Published in Zeitschrift für Kunstgeschichte
Aimé Mpane is an especially versatile Congolese artist based in Brussels and Kinshasa. This paper examines his Nude (2006–2008), a life-sized sculpture of the idealized male form. Thinking carefully about Mpane’s treatment of the body, his selection of material, and his manipulation of the sculpture’s surface, I argue that Nude operates on an ethic...
Published in Frontiers in Psychology
Introduction This research examines the perceived age of Premier League basketball players as they near retirement, focusing on the complex interplay between players, fans, and the media in shaping perceptions of age and retirement. The study highlights the unique pressure on the basketball players to retire due to age-related expectations, rooted ...
Published in Informationen Deutsch als Fremdsprache
Vor dem Hintergrund seiner mit Info DaF eng verknüpften Berufsbiografie sucht der Autor in den Beiträgen der 1980er Jahre nach Spuren von „Spiel“. Das zunehmende Interesse an „Spiel im Unterricht“, etwa an Lern- und Rollenspielen, erklärt sich durch den Einfluss der kommunikativen Didaktik, in der die Übernahme von (Sprecher- und Sprecherinnen-)Rol...
Published in Frontiers in Psychology
Color is associated with gender information (e.g., red-female). However, little has been known on the effect of color on sex recognition of human bodies. This study aimed to investigate whether the color red could influence the categorization of human bodies by sex, and the effect of contextual information. Visual stimuli were created using body si...
Published in E3S Web of Conferences
Cancer and sexuality are two complex and intimately linked fields that give rise to different social representations, influencing the way their sexualities are approached. People with cancer may face challenges that influence their sex lives due to the adverse effects of the disease and its treatments. And because of alterations in identity, body i...
Published in Rhizomata
The paper explores the interrelations between Pindar, Heraclitus and the Hippocratic author with regard to ideas of the body, the soul and dreams. I shall consider Pindar’s fr.131b as an overlooked testimony of the poet’s interest in a non-Homeric conceptualization of the soul. I will suggest reading Heraclitus’ fragments B26 and B21 together and o...
Published in Frontiers in Computational Neuroscience
The dynamical properties of the brain and the dynamics of the body strongly influence one another. Their interaction generates complex adaptive behavior. While a wide variety of simulation tools exist for neural dynamics or biomechanics separately, there are few options for integrated brain-body modeling. Here, we provide a tutorial to demonstrate ...
This study focuses on men undergoing androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) treatment for prostate cancer who also participated in an exercise programme as part of their rehabilitation. Our aim was twofold. First, we aimed to describe and analyse how the participants talk about their treatment and its side-effects in relation to the body and masculinit...
Published in Sociology of health & illness
Temporal trajectories of health, illness and disability-from biographical change to micro-embodied practices within social time-are important strands within medical sociology and disability studies. Drawing upon a UK-based qualitative study using diaries and follow-up interviews to explore everyday life with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), this art...
