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James Stacey Taylor, "Markets With Limits: How Commodification of Academia Derails Debate."
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L\u27 Univers sonore de Marivaux : Chant, voix, cris
No full textThis work proposes to assess the universe of sound in the narrative fictions of Marivaux, a task even more delicate as materiality does not seem to have preoccupied their author unduly. The point is not so much to analyze the use of language in the various texts questioned, as to identify the occurrences of these sounds emitted by the voice in distinct semantic fields, the spoken voice and its murmur, the song, and the shout. The analysis finds that the sounds of the human voice evoke the harmony of sociability where the individual can be, speak, and build him/herself, while the shout, perhaps the reminder of an inner truth that remains foreign and which one cannot completely escape, interrupts. The article observes how the desire for communicability and the anxiety of what can interrupt it inscribes in the story an underlying tension between life and death, between belonging and abandonment, between sociability and loneliness. Contrary to readings of Marivaux\u27s novels which emphasize their contradictions, this analysis curiously underlines their profound unity.Ce travail propose de mesurer l’univers sonore dans les fictions narratives de Marivaux, tâche d’autant plus délicate que le détail matériel ne semble pas avoir préoccupé outre mesure leur auteur. Il ne s’agit pas de faire une analyse du langage, mais plus précisément de dégager les occurrences des sons de la voix dans les divers textes interrogés selon des champs sémantiques distincts, la voix parlée et son babil, le chant et le cri. L’analyse suggère que les sons de la voix humaine évoquent l’harmonie d’une sociabilité où l’individu peut être, se dire et se construire, alors que le cri, peut-être le rappel d’une vérité intérieure qui reste étrangère et à laquelle on ne peut totalement échapper, l’interrompt. L’article observe alors ainsi comment le désir de communicabilité et l’anxiété de ce qui peut l’interrompre inscrivent dans le récit une tension sous-jacente entre vie et mort, entre appartenance et abandon, entre sociabilité et solitude. À l’encontre d’une lecture des romans de Marivaux qui en relève les contradictions, l’analyse en souligne curieusement l’unité profonde.
Quand la fiction libertine vient parasiter l’esthétique musicale : le cas très singulier des Sonnettes de Guillard de Sévigné (1749)
No full textWe intend to confront a singular topical situation identified in Les Sonnettes of Guillard by Sévigné with the context of the discourses on sound and music in the Age of Enlightenment. The text takes up, but also reverses, the fundamental topical situation of libertine literature, i.e. libertin_observer_scène_érotique. The mechanism that gives its name to the novel is an array of doorbells operated by the movements that the erotic frolicking of guests spread over several rooms transmit to the ears of their host. The resulting harmonies help compensate for his declining desire. This substitution from sound to sight, by reversing the scopic law of libertine literature, implements and subverts both the aesthetic and the anthropological discourse while blurring their internal oppositions, from Du Bos for whom music, by adding energy to energy, fulfills its function of translation/transmission by an overflow of intensity until the topical topography of the genre of idyll and the Rousseauist conception of the truth of feelings expressed by the voice, and the song by hypotyposis and scenic immediacy, or to Rameau for whom harmony is a natural effect “whose cause lies in the air agitated by the shock of each body of sound in particular”.
Cet article confronte une situation topique singulière repérable dans Les Sonnettes de Guillard de Sévigné avec le contexte des discours sur la sonorité et la musique à l’époque des Lumières. Le texte reprend et renverse en même temps la situation topique fondamentale de la littérature libertine - libertin_observer_scène érotique. Le mécanisme qui donne son nom au roman est une panoplie de sonnettes actionnées par les mouvements que les ébats érotiques des invités répartis dans plusieurs chambres communiquent aux oreilles de leur hôte. L’harmonie qui en résulte le console de ses désirs éteints. Cette substitution du sonore au scopique, en renversant la loi du donner à voir libertin, redouble et subvertit à la fois le discours esthétique et le discours anthropologique tout en brouillant ses oppositions internes, depuis Du Bos pour qui la musique, en ajoutant de l’énergie à de l’énergie, remplit sa fonction de traduction/transmission par un surplus d’intensité, jusqu’à la topographie topique du genre de l’idylle et à la conception rousseauiste de la vérité du sentiment exprimée par la voix et le chant par hypotypose et immédiateté scénique ou à Rameau pour qui l’harmonie est un effet naturel « dont la cause réside dans l’air agité par le choc de chaque corps sonore en particulier ». 
Du sonore dans la littérature narrative : Des enjeux rhétoriques aux enjeux esthétiques
No full textCritics have most frequently given precedence to sight in the study of literary texts. It is time to restore this imbalance and to study the soundscape of narrative texts, either noises of nature, animated or inanimate, human sounds (from speech to cry) or those of machines. From one genre to another, from one author to another, from one century to the next, the atmosphere of sound changes. Each text develops a musical score, each author creates their own particular soundscape, and the sound contributes to the dynamics of the narration.
Dans l\u27approche des textes littéraires, la critique a le plus souvent privilégié le sens visuel. Il convient de rétablir ce déséquilibre et d\u27étudier le paysage sonore de tel ou tel texte narratif, soit les bruits de la nature, animée ou inanimée, les sons humains (de la parole au cri) ou ceux de la machine qui y sont évoqués. Ce paysage varie selon le genre littéraire, selon l\u27auteur, selon les siècles. Chaque œuvre dessine une partition plus ou moins dense, et le sonore participe en définitive de la dynamique de la narration.
 
Isabelle de Charrière romancière et musicienne : Musique et topicité
No full textThis article discusses the two fields in which Isabelle de Charrière was active: writing and music making – especially the way in which she establishes connections between the two. Not only did she compose music for a number of her own poems, but her novels often include characters (either principal or secondary) who are busy making music or teaching music to children, especially girls. This need for teaching music – and preparing women for being able to please in society – corresponds to a norm which the novelist brings up for discussion. In most cases this discussion is connected to wider doubts about the norms that determine social life.
Cet article discute les deux « champs d’activité » d’Isabelle de Charrière : l’écriture et la musique – notamment la façon dont elle les relie l’une à l’autre. Non seulement elle compose de la musique pour ses propres vers, mais dans ses romans on trouve souvent des personnages (principaux ou secondaires) qui s’occupent de musique, ou l’enseignent à des enfants, notamment à des petites filles. Ce besoin d’enseigner la musique pour que, une fois adultes, les femmes soient capables de « plaire en société » correspond à une norme que la romancière voudrait remettre en question. Dans les romans discutés, ceci vient à l’appui du message qui est central à la publication
Forest Restoration in Kanaka Creek Regional Park, Maple Ridge, BC
No full textKanaka Creek Regional Park is an ecologically significant space in Maple Ridge, British Columbia, also holding cultural and recreational value to the community. The creek meanders through protected park land, encompassing young forest that is growing on top of sandy and silty soils. Recent off trail use by bicycles has damaged vegetation growth and compacted soil at a site down trail from the 108 Loop entrance to the park. This site was selected as a suitable restoration project for the Restoration of Natural Systems program at University of Victoria. With a partnership between Metro Vancouver Regional Parks and Kanaka Education and Environmental Partnership Society (KEEPS), and with the support from Pacific Parklands Foundation’s George Ross Legacy Stewardship Program, this project was made possible.The project goals were to decrease human impact to the site by hiding unsanctioned trails, and limit visibility behind the new split-rail fence by creating a natural plant barrier. Paired with this goal is another to facilitate recovery of the native plant community by planting over ten different native species to match surrounding vegetation. Using a terrestrial ecosystem mapping (TEM) approach the goals were to be met by mapping the site, conducting a remote site analysis, and completing ground inspections before ordering materials. Soil from Nutrifor and plants from NATS nursery supported the recovery of vegetation at this site, with the help of a dedicated team of staff and volunteers. These efforts contribute to the maintenance and management of a park that provides significant habitat connectivity for black bears. To further support park management, community engagement and education initiatives helped promote positive park practices. Engagement and education are part of a tertiary goal, to improve local black bear awareness in places where bear sightings are common. This goal was met through educational displays and conversations in the park, with the Metro Vancouver Park Interpretation Team and KEEPS Education Coordinator. Together, the ecological restoration activities and community engagement made this project a success
Revitalizing Rights: Practicable Proposals for the Law of Section 35 Consultation and Environmental Assessment
No full textThe duty to consult and accommodate Indigenous peoples under section 35 of the Constitution Act, 1982 is frequently fulfilled through environmental assessments. However, environmental statutes and the common law do not always properly reflect the constitutional nature of the duty, nor do they ensure that decisions are environmentally sound. In light of these shortcomings, this paper recommends three reforms: (1) a revision of the federal Impact Assessment Act; (2) the codification of environmental rights; and (3) a change in the standard of review applied to administrative decisions stemming from environmental assessments. These adjustments would not subvert the current legal framework. Nonetheless, they have the potential to assist in advancing the related goals of sustainable development and reconciliation between Canada and Indigenous peoples