scholarly journals Living Outside with the Sun

IDEA JOURNAL ◽  
1969 ◽  
pp. 117-126
Author(s):  
Christina Mckay
Keyword(s):  
The Body ◽  
Ultraviolet Rays ◽  
The Sun ◽  
Negative Consequences ◽  
Native Population ◽  
Ancient Greek ◽  
Living Well ◽  
History Of ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

This paper reflects upon the history of design of outdoor living spaces, a typology that blends interior directly with landscape. In Australasia, outdoor living is a symbol of contemporary life style but it must adapt to the danger of over-exposure to the sun’s ultraviolet rays. Tempering openness to the summer sky is not just a choice but rather a survival strategy. The relationship of European descendents to the Antipodean sun has fluctuated over time. In Victorian times, hats, copious clothing and villa verandahs protected prized pale complexions. Tanned skin branded the labouring classes and the native population. In the 1920s, the ancient Greek practice of heliotherapy was hailed as beneficial for the treatment of tuberculosis. Concurrently architecture clipped verandahs and proposed open sun terraces, sometimes scantily clad by a pergola. The negative consequences of this sun-worship were not known until the 1980s when the relation between ultraviolet rays and skin cancer was made and the recognition that one in three Australasians will be affected. Living outside with the sun therefore requires modification. Sunscreen is prescribed for application every two hours; hats, clothing and sun-glasses protect the body but hinder communication between people and their surroundings. Traditional solid shade shields direct rays, but deny the warmth of the sun, which is often so welcome in temperate New Zealand. Open shade sails fail to acknowledge the fact that ultraviolet rays scatter. Living well outside is not simple.

The Body of Western Embodiment

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brooke Holmes
Keyword(s):  
Fifth Century ◽  
The Body ◽  
Western Philosophy ◽  
Greek Philosophy ◽  
Ancient Greek ◽  
Interior Space ◽  
Ancient Greek Philosophy ◽  
History Of ◽  
Body And Soul ◽  
The Relationship

Much of western philosophy, especially ancient Greek philosophy, addresses the problems posed by embodiment. This chapter argues that to grasp the early history of embodiment is to see the category of the body itself as historically emergent. Bruno Snell argued that Homer lacked a concept of the body (sōma), but it is the emergence of body in the fifth century BCE rather than the appearance of mind or soul that is most consequential for the shape of ancient dualisms. The body takes shape in Hippocratic medical writing as largely hidden and unconscious interior space governed by impersonal forces. But Plato’s corpus demonstrates that while Plato’s reputation as a somatophobe is well grounded and may arise in part from the way the body takes shape in medical and other physiological writing, the Dialogues represent a more complex position on the relationship between body and soul than Plato’s reputation suggests.

Introduction

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Justin E. H. Smith
Keyword(s):  
History Of Philosophy ◽  
The Body ◽  
Necessary Condition ◽  
General Overview ◽  
History Of ◽  
European Thought ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
In Virtue Of ◽  
Conceptual Relationship

This Introduction takes a broadly focused, global, and comparative view of the concept of embodiment, focusing particularly on some of the ways it has been interpreted outside of the history of European thought. It also provides a general overview of the central concerns and questions of the volume as a whole, such as: What is the historical and conceptual relationship between the idea of embodiment and the idea of subjecthood? Am I who I am principally in virtue of the fact that I have the body I have? Relatedly, what is the relationship of embodiment to being and to individuality? Is embodiment a necessary condition of being? Of being an individual? What are the theological dimensions of embodiment? To what extent has the concept of embodiment been deployed in the history of philosophy to contrast the created world with the state of existence enjoyed by God? What are the normative dimensions of theories of embodiment? To what extent is the problem of embodiment a distinctly western preoccupation?

Contributions to the History of Psychology: XLVIII. Ancient Greek Roots of the Assumptions of Modern Clinical Psychology

1988 ◽  
Vol 66 (3) ◽  
pp. 903-921
Author(s):  
Rosemary A. Robbins
Keyword(s):  
Force Field ◽  
Human Nature ◽  
Clinical Psychology ◽  
Ancient Greece ◽  
Ancient Greek ◽  
Underlying Assumption ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

This paper is an account of studies of the linguistic transformation that took place in ancient Greece between the eighth and fourth centuries B.C., searching for factors which contribute to the shift in how humans perceived themselves. The group or force-field consciousness of the men of the Iliad and the linguistic factors which allowed “individuality” to emerge by the time of Plato is explored. The account relates the emergence of the notion of “madness” to the development of the individual and asks whether madness is an artifact of individuality and explores the relationship of these developments to our present underlying assumption of a duality in human nature composed of the rational and the irrational.

Hubungan Karakteristik Pekerja dan Beban Kerja Dengan Kelelahan Kerja Pemanen Sawit PT. Bakrie

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 583
Author(s):  
Henny Arwina Bangun ◽  
Donal Nababan ◽  
Eva Yuliana
Keyword(s):  
Nutritional Status ◽  
Sampling Method ◽  
The Body ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Work Activities ◽  
Worker Characteristics ◽  
History Of ◽  
Physical Abilities ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

<p><em>Kelelahan kerja menunjukkan kondisi yang berbeda–beda dari setiap individu,  semua bermuara kepada kehilangan efisiensi dan penurunan kapasitas tubuh serta peningkatan peluang untuk cidera di tempat kerja. Pemanen Sawit merupakan salah satu pekerja yang beresiko mengalami kelelahan, dimana pekerjaannya dilakukan secara manual, atau aktivitas kerja dengan pembebanan fisik. Kelelahan kerja dipengaruhi  oleh  faktor dari pekerja dan luar pekerja.Oleh karena itu perlu dilakukan penelitian mengenai hubungan  karakteristik  pekerja seperti umur, masa kerja, riwayat penyakit dan status gizi, serta beban kerja dengan tingkat kelelahan kerja pekerja. Tujuan  penelitian  untuk mengetahui hubungan karakteristik pekerja dan beban kerja dengan kelelahan kerja pada pemanen sawit di PT Bakrie Sumatera Plantations Tbk. Jenis penelitian analitik, pendekatan cross sectional. Sampel dengan metode total sampling yaitu sebanyak 64 responden. Hasil  penelitian  diperoleh  ada  hubungan  antara  umur  dengan  kelelahan  kerja (p=0.000),  ada  hubungan  antara  masa kerja dengan kelelahan kerja (p=0.001), ada hubungan  antara  riwayat  penyakit  dengan  kelelahan  kerja (p=0.001), ada  hubungan antara  status  gizi  dengan  kelelahan  kerja (p=0.001), dan  ada  hubungan  antara  beban kerja  dengan kelelahan kerja (p=0.017). Berdasarkan  hasil  penelitian  ini  disarankan  agar  perusahaan  melakukan  rotasi kerja  berdasarkan  kemampuan  fisik  dan  ketahanan  kerja  pemanen,  serta  memberikan safety  talk  untuk  melakukan  peregangan  tubuh  selama  10  menit.</em></p><p><em><br /></em></p><p><em>Fatigue shows the condition of each individual, all leading to loss of efficiency</em><em>,</em><em>a decrease in body capacity</em><em>, </em><em>an increased chance of injury at work. Palm harvesters are one of the workers at risk</em><em> </em><em>of experiencing</em><em> </em><em>fatigue,</em><em> </em><em>where work is done manually,work activities with physical loading.Work exhaustion is influenced by factors from workers and outside workers. Therefore, research needs to be done on the relationship of worker characteristics such as age, years of service, disease history and nutritional status, and workload with work fatigue levels. work with work fatigue on palm harvesters at PT Bakrie Sumatera Plantations Tbk.Type</em><em> </em><em>of analytic research, cross sectional approach. Samples with total sampling method were 64 respondents. The results showed that there was a relationship between age and work fatigue (p=0.000), there was a relationship between work period and work fatigue(p=0.001), there was a relationship between history of illness and work fatigue (p=0.001), there is a relationship between nutritional status and work fatigue</em><em> </em><em>(p=0.001),and there is</em><em> </em><em>a relationship betweenworkload and work fatigue (p=0.017).Based on the results of this study it is recommended that companies carry out work rotations based on physical abilities</em><em>, </em><em>work resilience of harvesters,</em><em>and</em><em>provide safety talk to stretch the body for 10 minutes</em><em>.</em><em></em></p><p><em><br /></em></p>

Part III The Relationship Between the Judiciary and the Political Branches, 8 Relationships with Power: Re-imagining Judicial Roles in Africa

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fowkes James
Keyword(s):  
Separation Of Powers ◽  
The Body ◽  
Executive Power ◽  
Potential Threat ◽  
The Rule Of Law ◽  
History Of ◽  
African Context ◽  
Constitutional Protections ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

This chapter examines the relationship between the executive and the judiciary in Africa. It identifies a particular tendency in African scholarship to see the executive as, at best, a potential threat, and the judiciary as the body that should serve as guardian against it. This prompts calls for more constitutional protections, greater insulation of judges from politics, and bolder judicial activity. Given the often sad history of the rule of law in Africa and the general dominance of executive power on the continent, this focus is both understandable and far from misplaced. However, it should not blind us to other configurations the separation of powers can assume. Comparative experience suggests that the judicial power can increase rapidly, a possibility that deserves to be considered in the African context. Executives may also pursue more admirable constitutional goals, and in that case a relationship of cooperation, not conflict, will be possible.

scholarly journals The re-collection of the Ryerson fashion research collection

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ingrid Masak Mida
Keyword(s):  
Material Culture ◽  
Collective Memory ◽  
The Body ◽  
Student Body ◽  
Culture Studies ◽  
The Past ◽  
Research Collection ◽  
History Of ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

Christian Dior once said, “We invent nothing, we always start from something that has come before” (qtd. in Pochna 80). Historic garments can inform and inspire the present, offering up design potential for reinterpretations of styles of the past or serving as evidence of how fashion was worn and lived for material culture studies. Seeing a dress in a photo is a very different experience than feeling the weight of the fabric in hand, examining the details of cut, construction and embellishment, considering the relationship of the garment to the body or searching for evidence of how the garment was worn, used or altered over time. The Ryerson Fashion Research Collection is a repository of several thousand items acquired by donation since 1981, many of which are dresses and evening gowns dating from 1860 to 2000. For several years, this collection lay dormant behind an unmarked door and was largely unknown by the student body. This project was initiated to understand the nature of the artifacts contained therein and is a first step in the process of refocusing and rebuilding the Collection for the future. The title “Re-collection of the Ryerson Fashion Research Collection” encapsulates the organizing principle for this practice-led interdisciplinary project, encompassing the intersection of material culture, curatorial process and collective memory in the identification of one hundred key items from the archive that reflect the breadth and history of the Collection itself.

Embodiment

2017 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
History Of Philosophy ◽  
The Body ◽  
Philosophical Problem ◽  
Necessary Condition ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Culture Form ◽  
History Of ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
In Virtue Of

Embodiment—defined as having, being in, or being associated with a body—is a feature of the existence of many entities, perhaps even of all entities. Why entities should find themselves in this condition is the central concern of the present volume. The problem includes, but also goes beyond, the philosophical problem of body: that is, what the essence of a body is, and how, if at all, it differs from matter. On some understandings there may exist bodies, such as stones or asteroids, that are not the bodies of any particular subjects. To speak of embodiment by contrast is always to speak of a subject that variously inhabits, or captains, or is coextensive with, or even is imprisoned within, a body. The subject may in the end be identical to, or an emergent product of, the body. That is, a materialist account of embodied subjects may be the correct one. But insofar as there is a philosophical problem of embodiment, the identity of the embodied subject with the body stands in need of an argument and cannot simply be assumed. The reasons, nature, and consequences of the embodiment of subjects as conceived in the long history of philosophy in Europe as well as in the broader Mediterranean region and in South and East Asia, with forays into religion, art, medicine, and other domains of culture, form the focus of these essays. More precisely, the contributors to this volume shine light on a number of questions that have driven reflection on embodiment throughout the history of philosophy. What is the historical and conceptual relationship between the idea of embodiment and the idea of subjecthood? Am I who I am principally in virtue of the fact that I have the body I have? Relatedly, what is the relationship of embodiment to being and to individuality? Is embodiment a necessary condition of being? Of being an individual? What are the theological dimensions of embodiment? To what extent has the concept of embodiment been deployed in the history of philosophy to contrast the created world with the state of existence enjoyed by God? What are the normative dimensions of theories of embodiment? To what extent is the problem of embodiment a distinctly western preoccupation? Is it the result of a particular local and contingent history, or does it impose itself as a universal problem, wherever and whenever human beings begin to reflect on the conditions of their existence? Ultimately, to what extent can natural science help us to resolve philosophical questions about embodiment, many of which are vastly older than the particular scientific research programs we now believe to hold the greatest promise for revealing to us the bodily basis, or the ultimate physical causes, of who we really are?

scholarly journals Human identity in Plato’s Alcibiades I (some notes on anthropological questions in ancient Greek philosophy)

2019 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 251-268
Author(s):  
Daniil Dorofeev
Keyword(s):  
Material Property ◽  
The Body ◽  
Main Question ◽  
Greek Philosophy ◽  
Ancient Greek ◽  
Human Identity ◽  
Single Person ◽  
Ancient Greek Philosophy ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

The article is devoted to Plato’s Alcibiades I and explores its main question: what is your proper self? The author pays special attention to the concept of “ayto to ayto”, which he takes to mean “selfhood”. This concept is analyzed as the first fundamental philosophical form of understanding of human identity, which Plato viewed as a soul. Plato fundamentally distinguishes essence of a person (ayto to ayto) from things that belong to a person, the attributes of human being (such as his body and material property). The author explores the Platonic understanding of human identity in the context of ancient ontology and anthropology, which includes an analysis of the relationship of a single person and universal being, authentic and inauthentic Ego, the soul (mind) and the body, the significance of “care about self” (epimeilea heautou) and “cognition of self” (gnothi seautou), etc. The concept of Plato represents the first experience of comprehending the human identity ("ayto to ayto" as soul) which appears as impersonal subject and media Being, but realized in perspective of self-correlation "care of self" and "cognition of self" by particular man.

scholarly journals The re-collection of the Ryerson fashion research collection

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ingrid Masak Mida
Keyword(s):  
Material Culture ◽  
Collective Memory ◽  
The Body ◽  
Student Body ◽  
Culture Studies ◽  
The Past ◽  
Research Collection ◽  
History Of ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

Christian Dior once said, “We invent nothing, we always start from something that has come before” (qtd. in Pochna 80). Historic garments can inform and inspire the present, offering up design potential for reinterpretations of styles of the past or serving as evidence of how fashion was worn and lived for material culture studies. Seeing a dress in a photo is a very different experience than feeling the weight of the fabric in hand, examining the details of cut, construction and embellishment, considering the relationship of the garment to the body or searching for evidence of how the garment was worn, used or altered over time. The Ryerson Fashion Research Collection is a repository of several thousand items acquired by donation since 1981, many of which are dresses and evening gowns dating from 1860 to 2000. For several years, this collection lay dormant behind an unmarked door and was largely unknown by the student body. This project was initiated to understand the nature of the artifacts contained therein and is a first step in the process of refocusing and rebuilding the Collection for the future. The title “Re-collection of the Ryerson Fashion Research Collection” encapsulates the organizing principle for this practice-led interdisciplinary project, encompassing the intersection of material culture, curatorial process and collective memory in the identification of one hundred key items from the archive that reflect the breadth and history of the Collection itself.

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