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Embodied agency through soft skills development in dance
Get PDFThe fluidity, adaptability and complexity of a dancer's movement are often used as examples of how dance at a level of mastery is embodied. The freedom this gives the dancer to choose what and how they move is enjoyed at a subconscious level, with often tacit knowledge driving the artistic and technical brilliance. The topic of embodied agency in dance becomes more complicated when examining dance for the older person who has had little training. Embodiment is not straight forward, particularly if one examines dancing for the older adult with a neurodegenerative condition, which disrupts cognition and physical movement. Yet, as I argue, embodied agency is a key vision for socially engaged dance practices, particularly using improvisation. In the paper I examine how centring the amateur older dancer with a neurological condition means looking again at embodied agency and what it could mean in this context, as well as what the conditions are that might make it work. The paper takes the example of Dance Well, a group of community dancers in Italy that accommodates people with Parkinson's and others, including those seeking asylum. With this example I draw upon ideas from research I co-led to name some of the tacit soft skills—such as empathy and understanding and appreciating difference—developed through Dance Well's engagement with the local community, which, I now suggest, led to a process of embodied agency. I argue that in identifying this anoetic knowing, it is clear that embodied agency is not just about mastery of movement, but about important relational skills that are embodied and practiced through dancing, even by those with little formal dance training. I argue that moving together whilst embodying soft skill qualities may nurture an environment that could enable the transformation of relationships between those dancing and contribute to the creation of an important and meaningful activity within the community. In this way, the paper outlines ideas on how embodied agency through dancing may contribute to a vision of social justice and a characterization of embodiment that emphasizes the recognition of each other's humanity
Fabric Defect Detection in Real World Manufacturing Using Deep Learning
No full textDefect detection is very important for guaranteeing the quality and pricing of fabric. A considerable amount of fabric is discarded as waste because of defects, leading to substantial annual losses. While manual inspection has traditionally been the norm for detection, adopting an automatic defect detection scheme based on a deep learning model offers a timely and efficient solution for assessing fabric quality. In real-time manufacturing scenarios, datasets lack high-quality, precisely positioned images. Moreover, both plain and printed fabrics are being manufactured in industries simultaneously; therefore, a single model should be capable of detecting defects in all kinds of fabric. So training a robust deep learning model that detects defects in fabric datasets generated during production with high accuracy and lower computational costs is required. This study uses an indigenous dataset directly sourced from Chenab Textiles, providing authentic and diverse images representative of actual manufacturing conditions. The dataset is used to train a computationally faster but lighter state-of-the-art network, i.e., YOLOv8. For comparison, YOLOv5 and MobileNetV2-SSD FPN-Lite models are also trained on the same dataset. YOLOv8n achieved the highest performance, with a mAP of 84.8%, precision of 0.818, and recall of 0.839 across seven different defect classes
A new approach to mathematical and data education:A new approach to mathematical and data education that better prepares all young people for their futures, whether for jobs or to play active roles in wider society.
Get PDFMathematics, data and statistics are ever-present and increasingly influence our daily lives, whether as employees, citizens or consumers. They support decision-making by governments, guide industry and business, and feature prominently in research and innovation in all sectors. We must therefore ensure that all young people learn how to engage confidently with a data and digitally rich world
A plasma lipid signature in acute human traumatic brain injury: link with neuronal injury and inflammation markers
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