Culture and Computing

by Ishida, Toru

• ISBN13: 9783642171833
• ISBN10: 3642171834
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-12-03
• Publisher: Springer-Verlag New York Inc

Summary

In the light of upcoming global issues, concerning population, energy, the environment, and food, information and communication technologies are required to overcome difficulties in communication among cultures. In this context, the First International Conference on Culture and Computing, which was held in Kyoto, Japan, in February 2010, was conceived as a collection of symposia, panels, workshops, exhibitions, and guided tours intended to share issues, activities, and research results regarding culture and computing. This volume includes 17 invited and selected papers dealing with state-of-the-art topics in culturally situated agents, intercultural collaboration and support systems, culture and computing for art and heritage, as well as culture and computing within regional communities.

Table of Contents

Culturally Situated Agents
Using Immersive Simulations to Develop Intercultural Competence	p. 1
Cross-Cultural Study on Facial Regions as Cues to Recognize Emotions of Virtual Agents	p. 16
Availability of Multilingual Chat Communication in 3D Online Virtual Space	p. 28
Capture and Express Behavior Environment (CEBE) for Realizing Enculturating Human-Agent Interaction	p. 41
Intercultural Collaboration and Support Systems
Hesitation in Intercultural Communication: Some Observations and Analyses on Interpreting Shoulder Shrugging	p. 55
A Socio-Cultural Model Based on Empirical Data of Cultural and Social Relationships	p. 71
Dynamic Term Suggestion for Searching Multilingual School Documents	p. 85
Intercultural Collaboration Support System Using Disaster Safety Map and Machine Translation	p. 100
Development of a Multilingual Translation Service for Interpretations and Usage Examples of Mobile Phone Pictograms	p. 113
Culture and Computing for Art and Heritage
Cultural Computing - Creative Power Integrating Culture, Unconsciousness and Software	p. 127
Logos, Pathos, and Entertainment	p. 137
Digital Conservation of Cultural Assets	p. 147
Automatic Knowledge Acquisition from Historical Document Archives: Historiographical Perspective	p. 161
Culture and Computing in Regional Communities
Virtual Kyoto Project: Digital Diorama of the Past, Present, and Future of the Historical City of Kyoto	p. 173
A Platform for Mining and Visualizing Regional Collective Culture	p. 188
A Web Strategy for Cultural Inheritance Centered on Agriculture Case Study Approach: The Olive Project in Shodoshima Japan	p. 200
Area Informatics - Concept and Status	p. 214
Author Index	p. 229
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