580 research outputs found
Corneille, Molière et les autres. Stilometrische Analysen zu Autorschaft und Gattungszugehörigkeit im französischen Theater der Klassik
No full textThe digital age, by making large amounts of text available to us, prompts us to develop new and additional reading strategies supported by the use of computers and enabling us to deal with such amounts of text. One such "distant reading" strategy is stylometry, a method of quantitative text analysis which relies on the frequencies of certain linguistic features such as words, letters or grammatical units to statistically assess the relative similarity of texts to each other and to classify texts on this basis. This method is applied here to French drama of the seventeenth century, more precisely to the now famous "Corneille / Molière- controversy". In this controversy, some researchers claim that Pierre Corneille wrote several of the plays traditionally attributed to Molière. The methodological challenge, it is shown here, lies in the fact that categories such as authorship, genre (comedy vs. tragedy) and literary form (prose vs. verse) all have an influence on stylometric distance measures and classification. Cross-genre and cross-form authorship attribution needs to distinguish such competing signals if it is to produce reliable attribution results. This contribution describes two attempts to accomplish this, parameter optimization and feature-range selection. The contribution concludes with some more general remarks about the use of quantitative methods in a hermeneutic discipline such as literary studies
A Life Interrupted: Essays in honour of the lives and legacies of Christof Heyns
No full textThis volume of essays, A life interrupted: essays in honour of the lives and legacies of Christof Heyns, honours Christof Heyns, renowned human rights lawyer, advocate, activist and educator, but also down-to-earth family man, friend and colleague. Christof’s sudden and most untimely passing on 28 March 2021 deeply saddened those close to him but also evinced an outpouring of grief from the national and international human rights community. His passing brought a deep sense of loss, in part because, at age 62, he was fully engaged in contributing to the betterment of society and still had so much more to give. His is a life interrupted. But at the same time, looking back over the varied lives he lived, he had already left his mark in so many ways. His influences and impacts are manifold and magical. This collection not only testifies to the legacy that he has left us, but also to the ongoing efforts of many to continue building on his legacy.
This collection contains two sets of essays by family members, friends, colleagues, collaborators and students. Part A contains essays of a more reflective and personal nature, while the contributions in Part B link to the scholarly or academic themes Christof had worked on and explored, including international human rights systems, international law, the right to life, freedom of association, international humanitarian law, the impact of human rights treaties, constitutionalism and legal philosophy. However, a neat distinction between the personal and professional is not possible in respect of such a warm, generous and enthusiastic person as Christof. Most of the essays in Part A integrate some of Christof’s professional and academic achievements, while many of the essays in Part B also reflect on Christof as a person.
The editors, all based at the Faculty of Law, UP, are colleagues and friends who worked closely with Christof. Frans Viljoen succeeded Christof as Director of the Centre for Human Rights. Christof was his doctoral supervisor, mentor and research collaborator. Charles Fombad worked with Christof at ICLA, and took over as ICLA Director after Christof’s passing. Dire Tladi, an ICLA fellow, had his office just across from Christof in ICLA. As member of the International Law Commission, he shared with Christof high level engagement with the UN. While Christof served on the Human Rights Committee, his colleague Ann Skelton serves on the Committee on the Rights of the Child. Magnus Killander worked closely with Christof as co-author and co-editor. Christof was also his doctoral supervisor.
The publication date of this book is 10 January 2022, which is the date marking 63 years since Christof’s birth. The publisher is the Pretoria University Law Press (PULP), of which Christof was also a founder.PublishedThis volume of essays, A life interrupted: essays in honour of the lives and legacies of Christof Heyns, honours Christof Heyns, renowned human rights lawyer, advocate, activist and educator, but also down-to-earth family man, friend and colleague. Christof’s sudden and most untimely passing on 28 March 2021 deeply saddened those close to him but also evinced an outpouring of grief from the national and international human rights community. His passing brought a deep sense of loss, in part because, at age 62, he was fully engaged in contributing to the betterment of society and still had so much more to give. His is a life interrupted. But at the same time, looking back over the varied lives he lived, he had already left his mark in so many ways. His influences and impacts are manifold and magical. This collection not only testifies to the legacy that he has left us, but also to the ongoing efforts of many to continue building on his legacy.
This collection contains two sets of essays by family members, friends, colleagues, collaborators and students. Part A contains essays of a more reflective and personal nature, while the contributions in Part B link to the scholarly or academic themes Christof had worked on and explored, including international human rights systems, international law, the right to life, freedom of association, international humanitarian law, the impact of human rights treaties, constitutionalism and legal philosophy. However, a neat distinction between the personal and professional is not possible in respect of such a warm, generous and enthusiastic person as Christof. Most of the essays in Part A integrate some of Christof’s professional and academic achievements, while many of the essays in Part B also reflect on Christof as a person.
The editors, all based at the Faculty of Law, UP, are colleagues and friends who worked closely with Christof. Frans Viljoen succeeded Christof as Director of the Centre for Human Rights. Christof was his doctoral supervisor, mentor and research collaborator. Charles Fombad worked with Christof at ICLA, and took over as ICLA Director after Christof’s passing. Dire Tladi, an ICLA fellow, had his office just across from Christof in ICLA. As member of the International Law Commission, he shared with Christof high level engagement with the UN. While Christof served on the Human Rights Committee, his colleague Ann Skelton serves on the Committee on the Rights of the Child. Magnus Killander worked closely with Christof as co-author and co-editor. Christof was also his doctoral supervisor.
The publication date of this book is 10 January 2022, which is the date marking 63 years since Christof’s birth. The publisher is the Pretoria University Law Press (PULP), of which Christof was also a founder
Für eine computergestützte literarische Gattungsstilistik
No full textDer vorliegende Beitrag plädiert für eine computergestützte literarische Gattungsstilistik, verstanden als eine Forschungsagenda für die Literaturwissenschaften, welche
hermeneutische und quantitative Methoden verbindet. Diese Agenda wird im Zusammenhang mit einem in Vorbereitung befindlichen Forschungsprojekt zum gleichen Thema formuliert,
das in der romanistischen Literaturwissenschaft angesiedelt ist. Aus diesem Forschungsprojekt werden zwei Zwischenergebnisse berichtet: das erste betrifft die konzeptuelle Verknüpfung von Gattungstheorie und computergestützter Stilistik; das zweite
betrifft die methodische Erweiterung der Principal Component Analysis (PCA) für literaturwissenschaftliche Fragestellungen
Timbre-invariant Audio Features for Style Analysis of Classical Music
No full textCopyright: (c) 2014 Christof Weiß et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited
Spitzer on Racine, digitally revisited
No full textThis paper revisits, with today's digital corpora and computational methods of text analysis, Léo Spitzer's famous stylistic reading of the tragedies of French seventeenth-century author Jean Racine [1]. Spitzer's analysis was first published in 1928 and richly illustrates the manifestations of a "dampening effect" ("effet de sourdine") which Spitzer claims is characteristic of Racine's poetic style. The present attempt to reimplement Spitzer's study reveals new insights not only into Racine's style, but also into the respective strengths and limitations of both approaches to stylistic analysis and to the contrasting notions of style which underpin them [2].
References:
* Spitzer, Leo. „Die klassische Dämpfung in Racines Stil“ [1928]. In: Romanische Stil- und Literaturstudien I, Marburg: Elwert, 1931, 135-268.
* Léo Spitzer, "L'effet de sourdine dans le style classique: Racine", Études de style. Paris: Gallimard, 1970, p. 208-335.
* J. Berenike Herrmann, Karina van Dalen-Oskam und Christof Schöch, „Revisiting Style, a Key Concept in Literary Studies“, Journal of Literary Theory, vol. 9, no. 1, p. 25-52, 2015.
* Rockwell, Geoffrey. „Replication as a way of knowing in the digital humanities“. Vortrag, Universität Würzburg, 27. April 2016
Ciudades en transición. Centro urbano en Fráncfort del Meno [Presentación]
No full text1 archivo PDF (Tipo: Presentación) : principalmente ilustraciones en color ; 51 diapositivas. SUIDUODEVIGINTILa transformación digital de las ciudades, la sociedad líquida con sus vidas fragmentadas y aceleradas y un estilo de vida cada vez más ininterrumpido están cambiando funciones en el espacio urbano creando nuevos formatos. Los lugares se vuelven multifuncionales y fluidos. Es decir, la sociedad actual mantiene un estilo de vida fluido y busca tales espacios para desarrollarse. Por ello, las áreas individuales de la vida, sobre todo los lugares de trabajo y de residencia, el consumo y los servicios, se entrelazarán nuevamente en el futuro, de modo que surgirán lugares especiales en todas partes que llevarán el ADN de la modernidad fluida. Las ciudades están en transición: las estructuras tradicionales se están desmoronando, nuevos espacios de oportunidad están surgiendo. Los centros de las ciudades siempre han sido lugares de vida urbana que se caracterizan por el comercio, la vivienda, el trabajo, la cultura, el turismo, el encuentro y convivencia de las personas. Es precisamente esta vitalidad y mezcla de usos lo que hace que las ciudades y los centros urbanos se encuentren en un permanente proceso de cambio. Sin embargo, la pandemia del Covid-19 ha acelerado significativamente la velocidad de la transformación y está actuando como catalizador de una crisis que ya se estaba manifestando debido a la competencia por las adquisiciones en línea, la muerte de las grandes tiendas departamentales y los cambios en el comportamiento de compra en las zonas peatonales, incluso en Fráncfort. El centro de la ciudad del futuro debe ofrecer algo más que compras y consumo. En cambio, los centros urbanos deberían establecerse como llamados “Terceros lugares” para convertirse en lugares donde las personas se encuentran, les gusta quedarse, aprovechar las ofertas culturales o profesionales interesantes y, en cierta medida, también involucrarse. Con esto en mente, hoy en día hay una cantidad de iniciativas en las que los municipios y los actores locales están tratando de desarrollar soluciones creativas y sostenibles para repensar y diseñar los centros de las ciudades (programa estatal “Zukunft Innenstadt” (“Futuro del centro urbano”), “Kreativraum³” (“Creative Space”), master plan “Erlebnis City” (“Ciudad de la experiencia”), “Agentur des städtischen Wandels” (“Agencia del cambio urbano” Frankurt, etc.). Por ende, queremos una ciudad que “viva y respire” con la que las personas se sientan conectadas emocionalmente. Esto significa también que la ciudad tiene un ambiente para contar historias e inspirar a la gente. El atractivo emocional para los habitantes de una ciudad y para quienes la visitan es esencial para una ciudad viva y habitable. Los usuarios de la ciudad anhelan experiencias reales, experiencias multisensoriales y lugares mágicos que tengan un significado más profundo. Los centros urbanos son tales epicentros de la emoción. Son historia ambulante, almacenes de identidad colectiva. La tendencia actual hacia la historización y la reconstrucción (por ejemplo, el casco antiguo de Frankfurt) está relacionada con la búsqueda de identidad. La gente necesita lugares que transmitan estabilidad (y, por lo tanto, orientación) en un momento de agitación.The digital transformation of cities, the liquid society with its fragmented and accelerated lives and an increasingly uninterrupted lifestyle are changing functions in the urban space creating new formats. Places become multifunctional and fluid. That is, today’s society maintains a fluid lifestyle and seeks such spaces to develop. This is why individual áreas of life, above all places of work and residence, consumption and services, will intertwine again in the future, so that special places will emerge everywhere that carry the DNA of fluid modernity. . Cities are in transition: traditional structures are crumbling, new spaces of opportunity are emerging. The centers of the cities have always been places of urban life that are characterized by commerce, housing, work, culture, tourism, meeting and coexistence of people. It is precisely this vitality and mix of uses that means that cities and urban centers are in a permanent process of change. However, the Covid-19 pandemic has significantly accelerated the speed of transformation and is acting as a catalyst for a crisis that was already manifesting itself due to competition for online procurement, the death of large department stores and changes in purchasing behavior in pedestrian areas, even in Frankfurt. The city center of the future must offer more than just shopping and consumption. Instead, urban centers should establish themselves as so-called “Third Places” to become places where people meet, like to stay, take advantage of interesting cultural or professional offerings, and to some extent also get involved. With this in mind, today there are a number of initiatives in which municipalities and local stakeholders are trying to develop creative and sustainable solutions for rethinking and designing city centers (state program “Zukunft Innenstadt” (“Future of city center”), “Kreativraum” (“Creative Space³”), master plan “Erlebnis City” (“City of Experience”), “Agentur des städtischen Wandels” (“Urban Change Agency” Frankurt, etc.). Therefore, we want a “living and breathing” city with which people feel emotionally connected. This also means that the city has an atmosphere to tell stories and inspire people. The emotional appeal for the inhabitants of a city and for those who visit it is essential for a lively and habitable city. Users in the city crave real experiences, multi-sensory experiences, and magical places that have deeper meaning. Urban centers are such epicenters of excitement. They are walking history, warehouses of collective identity. The current tren towards historicization and reconstruction (for example, the old town of Frankfurt) is related to the search for identity. People need places that convey stability (and therefore guidance) in a time of turmoil
Los eco-barrios de Toulouse, Francia y sus innovaciones ecológicas [Presentación]
No full text1 archivo PDF (Tipo: Presentación) : principalmente ilustraciones en color ; 40 diapositivas. SUISEPTENDECIMIntroducido en 2012, el gobierno francés define un ecobarrio como un proyecto urbanístico que respeta los principios del desarrollo sostenible adaptándose a las características de su territorio, cuyo objetivo principal es integrarse armoniosamente en su entorno. En consecuencia, muchas autoridades locales deciden, cada año, llevar a cabo proyectos de esta índole, de modo que hoy en día existen en Francia más de 500 ecobarrios. En Toulouse, fue el barrio de Andromède entre Blagnac y Beauzelle el primer distrito ecológico que obtuvo la etiqueta del gobierno en 2013, destacando por un sistema de calefacción y refrigeración de combustión de residuos domésticos que evita el uso de combustibles fósiles. Hoy, existen siete eco-barrios nuevos dentro del área metropolitana de Toulouse: Vidailhan en Balma, Midi en Ramonville-Saint-Agne, Monges- Croix du Sud en Cornebarrieu, Laubis en Seilh, y más recientemente, el distrito ecológico de Guillaumet en el sitio del antiguo Centro de Ensayos Aeronáuticos de Toulouse (CEAT). A continuación, se presentarán las características de cada proyecto urbano, indagando hasta dónde estos ecobarrios, casi 10 años después de su primera construcción, han cumplido sus promesas, representando buenas prácticas de desarrollo sustentable.Introduced in 2012, the French government defines an eco-neighborhood as an urban project that respects the principles of sustainable development by adapting to the characteristics of its territory, whose main objective is to integrate harmoniously into its environment. As a result, local authorities decide, every year, to conduct projects of this nature, so that today there are more than five hundred eco-neighborhoods in France. In Toulouse, it was the Andromède district between Blagnac and Beauzelle that was the first ecological district to obtain the government label in 2013, standing out for a heating and cooling system for the combustion of household waste that avoids the use of fossil fuelsToday, there are seven new eco neighborhoods within the Toulouse metropolitan area: Vidailhan in Balma, Midi in Ramonville-Saint-Agne, Monges-Croix du Sud in Cornebarrieu, Laubis in Seilh, and most recently, the ecological district of Guillaumet on the site of the former Toulouse Aeronautical Test Centre (CEAT). Next, the characteristics of each urban project will be presented, investigating how far these eco-neighborhoods - almost 10 years after their first construction -have fulfilled their promises, representing good practices of sustainable development
Logarithmic lower bounds for Néel walls
No full textMost mathematical models for interfaces and transition layers in materials science exhibit sharply localized and rapidly decaying transition profiles. We show that this behavior can largely change when non-local interactions dominate and internal length scales fail to be determined by dimensional analysis: we consider a reduced model for the micromagnetic N\'eel wall which is observed in thin films. The typical phenomenon associated with this wall type is the very long logarithmic tail of transition profiles. Logarithmic upper bounds were recently derived by the author. In the present article we prove that the latter result is indeed optimal. In particular, we show that N\'eel wall profiles are supported by explicitly known comparison profiles that minimize relaxed variational principles and exhibit logarithmic decay behavior. This lower bound is established by a comparison argument based on a global maximum principle for the non-local field operator and the qualitative decay behavior of comparison profiles.Melcher, Christof. (2003). Logarithmic lower bounds for Néel walls. Retrieved from the University Digital Conservancy, https://hdl.handle.net/11299/3871
Pavane-Variations for flute, violin, bass viola da gamba, cello, harpsichord
No full textPerformed on October 23, 2010 by Melomanie. Melomanie: Kimberly Reighley, flute; Christof Richter, violin; Donna Fournier, viola da gamba; Douglas McNames, cello; Tracy Richardson, harpsichord. --author-supplied desriptio
CHRISTOF AMRHEIN. 2024. Immersive Journalism and 360-degree Videos. An Experimental Approach and the Perspective of the Experts. Cluj-Napoca: Accent. 128 p.
No full textChristof Amrhein’s book, Immersive Journalism and 360-degree Videos. An Experimental Approach and the Perspective of the Experts, was published in 2024 by Accent, Cluj-Napoca. The book analyses thoroughly the effects of users’ engagement with 360-degree or immersive videos, as well as the prospects for the future development of 360-degree videos, especially for journalism and cinematic storytelling. According to the author, in today’s society, due to the latest technological developments, there has been a significant shift concerning how people search for information and engage with it. Therefore, the central issue addressed in this book is the “phenomenon of communication through 360-degree or immersive videos (IV)” (p.11). This review aims to analyze and summarize thebook, highlighting its strengths and areas for improvement
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