Eastern European Marxism,taking a critical stance towards structuralism,gave rise to a unique paradigm of praxis-oriented semiotic aesthetics.This novel approach posits that signs emerge from humans’social praxis and...Eastern European Marxism,taking a critical stance towards structuralism,gave rise to a unique paradigm of praxis-oriented semiotic aesthetics.This novel approach posits that signs emerge from humans’social praxis and also function as a means of praxis.It further delves into the principle governing the generation and usage of signs,i.e.,the Economy Principle,the homogenization of signs,the situatedness or contextual constraints,as well as their aesthetic features and transcendental attributes.As a result,the praxis-oriented semiotic aesthetics within Eastern European Marxism exhibits distinct theoretical value.展开更多
Aims: The aim of the study is to investigate if the new method of auditory and visual biofeedback as Upper Limb Exercise may improve praxis skills alone without any traditional physical therapy treatment or not and wi...Aims: The aim of the study is to investigate if the new method of auditory and visual biofeedback as Upper Limb Exercise may improve praxis skills alone without any traditional physical therapy treatment or not and within three successive months of treatment in children with hemiplegic cerebral palsy. Methods: A 6-year-old hemiplegic cerebral palsied child was treated with Upper-Limb Exerciser as one of augmented visual and auditory feedback devices. Sensory Integration and Praxis test was used to measure a child’s ability to integrate sensory input for perception, motor planning, and spatial actions in;Space Visualization, Figure-Ground Perception, Standing and Walking Balance, Design Copying, Postural Praxis, Bilateral Motor Coordination, Constructional Praxis, Postrotary Nystagmus, Motor Accuracy, Sequencing Praxis, Oral Praxis, Manual Form Perception, Kinesthesia, Finger Identification, Graphethesia, Localization of Tactile Stimuli, and Praxis on Verbal Command. Results: The results revealed improvement of the major standard score for each of the 17 subtests of Sensory Integration and Praxis Test when compared after three successive treatment. Conclusion: The using upper limb exerciser as one method of augmented visual and auditory feedback can be used as one of the physical and occupational therapy programs aiming to improve praxis skills in hemiplegic cerebral palsied children.展开更多
Concerning the rise of new media and the imperative to make sense of it in our social world, this collection of essays aims to bring into our studies on new media and communication research some fresh perspectives, bo...Concerning the rise of new media and the imperative to make sense of it in our social world, this collection of essays aims to bring into our studies on new media and communication research some fresh perspectives, both theoretical and practical. Scholars from different areas of expertise contribute to the topic of new media studies by laying bare certain fabrics, structures, and mechanisms that have been operating behind the veil of our prereflective ignorance.展开更多
Marx＇s hermeneutics has introduced the concept of praxis into the basic dimension of all understanding and interpretation, and thus has accomplished the “Copernican Revolution” in the history of hermeneutics. This ...Marx＇s hermeneutics has introduced the concept of praxis into the basic dimension of all understanding and interpretation, and thus has accomplished the “Copernican Revolution” in the history of hermeneutics. This means that we are unable to understand and interpret human existential practical activities from the perspective of idealistic texts, but should understand and interpret the idealistic texts fi＇om the perspective of human existential practical activities. In this way, Marx＇s hermeneutics of praxis has pointed us the general direction of the development of hermeneutics.展开更多
Development of learner autonomy is a challenging task, especially when students are not presented with regular opportunities to reveal their voice and take part in shaping,at least to a certain degree,classroom discou...Development of learner autonomy is a challenging task, especially when students are not presented with regular opportunities to reveal their voice and take part in shaping,at least to a certain degree,classroom discourses. Engaging students in egalitarian teacher-students I-Thou dialogue(Buber, 1970)appears to be an effective way of empowering students voice,however there is need to investigate ways of practical implementation of this practice. Student feedback questionnaires(SFQs)have been widely used in tertiary institutions as a tool for establishing communication between students and teachers, as well as educational institutions,and evaluating course content and pedagogical methods applied.One of the major criticisms of this practice though is its summative nature and lack of closure of the feedback loop with students. Present study explores the practice of implementing formative continuous student feedback(CSF) throughout the duration of the whole course where teachers collect responses from students at the end of the class and close the loop in consecutive sessions by analyzing the feedback provided and acting upon it. Integrating the principles of Freire’s praxis and Buber’s I-Thou dialogue,this practice appears to be facilitative of building effective channels of communication between all parties involved,as well as developing greater sense of autonomy among students over the learning process in an English as a foreign language(EFL) classroom. The research is conducted as part of a larger CSF project implemented at a tertiary institution in Hong Kong.展开更多
Convergent journalism constitutes a systematic investigation into emergent journalistic forms,conceptual frameworks,and practices emerging within media convergence context,characterized by its inherent attributes of c...Convergent journalism constitutes a systematic investigation into emergent journalistic forms,conceptual frameworks,and practices emerging within media convergence context,characterized by its inherent attributes of convergence,datacentricity,and interactivity.Grounded in the theoretical discourse of digital narratology,this monograph crystallizes its analytical focus on the triadic conceptual constellation of"convergence""mediaticity"and"narrativity",By positioning""convergence"as the central problematique,it systematically constructs an epistemological framework for convergent journalistic narrative through three dimensions:narrative theory,narrative language,and narrative praxis,thereby elucidates the ontological foundations and operational logics intrinsic to contemporary journalism studies.展开更多
The absolute vacuum is the Mocombeian ontological name for the fifth dimensional probability wavefunction(the world of noumena,i.e.,the in-itself)that gives rise to the material worlds,their facts,relations of ideas,a...The absolute vacuum is the Mocombeian ontological name for the fifth dimensional probability wavefunction(the world of noumena,i.e.,the in-itself)that gives rise to the material worlds,their facts,relations of ideas,and mathematical principles,we as a species experience.In this article,I utilize Mocombe’s phenomenological structural epistemology emanating out of the aforementioned ontology of the absolute vacuum to refute Kant’s epistemological unknowability of the noumenal world,i.e.,the absolute vacuum in Mocombeian epistemology.展开更多
This work describes and explains how the concept of God as utilized amongst the human species emerged using Mocombe’s consciousness field theory.I conclude the work by positing,from the revelations of near-death expe...This work describes and explains how the concept of God as utilized amongst the human species emerged using Mocombe’s consciousness field theory.I conclude the work by positing,from the revelations of near-death experiences and other aspects of the categories of the in-itself,how consciousness is manifested as a universal consciousness in the absolute vacuum once it is no longer a part of the world of phenomena,which humans equate with the God concept and phenomenon.Hence,in Mocombeian epistemology and ontology God is the human reification of the universality of the absolute vacuum,which is ontologically real.展开更多
This article attempts to outline Paul C.Mocombe’s nominalism as highlighted in his theory of phenomenological structuralism(PS).Mocombe posits that the human mind or consciousness is presented with brute facts and th...This article attempts to outline Paul C.Mocombe’s nominalism as highlighted in his theory of phenomenological structuralism(PS).Mocombe posits that the human mind or consciousness is presented with brute facts and things of the multiverse,which it attempts to reify and universalize through concepts of language and mathematics.So,the facts and things of the world exist irrespective of the human mind,which simply highlights and categorizes them in order to experience being-in-the-world with others and things they encounter.展开更多
This article argues that the Haitian Vodou spirits(lwas)of fertility and death,Gede,do not promote homosexuality or the fluidity of sexuality in Haitian culture.The latter position is a Western reading of Gede grounde...This article argues that the Haitian Vodou spirits(lwas)of fertility and death,Gede,do not promote homosexuality or the fluidity of sexuality in Haitian culture.The latter position is a Western reading of Gede grounded in postmodern and post-structural identity theorizing.Gede in Haitian ontology and epistemology is lwas of fertility and death not sexual identity confusion or fluidity.展开更多
基金This paper is an outcome of the“Research on Marxist Aesthetics of the Prague Linguistic Circle”(Approval No.JD21026)a project of the Key Research Base for Humanities and Social Sciences at Colleges and Universities of Jiangxi Province.It is also part of a major project“Bibliography and Research of Eastern European Marxist Aesthetics”(Approval No.15ZDB022)funded by the National Social Science Fund of China(NSSFC).
文摘Eastern European Marxism,taking a critical stance towards structuralism,gave rise to a unique paradigm of praxis-oriented semiotic aesthetics.This novel approach posits that signs emerge from humans’social praxis and also function as a means of praxis.It further delves into the principle governing the generation and usage of signs,i.e.,the Economy Principle,the homogenization of signs,the situatedness or contextual constraints,as well as their aesthetic features and transcendental attributes.As a result,the praxis-oriented semiotic aesthetics within Eastern European Marxism exhibits distinct theoretical value.
文摘Aims: The aim of the study is to investigate if the new method of auditory and visual biofeedback as Upper Limb Exercise may improve praxis skills alone without any traditional physical therapy treatment or not and within three successive months of treatment in children with hemiplegic cerebral palsy. Methods: A 6-year-old hemiplegic cerebral palsied child was treated with Upper-Limb Exerciser as one of augmented visual and auditory feedback devices. Sensory Integration and Praxis test was used to measure a child’s ability to integrate sensory input for perception, motor planning, and spatial actions in;Space Visualization, Figure-Ground Perception, Standing and Walking Balance, Design Copying, Postural Praxis, Bilateral Motor Coordination, Constructional Praxis, Postrotary Nystagmus, Motor Accuracy, Sequencing Praxis, Oral Praxis, Manual Form Perception, Kinesthesia, Finger Identification, Graphethesia, Localization of Tactile Stimuli, and Praxis on Verbal Command. Results: The results revealed improvement of the major standard score for each of the 17 subtests of Sensory Integration and Praxis Test when compared after three successive treatment. Conclusion: The using upper limb exerciser as one method of augmented visual and auditory feedback can be used as one of the physical and occupational therapy programs aiming to improve praxis skills in hemiplegic cerebral palsied children.
文摘Concerning the rise of new media and the imperative to make sense of it in our social world, this collection of essays aims to bring into our studies on new media and communication research some fresh perspectives, both theoretical and practical. Scholars from different areas of expertise contribute to the topic of new media studies by laying bare certain fabrics, structures, and mechanisms that have been operating behind the veil of our prereflective ignorance.
文摘Marx＇s hermeneutics has introduced the concept of praxis into the basic dimension of all understanding and interpretation, and thus has accomplished the “Copernican Revolution” in the history of hermeneutics. This means that we are unable to understand and interpret human existential practical activities from the perspective of idealistic texts, but should understand and interpret the idealistic texts fi＇om the perspective of human existential practical activities. In this way, Marx＇s hermeneutics of praxis has pointed us the general direction of the development of hermeneutics.
文摘Development of learner autonomy is a challenging task, especially when students are not presented with regular opportunities to reveal their voice and take part in shaping,at least to a certain degree,classroom discourses. Engaging students in egalitarian teacher-students I-Thou dialogue(Buber, 1970)appears to be an effective way of empowering students voice,however there is need to investigate ways of practical implementation of this practice. Student feedback questionnaires(SFQs)have been widely used in tertiary institutions as a tool for establishing communication between students and teachers, as well as educational institutions,and evaluating course content and pedagogical methods applied.One of the major criticisms of this practice though is its summative nature and lack of closure of the feedback loop with students. Present study explores the practice of implementing formative continuous student feedback(CSF) throughout the duration of the whole course where teachers collect responses from students at the end of the class and close the loop in consecutive sessions by analyzing the feedback provided and acting upon it. Integrating the principles of Freire’s praxis and Buber’s I-Thou dialogue,this practice appears to be facilitative of building effective channels of communication between all parties involved,as well as developing greater sense of autonomy among students over the learning process in an English as a foreign language(EFL) classroom. The research is conducted as part of a larger CSF project implemented at a tertiary institution in Hong Kong.
文摘Convergent journalism constitutes a systematic investigation into emergent journalistic forms,conceptual frameworks,and practices emerging within media convergence context,characterized by its inherent attributes of convergence,datacentricity,and interactivity.Grounded in the theoretical discourse of digital narratology,this monograph crystallizes its analytical focus on the triadic conceptual constellation of"convergence""mediaticity"and"narrativity",By positioning""convergence"as the central problematique,it systematically constructs an epistemological framework for convergent journalistic narrative through three dimensions:narrative theory,narrative language,and narrative praxis,thereby elucidates the ontological foundations and operational logics intrinsic to contemporary journalism studies.
文摘The absolute vacuum is the Mocombeian ontological name for the fifth dimensional probability wavefunction(the world of noumena,i.e.,the in-itself)that gives rise to the material worlds,their facts,relations of ideas,and mathematical principles,we as a species experience.In this article,I utilize Mocombe’s phenomenological structural epistemology emanating out of the aforementioned ontology of the absolute vacuum to refute Kant’s epistemological unknowability of the noumenal world,i.e.,the absolute vacuum in Mocombeian epistemology.
文摘This work describes and explains how the concept of God as utilized amongst the human species emerged using Mocombe’s consciousness field theory.I conclude the work by positing,from the revelations of near-death experiences and other aspects of the categories of the in-itself,how consciousness is manifested as a universal consciousness in the absolute vacuum once it is no longer a part of the world of phenomena,which humans equate with the God concept and phenomenon.Hence,in Mocombeian epistemology and ontology God is the human reification of the universality of the absolute vacuum,which is ontologically real.
文摘This article attempts to outline Paul C.Mocombe’s nominalism as highlighted in his theory of phenomenological structuralism(PS).Mocombe posits that the human mind or consciousness is presented with brute facts and things of the multiverse,which it attempts to reify and universalize through concepts of language and mathematics.So,the facts and things of the world exist irrespective of the human mind,which simply highlights and categorizes them in order to experience being-in-the-world with others and things they encounter.
文摘This article argues that the Haitian Vodou spirits(lwas)of fertility and death,Gede,do not promote homosexuality or the fluidity of sexuality in Haitian culture.The latter position is a Western reading of Gede grounded in postmodern and post-structural identity theorizing.Gede in Haitian ontology and epistemology is lwas of fertility and death not sexual identity confusion or fluidity.
