Experienced Actors Research Articles

Reflections from the field: Exploration of differences between art-based and academic research by a practitioner-researcher on Henrik Ibsen and beyond

As an experienced actor and artistic director from Norway, I argue that autoethnography can be a valuable method for conducting academic research on a performer’s own practice. The art is enabling the latter, and the latter is fueling the former. I also explore the difference between academic research and art-based research, particularly since the Bologna Declaration of June 19, 1999, which intensified the work of art academies and higher education to find a place for art-based research within the university system. While dialog and cooperation between the two fields are already resulting in new perspectives, I observe that the exchange remains somewhat limited. Drawing from my experiences at the Centre for Ibsen studies at the University of Oslo, Norway, along with my academic research on Henrik Ibsen and my practice and experience as a performer, I compare these two approaches to research. A main difference is that academic research involves “thinking in print,” whereas art-based research involves “thinking in and through art.” The article argues that there are more aspects that unite than divide the two approaches.

Never Say Never: Reproduction of Intergenerational Will and Return of Ideal—Interview with Wang Baoqiang

Abstract Wang Baoqiang is the director of Never Say Never (2023), as well as being a well-known actor. His acting roles include Blind Shaft (Mang jing, 2003), A World Without Thieves (Tianxia wuzei, 2004) and Detective Chinatown series (Tangrenjie tan’an). Following Buddies in India (Danao tianzhu, 2017), Never Say Never is, Wang Baoqiang’s second directorial work: taking six years to hone, the film is a realistic depiction of the story of Xiang Tenghui, a former boxing champion, who is determined to train orphans from China’s remote countryside. Through sports competitions, he aims to provide them with the chance for a better life. This interview is based on the actors’ performances, the director’s audiovisual expression and the pursuit of values; it discusses the film’s reproduction of intergenerational will and the protagonist’s ideal for returning to the middle-aged stage of life, offering an in-depth portrait of the multi-dimensional thinking and artistic insights of Wang Baoqiang, as an experienced actor exploring the path of film directing.

A Social Network Analysis of Influences on Residents' Value-Based Decisions.

To ensure a value-based health care system, it is becoming increasingly important that residents are trained in making value-based decisions. This study explored the social network influencing residents' value-based decisions. To explore the social network influencing residents' value-based decisions, the authors used a semistructured individual and mini-group interviewing approach and participatory visual mapping. In total, 17 residents across 13 different specialties were interviewed from the southeastern postgraduate medical education and training region of the Netherlands, May-November 2021. Two researchers independently coded the transcribed data using an integrated inductive thematic approach. Subsequently, social network analysis was used to visualize the results. Residents indicated that their value-based decisions were influenced by direct actors who influenced decisions related to patients and indirect actors who shaped decisions related to patients without directly modifying them. Different interaction-aspects (i.e., personal, situational, and institutional) further affected residents' ability to make value-based decisions. Thus, residents' value-based decisions were a product of the interplay between various interactions with actors and different interaction-aspects. Residents defined value-based decisions differently, even within an interview. These results suggest residents' value-based decisions are influenced by a multitude of actors, including hierarchically superior colleagues who can directly alter decisions and patients (and their families) and nurses with whom residents consider it important to maintain good relationships. In addition, more experienced actors, mainly from the medical and nursing profession, contribute most to learning. Furthermore, residents' value-based decisions are deeply underpinned by the hidden curriculum. However, many senior physicians may not have received sufficient training in the concept of value-based health care. Consequently, an approach of formally educating residents in value-based health care will likely have limited effects unless social influences in day-to-day clinical settings reinforce its importance.

Developing a Sustainable Development Goals Research Hub among MERCOSUR’s Universities: A Case Study

The United Nations 2030 Agenda places universities as a hub of idea generators, which impulse and improve sustainable development. In the agenda, universities are considered vital to realizing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), because they are where experienced actor and young actor converge. These actors are good at developing actions of change, breeding innovation and creating a vision to the future. South Korea is one of the countries that took hold of the 2030 Agenda, providing an example of good international cooperation. The country is also known for its adaptable educational programs, which suits the complex and fast-changing demands of the world. South Korea has been working about its capacity to integrate the Sustainable Development Goals into the body of university students and academic research from the base generations. In the MERCOSUR, the Sustainable Development Goals advance in the university’s agenda have been pragmatic and differs from country to country. This paper treats a South Korean university, Yonsei University, as a role model of a research hub for the Sustainable Development Goals, and demonstrates that the model has been evoked for students and to stimulate its replicability in the MERCOSUR. This action would be highly benefited because of the Free Trade Agreement between MERCOSUR and South Korea.

The Mountain Minor

The Mountain Minor

Surviving During the Pandemic: Lessons Learned from Bandung Indie Music Scene in the Covid-19 Pandemic

This research intends to study how creative industry players, especially the independent music industry in Bandung responded to the first wave of the Covid-19 pandemic. The creative industry’s business pattern, which relies a lot on various face-to-face events, was forced to stop as a result of many restrictions on mobility to suppress the spread of Covid-19. By implementing a qualitative approach, this study conducted in-depth interviews with 8 experienced actors in the music industry in Bandung. This study found that (1) music industry players were hit hard at the beginning of the pandemic; (2) music industry players have many abilities that are very useful in difficult times such as pandemic times; and (3) music industry players initiated other creative businesses. This study also concludes that music industry players were classified as a vulnerable group during the pandemic. However, by capitalizing on the network within their communities, they were able to produce breakthroughs to survive and continue their activities in the creative industry.
 Keywords: creative industries, music, Covid-19, policy

Lope de Vega. Lo fingido verdadero

Lope de Vega. <i>Lo fingido verdadero</i>

МЕТОДИКА ВИКОРИСТАННЯ ВЕБ-СЕРІАЛІВ У СУЧАСНІЙ РЕКЛАМНІЙ КАМПАНІЇ

The article proves that classic marketing communications today face total mistrust on the part of potential consumers, primarily direct aggressive marketing. That is why brands are looking for new channels of communication and influence on the audience. The web series format is perfect for this because it combines storytelling, video content and influencer marketing. In addition, this form of marketing communications promotes maximum interaction of the potential consumer with the content. The main emphasis in the article is on the development of the method of using web series as an effective tool of modern marketing communications. The article proves that the development of web series naturally occurred in parallel with the development of the Internet. Proved similarities between TV and web series. An author's classification of modern web series is proposed, according to which horizontal, vertical, mixed and anthology formats are distinguished. Using the example of the first Ukrainian advertising web series "Free Money", filmed for Freedom Finance Ukraine LLC, the implementation mechanism of such a project was analyzed and an attempt was made to develop a methodology for using web series in modern advertising companies. It has been proven that web series have much broader tasks, bolder moves, more flexible timing and opportunities to raise more pressing topics compared to classic advertising tools. It has been proven that the main aspects of the popularity and effectiveness of a web series as an advertising tool are: non-standard format for the Ukrainian advertising market, beautiful, high-quality and expensive picture, full-fledged drama, professional, popular and experienced actors and working with a brand without a product placement format.

Взаимосвязь личностных характеристик и копинг-стратегий у актеров

Background. The specific character of actors’ professional activity, assuming high competition, public character of the profession, constant involvement of the emotional and communicative skills in the process of scenic transformation in combination with the peculiarity of the actor’s personality and the importance of personal qualities for the professional success determine the relevance of the study of stress coping strategies used by actors. Objective. Authors aim to reveal the interrelation between personal features and stress coping strategies in actors. Methods. The research involved psychodiagnostic methods: Cattell’s 16 PF questionnaire, Folkman and Lazarus’ questionnaire of coping strategies adapted by T.L. Kryukova. The correlation analysis revealed the interrelation of personal characteristics and coping-strategies used by the respondents. Results. It was shown that the frequency of appeal to all coping-strategies by actors is on the average level, the problem-oriented strategies are used less often in comparison to the strategies of separating oneself from the problem, and restoring the emotional balance. Personality traits as recorded by Cattell E scale (dominance) and L scale (suspiciousness) showed negative correlation with the use of strategies of “planning the solution of problems” (r = –0,63, p = 0,01 for the E scale) and “seeking social support” (r = –0,55, p = 0,01 for the L scale). Conclusion. Comparison of the results obtained in the study with the data of similar works of previous years allowed us to identify the dynamics of personal characteristics peculiar to actors. In current conditions striving for domination, leadership, readiness for publicity become particularly relevant for the representatives of the acting profession. It was found that personal characteristics of suspiciousness and diplomacy play an important role in actors’ choice of coping-strategies in stressful situations. The results obtained point to the need for a special development of a system of psychological support and accompaniment not only for beginners but also for experienced actors.

Shakespeare in the Theatre: Sir William Davenant and the Duke’s Company

Shakespeare in the Theatre: Sir William Davenant and the Duke’s Company

Wir sind noch einmal davon gekommen/The Skin of Our Teeth

Wir sind noch einmal davon gekommen/<i>The Skin of Our Teeth</i>

Autobiographical Therapeutic Performance as a Means of Improving Executive Functioning in Traumatized Adults.

This article describes the pilot project Shadows & Light Within: Untold Stories—a two-phase, multi-partner community-based project that explores the hypothesis that Autobiographical Therapeutic Performance can help traumatized individuals to improve executive functioning. A group of 10 individuals ranging in age from 32 to 69, with lived experiences at the intersection of trauma, mental health, and the court system, were paired with theater mentor-coaches for a 10-month creative group process, in which they shaped their stories into autobiographical performance pieces, through movement, improvisation, story-telling, and self-discovery. In the second phase of the project, their stories were merged into a theater production, weaving movement, song, and voice, and performed by an ensemble of experienced actors from the community. Pre- and post-interviews and self-report standardized measures of executive functioning were used to assist in establishing criteria and direction for future research. The results suggest that the individuals involved in this pilot may have improved executive functioning and acquired more ability to engage in human service programs designed to increase job readiness and enhance adaptive living skills.

Exploring EN 9100: current key results and future opportunities – a study in the Spanish aerospace industry

This study analyses if the objectives of the EN 9100 framework, EN 9100 standard, and its certification schema developed by the International Aerospace Quality Group have been reached and if they have been beneficial for aerospace companies. Fewer studies have been conducted on the EN 9100 framework than on other standards, and studies on the compulsory component are also rare. This in-depth interview study aims to address that gap. Case selection is conducted by identifying experienced actors in the sector, high-level managers from all layers of the Spanish aerospace supply chain (Tiers 0, 1, and 2), and certified auditors. The results show that the framework has been beneficial for the companies, even though some of its objectives – such as sharing best practices and cutting additional customer requirements – have not been achieved. Opinions regarding the framework’s benefits vary according to the supply chain level. The most favourable view is found in larger companies, all of which highlighted company motivation as a prime factor. These firms consider that EN 9100 is not focused on innovation but on improving the effectiveness and efficiency of the established strategy.

Parliamentary Influence Ten Years after Lisbon: EU Trade Negotiations with Japan*

AbstractThe Lisbon Treaty altered the way EU trade negotiations are conducted, by granting new powers to the European Parliament (EP), including ratification powers. Ten years after the Treaty entered into force, this article evaluates the parliamentary influence on EU trade negotiations, both in terms substantial and procedural matters, by analyzing the trade negotiations between the EU and Japan that lead to the Economic Partnership Agreement. Using an embedded two‐level game approach, the paper argues that parliamentary influence has been significant, and that the EP has developed into a constructive and experienced actor. It has changed the inter‐institutional dynamics, and it plays an increasingly influential role internationally through cross‐table engagement with the EU's negotiating partners. In addition, EU trade negotiations are embedded in a network of past, parallel and future negotiations, which shaped the strategies of the EP, and the nature and progress of the negotiations overall.

James Light: “The Parade of Masks” (c. 1928)

James Light: “The Parade of Masks” (<i>c</i>. 1928)

İlişkisel Bir “Dünya” Olarak Sanat ve Nesnenin Yeni Estetik Deneyimde Bozulumu

The position of art in its juxtaposition of progress and development can be historically brought back to the position of its object in the context of its ideological and iconological discussion. The distortion of the art object in the aesthetic experience is not about the subject, but about the expectation that the art object establishes the art world among different forms of evaluation as the object of an evaluation act. The jurisdiction of criticism cannot be put forward at this point, and cannot be talked about, as a result of its relevance to its ontological and epistemological bases. With all its experienced actors, the world of art is not a world of aesthetic experience with appreciation. In this study, how the object of art is distorted in aesthetic experience in the new art world created by the relevance of art will be handled from the perspective of Shusterman.

International Negotiation: Some Conceptual Developments

Negotiation is a central activity in international affairs, but it tends to be studied indirectly through particular cases. Considering it as a subject in itself brings out some important principles. The general literature on negotiation falls into five categories: advice from practitioners, studies of particular cases or contexts, statistical tests of data, psychological theories with experiments, and game theory models. Each approach complements the others, but there has been too little interaction among them. Game models, in particular, are important for the international context, which involves more planning and more experienced actors. They resist the generalizations to which other approaches are prone, often showing that whether a move is well-advised or mistaken depends on some easy-to-overlook detail.

Betrayal

Betrayal

Music for the London stage

The English composer John Eccles (c.1668–1735) obtained his first major composing job as a result of a 17th-century industrial relations dispute. In the early 1690s, the United Company was the only theatre company in London licensed to perform plays. Following a dispute over salaries and conditions, the theatre manager and actor Thomas Betterton broke free of the company in 1695 and—taking many of its most experienced actors and singers with him—formed a breakaway company at Lincoln’s Inn Fields. For some reason his principal composer, Henry Purcell, stayed with the remnants of the old company. This left the field open for John Eccles, who had composed a few songs for the United Company, to join Betterton as his chief composer. Within a few months, Purcell was dead, and over the next decade Eccles became one of the leading composers for the London stage, supplying music for operas and masques, as well as incidental music for more than 60 plays.

A Moon for the Misbegotten

A Moon for the Misbegotten