Vision Of World Research Articles

Power to move through: A heuristic self-inquiry of dance movement processing within guided imagery and music

This study was a heuristic self-inquiry of the impact of dance movement therapy (DMT) sessions to process somatic and kinesthetic imagery experienced in Guided Imagery and Music (GIM) sessions. Full transcripts were taken for both DMT and GIM sessions to look for themes and intersections of how dance movement processing may have impacted or influenced the therapeutic integration of GIM sessions. There were four primary themes that emerged for how dance movement processing sessions impacted the researcher’s understanding of GIM sessions. These were reimaging with movement, moving for release of emotion, embodying transpersonal experiences, and movement as aesthetic response. Intentional re-imaging with movement allowed for a continuation of the process begun in GIM sessions, which created opportunities for emotional release and integration of self. Movement was a way of generating artistic response that helped further the researcher’s imaginal world of GIM. Personal reflections and implications for practice are given.

AQUEOUS POSTHUMAN FEMINISM IN PAOLO BACIGALUPI'S THE WATER KNIFE

Climate fiction has intractably delved into the ecological dismay about the imminent disastrous repercussions of anthropogenic climate change. The posthuman propensities of these texts actualized by the depiction of imaginative worlds digressing from manifest conditions subvert anthropocentric standpoints and point out nonhuman agencies. Detailed analysis of climate fictions by employing feminist posthumanist figurations foregrounding a feminist ethic of difference, mutuality and care can bring to light their potential to offer imaginative realms outside the fallacies of human supremacy. The present work endeavours a watery incursion into Paolo Bacigalupi's The Water Knife and attempts to view it through posthumanist feminist aqueous imagery put forward by the cultural theorist Astrida Neimanis. It also explores how water in the novel engenders a fresh imaginative space through its diversified techniques.

Visual bodies, ritualised performances: an offline-online analysis of Extinction Rebellion’s protests in Finland and Portugal

Protests are, and have always been, fundamentally visual and embodied phenomena. However, the unprecedented quest for visibility instigated by social media brings about novel intricacies for contemporary political action. This article explores the function of bodies as tools of visibility in performative protests that develop throughout immediate and mediated levels of visuality. Through a methodological strategy combining snap-along ethnography and coordinated comparative fieldwork, we analyse two Extinction Rebellion protests – in Finland and Portugal – as they move from the street to the internet. We argue that, more than mere bodily public disruptions using the online sphere for representational purposes, these are ritualised forms of protest that, through the offline-online conjunction, construct the bodies as sites of imagination: in the streets, bodies work as enactors of ritualised performances; on social media, bodies become tools of visual dissonance and cultural prefiguration. Using the concept of ritual as an analytical lens facilitates an understanding of how international protest repertoires are locally embodied and how bodies are visually re-signified, including the recreation of the spectators-protestors’ dialectic to evoke imagined worlds. By shedding light on how bodies are visually transformed through ritualised offline-online performances, this article contributes to understanding how radical climate movements articulate political claims that appear to break away from conventional modes of argumentation.

A Discussion on Life Consciousness in Du Fu’s Poems

Respecting life and protecting life are the core values of Chinese culture. As the greatest poet nurtured by Chinese culture, Du Fu showed a distinct consciousness of life in his poems. With the passage of time and the changes in his physical body, Du Fu became sensitively aware of the existence of life. Government service was the main way to realize the value of life for scholars of Tang, and this way was frustrated by reality for a long time, particularly for the poet Du Fu, who faced the crisis of settling his life. Although Du Fu wanted to find a place to settle his life in the other dimensions of the human world, in the real and imaginary drunken world and the natural world, he could not overcome the frustration concerning the relationship between the ruler and the minister, and he often felt the pain of nowhere to settle his life and the insignificance of life when its meaning becomes absent.

The insertion of social movements in the protection of the environment: bodies and learnings in the Recôncavo da Bahia

The article discusses the possibilities and actions of social movements and traditional communities in protecting the environment in the Recôncavo da Bahia through interventions of the Federal University of the Recôncavo da Bahia, UFRB. As a territory of identity, the Recôncavo is home to niches for social movements and diverse communities. With their bodies, educational actions, and cultures, they develop actions ranging from the preservation of heritage to the struggle for natural spaces for cultural survival, acting together with the state apparatus to preserve and protect the environment. Methodologically, a bibliographic review was carried out with a study of education, environment, and physical education; as a result, new reflections that may help society preserve the environment with sustainability are proposed. The main results point to strengthening institutional and community configurations, the visualization of collectives and minority groups, and the generation of democratic platforms for change based on the dialogue between different knowledge and world visions. We conclude with the possibility of disciplinary integration and the need for further studies.

The Fight for Global Health Justice: The Advocacy of International Humanitarian and Development NGOs During the COVID-19 Pandemic

The increasing health inequity and injustice of the COVID-19 pandemic rendered visible the inadequacy of global health governance, and exposed the self-interested decision-making of states and pharmaceutical companies. This research explores the advocacy activities of humanitarian and development international non-governmental organizations (INGOs) in responding to this inequality and investigates how they framed alternatives for global health justice. It reviews 47 organizational documents and 43 media articles of five INGOs (ActionAid, Médecins Sans Frontières, Oxfam, Save the Children, and World Vision) and points to the importance of understanding advocacy frames in analyzing how these organizations prioritize agendas and advocacy strategies. The dominance of the ‘human rights’ frame, sometimes in combination with ‘scientific evidence’ and ‘security’ frames, reflects the identities, mandates, and histories of campaigning and collaboration of these INGOs. This paper contends that the advocacy of humanitarian and development INGOs highlights both deontological and teleological ethics, promoting the voices of people in lower-income countries, clarifying duty bearers and their accountabilities, and addressing structural barriers from a human rights perspective in a global health agenda setting.

Analysis of the Dual Subject Identity Cognitive Construction Mechanism in 100 Flowers Hidden Deep Based on Lacanian Three Worlds Theory

Chen Kaige's short film 100 Flowers Hidden Deep guided by the theme of "moving house" serves as a narrative thread, portraying the inner struggles of a modern individual faced with conflicts between tradition and modernity. This conflict not only exists within the protagonist's inner world but also permeates society, leading the film's characters to exhibit different attitudes and behaviors when confronted with various dilemmas. This paper explores how the unique character configurations in the film, hidden beneath the clash of tradition and modernity, project onto Lacan's Three Worlds Theory, offering a fresh interpretation from a film text analysis perspective on the Real, Imaginary, and Symbolic worlds. Starting from the dilemma of the self and the other, this paper interprets the existence and forms of the self across different dimensions, attempting to decipher how the film text constructs the journey of self-recognition for both the protagonist and the audience in a symbolic and psychoanalytic world. This analysis is an integral part of psychoanalytic studies, with profound implications for film text analysis. The film not only provides a new interpretation of character settings and plot arrangements but also offers essential theoretical support for film production and audience comprehension. 100 Flowers Hidden Deep by Chen Kaige demonstrates the importance and value of Lacan's Three Worlds Theory in film text analysis.

A Philosopher’s Fairy Tale: Dostoevskij and Kierkegaard on Imaginary Worlds

ABSTRACT The faculty of imagination plays an important but somewhat ambivalent role in the works of Fëdor Dostoevskij and Søren Kierkegaard. On the one hand, both Kierkegaard and Dostoevskij believe that it can facilitate the becoming of ethical and religious subjectivity, but they are also aware that an overly active imagination can lead to escapism which may in turn hinder ethical and religious self-development. This paper focuses specifically on the negative side of imagination, examining the stories of Frater Taciturnus from Kierkegaard’s Stages on Life’s Way and General Ivolgin from Dostoevskij’s The Idiot, both of whom construct highly elaborate personal imaginary worlds which, as this paper argues, serve as a means of escapism. The paper outlines the structure of these imaginary worlds and examines how they serve as a means of avoiding personal and moral responsibility.

ЭПАТАЖЕН ЛИ ГЕНИЙ, ОКАЗАВШИЙСЯ ТРАНСГРЕССИВНОЙ ЛИЧНОСТЬЮ?

The object of the study was a genius from the world of art. The research methods were phenomenological and existential onesl. Based on them, the author tries to understand the mechanisms that became the source of the emergence of the masterpiece as new, spiritually significant for humanity. Creativity, being the true existential of the artist’s existence, contributes to his transitions into imaginary worlds. This fact allows us to call a genius a transgressive personality. As a free and volitional act, transgression takes place within the person, involving them in imaginary worlds. The creative mind of a genius, through contemplation and imagination, perceiving various impulses and creatively transforming them, expands spaces, making it possible to touch theessence of existence and convey what is known in a work of art. Transgressive transition for the creator turns out to be a natural practice, allowing one to go beyond the boundaries of what is permitted. But from the outside, the genius, his ideas, emotions, actions and works look provocative, which allows them to be characterized as shocking. Breaking social norms and shocking people around, the genius and theur outrageousness outline new paths for the development of art.

Analysis of the Role of the Unconscious in Surrealism and its Comparison with Symbolism in Expressing the Concept of Imagination in Ibn Arabi’s Mystical Revelations

Symbolism and Surrealism, as two artistic and literary movements, aim to discover hidden and spiritual realities through the deep layers of the human mind and imagination. Symbolism, which emerged as a reaction against Naturalism and Positivism, believes in a reality beyond the perceptible world that is depicted through symbols, dreams, and imagination. Meanwhile, Surrealism, deeply influenced by Freud’s psychoanalytic theories, emphasizes the unconscious and dreams, seeking hidden truths through unusual perceptions and mental imagery. In this context, the thoughts of Muhyiddin Ibn Arabi, especially in the realm of sleep, dreams, and the world of imagination, establish a profound connection between Islamic mysticism and these two movements. Ibn Arabi considers dreams as a means of accessing spiritual worlds and embodying meanings in symbols, a view that aligns with the approach of Symbolists and Surrealists in uncovering hidden realities. This article examines the comparative concepts of dreams and imagination in Symbolism and Surrealism and compares them with Ibn Arabi's mystical revelations in the discovery of symbolic secrets. The results of this study show that both movements utilize the capacities of the unconscious and symbolism to uncover a reality beyond apparent truths. However, Ibn Arabi employs divine revelation and symbols to understand the ultimate truth, while Surrealism focuses on mental complexities and the inner world. This comparative analysis contributes to a new understanding of the interactions between meaning and the unconscious in these two intellectual currents and highlights the central role of Ibn Arabi in advancing discussions related to hidden and internal realities in the expression of the symbols of art and literature.

The Role of Political Symbolism in Constructing a National Iranian Identity

Symbolism is at the heart of the political process and any symbol can potentially become a part of the political field. Applying the “positive symbol” concept I underlines that the Iranian nation is formed through the symbolic forms of ideas and values. Two types of symbols can be identified in the formation of Iranian identity: symbols-signifiers and integrating symbols. The article pays attention to the role of symbols, the role of the so called “guardians” and the role of Corbin’s “imaginal world” in the construction of Iranian identity. The paper shows in its conclusion that the role of political symbolism in constructing a national Iranian identity is significant and acting as a “symbol-strategy,” consisting of symbolic actions.

The Imaginal World and the Orientation of Perception: Henry Corbin and the French Phenomenological Context

The Imaginal World and the Orientation of Perception: Henry Corbin and the French Phenomenological Context

China in the World: Culture, Politics, and World Vision by Ban Wang (review)

China in the World: Culture, Politics, and World Vision by Ban Wang (review)

An Intervention That Launched a “New World Order”

The political era that has come to an end lasted for about three decades. Formally, its beginning can be attributed to the international crisis brought about by Kuwait’s invasion by Iraq in 1990 It shaped the American vision of the new world.

A post geographical vision of emergent micro cultural rural material world

<abstract> <p>This paper analyzes the emergence of micro-cultural material worlds in marginal rural areas of Spain from the viewpoint of postmodern rural cultural geography. The methodology is qualitative and geo-ethnographic, based on the study of three cases that suggest a renewed relevance of place as cultural capital in the production and consumption pattern of new or renovated rural materialities. The main conclusions suggest that two sides characterized the renovated houses: externally linked with traditional spirit and style of the area and internal with an individual and cosmopolitan design These represent a new dialectic similarity/difference.</p> </abstract>

ЗОВНІШНЯ ПОЛІТИКА США: МІЖ ПОЛІТИЧНИМ РЕАЛІЗМОМ І ЛІБЕРАЛЬНИМИ ЦІННОСТЯМИ

The author of the reviewed monograph showed the mutual influence of the domestic and foreign policy of the United States. The reviewed book is interesting for its conceptual generalizations and establishment of causal relationships between different stages of the political history of the United States in the context of the history of Americanforeign policy. The independence of the United States marked the emergence of a potential world power. The North’s victory in the Civil War eliminated external threats to the United States. The author considers the period of the two world wars to be a continuation of the process of the United States entering the forefront of the world. During World War I, the United States turned from a debtor country into the world’s largest creditor. The author indirectly considers isolationism to be relevant to that time in the history of U.S. foreign policy. The policy of neutrality was based on American public sentiment. The author of the monograph considers the lack of a common vision of the post-war world, insufficient understanding of the culture of the USSR and the USA, the loss of hopes for the liberalization of the Stalinist regime, and the politics of fear for one’s security to be the prerequisites of the Cold War. After World War II, the United States supported the independence of former European colonies. The Korean War and the Vietnam War were attempts to defend the American vision of international relations. The collapse of the USSR created the prerequisites for the rise of a new world power, communist China. The author of the monograph criticizes Trump’s imperial isolationism. The balance between political realism and liberal values is the key to effective U.S. foreign policy. On the ideological scale between liberal, revisionist, and conservative paradigms of conceptual understanding of the history of U.S. foreign policy, Warren Cohen’s monograph takes a position on the left of the liberal flank with its anti-colonial discourse, criticism of interventionism, hopes for a balance between realism and idealism.

Совершенствование ИТ-архитектуры промышленного предприятия в эпоху цифровой трансформации

Industrial enterprises must continuously improve their integrated management information system (CIS), thereby IT architecture, due to the need to adequately respond to possible significant changes in their business in a competitive market due to various internal and external factors, especially in the modern era of increasing political and economic crises. Industrial enterprises must improve their IT architecture in accordance with planned changes in their business architecture and business strategy in accordance with their visions of the future world and their chosen mission, taking into account the preferences of their shareholders, as well as the dynamics of borrowed and own economic resources. Factors causing the need to improve the business architecture and, accordingly, the IT architecture of an organization include significant changes in the external (economic, political, natural, environmental and others) and internal environment (mergers and acquisitions, changesin mission, marketing, product, material and technical base, employees), including fundamentally new IT offerings on the market, significantly improving the quality of management and products, and employee pro- ductivity, especially in the era of general digitalization. Industrial enterprises, to automate their internal and external busi- ness processes, choose one of the following strategies to improve their IT architecture: adapt current business architecture and IT architecture to their target values; create an effective business architecture and an adequate IT architecture, taking into account the needs of their shareholders and other consumers; carry out optimization of business architecture and IT architecture within the framework of the selected mathematical model of the external environment and organization, with the aim of further development and achievement of the mission.

Technological Communication and Re-living the world of Disabled through Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s films

This paper seeks to understand the challenges faced by disabled people and the struggle they go through in their life through the imaginary world of Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s films. In order to understand it deeply, this research work will try to peel all the layers ingrained in these films and the disabilities shown will be dealt in detail to show how the protagonists of the film communicate with the world within and the world outside. For a comprehensive analysis of the issue, filmmaker’s three major films like Khamoshi (1996) Black (2005) and Guzaarish (2010) have been taken into consideration as they make us believe in the world of disabled people and the difficulties, they face in their day-to-day life. The protagonists of the films have their own unique way to deal with their handicaps but the emotional quotient which is attached with these films make the internal conflict quite obvious. Although, there have been few films like Koshish (1972) in the past and Taare Zameen Par (2007) in the recent times which dealt with this issue, but due to the relevance of such issues in the imaginary world of Sanjay Leela Bhansali, they become significant and let us dwell in that world to know it better. Therefore, the paper will make an attempt in understanding the broader issue of dis-ability through the prism of the above mentioned films and situate its argument in the peripheral image of this highly debated issue.

FEATURES, PROBLEMS, AND PROSPECTS OF USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN THE CONTEMPORARY ART FIELD: WRITING, FINE ARTS, VOICE ACTING

This article describes most things related to the rapidly developing Artificial Intelligence which use Neural networks to create all sorts of stunning things. The article covers what exactly Artificial Intelligence is, its short history of development and some techniques it uses. Next comes AI-image generation, which is quite popular right now as it opens possibilities that artist have dreamt for a long time. In the world of fine arts, AI algorithms inspire artists by offering fresh perspectives, styles, and techniques. Here the main advantages of using such AI is described, why it suddenly become popular, roughly explained about its algorithm of work, how users can actually use it and named the most popular tools. Also there described weaknesses of such image generators such as actually low understanding of word-object relationship, it is hard for it to grasp abstract things such as figurative meanings and hard to control what author exactly want to generate. The article also describes usage of Neural Networks in writing field. In the realm of writing, AI-powered tools assist in crafting plots, developing characters, and even producing complete articles or stories. There it can be used both as a helper tool to find proper wording or improve writing style, as well as writing complete stories or at least helping writers to outline the first draft. It can also present advanced writing techniques in easily editable visual form by using experimental TaleBrush, which can greatly help beginners in writing field but also professionals. Not just that, but creating believable characters using Chat bots or enhancing language translation. AI can revolutionize voice acting by providing realistic and diverse AI-generated voices, opening up new possibilities for character creation. Voice acting is another field that would greatly benefit from using AI, as it allows to basically create entire songs and albums just using Vocaloids, do voiceovers for films and games with VoiceVox and create and edit podcasts with fast-learning AI text to speech synthesizers. In conclusion the future of AI tools were described such as advanced video editing, help with programming and possibility to create an entirely generated and live imaginary world in games with lively NPC which previously was just impossible.

자크 라캉의 이론으로 접근한 “여름과 연기” 속 ‘알마’의 욕망

In this study, I approach and examine the desire of Alma among the characters in Tennessee Williams' play “Summer and Smoke” with Jacques Lacan's theory. To develop the discussion, I first understand Jacques Lacan's theory of desire. Each characteristic was organized by dividing the three areas of desire that Lacan emphasized: the imaginary world, the symbolic world, and the real world. Based on this, the desire acting on Alma's unconscious mind was analyzed. The analysis was focused on the texts of the “Summer and Smoke” play, and Alma's words and actions were closely examined in the scene where the desire for each stage was revealed. As a result, it was possible to understand how Alma's desire entered the real world through the imaginary and symbolic worlds, and how the object of desire was changing accordingly. Thus, it was confirmed that words and actions that contradict the super-objective of the character in the work can be explained on the basis of a psychoanalytically approached desire. Although this character analysis does not make a very different interpretation of Alma, it could suggest the possibility of being applied as a tool to create complex characters reflecting complex modern society in more depth.