--GC "The Rashomon Effect"

Throughout the semester pay attention to the . . .

"The Rashomon Effect"
Illustration of "Rashomon Effect" with two stick figures looking at figure on the ground from opposite sides. One sees a "6" and the other sees a "9".

"The Rashomon Effect: A well-known problem of eyewitness infidelity." Links to an external site.

Source: Azgor, Sam. 2021. Medium Links to an external site., September 11, 2021.

 

 

Classic Duck-Rabbit 100-year-old+ Illusion.

 

"Duck or rabbit? . . . Links to an external site. Links to an external site.
The 100-year-old optical illusion that could tell you how creative you are" Links to an external site.
-- Chloe Farand, Independent Links to an external site. (24 March 2021)

 

Class Optical Illusions WebPage

Rashomon

In the legend and in the film "the rape of a bride and the murder of her samurai husband are recalled from the perspectives of a bandit, the bride, the samurai's ghost and a woodcutter."

"In Akira Kurosawa’s 1950 classic film, Rashomon, a murder is described in four different ways by four different witnesses to the crime. It is often used to emphasize the point that people’s perceptions about an event can differ considerably based on their personal perspective."

 

"Blind Monks Examining an Elephant"

Blind_monks_examining_an_elephant by Itcho Hanabusa. Ukiyo-e print illustration from Buddhist parable showing blind monks examining an elephant. Each man reaches a different conclusion based on which part of the elephant they encounter.

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Ukiyo-e print illustration from Buddhist parable showing blind monks examining an elephant. Each man reaches a different conclusion based on which part of the elephant they encounter. Links to an external site.-- Wikipedia Links to an external site.

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Source: Foster, Ann. 2020. " Links to an external site.Rashomon Effect — Lessons for Building Effective BI [Business Intelligence] Dashboards." Links to an external site. Medium Links to an external site., January 26, 2020.

"Akira Kurosawa [1910-1998] is arguably the most acclaimed and widely recognized Japanese filmmaker in cinema history."

"The most striking thing about Rashomon is its radical structure, where the same horrific crime is shown four different times, from four different perspectives. It's a film that sheds light on the way that human memory can distort the objective reality of what happens, and what that means for the pursuit of justice when eyewitnesses are often seen as key to solving crimes. t might not be at the very top of Kurosawa's filmography when it comes to its average rating, but it was arguably the movie that made Kurosawa (and even Japanese cinema as a whole) intentionally recognized. Rashomon still stands as an engaging and tense viewing experience, and the ideas it raises still prove relevant to systems of justice today."

"I don't understand. "I just do'n't understand" image from Akira Kurosawa's Rashomon film, 1950.

Rashomon (1950)

The 20 Best Movies Directed by Akira Kurosawa, Ranked According to Letterboxd".

A NOTE ON TERMS:

      • GC Terms and Concepts: EMIC and ETIC:
        • Keep in mind that looking at things from the insiders' points of view is known as an EMIC viewpoint.

        • Looking at things from the outsiders' points of view is known as the ETIC viewpoint.

      • Be aware that the two points of view can be quite contrary (cases where two or more things are different and can be true at the same time), and even contradictory (cases where two or more cannot be true at the same time).

      • Also be aware of and understand the classical "The Rashomon Effect" --where there are several different contradictory cases and each is true from the point of view of its beholder (Review from Week 1).


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