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Les Bruits du monde chez Diderot
No full textIf critics have already brought to light the essential place that sound and music occupy in Diderot’s work, mainly through the great metaphor of the harpsichord-man, the present study is more restricted, more suggestive than exhaustive, and aims to analyze some "world noises," in opposition to but also contiguous with those of the human body or musical sounds. The study consists of two moments: firstly, an analytical inventory of some topoï taken essentially from narrative fictions (Jacques le fataliste, Le Neveu de Rameau, La Religieuse, Les Bijoux indiscrets, the “Promenade Vernet” of the Salon de 1767), and then some elements of a sound theory from Diderot’s work that borrows from the author’s philosophical and aesthetic work. First, the “picturesque noises” that constitute a kind of sound background for the Diderotian narrations are highlighted: ringing bells, gunshots and thunder, horses’ footsteps, roaring waters, slamming doors. The second part focuses on the place of sound in a complex system of synesthetic sensory expression.Si la critique a déjà bien mis au jour la place essentielle qu’occupent le sonore et la musique chez Diderot, notamment au travers de la grande métaphore de l’homme-clavecin, la présente étude se veut plus restreinte, plus suggestive qu’exhaustive, et vise à analyser quelques « bruits du monde », par opposition mais aussi contiguïté avec ceux du corps humain ou des sons musicaux. L’étude comprend alors deux moments : un relevé analytique de quelques topoï pris pour l’essentiel dans les fictions narratives (Jacques le fataliste, Le Neveu de Rameau, La Religieuse, Les Bijoux indiscrets, la « Promenade Vernet » du Salon de 1767) puis, quelques éléments d’une théorie sonore chez Diderot qui convoque cette fois-ci plutôt l’œuvre philosophique et esthétique de l’auteur. Dans un premier temps sont alors mis en évidence les « bruits pittoresques » qui constituent une sorte de fond sonore des narrations diderotiennes : sonneries de cloches, coups de fusil et de tonnerre, pas des chevaux, mugissement des eaux, claquement de portes. La seconde partie se concentre sur la place du sonore dans un système complexe d’expression sensorielle synesthésique
A Passion for Love, and for Theatre
No full textMichelle LaFlamme’s Production Notice of the Bard on the Beach production of Shakespeare in Love offers a celebratory description of the “performativity of gender” in this “re-historicized” romp into Will Shakespeare’s writing career. With the play’s fictional representation of Shakespeare’s love—for his theatre and the young aristocrat who inspires his creativity—Shakespeare in Love demonstrates a cultural need for historical backstories that add human fallibility to Shakespeare’s character that both humanize and democratize in equal measure
Childhood, Youth, and Identity: A Roundtable Conversation from the Global South
No full textThis roundtable session initially took place as part of the international conference “Childhood, Youth, and Identity in South Asia,” organized by the Department of History, Shiv Nadar University, Greater Noida, and the Centre for Publishing, Ambedkar University Delhi, India, on January 6–7, 2020
Holes, Gaps, and Openings: Crafting Collective Climate Pedagogies with/in Complex Common Worlds
No full textOf Connections and Flows: Homo Afghanicus is Homo Itinerans
No full textA book review of Homo Itinerans: Towards a Global Ethnography of Afghanistan
Seeking Better Life Chances by Crossing Borders: The Existential Paradox and Strategic Use of Italian Citizenship by Migrant Women
No full textBased on long-term ethnographic fieldwork carried out in Naples (Italy) in the period 2014 to 2020, this article focuses on the rearticulation of the migration–citizenship nexus through a gender perspective. The article questions how migrant women exercise their agency despite the structural constraints that prevent their full inclusion and how they are able to cross and transgress the boundaries of citizenship and national belonging in search of better life opportunities. The data analyzed show the existential paradox linked to the migration–citizenship nexus that affects the lives of migrant women in Italy and their use of citizenship as a strategy to react to a blocked destiny, to follow one’s aspirations, and to rebalance gender relations. The article refines an integrated approach that considers the relationship between agency, aspiration, and capability as a broader theoretical framework within which to jointly study the dynamics of gender, migration, and citizenship as closely related, beyond the boundaries of fixed and opposite categories
A Review of Blackfoot, Petri, and Esca; Grapevine Fungal Diseases, their Treatments and the Impacts of Copper Based Fungicides
No full textGrapevines are a vital crop for the Canadian economy. Vineyards are a growth industry that bring tourists to Canada, and has the added benefit of being a profitable business that has significantly grown in popularity in British Columbia over the last 20 years. There are large gaps in knowledge on specific fungal diseases, and how to treat them. There are also issues with the knowledge from scientific studies not being effectively passed on to the people who can use it. This review seeks to gain insight from local vineyard managers to better understand both what their challenges with vineyard management are, and to look into the research behind fungal pathogens and pass that on to the vineyard managers who have helped with this review by filling out the survey. The fungal pathogens focused on in this review are actually fungal diseases that are made up of groups of harmful fungi those diseases are: Blackfoot, Petri, and Esca. The next step was looking into treatments for these diseases, with the specific intent to look into copper based fungicides. Lastly the impacts of copper based fungicides were looked into, to better understand their impact on the ecosystem and surrounding environment
Assessing Mild Cognitive Impairment Using Portable Electroencephalography: The P300 Component
No full textIncreased prevalence of mild cognitive impairments (MCIs) and dementias are a growing concern as the population ages, which produces a need for an objective, accessible, and cost-effective tool to facilitate early detection and intervention. This article investigates whether a portable electroencephalography (EEG) system can provide an effective measure of MCI using a visual oddball task to target the memory and attention event-related potential (ERP) component called the P300. In this study, 40 participants were separated into two groups: individuals with a diagnosed cognitive impairment and a healthy age-matched control group. Participants completed two typical pen-and-paper MCI assessments to gather behavioural data, which were followed by a perceptual EEG oddball task to gather brain data. Results show that the MCI group demonstrated decreased behavioural task performance in the pen-and-paper assessments and a modulated brain response during the oddball task when compared to healthy controls, which the portable EEG system revealed to be a decreased P300 peak amplitude. These results indicate the capability of portable EEGs to identify biomarkers for MCI and their potential use in the diagnostic process. This capability could provide major benefits to patients, their families, and physicians, and would also assist with Alzheimer’s research. Future research could expand on these findings by applying a lifespan or disease-span approach to investigate P300 changes in the course of a healthy individual’s life compared to P300 changes in individuals with MCI over the entire course of their disease. This research could also cultivate a greater understanding of how MCI progresses, which could improve diagnostic or treatment development
