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‘I Don't Babysit’: Stay‐at‐Home Dads' Perspectives and Experiences Within Australian Society

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Stay‐at‐home‐dads are an emerging group in Australia, impacted by societal assumptions and expectations. However, there is a scarcity of research on the perspectives and experiences of fathers assuming stay‐at‐home dad roles within Australian society.
Elyse Manie   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Apes and Elephants: In Search of Sensation in the Tropical Imaginary

open access: yeseTropic: electronic journal of studies in the tropics, 2013
This paper will explore the tropical exotic in relation to the widespread European fascination with tropical animals exhibited in zoos throughout the long nineteenth century. Zoos became places where human animals could experience the chill of a backbone
Barbara Creed
doaj   +1 more source

Monstrous and Uncanny in Hotels: On the Dysfunction of Architecture in W. G. Sebald’s The Emigrants and The Rings of Saturn

open access: yesStudien zur Deutschen Sprache und Literatur, 2023
The literary works of W. G. Sebald, namely, The Emigrants and The Rings of Saturn, possess biographical and historical undertones while incorporating fictional elements.
Tianxue Han
doaj   +1 more source

Crossing the ‘Uncanny Valley’: Adaptation to Cartoon Faces Can Influence Perception of Human Faces

open access: yes, 2010
In this study we assessed whether there is a single face space common to both human and cartoon faces by testing whether adaptation to cartoon faces can affect perception of human faces.
Chen, Haiwen   +3 more
core   +2 more sources

Making teaching an attractive profession: What are the challenges and opportunities for minority ethnic teachers in England?

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper explores the challenges and opportunities surrounding the recruitment and retention of minority ethnic teachers in England. Drawing on interview data from 33 teachers and school leaders of diverse ethnic backgrounds, it investigates whether racialised barriers identified in earlier research have shifted in the current context of ...
Antonina Tereshchenko   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Uncanny

open access: yes, 2023
https://aimc2023.pubpub.org/pub/pvs1g2z3 The performance titled Uncanny combines AI-driven sound synthesis methods with live coding techniques. Various Artificial Intelligence models including Melody RNN, DDSP, GanSynth, and GANSpaceSynth have been implemented within the scope of the ‘Deep Learning with Audio’ course by Koray Tahiroğlu at Aalto ...
openaire   +1 more source

Exploring the Design Space of Robot Appearance and Behavior in an Attention-Seeking Living Room Scenario for a Robot Companion [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
This material is presented to ensure timely dissemination of scholarly and technical work. Copyright and all rights therein are retained by authors or by other copyright holders.
Dautenhahn, K.   +4 more
core   +1 more source

Strategies teachers use to support students' self‐regulation skill development in mainstream primary schools: A scoping review

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract This scoping review has explored the interventions and approaches used by teachers in mainstream (general education) primary schools (students aged 4–11) to support self‐regulation skill development in the classroom. The review followed the PRISMA Extension for Scoping Reviews (PRISMA‐ScR) guidelines for reporting and was guided by the Joanna ...
Kim Griffin   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The uncanny valley effect in typically developing children and its absence in children with autism spectrum disorders. [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2018
Robots and virtual reality are gaining popularity in the intervention of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). To shed light on children's attitudes towards robots and characters in virtual reality, this study aims to examine whether children ...
Shuyuan Feng   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

The uncanny body: from medical to aesthetic abnormality [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
In this essay I explore a possibility of experiential synthesis of the medicalized abnormal body with its aesthetic images. A personal narrative about meeting extreme abnormality serves as an introduction into theorizing aesthetic abnormality.
Kozin, Alexander
core  

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