Visual Culture in the context of Cultural Studies The thesis will explore Visual Culture in the context of Cultural Studies. According to Chmielecki (2015, p.95), vital culture the notion of the image and its role in contemporary culture is dominant compared to language in the development of visual cultural studies rooted in the semiotics of the image and communication theory. In this perceptive, pictorial turns are seen as a mirror reflection of linguistics turns and academic movement that has increased self-consciousness about the belief of the importance of sight and its correlatives in workings of cultures. The rationale of this research is to understand the notion of visual culture by looking at the idea of visual and then the concept of culture and how these two relate to each other. Besides, the integration of visual cultures in the curricula as means of increasing the relevancy of visual learning for students and the inclusion of the learning culture in classrooms serves to facilitate the development of higher-order thinking skills in students. Also, it can assist students in navigating through a seemingly…
Cultural and Social Historians in 1940s and 1950s The Cold War was an extension of World War II, between the United States and the Soviet Union. The two states supported different sides of the war at the beginning of the war, as the United States supported the United Kingdom by offering support. However, the U.S. was provoked into war against Germany due to the Pearl Harbor attack, which inevitably got it to be on one side with the Soviet Union. When the war was over, the U.S and the Soviet Union continued to be angry at each other because of the U.S delayed participation in the war leading to the death of many Russians, and the fear of the U.S that the Soviet Union would control the world by expanding communism. To control the world control by communism, the U.S. developed containment as a strategy to empower nations so that they could not adopt communism, which further deteriorated the tension between the two states. Social, cultural and cliometric historians have documented a lot of information about the life of Americans…
Artificial intelligence (AI) Artificial intelligence (AI) remains one of the fields of technology that continues to witness rapid growth around the world. As a result, it continues to capture the attention of various stakeholders such as policymakers, commercial investors, and defence intellectuals, among many others. That is, artificial intelligence is a vital global issue that focuses on addressing security challenges in future. Many industries continue to implement AI technologies aimed to transform and improve predictions and decision-making. Such techniques include machine learning (ML), information, data, and sensor fusion. Nevertheless, the deployment of AI presents problems such as operations and monitoring, as well as verification and validation. Addressing these problems will help solve practitioners’ issues and concerns such as trust, effectiveness, and robustness of the AI methods. Blasch’s article focuses on the deployment of AI systems in national security by exploring how the application of standards would address practitioners’ trust-related issues. Article Summary The article explores the application of best practices in the deployment of AI systems aimed to boost widespread acceptance of such technologies. The report has several sections, such…
Art of Love; Equality While reading the book “art of love “by Erich Fromm, a found beautiful pieces of the article that describe love from different perspectives. This author refers to a problematic accumulation that comes from being sensible of our existence. Essential loneliness making us thinking of isolation in the giant world (Erich Fromm 1). However, while reading the book I got captivated to base my interest in looking at the theory of love and the problematic matter to human existence. My goal in this paper is to bring this source into a discussion of how we love impacts equality, how it starts and ends in consideration of human existence. To achieve this goal, I have organized my paper in a systematic manner providing instances of human differences and the tendencies of the abolition of this difference in adjacent relation to the idea and also the understanding of fairness. Equality in an advanced society is meant to be fair as referring to a religious context that we are all children of God. We share a lot and we are…
Indian Removal Act of 1830 Question 1 President Andrew Jackson advocated for the Indian Removal Act of 1830 that forced the southeastern natives to relocate to the west of Mississippi River. The law was established to free land for the white settlers by using the army as well as militia to forcefully evict the Native Americans to augment the Trail of Tears history. The Americans moving west searched for the opportunities to own land based on the Homestead Act. The mining and the gold opportunities also resulted in the westward expansion with the effect of the railroad that ensured the supplies were available. At the same time, the cattle industry and the adventure of the Wild West continued the surge that resulted in the clashes between the Natives and the Americans moving west. As the prospective gold miners occupied the West Mississippi, violent conflict erupted over the natural resources and land. The occupations also affected the culture, politics, religion, and the lands of the Native Americans to further the clashes. Question 2 W.E.B Du Bois, African American scholar, describes the…
Legendary figures in the History of Chinese Art Chinese art is one of the oldest in the world. The earliest Chinese art was made up of pottery and sculptures. Nobles and scholars preserved Chinese art traditions. The artwork was modified across the various Chinese dynasties such as the Sui, Tang, Song, Yuan, and Qing dynasties. Late Imperial China and Communist-era marked further transformations leading up to contemporary Chinese art. Some of the earliest prized Chinese artifacts include cast bronzes and Jade carvings. The remains of the first Chinese art traditions were found during the years 481 – 221 B.C.E. Paintings were done on silk, stone, and lacquer (New World Encyclopedia, 2018). Later, the invention of paper in the first-century B.C.E replaced the use of silk in paintings. Painting and calligraphy were famous during the reign of these ancient dynasties, particularly within court circles. Buddhism, Confucianism, and Daoism were significant influences in the development of Chinese art. Soon after the reign of the last Chinese dynasty, movements occurred to modernize the art. Western art largely influenced this modern Chinese art, with…
Walmart: The High Cost of Low Price Introduction Walmart has transformed into the most significant American retail corporation through a low-cost strategy that allows the company to cater to millions of Americans with its low prices. Since its inception in 1962, the company has expanded from a single store to thousands of chains of stores dominating the American retail sector. Walmart is also one of the largest international retail corporations that employ factory workers in developing countries such as China, Bangladesh, and Honduras, among others. Unfortunately, Walmart’s guarantee low price creates a huge expense for stakeholders, the community, and the environment. Therefore, the company’s operations go against the required ethical standards and corporate social responsibility expectations. Walmart: The High Cost of Low Price is a 2005 documentary created by Robert Greenwald that highlights the ethical and corporate social responsibility disparities associated with Walmart’s operations. The film serves as an eye-opener that aims at informing the public on the adverse effects of Walmart’s monopoly tactics. It explores the company’s lies, manipulation, and crafty techniques applied to rid of competition and union…
Water or Rock in Motion: Demystifying the Waterfall Illusion Introduction For centuries, artists and scholars have been intrigued by the nature of optical effects, illusions, and perceptions. Optical illusion art generates perceptive responses with the dynamic qualities that provide sensations and illusions to the individuals. Further, optical illusion art is portrayed as a higher Science that is linked to delicate retinal art based on the theories of visual illusions and the perceptions of various movements. In this paper, there will be a detailed psychological and physiological analysis of the waterfall illusion to offer a scientific explanation based on peer-reviewed journals, which are supported by experimental evidence. Perceiving optical illusions can be fun; however, trying to breakdown how they work is a more tasking and justifiable task. They reveal the capacities and restriction of the human eyes and specify how these the limits of perception are set (Ghada, 2018). Illusions allow us to analyze the different cognitive sub-processes that underly in our perception. From a Scientific approach, illusions are aimed at revealing our failed perception or the existing dysfunctions of our…
Concerto for Piano & Orchestra No. 23 in a Major by W. A. Mozart. The basic piano refers to a specialized piano where work of pianists include teamwork of single or several artists, dancers, instrumentalists, and singers (Brown 1825). Therefore, this study will concentrate on three typical piano works, such as JSBach sonata for flute and piano in A primary, BWV 1032; Beethoven Violin sonata No.5 in F major.Op.24; Schumann Three Romances for Obe and piano, op.94; Mendelssohn’s piano trio no.1. From the year 1770-1827, devoted personal sonata for violin and piano to Pierre ode, which was a French violinist in one institution whose procedures and systems regarding violin were increasingly subjected by the works of Beethoven (Brown 1827). Rhodes instructor, as well as School Giovanni Battista Viotti, the founder of the French Violin, was identified as one of the main influences and is regarded as a current violin father. Furthermore, the noticeable violinist was an Italian who relocated from France during the provisional regulating era of the violin and the bow. Throughout Beethoven’s age, the piano acknowledged the primary…
Children with Autism Introduction Autism is a common neurodevelopmental condition caused by either a defect in brain structure or its working or by either genetic or environmental factors or certain prenatal viral infections, which lead to a growing disorder. Autistic signs and symptoms in a child are noticed during the first three years of life and may include impaired communication, poor eye contact, unusual body posture, repetitive movements, self or other people harming actions, and social withdrawal, among others. Symptoms continue to develop gradually with neither reduction nor disappearance. The degree of impairment differs in individuals and different respects. Autistic children are a special group of children who face significant communication, communal, and conduct challenges requiring specialized interventions as symptoms may be severe and inhibit daily tasks. Community members with any form of disability meet a host of hindrances in carrying out personal or communal activities due to stigma from non-disabled people (Collier, Rothwell, Vanzo, & Carbone, 2015). While demonstrating an understanding of therapeutic recreation intervention concepts demonstrated in covered units, this report will research and discuss therapeutic recreation intervention…