Stephen Roddy
Biographic Data
| ID | 9039200 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Stephen Roddy |
| GIVEN NAMES | Stephen |
| FAMILY NAME | Roddy |
| SIGNATURE | RODDY S |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Shibun to keisei
The study of literary Sinitic (aka Sino-Japanese) literature of the Edo period (1603–1868) has waxed and (often) waned in the post–World War II era, but in this third decade of the twenty-first century, signs of renewed vitality have emerged. The four works discussed below amply demonstrate the potential for this field to contribute not only to remapping the considerable proportion of premodern Japanese literature that lies outside of the canon o…
Whence Comes the Wind? Transformations of the Concept of Fengyu 諷諭 from Admonition and Instruction to Analogy and Satire
The ancestral peoples of China long ago recognized two major characteristics of wind: its local nature and its ability to guide or lead things. From this understanding, they developed “wind” as a metaphor for the dissemination of virtue, extending its meaning to that of influence and transmission. Based on these natural attributes, the “Great Preface to the Classic of Poetry” identifies as dual functions of poetry (comprising most prominently the…
AI/ML in the Sonic Arts
This commentary considers the application of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) technologies to music and the sonic arts. It critiques the classical computational theory of mind (CCTM), a doctrine deriving from functionalism, which codifies the “mind” as a mathematical function in which the symbolic representations of the internal mental world are mapped onto states and circumstances in the external physical world. This approa…
The Kyoto School and Sound Art
This paper explores the thought of key Kyoto School philosophers Nishida Kitar_ō, Tanabe Hajime, and Nishitani Keiji as a novel framework through which to consider the historical development and philosophical underpinnings of sound art. Connections and divergences between these thinkers and key developments in the history of sound art are analyzed and explored. After an introduction to Kyoto School thought, the intersections between the Kyoto Sch…
Interview
Nao Tokui is an artist, researcher, and DJ who has been finding interesting new ways of integrating artificial intelligence and machine learning (AI/ML) techniques into his eclectic body of work since 2015. Stephen Roddy talked with Nao about his approach to AI in his own work and where he sees the relationship between AI and musical creativity going in the future
The Philosophical Proposition “A Piercing Glance Elevates the Mind” and the Buddhist Thought in Zong Bing's “Preface to the Painting of Landscape”
“A Piercing Glance Elevates the Mind” is a philosophical proposition offered by Zhou Yong (?–493) in his debate with Zhang Rong (444–497) over the similarities and differences between Daoism and Buddhism. The appearance of this previously unknown proposition shows that as early as the Liu-Song dynasty (420–479) writers already went beyond the limitations of the native Chinese conception of “image” (xiang) and consciously applied Buddhist concepts…
Johnnie Got His Gun, While Liang Took Up the Plough
A Love of Labor
From the mid-Tang through the Qing dynasty, poets employed the short-lyric form known as zhuzhici [bamboo branch lyrics] to write, first and foremost, about ordinary people going about their daily lives in China and elsewhere in the Sinosphere. This article explores how early developments in this genre prepared the ground for what later emerged as an arguably proto-ethnographic mode – that is, both poetry and accompanying prose annotations based …
Heroes Play by the Rules
The prominent classicist and educator Yu Yue (1821–1907) argued, often doggedly, on behalf of the worth and relevance of the examination essay (specifically the eight-legged essay or bagu), to the extent of even producing a popular essay primer as late as the 1880s. This article charts some of the twists and turns of his intellectual odyssey from youthful practitioner to the author of model essays for his grandson (who placed third [tanhua 探花] in…
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Heroes Play by the Rules
The prominent classicist and educator Yu Yue (1821–1907) argued, often doggedly, on behalf of the worth and relevance of the examination essay (specifically the eight-legged essay or bagu), to the extent of even producing a popular essay primer as late as the 1880s. This article charts some of the twists and turns of his intellectual odyssey from youthful practitioner to the author of model essays for his grandson (who placed third [tanhua 探花] in…
Johnnie Got His Gun, While Liang Took Up the Plough
A Love of Labor
From the mid-Tang through the Qing dynasty, poets employed the short-lyric form known as zhuzhici [bamboo branch lyrics] to write, first and foremost, about ordinary people going about their daily lives in China and elsewhere in the Sinosphere. This article explores how early developments in this genre prepared the ground for what later emerged as an arguably proto-ethnographic mode – that is, both poetry and accompanying prose annotations based …
AI/ML in the Sonic Arts
This commentary considers the application of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) technologies to music and the sonic arts. It critiques the classical computational theory of mind (CCTM), a doctrine deriving from functionalism, which codifies the “mind” as a mathematical function in which the symbolic representations of the internal mental world are mapped onto states and circumstances in the external physical world. This approa…
The Kyoto School and Sound Art
This paper explores the thought of key Kyoto School philosophers Nishida Kitar_ō, Tanabe Hajime, and Nishitani Keiji as a novel framework through which to consider the historical development and philosophical underpinnings of sound art. Connections and divergences between these thinkers and key developments in the history of sound art are analyzed and explored. After an introduction to Kyoto School thought, the intersections between the Kyoto Sch…
Interview
Nao Tokui is an artist, researcher, and DJ who has been finding interesting new ways of integrating artificial intelligence and machine learning (AI/ML) techniques into his eclectic body of work since 2015. Stephen Roddy talked with Nao about his approach to AI in his own work and where he sees the relationship between AI and musical creativity going in the future
The Philosophical Proposition “A Piercing Glance Elevates the Mind” and the Buddhist Thought in Zong Bing's “Preface to the Painting of Landscape”
“A Piercing Glance Elevates the Mind” is a philosophical proposition offered by Zhou Yong (?–493) in his debate with Zhang Rong (444–497) over the similarities and differences between Daoism and Buddhism. The appearance of this previously unknown proposition shows that as early as the Liu-Song dynasty (420–479) writers already went beyond the limitations of the native Chinese conception of “image” (xiang) and consciously applied Buddhist concepts…
Shibun to keisei
The study of literary Sinitic (aka Sino-Japanese) literature of the Edo period (1603–1868) has waxed and (often) waned in the post–World War II era, but in this third decade of the twenty-first century, signs of renewed vitality have emerged. The four works discussed below amply demonstrate the potential for this field to contribute not only to remapping the considerable proportion of premodern Japanese literature that lies outside of the canon o…
Whence Comes the Wind? Transformations of the Concept of Fengyu 諷諭 from Admonition and Instruction to Analogy and Satire
The ancestral peoples of China long ago recognized two major characteristics of wind: its local nature and its ability to guide or lead things. From this understanding, they developed “wind” as a metaphor for the dissemination of virtue, extending its meaning to that of influence and transmission. Based on these natural attributes, the “Great Preface to the Classic of Poetry” identifies as dual functions of poetry (comprising most prominently the…
Art (6 works) · Chinese history and philosophy (5 works) · Aesthetics (4 works) · Computer Science (4 works) · History (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Archaeology (3 works) · Literature (3 works) · Music Technology and Sound Studies (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works)