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Recent Submissions
Post-Interpretive Criticism: Volume III - The Canon of Witnesses
(Museum of One, 2025-10-23) Vale, Dorian
Title: The Canon of Witnesses
Type: Publication > Journal Volume
Journal Title: The Journal of Post-Interpretive Criticism
Volume: 3 (upcoming)
ISSN: 2819-7232
Author: Dorian Vale
Publisher: Museum of One
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17421408
Full Description:
The Canon of Witnesses is Volume VIII of the Journal of Post-Interpretive Criticism (ISSN 2819-7232), authored by Dorian Vale and published by Museum of One. This volume consists of twelve museum-grade essays that apply the principles of Post-Interpretive Criticism through proximity, restraint, and ethical witnessing. Each entry reflects a sustained encounter with an artist whose work resists interpretation and instead demands presence, moral clarity, and devotional silence.
These scrolls are not critical readings — they are evidentiary offerings, placing the critic in the role of custodian rather than commentator. Spanning a range of mediums and geographies, the selected artists embody the movement’s foundational principles: sincerity as structure, erasure as ethics, and art as residue.
This volume is direct proof that Post-Interpretive Criticism is not hypothetical — it already exists. The essays do not invent the theory; they recognize it, giving formal structure to what has long been lived in practice.
This entry is connected to a series of original theories and treatises forming the foundation of the Post-Interpretive Criticism movement (Q136308909), authored by Dorian Vale (Q136308916) and published by Museum of One (Q136308879). These include:
Stillmark Theory (Q136328254), Hauntmark Theory (Q136328273), Absential Aesthetic Theory (Q136328330), Viewer-as-Evidence Theory (Q136328828), Message-Transfer Theory (Q136329002), Aesthetic Displacement Theory (Q136329014), Theory of Misplacement (Q136329054), Art as Truth: A Treatise (Q136329071), Aesthetic Recursion Theory (Q136339843), and The Journal of Post-Interpretive Criticism (Q136530009).
Keywords:
Post-Interpretive Criticism, Stillmark Theory, Message-Transfer Theory, MTT, Misplacement, Displacement, Aesthetic Displacement Theory, Theory of Misplacement, Absential Aesthetics, Witness Aesthetics, Adab for Art, Hauntmark Theory, Spiritual Criticism, Presence-Based Criticism, Custodianship of Art, Art as Ontology, Aesthetic Recursion Theory, Aesthetic Recursion, Viewer as Evidence Theory, Restraint in front of art, Moral proximity, Interpretive silence, Erasure as ethics, Temporal scarcity, Silence as method, Ontology of beauty, Aesthetic mercy, Language as violence, Art encounter ethics, Epistemology of witness, Philosophy of Art, Aesthetics, Art Theory, Contemporary Aesthetics, Comparative Aesthetics, Phenomenology and Art, Ethics in Art Criticism, Interpretation and Meaning, Criticism and Reception Theory, Epistemology of Art, Visual Culture Studies, Dorian Vale, Founder of Post-Interpretive Criticism, Post-Aesthetic Critic, Independent Philosopher of Art, Museum of One, Art Writer and Theorist, Aesthetic Philosopher, Custodian of Witness Aesthetics, Spiritual Aesthetics Movement, The Doctrine of Post-Interpretive Criticism, The Custodian’s Oath, The Canon of Witnesses, Art as Truth, Art as Presence, The Viewer as Evidence, Interpretation vs. Witnessing, Language as Custody, Erasure as Afterlife, Museum of One Manifesto, Alternative art criticism, New art criticism movement, Ethical art theory, Criticism beyond interpretation, Slow looking philosophy, Quiet philosophy of art, Radical art restraint, Witness over interpretation, Interpretive Restraint, The Journal of Post-Interpretive criticism, The Journal of Post-Interpretive criticism ISSN 2819-7232), The Journal of Post-Interpretive Criticism (Q136530009)
Crystal-Guided AI Phototherapy for Personalized Oncology
(Publisher, 2025-10-20) Barack Ndenga
The emerging field of computational photonics offers unprecedented opportunities for precision medicine. Building upon a series of foundational works on photonic-energy control and AI-driven medical physics (Articles 19–23), this study introduces a breakthrough therapeutic concept: Crystal-Guided AI Phototherapy (CG-AIP) for personalized oncology.
In this approach, adaptive optical crystals are coupled with intelligent algorithms to dynamically modulate the spectral, spatial, and temporal properties of photonic energy. Unlike conventional phototherapy techniques that rely on static wavelength emission and uniform beam profiles, CG-AIP integrates real-time feedback control and crystal-induced beam shaping to generate highly selective photonic fields. These tailored beams can penetrate tissue with controlled depth, concentrate energy in malignant zones, and minimize collateral exposure to surrounding healthy cells.
Early theoretical modeling and numerical simulations indicate a remarkable enhancement in tumor selectivity, with energy concentration factors exceeding conventional laser therapy by several orders of magnitude. The integration of tunable photonic crystals with adaptive AI enables non-invasive, patient-specific treatment protocols, paving the way for programmable light-based oncology.
This work represents a paradigm shift in the translation of computational photonic principles into clinically deployable medical devices. By combining material science, photonics, and machine learning, CG-AIP establishes the foundation for next-generation oncological interventions, where light is no longer passively emitted but actively guided by intelligent crystalline structures to heal with surgical precision.
Keywords: phototherapy, adaptive optics, tunable crystals, personalized oncology, AI-guided medicine, photonics, non-invasive therapy, energy modulation.
AI-Optimized Photon-Assisted Molecular Docking for Rapid Drug Discovery
(Publisher, 2025-10-22) Barack Ndenga
The integration of photonics and artificial intelligence (AI) heralds a transformative era in computational chemistry, where light-based computation can overcome the temporal and energetic constraints of classical molecular docking. In this study, we introduce Photon-Assisted Molecular Docking (PAMD) — an AI-optimized framework that employs photonic acceleration to enhance both the speed and precision of protein–ligand interaction modeling.
By encoding molecular potential fields into photon-interference matrices, PAMD enables parallel energy landscape exploration, effectively reducing the computational time by up to two orders of magnitude (≈100×) compared to state-of-the-art CPU-based methods. The AI component, composed of a deep reinforcement learning (DRL) model, dynamically adjusts photon parameters (phase, coherence, and intensity) to minimize the Gibbs free energy of docking configurations in real time.
The hybrid AI–Photonics architecture achieves a unique synergy: the wave nature of light allows near-instantaneous spatial sampling of conformational states, while AI optimization ensures convergence toward biologically relevant binding modes. Preliminary simulations demonstrate a 92–98% correlation between photon-assisted predictions and experimental crystallographic data, validating the accuracy and robustness of the method.
This innovation establishes PAMD as a new computational paradigm in drug discovery — enabling large-scale, high-fidelity molecular screening with minimal energy consumption. The implications extend beyond pharmacology to quantum biology, molecular design automation, and the development of photonic-AI hybrid computing platforms for next-generation biomedical research.
Preprints and Open Scholarship
(2025-10-21) Nancy Nyambura; Havemann, Jo
This presentation explores how preprints and open scholarship practices can strengthen the visibility, accessibility, and impact of African research. It highlights the role of AfricArxiv as a community-led platform advancing open knowledge sharing across the continent.
Bridging the Global Divide: Building Local Capacity for Open and Reproducible Science
(Enago Article for Open Access, 2025-10-19) Fyneboy nwachukwu Macdickson Celt
Open science has redefined global research by promoting transparency, collaboration, and accessibility. Yet, despite significant progress, a gap persists between those who can fully participate in open and reproducible science and those who cannot. This article, written for Open Access Week 2025, explores how to bridge that divide by focusing on three interconnected goals: closing reproducibility gaps, building local capacity, and rethinking global participation. It argues that openness must move beyond access to information and include access to opportunity, skills, and decision-making. Drawing on global initiatives such as The Turing Way and UNESCO’s Recommendation on Open Science, the paper emphasizes that reproducibility is achievable only when local capacity is strengthened and inclusivity is prioritized. Ultimately, it calls for a shift from viewing openness as a policy to embracing it as a daily practice, one rooted in empathy, equity, and collaboration to create a truly global and participatory research ecosystem