Mochamad Aviandy, Fajar Muhammad Nugraha, Zeffry Alkatiri
et al.
The Tabot Festival has been held for centuries in Bengkulu, a province on the west coast of Sumatra, Indonesia. Recently, in 2023, it was made an official national-level event, representing the cultural heritage of Bengkulu. For years, the Keluarga Kerukunan Tabot (KKT, lit. ‘The Tabot Family Association’) has served as the key initiator and organizer, supported by local and provincial governments to preserve and promote the Tabot tradition. Throughout its existence the tradition has been marked by fluctuating dynamics, shaped by competing narratives around Islamic customs, economic interests, and diverse societal perceptions. Since the start of the Reform era in 1998, following the fall of president Suharto’s regime, new discourses have emerged, contesting cultural, religious, and economic elements of the festival. This article examines how Bengkulu’s Tabot tradition, as constructed to a significant extent by the KKT, encompasses various societal dimensions. Using a cultural studies approach, this study, based on field observations and in-depth interviews, reveals the ‘hidden framing’ around the tradition. Based on these interviews with stakeholders of Bengkulu’s Tabot tradition new insights are offered into how this tradition is a site of negotiation between different interest groups; whether political, economic (through the commodification of culture), tourism-related, or religious.
Costanza Cucci, Tommaso Guidi, Marcello Picollo
et al.
Abstract The study aims at investigating the use of reflectance Hyperspectral Imaging (HSI) in the Visible (Vis) and Near Infrared (NIR) range in combination with Deep Convolutional Neural Networks (CNN) to address the tasks related to ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs recognition. Recently, well-established CNN architectures trained to address segmentation of objects within images have been successfully tested also for trial sets of hieroglyphs. In real conditions, however, the surfaces of the artefacts can be highly degraded, featuring corrupted and scarcely readable inscriptions which highly reduce the CNNs capabilities in automated recognition of symbols. In this study, the use of HSI technique in the extended Vis-NIR range is proposed to retrieve readability of degraded symbols by exploiting spectral images. Using different algorithmic chains, HSI data are processed to obtain enhanced images to be fed to the CNN architectures. In this pilot study, an ancient Egyptian coffin (XXV Dynasty), featuring a degraded hieroglyphic inscription, was used as a benchmark to test, in real conditions, the proposed methodological approaches. A set of Vis-NIR HSI data acquired on-site, in the framework of a non-invasive diagnostic campaign, was used in combination with CNN architectures to perform hieroglyphs segmentation. The outcomes of the different methodological approaches are presented and compared to each other and to the results obtained using standard RGB images.
While the cultural phenomenon known as vaporwave is commonly traced back to 2009, its defining characteristics remain a subject of ongoing debate within both popular culture and academic circles. Various perspectives categorize it as a microgenre of electronic music, a meme, an art movement, a critique of capitalism, or even a manifestation of pure aesthetics. As such, vaporwave remains a complex and multifaceted topic for research.
In this paper, I explore the influence of post-internet culture on the formation of vaporwave and its aesthetics by analyzing the methods and strategies used to create what is recognized as vaporwave, rather than attempting to label or define it precisely. As a further step in this inquiry, I document an attempt to apply these methods and strategies, resulting in the publication of four music albums. This practice-based approach to analyzing vaporwave through creation and publication helps to better understand some core qualities and aesthetics of this art movement.
The rapid expansion of the digital world has propelled sentiment analysis into a critical tool across diverse sectors such as marketing, politics, customer service, and healthcare. While there have been significant advancements in sentiment analysis for widely spoken languages, low-resource languages, such as Bangla, remain largely under-researched due to resource constraints. Furthermore, the recent unprecedented performance of Large Language Models (LLMs) in various applications highlights the need to evaluate them in the context of low-resource languages. In this study, we present a sizeable manually annotated dataset encompassing 33,606 Bangla news tweets and Facebook comments. We also investigate zero- and few-shot in-context learning with several language models, including Flan-T5, GPT-4, and Bloomz, offering a comparative analysis against fine-tuned models. Our findings suggest that monolingual transformer-based models consistently outperform other models, even in zero and few-shot scenarios. To foster continued exploration, we intend to make this dataset and our research tools publicly available to the broader research community.
We argue that the construction of spacetime is personal, specific to each observer, and requires combining aspects of both discovery and creation. What is usually referred to as the block universe then emerges by noting that part of the future is contained in the present, but without the limitations that the four-dimensional block universe usually implies, of a reality in which change would be impossible. In our operational approach, reality remains dynamic, with free choice playing a central role in its conceptualization. We therefore claim that Einstein's relativity revolution has not been fully realized, since most physicists do not seem to be open to the idea that objects move not only in space, but also and especially in time, and more generally in spacetime, with their rest mass being a measure of their kinetic time energy. When relativistic motion is revisited as a genuine four-dimensional motion, it becomes possible to reinterpret the parameter c associated with the coordinate speed of light, which becomes the magnitude of the four-velocity of all material entities. We also observe that the four-dimensional motion in Minkowski space can be better understood if placed in the broader perspective of quantum mechanics, if non-locality is interpreted as non-spatiality, thus indicating the existence of an underlying non-spatial reality, the nature of which could be conceptual, consistent with the conceptuality interpretation of quantum mechanics. This hypothesis is reinforced by noting that when observers, or experiencers, as they will be referred to in this article, are described by acknowledging their cognitive nature, of entities moving in a semantic space, Minkowski metric emerges in a natural way.
Quantum mechanics has maintained over the years the reputation of being "the most obscure theory." It works perfectly well, but nobody seems to know why. It has been argued that the difficulty in understanding quantum theory is our failed attempt to force onto it a wrong conceptual scheme, wanting at all costs to think about the objects of the theory as, precisely, objects, i.e., entities having continuously actual spatiotemporal properties. This too restrictive spatiotemporal scheme is most probably at the heart of the problem, as also underlined by the Einsteinian revolution, but then what could be an alternative? Many thinkers have suggested that we must surrender to the fact that our physical world is one of immanent powers and potencies. Aristotle did so ante quantum litteram, followed by scholars like Heisenberg, Primas, Shimony, Piron, Kastner, Kauffman, de Ronde, just to name a few, including the authors, who were both students of Piron in Geneva. However, if on the one hand a potentiality ontology puts the accent on the processes of change, responsible for the incessant shifts between actual and potential properties, on the other hand it does not tell what these changes are all about. In other words, the metaphysical question remains of identifying the nature of the bearer of these potencies, or potentialities, and of the entities that can actualize them. It is the purpose of the present article to emphasize that the above question has found a possible answer in the recent Conceptuality Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics, which we believe offers the missing ontology and metaphysics that can make the theory fully intelligible, and even intuitive.
Résumé : L’étude menée par nous qui se solde par la présentation des résultats sous format d’un article porte sur « le magistrat congolais face au blanchiment d’argent sale ». Il répond à la question de savoir si le magistrat congolais peut-être classé parmi les usagers du blanchiment d’argent sale ? Après analyse, il s’est dégagé une opinion. Il y a lieu de faire la part des choses, dans la mesure où la corruption étant un interdit en droit positif congolais, ce qui renvoi à ce que tout juge ou magistrat selon le cas, qui recourt à cette pratique, tombe sous le coup du blanchiment d’argent sale que nous qualifions de « blanchiment d’opportunité ». Cependant, il y a lieu de préciser qu’après une observation de la situation, l’appareil judiciaire congolais est bourré d’un mal, qu’est la corruption voire même la concussion, raison pour laquelle depuis un certain temps, soit de 2010 à nos jours, il y a une abondance des procès en procédure de prise à partie devant la Cour de Cassation pour dol ou déni de justice.
Mots-clés : Magistrat, blanchiment, argent sale
Arts in general, Computational linguistics. Natural language processing
The magnetic field dependent critical current $I_{\text{c}}(B)$ of a Josephson junction is determined by the screening currents in its electrodes. In macroscopic junctions, a local vector potential drives the currents, however, in thin film planar junctions, with electrodes of finite size and various shapes, they are governed by non-local electrodynamics. This complicates the extraction of parameters such as the geometry of the effective junction area, the effective junction length and, the critical current density distribution from the $I_{\text{c}}(B)$ interference patterns. Here we provide a method to tackle this problem by simulating the phase differences that drive the shielding currents and use those to find $I_{\text{c}}(B)$. To this end, we extend the technique proposed by John Clem [Phys. Rev. B, \textbf{81}, 144515 (2010)] to find $I_{\text{c}}(B)$ for Josephson junctions separating a superconducting strip of length $L$ and width $W$ with rectangular, ellipsoid and rhomboid geometries. We find the periodicity of the interference pattern ($ΔB$) to have geometry independent limits for $L \gg W$ and $L \ll W$. By fabricating elliptically shaped S$-$N$-$S junctions with various aspect ratios, we experimentally verify the $L/W$ dependence of $ΔB$. Finally, we incorporate these results to correctly extract the distribution of critical currents in the junction by the Fourier analysis of $I_{\text{c}}(B)$, which makes these results essential for the correct analysis of topological channels in thin film planar Josephson junctions.
We study what happens to D and D_s mesons as the temperature increases, using lattice QCD simulations with N_f=2+1 dynamical flavours on anistropic lattices. We have access to five temperatures in the hadronic phase. Using the determined groundstate mass at the lowest temperature, we investigate the effect of rising temperature by analysing ratios of mesonic correlators, without the need for further fitting or spectral reconstruction. In the pseudoscalar and vector channels, we demonstrate that temperature effects are at the percent level and can be captured by a reduction of the groundstate mass as the thermal crossover is approached. In the axial-vector and scalar channels on the other hand, temperature effects are prominent throughout the hadronic phase.
The world today is facing the urgent need for fundamental transformation in the ‘Anthropocene’ era. However, even if consensus has been formed around the need for transformation, what constitutes fundamental changes and how these changes occur are researched and debated across multiple disciplines, including design studies. Recently, in the design field, transition design has been proposed as a new area of design practice, study and research. Transition design is based on long-term visioning and recognition of the need for solutions rooted in new, more sustainable socioeconomic and political paradigms. This study explores the role of design storytelling in steering and navigating a societal transformation. Using a critical single case study method, this study analyses the fundamental elements of transformation that emerge from each component of design storytelling. A mineral water company in Finland was selected as the purposive single case. It is a specific type of private organization that intends to bring about a societal transition through optimum use of design storytelling. The findings illustrate that the components of design storytelling, which use societal change as their innovative business proposal, distinctively match the components of societal transformation. Design practices that leverage visual and verbal elements edit and weave a new relationship between the sociotechnical landscape, regime and innovation proposed by the company. We believe that this paper makes two main contributions. First, the authors emphasize the potential role of design as a deliberate change process for societal transformation. Second, through the cross lens of societal transformation and design storytelling, the storytelling and narrative approach of societal transformation by design is underlined.
Social sciences (General), Drawing. Design. Illustration
In China, with the rapid economic development and the general improvement of people's quality, the traditional mode of art education has been unable to meet the needs of social development. The outline of the 14th Five-Year Plan calls for building a high-quality education system and promoting the modernization of education. In the process of vigorously promoting the new curriculum reform, with the overall educational goal of cultivating students' "core qualities" and promoting people's all-round development, China has introduced advanced western educational concepts in the aspect of fine arts education and adopted corresponding measures to reform China's fine arts education. This article discusses the influence of "Art Teaching Guide" written by American professors Mike Parks and John Cesca on Chinese art education philosophy, teaching practice and art teacher education. Finally, combining with the actual situation of Chinese art education, the author expresses some thoughts and hopes about the content of this book.
In 1783, Nicolas De Launay copied Les Baignets by Jean-Honoré Fragonard, stating it was made “by his very humble and very obedient servant”, an evidence of the hierarchical tensions between painters and printmakers during the eighteenth-century. However, De Launay’s loyalty is not absolute, since a critical artistic statement is found at the edge: an illusory oval frame heavily adorned with leaves and fruits of Squash, Hazelnuts, and Oak. This paper wishes to acknowledge this meticulously engraved frame, and many more added to copies throughout De Launay’s successful career, as highly relevant in examining his ‘obedience’ and ‘humbleness’. With regard to eighteenth-century writings on botany and authenticity, and to current studies on the print market, I offer a new perspective in which engravers are appreciated as active commercial artists establishing an individual signature style. In their conceptual and physical marginality these decorations allow creative freedom which challenges concepts of art appropriation and reproduction, highly relevant then and today.
We discuss some selected recent developments in the field of lattice QCD at nonzero temperature and density, describing in particular the transition from the hadronic gas to the quark-gluon plasma, as seen in simulations using Wilson fermions.
Los retos socioambientales actuales exigen responder a diversos objetivos a la vez, si se busca un orden justo y sustentable destacan dos problemáticas: el cambio climático y la desigualdad de género. Ambas se conectan con la forma en que habitamos las ciudades. En este contexto se estudia el ciclismo urbano siguiendo dos objetivos: identificar qué sostiene la brecha entre mujeres y hombres en esta práctica y conocer si ésta favorece cambios en el orden de género. Para ello se realizó un estudio cualitativo en el que se reconstruyó el proceso de conformación de la práctica ciclista con base en entrevistas en profundidad realizadas con mujeres y hombres de la Ciudad de México. Destacan tres hallazgos: a) la experiencia de trayectos seguros y la participación en colectivos ciclistas establecen diferencias entre mujeres y hombres; b) el ciclismo urbano favorece la flexibilización de normas de género; 3) es una práctica que puede conducir al surgimiento de una agencia socioecológica interesada en la habitabilidad, la seguridad, la colectividad y los cuidados, contenidos que desafían el orden de género. Se concluye sobre la pertinencia de impulsar esta alternativa de movilidad e indicando algunas claves para fomentarla de manera incluyente.
Aesthetics of cities. City planning and beautifying, Architectural drawing and design
У роботі досліджується вплив фізкультурно-спортивних зон (ФСЗ) закладів вищої освіти на середовище тотальної урбанізації та можливість створення на їх основі своєрідних кластерів позитивних змін соціальної структури мегаполіса.
Мета роботи — визначити основні містобудівні, архітектурно планувальні рішення ФСЗ території Національного авіаційного університету (НАУ), дослідити її роль у формуванні однієї з головних складових концепції сталого розвитку — соціального клімату району розташування; запропонувати додаткові заходи щодо посилення роли ФЗС НАУ у покращенні соціального клімату району розташування.
Завдання дослідження. Для досягнення мети вирішуються такі завдання: здійснити пошук та аналіз архівних матеріалів, проєктної та експлуатаційної документації; провести аналіз містобудівної ситуації, що склалася впродовж останніх десятирічь; провести аналіз технічного стану об’єктів ФСЗ та оцінити можливість надання їм додаткових функцій.
Методи дослідження — вивчення картографічних, фотографічних та проектних матеріалів; опрацювання відомостей з історії будівництва та експлуатації об’єкта дослідження; узагальнення особистого досвіду користування послугами об’єкта дослідження та волонтерської праці під час проведення масових заходів соціального спрямування; порівняльний та критичний аналіз, системний підхід до вивчення об’єкту як комплексу та виявлення його властивостей та зв’язків із зовнішнім середовищем.
Результати. Проаналізовані дані, які характеризують об’єкт дослідження як складову території університету, та його роль у містобудівної ситуації та соціальному середовищі. Виявлені та оцінені зміни у структурі та навантаженні зони обслуговування ФСЗ, пов’язані із ущільненням забудови, розташованої поруч з університетом. Оцінений вплив відкритих територій ФСЗ та озеленених просторів НАУ на формування сприятливих мікрокліматичних умов та покращення екологічного стану довкілля.
Оцінений технічний стан об’єктів ФСЗ. Запропоновані варіанти переоснащення глядацьких місць (трибун) стадіону.
Виявлені можливості посилення соціальної функції ФСЗ, надання соціально спрямованих послуг нерегулярного споживання, тощо.
Наукова новизна. На основі системного підходу до вивчення містобудівної ситуації, соціального середовища запропоновано створити своєрідні кластери позитивних змін соціальної структури Києва, зокрема, Солом’янського району. Для цього слід відновити експлуатаційну придатність будівель та споруд ФЗС НАУ, об’єднати їх функціонально з будівництвом нових та реконструкцією існуючих культурно — видовищних та дозвіллєвих закладів, розташованих поруч та побудованих у 1970-1980-і роки.
Практична значущість. Отримані результати можуть бути використані при проведенні подальших досліджень особливостей формування та реорганізації ФЗС ЗВО; містобудівних та соціальних змін зон їх впливу; пошуку нових форм посилення соціальних функцій ФСЗ та надання соціально спрямованих послуг нерегулярного споживання.
Створення кластерів позитивних змін соціального середовища, до складу яких можуть входити ФСЗ закладів вищої освіти, потребує подальшого та більш глибокого вивчення у межах містобудівної тематики наукових досліджень НАУ.
The learning process is inseperable from the application of information and communication technology in order to maintain the quality of learning. This study aims to describe the implementation of information and communication technology-based learning in the Fine Arts Expertise Program at Vocational Senior High School (Sekolah Menengah Kejuruan/SMK Negeri 5 Yogyakarta. This research use qualitative approach with case study. Data collection is taken through observation, interviews, and documentation. Data were analyzed qualitatively using the interactive analysis techniques of the Miles and Huberman models with the steps of data collection, data reduction, data display and conclution / verification. The data validity technique is triangulation technique. The results figured out that the Fine Arts Expertise Program at SMK Negeri 5 Yogyakarta had implemented Information and Communication Technology (ICT) based learning using multimedia presentations, computer equipment, laptops and LCD projectors, and learning resources from the internet.
Ninetta Leone, Simone Parisotto, Kasia Targonska-Hadzibabic
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Our interdisciplinary team Mathematics for Applications in Cultural Heritage (MACH) aims to use mathematical research for the benefit of the arts and humanities. Our ultimate goal is to create user-friendly software toolkits for artists, art conservators and archaeologists. In order for their underlying mathematical engines and functionality to be optimised for the needs of the end users, we pursue an iterative approach based on a continuous communication between the mathematicians and the cultural-heritage members of our team. Our paper illustrates how maths can speak art, but only if first art speaks maths.
Opening in 1976 with the exhibition, “Through the Looking Glass”, the Museum of Holography (MOH) emphasized from the beginning the importance of artistic holography with the inclusion of several holograms by artists whose primary practice was holography, articulating for the first time a distinction between artists, scientists and technicians. While the scientific and engineering principles underlying the technology could educate a public, holograms made by artists provided the visual syntax for the creative possibilities holography could offer. The MOH continued to encourage and support artists’ work throughout its history, amassing a large collection of holograms representative of the most prolific period of artistic activity from the mid 1970s to the mid 1980s. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology Museum (MIT Museum) in Boston acquired the entire archive including artistic and technical holograms as well as all related materials when the MOH closed in 1992. This paper will seek to explore whether the medium of holography within the visual arts has led to fine art museum acquisitions in the intervening decades.
Diederik Aerts, Lester Beltran, Suzette Geriente
et al.
We work out a quantum-theoretic model in complex Hilbert space of a recently performed test on co-occurrencies of two concepts and their combination in retrieval processes on specific corpuses of documents. The test violated the Clauser-Horne-Shimony-Holt version of the Bell inequalities ('CHSH inequality'), thus indicating the presence of entanglement between the combined concepts. We make use of a recently elaborated 'entanglement scheme' and represent the collected data in the tensor product of Hilbert spaces of the individual concepts, showing that the identified violation is due to the occurrence of a strong form of entanglement, involving both states and measurements and reflecting the meaning connection between the component concepts. These results provide a significant confirmation of the presence of quantum structures in corpuses of documents, like it is the case for the entanglement identified in human cognition.