Tracing Gestures

Author : Amy J. Maitland Gardner,Carl Walsh
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2022-06-30
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781350277007

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Tracing Gestures by Amy J. Maitland Gardner,Carl Walsh Pdf

This volume examines the role of gestures in past societies, exploring both how meaning was communicated through bodily actions, and also how archaeologists can trace the symbolism and significance of ancient gestures, ritual practices and bodily techniques through the material remnants of past human groups. Gesture studies is an area of increasing interest within the social sciences, and the individual chapters not only respond to developments in the field, but push it forward by bringing a wide range of perspectives and approaches into dialogue with one another. Each exhibits a critical and reflexive approach to bodily communication and to re-tracing bodies through the archaeological record (in art, the treatment of the body and material culture), and together they demonstrate the diversity of pioneering global research on gestures in archaeology and related disciplines, with contributions from leading researchers in Aegean, Mediterranean, Mesoamerican, Japanese and Near Eastern archaeology. By bringing case studies from each of these different cultures and regions together and drawing on interdisciplinary insights from anthropology, sociology, psychology, linguistics, design, art history and the performing arts, this volume reveals the similarities and differences in gestures as expressed in cultures around the world, and offers new and valuable perspectives on the nature of bodily communication across both space and time.

Author : Amy J. Maitland Gardner,Carl Walsh
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2022
Category : Body language
ISBN : 1350277029

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Trading Gestures by Amy J. Maitland Gardner,Carl Walsh Pdf

This volume examines the role of gestures in past societies, exploring both how meaning was communicated through bodily actions, and also how archaeologists can trace the symbolism and significance of ancient gestures, ritual practices and bodily techniques through the material remnants of past human groups

Author : Alan Cienki
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 229 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2017-04-11
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789004336230

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Ten Lectures on Spoken Language and Gesture from the Perspective of Cognitive Linguistics by Alan Cienki Pdf

The Ten Lectures by Alan Cienki consider what it means to apply theoretical approaches from cognitive linguistics to the dynamic phenomena of speech and gesture. Taking the usage-based commitment seriously with audio-visual data raises new theoretical questions for cognitive linguistics.

Author : Alan J. Cienki,Cornelia Müller
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 317 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027228437

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Metaphor and Gesture by Alan J. Cienki,Cornelia Müller Pdf

This volume is the first to offer an overview on metaphor and gesture a new multi-disciplinary area of research. Scholars of metaphor have been paying increasing attention to spontaneous gestures with speech; meanwhile, researchers in gesture studies have been focussing on the abstract ideas which receive physical representation through metaphors when speakers gesture. This book presents a snapshot of the state of the art in these converging fields, offering research papers as well as commentaries from multiple perspectives. In addition to conceptual metaphor theory it includes different theoretical approaches to semiotics, and the methods used range from controlled experimentation, to cognitive ethnography, to lexical semantic analysis. The use of metaphor in gesture is shown to reflect idiosyncracies of thought in the moment of speaking as well as structural, cultural, and interactional patterns. The series of commentaries discusses the potential importance of studying metaphor and gesture from the perspectives of such fields as anthropology, cognitive linguistics, conversation analysis, psychology, and semiotics.

Author : Sharon Tindall-Ford,Shirley Agostinho,John Sweller
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2019-06-21
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781000022872

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Advances in Cognitive Load Theory by Sharon Tindall-Ford,Shirley Agostinho,John Sweller Pdf

Cognitive load theory uses our knowledge of how people learn, think and solve problems to design instruction. In turn, instructional design is the central activity of classroom teachers, of curriculum designers, and of publishers of textbooks and educational materials, including digital information. Characteristically, the theory is used to generate hypotheses that are tested using randomized controlled trials. Cognitive load theory rests on a base of hundreds of randomized controlled trials testing many thousands of primary and secondary school children as well as adults. That research has been conducted by many research groups from around the world and has resulted in a wide range of novel instructional procedures that have been tested for effectiveness. Advances in Cognitive Load Theory, in describing current research, continues in this tradition. Exploring a wide range of instructional issues dealt with by the theory, it covers all general curriculum areas critical to educational and training institutions and outlines recent extensions to other psycho-educational constructs including motivation and engagement. With contributions from the leading figures from around the world, this book provides a one-stop-shop for the latest in cognitive load theory research and guidelines for how the findings can be applied in practice.

Author : ISLS
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 605 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2024-06-28
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781483406695

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The Computer Supported Collaborative Learning (CSCL) Conference 2013, Volume 1 by ISLS Pdf

Author : Antonio Camurri,Gualtiero Volpe
Publisher : Springer
Page : 571 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2011-04-02
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9783540245988

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Gesture-Based Communication in Human-Computer Interaction by Antonio Camurri,Gualtiero Volpe Pdf

Research on the multifaceted aspects of modeling, analysis, and synthesis of - man gesture is receiving growing interest from both the academic and industrial communities. On one hand, recent scienti?c developments on cognition, on - fect/emotion, on multimodal interfaces, and on multimedia have opened new perspectives on the integration of more sophisticated models of gesture in c- putersystems.Ontheotherhand,theconsolidationofnewtechnologiesenabling “disappearing” computers and (multimodal) interfaces to be integrated into the natural environments of users are making it realistic to consider tackling the complex meaning and subtleties of human gesture in multimedia systems, - abling a deeper, user-centered, enhanced physical participation and experience in the human-machine interaction process. The research programs supported by the European Commission and s- eral national institutions and governments individuated in recent years strategic ?elds strictly concerned with gesture research. For example, the DG Infor- tion Society of the European Commission (www.cordis.lu/ist) supports several initiatives, such as the “Disappearing Computer” and “Presence” EU-IST FET (Future and Emerging Technologies), the IST program “Interfaces & Enhanced Audio-Visual Services” (see for example the project MEGA, Multisensory - pressive Gesture Applications, www.megaproject.org), and the IST strategic - jective “Multimodal Interfaces.” Several EC projects and other funded research are represented in the chapters of this book. Awiderangeofapplicationscanbene?tfromadvancesinresearchongesture, from consolidated areas such as surveillance to new or emerging ?elds such as therapy and rehabilitation, home consumer goods, entertainment, and aud- visual, cultural and artistic applications, just to mention only a few of them.

Author : Gregory Matoesian,Kristin Enola Gilbert
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2023-05-22
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783111025827

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Practicing Linguistics Without a License by Gregory Matoesian,Kristin Enola Gilbert Pdf

Edited by Janet Giltrow and Dieter Stein, the Foundations in Language and Law series aims beyond the traditional surveys of scholarship in law and language. Monographs in the series will provide foundational materials - theoretical, methodological, critical, practical - to advance study of important topics in the field. And even as each volume engages conceptually with current scholarship in the area, it presents original research which breaks new ground and indicates future directions for scholarship in law and language. To discuss your book idea or submit a proposal, please contact Natalie Fecher.

Author : Naomi Sweller,Kazuki Sekine,Autumn Hostetter
Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2021-09-14
Category : Science
ISBN : 9782889713127

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Gesture-Speech Integration: Combining Gesture and Speech to Create Understanding by Naomi Sweller,Kazuki Sekine,Autumn Hostetter Pdf

Author : Zhigeng Pan,Adrian David Cheok,Wolfgang Müller,Xubo Yang
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2011-02-10
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9783642184512

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Transactions on Edutainment V by Zhigeng Pan,Adrian David Cheok,Wolfgang Müller,Xubo Yang Pdf

This journal sub-line is a forum both for stimulating and disseminating cutting-edge material on the full spectrum of edutainment genres including game-based learning and VR-based education. It covers technical aspects from graphics and AI to systems design.

Author : Katherine M. Robinson,Donna Kotsopoulos,Adam K. Dubé
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2023-06-15
Category : Education
ISBN : 9783031318481

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Mathematical Teaching and Learning by Katherine M. Robinson,Donna Kotsopoulos,Adam K. Dubé Pdf

This book focusses on teaching and learning in elementary and middle school mathematics and suggests practices for teachers to help children be successful mathematical thinkers. Contributions from diverse theoretical and disciplinary perspectives are explored. Topics include the roles of technology, language, and classroom discussion in mathematics learning, the use of creativity, visuals, and teachers’ physical gestures to enhance problem solving, inclusive educational activities to promote children’s mathematics understanding, how learning in the home can enhance children’s mathematical skills, the application of mathematics learning theories in designing effective teaching tools, and a discussion of how students, teachers, teacher educators, and school boards differentially approach elementary and middle school mathematics. This book and its companion, Mathematical Cognition and Understanding, take an interdisciplinary perspective to mathematical learning and development in the elementary and middle school years. The authors and perspectives in this book draw from education, neuroscience, developmental psychology, and cognitive psychology. The book will be relevant to scholars/educators in the field of mathematics education and also those in childhood development and cognition. Each chapter also includes practical tips and implications for parents as well as for educators and researchers.

Author : Susan Goldin-Meadow
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2005-10-31
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0674018370

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Hearing Gesture by Susan Goldin-Meadow Pdf

This book explores how we move our hands when we talk, and what it means when we do so. Focusing on what we can discover about speakers—adults and children alike—by watching their hands, Goldin-Meadow discloses the active role that gesture plays in conversation and, more fundamentally, in thinking.

Author : Juana María Rodríguez
Publisher : NYU Press
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2014-07-25
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780814762721

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Sexual Futures, Queer Gestures, and Other Latina Longings by Juana María Rodríguez Pdf

Winner of the Alan Bray Memorial Book Prize presented by the GL/Q Caucus of the Modern Language Association Finalist for the 2015 LGBT Studies Award presented by the Lambda Literary Foundation Sexual Futures, Queer Gestures and Other Latina Longings proposes a theory of sexual politics that works in the interstices between radical queer desires and the urgency of transforming public policy, between utopian longings and everyday failures. Considering the ways in which bodily movement is assigned cultural meaning, Juana María Rodríguez takes the stereotypes of the hyperbolically gestural queer Latina femme body as a starting point from which to discuss how gestures and forms of embodiment inform sexual pleasures and practices in the social realm. Centered on the sexuality of racialized queer female subjects, the book’s varied archive—which includes burlesque border crossings, daddy play, pornography, sodomy laws, and sovereignty claims—seeks to bring to the fore alternative sexual practices and machinations that exist outside the sightlines of mainstream cosmopolitan gay male culture. Situating articulations of sexual subjectivity between the interpretive poles of law and performance, Rodríguez argues that forms of agency continually mediate among these various structures of legibility—the rigid confines of the law and the imaginative possibilities of the performative. She reads the strategies of Puerto Rican activists working toward self-determination alongside sexual performances on stage, in commercial pornography, in multi-media installations, on the dance floor, and in the bedroom. Rodríguez examines not only how projections of racialized sex erupt onto various discursive mediums but also how the confluence of racial and gendered anxieties seeps into the gestures and utterances of sexual acts, kinship structures, and activist practices. Ultimately, Sexual Futures, Queer Gestures, and Other Latina Longings reveals ­—in lyrical style and explicit detail­—how sex has been deployed in contemporary queer communities in order to radically reconceptualize sexual politics.

Author : Jeff Howard
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 362 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2014-04-22
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781466567870

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Game Magic by Jeff Howard Pdf

Make More Immersive and Engaging Magic Systems in GamesGame Magic: A Designer's Guide to Magic Systems in Theory and Practice explains how to construct magic systems and presents a compendium of arcane lore, encompassing the theory, history, and structure of magic systems in games and human belief. The author combines rigorous scholarly analysis wi

Author : Jia Zhou,Gavriel Salvendy
Publisher : Springer
Page : 590 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2018-07-10
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9783319920375

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Human Aspects of IT for the Aged Population. Applications in Health, Assistance, and Entertainment by Jia Zhou,Gavriel Salvendy Pdf

This book constitutes the proceedings of the 4th International Conference onHuman Aspects of IT for the Aged Population, ITAP 2018, held as part of the 20th International Conference, HCI International 2018, which took place in Las Vegas, Nevada, in July 2018. The total of 1171 papers and 160 posters included in the 30 HCII 2018 proceedings volumes was carefully reviewed and selected from 4346 submissions. ITAP 2018 includes a total of 84 papers. They were organized in topical sections as follows: Part I: aging and technology acceptance; aging and interaction; intergenerational communication and social participation. Part II: health care technologies and services for the elderly; intelligent environments for aging; and games and entertainment for the elderly.