Telling about something that you do not really know: blind people are talking about vision!

In Turkey, the laws which define disability have become increasingly harsh, and require disabled people to be assessed in order to determine ‘how disabled’ they are. For blind people, as for other disabled people, these assessments have real consequences. This article aims to discuss an appealing piece that arose during a project, which has bearing on how disabled people tend to answer these questions. The participants are legally blind adults. We, as sighted researchers, asked totally blind individuals to describe their vision. Interestingly, they all answered this question without hesitation. The paradoxical nature of this question was only realized during the analysis. We requested the participants to talk about something they do not really know. This might be a reflection of our over-visualized world and might be due to our subtle prejudices. This type of questioning not only has implications for research, but also for assessments of disability in Turkey.     

In hindsight and now again: black male teachers’ recollections on the suffering of black male youth in US public schools

This article draws from data in a larger qualitative study on the lives of black male teachers in US public urban schools. I examine their schooling experiences as black male youth. By coupling theories of social suffering with life history methodology, this research analyzes how three black male teachers experienced frustration, marginalization, and misery as students. For these participants, academic tracking was a site of social suffering. This suffering persisted into their adult lives as classroom teachers, as they witnessed and attempted to mitigate the struggles of their own black male students. The findings in this study have implications for further research on black male teachers as well as their recruitment and retention in US public schools.     

"美色"探秘的旅程

20多年前,鲁晨光先生对语言称呼和颜色视觉的一致性提出质疑,指出色觉差异或颠倒的可能性,且并不影响称呼和交流.这有悖于人们的惯常思维引起了论争,由此开始了作者与鲁先生在空间时分时合,跨国越洋;在时间上断续的、跨世纪的探索.从<潜科学>"是否存在标准色觉";<自然信息>"试析达尔文留下的香甜美难题";<学术界>"论第二物性感知差异"等,直到今天,终于形成了哲学的两亩地--新著<色觉奥妙和哲学基本问题>和<美感奥妙和需求进化>."美色"探秘的旅程,正是这哲学两亩地栽培浇灌,发芽结果的来龙去脉.     

民族学视野下驯鹿鄂温克人移民与定居的探讨

驯鹿鄂温克人2003年举行了隆重的"生态移民"大搬迁,引起了新闻媒体等社会各界的普遍关注,本文在实地调查的基础上,讨论了驯鹿鄂温克人在迁徙与定居之间的尴尬,并对"定而不居"现象进行了历史的和国家政治制度、政策、价值观层面上的分析阐述.如何将饲养驯鹿的文化继续传承下去?这不仅仅是猎民所面临的问题,也是民族学所关注的少数民族地区可持续发展的重要课题.     

花间、南唐词叙事视角选择的差异与地域审美心理

花间、南唐词是唐五代词创作的两个高峰,然而花间、南唐词在叙事视角的选择上呈现出两种不同情况：花间词的叙事视角多用无聚焦视角,而南唐词则以第一人称内聚焦视角为主。地域文化差异是影响花间、南唐词叙事视角选择的主要因素,影响的媒介是地域审美心理。     

困境与出路:生态文明建设的全球视界及运行机制

生态文明不是地方性区域文明的一枝独秀,而是涉及整个人类、关乎全球生态的人与自然和谐共生的整体关联。因而,生态文明建设必然离不开全球视界的宏阔背景,离不开超越民族—国家界限的多元主体之间的相互作用、相互依存。虽然在资本主义主导的全球化背景下,各种利益的分裂、冲突凸显了生态文明建设的矛盾和困境,但是,生态文明作为全人类共同追求的理想,其自身所蕴涵的全球价值指向必然催生出全球化视域下生态文明建设的各种运行机制的建立。     

文化视野与中国文化研究

文化视野的困惑突出说明对文化本质认识的模糊。广义文化视野也是文明视野,在人为性这一最基层涵义上文化与文明的概念是重合的。主体性文化视野也是以人为本的文化视野,从广义文化视野的现象描述到主体文化视野对文化本体的把握,是一种真正意义上的现实文化的研究视野。象征文化视野也是文化通观的研究视野,文化通观的视野着眼于社会文化整体结构的动态把握,文明视野着眼于社会文化成果的价值判断。     

《简·爱》与圣经

夏洛蒂·勃朗特的小说《简·爱》自19世纪发表以来,一直有着长盛不衰的魅力。文章通过分析小说中平行结构、比喻象征、幻觉的独特表现手法及圣经典故的应用,揭示圣经文体对《简·爱》的影响及其文体方面的艺术魅力。     

基于机器视觉的人体尺寸识别系统

提出了一种基于机器视觉的人体尺寸识别系统的技术思路,系统将机器终端获取的人体图像信息,利用图像处 理技术和人体关键尺寸的生理位置特征,实现人体关键尺寸的识别。该系统中需要获取人体正面的手臂水平图像以及 人体侧面图像,2张图像必须在同一相对位置下获取,以保证参考点的一致,在参考被测用户的实际身高下,系统通过计 算可实时给出被测用户的颈部、胸部、腰部、臀部等的正侧面宽度,同时给出各对应部分的所在位置。这种模式可以给出 用户的基本尺寸信息,从而可以为用户实现模拟试衣等仪器提供软件支持。     

撑一支笔，向历史更深处漫溯 ——评阳海洪《中国现代新闻思想史》

阳海洪新著《中国现代新闻思想史》基于公允的学术立场,以马克思主义、自由主义、三民主义 等三大新闻思潮的代表人物为经纬,运用传统学案式的史书体例结构全篇,全面呈现中国现代新闻思想史“ 众声喧哗”的状貌及其起伏消长的历程,并探讨了中国现代新闻思想史演进的独特性。全书具有整体性视野 、现代性眼光及学术态度严谨等特点,是一部研究中国现代新闻思潮的佳作。