simulations, reproducing the CG equilibrium distribution, and preserving dynamics of all-atom simulations such as protein folding events.

Nick Bryan-Kinns, Corey Ford, Alan Chamberlain et al.

This first international workshop on explainable AI for the Arts (XAIxArts) brought together a community of researchers in HCI, Interaction Design, AI, explainable AI (XAI), and digital arts to explore the role of XAI for the Arts. Workshop held at the 15th ACM Conference on Creativity and Cognition (C&C 2023).

Jung Hwan Heo, Seyedarmin Azizi, Arash Fayyazi et al.

Transfer learning has become a popular task adaptation method in the era of foundation models. However, many foundation models require large storage and computing resources, which makes off-the-shelf deployment impractical. Post-training compression techniques such as pruning and quantization can help lower deployment costs. Unfortunately, the resulting performance degradation limits the usability and benefits of such techniques. To close this performance gap, we propose CrAFT, a simple fine-tuning framework that enables effective post-training network compression. In CrAFT, users simply employ the default fine-tuning schedule along with sharpness minimization objective, simultaneously facilitating task adaptation and compression-friendliness. Contrary to the conventional sharpness minimization techniques, which are applied during pretraining, the CrAFT approach adds negligible training overhead as fine-tuning is done in under a couple of minutes or hours with a single GPU. The effectiveness of CrAFT, which is a general-purpose tool that can significantly boost one-shot pruning and post-training quantization, is demonstrated on both convolution-based and attention-based vision foundation models on a variety of target tasks. The code will be made publicly available.

D. R. Scott, H. Cho, C. K. Day et al.

Fast radio bursts (FRBs) are being detected with increasing regularity. However, their spontaneous and often once-off nature makes high-precision burst position and frequency-time structure measurements difficult without specialised real-time detection techniques and instrumentation. The Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder (ASKAP) has been enabled by the Commensal Real-time ASKAP Fast Transients Collaboration (CRAFT) to detect FRBs in real-time and save raw antenna voltages containing FRB detections. We present the CRAFT Effortless Localisation and Enhanced Burst Inspection pipeline (CELEBI), an automated software pipeline that extends CRAFT's existing software to process ASKAP voltages in order to produce sub-arcsecond precision localisations and polarimetric data at time resolutions as fine as 3 ns of FRB events. We use Nextflow to link together Bash and Python code that performs software correlation, interferometric imaging, and beamforming, making use of common astronomical software packages.

Ellis Susmawati, Sugiono, Subagyo

This research was based on the background that in 2019 the contribution of the creative economy to the national GDP (Gross Domestic Product) was 5.10 percent or Rp. 95 trillion, employment was 19.01 million individual and export value was 22.07 Billion USD. In the City of Kediri, the contribution of MSMEs (Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises) includes the creative economy viewed from GDP (Gross Domestic Product) with the tobacco industry growing at 5.14 percent, without the tobacco industry at 7.02 percent. MSMEs also had a positive impact on reducing the number of open unemployed. In 2014, the unemployment rate in City of Kediri by 8 percent and now (2019) to 3.63 percent. The decline in the open unemployment rate also has an impact on reducing the poverty rate to 7.68 percent. The purpose of this study were to describe: 1) What was the contribution of the creative economy in the economic development of the City of Kediri (GDP - Gross Regional Domestic Product, economic growth, employment and poverty reduction)?, 2) What was the strategy for developing creative economy in the economic development of the City of Kediri?. Study showed: 1. Contribution of creative economy to the Gross Regional Domestic Product of Kediri City: a. Crafts or handicrafts (textile and apparel industry), b. Crafts (leather, leather goods, footwear), c. Crafts (furniture industry), d. Culinary (providing food and drink) e. Visual communication design; movies, animations, videos; publishing; music; Radio and Television f. Performing arts (entertainment and recreation and others), g. Kediri City Economic Growth. The value of Kediri's GRDP in 2019 based on 2010 was in constant prices, reached 90.01 trillion rupiah. This increase was up from 85.34 trillion rupiah in 2018. This showed that during 2019 there was economic growth of 5.47 percent, faster than the previous year's economic growth which reached 5.43 percent. h. employment during the last five years 2014-2019 (in 2019 there were 139,645 workers) the types of employment that employed the most labor were trade, restaurant and accommodation services, around 34.57-42.78 percent (meaning that culinary was included in the category of high labor absorption) and industrial jobs were around 11.59-17.78 percent (including the textile industry). i. Poverty. employment results in the amount of poverty in the city of Kediri experienced a decline where in 2016, it was 23,640 people, in 2017, there was a slight increase to 24,070 people and in 2018, it decreased to 21,900 people. In 2019, the number decreased again to 20,540 people. 2. Creative economic development strategies (plans and actions) are carried out by the quadruple helix (government, industry-private, universities and civil society-communities).

F. Izzati, Putri Dahlia, Tria Ocktarizka

Provinsi Aceh merupakan salah satu provinsi yang kaya akan kebudayaan, banyak hasil kebudayaan Aceh yang tidak terlepas dari nuansa Islami, salah satu contoh dalam seni rupa adalah kopiah riman yang digunakan oleh kaum lelaki Aceh. Terdapat dua jenis kopiah yang ada di Provinsi Aceh yaitu Kopiah Meukeutop dan Kopiah Riman. Pada tulisan ini membahas mengenai kopiah Riman. Kerajinan kopiah riman sampai saat ini masih diproduksi di Desa Dayah Adan, Kecamatan Mutiara Timur, Kabupaten Pidie. Kopiah riman memiliki ciri khas motif tradisional Aceh, seperti: motif pintoe Aceh, bungong kupula, bungong jeumpa, dan lain-lain. Kopiah ini digunakan dalam berbagai upacara adat. Penelitian ini bertujuan agar masyarakat Aceh pada umumnya dan Kabupaten Pidie khususnya, dapat mengenal kekayaan budaya daerah seperti kopiah riman agar dapat dijaga dan dilestarikan keberadaannya serta mengetahui proses pembuatan dari Kopiah Riman tersebut. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode kualitatif dengan jenis penelitian deskriptif. Kopiah Riman mempunyai dua bentuk yaitu bentuk lonjong dan bentuk bulat. Sedangkan proses pembuatan kopiah riman memakan waktu hampir satu bulan dimulai dari proses pengambilan pelepah pohon riman untuk dijadikan serat, proses pewarnaan, dan proses rajut sehingga menjadi sebuah kopiah. The Process of Making Riman Skullcap Crafts in Dayah Adan Village, Pidie Regency ABSTRACT The Aceh province is one of the provinces rich in culture; many Acehnese cultural products are inseparable from the nuances of Islam. One example in fine arts is kopiah riman used by Acehnese men. There are two types of kopiah in Aceh Province, namely, Kopiah Meukeutop and Kopiah Riman. This paper discusses the riman kopiah. Riman kopiah handicrafts are still produced in Dayah Adan Village, East Pearl District, Pidie Regency. Kopiah riman has the characteristics of traditional Acehnese motifs, such as the Aceh pintoe motif, kupula bungong, jeumpa bungong, and others. Kopiah is used in various traditional ceremonies. This research aims to make the people of Aceh commonly and Pidie regency, in particular, know the richness of regional culture, such as kopiah riman, so that it can be maintained and preserved its existence and know the manufacturing process of Kopiah Riman. This research uses qualitative methods with descriptive. Kopiah riman has two forms; they are oval and circle. To make kopiah riman, it takes almost one month from taking the stalk tree to processing to be fiber, then coloring process, and finally processing of knit to become kopiah riman ready to use.

Zhongyi Zhang, Jakob Weiss, Jana Taron et al.

Purpose: Automatic methods are required for the early detection of hepatic steatosis to avoid progression to cirrhosis and cancer. Here, we developed a fully automated deep learning pipeline to quantify hepatic steatosis on non-contrast enhanced chest computed tomography (CT) scans. Materials and Methods: We developed and evaluated our pipeline on chest CT images of 1,431 randomly selected National Lung Screening Trial (NLST) participants. A dataset of 451 CT scans with volumetric liver segmentations of expert readers was used for training a deep learning model. For testing, in an independent dataset of 980 CT scans hepatic attenuation was manually measured by an expert reader on three cross-sectional images at different hepatic levels by selecting three circular regions of interest. Additionally, 100 randomly selected cases of the test set were volumetrically segmented by expert readers. Hepatic steatosis on the test set was defined as mean hepatic attenuation of < 40 Hounsfield unit. Spearman correlation was conducted to analyze liver fat quantification accuracy and the Cohen's Kappa coefficient was calculated for hepatic steatosis prediction reliability. Results: Our pipeline demonstrated strong performance and achieved a mean dice score of 0.970 for the volumetric liver segmentation. The spearman correlation of the liver fat quantification was 0.954 (P <0.0001) between the automated and expert reader measurements. The cohen's kappa coefficient was 0.875 for automatic assessment of hepatic steatosis. Conclusion: We developed a fully automatic deep learning-based pipeline for the assessment of hepatic steatosis in chest CT images. With the fast and cheap screening of hepatic steatosis, our pipeline has the potential to help initiate preventive measures to avoid progression to cirrhosis and cancer.

J. Osland, Sebastian Reiche, B. Szkudlarek et al.

Synopsis Advances in Global Leadership collects insights from leading scholars and practitioners and fresh ideas from promising newcomers to the field. As in Volume 13, we begin by focusing on global leadership in relation to the Covid-19 pandemic. Volume 14 is introduced with a tour-de-force analysis by twenty authors on the cross-cultural differences reflected in nineteen national responses to the global crisis. The resulting overarching lessons offer useful guidance to leaders grappling with the pandemic and beyond. This volume organized follows: Synopsis The Adventure Tourist: Being, Knowing, Becoming brings together two broad areas of academic inquiry – adventure tourism and hospitality studies. In situating the adventure tourist within social, cultural, political, and geographic contexts, The Adventure Tourist considers the adventure experience and offers new ways in which this can be more deeply analysed and interpreted. Focused on the personal tourist experience and what it means to seek adventure through tourism in an uncertain and troubled world, Farkić and Gebbels question the dynamic interactions in modern commodified adventure tourism practice. By questioning hospitality services through philosophical and sociological concepts, focus is maintained on the agency of the individual, bringing into discussion the senses, emotions, and desires of those who consume outdoor spaces globally. The Adventure Tourist responds to the requirements of the outdoor adventure industry today and considers how engagement with theory can inform, challenge and support real-world scenarios in this sector. Synopsis Increased interest in handicrafts has led to more people becoming artisans both as a hobby and a business activity, making Artisan Entrepreneurship a growing phenomenon. This has been particularly relevant during the COVID-19 crisis in which individuals and communities began engaging with more bespoke crafting at home. This book focuses on these practices from different perspectives including the art, cultural and social sectors, thereby highlighting the emerging new types of artisan activity that preserve cultural elements while incorporating emerging technologies like social media. This volume analyses artisan entrepreneurship using different approaches including at an individual, group and societal point of view providing a better understanding about how these handicraft workers contribute to societal wellbeing and aid cultural heritage preservation for future generations. Each chapter of this book looks at these practices in a different way, enabling the practical and theoretical significance of artisan entrepreneurship to emerge and presenting a holistic understanding of artisan entrepreneurship in different contextual settings. Artisan Entrepreneurship provides a unique way in which to understand an important type of enterprise that has been neglected but recently had a resurgence. This book provides a fundamental contribution to the field of artisan entrepreneurship. Synopsis The communication of knowledge is a core concept in the field of knowledge management and an essential new role and responsibility of business managers. . Knowledge capital is the primary source of wealth and the key source of productivity in the knowledge economy. Stockpiling and storing knowledge diminishes its value. It is only through circulation that our knowledge capital realizes its business value.. Communicating Knowledge addresses essential management practices in the 21 st -century knowledge economy. It speaks to the change that every organization is experiencing as they transition from an industrial to a knowledge organization. The COVID-19 pandemic has heightened an awareness of communications practices in the past year, with communication norms and behaviors being challenged at every level. How we communicate, when we communicate, with whom we communicate, and what we communicate is currently undergoing a global reform. Communication competencies are no longer desirable qualities in managers they are essential. This book is business managers all knowledge management practitioners and communications professionals, consultants. Synopsis Austrian economics is known for extensive—and many economists would say excessive—ruminations on methodology. Attempting to steer a middle course between radical forms of historicism (there are no economic laws) and scientism (economic laws are as precise as physical laws), this approach often appears to diminish the importance of empirical testing and quantitative methods more generally. Since the Austrian revival of the 1970’s, social scientists have developed a number of new theoretical and empirical approaches to studying the social world. Experimental and behavioral economics have exploded in popularity. Econometrics has arguably taken a more central role in the discipline than even formal economic theory. And, most prominently, econometricians have developed quasi-experimental techniques for examining real-world data as part of the “credibility revolution.” This volume, Contemporary Methods and Austrian Economics, examines the relationship between Austrian economics and these new social scientific methods. Do Austrian critiques of the excessive ambitions of formal theory and empirical measurement still hold water (if they ever did)? Do the findings of these new approaches bolster or undermine distinctively Austrian theories? How should we update our views on the relationship between abstract economic theory and empirical investigations? The 20th volume of Advances in Health Care Management showcases how health care management research helps to further understand grand challenges in health care: what they are, why they exist, the consequences that they have, and what can be done to address them. Grand challenges are large, unresolved problems. “Grand health care challenges” include current events such as the COVID-19 pandemic, and ongoing challenges related to the quadruple aim of health care: improving the health of populations, reducing the cost of healthcare, improving patient care experiences, and improving the experience of working in health care. The book demonstrates that these challenges are amenable to organizational and managerial solutions, and therefore health care management research has many important lessons to contribute. For this volume, The Contributions of Health Care Management to Grand Health Care Challenges, we define health care management as the planning, direction, and coordination of health services and the management of health care professionals. Included chapters consider five grand challenges facing the health care sector: (1) caring for vulnerable populations; (2) maintaining the health care workforce; (3) translating innovation into practice; (4) sustaining organizations; and (5) navigating pandemics. Each challenge is discussed in its own section and addressed by two chapters that offer different perspectives and approaches to the challenge. Across chapters a variety of methodologies are used including ethnographic case studies, survey data analysis, interviews, literature review, and informed commentary. Together, the chapters in this volume synthesize current information in the field, direct future research efforts, and generate actionable insights for managers and policymakers. Synopsis The international business environment has undergone major turbulence in 2020 following the onset of lockdowns, travel restrictions and social distancing all prompted by Covid-19. These restrictions have limited the revenue generation capacity of both countries and businesses – large and small. While the winners have been mostly those sectors with a digital footprint such as streaming services and video-conferencing giants, the creative industries have felt a much harder blow. Against this backdrop, The Creative Industries and International Business Development in Africa takes an unorthodox approach to showcasing the trends and challenges of the contemporary creative economy with a view to positioning the sector for a global audience. Drawing upon the categorisations of the Creative Industries Federation, the book interrogates, and highlights, the challenges, and opportunities of the creative industries in Africa. This is with a view to aggregating how the sector has coped with a myriad of challenges even before the pandemic. Discussions across the chapters document the changing landscape of the sector, capturing insights from the global value chain to everything digital – from arts to publishing, fashion, film and music production and distribution. Further insights are discussed around recent events such as the take-off of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) and the exit of Britain from the EU – with the latter event reinvigorating the Commonwealth Agenda and renewed interest in Africa’s creative industries. Synopsis Luxury is an ever-evolving concept with various interpretations in the domain of hospitality and tourism. The understanding of luxury hospitality and travel has revolved around exclusive and authentic experiences, nuanced by finer things with a focus on value rather than price. The marketing of luxury products and services has become increasingly complex as these products and services are associated not only with an image of quality, performance, and authenticity but also with how extreme experiences and products fulfil the lifestyle constructs of consumers. The Emerald Handbook of Luxury Management for Hospitality and Tourism brings together global philosophies, principles and practices in luxury tourism management from both supply and demand perspectives. Several global case studies are presented, further illustrating the changing paradigms of luxury travel market and consumers enabling insight into the upcoming global luxury travel market. Encompassing the vibrant case studies and contemporary discussions on luxury hospitality and touris

A. Korniev, Zhe Zhang

The relevance of the article. The formation of genre and the principles of genre classification in the art of East Asian countries is one of the least researched problems in the theory and history of art. It is generally accepted that still life appeared in the art of China as a result of the influence of the Euro-pean artistic system. Meanwhile, motifs related to the depiction of elements of the subject environment can be traced in other genres of Chinese painting. In modern artistic practice, still life is considered mainly as an element of academic education, but its creative potential remains little realized. Therefore, the relevance of the research is determined by the needs of both theory and artistic practice. The purpose of the article is to determine the main approaches to the depiction of things, their typological complexes, their role and significance in Chinese classical art. The methodology. In the research we used general scientific and special research methods. In particular, methods of systematization, content analysis and typology were applied; methods of formal, stylistic, semantic, comparative analysis. The results. The article outlines the main approaches to studying the origins of still life as a genre in the Chinese artistic tradition. As a result of the analysis of samples of easel and decorative painting, the main models of the representation of things were revealed, their typology, role and means of representation in the visual and content structure of the works were determined. The semantic aspects of pictorial motifs and their connections with the development of handicrafts, Confucian education, tastes and values of the privileged top of society and the development of collecting, are highlighted. The scientific novelty. For the first time, in the work we touched upon the issue of the formation of still life as a genre and its origins in Chinese painting, highlighted the previous artistic experience of depicting objects of the material environment, defined the main thematic complexes, established their role and significance in classical works. The practical significance. The results of the research can be used in the development of educational courses in the history of art and provide the necessary material both for creative experiments and for the development of various projects in the field of visual arts. Conclusions. The results of the analysis of various materials of fine art allow us to claim that in Chinese classical art, other, different from European, options for the representation of the world of things were formed. Typologically, they are represented by three models: a “portrait” of a thing (a close-up of one object with a careful depicting of form and decoration), a thing as a component of a portrait, a catalogue of things (a decorative composition on the theme “4 treasures of a scientist”, “4 noble arts”, “100 antiquities”). In all models, the depicted objects act as personifications of material and spiritual values of society, a sign of Confucian virtues, and as benevolent symbols. The “100 antiquities” complex, which was formed by XVIII century, combined previous lists of valuable things and became a reflection of craft achievements, educational tradition and awareness of its value, and the development of collecting.

Iacopo Bertelli, Brecht G. Simon, Tao Yu et al.

Spin waves in magnetic insulators are low-damping signal carriers that could enable a new generation of spintronic devices. The excitation, control, and detection of spin waves by metal electrodes is crucial for interfacing these devices to electrical circuits. It is therefore important to understand metal-induced damping of spin-wave transport, but characterizing this process requires access to the underlying magnetic films. Here we show that spins in diamond enable imaging of spin waves that propagate underneath metals in magnetic insulators, and then use this capability to reveal a 100-fold increase in spin-wave damping. By analyzing spin-wave-induced currents in the metal, we derive an effective damping parameter that matches these observations well. We furthermore detect buried scattering centers, highlighting the technique's power for assessing spintronic device quality. Our results open new avenues for studying metal - spin-wave interaction and provide access to interfacial processes such as spin-wave injection via the spin-Hall effect.

Lik-Hang Lee, Zijun Lin, Rui Hu et al.

The metaverse, enormous virtual-physical cyberspace, has brought unprecedented opportunities for artists to blend every corner of our physical surroundings with digital creativity. This article conducts a comprehensive survey on computational arts, in which seven critical topics are relevant to the metaverse, describing novel artworks in blended virtual-physical realities. The topics first cover the building elements for the metaverse, e.g., virtual scenes and characters, auditory, textual elements. Next, several remarkable types of novel creations in the expanded horizons of metaverse cyberspace have been reflected, such as immersive arts, robotic arts, and other user-centric approaches fuelling contemporary creative outputs. Finally, we propose several research agendas: democratising computational arts, digital privacy, and safety for metaverse artists, ownership recognition for digital artworks, technological challenges, and so on. The survey also serves as introductory material for artists and metaverse technologists to begin creations in the realm of surrealistic cyberspace.

Sakib Shahriar, Kadhim Hayawi

Digital arts have gained an unprecedented level of popularity with the emergence of non-fungible tokens (NFTs). NFTs are cryptographic assets that are stored on blockchain networks and represent a digital certificate of ownership that cannot be forged. NFTs can be incorporated into a smart contract which allows the owner to benefit from a future sale percentage. While digital art producers can benefit immensely with NFTs, their production is time consuming. Therefore, this paper explores the possibility of using generative adversarial networks (GANs) for automatic generation of digital arts. GANs are deep learning architectures that are widely and effectively used for synthesis of audio, images, and video contents. However, their application to NFT arts have been limited. In this paper, a GAN-based architecture is implemented and evaluated for novel NFT-style digital arts generation. Results from the qualitative case study indicate that the generated artworks are comparable to the real samples in terms of being interesting and inspiring and they were judged to be more innovative than real samples.

Ksenia Stanicka-Brzezicka

In the article, the concept of canon is related to the process that has been defined as the transition from applied art to design. The thesis is then put forward that this processcan be seen as the canonisation of products intended for mass production. The above statement suggests that a (qualitative?) change has taken place between designing and producing artistic and also utilitarian objects and the phenomenon called design. However, an answer to this problem first requires a clarification of terms. If we understand design and production historically in the context of the transition from handicraft to machine production, i.e. within the narrative socio-economic history, and if we place design in the ontology of visual culture, its pictorial representations and materiality, we will see a shift of focus to aesthetic values, related to form and materiality, and thus canonisation – the establishment of icons (of design). The canon will in this sense be a defence against aesthetic relativism. Escaping into the canon is art history’s way of dealing with the social, economic and knowledge and technology arts was included in the research on searching for connections with Bauhaus as an exemplification of the canon. Design as historically understood industrial design and design as a creative activity, as the energy needed to produce a canonical utilitarian object, i.e. one whose aesthetic or artistic value will go far beyond utilitarian, form the framework in the text for methodological discussion, reflections on defining concepts and critical analysis of scientific discourses and their possible junctures. transfer issues that are indispensable in the study of crafts, arts and craft and design. The history of art (but also popular culture!) has canonised many works and phenomena. One example is the Bauhaus, widely seen as the canon of 20th-century design, although Gropius himself defined its purpose in the words: “das ziel des bauhauses ist eben kein ‘stil’, kein system, dogma oder kanon [...]”. Similar phenomena took place concerning the design of the first half of the 20th century from the Lower Silesia area: the slogan “Breslauer Moderne” referred, in part, to the Werkbund exhibition in 1929 (WuWA), and the activity of the Wrocław Academy in the field of applied arts was included in the research on searching for connections with Bauhaus as an exemplification of the canon. Design as historically understood industrial design and design as a creative activity, as the energy needed to produce a canonical utilitarian object, i.e. one whose aesthetic or artistic value will go far beyond utilitarian, form the framework in the text for methodological discussion, reflections on defining concepts and critical analysis of scientific discourses and their possible junctures.

Ольга Ивановна Мальцева

Рассматривается и анализируется ранее не изученная часть истории русской лаковой миниатюрной живописи, которая началась более двухсот лет назад, но не все её страницы изучены и освещены. В статье выявляется уникальный опыт и проблема кризиса школы и производства. Данные, полученные в рамках представленного научного исследования, основанного на изучении истории возникновения и развития производства художественного промысла, анализа кризиса и причины упадка школы в их стереотипных и индивидуальных ассоциативных связях, закрепленных конкретными выводами об уникальном опыте создания художественного промысла в отрыве от мест бытования и причинах его утраты, позволяют понять, как избежать многих проблемных моментов внутри системы художественных промыслов и тенденции их современного развития. Исследовательский характер работы выражается в предложенных взглядах и выводах, опирающихся на архивную базу. В целом, выводы данного научного исследования содействуют систематизации анализа исторического опыта, результаты которого могут представлять интерес в пространстве русской национальной культуры и быть использованы как в учебных курсах в области декоративно-прикладного искусства, так и в художественно-производственной деятельности. This work analyzes a previously unexplored part of the history of Russian lacquer miniature painting, which began more than two hundred years ago, but not all of its pages have been studied and elucidated. Few people know that from the seventies of the twentieth century until 2000 there was an artistic craft of the Lipetsk miniature lacquer painting, the founders of which were the miniaturists of Kholui. The paper reveals the unique experience and the school and production crisis. The data obtained in the framework of the presented scientific research were based on the study of the history of the emergence and development of the production of artistic handicrafts, analysis of the crisis and the reasons for the decline of school in their stereotypical and individual associative connections, fixed by specific conclusions about the unique experience of creating artistic handicrafts in isolation from the places of existence and the reasons of its loss. The obtained data make it possible to understand how to avoid many problematic moments within the system of artistic crafts and the tendencies of their modern development. The research nature of the work is expressed in the proposed views and conclusions that draw upon the archival base. In general, the conclusions of this scientific study contribute to the systematization of the analysis of historical experience, the results of which may be of interest in the space of Russian national culture and be used both in educational courses in the field of decorative and applied arts and in artistic and production activities.