La danse du wititi by Maria José Freire

“…This study analyses the series of gesturalities that make up this dance, as well as their variations, while linking the values expressed by these dancing bodies to other elements of the performative group, such as garments and their embroidery. …”
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Mamba vision models: Automated American sign language recognition by Ali Salem Altaher, Chiron Bang, Bader Alsharif, Ahmed Altaher, Munid Alanazi, Hasan Altaher, Hanqi Zhuang

“…This research focuses on the application of Vision Mamba Models for classifying hand gestures representing the American Sign Language (ASL) alphabet, with a detailed comparative analysis of its performance against 13 deep learning architectures. …”
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Le poisson, le pêcheur et l’épouse du pêcheur by Pierre Grenand, Françoise Grenand

“…To fish, it is enough that there is water, small equipments, some technical gestures, customary knowledge, fish and a fisherman.To consume the fishery product, it’s almost the same thing: water, some utensils, garden products, proven recipes, fish and a cook.This text illustrates this functional and endearing trilogy.…”
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Queer Voices by Nadine Gibson, Ann Rotchford, Addie Sayers

“…Specifically, small gestures such as the use of preferred pronouns went a long way in making students feel welcomed in the classroom. …”
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On the Multimodal Resolution of a Search Sequence in Virtual Reality by Nils Klowait

“…The players’ inability to resort to complex language to resolve this issue results in a dense sequence of back-and-forth activity involving gestures, object manipulation, gaze, and body work. …”
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Comparaison entre espèces chez le primate et évolution du langage by Anne Reboul

“…The investigation of nonhuman primates’ communication is a fast-developing research area, that should bring interesting perspectives on language evolution and that would benefit from targeting multimodal (gestures and vocalizations) communication in nonhuman primates.…”
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HUMAN POSE RECOGNITION USING GEODESIC DISTANCE AND COLOR FEATURES WITH DEPTH CAMERA by Đinh Đồng Lưỡng

“…In our experiments, we assessed the detection of anatomical landmarks by our algorithm and then the 3D pose recovery for simple hand gestures, complex hand gestures, simple full body movements and complex body movements. …”
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»Das Geschriebene darf nicht ernst genommen werden – das Geschriebene muß todernst genommen werden«. Zur Notation und Interpretation musikalischer Gesten im Schaffen György Kurtágs... by Tobias Bleek

“…. // Kurtág’s music is known for its gestural disposition and intensity. But how can musical gestures – synthetic objects that come into existence only in performance – be grasped through notation? …”
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Communication des primates humains et non humains : à la recherche des origines du langage – Conclusions by Jacques Vauclair

“…Based on the studies presented in the present special issue, the conclusive statements support the idea that nonhuman primates species are capable of cognitive flexibility (use of intentional and referential behaviours) when delaling with their gestural and vocal communicatory exchanges. Moreover, hypotheses related to language origins will take advantage of the studies of nonhuman primates’ communicative modes (phylogenetic aspect) and of language development in humans (ontogenetic aspect.…”
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Arts de faire avec la vulnérabilité. Rencontres avec des coordonnateur.trice.s d’ULIS dans le cadre d’entretiens cliniques de recherche. by Konstantinos Markakis

“…The analysis of three non-directive interviews highlights singular professional gestures that allow each one of the three coordinators to deal with vulnerability and discusses the links between these practices, the relation to knowledge and the "arts of doing in everyday life” (Certeau, 1990).…”
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Pisarstwo i masochizm Jana Jakuba Rousseau by Wojciech Siegień

“…Equally important is proximity of masochistic tendencies and gestures to record his own confessions. …”
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Olabiyi Babalola J. Yai (1939-2020): Philosopher, Polymath, Humanist by Sanya Osha

“…That is what I had read in Irele’s wince and gestures in relation to the unique work of Professor Olabiyi Yai. …”
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Editors’ Note by Alberto Raposo, Cleber Corrêa

“…It includes five regular submissions that address themes such as participatory design, serious games for the elderly, gestural recognition, augmented reality, among others.…”
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Être présente et absente simultanément : l’action furtive by Sophie Lapalu

“…In the street, these commonplace gestures realized without spectator go unnoticed for those who walk past them. …”
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L’essaimage : une pratique d’enquête au service d’une transition écologique par le bas by Dany Lapostolle, Alex Roy

“…These multiple initiatives that make everyday gestures a lever for ecological transformation are activated with or without territorial institutions. …”
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Les textiles dans les tombes gauloises à dépôt de crémation en vase métallique : usages pratiques, mises en scène et perspectives anthropologiques (seconde moitié du vie s.-ve s. a... by Elsa Desplanques

“…Metal vessels used as ossuaries may have travelled long distances before being buried. Gestures involving cloth may be the result of specific local transmissions or learning. …”
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(Il)lisibilité du mélodrame américain au xixe siècle : The Gladiator (1831) de Robert Montgomery Bird et Jack Cade (1841) de Robert Conrad by Ronan Ludot-Vlasak

“…The melodramatic genre gestures towards the expression of a morally and emotionally legible world (Peter Brooks). …”
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Towards an indigenous Bible (in SASL) for deaf persons by S. Lombaard, J. A. Naudé

“…Due to deafness and the use of Sign Language, many Deaf people are often deprived of rights and privileges, simply because of communication problems and lack of understanding by the hearing community. SASL is a visual-gestural system with its own rules. Deaf people  focus on the visual and not on the auditive form of communication. …”
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Adaptations et ajustements des gestes professionnels pendant la pandémie chez les enseignants en IUT  by Anita Messaoui, Cécile Redondo

“…Our study analyzes the postures and professional gestures of teachers at a university institute of technology during the transition to distance learning during the covdi-19 pandemic. …”
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Recommendations of Pope Francis on Rhetoric by Marian Šuráb

“…The Pope reiterated the importance of the preacher to speak properly, use appropriate language, speak simply and clearly, be mindful of the vocal aspect of their speech, to use appropriate gestures and not to speak for  too long. …”
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