Symbolic Interpretation Research Articles

ARTIST'S ROLE IN STRENGTHENING INDONESIA’S NATIONAL DEFENSE (DEFENSE SOCIOLOGY STUDIES IN A DIGITAL SOCIETY)

<p>The sense of nationalism in citizens of Indonesia has been degraded along with the influence of globalization and digitalization, which also has implications for the decreasing awareness of State Defense. The Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Indonesia has carried out innovation by launching the <em>'Ngopi (Ngobrol Pintar) Daring Bela Negara</em>' or Online Smart Talk in State Defense program a breakthrough from this program is to make artists a model for defending the country. Artists are figures who are close to social media and digital society. This study aims to analyze the artist as a symbol of national defense. This study uses the grand theory from Karl Marx and the main theory about symbolic interpretation by Geertz (1973). This study uses a qualitative approach and data collection techniques with in-depth interviews and observations. The study results show that artists were chosen to be models in the program because artists are seen as symbols that have meaning in building a sense of nationalism, especially for the younger generation in today's digital society. Artists have a significant role in influencing people's attitudes and behavior, especially the younger generation, in fostering a sense of nationalism which currently tends to access a lot of social media. These artists define Defending the Country according to their achievements in their respective fields of expertise so that the digital community feels motivated and moved to participate in spreading the spirit and values of Defending the Country. This program is considered to provide a different color and is successful enough to be held on an ongoing basis.</p>

Presentation of the Special Issue. Cultural Innovation in the Basque Country: A Polyhedral View

The Special Issue entitled "Cultural innovation in the Basque Country: A polyhedral perspective" brings together 6 articles written by members of the research group of the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU) "INNOkLab: Laboratory of Cultural Innovation”. The articles are, precisely, the result of a reflexive process to delimit a complex but extraordinarily suggestive field of study such as cultural innovation, from an epistemological perspective that understands cultural evolution and cultural change as a constitutive part of the most dynamic socio-technical systems of the present. It is, therefore, a collective effort that attends to the links between innovation and culture from the consideration that the associations and connections that make innovation processes possible are also the result of the transformation of daily routines, identities, symbolic interpretations and emotional repertoires of the actors involved.

Sobornost as a Form of Ontology of Culture in the Works of V. Solovyov, P. Florensky, S. Bulgakov, N. Berdyaev through the Prism of Hegel’s Dialectic

The article examines the development of approaches to the category of sobornost (spiritual community of people), stated in the works of V. Solovyov, in the works of P. Florensky, S. Bulgakov, N. Berdyaev. This essay traces the evolvement of sobornost from abstraction to definition by means of Hegel’s dialectic. The process of dialectic development is projected onto modern life through philosophic polylogue that includes symbolic interpretation of the language of Russian religious philosophy of the 19th–20th centuries. Sobornost is interpreted as a specific ontology of culture enfolding itself in religious, secular, and religious-secular communality. Thus, with Hegel’s triads in mind we can build on the unity and self-identity of sobornost at the level of religious communality. For secular communality with its duality, sobornost is mediated and reversed. Though duality of sobornost is not substantial and it unites general and particular into religious-secular communality as the most concrete form of its actualization. Each communality type means a specific form of presentation of sobornost in language and shows itself in the texts through religious philosophemes (symbols). For example, wandering (S. N. Bulgakov) and self-sacrifice (P. Florensky, N. A. Berdyaev) indicate religious communality. They are characterized by religious hyper-asceticism, mono-ideism, atemporality, martyrdom, and chosenness. Whereas heroism (S. N. Bulgakov, P. Florensky) implies maximalism of causes and means, individualism, chosenness, collectivity, political mono-ideism, martyrdom and points to secular communality. All three symbols of religious and secular communalities have common features: atemporality, eschatologism, the idea of chosenness, mono-ideism, martyrdom and Messianism with different actualization in each of the communalities. The third type of communality combining both religious and secular demonstrates all three symbols of sobornost. Herein these symbols are associated with humility, personal maximalism of actions, religious conscience, historicity, and freedom. In this way an individual is always placed in the dimension of sobornost and cannot be regarded out of it. The establishment of sobornost leads to spiritual totality of the divine-humanity.

Symbolic interpretation of sea songs and shanties in sea travel writing

Travel writing is characterized by a narrative discourse that describes landscapes, transforms adventure into a mythical journey and reveals the fears of humankind. The sea gathers momentum when the protagonists overcome the fear of death. However, the significance of the tune of sea songs has not been adequately highlighted, being relegated as side special effects that embellish the narration. The aim of this paper is to analyze the symbolical element of the songs to foreground its function in sea travel writing in the English and American fiction from the 18th to the 21st century accounts, and their symbolic implication.

Assessing School Community Involvement in Implementing School Summary Report Cards A Case study of Mpanda District in Katavi Region, Tanzania

We describe here a study that assessed school community involvement in implementing a School Summary Report Card (SSRC) in public secondary schools: in Mpanda District in Katavi Region, Tanzania. The study had three specific objectives, which were to evaluate the awareness of the school community in the implementation of SSRC in school progress, examine the level of community participation in the implementation of SSRC, and explore the challenges of implementing SSRC. The study was guided by an open systems theory which originated from the General System Theory and approach by Ludwing Von Bertalanffy, in 1950s after World War II (Scott & Davis, 2016). Data were collected through questionnaires to 45 teachers; interviews with 5 heads of schools, 3 Ward Educational Officers, and 1 District School Quality Assurance Officer. Focused Group Discussions were conducted with 50 students and 35 community members. We also performed school observation and documents review. Descriptive statistics and thematic analysis were used to analyze the data. The findings indicate that the majority of the teachers and community members were not made aware of the use of SSRC. Low involvement of the school community members in the implementation of SSRC and also there varying interpretations of common symbols in the SSRC and mismatch between ratings of the SSRC indicators and the final valuation of the SSRC. The study recommends the conduction of a broader sensitization of the school community on what constitutes SSRC, and how to implement it to bring about an impact on the school and community

Rhetoric and Chastity: Gower’s Depiction of Rhetorical Practice in the Lucrece Myth

AbstractModern scholarship on deliberative rhetoric in medieval England often examines traditions of counsel that emerged out of classical democratic norms. However, John Gower’s definition of rhetoric in book 7 of the Confessio amantis describes a deliberative rhetorical practice specifically adapted for use by an authoritative monarch. Drawing on his inherited Aristotelian tradition, Gower depicts an embodied theory of deliberative rhetoric that depends on a sovereign’s reasoned capacity for deliberation and dissemination of truth in plain language. He illustrates the political possibilities that accompany this rhetorical practice through his extended discussion of the Lucrece myth. By examining his English-language Fürstenspiegel, we can better understand the close relationship between symbolic interpretation, rhetorical practice, and virtue.

Sign and Symbolic Systems as Cultural Codes: Recognition and Interaction of Symbols

The purpose of the study is to reveal the patterns of pictorial coding and the formation of symbolic images and visual systems based on them in propaganda graphics during the war between russia and Ukraine. Research methods. The methodology of the research is based on semantic and structural art analysis. The scientific novelty of the research is the reflecting of the spectrum of iconic and symbolic images, which represent the accuracy of coding socio-historical events and the clarity of their fixation in visual communications; and also – detection of differentiation of standard and innovative signs and symbols. Conclusions. In the considered poster projects, the most characteristic forms of image-visual coding of information are highlighted; there are established "traditional", "innovative" and "situational" symbolic forms, and the conditions of their interaction to ensure the quality of the communicative process are defined. Thus, the campaign graphics of KNUKiM students reveals appealing to the treasure trove of already established forms of conventional signs-indexes and conventional symbols, as well as its enrichment with new symbols. Violent and rapidly changing social events and the need for their wide discussion in society lead to the formation of both new visual word images and their "word combinations" and linguistic interpretations. Simultaneously, visual symbols are updated, containing layers of information that are much larger and more meaningful than the initial interpretation of each individual symbol. At the same time, the combined use of various symbols and the leveling of the unification of visual stylistics lead to unexpected and not always expected by the authors results of the "decoding" graphic appeals. In view of the mentioned problem, it is urgent and necessary to focus the attention of scientists on the in-depth and more detailed illumination of symbols and stylistic ways of their display, which are currently being formed and spread in the information environment.

Dinamika obraza rossijskoj vlasti v istoricheskom diskurse XX v.

The article examines the problems of the political culture of Russians and the evolution of the images of the highest state and political figures personifying power. The focus is on political cults - the historical context of their formation and development. The images of political actors, which are both the product of political self-consciousness and the memory policy of the established political regime, are significant for the study of both political culture and public consciousness. The article analyzes the experience accumulated in Russian and world historiography of deconstruction of political cults in the history of Russia of the twentieth century and the interpretation of political symbols.

The Pedagogical Primacy of Language in Mental Imagery: Pictorialism vs. Descriptionalism

Abstract This paper argues for the primacy of language over vision as a means of communication. Words convey information more clearly, accurately, reliably, and profoundly than images do. Images by themselves give only impressions; they do not denote, unless accompanied by some sort or level of description. Also, any visual image, whether physical or mental, unless it is eidetic, must involve some degree of interpretation, interpolation, or description for it to be capable of conveying information, having meaning, or even being intelligible. Pictorialism is the theory that mental imagery is visual, while descriptionalism holds that mental imagery is nonvisual. As an epistemology, pictorialism supports representationalism as a philosophy of art. The poverty and limitations of representational theories of art militate against pictorialism. Descriptionalism as an epistemology supports several versions of symbolist theories of art. The richness and versatility of symbolic interpretations of art works support descriptionalism. Pictorialism fails the test of consistency unless eidetic imagery exists. Any pictorialism that claims support from noneidetic imagery or invokes the photographic fallacy is in fact a crypto- or quasi-descriptionalism. Since the photographic fallacy denies eidetic imagery, it is invalid and misbegotten as a defense of pictorialism. The interplay between the richness of visual images and the precision of verbal descriptions is a key element in developing a comprehensive pedagogy of aesthetics.

건강기능식품 종합비타민 패키지 디자인의 기호학적 연구

Due to the Corona 19 (COVID-19) pandemic, consumer health concerns and consumption are leading to a trend of popularization. As a result, brands are developing various marketing strategies to meet consumer needs and gain consumer recognition. Visual expression through package design is a powerful and close communication tool for brands to communicate with consumers. The purpose of this study is to consider the strategy of visual symbolic representation of package design, which can enhance the effect of positive brand image building and association through grasping expression elements and symbolic interpretation and analysis of the meaning transmission of each element. The visual expression element analysis and color analysis through the visual symbols expressed in the package design of the top 10 multivitamin brands in Korea, the United States, and China, and the meaning transmission process of the visual symbols that contain the meaning and symbol. As a result of the research, first of all, a composite compositional design strategy of linguistic and non-verbal (visual) elements of illustrations that can intuitively associate information in the visual expression elements of package design is necessary. is. Secondly, visual expression through color requires a color scheme that understands the symbols, associations, and meanings of social and cultural colors. Third, the analysis and interpretation of visual symbols that can express the meaning of visual symbols so that consumers can clearly understand the meaning of visual symbols and take action, and reduce the communication errors that may occur in the process of conveying meaning. According to the design strategy required. The results of this study will confirm the importance of conveying meaning through visual symbols in package design of health functional food multivitamin, and will be used as a basis for strategic research on package design that can bring about effective communication between brands and consumers. can be done.

Color as a pictorial principle in the artistic language of Chinese painting: approaches and models of representation

The purpose of the article is to study the approaches and models of color as a pictorial principle in modern Chinese painting.
 The article is devoted to the actual problem of the study of the artistic language of painting. In Chinese art history, it has several forms of representation. However, one of the key themes is the role of color as a central pictorial principle in contemporary fine art.
 The study of the role of color in painting is based on the analysis of the formal and compositional-plastic features of artwork. At the same time, color is an important factor in the interpretation of artistic signs and symbols of a particular author. The selection of color from and a number of other elements of the artistic language is associated with the influence of the traditional artistic system in the art of China on the practice of modernization. In many professional studies, we can come across an opinion about the practical significance of tonal and color solutions for substantiating the artistic imagery of a work and its ideological and aesthetic meaning.
 The methodology. For the analysis of sources we used the method of comparative analysis and the method of typology. Visual sources are analyzed with the use of methodological, formal, compositional and figurative-stylistic analysis.
 The results. In modern Chinese studies, the problem of color is a completely independent area, which is of universal importance for the analysis of the evolution of fine art. As a visual principle, the subject matter is considered within two approaches: 1) figurative-plastic, where the central place is occupied by tonal and color features in the context of the search for form and composition; 2) emotional-figurative, where the central place is occupied by the perception of color and the interpretation of the signs and symbols of the work.
 Within the framework of the first approach, three research models dominate: 1) figurative and artistic model, which is characterized by the ability of color to change within the framework of the author’s style idea; 2) the symbolic model focuses the artist’s attention on cultural and historical references; 3) the decorative-figurative model positions the problem of color as a matter of color morphology, as well as the use of traditional decor techniques along with oil painting methods.
 Within the framework of the second approach, the sign-emotive and semantic-emotive models are the main ones. The first model represents color as a factor of the author’s sign space. The second model is a tool for studying color as a part of a sign artistic language. This artistic language regulates the specific meaning of the aesthetic essence of color (for example, red in traditional symbolism is a sign of power). In this model, the semiotic feature of color is enhanced by the emotional nature of painting techniques.
 The scientific novelty. The article substantiates the concept of color in painting as the main pictorial principle in the contemporary fine arts of China. The research approaches of Chinese art critics are summarized.

A parallel between the first verse of the biblical genesis, the poem “The Secret Rose Garden” and the Sephirotic Tree of Kabbalah

This article proposes a study on the border between comparative literature and the hermeneutics of symbols. Although the traditional literature of the Middle East offers many possibilities, the context of the analysis will focus mainly on a parallel between the representation of the Sephirotic Tree of Kabbalah (also called the Tree of Life) and certain verses from the poem “The Secret Rose Garden” written by Mahmūd Shabestarī. At the same time, we will use as a link between the two contexts a symbolic interpretation of the first verse of the biblical genesis. Along with highlighting some of the peculiarities involved in deciphering the Hebrew alphabet, this approach aims at an approach that facilitates the transition from a type of intellectual Kabbalah to a reception related to intuitive Kabbalah. Consequently, the comparative literature appears more as a pretext for contextualizing the method of approach, as well as for presenting illustrative examples.

Valheim – Interpretation of Cartographic Symbols on the Map Based on the Characteristics of the Respondents

Valheim – Interpretation of Cartographic Symbols on the Map Based on the Characteristics of the Respondents

THE FEMINIST RESPONSES TO MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT: A READING

According to the well-known study on Wollstonecrafts reception in the early 20th century, some feminists embraced her unusual life experience as a personal model for their own experiments with, and literary reflections on, love, sex, and marriage. She frequently used the first-person plural to refer to herself as a part of the greater community of women who endure patriarchal oppression in A Vindication of the Rights of Woman. There is evidence that many intellectuals regarded Wollstonecrafts contributions to modern women largely from a biographical and literary standpoint. Examples include Virginia Woolf, Ruth Benedict, and Emma Goldman. Numerous important biographical studies of Wollstonecrafts life and literary critiques of her writing have been produced since the 1970s. The second wave of feminist researchers, however, were undoubtedly most influenced by this symbolic interpretation of Wollstonecraft as a personal figure. In this research paper, we aim to investigate the feminist theories of Wollstonecraft as well as her experiments with gender, life, marriage, literature, and society. KEYWORDS: A Vindication of the Rights of Woman, Mary Wollstonecraft, Feminism, Radical Feminist, Modern Feminism

Ecotheological Community and the Question of Non-Human Animals Understood as Persons

Ecotheological Community and the Question of Non-Human Animals Understood as Persons

THE PECULIAR REVELATIONS: SCROLLS PAINTINGS FROM THE WORLDS OF LUÓ PÌNG - 罗聘 (1733-1799)

Since the early days of Homo Sapiens-Sapiens wandering the land, ghosts, spirits, and apparitions have dominated much of human existence. The goal of this two-part article is to offer a broader knowledge of the evolution of ghost-spirits from their early origins, as well as to analyse the many qualities of them and their interaction within the Chinese artwork of Luó Pìng - 罗聘 (1733-1799). The first section discusses the artist's historical background, his symbolic interpretations of themes and techniques, and his portrayal of the afterlife. The second section of this study concentrates on and provides several evidences of the Chinese philosophical background of death and life as well as the Ghost (Guǐ - 鬼) definition within the Chinese philosophy. Finally, this study concludes with a brief assessment of the artist's work, its cultural background, and its psychological effects, - a journey that captivates the fancies of every generation across different continents-.

Perception of climate change in Bangladesh: local beliefs, practices and responses

There is a clear need for an understanding of the perceptions of climate change among those whose lives are most affected to inform national discourse and in particular, development and implementation of adaptation strategies. The paper is the outcome of a qualitative study among the local people of Charhajari, Anuliya and Nitpur unions of Bangladesh. The key informant technique, along with in-depth interview, had been exploited for gaining holistic perceptions on climatic scenario in the localities, while focus group discussion and case study were used for mapping out collective social consensus on the subject. The study has elucidated the threats climate change poses to established long-term beliefs, practices and perceptions by instigating erratic changes in weather patterns, shifting seasons, and questioning efficacy and authority of traditional interpretation of local weather. Local inhabitants have their own way of internalization and symbolic interpretation of climate induced debacles. Of the indicators demonstrating the impacts of climate change on local communities, seasonal diversity decline is central for affecting every aspects of socio-economic life including rituals and festivals. Apart from these, inhabitants have explored a number of independent and dependent climatic hazards they are under exposed. The paper concludes that experience of climate change impacts is for most cases ecosystem based but perception appears to be culturally specific.

On the Cultural Logic of Symbolic Interpretation: The Imagined Community of Singapura

On the Cultural Logic of Symbolic Interpretation: The Imagined Community of Singapura

Situated Expertise in Literary Interpretation: An Expert-Expert Study of High School and PhD Students Reading Canonical Hip-Hop and Poetry

This study brings into conversation two bodies of research that operate from different assumptions and make divergent conclusions about high school students’ capacity to read and respond to literary texts. On one hand, cognitively-oriented expert-novice research comparing experienced literary readers to high school students indicates that students tend not to engage in expert-like interpretive sense-making when they read literature. On the other hand, socioculturally-oriented studies of students’ “funds of knowledge” and socially situated “interpretive communities” indicate that students do engage in expert-like interpretation. One likely reason for these divergent findings is that by default, expert-novice studies often define interpretive expertise by drawing on Western, White discourses and epistemologies. This study experiments with a situated expert-expert methodology that considers the influence of culture, race, and the practices of different interpretive communities on participants’ literary reading and response. First, it offers an expanded definition of interpretive expertise by looking outside conventional academic interpretive communities. Then, the study ascribes interpretive expertise to two groups: Black, Latinx, and Asian-American high school students who self-identified as experts in hip-hop; and mostly White doctoral students who self-identified as experts in poetry. Both groups read lyrics to a highly regarded hip-hop song and a highly regarded poem. Analyses showed that each group was more likely to engage in expert-like practices, such as building symbolic interpretation and appreciating realness, within the genre belonging to their interpretive community. These findings offer empirical support for the power of interpretive communities and the value of funds of knowledge frameworks. The findings strengthen the call for the still predominantly White, Western academy to honor other interpretive communities and recognize the limits of their own.

Preman Pensiun dan Kuasa Agama: Semiotika Visual Komunikasi Religius dalam Episode “Kembali Ke Fitri”

The Preman Pensiun cinema in the episode Return to Fitri has vital elements of the pull of religion so that humans return to Him. The purpose of this study is to interpret cultural signs visually. Using a critical paradigm with a visual semiotic method that is both structural and poststructural, the researcher uses a post-semiotic approach rooted in postmodernism to interpret the image that the author refers to from the Sinema Preman Pensiun episode of Return to Fitri. The study's results, from the perspective of structural visual semiotics, show that the power of religion is clearly depicted in the scenes played by Muslihat and Ujang figures. However, in the post-semiotic perspective, the pull of religion is a method of capitalism to influence or grip the minds of the audience so that they are interested in being part of the film (the audience). This research is expected to impact researches on communication semiotics that continue to develop and on da'wah communication in general, which the authors define as religious communication in the context of a critical paradigm.