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Embodied Engagements with the Megaliths of Carnac: Somatic Experience, Somatic Imagery, and Bodily Techniques in Contemporary Spiritual Practices

Journal of Religion in Europe, 2021
Abstract This article explores bodily interactions, somatic experiences, and embodiment of New Age and contemporary Paganism practitioners conducting spiritual practices in the megaliths of Carnac in northwest France. Inspired from the sensory ethnography approach and applying a specific methodological framework elaborated for this study, the article ...
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Understanding the Haptic Experience through Bodily Engagement with Sculptural Ceramics

2010
This paper presents an on-going research project undertaken by an artist-researcher who uses both investigation into haptic theory and the creation of ceramic objects to increase our understanding of the experience of touch. It asks the question, "How and in what way can an artist contribute to understanding haptics?" The artistic journey began with an
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From Picturesque Detachment to Bodily Engagement: The Entwined Histories of Photography, Architecture and Climbing

2020
This chapter considers three fields closely associated with modernism: mountaineering, architecture and photography. It breaks down the distinction between exploration in natural wildernesses and in urban areas, and considers the shift from Picturesque values in photography to the valorisation of kinetic, embodied photographic practices. It also traces
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Urban art as platforms for bodily engagement and social encounters: theModified Social Benches

The Senses and Society, 2018
AbstractThis paper discusses the role of the Modified Social Benches, a series of urban artworks, as platforms for bodily engagement and social encounters in open, outdoor urban spaces. Special attention is given to a couple of salient aspects involving both the design of the artworks and their social appropriation: (a) the different levels of sensory ...
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Australian women's complex engagement with the yummy mummy discourse and the bodily ideals of good motherhood

Women's Studies International Forum, 2017
The celebrity “yummy mummy” is a popular and dominant contemporary representation of motherhood. Feminist analyses of the yummy mummy have predominately focused on textual readings of the Western cultural ideal of the maternal. This paper contributes to this body of scholarship by focusing on empirical data gathered from 29 women living in regional ...
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The Role of Gameful Elements, Bodily Interactions, and Musical Features in Fostering Engagement and Learning in Musical Serious Games

2022
This contribution explores the connections between gameful elements, bodily interactions, and musical features in the context of three case studies of music learning applications, demonstrating the role of these components in accomplishing the application's task.
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“Strong Men Don't Cry, but I'm Not Strong Anymore”: A Case Study of Bodily Engagement with Stories of Loss and Grief in Palliative Care

Illness, Crisis & Loss, 2014
This case study addresses the importance of “life review” with regard to the crucial and demanding emotional work of older adults in palliative care who are experiencing the existential pain of grief and loneliness near the end of life. Drawing upon the reflexive field notes of one Spiritual Health Practitioner this case study describes the spiritual ...
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How bodily engagement support design in groups: an exploratory study of hand gesture patterns in higher and lower-performing groups in design tasks

International Journal of Technology and Design Education, 2023
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