Query: arts

title: Handbook of arts based research

title: Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Big Data for Coronavirus (COVID 19) Pandemic: A Survey on the State of the Arts
abstract: The very first infected novel coronavirus case (COVID 19) was found in Hubei, China in Dec. 2019. The COVID 19 pandemic has spread over 214 countries and areas in the world, and has significantly affected every aspect of our daily lives. At the time of writing this article, the numbers of infected cases and deaths still increase significantly and have no sign of a well controlled situation, e.g. as of 13 July 2020, from a total number of around 13.1 million positive cases, 571,527 deaths were reported in the world. Motivated by recent advances and applications of artificial intelligence (AI) and big data in various areas, this paper aims at emphasizing their importance in responding to the COVID 19 outbreak and preventing the severe effects of the COVID 19 pandemic. We firstly present an overview of AI and big data, then identify the applications aimed at fighting against COVID 19, next highlight challenges and issues associated with state of the art solutions, and finally come up with recommendations for the communications to effectively control the COVID 19 situation. It is expected that this paper provides researchers and communities with new insights into the ways AI and big data improve the COVID 19 situation, and drives further studies in stopping the COVID 19 outbreak.

title: Careers And Creativity: Social Forces In The Arts
abstract: A look at the production and distribution of art, drawing on fields as disparate as European portraiture and American rock and roll. The development and maintenance of "art worlds" the escapist element of art and its manipulations, the origins of new styles, are all laid bare in a book that offers a vision of expression and artistic production embedded in a world of complex social networks.

title: Fancourt, D. and Finn, S. (2019) What is the evidence on the role of the arts in improving health and well being? A scoping review
abstract: This ambitious review, authored by leading researchers in the field of arts and health, was supported by the Division of Information, Evidence, Research and Innovation, and the Health Evidence Network team, both at the World Health Organization (WHO) Europe. It also had the benefit of peer reviews from four distinguished academics in this field. With the imprimatur of the WHO, readers should feel confident about finding a robust assessment of the current state of evidence on the contribution of creative arts in promoting health. The authors are careful to state the question they are seeking to answer: 'What is the evidence on the role of the arts in improving health and well being? Their broader aim is also important: to close what they see as an 'awareness gap' between the research evidence and those professionals involved in healthcare policy development and practice. A key concern is promoting 'knowledge and technology transfer' of evidence into service provision. Discussion of 'policy considerations' (p. 55) makes it clear that the intended audiences for the report include: policy makers in government, commissioners of health and care services, funders of research, managers of arts and cultural organisations, and institutions involved in the training of health and arts professionals. Arts and health policy makers, the authors suggest, should consider 'supporting the implementation of arts interventions where a substantial evidence base exists' a view that will attract wide spread agreement across the arts and health field. The report has many positives. Section 1 is an excellent introduction to the field, and the logic model given in Figure 1 is a powerful scheme for understanding the value of the arts for health. Similarly, in Section 2, Figure 2 lays out clearly the many contributions the arts can make to prevention and health promotion, and to the management and treatment of health conditions. Certainly too, the report is very wide ranging and brings together a considerable body of evidence, and the authors describe it as 'the most comprehensive survey of the literature on arts and health to date' Nevertheless, there are surprising omissions and readers should also consult ten years of research evidence in Arts Health: An international journal for research, policy and practice, and Journal of Applied Arts Health. Much of the consider

title: Fake news, rumor, information pollution in social media and web: A contemporary survey of state of the arts, challenges and opportunities
abstract: Internet and social media have become a widespread, large scale and easy to use platform for real time information dissemination. It has become an open stage for discussion, ideology expression, knowledge dissemination, emotions and sentiment sharing. This platform is gaining tremendous attraction and a huge user base from all sections and age groups of society. The matter of concern is that up to what extent the contents that are circulating among all these platforms every second changing the mindset, perceptions and lives of billions of people are verified, authenticated and up to the standards. This paper puts forward a holistic view of how the information is being weaponized to fulfil the malicious motives and forcefully making a biased user perception about a person, event or firm. Further, a taxonomy is provided for the classification of malicious information content at different stages and prevalent technologies to cope up with this issue form origin, propagation, detection and containment stages. We also put forward a research gap and possible future research directions so that the web information content could be more reliable and safer to use for decision making as well as for knowledge sharing.

title: Sociology of the Arts: Exploring Fine and Popular Forms
abstract: This is a comprehensive overview of the sociology of art and an authoritative work of scholarship by a leading expert in the field. The international selection of perspectives, empirical research, and case studies makes this book essential for teaching and studying the sociology of art. Synthesizes the various theoretical models of art sociology. Provides empirical examples of books, films, television shows, dance, and music, as well as exemplars of sociological work on the arts. Discusses works from both fine and popular ends of the cultural spectrum. Explores how art is created, distributed, received, consumed, and used by people who experience it.

title: Dismantling anti black linguistic racism in English language arts classrooms: Toward an anti racist black language pedagogy
abstract: In this article, the author historicizes the argument about Black Language in the classroom to contextualize the contemporary linguistic inequities that Black students experience in English Language Arts (ELA) classroom. Next, the author describes anti black linguistic racism and interrogates the notion of academic language. Following this, the author provides an ethnographic snapshot that shows how Black students in a ninth grade English Language Arts (ELA) class perceptions of Black Language reflected internalized anti black linguistic racism. The author offers Anti Racist Black Language Pedagogy as an approach that English Language Arts teachers can implement in an effort to dismantle anti black linguistic racism and white cultural and linguistic hegemony in their classrooms using Angie Thomas' (2017) novel The Hate U Give. The author concludes with thoughts about how an Anti Racist Black Language pedagogy can help ELA students develop useful critical capacities.

title: KENYAN, CHRISTIAN, QUEER: RELIGION, LGBT ACTIVISM, AND ARTS OF RESISTANCE IN AFRICA. By AdriaanvanKlinken. Africana Religions, 3. Pennsylvania: The Pennsylvania State University Press, 2019. Pp. xiv 232. $89.95.
abstract: This book examines the role of religion in LGBT activism in Africa, specifically Kenya. It presents four case studies of creative forms of queer visibility through which Kenyan LGBT actors organize and present themselves in the public domain, while critically engaging and appropriating Christian beliefs, symbols, and practices. The book thus counter balances the dominant narrative of religiously inspired homophobia in Africa and shows how Christian traditions can also inspire queer politics and social change.

title: Studio Thinking: How Visual Arts Teaching Can Promote Disciplined Habits of Mind

title: Developing Qualitative Indicators for Evaluating the Performance of Seoul Agenda Goals for the Development of Arts Education
abstract: The Seoul Agenda: Goals for the Development of Arts Education is a major outcome of UNESCO's Second World Conference on Arts Education held in Seoul, the Republic of Korea, on 25 28 May 2010. Convened at the initiative of UNESCO, in close partnership with the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism of the Government of the Republic of Korea, the Conference gathered more than 650 officials and experts in arts education from 95 countries. The programme included a Ministerial round table, keynote speeches, panel discussions, parallel workshops, regional group discussions, an encounter with NGOs and foundations, and a special session on Arts Education and the Rapprochement of Cultures.