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Joseph Weiss, "The Dialectics of Music: Adorno, Benjamin, and Deleuze.": Adorno, Benjamin, and Deleuze
No full textAspects et fonctions des sons dans Cleveland de l’abbé Prévost
No full textIn writing Cleveland, his famous memoir-novel, l’abbé Prévost gives great importance to sounds. He first insists on the noises in the action, and on the voices of the characters (cries, emotions, seduction). Beyond this physiological precision, the novelist uses music in several episodes and gives it a role in the search for happiness. The novel can even be compared to an opera in its construction, its scenery and its situations. As a result, sounds contribute to the moral and dramatic expression of feelings. En écrivant Cleveland, son célèbre roman-mémoires, l’abbé Prévost accorde une grande importance aux sons. Il insiste d’abord sur les bruits dans le déroulement de l’action, et surtout il caractérise les voix des personnages (les cris, les émotions, la séduction). Au-delà de cette précision physiologique, le romancier utilise la musique dans plusieurs épisodes et lui donne un rôle dans la recherche du bonheur. Le roman peut même être comparé à un opéra par sa construction, ses décors et ses situations. Les sons contribuent ainsi à l’expression morale et dramatique des sentiments. 
Disease, Vermin, and Anti-Semitism: The Significance of Epidemic Typhus in Eastern Europe, 1916-1942
No full textTyphus has long been a stigmatized disease, associated with dirt and poverty due to its mode of transmission through body lice. The disease claimed the lives of millions in Eastern Europe during the early 20th century, exacerbated by conflict, refugee movements, government policies, and racial violence. This paper examines the toll that typhus took on both sides of the Russian Civil War and the hygiene policies put in place to reduce the spread of lice. It also explores the shifts in Soviet hygiene programs and their effects on the epidemic, as well as how the gulag system intensified the spread of the disease. Lastly, it investigates the connections between epidemic typhus and the Holocaust and discusses how fear of the disease helped to shape Nazi ‘sanitization’ policies and contributed to the mass murder of millions
Warping Narrative: Historical Representation at the War Museum
No full textMuseums shape and augment the cultural memories and historical experiences of their visitors. They are institutions charged with authority and emotion, and because of this, have the power to influence the formation of national identities. This paper examines a specific type of museal institution, the war museum, to understand how historical narratives are presented and why they are especially effective institutions for provoking historical consciousness. Objects, displays, and dioramas within two example institutions (the Imperial War Museum in London and the Canadian War Museum in Ottawa) serve to represent soldiers\u27 and civilians\u27 wartime experiences. The Imperial War Museum has traditionally emphasized a narrative of national sacrifice rather than military glory, while the Canadian War Museum has used its galleries to create a narrative describing Canada as a distinct nation forged "in the fire of battle." However, these narratives are not immutable. Without adapting to the changing expectations of their visitors, war museums risk losing their status as \u27sites of transformation\u27 to instead become sites of stagnation
Floating Hearts and Coronets: Virtual Immediacy in the SF Shakes King Lear
No full textA review of the live virtual production of King Lear, presented by the San Francisco Shakespeare Festival for their "Shakespeare at Home" season 2020. Freely available to all via YouTube, this production featured actors performing the play in multiple and individual locations, the socially-distanced imperative facilitated by Zoom and Open Broadcaster Software technology to create a performance in "real-time" that captured the spirit of living theatre, while keeping all involved safe and gainfully employed
Subordinating Space: Immigration Enforcement, Hierarchy, and the Politics of Scale in Mexico and Central America
No full textIn recent years, security and immigration enforcement has expanded rapidly throughout Mexico. From checkpoints and patrols to a vast system of detention and deportation, Mexican officials have implemented far-reaching measures to curtail international migration from Central America. Many of these efforts have been concentrated along the Mexico–Guatemala border and deep within southern Mexico, culminating in Programa Frontera Sur, a militarized approach to border security implemented in 2014. In this article, we explore how security and immigration enforcement in Mexico rely on spatial hierarchies that divide north and south. The practice of security and immigration enforcement has received significant attention across many disciplines. The notion of spatial hierarchies and the ways in which scalar differentiation impinges upon well-being has been less covered. As we show, these hierarchies partition North and Central America according to colonial modes, subordinating the latter as inferior while working across global, national, and local scales. Crucially, the linkages between securitization and the spatialization of hierarchies provide insights into nation-building and regional identity, where Mexico and the United States are increasingly designated as separate from South and Central America
A Family Mobilization for Migration to Europe from Casamance, Senegal
No full textThe ratio between basic salaries in Western Europe and in sub-Saharan Africa is at least of a factor ten. Many young Africans therefore dream of emigrating to Europe. However, the air route remains a privilege reserved to members of elite families: to take a plane one needs a visa for most European countries. Without a visa, the only two possibilities are the sea route via coastal navigation along the African coast and the land route through the Sahara. These are the very dangerous and uncertain routes that tens of thousands of migrants nevertheless take each year. This article examines the case of a family of small-scale subsistence farmers in Casamance, the Southern region of Senegal. It shows how this family of 42 persons decided to send one of its members to try to enter France illegally. How they chose the migrant, how they collected the necessary funds, and what happened during the two attempts. This detailed case study gives an idea of the steps taken each year by tens of thousands of other families in Africa who try sending one of their sons across European borders. 
Continuity and Disruption of Borders (a Complete Art Performance)
No full textThis three-part collection presents the physicality of borders as conceived by Paulo Nazareth (born Brazil, 1977). First, a 2006 series of pamphlets depict migration in ways that may not be realistic or factually realizable, but the point is the intention. In a second step, a photo series capture moments of the artist’s journey on the road of the Americas, traveling through 15 countries on foot and by bus from his native Brazil to the United States. Finally, the poignant 2022 testimony of a cleaning lady working for his gallerist Mendes Wood DM is presented here in the original Spanish, as Florencia Cruz Ramos recounts her journey as an immigrant and the impact of Nazareth’s work on her life
Ecological Restoration Monitoring Project and Monitoring Protocols for the Garry Oak Ecosystems on the University of Victoria Campus
No full textIn this ER390 project, techniques were designed and implemented to monitor the ongoing ecological restoration of the Garry oak meadow on the University of Victoria campus. Previous works include manual invasive plant removal followed by native plant seeding trial plots designed by UVic RNS student Breila Pimm, snowberry removal trial plots designed and implemented by John Kang, and general ongoing invasive plant removal within the campus Garry oak ecosystems by many UVic students. In May of 2021, 6 transects were performed within the extent of the large deep soil section of the campus meadow, in which photos were taken of the species found along each transect and uploaded to iNaturalist for identification. As a result, the transects successfully identified 49 species within the meadow, displaying an efficient method for plant identification within the Garry oak meadow on campus. In each of Pimm’s trial plots, a 1m by 1m quadrat was placed inside and outside of the plot, and all plants in each quadrat were identified to compare plants found within the trial plots to the plants outside of the plot. In each of Kang’s plots, a 1m by 1m quadrat was also placed on the inside of each plot, and snowberry shoots were counted. For Pimm’s trial plots, further efforts are likely required to establish more native plants such as plantings, cuttings, or increased seeding pressures. In Kang’s plots, the complete removal of snowberry roots and shoots was likely the most effective method for snowberry removal, and counting snowberry shoots within a 1m quadrat will likely reveal the success of removal with time