Features Of Embodiment Research Articles

Virtual reality as a sustainable alternative for authentic and satisfying tourism experiences

ABSTRACT Tourism significantly contributes to climate change while simultaneously providing essential leisure and relaxation opportunities. This study examines the potential of virtual reality (VR) as a sustainable alternative to physical tourism by examining its ability to authentically and satisfactorily replicate traditional tourism experiences. Anchored in technological mediation theory, this study explores whether VR’s embodiment features – ownership, location, and agency – can foster tourism authenticity and tourist satisfaction. To do so, this study employs a quasi-experimental design with 937 cases. The findings indicate that VR tourism can deliver authenticity and satisfaction levels comparable to physical visits, particularly among tourists with prior VR exposure. These results advance sustainable tourism practices by positioning VR as a viable alternative to physical travel, thereby contributing to environmental conservation efforts. These results also underscore the critical role of technology embodiment in crafting immersive and meaningful tourism experiences. Therefore, the data-driven insights provided herein can be used to guide the development of innovative, technology-driven tourism models that meet the growing demand for authentic and sustainable travel experiences.

The synthetic nature of N. Lvov’s lyrical works in the focus of the “holiday” concept

This article examines the embodiment features of the dialogue of arts in N. Lvov’s creative heritage (1753-1803) based on the lyrical works of the writer intended for vocal performance (“Winter” (1796), “Duets. To the Music of Zhirdini Printed in London” (1791), “Words to the Finished Music of Seidelman. Duet” (1793), “A Song for Gypsy Dancing” (1789). The research uses the biographical, historical-functional and historical-typological methods. In the course of the study, we found that the synthesis of arts is a semantic and formative element. The writer managed to combine the literary code with the genome of a number of other, sometimes even antonymous, fields of art, which ultimately contributed to the creation of a unique work whose hallmark is eclecticism. Thus, through the active use of the musical art code in his work, N. Lvov managed not only to integrate two areas of art, but also to create a qualitatively new format of musical and literary art with powerful aesthetic potential. A clear example of this is his lyrical work with the concise title “Winter” (1796). In addition, as the analysis showed, the writer managed to organically introduce the festive concept of pagan extraction into the work, in many respects this is due to the genre nature of the text. Realizing the multiplicity of contact points between literature and painting, Lvov sought to develop various mechanisms of rapprochement. For example, he used the tools of fine art when creating the verbal fabric of a poetic text, thanks to which his poetic works acquired a special color and picturesqueness. We can observe this phenomenon in the “Duet. To the Music of Zhirdini Printed in London” (1791) and in “Words to the Finished Music of Seidelman” (1793). Being an innovator, N. Lvov made an attempt to combine various types of art – dynamic (literature) and spatial-temporal (choreography). An example of this kind of experiment is his “A Song for Gypsy Dancing” in whose genome the festive motif characteristic of N. Lvov’s work is traced again.

The concept of <i>family</i> as a key concept of the artistic world of K. G. Karnyshev

The concepts that are understood as structural units of human consciousness that store a set of knowledge, primarily about the phenomena of the surrounding world that have accompanied a person since ancient times and are part of the national culture, are of the greatest interest for modern humanitarian research. That is, it is a multicomponent mental entity, which is the result of reflecting the real world in a person's consciousness in the context of ethno- and socio-cultural specifics. The aim of the work is to study the features of the artistic embodiment of the primary concept of family in the prose of K. G. Karnyshev. The aim of the work is to study the features of the artistic embodiment of the primary concept of family in the prose of K. G. Karnyshev. Achieving this goal involves solving the following tasks: 1) consideration of the concept of "concept" in the humanities; 2) study of the implementation of the concept of family in the Russian literature of the 20th century; 3) definition of the components of the basic concept of family; 4) study of the conceptualization of family relations in the prose of K. Karnyshev; 5) analysis of the central secondary concept of the house; 6) identification of the features of the embodiment of the secondary concept of the genus. Procedure and methods. The paper uses problem-thematic (analysis of the themes and issues of the writer's works, taking into account the peculiarities of their worldview), historical and literary (the study of the writer's creativity in the context of the historical process), conceptual and cultural methods. Results. The analysis showed that the "Family" in K. G. Karnyshev's prose is the basis of human life, it is in the family that the system of values and life attitudes is determined. Considering interpersonal relationships in the family, the author speaks bitterly about the loss of a kindred spiritual connection between close people. Frames are being erased, stereotypes are being destroyed – the traditional concept of family is being destroyed. But for K. Karnyshev, it is still the family that is a necessary condition for the formation of a person's personality; moral foundations are laid in the family. Research implications. The work of K. Karnyshev provides rich material for studying the history, culture and life of the region. The themes and problems that the author solves in his works remain relevant and interesting, since literature is a reflection of life.

Toward a Grammar of Danish Talk-in-Interaction: From Action Formation to Grammatical Description

ABSTRACT Is it possible to develop a comprehensive grammar of talk-in-interaction for a specific language based on descriptions of social actions? This is the question we will try to answer in this article. The article is based on the work of the project The Grammar in Everyday Life, which aims to build a systematic grammatical description of Danish talk-in-interaction based on descriptions of social action formats within three domains: question–answer sequences, commissive–directive sequences, and the negotiation of participation during longer spates of talk. Our ambition is to build a grammar that takes into consideration how talk is used in the real-time unfolding of interaction to do actions and to negotiate relationships. Through a presentation of three formats, we discuss how a grammatical description can be organized, how granular it should be, if and how traditional grammatical categories can be used, and how prosodic and embodied features could be included. Data are in Danish.

Orality, multimodality and creativity in digital writing: Chinese users’ experiences and practices with bullet comments on Bilibili

ABSTRACT Responding to recent calls in sociolinguistics and social semiotics to study the material, technological and embodied features of writing, this article examines Chinese users’ experiences and practices with the emergent technology of bullet comments on Bilibili, a major video-sharing platform and breeding ground for online subcultures. As one of the first studies based on in-depth interviews with its long term users, this article demonstrates that the unique design of bullet comments, by inserting writing into a moving screen, creates multimedia, multimodal semiotic affordances, reinforces “participatory spectacles,” and facilitates powerful multisensory, bonding experiences similar to the (secondary) orality culture. Users’ diverse range of adaptive and creative practices, which resemiotize available linguistic, visual and cultural resources to create new meaning-making possibilities, are analysed. Considering the recent “desubculturization” of Bilibili and its increased interactions with mainstream culture and the state media, this timely study is well positioned to capture users’ observations about this transition, and assess potential impacts on their experiences and writing practices. It is pointed out that the new synergy of youth nationalism and the technology of bullet comments reflects the complex interplay between writing as a technologized social-semiotic practice, and the wider social, cultural and political conditions.

Are Mentalizing Systems Necessary? An Alternative Through Self–other Distinction

Recent studies have identified two important findings on infants’ capability of taking others’ perspectives and the difficulty of ignoring perspectives irrelevant to the acquired perspective. Unfortunately, there is insufficient consensus on the interpretation of these phenomena. Two important features of perspective-taking, embodiment and aging, should be considered to reach a more appropriate hypothesis. In this paper, the mechanism of perspective-taking can be redefined through the well-known process of self–other distinction, which is inherent to humans, without resorting to either the assumption of controversial systems or an excessive reduction to executive functions. Therefore, it is hypothesized that the implicit mentalizing observed in infancy comes from the loosening phenomenon and lasts lifelong and that the self-representation separated from one’s own body by the detachment function is sent to other perspectives for explicit perspective-taking. This hypothesis can not only explain both the robustness of perspective-taking in the older adults and the appearance of egocentric/altercentric bias in adults but also is consistent with the findings in brain science and neuropathology. Finally, some issues to be considered are presented to improve the validity of this hypothesis.

What does it actually mean that Premotor Theory is about embodied attention?

ABSTRACT One of the most vigorously debated issues in attention labs concerns the nature of the coupling between the sensory-motor system and covert spatial attention. Proponents of the Premotor Theory of Attention (PToA) claim that attention should be accounted for in terms of motor preparation for goal-directed actions such as eye or hand movements. For others, it is a supramodal psychological entity that is independent of our sensorimotor machinery. Both parties also seek to articulate this controversy in terms of cognitive science as a question of whether attention is embodied or disembodied cognition. The PToA is thought to advocate the embodiment of attention. We, however, are inclined to think that a more nuanced view of this conceptual framework is needed to yield some insights into how radical it actually is in terms of embodied cognition (EC). We argue that PToA still seems to bear some features of weak embodiment. Yet we suggest that it has the potential to build a stronger concept of attention as EC, but somewhat paradoxically this would require giving attention deflationary treatment and reconstructing it in other terms. We propose that the notion of pre-reflective intentionality might serve as an inspiration to this end.

Comparing Social Robot Embodiment for Child Musical Education.

The present research focuses in the comparison of two social robot models running the same Human-Robot Interaction (HRI) applications targeting the context of music education for children aged 9-11, with the objective of underlying the design choices favored by the target audience on the running tasks. The Guitar Tuner consists of two main functionalities: tuning process and performance evaluation, which we implemented using the NAO and Zenbo robots. User evaluation included 20 children and assessed their perceived robot embodiment preferences (e.g., shape, robot motion, displays, and emotional expressivity) and perceived usability aspects. The evaluation used an experimental remote protocol supporting collecting online feedback with users during the COVID-19 pandemic. Empirical results supported performing quantitative and qualitative evaluations of the HRI application and highlighting the perceived differences of robot embodiment features. The discussions center on improving a future version of the HRI application, plus children’s considerations about their preferred robot embodiment features during the observation sessions. Finally, we propose recommendations for robot embodiment design for children and learning based on this case study and discuss protocol limitations during the social distancing context, that we believe as a valid alternative to move forward with experimental designs, particularly in robotics, becoming a great contribution to other researchers facing similar hurdles.

A Merleau-Pontian Account of Embodied Coping in Virtual Reality

Virtual reality (VR) offers a simulated environment where users can interact directly with their surroundings and provokes questions about embodiment and disconnection. This article will demonstrate how VR’s unique embodiment features differentiate it from the experience of non-VR online and video games and allow the transfer of movement and first-person perspective into the ‘gamespace.’ Drawing upon Merleau-Ponty’s concept of embodiment, I will argue that 1) VR is a coping experience, and 2) the VR environment becomes the world of our engagement. This understanding of the VR experience allows us to reassess this technology, showing how it uses bodily action and perception to open up new digitally-mediated possibilities for connection.

Symbolism of the image of love in the poem “La steaua” by M. Eminescu as an object of linguo-cognitive research

This research is devoted to the study of the linguo-cognitive specifics of the linguistic nominations of manifestations of love in the poem “La steaua” by M. Eminescu. The study of linguistic representations of the concept of love as multifaceted and ambiguous from the point of view of its emotional nature of feelings on the material of a poetic work is interdisciplinary by its nature, being at the junction of such scientific disciplines as: cognitive linguistics, literature and psycholinguistics. The purpose of the study is to identify and study the verbalized fragments of the image “love” in the poem “La steaua” by M. Eminescu and to establish their associative-figurative potential. To achieve the above-mentioned goal, a number of tasks were outlined: to identify and classify the key conceptual dominants of the poem “La steaua” by M. Eminescu; to establish the structure and semantic content of the image of love in the poem by describing its frame structure; to determine the individual author’s specificity of the interpretation of the artistic image of love on the material of the analyzed poem. As a result of our research, we identify frame structures that are activated by verbal units and convey a specific stereotypical situation. We come to the conclusion that the features of the verbal embodiment of frame structures are directly related to the individual author’s perception of the image of love, his personal and emotional characteristics, as well as culturally determined associations with the concept of love.

Understanding embodied immersion in technology‐enabled embodied learning environments

AbstractObjectiveThe aim of this current paper is to investigate the salient embodiment features in the empirical studies on technology‐enabled embodied learning environments (TEELEs), and to contribute a comprehensive conceptual framework to direct the understanding and the designing of TEELEs – to embody and how to embody.MethodIn this thematic paper, we carefully selected and reviewed 28 empirical studies (peer‐reviewed journal articles published in the recent decade between 2010 and 2020) on TEELEs, and analyzed their salient features concerning embodiment.Results and ImplicationsSynthesizing the characteristics distilled from the selected studies, we propose the conceptual framework of embodied immersion, which consists of three major dimensions, namely, physical, sensory, and cognitive immersions. Eight factors – means of embodiment, amount of motoric movements, point of view, media effects, haptic effects, operational congruency, learning congruency, and personalization – contribute to these three dimensions, and are carefully articulated, discussed, and explicated. The discussions around the embodied immersion framework are rooted in the concepts of presence, immersion, and agency. We regard our framework as a trinity borrowing the ingredients from each of those three that will guide through the understanding and the designing of TEELEs.

EMBody: A Data-Centric Toolkit for EMG-Based Interface Prototyping and Experimentation

Body movements, from a short smile to a marathon run, are driven by muscle activity. Despite the fact that measuring muscle activity with electromyography (EMG) is technically well established, it is highly complex and its use in interfaces has been limited. Easy access to muscle sensing can offer new opportunities to Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) research. Off-the-shelf sensors often only provide low-level access, hence requiring expertise in signal processing and widening the gulf of execution for users without engineering skills. To address this challenge, we introduce EMBody, a data-centric toolkit for EMG-based interface prototyping and experimentation. EMBody offers multiple levels of prototyping fidelity for EMG sensing, signal processing, and data interpretation. Our data-centric toolkit encapsulates the different data representation stages, offering a wide range of customization opportunities to experts while also allowing non-technical designers to focus on creating new interaction techniques. EMBody features a lightweight form factor and wireless connectivity. Additionally, the system leverages an exploration-centered workflow by allowing rapid access to measurement data via the accompanying software. Users define a set of motions to be recognized and interactively provide example data points. The toolkit then handles signal processing and classification. The recognized movements are streamed on the local network, ready to be used by interactive applications. This paper reports on how to use EMBody and its implementation. We iteratively developed the toolkit in a series of workshops and example applications. Users who had none or very limited knowledge of EMG could rapidly create engaging functional prototypes, while experts appreciated the modularity of the software component allowing for a high degree of customization. We contribute the software and hardware components of EMBody as a tool for the research community to stimulate creative exploration of EMG systems.

A Dynamical Perspective on the Generality Problem

The generality problem is commonly considered to be a critical difficulty for reliabilism. In this paper, we present a dynamical perspective on the problem in the spirit of naturalized epistemology. According to this outlook, it is worth investigating how token belief-forming processes instantiate specific types in the biological agent’s cognitive architecture (including other relevant embodied features) and background experience, consisting in the process of attractor-guided neural activation. While our discussion of the generality problem assigns “scientific types” to token processes, it represents a unified account in the sense that it incorporates contextual and common sense features emphasized by other authors.

Тема любви в произведении Ю. Н. Наковой «Видело Небо, и слышали воды Пор-авата и Невы»

Introduction: the article is devoted to the topical issue of the development of theme of Finno-Ugric literature. The subjects of the analysis are the features of embodiment of the theme of love in the story by the Khanty writer Yu. N. Nakova. Objective: to identify and reveal the features of the theme of love in the story by Yu. N. Nakova. Research materials: the story «The Sky Saw and the Waters of the Por-Avat and the Neva heard» by Yu. N. Nakova. Results and novelty of the research: the story «The Sky Saw and the Waters of the Por-Avat and the Neva heard» for the first time becomes an object of scientific comprehension and is introduced into the context of Finno-Ugric literary studies. The theme of love in the writer’s work is focused on the relationship between a man and a woman. The work is based on a love story, intertwined with the theme of family. The young happy family of the Nakovs survived the trials of the Great Patriotic War, but it is not the war that destroyed the family, but human envy. The main hero left no chance for a reunion with his beloved. And the faithful heroine transformed the whole range of feelings into a mother’s love. Emotivity of the images, the motif of expectation reinforced the theme of love in the story by Yu. N. Nakova.

GRATIAN AND MENGZI

AbstractIn this essay, I compare two pioneer thinkers of the “just war” tradition across cultures: Gratian in the Christian tradition, and Mengzi (Mencius) in the Confucian tradition. I examine their historical‐cultural contexts and the need for both to discuss just war, introduce the nature of their treatises and the rudimentary theories of just war therein, and trace the influence both thinkers’ theories have had on subsequent just war ethics. Both deemed just cause, proper authority, and right intention to be necessary conditions for initiating a just war. However, Gratian’s theory has a presumption against injustice whereas Mengzi’s theory has a presumption against war. As a jurist of the Church, Gratian sought to discriminate just from unjust wars, while Mengzi, a moral‐political advisor to rulers, was more concerned with avoiding bloodshed and building lasting peace. In addition to examining these thinkers’ respective historical influences, I submit that Gratian’s Decretum and the Mengzi are pioneering in two more senses. First, they offer important clues to understanding how just war ideas were developed very differently in medieval Europe and in premodern China. Second, both embodied features that helped shape their subsequent intellectual tradition, which in turn molded the different legacies of these two works.

The Viola Music of Yevhen Stankovych as a Phenomenon of Composer`s Creation

Instrumental music occupies one of the leading positions in the Ye. Stankovych’s creativity – great connoisseur of the orchestra and the leading composer-symphonist of modern Ukraine. He makes excellent use of his knowledge not only in orchestral and chamber-instrumental works, but also in solo – mainly instrumental concertos. Viola compositions occupy a special position among them. This fact is directly indicated by the personal attitude of Ye. Stankovych – both of his viola concertos were included to the programs of his anniversary evenings in 2002 and 2007. The lack of comprehensive research of his viola works determines the obvious relevance and scientific novelty of our article. Its main objective is to create an integral panorama of composer’s viola music and determine the dramatic role of viola’s solo in his scores.The research methodology is represented by a complex of various methods, among which especially important are: historical and biographical (applied during the study of the circumstances of viola works creation); structural and intonational analysis (during musicological analysis of music), as well as comparative (when comparing them with each other).The results of the research. The analytical section of the article includes all viola compositions written by composer: «Concerto No. 1 for viola and orchestra»; «The highland legend» for viola and piano (orchestra); «Symphony-concerto for viola and orchestra», «Chamber Symphony No. 15 for viola and chamber orchestra». The author studies the history of the creation and subsequent concert life of these opuses, as well as their compositional structure and features of instrumental embodiment. Particular attention is paid to the way, in which Ye. Stankovych uses the capabilities of the solo viola, interprets its timbre. It was found that the uniqueness and exceptional richness of the timbre palette of this instrument, which in the world music history the most often associated with compositions of philosophical direction, is maximally revealed by the composer and, obviously, attracts him with its unlimited possibilities for embodying such imagery, key to his style.Based on this, the conclusions focus on the fact, that viola personifies the own voice of the composer, his personal thoughts and experiences. It is also said about the significance of this article – it can serve as a basis for further researches and draw more attention to the considered works.

Genre and stylistic complex of “Three Pieces in C Major” for piano by M. Karminskyi: compositional and performing aspects

Genre and stylistic complex of “Three Pieces in C Major” for piano by M. Karminskyi: compositional and performing aspects

Ипостаси вербальной культуры: универсальное в специфичном

Ипостаси вербальной культуры: универсальное в специфичном

Пьесы Л.М. Леонова на сцене Тамбовского театра

The review of productions of Tambov state academic order “Badge of Honour” of Lunacharsky drama theatre of L.M. Leonov plays “Invasion” (premiere of 3 October 1943), “An Ordinary Man” (22 September 1945), “Golden Carriage” (9 October 1971) is given. Theater reviews of 1940s–1970s written by Tambov authors, among which are teachers of Tambov State Pedagog-ical Institute (now Derzhavin Tambov State University), are collected and analyzed. The theatrical embodiment features of L.M. Leonov’s dramaturgical works on the stage of the provincial theater are considered. The multi-sided connection of the classic of Russian literature of the 20th century with Tambov land is marked. The dynamics of theatrical and literary regional interest in L.M. Leonov’s dramaturgy is traced. The stylistic features of theatrical reviews by R. Chernyak and L. Yakovlev are revealed. Special attention is paid to the responses of Tambov philology teachers, which allowed us to clarify the range of scientific and educational activities of the uni-versity’s teaching staff in different years, to determine the forms of interaction between educational and cultural organizations in the region. The features of the plays and their reflection in the productions are indicated. The stage embodiment’s distinctive features of L. Leonov’s plays’ characters by Tambov actors are determined.

Triadic conflict mediation as socialization into perspective taking in Swedish preschools

This paper is a video-ethnographic language socialization study that examines the discursive, linguistic and embodied features of the teachers’ and children's ways of conflict mediation and resolution. The study describes the ways in which young children (three to five-year olds) in several preschools in Sweden are being socialized into the interactional competences and perspective taking necessary for managing conflict situations. It is shown that teacher-guided conflict resolution was accomplished through triadic interactions involving the teacher as a mediator. Teachers used questions to encourage and direct children to convey their volition, wants, and wishes to their peers, and requested the other children to listen. It is argued that such discursive practices socialize children to perspective taking, and that this socialization is linked to wider societal norms of Swedish preschools and Swedish society, namely democratic values of equality, agency, individualism, and solidarity.