Performance

Speed of Expertise Acquisition Depends upon Inherited Factors

by Philippe Chassy

O baile das palavras negras: a dança como performance ritual no romance "Beloved", de Toni Morrison

by João de Mancelos

Mancelos, João de. “O baile das palavras negras: A dança como performance ritual no romance Beloved, de Toni Morrison”. Revista de Letras da Universidade Estadual de São Paulo 47.2 (2007): 121-131. ISSN: 0101-3505

Beloved, o romance mais conhecido da escritora afro-americana Toni Morrison, Prémio Nobel da Literatura em 1993,... more Beloved, o romance mais conhecido da escritora afro-americana Toni Morrison, Prémio Nobel da Literatura em 1993, recria ficcionalmente uma dança ritual negra, liderada por uma xamã e ex-escrava, Baby Suggs. Neste breve estudo interessa-me: a) evidenciar o carácter performativo da referida cerimónia e os seus objetivos gerais; b) descrever e analisar o modo como Morrison, usando diversas estratégias narrativas e estilísticas, transcreve essa performance, comparando os passos do texto com os passos da dança; c) mostrar que o texto literário em estudo é, afinal, uma mimesis da mimesis, ou seja uma imitação de uma dança que, por sua vez, imita uma realidade de natureza espiritual. Para tanto, recorro à obra Beloved; a ensaios de especialistas em Toni Morrison; aos estudos acerca de danças cerimoniais de diversos antropólogos mundialmente reputados; e, naturalmente, à minha opinião. Daqui resultará uma melhor compreensão do mecanismo criativo; da prática das duas linguagens; do carácter performativo de ambas as artes.

Getting tuned in to those who are different: The role of empathy as mediator between diversity and performance.

by Sebastian Stegmann

Co-authored with: Maire-Elene Roberge & Rolf van Dick
Zeitschrift für Betriebswirschaft 82:19-44
DOI: 10.1007/s11573-011-0543-y

We present a theoretical model on the processes that mediate and moderate the diversity-performance relationship. Past... more We present a theoretical model on the processes that mediate and moderate the diversity-performance relationship. Past research on this topic – for example the categorization elaboration model (van Knippenberg et al., 2004) – has often focused on information elaboration as mediator. Complementing this cognitive perspective, we propose that group diversity can also stimulate group members to engage with each other emotionally, resulting in higher levels of empathy – an emotional state which arises from the comprehension and apprehension of fellow group members’ emotional state. Empathy, in turn, is likely to enhance performance through processes within a single group member and through processes between group members. At the core of the model lies the proposition that group- as well as individual-level empathy mediate the relationship between diversity of organizational units and the performance of individual members and groups at large (multilevel mediation). Furthermore, we specify moderating conditions for the relationship between diversity and empathy. Diversity beliefs and diversity climates are introduced as second-order moderators.
Keywords: diversity, empathy, social categorization, performance, diversity beliefs, diversity climates
Schlüsselwörter: Diversität, Empathie, Soziale Kategorisierung, Leistung, Diversitätsüberzeugungen, Diversitätsklima

Exporting to China and ASEAN countries: Perceived advancement in marketing competencies and export performance

by Ng Kim-Soon

Performing Spaces: The Influence of British Actors' Equity on BBC Studio Drama

by Douglas McNaughton

Paper presented at Performance and Television Space conference, University of Glamorgan, 20 April 2012.

Critical orthodoxies around the multi-camera television studio characterise it as a ‘theatrical’ space, driven by... more Critical orthodoxies around the multi-camera television studio characterise it as a ‘theatrical’ space, driven by dialogue and performance. Troy Kennedy Martin (1964) decried television drama’s essential naturalism, demanding a more filmic form of drama in a polemic which has strongly influenced critical thinking on multi-camera studio television. Caughie (2000) suggests that Armchair Theatre (ABC TV, 1956-68) created a ‘space for acting’ with ambitious camera movements within that space, but in the main, studio is seen as a constraining and interiorising dramatic site, in thrall to liveness and reliant on theatrical unities. This paper draws on research at the BBC Written Archives to extend current understanding of the determinants working upon multi-camera studio television up to and into the 1970s. Characterising studio as a Bourdieuian (1998) ‘force-field’, it shows how the performers’ union Equity insisted on preserving continuous performance as a specific feature of television drama. While other determinants (technical, institutional and economic) of course come into play, Equity’s insistence on ‘theatrical’ continuous performance inhibited the narrative and aesthetic possibilities of studio drama, resisted the move to rehearse-record studio taping, and delayed the turn to all-film drama production at the BBC. Drawing on key case studies which acted as contentious ‘test cases’ for negotiations, this paper explores tensions between institutional, artistic and external determinants, complicating technologically determinist accounts  to argue for a greater understanding of the role of Equity in dictating arrangement of space and material conditions of production in the multi-camera studio paradigm.

References
Bourdieu, P. 1998. On Television and Journalism. Translated from the French by Ferguson, P P. London: Pluto Press.
Caughie, J. 2000. Television Drama: Realism, Modernism and British Culture. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Kennedy Martin, T. 1964. Nats Go Home: First Statement of a New Drama for Television. Encore March/April, pp.21-33.

Bachelard, Interpretação, Subjetividade: a interação entre leitor e texto e o paradigma performativo nos estudos do imaginário.

by Marcus Mota

Nesse texto, procuro discutir, a partir de o Ar e os Sonhos, a proposta de Bachelard sobre a participação do leitor em... more Nesse texto, procuro discutir, a partir de o Ar e os Sonhos, a proposta de Bachelard sobre a participação do leitor em universo onírico textualizado de forma a contribuir para uma melhor contribuição dos questões recepcionais de sua obra.
Como provocação, demonstro como Bachelard aponta para um paradigma performativo ao tornar relevante na dinâmica  da leitura o papel ativo do leitor.

Bertinetto Vedere la musica

by Alessandro Bertinetto

Wearable Technologies: From Performativity to Materiality

by Valérie Lamontagne

The terms performance and performativity have garnered an increased importance in the fields of visual and media arts,... more The terms performance and performativity have garnered an increased importance in the fields of visual and media arts, humanities and the technosciences, signalling an epistemological shift from representational to performative modes of knowledge and experience production. This paper traces the terms performance and performativity — historically and conceptually — within the broad field of performance (linguistics, sociology, anthropology, theatre, dance, music and performance art) to extend their meaning(s) to the fields of technoscience and wearables. It aims to posit that a coupling of wearables technology and performativity is not only (a) crucial to an understanding of the materiality of the wearable object and its social practice, but (b) also offers new grounds for a repositioning of research within the fields of wearables and performance.
Keywords: Wearables, performance, performativity, materiality, human/nonhuman,
technoscience

Abstract: Performance, Meaning, and Ideology in the Making of Legitimacy

by Florian Schneider

Llorar delante de una pantalla plana. Emociones compartidas en un locutorio - Crying in front of a flat screen. Shared emotions in a telephone calling shop

by Simone Belli

Co-authored with Adriana Gíl

En este artículo presentaremos una parte del análisis de entrevistas realizadas a usuarios y usuarias de locutorios en... more En este artículo presentaremos una parte del análisis de entrevistas realizadas a usuarios y usuarias de locutorios en Barcelona, Manchester y Milán. El énfasis se ha puesto en el análisis de las emociones ligadas al uso de estas tecnologías en estos espacios específicos. Nos centraremos en comprenderlos como espacios públicos en continuo movimiento y evolución, que generan emociones estrictamente relacionadas con ellos, y construidas a través del lenguaje. Utilizando el concepto de performance, se explora cómo el habla crea una necesidad de construir emociones particulares, que no existen antes de su performance.


English version
In this paper we will present a piece of the analysis of interviews realized to users of Telephone calling shops in Barcelona, Manchester and Milan. The emphasis has been put in the analysis of the emotions tied to the use of ICT in these specific spaces. We will focus on understanding these spaces as public spaces in continuous movement and evolution, which generate emotions strictly related to them. Using the concept of performance, we explore how speech creates a need for the construction of particular emotions, which do not exist before they performance.

An analysis of Ivana Müller's 'You are there, but I cannot see you' from the perspective of my theory of mimesis

by Stefan Beyst

The text is also available on Alphaville (with discussion):
http://www.alphavillle.com/avillle/zone/gloss/?item=10709

“They’ve Got Us So Conditioned That We Purchase Our Oppression”: Human Rights, Social Protest and Liberation Discourses in Spoken Word Poetry by Urban Youth

by Kimberly Black

forthcoming in 2012 - 'It Doesn’t Have to Rhyme: Children and Poetry.' Eds. Bridget Carrington and Jennifer Harding. Litchfield, UK: Pied Piper Publishing.

Comparison of Cloud backup performance and costs in Oracle database

by Dejan Lavbič

Published in Journal of Information and Organizational Sciences (JIOS) journal and co-authored with Aljaž Zrnec.

Current practice of backing up data is based on using backup tapes and remote locations for storing data. Nowadays,... more Current practice of backing up data is based on using backup tapes and remote locations for storing data. Nowadays, with the advent of cloud computing a new concept of database backup emerges. The paper presents the possibility of making backup copies of data in the cloud. We are mainly focused on performance and economic issues of making backups in the cloud in comparison to traditional backups. We tested the performance and overall costs of making backup copies of data in Oracle database using Amazon S3 and EC2 cloud services. The costs estimation was performed on the basis of the prices published on Amazon S3 and Amazon EC2 sites.

Multiple Intelligences and Academic Performance among Malaysian Undergraduate Dental Students

by Noor Hayaty Abu Kasim

Objectives: To identify the nature of multiple intelligences among dental students and investigate the relationship... more Objectives: To identify the nature of multiple intelligences among dental students and investigate the relationship between these intelligences and performance in the various skill areas of dentistry. Methods: Sixty-one final year dental students at the Faculty of Dentistry, University of Malaya in Malaysia were administered a Multiple Intelligence Inventory [(MII), David Larear, 1991)] after their final written examinations. MII comprised 80 4-point likert items assessing eight types of multiple intelligences: Verbal/Linguistic, Visual Spatial, Logical Mathematical, Musical Rhythmic, Intra Personal, Body Kinesthetic, Inter Personal and Naturalist. These intelligences were correlated with six academic performance scores: Amalgam Class II, Composite, Crown & Bridge, Endodontic, Problem Based Learning and the Final Written Exam. The data were analysed by Pearson Product Moment Correlation and t-test. Results: Significant correlations were found between Intrapersonal intelligence and Composite (r = .32; p < .05) and between Body Kinesthetic and Composite scores (r = .26; p < .05). High Amalgam Class II scorers obtained significantly higher scores on Intrapersonal Intelligence than low scorers (t = 2.49; p < .05). High Composite scorers have significantly higher Body Kinesthetic intelligence than low scorers (t = .29; p < .05). Low endodontic scorers obtained significantly higher scores on Visual Spatial intelligence than high scorers (t = 2.06; p < .05). High PBL scorers obtained significantly higher Interpersonal (t = 2.06; p < .05) and Naturalist Intelligence (t = 3.57; p < .05) than low scorers. Conclusions: There appears to be no significant correlations between the various types of multiple intelligences and achievement in dentistry except for the correlations between Composite scores and Intrapersonal and Body Kinesthetic Intelligence. Generally, there were no significant multiple intelligence differences among high and low performers.

Türk İktisatçıların Yayın Performansları (1999-2005)

by Murat Cokgezen

Tübitak Projesi, Proje No. SOBAG-106K223, İstanbul,2006

Bu çalışma Türkiye’deki iktisat bölümlerinin ve iktisatçıların performansını değerlendirmektedir. Çalışmada... more Bu çalışma Türkiye’deki iktisat bölümlerinin ve iktisatçıların performansını değerlendirmektedir. Çalışmada Türkiye’deki iktisat bölümlerinin uluslararası yayın (makale) performansının oldukça düşük olduğu bulunmuştur.  İlk sıralardaki birkaç üniversite ve bu
üniversitelerde görevli iktisatçılar ile diğerleri arasında büyük performans farkları vardır.
Çalışma ayrıca özel eğitim kurumlarının daha iyi performans gösterdiklerine ilişkin dellier sağlamaktadır. Türk iktisatçılar da diğer birçok ülkedeki meslektaşları gibi kendi ülkelerinde
çıkan ve ilişkide oldukları kurumlar tarafından yayınlanan dergilerde yayın yapmayı tercih etmektedirler. 

2 Dimensional Life of Her

by Rachael Hains-Wesson

Hains-Wesson, R. (2011). “2 Dimensional Life of Her”, eds. Wolfgang Schneider and Manon van de Water in Building Bridges Crossing Borders, The ASSITEJ Book 2011, Sweden: Theatre Epicentre.

An examination of motor and perceptual contributions to the recognition of deception from others' actions

by john van der kamp

Cañal-Bruland, R., & van der Kamp, J. & van Kesteren, J. (2010). In: Human Movement Sciences, 29, 94-102.

Ares de milonga: apontamentos sobre elementos característicos como bases para peformance

by Daniel Medeiros

Este trabalho pretende apresentar algumas características do gênero musical milonga. O objetivo principal reside em... more Este trabalho pretende apresentar algumas características do gênero musical milonga. O objetivo principal reside em estabelecer alguns apontamentos que possam servir como subsídios básicos para o intérprete que pretende abordar tal gênero. Primeiramente, são apresentadas informações de ordem cultural/regional. Após, com ênfase em aspectos musicais, são trabalhados exemplos de três tipos de milonga. Para finalizar, são analisadas algumas características em amostras do repertório violonístico.

Resource Configurations, Generic Strategies, and Firm Performance: Exploring the Parallels between Resource-based and Competitive Strategy Theories in a New Industry

by Olivier Furrer

Olivier Furrer, D. Sudharshan, Howard Thomas, & Maria Tereza Alexandre Journal of Strategy and Management
Vol. 1 Iss: 1, 2008, pp.15 - 40

Purpose – This paper, anchored in the resource-based view of the firm, attempts to develop linkages between firm-level... more Purpose – This paper, anchored in the resource-based view of the firm, attempts to develop linkages between firm-level resources, Porter's competitive strategy space and firm performance and explores them in the context of a new industry – the marketing technology industry.

Design/methodology/approach – In the marketing technology industry the authors classify resource configurations (generalists, specialists, innovators) which group firms with distinctive competences on similar resource dimensions. They then map these firm-level resource configurations onto their respective optimal strategies in the industry's competitive strategy space.

Findings – The major findings are: some firms that are close together in strategy space vary in performance; some firms that are close together in strategy space belong to quite different resource configurations; firms that belong to the same resource configuration (i.e. are close together in resource space and distant from others) vary in performance; given the origin (i.e. resource configuration) of a new entrant there exists an optimal strategy that can be theoretically defined; and corresponding to each resource configuration there seems to exist a unique optimal region in strategy space.

Originality/value – It is one of few attempts to empirically explore the parallels between firm level resource-based and industry level competitive strategies.

Virtual Machine Based Energy-Efficient Data Center Architecture for Cloud Computing: A Performance Perspective

by Kejiang Ye

Kejiang Ye; Dawei Huang; Xiaohong Jiang; Huajun Chen; Shuang Wu;
2010 IEEE/ACM International Conference on Green Computing and Communications (GreenCom'2010)

Virtual machine technology is widely applied to modern data center for cloud computing as a key technology to realize... more Virtual machine technology is widely applied to modern data center for cloud computing as a key technology to realize energy-efficient operation of servers. Server consolidation achieves energy efficiency by enabling multiple instantiations of operating systems (OSes) to run simultaneously on a single physical machine. While, live migration of virtual machine can transfer the virtual machine workload from one physical machine to another without interrupting service. However, both the two technologies have their own performance overheads. There is a tradeoff between the performance and energy efficiency. In this paper, we study the energy efficiency from the performance perspective. Firstly, we present a virtual machine based energy-efficient data center architecture for cloud computing. Then we investigate the potential performance overheads caused by server consolidation and live migration of virtual machine technology. Experimental results show that both the two technologies can effectively implement energy-saving goals with little performance overheads. Efficient consolidation and migration strategies can improve the energy efficiency.