Real Participation Research Articles

Illusion and individuation in the Orientalisms of Arthur Schopenhauer and Karoline von Günderrode

AbstractThe present article demonstrates the philosophical gains Arthur Schopenhauer and Karoline von Günderrode derive from the Western conceptions of individuation they read into Indian thought. Schopenhauer represents much of 19th‐century German Orientalism—including that of Herder and Friedrich Schlegel—insofar as his Idealism focuses upon Indian “antirealism” or the view that contrasts the unreality of finitude with a higher, ultimate reality. In particular, he subsumes all individuated forms—including individual subjectivity—under the Indian concept māyā, or “illusion” as understood by the Hindu school Advaita. Günderrode, on the contrary, privileges the Indian concept of saṃsāra, or cyclical reincarnation, which in her understanding exemplifies a then uncommon interpretation of Indian thought as “realist,” or committed to the truth of appearances and the value of finitude. With regard to Hindu belief, Günderrode's conception of individuation as participation in reality therefore resonates with the materialist school of Hinduism Vaiśeṣika, as well as Advaita's directly competing school, Viśiṣṭādvaita.

An Autoethnography of Child Artists in Tamil Dance Reality Television Production

Reality Television shows that revolve around the lives of children have become popular to audiences of all ages, which is evident in their success across diverse channels and various demographics (Palmer, 2013). With the increase in the number of reality shows and child participants in them, emerges a critical need of questioning the power of those in authority and are in- charge of production over the powerless group (the children) who aren’t of an age to legally possess the right to consent on their work, but have become the primary focus of almost every aspect of media commercialisation. An analysis of the conditions and effects of child participation in reality shows is extremely complex as it is difficult to make a child share his/her experience with others. It is also true that the history of children’s daily experiences are extremely difficult to trace, since children themselves have had little or no access to those public forms of expression (Holland, 2004).
 This paper is an autoethnographic study that explores Tamil dance reality television's child artists during the period 2008-2020.The bodily performances of the dance reality television’s child artists and crew are studied by focusing on the intersections of body and space and with them developing in this context the concept of Biopolitics, as advanced by Michel Foucault (1979). The qualitative study covers a sample of 8 dance reality shows in five different Tamil channels with a focus on 12 child artists and how they spend their everyday lives in the shooting sets, rehearsal studios and other media production spaces. The researcher, being an insider in the reality television programmes, as a freelance floor director and coordinator for more than ten years now, provides this paper a significant leverage of the same and uses methods of memory work and self-reflexive writing along with in-depth interviews.

무인집권기 임춘의 은거관념 －불교를 중심으로－

This article examines the seclusion concept of the intellectuals during the military regime, centering on Im Chun’s 『Seohajip』. This is because, Im Chun’s thoughts about the concept of seclusion are richly described in the 『Seohajip』. Im Chun’s concept of seclusion was briefly addressed in relation to Confucianism. However, he was interested in not only Confucianism, but also in the seclusion concept of Buddhism. Therefore, Im Chun’s concept of seclusion needs to be dealt with newly in relation to Buddhism. Im Chun tried to grasp the history of seclusion related to Buddhism throughout the Korean history. This is why he had a profound interest in the seclusion of the Silla period, and continued to summarize the aspects of seclusion that took place during the middle period of Goryeo. All of this was to suggest how seclusion should be in his time. Based on this, Im Chun emphasized to monks and inhabitants that the temple is a place of seclusion. At this time, he paid great attention to what spirit Buddhists should pursue when they seclude at the temple. As a criterion for evaluating the seclusion, he focused on whether the believers are properly practicing the truth of Buddhism, that is, Tao. For this reason, he criticized very harshly when the believers’ seclusion was in wrong direction. Moreover, he claimed that even if the believers seclude, it must be a truthful seclusion, not a false one. Meanwhile, Im Chun also had interest in the monks’ participation in reality. To him, participation in reality and the seclusion were not separate from each other. However, he thought that even if the monks participate in reality, they should return to their original place after the participation and seclude. He believed that there are still many things that the monks can do for the world, even in the temple. Thus, he revealed how the concept of seclusion is different between the Buddhism and the Confucianism. For the monks, essential path is to seclude. Whereas participation in reality is the proper path for the Confucian scholars. Only then could Buddhism be able to give the right help to society of Goryeo at that time. Through this, he believed that the social problems of Goryeo, that occurred due to the military regime, can be correctly solved.

Everything old is new again: reality television celebrity, the Hollywood studio system, and the battle for control of one’s image

ABSTRACT This article examines how reality celebrity differs from more traditional forms of celebrity and the impacts that understanding has on working conditions. Many challenges faced by participants on reality TV result from the understanding of their labour as unskilled and replaceable. Looking at how individuals like actors and extras gained protections in the past provides a framework to consider possibilities for reality participants. The contracts and working conditions facing current reality television contestants have strong similarities to those faced by actors in early Hollywood. Restrictive contracts, difficulty in organising, and extreme disparity in power relations were major features of the star system and are currently negatively affecting the working conditions of those appearing in reality programming. Reality television has enacted a system that features much of the power imbalance that early film stars faced, but that offers little of the rewards.

Motorsafe: An Android Application for Motorcyclists Using Decision Tree Algorithm

In Vietnam, prohibitions on using the telephone while driving vehicles have effected in a long time. However, that is relatively common and dangerous for traffic participants in reality. Along with the continuous growing of smartphones, using phone while driving is becoming a bad habit and one of the major causes of crashes and accidents of traffic in Vietnam. MotorSafe is a novel application that has been practically implemented as a solution for this problem. From the obtained data of the accelerometer sensor on the smartphone, a proposed decision tree algorithm enables device to recognize the user's status on driving a vehicle. Some necessary tasks are provided that will help drivers focus on driving instead of unnecessary behaviors.

Study on the consciousness of participation in reality through Lee You-won’s ｢Hwangmyeongsayoung｣

Study on the consciousness of participation in reality through Lee You-won’s ｢Hwangmyeongsayoung｣

Race and the Senses: Toward Articulating the Sensory Apparatus of Race

Abstract This article provides a preliminary exploration into the relationship between the bodily senses and race. Seeking insight into what Merleau-Ponty called a body-subject—a lived, knowing body that is aware and reflective of its perceptual experience and actively participates in the construction of reality—it explores the role of the bodily senses in constituting the ideological universe of race. Approaching the body as an anchor of sensory apparatus that is cultivated to confirm and uphold the social and ideological existence of race, it explores how we cultivate, activate, and materialize the historically specific bodies that actively perceive race as difference and participate in the social reality organized by race. Examples of colorblind ideology and racialized pain are used to substantiate the claim that our sensory participation in reality is integral to maintaining what we call race.

Participation in Reality: Both Discovery and Invention

Participation in Reality: Both Discovery and Invention

Forecasting participants of information diffusion on social networks with its applications

Social networking services allow users to adopt and spread information via diffusion actions, e.g., share, retweet, and reply. Real applications such as viral marketing and trending topic detection rely on information diffusion. Given past items with diffusion records on a social network, this paper aims at forecasting who will participate in the diffusion of a new item c (we use hashtags in the paper) with its k earliest adopters, without using content and profile information, i.e., finding which users will adopt c in the future. We define the Diffusion Participation Forecasting (DPF) problem, which is challenging since all users except for early adopters can be the candidates, comparing to existing studies that predict which one-layer followers will adopt a new hashtag given past diffusion observations with content and profile info. To solve the DFP problem, we propose an Adoption-based Participation Ranking (APR) model, which aims to rank the actual participants in reality at higher positions. The first is to estimate the adoption probability of a new hashtag for each user while the second is a random walk-based model that incorporates nodes with higher adoption probability values and early adopters to generate the forecasted participants. Experiments conducted on Twitter exhibit that our model can significantly outperform several competing methods in terms of Precision and Recall. Moreover, we demonstrate that an accurate DPF can be applied for effective targeted marketing using influence maximization and boosting the accuracy of popularity prediction in social media.

It takes two to tango: the relationship between the press and celebrities in Belgium

The objective of this paper is twofold. The first aim is to examine the characteristics of the celebrity press in Flanders (the Dutch-speaking part of Belgium) in comparison with the foreign celebrity press. The second aim is to characterise the interaction between local celebrities and journalists, as conflict, cooperation or negotiation. To this end, a content analysis was performed on the three Flemish celebrity magazines and leading journalists, editors and celebrities were interviewed. The results show that, first, the majority of the articles cannot be typified as ‘gossip’ stories and, second, most journalists and celebrities label the mutual relationship as one of cooperation and negotiation. However, as a result of market competition, Flemish celebrity journalists are increasingly pushing ethical boundaries. The paper discusses how the press can both make and break a celebrity’s career. Specifically, ordinary people who rise to unexpected fame through their participation in reality shows have very limited negotiation leverage.

THE GIFT OF PARTICIPATION: ON THE TRIUNE GOD AND THE CHRISTIAN MORAL LIFE

This paper argues for an affirmation as well as a qualification of a relational understanding of the Trinity through the notion of participation. This suggests that the “analogy” between the Trinity and the Christian moral life is not merely about correspondence that requires imitation, or about the funding of the moral imagination with metaphors, images and stories, but about participation in the Triune life. This claim is developed mainly in conversation with two recent studies in trinitarian theology, namely These Three Are One by David Cunningham and Participating in God by Paul Fiddes. The paper also argues that participation in the Triune life is a participation through the Spirit. Without such a pneumatological focus – without the gift of the Spirit – the moral life is robbed of the resources that enable a life of freedom, responsibility, generous hospitality and joy. Participation is, however, not a vague “spiritual” notion, because the participation in the Triune life through the Spirit is a participation in Christ. This participation is, as suggested by Dietrich Bonhoeffer, a participation in reality. It is a participation in life.

Letter from America: The Reality Approach to Deterring Drinking and Drug Use among Juveniles

Reality, an innovative prevention program that goes beyond teaching facts, makes first-time juvenile drug and alcohol offenders contemplate possible negative outcomes of their behaviour which have repercussions for their entire social circle. The program combats juveniles' rationalizations for adverse consequences resulting from drug and alcohol abuse and addresses their tendency towards short-term personal gratification. Data from 229 participants in Reality reveal that these offenders have few explicit long-term plans that might otherwise help them to focus on their future, and to deter behaviors that could jeopardize their aspirations. Although it is difficult to determine the effectiveness of such programs as Reality, its unique approach, supported by its theoretical foundation (techniques of neutralization and self-control theory) make the curriculum worthy of consideration for youthful drug and alcohol first-time offenders.

The Rules of the Game: A Para-Theory of Literary Theories

It has been than a decade since Jacques Ehrmann wrote that Play, reality, [and] culture are synonymous and interchangeable ... .[Thus] any of communication (or of information) implies a of play.., .and a theory.1 Ehrmann's insight into vital relation of play to culture represents a critical and philosophical tradition that has for most part been ignored by modern literary theorists. Criticism's failure to develop a of literary games is puzzling for two reasons. First, as Jonathan Culler has recently remarked, current critical is primarily engaged in development of an as yet nascent poetics, that is, a systematic theory of relations... between literature and other modes of discourse which make up text of intersubjective experience.2 A poetics so conceived would demonstrate literature's importance as a cultural institution by revealing role played by fiction-making in our daily construction of and participation in reality. This poetics would elevate fiction to a position equal to that of more serious pursuits such as work and politics. And this, I shall argue, would also be most important result of a of literary games. Second, critical theorist, like novelist and poet, inevitably plays games of several kinds with language, and any poetics aiming at inclusivity must acknowlege this dimension of critical as well as literary act. The purpose of following essay is to suggest role that a of will play in development of a complete literary poetics. The expression game theory, as it is most frequently used, denotes a sophisticated mathematical approach to social phenomena with which certain games are strictly identical.3 Its usefulness was first foreseen by Leibniz in 1710, and James Waldegrave developed the notion of minimax strategy two years later.4 Numerous works have since extended concept into other fields such as physics and military science; most important extension in our time is found in John von