Template-Type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0 Author-Name: Manoela Massuchetto Jazar Author-Name-First: Manoela Massuchetto Author-Name-Last: Jazar Author-Email: manoelamj.arq@gmail.com Author-Workplace-Name: Pontifical Catholic University of Paraná/PUCPR Title: Belles-lettres? cities: an approach of literature and urban studies Abstract: There are many possibilities for Literature to be an instrument of study reflection; multiple are also the methodological paths to the understanding of urban complexities. Both ? literature and city ? are filled by a plurality of voices, authors, discussions and themes. From this perspective, an effort emerges to scrutinize, through an interdisciplinary transfer of ideas, the methodological possibilities of dialogue between these epistemic fields in which Literature can play an essential role in reflecting the diachronic evolution of cities. In this paper, considerations on the urban topics into narratives are differentiated into three distinct approaches: the first, mostly commonly found, occurs through the spatial description of cities in literary works, thus giving them the role of scenario builder (real or not) for the events narrated. That was Paris to Victor Hugo; London to Dickens; Buenos Aires to Borges; Lisbon to Eça de Queirós; Rio de Janeiro to Machado de Assis. The second form of insertion of the city in the literature resembles the previous one, but the importance given to the described space is deepened. In this sense, it is no longer just a geographical setting, but the narrative ambience that becomes inextricable from the story, conditioning it. Thus, the narrated events could not occur at a different time, in any other way and, especially, anywhere else. Examples of this are: A tale of two cities by Dickens; Ulysses by Joyce, and; Down and out in Paris and London by Orwell. The third and last form to be analyzed corresponds to technical works of Urbanism whose objects of study are closely related to cities morphology and development. Here, it may or may not limit the study to one or another city specifically, however, the priority of analysis is given to the context, habits and socioeconomic attributes of these urban spaces. Some examples of this scientific literature are: The Death and Life of Great American Cities by Jacobs, with her New York and its compartments; The City in History by Mumford, excluding some specific cities as the author himself declares; Storia della città by Benevolo, focusing on classical western history; and many other titles. In this perspective, the article tries to validate the approach of the scientific fields through an unconventional perspective that allows to impel themes that, at first sight, did not arouse interest or due to the fact they have been forgotten in the scientific production on cities. Length: 13 pages Creation-Date: 2017-10 Publication-Status: Published in Proceedings of the Proceedings of the 2nd Arts & Humanities Conference, Florence, Oct 2017, pages 1-13 File-URL: https://iises.net/proceedings/2nd-arts-humanities-conference-florence/table-of-content/detail?cid=60&iid=001&rid=7584 File-Function: First version, 2017 Number: 6007584 Classification-JEL: N01, R00, Z11 Keywords: Literature; City; Transfer of ideas; Interdisciplinarity. Handle: RePEc:sek:iahpro:6007584 Template-Type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0 Author-Name: Sun Jian Author-Name-First: Sun Author-Name-Last: Jian Author-Email: jsun@swin.edu.au Author-Workplace-Name: Beijing Institute of Technology Title: Research-led design practice: A new approach of research through design Abstract: From the first action of human activity to invent tools, design has been regarded as craft and artefact creation. As a discipline, there is an ongoing debate between design research and practice. This research focuses on identification of design research from other traditional research fields, utilizing existing research methods to make design research more ?scientific ?but also reflect the essence of design as a discipline, there is needed a whole new view of research itself. Researcher-led design practice is regarded as a new approach to research through design to illustrate the relationship between design research and design practice. In research through practice approach, designers utilize their expertise in research tasks and conduct research to reflect on practice through building artefact as an important way to communicate knowledge and form theory. Length: 12 pages Creation-Date: 2017-10 Publication-Status: Published in Proceedings of the Proceedings of the 2nd Arts & Humanities Conference, Florence, Oct 2017, pages 14-25 File-URL: https://iises.net/proceedings/2nd-arts-humanities-conference-florence/table-of-content/detail?cid=60&iid=002&rid=8270 File-Function: First version, 2017 Number: 6008270 Classification-JEL: Keywords: design theory, design knowledge, artefact Handle: RePEc:sek:iahpro:6008270 Template-Type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0 Author-Name: George McMillan Author-Name-First: George Author-Name-Last: McMillan Author-Email: mcmillang3@yahoo.com Author-Workplace-Name: Aegis Defense Services Title: A Unified Theory and the Fifth Era of Philosophy Abstract: This paper argues that since the three barriers of achieving a unified theory of the behavioral sciences as described by Gintis 2009 was achieved in two previous papers; and the field of philosophy can readily be placed into a hypothetico-deductive modeling standards to meet the criteria of Popper 1952 and Homans 1964; and can be placed into a Cartesian modeling format to meet the criteria of Harsanyi 1971 in the same papers, then all of the major abstract concepts explained by the text of Leo Strauss and Josephy Cropsey have already been systematized into a qualitative modeling format as the precursor to linking the model to existing economic and demographic statistical models, then the Fifth Era of Behavioral Scientific Philosophy has already begun by the interdisciplinary economic and social sciences. Length: 32 pages Creation-Date: 2017-10 Publication-Status: Published in Proceedings of the Proceedings of the 2nd Arts & Humanities Conference, Florence, Oct 2017, pages 26-57 File-URL: https://iises.net/proceedings/2nd-arts-humanities-conference-florence/table-of-content/detail?cid=60&iid=003&rid=8327 File-Function: First version, 2017 Number: 6008327 Classification-JEL: B12, A12, E03 Keywords: Unified Theory, Unification of the behavioral sciences. Fifth Era of Philosophy. Handle: RePEc:sek:iahpro:6008327 Template-Type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0 Author-Name: Konstantina Ntakolia Author-Name-First: Konstantina Author-Name-Last: Ntakolia Author-Email: konstantina_ntakolia@hotmail.com Author-Workplace-Name: Athens School of Fine Arts Title: DIAGHILEV?S RUSSIAN BALLETS AND THE 20TH CENTURY MANLY-WOMEN: TWO CONTRADICTORY NEW PROTOTYPES FOR THE CARYATIDES OF AMEDEO MODIGLIANI Abstract: Amedeo Modigliani (1884-1920) is known for his paintings: the particular portraits and the provocative female nudes. However, it has just been recently noticeable the increased interest of the scholars in Modigliani?s sculpture, which he practiced between 1909-1915. His sculptural subjects were two: the Heads and the Caryatides, for which he realized a large amount of preparatory studies. Nevertheless, the Caryatides have not been yet the subject of an excessive research, in contrast with the Heads.As a result, the existing problems regarding the study of the Caryatides are numerous; one of which is the finding of the possible prototypes and the influences that Modigliani absorbed in order to create this stunning type of Caryatid, which encircles all the tendencies flourished at the begging of the 20th century in Paris (e.g. influences from the Egyptian art, ancient Greek art, primitive art, African art, Buddhist art etc.). However, the Diaghilev?s Russian Ballets - famous that time in Paris (1909-1920), have not been linked yet with Modigliani?s Caryatides.From the current research, Russian Ballets can be mentioned without a doubt as one more possible influence on the Caryatides, due to the similar poses of Caryatides and Russian dancers, presented in Com?dia Illustré ? a magazine which made famous the Russian Ballets in Paris. Moreover, the Italian had known the protagonists of the Russian Ballets (dancers, scenographers, scriptwriters) as Modigliani?s portraits reveal. At last, it should be noticed that the period in refer (1910-1912), the Italian boehm maintained a relationship with the well-known Russian poetess Anna Achmatova, who initiated Modigliani into the Russian culture. Suddenly, during the summer of 1913 Modigliani changed the appearance of his Caryatides integrating details from the Atlas ? the male architectural form. Based on the fact that Modigliani wanted to construct a Temple of Beauty, we turned to the contemporary woman in order to find an answer to this change. It is well known that at the beginnings of the 20th century ?and during the World War I ? the social role of the women had been transformed. The fact that women strengthened their character and became socially active inspired Modigliani. Therefore, his robust Caryatides possibly reflect the New Woman of his era, who is equal to a man as the poster of The 7th International Conference of the Suffragettes (June 1913) implies. Coincidence or purpose? Length: 8 pages Creation-Date: 2017-10 Publication-Status: Published in Proceedings of the Proceedings of the 2nd Arts & Humanities Conference, Florence, Oct 2017, pages 58-65 File-URL: https://iises.net/proceedings/2nd-arts-humanities-conference-florence/table-of-content/detail?cid=60&iid=004&rid=7781 File-Function: First version, 2017 Number: 6007781 Classification-JEL: Keywords: Modigliani, Caryatides, Diaghilev, Russian Ballets, 20th Century Women, Prototypes. Handle: RePEc:sek:iahpro:6007781