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Showing 1 to 14 of 14 for “"Body Mapping"”.
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3-D body mapping with computer vision
… vision system for performing precise 3-D body mapping of whole human bodies have been investigated. A prototype vision system by integrating structured lighting, computer vision, and stereophotogrammetric techniques was developed and implemented to map an entire human body in a highly …
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The body remembers : body mapping and narratives of physical trauma
“The Perfect Body” is a dominant narrative in western culture which we are exposed to on a daily basis in the media and advertising. Individuals who have been physically traumatised may find difficulty in reclaiming their bodies after a traumatic experience, leading to a narrative of “Disownment” …
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Imaging skin structures for health, body mapping, and identification (under the Tucson Skin)
… human health. Applications include using natural body landmarks as a position encoding system for the body, as potential biometric identifiers, and as biomarkers correlated to health. Monitoring these features over time may be useful in the early diagnosis of several health conditions. Two …
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Lived Experiences of Sexual Violence in Tondo, Manila, Philippines Envisioning Change Through Body Mapping
… lens and the arts-based methodology (ABR) of body mapping, the study sought to answer the research question: What can we learn about sexual violence prevention in the Philippines from women living in Tondo, Manila as they envision their community without sexual violence? Findings provide …
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Complex Narratives of Individuals Living with Alpha-gal syndrome (AGS). A mixed-methods investigation: examined through self-reported data, in-person interviews, and a group body mapping art therapy intervention
… to arts based research through the use of the body mapping art intervention will be analyzed alongside in-person dialogues and validated through collected quantitative survey data. The results propose a healing illumination of the experience for the population of concern in addition to the …
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Experience in Action: Incorporating Somatic Education into the General Music Classroom
… music-related injury and to promote free, wholebody movement. To do so, the principals of somatic education, specifically those of the Alexander Technique and Body Mapping, were combined with the current general music pedagogies by altering pre-existing lesson plans. Alterations include a …
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A case study investigating perceptions on process and outcomes in applying the Alexander Technique in vocal production
… production. These primarily involved improving body awareness through "body mapping," identifying physical habits that cause tension, and replacing these with natural freedom in movement. Furthermore, there was parity in perceptions on positive outcomes in vocal production, including ability to …
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The Embodied Classroom: Exploring the Effects of Yoga on Teachers' Well-being and Pedagogy
… interviews, kosha-guided journaling, and body mapping with four international school educators. Data were analyzed using interpretative phenomenological analysis, embodied inquiry, and thematic coding. Findings reveal that awareness served as a mediating force across all dimensions of …
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“I was not meant to be here, and I’m still here”: a feminist, participatory and assets-based exploration of women’s experiences of ageing with HIV in London
… participatory creative workshops (including a body mapping exercise), participatory literature review, life story interviews and a participatory analysis. These methods, supplemented also by a policy review and stakeholder interviews, generate new evidence on the experiences of women ageing …
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Co-designing & co-evaluating and integrated physical activity & psychosocial education program targeting the mental health and social and emotional wellbeing of young Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander females : the Tidda Talk program
… effectiveness. Self-report questionnaires and body mapping explored changes in physical activity attitudes and mental, social, and emotional wellbeing outcomes in culturally resonant ways. Yarns with program participants further assessed program feasibility, acceptability, and areas for …
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Narrações dos corpos: constelações como atualizações em dança
… but betting on the understanding that the body that dances is not separated from the different types of relationships it establishes. He dances with them, as many as possible, and there is no absolute control over that. For the development of this argument, we observed specific actions that …
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Breath-Body-Self : an exploration of the body as a site for generating images for performance making
This thesis investigates the body as a site for generating images for purposes of performance making. It is a methodological study that draws from various traditions, methods and somatic practices, such as yoga, Fitzmaurice Voicework®, the Sanskrit system of rasa, body mapping and free writing. The …
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DRINKING, DESPAIR AND THE STATE AN ETHNOGRAPHY OF A BREWING SUBCULTURE IN RURAL KENYA
… interviews, drawing exercises with children, body mapping, life story interviews and oral histories, community mapping, reflexive focus groups, photography, and the ethnographer working as a Mama Pima (the woman who serves the beer). Research took place over a period of three years from …
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Walking in wellness: Preventative care and whole-body engagement in jazz double bass education
Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'U of I Access', the embargo will last until 2024-12-01