582 research outputs found
Father Bouchard and residents
No full textCaption reads: "Father Bouchard and residents of leper village pose for author after sick call." Group photograph, Rev. Lucien Bouchard in center. Image displayed (72 dpi JPEG), Master image (600 dpi TIFF)
Variations on the Author
No full text“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
About the nature of Kansei information, from abstract to concrete
No full textDesigner’s expertise refers to the scientific fields of emotional design and kansei information. This paper aims to answer to a scientific major issue which is, how to formalize designer’s knowledge, rules, skills into kansei information systems. Kansei can be considered as a psycho-physiologic, perceptive, cognitive and affective process through a particular experience. Kansei oriented methods include various approaches which deal with semantics and emotions, and show the correlation with some design properties. Kansei words may include semantic, sensory, emotional descriptors, and also objects names and product attributes. Kansei levels of information can be seen on an axis going from abstract to concrete dimensions. Sociological value is the most abstract information positioned on this axis. Previous studies demonstrate the values the people aspire to drive their emotional reactions in front of particular semantics. This means that the value dimension should be considered in kansei studies. Through a chain of value-function-product attributes it is possible to enrich design generation and design evaluation processes. This paper describes some knowledge structures and formalisms we established according to this chain, which can be further used for implementing computer aided design tools dedicated to early design. These structures open to new formalisms which enable to integrate design information in a non-hierarchical way. The foreseen algorithmic implementation may be based on the association of ontologies and bag-of-words.AN
Designing a graphical interface for creativity support tools for designers: a case study
No full textThis study proposes a co-designing, iterative methodology to design graphical user interface for creativity support tools for designers. Given the high level of expectation from designers, the interface quality was one of the most challenging aspects of the work, in conjunction with the utility of the functionalities. An iterative design and evaluation process was used to create the icon-based interface, during which the needs of the designers and the functionalities of the system were integrated until a complete operational prototype emerged. This process provided three sequential prototypes. In order to achieve this, we derived qualitative and quantitative results from various methods: creative sessions, semantic and emotional evaluations, questionnaires, semidirective interviews, subjective performance assessments, longitudinal tests, and focus group assessments. Finally, our iterative design and evaluation process can be considered to be a very efficient means of integrating end users’ spontaneous feedback about icon redesigns in the early phases of development. The design outcome enabled the end users to ensure that key features of the creativity support tool were both usable and appealing
John F. Marok : Peintures
No full textBouchard describes the symbols and iconography used by painter Marok to represent solitude. The author compares the paintings in the series entitled «Insula Solitudinis» (the Island of Solitude) to those of 19th century painter Arnold Böcklin, and discusses the various techniques used by the artist. Texts in French and English. Bio-bibliography 2 p
In Search of Design Inspiration: A Semantic-Based Approach
No full textSources of inspiration help designers to define the context of their designs and reflect on the emotional impact of their new products. By observing and interpreting sources of inspiration, designers form vocabularies of terms, pallets of colors, or mood boards with images, which express their feelings, inspire their creativity and help them communicate design concepts. These ideas are the motivation behind the EU-funded project TRENDS, which aimed at developing a software tool that supports the inspirational stage of design by providing designers of concept cars with various sources of inspiration. This paper concentrates on OntoTag, the semantic-based image retrieval algorithm developed within the TRENDS project, and its evaluation. OntoTag uses concepts from a general-purpose lexical ontology called OntoRo, and semantic adjectives from a domain-specific ontology for designers called CTA, to index the images in the TRENDS database in a way which provides designers with a degree of serendipity and stimulates their creativity. The semantic-based algorithm involves the following four steps: (i) creating a collection of documents and images retrieved from the web, (ii) for each document, identifying the most frequently used keywords and phrases in the text around the image, (iii) identifying the most powerful concepts represented in each document, and (iv) ranking the concepts identified and linking them to the images in the collection. OntoTag differs significantly from earlier approaches as it does not rely on machine learning and the availability of tagged corpuses. Its main innovation is in the use of the words’ monosemy and polysemy as a measure of their probability to belong to a certain concept. The proposed approach is illustrated with examples based on the software tool developed for the needs of two of the industrial collaborators involved in the TRENDS project.European Comissio
Implication du père auprès de son enfant lors de la transition parentale: un modèle prévisionnel intégré
No full text"L'implication du père dans les soins à donner à l'enfant s'est modifiée significativement avec le temps. Plusieurs modèles conceptuels ont été avancés afin d'identifier et de comprendre les déterminants de l'implication du père. La présente étude vise à examiner la contribution de divers facteurs influençant l'implication du père. Afin d'évaluer les antécédents prénataux et les déterminants post-nataux de l'implication parentale, 104 couples ont été évalués dans le contexte de la transition parentale, soit lors de la grossesse et à six mois postpartum. Les deux conjoints ont complété une mesure évaluant l'implication du père dans les soins à donner à l'enfant et dans les activités de jeux. Les données ont été recueillies à partir des questionnaires remplis par les pères. L'étude se concentre sur trois facteurs généraux qui influenceraient l'implication du père, soit les caractéristiques individuelles de l'enfant (i.e., le sexe), le contexte social (i.e., l'ajustement conjugal et le nombre d'heures travaillées par le père) et les caractéristiques individuelles du père (i.e., le névrosisme, l'extraversion, l'ouverture à l'expérience, l'amabilité et le fait d'être consciencieux). Les régressions multiples hiérarchiques révèlent que moins le nombre d'heures travaillées par les pères est élevé, plus les pères sont impliqués dans les soins à donner et les activités de jeux. Ces résultats démontrent l'importance de la disponibilité du père dans l'implication parentale. Le sexe de l'enfant, l'ajustement conjugal et les facteurs de personnalité des pères ne se sont pas avérés des déterminants significatifs de l'implication du père."--Résuméstatement of responsibility: Carole Cormier.thesis: Thèse (M.A.Ps.) -- Université de Moncton, Faculté des sciences de la santé et des services communautaires, 2004.bibliography: Bibliogr.: f. [40]-44.additional physical form: Également disponible sur microfiches et en version électronique. Les pages contenants des informations personnelles ne sont pas reproduites
Beneath Raven Moon by D. Bouchard
No full textBouchard, David. (2012). Beneath Raven Moon. North Vancouver, BC: More Than Words Publishers. Print and CD. Trickster Raven is at it again in Beneath Raven Moon, a creation myth taken from the tradition of the Kwakwaka’wakw people of British Columbia. Metis author David Bouchard weaves together the enchanting tale of how keen-eyed Eagle and whimsical Raven conspire to create a love match between two young people with the story of how the Earth was given Grandmother Moon. Each page is beautifully illustrated with West Coast First Nation’s designs in the dark golds, silvers, blues and oranges of nighttime. Bouchard sets a quiet, ethereal tone for the text through carefully-paced repetition and descriptions of night time scenes. The use of playful dialogue, traditional terms such as Grandmother Moon or Grandfather Cedar and Bouchard’s placement of Trickster as a force in many aboriginal cultures enhances the timeless feeling of the text. Beneath Raven Moon derives its authenticity from its Metis author and K’omoks First Nations illustrator. Source notes are background information that places this myth in the tradition of the Kwakwaka’wakw people from BC’s Inside Passage. Each page contains both English and Kwakwala text, with the Kwakwala translation attributed to Pauline and Pewi Alfred. In keeping with First Nations\u27 oral traditions, a CD of the story read aloud in English, Kwakwala and French is included with the book. The CD also features the haunting First Nations flute music of Mary Youngblood. Students aged eight to twelve will enjoy the visual and auditory experience of Beneath Raven Moon. Recommended: 3 out of 4 stars Reviewer: Kristie Oxley Kristie Oxley is an elementary Montessori teacher at Richard McBride Elementary School in New Westminster, BC
About the nature of Kansei information
No full textKansei studies refer to the more and more holistic consideration of the cognitive and affective processes which occur during user experience. In addition, few studies deal with the experience of the designers during the design process, and its influence on the final design outputs. Historically kansei engineering has been firstly focused on the semantic differential approach. Afterwards emotions were integrated into kansei approaches. The semantic differential approach enabled to evaluate products and then to generate automatically design solutions with semantic input data. Thereafter, evaluations have been completed by physiological measurements in order to reduce the subjectivity involved in those evaluations and also to capture some unconscious reactions. This implementation is still in process. Today kansei studies have been much enriched from the three disciplines of design science, psychology and artificial intelligence. The cross influence between these disciplines brought new dimensions into kansei approaches (multisensory design information, personality, values, and culture, new formalisms and algorithms) which lead progressively towards the consideration of a whole enriched kansei experience. We propose in this paper a description of the nature of kansei information. Then we present some major orientations for kansei evaluation. Finally we propose an overall table gathering information about kansei dimensions and formats.AN
Graham Metson : Kalioka Verberra...Elusive Cosmos Emenae
No full textThis catalogue documents an exhibition held during the 50th Canadian Tulip Festival where artist Metson was chosen for his expressive and colourful work. The authors describe the artist’s work in terms of colour, form and subject matter. Author Bouchard alludes to the contemporary nature of Metson’s work and discusses the artist’s sources of inspiration. Biographical notes (3 p.). Texts in English and French
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