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Trans-Corporealizing Island on Stage: An Eco-Aesthetic Critique in Bare Feet Dance Theatre’s Tsiáh-Thóo and TAI Body Theatre’s Red Earth
Get PDFThis paper explores an eco-aesthetic critique as it intertwines with island consciousness and theatrical performances in Taiwan. Focusing on Bare Feet Dance Theatre’s Tsiáh-Thóo (2020/2021) and TAI Body Theatre’s Red Earth (2019), both renowned for revitalizing Taiwanese cultural traditions, the study examines how these dance-theater productions embody and reactivate the traditional knowledge and/or practices of Han and Indigenous Taiwanese communities in a way that points to contemporary and near-future ecological crises. As an island nation, Taiwan has been dominated by successive imperial and colonial powers as well as by prolonged authoritarian rule over the past century, leading to a disconnection between its inhabitants and their insular environments, folk traditions, and Indigenous practices. Against this historical backdrop, this paper investigates how the two theatrical texts create what I term the notion of “trans-corporealizing island,” critically reclaiming the ancient ecosophy resonant with island Taiwan. The argument proposed here is that these theatrical performances reconstruct a body-land relationship, wherein the performing body relinquishes its dominant agency and instead moves in concert with multiple elements—light and shadow, sound, surfaces, smoke, fabric, nets—collectively assembling an intra-active, sinuous, and affectively charged choreography. This is the ecological-aesthetic critique embedded within the “trans-corporealizing island,” calling for a reconfiguration of sensibility and thus inviting us to re-sense and re-engage with the porous, dynamic, and entangled spatiotemporalities of Taiwan as an island
Demand-based timetabling for a rapid rail transit line in the Philippines using integer linear programming
No full textThe continuous growth of rail transport networks in the Philippines signals the need to improve railway operations. One strategy for this is adapting a non-periodic timetable that allows operators to peg their train schedule to passenger demand. In this study, we created three integer linear programming models minimizing total passenger waiting time to formulate timetables catering to dynamic passenger demand for the Light Rail Transit Line 1 (LRT-1). These models include a base model that integrated Yin et al. (2017)\u27s methodology while defining scheduled trips, a second model allowing the deployment of trains at both ends, and a third model not requiring the maximum number of trips for deployment while keeping the characteristics of the first two models. Small-scale simulations with varying numbers of stations, trains, and time horizons were run with the three models to assess the models\u27 reactiveness to fluctuating demand and their ability to solve bigger problems. Models 2 and 3 worked best in capturing demand fluctuations, with Model 3 being particularly applicable in more constrained problems. However, these models run into problems in finding an optimal solution when demand increases or when the scale of the problem is widened. As such, the researchers recommend that the time-space network approach be used when railway systems are doing targeted assessments of a number of stations only, and that alternative representations of railway networks be explored to better suit a large rail line such as LRT-1
From Fort to Prison: The Production of Iloilo City
Get PDFThe foundation of colonial cities in the Philippines rests on violence. The Spanish policies of the reducción forced the natives to settle in pueblos where colonial power is ensured. The resistance of some natives brought about the divide between tagabayan (town dweller) and tagabundok (mountain dweller)—respective connotations of civilization and savagery (Lumbera and Lumbera, 36). This paper examines how this centripetal-centrifugal force of simultaneous identity-production and displacement is echoed in the metonymy of the fort on which the origins of Iloilo City stand. I navigate how this movement manifests in the consciousness of the city across historical periods represented by two Western Visayan texts, namely, Stevan Javellana’s 1947 novel, Without Seeing the Dawn, and Leoncio P. Deriada’s 1984 short story, “Ati-atihan.” These texts are further juxtaposed with three landmarks: Ed Defensor’s sculpture, Lin-ay sang Iloilo (Maiden of Iloilo); the Arroyo Fountain; and the Iloilo Provincial Jail. Through the constellation of gender, ethnicity, and space, I describe the imaginary of Iloilo produced through spatial practices tied to the global economy. Javellana positions Iloilo as an emasculated city that gripped waterfront laborers at the twilight of the sugar industry. Meanwhile, Deriada shows how the annual Dinagyang Festival attempts at what Antonio Benítez-Rojo describes as the inclination of the Caribbeans to “neutralize violence” (17)—in the case of Iloilo, through the reimagination of the ethnic and myth-making. In both texts, the city serves as an antithesis to the countryside, a reverberation of the tagabayan-tagabundok dichotomy linked ultimately by colonial/global exchanges. Nevertheless, the texts bring forth spaces from which identity can be conceptualized
Morpho-physiological adaptations of rice cultivars under heavy metal stress: A systematic review and meta-analysis
No full textSoil contamination, including in rice fields, arises from a variety of natural processes and anthropogenic activities, leading to an accumulation of heavy metals. While extensive research has addressed the bioaccumulation of heavy metals in rice, only limited systematic reviews have examined their specific impact on the morpho-physiological traits of rice plants. This review aims to provide a comprehensive synthesis of current studies detailing the rice cultivars, types of heavy metals investigated, study designs, sampling locations, and experimental sites while systematically analyzing the morphological and physiological responses of rice cultivars to heavy metal stress. Studies show that morphological traits generally exhibit a decline under heavy metal exposure. Physiologically, rice cultivars tend to show decreased total chlorophyll and carotenoid levels, along with increased levels of malondialdehyde (MDA), hydrogen peroxide (H2O2), and antioxidant enzymes such as superoxide dismutase (SOD), peroxidase (POD), catalase (CAT), ascorbate peroxidase (APX), and proline. These findings suggest that plant genotype, type of heavy metal, and intensity of stress significantly modulate the morphological and physiological responses of rice, highlighting critical areas for further research in heavy metal stress tolerance in rice cultivars
Family cohesion, self-esteem, and resilience: A correlational analysis among selected junior high school students.pdf
No full textFamily cohesion is defined as the emotional connectedness between family members, which plays a crucial role in the psychological development and well-being of adolescents. Past research has shown that emotional bonding among family members is associated with better self-esteem and resilience among individuals. This study examined the relationship among 94 junior high school students at a private school in Valenzuela City, using a descriptive-correlational design. It assessed the participants’ perceived levels of family cohesion, self-esteem, and resilience through standardized instruments. Descriptive findings revealed that the participants generally experienced disengaged family cohesion, low self-esteem, and moderate resilience. The results of the study indicate that there is a significant positive correlation between family cohesion & resilience (r = .491, p \u3c .001), and self-esteem & resilience (r = .479, p \u3c .001), and a modest, but significant positive relationship between family cohesion and self-esteem (r = .242, p \u3c .05). The results suggest the need for school-based and family-centered interventions that promote emotional bonding, selfworth, and resilience-building strategies to support students’ psychological well-being