Academic literature on the topic 'Fear in art'

Abstract: University educators designed and co-taught a course which involved collaborative artmaking and learning with a community-based arts organization that serves individuals with disabilities. Their goal was to help university students examine the potential of art and how it applies to their personal and professional lives. They sought to better understand how to nurture a feeling of artistic agency in undergraduate students who do not define themselves as artists. Educators found that students benefited from an exploration of art fear through an inclusive approach to art creation. Keywords: Art fear; Disability; Collaborative artmaking; Higher education; Experiential learning. Résumé : Des éducatrices et éducateurs universitaires ont conçu et co-enseigné un cours axé sur la création artistique et l’apprentissage coopératif au sein d’un organisme communautaire voué aux arts qui dessert des personnes en situation de handicap. Leur objectif était d’aider les étudiant.e.s universitaires à analyser le potentiel de l’art et son impact sur leur vie personnelle et professionnelle. Ils voulaient savoir comment alimenter une volonté d’action artistique chez des étudiant.e.s de premier cycle qui ne se considèrent pas des artistes. Les éducatrices et les éducateurs ont remarqué qu’aborder la peur de l’art sous une optique de création artistique inclusive était bénéfique. Mots-clés : peur de l’art, handicap, création artistique collaborative, éducation supérieure, apprentissage expérientiel.

Violence from parents and violence from the immediate environment at the age of children causes them to become children who are easily afraid of sounds (Verbal), fear of physical violence (objects), and fear of the immediate environment. This final artwork project aims to create a sculpture art with the theme of the memory of a child's fear, which also explains the concept and process of creation and also the visual aesthetics of sculpture. The shape of the memory of children's fear is portrayed in the media of sculpture art with cast printing techniques. The creation of sculpture in this final project provides more insight into empirical experiences in creating works of art as well as the deepening of concepts in children's memory of fears.

Concerns about artwork that aims to impact power, “turning art into propaganda,” not only misunderstand how propaganda works in contemporary society, but also privilege a view of art and art’s role that favors the wealthy and powerful.

ABSTRACT: Every act of censorship is also an act of iconoclasm. Together they constitute one of the oldest paradoxes of image making and of figuration. To make an image is both to want it and to fear it. The more it is desired, the more it seems contra naturam , and so is feared. It often has a vitality that is startlingly at odds with both its materiality and its concept. To parse individual episodes of censorship and iconoclasm is to uncover the roots of both the fear of images and the fear of art. But each of the many motives for censorship and iconoclasm testify, above all, to the impossibility of escaping it.

The impact of the widespread availability of antiretroviral therapy (ART) on the human immunodeficiency virus and acquired immune deficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) related attitudes, behaviours and practices of the general population in Sub-Saharan Africa is understudied. We assessed the impact of ART availability on the fear of HIV/ AIDS (measured at both community and personal levels) and HIV prevention practices in Rwimi, Uganda using a cross-sectional survey. The fear of HIV/AIDS was described as a perceived threat to either self and/or community regarding the risk of contracting the disease, whereby the higher the perception of the threat, the greater the fear. We assessed associations between the outcomes of the dependent variables on both the community and personal fear of HIV/AIDS, and the independent variables of HIV/AIDS-related knowledge and demographics. Qualitative data was also generated from focus group discussions (FGD) on the context of the fear of HIV/AIDS and HIV pre- vention practices. The majority of participants (89.4%; males - 86.8%; females - 90.8%) felt that ART availability has reduced the fear of HIV/AIDS in the community. In contrast, fewer participants (22.4%; males - 24.4%; females – 21.2%) mentioned that their personal fear of HIV/AIDS has been reduced with the availability of ART. From the qualitative study, factors identified as influencing the fear of HIV/AIDS included stigma, fear of infection, and the inconvenience of being on ART. Although fear of HIV/AIDS persists, the fear is reduced because of the availability of life-prolonging ART. HIV prevention practices are influenced by socio-cultural norms (gender roles, relationship dynamics, power and trust), which, we argue, should be considered when de-signing sustainable HIV/AIDS prevention programs.

In contemporary horror, the photographic image is often used as the object of horror or even represents the main antagonist of the story. We can trace the origin of such depictions to the very invention of the technique of photography in the 19th century, which was also the heyday of spiritualist theories about photography making the soul of the deceased visible to the human eye using chemical compounds. A notorious example is the case of photographer William Mumler who offered well-off relatives of recently deceased people in the States to make portraits with the ghosts of their loved ones. There are also reports of some peoples that allegedly also consider the soul to be closely bound to photography and in consequence abhor photography, as the film is supposedly capable of capturing and depriving the photographed person of their soul. Films like The Ring, The Others, Peeping Tom, and The Invisible Man demonstrate how frequently uncanny photography appears in the horror film genre and open questions about the reasons of such depictions. While the theory of horror claims that horror uses specific iconography of fear to reflect the common fears of the time (e.g. an invasion of giant insects and carnivorous plants in the 50s as a consequence of American fear of a communist invasion), the article explores the issue of photography as the main antagonist in the horror genre of the 21st century and whether this means that it appears as the universal fear of digital identity, surveillance, and identity theft.

This arts-based study discusses using the horror film and monsters as a means of exploring the personification of fear in contemporary society. The paper incorporates the viewing and dissection of horror films into an artistic process to explore fears in order to further artistic expression. It additionally shows how this process can be used in an art classroom within the context of contemporary art to empower students and facilitate art criticism discussions.

The contents here in examine the artistic process undertaken by Vanessa Fassie to create the mixed media work, reunion. The subjects of fear, archetypal symbolism, personal and collective histories were examined through research, archival evidence, video, sound, movement, and installation. reunion, examines not only the powers of personal and collective histories through the symbolic language of archetypes, but also how fear manifests and evolves through time. The culmination of this work was the creation of an installation within the Anderson Gallery at Virginia Commonwealth University. This Thesis was created through the use of Microsoft Word 2004.

This research paper is an art-based heuristic influenced study on the fear of aging and the self using an art-based modality of exploration. The researcher sought to study three questions. First, to explore the relationship between aging, beauty, youth, and social pressures. Second, to explore the fears related to aging, (losing appearances, finance, health, and death). Thirdly, to considering the implications of findings to the clinical realm. The art based methodology offered a form of investigation which, informed by heuristic steps of inquiry, augmented both personal meaning and growth. Data consisted of art made over a three-month period as well as structured journaling regarding the research questions and art making process. The imagery, journaling and observations were then collected during the illumination and explication phase, culminating in a final art response of the findings in a creative synthesis.

<p> During the early stages of the seventeenth century in Seville, images of the Last Judgment participated in a long artistic tradition of inspiring fear about the impending apocalypse. This thesis focuses on two paintings of the Last Judgment, one by Francisco Pacheco for the church of St. Isabel in 1614 and the other by Francisco Herrera el Viejo for the church of St. Bernardo in 1628. Pacheco was an influential artist and theoretician in the development of Sevillian art, who substantiated the core values of the Counter-Reformation. In a similar way, Herrera's participation in such development was vital because he was one of the first artists to experiment with naturalism in Seville. The Last Judgment paintings by Pacheco and Herrera sought to activate viewers' consciousness and self-assessment on their actions and thus modify their behavior. By interpreting primary sources such as Pacheco's <i>Arte de la Pintura, </i> this thesis investigates the cultural impact of these paintings through phenomenological methods. These methods derive from theoretical materials formulated by Maurice Merleau-Ponty, Louis Lankford, and Paul Ricoeur. The goal of these methods is to describe the experience of fear and evil in response to the Last Judgment paintings by Pacheco and Herrera. The results of this study illustrate the cultural perspective of evil by placing these paintings in relation to other popular and institutional manifestations of religion, particularly the Spanish <i>auto de f&eacute;.</i></p>

This study investigates the politics of public space and social fear that work to create new scenarios for social and racial segregation in the processes of gentrification, such as privatization, fortification, and symbolism in public art in a major southern metropolitan city. The Public Art Program of Atlanta, Georgia is implementing public art projects at various sites, chosen based on being in depressed neighborhoods in the hope that it will bring new life to blighted urban areas and change the current use of space. Through an applied anthropological and multi-perspective approach, this study explores how middle and upper class residents currently regard their in-town neighborhood, surrounded by historic black universities and neighborhoods, public housing, and having a highly visible homeless population. Fortification, privatization, and residents’ response to the public art project speak profoundly to the processes of gentrification that are occurring there.

La te si doctoral tracte d' una causa d' exempció de la responsabilitat penal reconeguda a l'article 20.6 del vigent codi penal: la por insuperable. L' objectiu principal de la tesi és donar un contingut a aquesta eximent per tal de que trobi l'adient reconeixement als tribunals, que tradicionalment han ignorat aquesta eximent. <br/>El primer capítol de la tesi tracta del seu fonament, és a dir, de la raó o raons que han portat al legislador a reconèixer la por insuperable com a una causa de exempció de la responsabilitat penal. L'anàlisi del fonament de la por insuperable s'estudia a l'àmbit de les doctrines de justificació del dret penal (teories de la pena). Partint d' aquestes doctrines de justificació trobem que la doctrina utilitarista no pot fonamentar sòlidament l'eximent de por insuperable, doncs aquesta eximent no té a veure amb la maximització de la felicitat col·lectiva sinó més aviat amb qüestions de responsabilitat personal. Per això, en la tesi el fonament de la por insuperable es situa al marc de les doctrines retribucionistes i mixtes. <br/>Per a aquestes doctrines el fonament de l'exempció de pena en el cas de la por insuperable és l'afecció a la voluntat o llibertat d'elecció que es dóna en les situacions de por insuperable. Però aquesta afecció de la llibertat d' elecció no es pot interpretar com una pèrdua de les facultats psíquiques de la persona, tal i com, erròniament interpreten els nostres tribunal s, doncs la persona que es veu amenaçada no perd les seves facultats per valorar la situació. Per tant, "insuperable" no vol dir insuperable psicològicament, sinó que amb aquest adjectiu el legislador està fent referència a una avaluació normativa: es tracta d'una situació en la que no es pot exigir a la persona que superi la por que pateix i s'enfronti al amenaça. <br/>A la tesi es defensa aquesta reconstrucció normativa de l'eximent, posant de relleu, però, que el fonament de l'exempció de pena és la preferència legítima pels propis interessos. La base del principi d'inexigibilitat o raonabilitat és la legitimitat d'una valoració parcial del conflicte en el que es troba la persona, quan l' amenaça afecta als seus bens o als d'aquells pels que se sent afectivament lligat. <br/>Al segon capítol s' analitza el problema de la naturalesa jurídica de l'eximent de por insuperable. El cert és que la doctrina penal majoritària considera que la por insuperable és una causa d'inculpabilitat, malgrat que no han tampoc faltat autors que hagin catalogat a aquesta eximent com una causa de justificació. A la tesi s'analitzen els arguments tradicionalment utilitzats per la doctrina penal per a concloure que la por insuperable pertany a la categoria de la culpabilitat, posant de relleu que aquests arguments no semblen convincents. Això no obstant, no vol dir que l'eximent de por insuperable sigui en realitat una causa de justificació, però cal trobar una explicació més solida pel fet que aquesta eximent es consideri una causa d'inculpabilitat. <br/>Aquesta explicació pren com a punt de partida la diferència entre la valoració imparcial d'un conflicte (és a dir, la valoració que faria una persona no implicada en el conflicte) i la valoració parcial (és a dir, la valoració que fa la persona que es troba en aquell conflicte) del mateix. A la tesi es defensa que en las situacions d'amenaça i conflicte de bens jurídics, quan ambdós es troben en la mateixa situació enfront el dret, la justificació de la conducta necessita una fonamentació més forta que la valoració parcial del conflicte, doncs a nivell d' antijuridicitat, on el legislador valora els conflictes, s' ha de donar el mateix valors als bens jurídics de tots els ciutadans, sense que es pugui aquí apel·lar a preferències personals. La valoració parcial del conflicte queda amb això reservada per a un altre nivell de la teoria del delicte: la culpabilitat, on no és tracte ja de valorar un conflicte d'interessos com de decidir si la persona mereix un càstig pel seu fet. <br/>El tercer capítol tracta de la qüestió relativa als requisits que cal exigir per poder aplicar l'eximent de por insuperable. Certament, la llei penal no demana cap requisit concret per aplicar l'eximent, però les exigències normatives es troben en realitat resumides en l'adjectiu "insuperable" que acompanya i defineix a la por. <br/>La doctrina penal ha utilitzat tradicionalment el paràmetre del "home mig en la posició de l'autor" per a determinar quan la por és insuperable. Però aquest criteri de determinació de la insuperabilitat de la por té greus problemes, que porten que a la tesi es rebutgi i en el seu lloc es presentin tota una sèrie de requisits normatius que han de servir per determinar quan es pot considerar que la por és (normativament) insuperable. Aquests requisits es poden dividir en dos grans grups: per una part els requisits referents al mal que amenaça a la persona. Es tracta aquí de determinar com ha de ser aquest mal per tal de que es pugui aplicar l'eximent. Per altra banda, en segon lloc els requisits referents a l'acció defensiva duta a terme per la persona. <br/>Per últim, el quart capítol de la tesi es dedica a la delimitació de la por insuperable davant la resta d' eximents reconegudes pel codi penal. Es tracta aquí de determinar si la por insuperable té un àmbit reservat d' aplicació que justifiqui el seu manteniment al codi penal. <br/>La dificultat d'aquest tema és que l'eximent de por insuperable té relacions amb tota la resta d'eximents penals. En primer lloc amb les causes d'inimputabilitat reconegudes a l'art. 20.1 del codi penal: alienació mental i trastorn mental transitori. Però aquests casos no pertanyen en realitat a l'eximent de por insuperable sinó a les eximents d'alienació o trastorn mental transitori <br/>En segons lloc, l'eximent de por insuperable està relacionada amb les causes de justificació de legítima defensa, estat de necessitat i exercici legítim de un dret, ofici o càrrec i compliment del deure. A la tesi es defensa que l'eximent de por insuperable només es podrà aplicar quan, per no donar-se tots el requisits necessaris per aplicar alguna d'aquestes eximents, no es pugui justificar la conducta, però, malgrat això, hi hagin raons per no castigar la conducta, considerant-la inculpable. A la tesi s'analitzen detingudament aquests supòsits. <br/>Amb tot es pot afirmar que l'eximent de por insuperable és una eximent necessària que pot complir el paper d'eficaç clàusula de tancament del sistema de causes d'exempció de la responsabilitat penal.<br>La tesis doctoral estudia una causa de exención de la responsabilidad criminal reconocida en el código penal español (art. 20.6), y que lleva por nombre el "miedo insuperable". El objetivo fundamental de la investigación es dotar de contenido a esta eximente, con el fin explícito de que ello posibilite una mayor atención de los tribunales hacia esta eximente, tradicionalmente marginada en el foro penal. <br/>El primer capítulo de la tesis se dedica al fundamento de la eximente. La discusión sobre el fundamento de la eximente de miedo insuperable se sitúa en un determinado marco teórico: las doctrinas de justificación del derecho penal (las "teorías de la pena"). <br/>En el capítulo se comienza analizando la fundamentación del miedo insuperable desde la perspectiva de la doctrina utilitarista, concluyendo que una doctrina de este tipo no puede fundamentar convincentemente la eximente de miedo insuperable. Por ello, el fundamento de la eximente se sitúa en el marco de una doctrina retribucionista o mixta de justificación del castigo. <br/>Según estas doctrinas el fundamento de la eximente se sitúa en la afección a la voluntad o libertad de la persona que acontece en los supuestos de miedo insuperable. El aspecto decisivo de la eximente no reside en la cantidad de presión psíquica que recibe el afectado, sino que estamos ante una cuestión sobre las exigencias normativas que pueden requerirse de la persona que se encuentra en una situación de presión (miedo) que limita su voluntad o libertad de elección. Exigencias normativas que se han resumido en los conceptos de razonabilidad o inexigibilidad. <br/>Por tanto, se eximirá de pena por miedo insuperable cuando la persona amenazada por un mal que le provoca miedo solucione razonablemente el conflicto ante el que se enfrenta, siéndole inexigible el comportamiento conforme a la ley. El por qué se exime de pena en estas situaciones tiene que ver con el reconocimiento de la especial relación que el autor tiene con el bien jurídico en peligro y la aceptación de un doble nivel de enjuiciamiento de las acciones que una sociedad liberal debe reconocer: la valoración imparcial versus la valoración parcial del conflicto. <br/>En el capítulo segundo se analiza la naturaleza jurídica de la eximente de miedo insuperable. La posición mayoritaria de la doctrina y jurisprudencia española considera al miedo insuperable como una eximente perteneciente a la culpabilidad. Nuestro T.S. llega a esta conclusión al considerar el miedo insuperable como un supuesto de inimputabilidad análogo al trastorno mental transitorio, pero con ello se desconoce el verdadero fundamento de la eximente. <br/>Por su parte, la doctrina apoya la catalogación del miedo insuperable como causa de inimputabilidad en su propio fundamento, esto es, la inexigibilidad de otra conducta, principio que se liga a la categoría de la culpabilidad. Sin embargo, con ello se desconoce que, tal y como es aceptado mayoritariamente tras la obra de HENKEL, el principio de inexigibilidad no se limita a desempeñar un papel en la categoría de la culpabilidad, sino que está presente en cada una de las diversas categorías del delito, por 10 que no parece un argumento concluyente en favor de la inclusión del miedo insuperable en la categoría de la culpabilidad. Debido a esta problemática en la doctrina penal se han barajado otra serie de argumentos que llevarían al miedo insuperable a la culpabilidad al negar que pueda ser una causa de justificación (falta de un interés preponderante, desvalor del comportamiento, consecuencias reflejas de la justificación de la conducta, responsabilidad civil). Pero estos argumentos adicionales tampoco parecen concluyentes. <br/>En este capítulo se defiende que la resolución del problema sobre la naturaleza jurídica de la eximente de miedo insuperable, tras la aceptación del papel multifuncional que su principio fundamentador (la inexigibilidad) desempeña en toda la teoría del delito, requiere la presentación de las razones materiales que conducen a una institución penal fundamentada en dicho principio en una u otra categoría penal. <br/>Descartada la posibilidad de situar tales razones en la diferenciación del parámetro de enjuiciamiento de la inexigibilidad (general versus individual), creo que 10 que conduce a la eximente de miedo insuperable a la categoría de la culpabilidad es que se fundamenta en la valoración parcial del conflicto ante el que se enfrenta la persona amenazada por un mal, y dicha valoración (y consiguiente resolución) parcial no puede dar lugar a la justificación de la conducta (que se base, por contra, en un juicio imparcial, esto es, con independencia de quién es el afectado por la situación) sino todo lo más a su exculpación. <br/>En el tercer capítulo se analiza el problema de los requisitos necesarios para la aplicación de la eximente de miedo insuperable, pues aunque es cierto que esta eximente supone reconocer la valoración parcial de la persona, en todo caso, su alcance no es ilimitado. <br/>En la doctrina penal, la referencia normativa a la insuperabilidad del miedo se ha concretado tradicionalmente a través del parámetro del "hombre medio en la posición del autor": insuperable sería así aquel miedo que el hombre medio situado en la posición del autor no pudiera (en sentido normativo y no psicológico) vencer. Al criterio del hombre medio en la posición del autor se le ha criticado, con razón, que es demasiado vago e impreciso para poder concretar la referencia a la insuperabilidad del miedo. Sin embargo, creo que éste no es el problema fundamental que debe afrontar el criterio del hombre medio en la posición del autor. A mi entender más importante es el hecho de que este parámetro ha producido en la práctica el nocivo efecto de encubrir la discusión sobre las exigencias normativas que deben requerirse para aplicar la eximente de miedo insuperable. Por otra parte, a dicho criterio puede también reprochársele que no permite tomar en consideración todas las características individuales relevantes en el juicio sobre la insuperabilidad del miedo. <br/>Por ambas razones, en la tesis se estima inadecuado el parámetro del hombre medio en la posición del autor como medio de delimitación de las exigencias normativas que cabe requerir a quien obra por miedo insuperable. En su lugar, se presentan una serie de requisitos normativos que pueden servir de base para dicha concreción. <br/>Estos requisitos pueden agruparse en dos grandes categorías, una relativa a las exigencias concernientes al mal amenazante (esto es, se trata aquí de averiguar qué características debe tener el mal amenazante para poder aplicar la eximente de miedo), y otra referente a los requisitos relativos a la acción defensiva llevada a cabo (es decir, interesa aquí cómo debe ser la reacción defensiva para que pueda estimarse el miedo insuperable). <br/>El cuarto y último capítulo de la tesis se dedica a la delimitación entre el miedo insuperable y el resto de causas de exención de la responsabilidad penal. Se trata, en definitiva, de comprobar si el miedo insuperable tiene un ámbito específico de aplicación que pueda explicar, de un lado, su relación con el resto de eximentes, y de otro, su mantenimiento dentro del catálogo general de causas de exención. <br/>La relación entre la eximente de miedo insuperable y el resto de causas de exención de la pena puede agruparse en dos grandes grupos. Por una parte, el constituido por la relación entre la eximente de miedo y las causas de ausencia de acción e inimputabilidad (permanente o transitoria: arto 20.1 CP) y por otra parte, el grupo configurado por la delimitación entre el miedo insuperable y las causas de justificación de legítima defensa, estado de necesidad, y ejercicio legítimo de un derecho, oficio o cargo, y cumplimiento de un deber.<br>This doctoral dissertation studies the DURESS defence regulated in the Spanish criminal law. It focuses on the Spanish regulation of the duress defence ("unavoidable fear" article 20.6 Spanish Penal Code), but also analyzes the German and Anglo-American (English and North-American) provisions. The basic problem of duress, in the Spanish criminal system, is that the courts hardly apply this defence. Naturally, this opens the question about the relevance of the defence in the criminal process, and more specifically, its necessity considering all the other criminal defences. The aim of the dissertation is to offer an 'explanation of duress in order to avoid the conclusion that this defence is not necessary in our criminal code, and to make possible its implementation by the courts. <br/>The first and most important question in order to understand duress relates to the fundamentation of this defence. This issue is analyzed by examining the explanation of duress offered by the different punishment justification theories (utilitarism, just desert and mixed theories). It is discussed that the utilitarian theory cannot give a convincing basis for the defence and so the fundamentation of duress must be searched in the retribution or mixed theory of justification. Both theories consider that the fundamentation of duress is the affection to the free will or liberty. What explains the defence is the difficulty to obey the law in certain circumstances due to the threat (pressure) of an evil. But this difficulty (or affection of the free will) cannot be understood as a psychological incapacity to act (as the Spanish courts do). For this reason the literature considers that the fundamentation of duress has a normative nature: in fact, this defence opens the question about how far can the law condone a citizen acts done precisely in order to avoid one's danger or evil. To sum up this normative fundamentation the literature requires clear normative concepts, like the reasonability of the action. In short, duress is a defence that requires an inquiry about why can be fairly expected of the actor under certain circumstances. <br/>In the dissertation this understanding of duress is defended and it is also accepted that the basis of the reasonability of the action lays on agent-relative reasons: the person acts to avoid an evil that threatens himself or a relative or close persons. This is the basic difference between duress and the defence of necessity, based in agent-neutral reasons (the weight of the interests at stake). <br/>This fundamentation of duress can also explain in a more coherent way why duress has been traditionally considered as a paradigmatically example of excuse. It is so regarded by the great majority of authors, but the explanations offered are not conclusive. Claims of justification need a stronger reason than the alleged reason, based in agent-relative motives, provided by the duress defence. So, the difference between the agent-neutral and agent-relative reasons to act can be assumed by the criminal law through the difference between justification and excuses. At the level of justification the legislator values the conflicting interests, and here the legislator cannot value the particular goods of one citizen as more important than the goods of another. At the level of excuse the issue is not to value the interests at stake in order to allow the act, but to decide if the actor is accountable for a wrongful act. At that level an agent-relative reason can play a significant role, explaining and giving a rationale to the defence.<br/><br/>But, naturally, even an agent-relative defence has its own limits. The dissertation analyses the requirements to apply the defence of "unavoidable fear" through the comparative analysis of the conditions required by the German and Anglo-American law, and also by the courts. The conditions related to two major requirements: one refers to the threatening evil, and one refers to the action done under duress. The thesis depends, in any case, that the determination of the requirements necessary to apply the defence cannot be achieved through a general standard like "the average man".<br/>Finally, the dissertation offers delimitation between duress and the others criminal defences, particularly the justifications of self-defence (art.20.4 Spanish Penal Code) and necessity (art. 20.5 Spanish Penal Code). The basic idea is that the defence of duress plays a significant role allowing the aquitment in cases where the courts cannot apply a justification, because a requirement is lacking, but there are still good (agent-relative) reasons not to punish the actor.

Scenario House, a gallery based installation, is comprised of a room constructed as a ???family room??? within a domestic space, a television with a looped video work and a sound componant played through a 5.1 sound system. The paper is intended to give my work context in relation to the processes leading up to its completion. This is achieved through clarification of the basis for the installation including previous socio-political discourses within my art practice. It then focuses on ways that the installation Scenario House is based on gun practice facilities such as the Valhalla Shooting Club. Further it gives an explanation of the actual production, in context with other art practices. It was found that distinctions between ???war as a game??? and the actual event are being lost within ???simulation revenge scenarios??? where the borders distinguishing gaming violence, television violence and revenge scenarios are increasingly indefinable. War can then be viewed a spectacle where the actual event is lost in a simplified simulation. Scenario House as installation allows audience immersion through sound spatialisation and physical devices. Sound is achieved by design of a 5.1 system played through a domestic home theatre system. The physical design incorporates the dual aspect of a gun shooting club and a lounge room. Further a film loop is shown on the television monitor as part of the domestic space ??? it is non-narrative and semi-documentary in style. The film loop represents the mediation of the representation of fear where there is an exclusion of ???the other??? from the social body. When considering this installation it is important to note that politics and art need not be considered as representing two separate and permanent realities. Conversely there is a need to distance politicised art production from any direct political campaign work in so far as the notion of a campaign constitutes a fixed and inflexible space for intellectual and cultural production. Finally this paper expresses the need to maintain a critical openness to media cultures that dominate political discourse. Art practices such as those of Martha Rosler, Haacke and Paul McCarthy are presented as effective strategies for this form of production.

The object of this paper is an historical-economic analysis of the European demographic dynamics in the XIX century, with particular reference to the Italian emigration to London and the birth of Little Italy. The analysis will focus on the first settlements and on the development of the first Italian community in London and highlights the different sort of skilled and unskilled workers within the economic and social environment, an aspect that arouses great interest in the scientific debate, due to the fear of a depletion of human capital in our country, with its negative consequences on the economy. In both cases the strong sense of identity and belonging to the community helped many commercial activities, set up by skilled workers, to survive over the decades, and allowed the flow of unskilled and poor one to survive, despite having to face extremely difficult daily life conditions.

The international system is constantly changing, and the phenomenon of globalization is a reality embraced by all participants on the world stage. Amongst the countless facilities felt both at the individual, national and even international level that have resulted from the phenomenon of globalization, insertions of negative consequences have permeated the world order. The complexity and diversity of interactions between the various subjects of international law have accelerated the emergence and spread of phenomena that threaten the security of individuals and the international system. However, in the current context, the security of the international system is threatened in several areas, which seems to have instilled fear among individuals and shaken the current world order. The failure of multilateralism, the ineffectiveness of global governance and the lack of active involvement of the international scene's representative actors are just some of the grievances voiced by both political leaders and citizens of the main players in the international system. But is it legitimate for international organizations to intervene to solve current problems, despite the principle of non-intervention? What is the place of national sovereignty in a context of international crisis? This paper seeks to analyze from a political-legal perspective the action and importance of global governance in the context of current international crises. Moreover, the paper aims to study the question of the legitimacy of the action of international organizations in relation to the prerogatives established by the member states.

This paper reflects on fear as a constant, and not a variable, in the experience of urbanity in cities. To this end, it takes as an object three editions of the Jane’s Walk Festival in Recife: What makes a street safe for women? (2016), We ask for light (2017), and The city as a support for public art and life (2022). Despite the themes, participants, and different paths, all of them were crossed by fear. These crossings provide the three axes that guide the discussion of each case, namely: 1) Asymmetries; 2) Mitigations; 3) Memories – in a present, future, and past relationship with fear. Finally, a change of perspective is suggested in the way fear moves us, withstrategies that point to a less individual and more collective approach, that is, less focused on avoiding it andmore stimulating to face it. Keywords: fear, Jane’s Walk, urbanity, walkability Este trabalho reflete sobre o medo enquanto uma constante, e não uma variável, na experiência de urbanidade nas cidades. Para tal, toma como objeto três edições de caminhadas do Festival Jane’s Walk em Recife: O que torna uma rua segura para mulheres? (2016), A gente pede luz (2017) e A cidade como suporte para a arte e a vida pública (2022). Apesar dos temas, participantes e percursos distintos, todas elas foram atravessadas pelo medo. Esses atravessamentos fornecem os três eixos que guiam a discussão de cada caso, sendo eles: 1) Assimetrias; 2) Mitigações; 3) Memórias – numa relação de presente, futuro e passado com o medo. Por fim, sugere-se uma mudança de perspectiva na forma como o medo nos move, com estratégias que apontam para uma abordagem menos individual e mais coletiva, isto é, menos voltadas para a sua esquivança e mais estimulantes ao seu enfrentamento. Palavras-chave: caminhabilidade, Jane’s Walk, medo, urbanidade

The American National Institute of Mental Health announced that 10% of the total adult population has some kind of phobia. With the appearance of the COVID - 19 infection, and the huge consequences it left behind, there is a growing fear of people deciding to travel. There is a growing fear of infection after a year, but also a fear of lack of money, at a time when protection measures have destroyed tourism and hospitality. About 6,000 experts, including many scientists from the UK, say Covid measures are physically and mentally harmful to health, as well as to the social environment and the economy. The authors of the paper conducted an online research on the degree of strength of two types of fear that potentially influence the decision to travel. The research was conducted during 2020, on a total sample of 250 respondents. Confirming the reliability of the questionnaire, the obtained results were processed in the software SPSS, 23.00. Descriptive statistical analysis, and multiple regression analysis, confirmed the hypothesis that fears are present in all respondents, and that both types of fears are important in predicting and making travel decisions.

Public speaking is an essential tool in various domains, such as education, business or politics. Some people are born great speakers, while others learn to master this art, through training. At the other extreme are the people who suffer from glossophobia, the fear of public speaking. This paper provides an overview of solutions for treating the fear of public speaking or for training communication skills, with a focus on digital applications. It also offers a qualitative survey of virtual reality training solutions, proposing a key set of features that can be used to characterize and compare existing systems. An important feature is the scenario setup, where the user can personalize the experience and make adjustments to different characteristics such as audience size, room size and audience personality factors. Other proposed features are the movement and the speech factors of the user, that can influence the interest level of the audience. Other factors that can contribute to the success of the training session are animations and scene quality, that highly influence the immersion. Difficulty level adjustment should be a mandatory feature in applications designed for treating glossophobia, allowing gradual exposure techniques. Of course, a training application should provide on-the-fly or post-session feedback, allowing the users to better assess their progress and see opportunities for improvements. We selected four advanced commercial applications, which were compared based on the proposed features. While many of these features are covered in the selected applications, there is still room for improvement, by adding more realism to the environment and by including more advanced tools to analyze the user's speech.

This SAE EDGE™ Research Report builds a comprehensive picture of the current state-of-the-art of human-robot applications, identifying key issues to unlock the technology’s potential. It brings together views of recognized thought leaders to understand and deconstruct the myths and realities of human- robot collaboration, and how it could eventually have the impact envisaged by many. Current thinking suggests that the emerging technology of human-robot collaboration provides an ideal solution, combining the flexibility and skill of human operators with the precision, repeatability, and reliability of robots. Yet, the topic tends to generate intense reactions ranging from a “brave new future” for aircraft manufacturing and assembly, to workers living in fear of a robot invasion and lost jobs. It is widely acknowledged that the application of robotics and automation in aerospace manufacturing is significantly lower than might be expected. Reasons include product variability, size, design philosophy, and relatively low volumes. Also, the occasional reticence due to a history of past false starts plays a role too. Unsettled Issues on Human-Robot Collaboration and Automation in Aerospace Manufacturing goes deep into the core questions that really matter so the necessary step changes can move the industry forward.

Millions of women around the world face two great threats to their health and well-being: HIV/AIDS and violence by an intimate partner. One of the strongest associations between the two is the role that violence and the threat of violence play in limiting a woman’s ability to negotiate safer sex with a partner. A similar fear of violence also discourages women who receive HIV voluntary counseling and testing (VCT) from telling partners about test results. This study explored the links between HIV infection, serostatus disclosure, and partner violence among women attending a VCT clinic in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Researchers began with a qualitative research phase with VCT clients at the Muhimbili Health Information Center. In the second phase, researchers interviewed women who had been tested and counseled three months earlier. The details in this brief show that while there is considerable fear of a partner’s reaction, there is little evidence from HIV-positive or HIV-negative women surveyed that serostatus disclosure frequently leads to physical violence.

This paper examines the association between trust and community involvement with fear of crime. Fear of crime is measured by three typical perception measures: neighbourhood security; walking alone in the dark; and the risk of becoming a victim. The data is from Chile's Victimisation Survey. The techniques used are a multinomial regression and an impact -propensity score single difference- calculation. We find that while trust matters participation generally does not for fear. However, regressions leave open the direction of causality. An impact calculation confirms that participation in a neighbourhood crime prevention program does not affect the fear of crime. Thus the evidence challenges the general idea that involvement in one's community and the specific idea of community participation in neighbourhood crime prevention programs reduce fear and increase feelings of safety.

After decades of cyclical peace agreement failures and war in Mindanao, the establishment of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) in early 2019 brought the best hope for sustainable peace and stability in living memory. But the problems within the BARMM and Mindanao more broadly are immense. A trifecta of stigma, shame, and fear is regularly identified as levers exploited by peace spoilers to not only recruit and mobilize from local communities but obstruct disengagement and reintegration efforts. The widespread and intergenerational experiences of trauma across Mindanao hang like an invisible pall over almost every aspect of life. The dynamics of stigma, shame, and fear in Mindanao tend to be multidimensional in that they may emerge from a range of sources and multidirectional in their effect, as different sources of stigma, shame, and fear can push and pull individuals and groups in different ways. Stigma, shame, and fear may act as obstacles but also opportunities that need to be understood and appropriately harnessed in disengagement and reintegration initiatives. This policy note offers a framework of recommendations that are largely grounded in peacebuilding approaches.

This paper proposes an integrated framework to analyze jointly two key issues: the emergence of global imbalances and the precautionary motive for accumulating reserves. Standard models of general equilibrium would predict modest current account surpluses in the emerging markets if they face higher risk than the US itself. But, with pronounced Loss Aversion in emerging markets, their precautionary savings can generate substantial global imbalances, especially if there is an inefficient supply of global insurance. In principle, lower real interest rates will ensure that aggregate demand equals supply at a global level (though the required real interest may be negative). While a precautionary savings glut appears to be a temporary phenomenon, a process of correction triggered by a Sudden Stop in capital flows to the United States might lead to a hard landing.

China's emergence has raised pointed questions about the future of manufacturing in Latin America. Once saw as its economic future, the viability of this activity in the region has long been challenged by traditional trade theory and, in practical terms, by at least three generations of Asian Tigers. China and its "unlimited supply of labor", rapid productivity growth, scale, and extremely interventionist state has brought the practical challenge to unprecedented levels. This paper, using mainly descriptive production and trade statistics, looks at the nature of this challenge and its implications. It begins by dealing with a central issue: Does manufacturing still matter for Latin America's development? It then moves on to examine the scope and nature of the Chinese challenge. It shows that endowments, productivity, scale and the government role, all work together to make China a formidable competitor. The paper concludes by discussing, in general terms, the (difficult) policy options available. This presentation presented at Latin America/Caribbean and Asia/Pacific Economics and Business Association (LAEBA)'s 1st Annual Meeting held in Beijing, China on December 3rd-4th, 2004.

Review question / Objective: Will music therapy be effective compared to other modalities for the control of dental anxiety and fear in pediatric patients aged 4 to 6 years who come to the dental office for the first time? Condition being studied: Music therapy is a non-pharmaceutical intervention used in medical and educational settings to provide feelings of physical and mental well-being. Therefore, people who receive music therapy experience greater motivation and ability to develop defense mechanisms against anxiety. The population group of greatest interest are children from 4 to 6 years of age, who are the ones who experience the greatest anxiety and fear when going to a dental office.

China¿s emergence has raised pointed questions about the future of manufacturing in Latin America. This paper looks at this challenge and its implications. It begins by asking: Does manufacturing still matter for Latin America? It argues that the region cannot afford to turn its back to a well-proven road to development. It then moves on to show that endowments, productivity, scale and the government¿s role, all work together to make China a formidable competitor. The importance of this challenge is confirmed by an analysis of the trade data, which suggests a small impact so far, but a disquieting trend.