Moving in Late Medieval Harness: Exploration of a Lost Embodied Knowledge

Jaquet, Daniel; Deluz, Vincent

doi:10.16995/jer.7

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“…In another experimental project, researcher Daniel Jaquet used his own body to investigate the functionality of late medieval harness [78]. To this end, he conducted performing tests while wearing a scientiic replica to quantify its inluence on movement liberty and energy expenditure.…”

Section: Capturing the "Live" And Dynamicsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Digitizing Intangible Cultural Heritage Embodied: State of the Art

Hou

Kenderdine

Picca

et al. 2022

J. Comput. Cult. Herit.

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Intangible cultural heritage (ICH) as a field of research and site for digital efforts has grown significantly since the UNESCO 2003 Convention for the Safeguarding of Intangible Heritage. In contrast to tangible heritage, where cultural identities are manifested through physical objects, intangible cultural expressions are defined through tacit reliances and embodied practices. Such practices are usually bodily communicated, enacted, socially transmitted, and constantly evolving. Burgeoning trends in computational heritage and ICT applications have played a crucial role in safeguarding ICH as they produce versatile resources while making them accessible to the public. Nevertheless, most of the inventions are object-centric and cater to conserving material-based knowledge bases. Few endeavors thus far have fully supported the recording, representing, and reviving of the living nature of ICH. One of the challenges now faced is to find appropriate forms, together with efficient methods, to document the ephemeral aspects of intangible heritage. Another barrier is to find effective ways to communicate the knowledge inextricably linked to people. In response, recent efforts have embarked on capturing the “live” and “active” facets of the embodied cultures, which entails addressing technological and curatorial complexity to communicate the material and immaterial aspects within a meaningful context. Meanwhile, advancements in experimental museology have opened up new modes of experiential narratives, particularly through visualization, augmentation, participation, and immersive embodiment. Novel practices of cultural data computation and data sculpting have also emerged toward the ideal of knowledge reconstruction. This article outlines state-of-the-art models, projects, and technical practices that have advanced the digitization lifecycle for ICH resources. The review focuses on several critical but less studied tasks within digital archiving, computational encoding, conceptual representation, and interactive engagement with the intangible cultural elements. We aim to identify the advancements and gaps in the existing conventions, and to envision opportunities for transmitting embodied knowledge in intangible heritage.

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Section: Capturing the "Live" And Dynamicsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Digitizing Intangible Cultural Heritage Embodied: State of the Art

Hou

Kenderdine

Picca

et al. 2022

J. Comput. Cult. Herit.

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“…Rather, the late medieval knight was able to perform all sorts of athletic feats in his harness seemingly unhindered by the weight of his armour. 20 The anonymous biographer of the French knight, Jean II le Maingre, known as Boucicaut, wrote in the early fifteenth century how his master could leap on to a horse, perform a somersault, or even 'climb right to the top of the underside of a scaling ladder leaning against a wall, simply from swinging from rung to rung by his two hands' , all while wearing his harness. 21 This trope is just one of several to be found in films depicting the use of medieval arms and armour.…”

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La posta di falcone and la porta di ferro

Deacon¹

2021

The Middle Ages in Modern Culture

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“…The lockdown led to a slower pace of writing than I am accustomed to, but the eventually write up corresponded to a more mindful approach considering my embodiment in an attempt to find my own authentic voice alongside those that I am representing (Herring 2007). Instead of conventional ethnographic approaches to thick description through the medium of impressionist, confessional or realist tales (Sparkes 2002), I have used short quotes from the speech to correspond with description of social actions across a four-month period.…”

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Martial Arts under the COVID-19 Lockdown: The Pragmatics of Creative Pedagogy

Jennings

2020

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Martial arts organisations increasingly blend online and offline activity in order to cultivate specific qualities, skills and virtues. Students and instructors use blogs, chat fora, videos and podcasts to supplement their self- and shared cultivation, and this expanded with the COVID-19 lockdown in Britain. Martial arts schools have been closed and even disbanded while governments control people’s physical interactions through social distancing measures. This article draws on case studies of two British martial arts schools (Taijiquan and historical fencing) in order to examine how they have adapted to the lockdown. It offers these case studies to narrate the developments of how teachers and their localised communities have been creative during this moment of international crisis – from instructor-led online, live training sessions and lectures to student-led chat fora and movie nights for continued sociability and identity construction. In so doing, this article makes use of martial arts theories: Shared Cultivation (Jennings, 2010) and Martial Creation (Jennings, 2019) to explain how martial artists continue to develop through creative online endeavours and through their moving bodies within the confines of their homes. Finally, I argue that this creative martial arts cultivation during the COVID-19 pandemic might be extended to wider physical culture.

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Moving in Late Medieval Harness: Exploration of a Lost Embodied Knowledge

Cited by 6 publications

References 3 publications

Digitizing Intangible Cultural Heritage Embodied: State of the Art

Digitizing Intangible Cultural Heritage Embodied: State of the Art

La posta di falcone and la porta di ferro

Martial Arts under the COVID-19 Lockdown: The Pragmatics of Creative Pedagogy

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