Analysis of the Innovative Path of History Teaching from an Artistic Perspective

This paper discusses the innovative ways of history teaching in depth from the unique perspective of art.By analyzing how artistic elements can effectively enrich teaching means and contents,it reveals the important value of art in history teaching for the improvement of students’comprehensive literacy and further explores the role of art in promoting the modern transformation of history education.At the same time,the article also focuses on the challenges faced in practice,such as the lack of artistic qualities among teachers,the difficulties in integrating art and history,and the differences in students’acceptance.To cope with these challenges,the article proposes specific implementation strategies,including the integration of diversified art resources,innovative teaching methods and approaches,and the construction of a scientific and reasonable evaluation mechanism,aiming to comprehensively optimize the effectiveness of history teaching and further stimulate students’potential for all-round development.

作为政治宣言的空间设计--1958-1960中国人民公社设计提案

中国集体化时期人民公社制度的推行对探索新的空间组织模式和社会空间图解提出了要求也提供了契机。论文重点关注1958到1960年间发表的人民公社海报与设计提案。这些设计提案从区域、居住地和家户三个层面力图将公社制度空间化,通过对日常生活实践的系统化设计,构建可对居住者进行主体性重构的物理空间——将传统乡村文化语境里的农民转变为集体化语境里的公社成员。同时力图削弱甚至取代乡村社会中的传统家庭观念与宗法制度,从而合法化新的国家权威。因此,这些空间设计提案本身亦是人民公社运动的政治宣言。

中国集体形制--人民公社与单位

集体形制是管理体系、社会模式、组织机制和空间形式的集合体,亦可涵盖经济与政治模型。从这个角度来看,社会主义中国城乡的规划与管理均通过半自治的集体形制实现。其中典型案例即中国的人民公社与单位。研究讨论了它们作为社会项目的构想及其所铸就的社会现实,以及这一被忽略的遗产在建筑和城市设计话语中的意义与应用。通过梳理该研究的源起与方法、西方历史上的集体形制案例、中国人民公社与单位的历史语境,以及两个位于武汉的建成案例,文章最后提出对集体形制的研究不仅仅是针对中国集体化时期的遗产,而是更广泛地关注各种过去、现在、未来由集体主体性所塑造的社会空间形制,着重于理解和分析这种形制背后为了实现共同目标和利益而生成的共享规则和诉求。

The Moving Image 16, no. 1—Special Issue： Early Cinema and the Archives

This paper would investigate the Moving Image Archive at the Cinema Museum in Tehran to highlight the importance of new media in Iran after the 1930s and the changes that were brought about by the birth of cinema in the existing geopolitical conditions. It would look very closely at the first silent film made in Iran titled Haji Agha, the Cinema Actor （1933） by Ovanes Ohanian. While reflecting on the socio-political relation of the film to its era, this paper would also bring to attention the process of filmmaking and screening in 1930s Iran--the production and restoration of footage, posters and publicity for the film, and the screening venue. The cinema in question used to be called TamashaKhaneh when it was simply a projection room in Tehran where people would keenly take their seats to view the same film over and over again in some cases. The author would investigate the advent of cinema as a foreign concept in Iranian life and try to reflect upon the way in which it has been gradually adopted as a national treasure over the years. Haji Agha, the Cinema Actor is one of the most important reflections of the social transition that has occurred in Iranian history. Here, through the hundred-minute black and white footage, Ohanian depicts the tense political climate following the coup of Mossadegh, as well as the ban on traditional clothing during the last monarchy of Iran; at the same time, the film represents tradition and modernity as two supposedly opposite stances that, in fact, complemented each other in this era. The title combines Haji Agha, a religious man who has visited mecca, with the English words the Cinema Actor, to further express the complementary relation between old and new. Ohanian very professionally depicts the role of family as a core part of the religious boundaries for men and women that unfold throughout the film due to their encounter with cinema and filmmaking. He uses issues like sex and taboo to push the boundaries and map a certain cultural modernity within Iranian society.

ROSIC: Enhancing secure and accessible robot control through open‐source instant messaging platforms

Ensuring secure communication and seamless accessibility remains a primary challenge in controlling robots remotely.The authors propose a novel approach that leverages open-source instant messaging platforms to overcome the complexities and reduce costs associated with implementing a secure and user-centred communication system for remote robot control named Robot Control System using Instant Communication(ROSIC).By leveraging features,such as real-time messaging,group chats,end-to-end encryption and cross-platform support inherent in the majority of instant messenger platforms,we have developed middleware that establishes a secure and efficient communication system over the Internet.By using instant messaging as the communi-cation interface between users and robots,ROSIC caters to non-technical users,making it easier for them to control robots.The architecture of ROSIC enables various scenarios for robot control,including one user controlling multiple robots,multiple users con-trolling one robot,multiple robots controlled by multiple users,and one user controlling one robot.Furthermore,ROSIC facilitates the interaction of multiple robots,enabling them to interoperate and function collaboratively as a swarm system by providing a unified communication platform that allows for seamless exchange of data and com-mands.Telegram was specifically chosen as the instant messaging platform by the authors due to its open-source nature,robust encryption,compatibility across multiple platforms and interactive communication capabilities through channels and groups.Notably,the ROSIC is designed to communicate effectively with robot operating system(ROS)-based robots to enhance our ability to control them remotely.

Collective Forms and Collective Spaces: A Discussion of Urban Design Thinking and Practice Based on Research in Chinese Cities

The paper examines how social projects,social spaces,and social realities define three contexts and shifts critical to understanding urban design in China,which are the transformations from collective forms to community building,from government to governance,and from urban versus rural development to urban-rural integration.The argument presented is that a unique unification of administration,production,and reproduction spaces into one institution,produced collective forms in China,whose collective spaces and collective subjectivities contrast with Western-centric explanations of urban design and urban sociology that depend on abstract notions of the public,public space,community,and place making.Instead,collective forms and collective spaces are defined by concrete activities,interests,and benefits that provide social networks of support and care to clearly identifiable constituencies.The collective and the community in China are thus always legibly spatialized and develop in parallel to a socialized model of governance that derives from a“differential mode of association.”This creates a spatialized governmentality,an instrumentalization of spatial design by government that brings spatial and social problems of governance closely together.A brief discussion of the historical formations of these changing contexts is the basis to outlining an interdisciplinary urban design approach that deals with spatial and social environments,practices,and policies.The paper brings together research conducted in Chinese cities including Wuhan,Beijing,and Shanghai.

Future aircraft cabins and design thinking:optimisation vs.win-win scenarios

With projections indicating an increase in mobility over the next few decades andannual flight departures expected to rise to over 16 billion by 2050,there is a demand for theaviation industry and associated stakeholders to consider new forms of aircraft and technology.Customer requirements are recognized as a key driver in business.The airline is the principalcustomer for the aircraft manufacture.The passenger is,in turn,the airline's principal customerbut they are just one of several stakeholders that include aviation authorities,airport operators,air-traffic control and security agencies.The passenger experience is a key differentiator usedby airlines to attract and retain custom and the fuselage that defines the cabin envelope for thein-flight passenger experience and cabin design therefore receives significant attention for newaircraft,service updates and refurbishments.Decision making in design is crucial to arrivingat viable and worthwhile cabin formats.Too litle innovation will result in an aircraftmanufacturer and airlines using its products falling behind its competitors.Too much mayresult in an over-extension with,for example,use of immature technologies that do not havethe necessary reliability for a safety critical industry or sufficient value to justify the develop-ment effort.The multiple requirements associated with cabin design,can be viewed as an area for optimisation,accepting trade-offs between the various parameters.Good design,however,is often defined as developing a concept that resolves the contradictions and takes the solutiontowards a win-win scenario.Indeed our understanding and practice of design allows forbehaviors that enhance design thinking through divergence and convergence,the use ofabductive reasoning,experimentation and systems thinking.This paper explores and definesthe challenges of designing the aireraft cabin of the future that will deliver on the multiplerequirements using experiences from the A350 XWB and future cabin design concepts.Inparticular the paper explores the value of implementing design thinking insights in engineeringpractice and discusses the relative merits of decisions based on optimisation versus win-winscenarios for aircraft cabin design and wider applications in aerospace environments.Theincreasing densification of technological opportunities and shifting consumer demand coupledwith highly complex systems may ultimately challenge our ability to make decisions based onoptimisation balances.From an engineering design perspective optimisation tends to precludecertain strategies that deliver high quality results in consumer scenarios whereas win-winsolutions may face challenges in complex technical environments.