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Peer Review #2 of "Local-scale topoclimate effects on treeline elevations: a country-wide investigation of New Zealand’s southern beech treelines (v0.1)"
No full textBenchmarking plant diversity of palaearctic grasslands and other open habitats
No full textFunding information is provided in Appendix S7. We thank Manuel J. Steinbauer for the concept of the richness map in Figure 2. We thank the hundreds of vegetation ecologists who sampled the high-quality data used in this article and contributed them to GrassPlot.Biurrun, I; Pielech, R; Dembicz, I; Gillet, F; Kozub, L; Marceno, C; Reitalu, T; Van Meerbeek, K; Guarino, R; Chytry, M; Pakeman, RJ; Preislerova, Z; Axmanova, I; Burrascano, S; Bartha, S; Boch, S; Bruun, HH; Conradi, T; De Frenne, P; Essl, F; Filibeck, G; Hajek, M; Jimenez-Alfaro, B; Kuzemko, A; Molnar, Z; Partel, M; Patsch, R; Prentice, HC; Rolecek, J; Sutcliffe, LME; Terzi, M; Winkler, M; Wu, JS; Acic, S; Acosta, ATR; Afif, E; Akasaka, M; Alatalo, JM; Aleffi, M; Aleksanyan, A; Ali, A; Apostolova, I; Ashouri, P; Batori, Z; Baumann, E; Becker, T; Belonovskaya, E; Alonso, JLB; Berastegi, A; Bergamini, A; Bhatta, KP; Bonini, I; Buchler, MO; Budzhak, V; Bueno, A; Buldrini, F; Campos, JA; Cancellieri, L; Carboni, M; Ceulemans, T; Chiarucci, A; Chocarro, C; Conti, L; Csergo, AM; Cykowska-Marzencka, B; Czarniecka-Wiera, M; Czarnocka-Cieciura, M; Czortek, P; Danihelka, J; Bello, F; Deak, B; Demeter, L; Deng, L; Diekmann, M; Dolezal, J; Dolnik, C; Drevojan, P; Dupre, C; Ecker, K; Ejtehadi, H; Erschbamer, B; Etayo, J; Etzold, J; Farkas, T; Farzam, M; Fayvush, G; Calzado, MRF; Finckh, M; Fjellstad, W; Fotiadis, G; Garcia-Magro, D; Garcia-Mijangos, I; Gavilan, RG; Germany, M; Ghafari, S; del Galdo, GPG; Grytnes, JA; Guler, B; Gutierrez-Giron, A; Helm, A; Herrera, M; Hullbusch, EM; Ingerpuu, N; Jagerbrand, AK; Jandt, U; Janisova, M; Jeanneret, P; Jeltsch, F; Jensen, K; Jentsch, A; Kacki, Z; Kakinuma, K; Kapfer, J; Kargar, M; Kelemen, A; Kiehl, K; Kirschner, P; Koyama, A; Langer, N; Lazzaro, L; Leps, J; Li, CF; Li, FY; Liendo, D; Lindborg, R; Lobel, S; Lomba, A; Lososova, Z; Lustyk, P; Luzuriaga, AL; Ma, WH; Maccherini, S; Magnes, M; Malicki, M; Manthey, M; Mardari, C; May, F; Mayrhofer, H; Meier, ES; Memariani, F; Merunkova, K; Michelsen, O; Mesa, JM; Moradi, H; Moysiyenko, I; Mugnai, M; Naqinezhad, A; Natcheva, R; Ninot, JM; Nobis, M; Noroozi, J; Nowak, A; Onipchenko, V; Palpurina, S; Pauli, H; Pedashenko, H; Pedersen, C; Peet, RK; Perez-Haase, A; Peters, J; Pipenbaher, N; Pirini, C; Pladevall-Izard, E; Pleskova, Z; Potenza, G; Rahmanian, S; Rodriguez-Rojo, MP; Ronkin, V; Rosati, L; Ruprecht, E; Rusina, S; Sabovljevic, M; Sanaei, A; Sanchez, AM; Santi, F; Savchenko, G; Sebastia, MT; Shyriaieva, D; Silva, V; Skornik, S; Smerdova, E; Sonkoly, J; Sperandii, MG; Staniaszek-Kik, M; Stevens, C; Stifter, S; Suchrow, S; Swacha, G; Swierszcz, S; Talebi, A; Teleki, B; Tichy, L; Tolgyesi, C; Torca, M; Torok, P; Tsarevskaya, N; Tsiripidis, I; Turisova, I; Ushimaru, A; Valko, O; Van Mechelen, C; Vanneste, T; Vasheniak, I; Vassilev, K; Viciani, D; Villar, L; Virtanen, R; Vitasovic-Kosic, I; Vojtko, A; Vynokurov, D; Walden, E; Wang, Y; Weiser, F; Wen, L; Wesche, K; White, H; Widmer, S; Wolfrum, S; Wrobel, A; Yuan, ZQ; Zeleny, D; Zhao, LQ; Dengler,
El Comensal Activo en la cocina de vanguardia. Estudio de la Recepción en el Restaurante Performativo The Alchemist (Rasmus Munk)
No full textInternational audienceThe public of gastronomic productions enters into a relationship with the "work" - the food served - and with its author in a peculiar way: it physically and symbolically incorporates (Fischler 1988) the experience, which takes place in an ephemeral present and - very often in signature restaurants - in the presence of the Chef himself. Moreover, since several chefs and intellectuals qualify as " artistic " the recent productions of " techno-emotional " cuisine promoted at the beginning of the 21st century in Spain (Arenós 2011), such " artification " (Cohen, Csergo 2012) impacts the definition of the receiver of culinary art : an active and involved public, involved in a consumable, intermediate (Yemsi-Paillissé 2020) and multisensory work.Throughout history, there have been many gastronomic experiences that mixed spectacular, musical or performative elements with cuisine (Bouas Vivas 2008). However, the Danish chef Rasmus Munk brings a new touch to this practice and proposes, in his restaurant The Alchemist (awarded with two Michelin stars) a disruptive staging of gastronomy.The Alchemist blurs the boundaries between the medium restaurant and the medium theater and museum. The structure of the experience in 5 "acts" cut into scenes is reminiscent of the theatrical play. The 50 "impressions" that make up the experience include 30 tasting courses as well as several tours of the installations. Also noteworthy is the unusual duration of the experience - about 5 hours - as well as the type of places visited by the diners - lounge, dome, installation rooms, balcony - and the very role of the restaurant building, which was historically the warehouse where the Royal Danish Theater built and stored its backdrops.But what most differentiates the Danish proposal from the other proposals of the current gastronomic avant-garde is the nature and the degree of involvement required of the diner. Apart from the imposed menu and the signposted route, Rasmus Munk proposes not only a hedonic or intellectual sensory journey but also a self-reflexive, often uncomfortable experience - as in the opening sequence "Square one" where diners are the protagonists of a gastro-artistic installation that questions the identity of the diner. Also, through sophisticated intermedial devices, direct calls to social or environmental commitment are made - as in the sequence "burnout chicken" where chicken legs are served in a cage that is too narrow, to denounce the excesses of intensive livestock farming, or through the QR code, directly printed at the bottom of the dessert in the sequence "Lifeline", which leads to the Danish blood donation platform. This is why Rasmus Munk's " holistic " restaurant (Beck, Munk, 2019) will qualify as a " performative restaurant " : spectacular cuisine proposing a new model of gastronomic reception, calling for the engagement and action of the diner-actor.El público de las producciones gastronómicas entra en relación con la « obra » – la comida servida – y con su autor de una forma peculiar: se incorpora física y simbólicamente (Fischler 1988) la experiencia, la cual se realiza en un presente efímero y – muy a menudo en los restaurantes de autor – en presencia del propio Chef. Además, puesto que varios chefs e intelectuales cualifican de « artísticas » las producciones recientes de cocina « tecnoemocional » impulsada a principios del siglo XXI en España (Arenós 2011), tal « artificación » (Cohen, Csergo 2012) impacta la definición del receptor del arte culinario : un público activo e implicado, metido en una obra consumible, intermedial (Yemsi-Paillissé 2020) y multisensorial.A lo largo de la historia, muchas han sido las experiencias gastronómicas que mezclaban elementos espectaculares, musicales o performativos con la cocina (Bouas Vivas 2008). Sin embargo, el chef danés Rasmus Munk aporta un toque nuevo a esta práctica y propone, en su restaurante The Alchemist (galardoneado con dos estrellas Michelín) una puesta en escena disruptiva de lo gastronómico.The Alchemist borra las fronteras entre el medium restaurante y los medias teatro y museo. La estructura de la experiencia en 5 « actos » cortados en escenas recuerda la obra teatral. Las 50 « impresiones » que conforman la experiencia incluyen 30 platos de degustación y también varios recorridos por instalaciones. También es de recalcar la duración inhabitual de la experiencia – cerca de 5 horas –, así como el tipo de lugares recorridos por los comensales – salón, domo, salas-instalaciones, balcón –, y el papel mismo del edificio del restaurante, que fue históricamente el almacén donde el Teatro Real Danés construía y guardaba sus telones de fondo.Pero lo que más diferencia la propuesta danesa de las demás propuestas de la vanguardia gastronómica actual es la naturaleza y el grado de implicación que se pide al comensal. Aparte del menú impuesto y del recorrido señalizado, Rasmus Munk propone no sólo un viaje sensorial hedónico o intelectual sino también una experiencia autoreflexiva, varias veces incómoda – como en la sequencia inicial « Square one » donde los comensales son protagonistas de una instalación gastro-artística que cuestiona la identidad del comensal. También, mediante sofisticados dispositivos intermédiaticos, se hacen llamadas directas al compromiso social u medioambiental – como en la secuencia « burnout chicken » donde se sirven patas de pollo en una jaula demasiado estrecha, para denunciar los excesos de la ganadería intensiva, o a través del QR code, directamente impreso al fondo del postre de la secuencia « Lifeline », que conduce a la plataforma de donación de sangre de Dinamarca. Por ello, el restaurante « holístico » de Rasmus Munk (Beck, Munk, 2019) se cualificará de « restaurante performativo » : cocina espectacular que propone un nuevo modelo de recepción gastronómica, llamando al compromiso y a la acción del comensal-actor
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The European Union, state of exception and state transformation - Romania, Turkey and ethnic minority politics
No full textThe dissertation argues that the modern national sovereignty is the political expression of modern subjectivity and it dominates as such the contemporary discourse of human life, ethnic minorities included, in world politics. The analytical mechanism is grounded in social constructivist theorisations of discourse analysis. It evaluates whether and to what extent the enlargement of the European Union (EU) and its accession conditionality affect the discursive mechanisms of the national, sovereign subjectivity and its relations with national minorities. The cases studied here have been chosen because of the two states being inscribed in the recent past (Romania) and currently (Turkey) in the enlargement process. The dissertation builds methodologically on Agamben’s understanding of sovereignty as state of exception, interpreted here originally qua exception from the temporality of human life and therefore apt to author political time. In national form, this is understood as the production of the national time of politics, with a double ontological consequence: it constitutes the political nation, while concomitantly and inherently excluding non-national human life from political possibilities. The method of research develops this methodological perspective to analyse national sovereignty, drawing also on Heidegger, as factualisation of two purely theoretical constructs: the nation and the principle of sovereignty
Benchmarking plant diversity of Palaearctic grasslands and other open habitats
No full textAims Understanding fine-grain diversity patterns across large spatial extents is fundamental for macroecological research and biodiversity conservation. Using the GrassPlot database, we provide benchmarks of fine-grain richness values of Palaearctic open habitats for vascular plants, bryophytes, lichens and complete vegetation (i.e., the sum of the former three groups). Location Palaearctic biogeographic realm. Methods We used 126,524 plots of eight standard grain sizes from the GrassPlot database: 0.0001, 0.001, 0.01, 0.1, 1, 10, 100 and 1,000 m(2) and calculated the mean richness and standard deviations, as well as maximum, minimum, median, and first and third quartiles for each combination of grain size, taxonomic group, biome, region, vegetation type and phytosociological class. Results Patterns of plant diversity in vegetation types and biomes differ across grain sizes and taxonomic groups. Overall, secondary (mostly semi-natural) grasslands and natural grasslands are the richest vegetation type. The open-access file "GrassPlot Diversity Benchmarks" and the web tool "GrassPlot Diversity Explorer" are now available online () and provide more insights into species richness patterns in the Palaearctic open habitats. Conclusions The GrassPlot Diversity Benchmarks provide high-quality data on species richness in open habitat types across the Palaearctic. These benchmark data can be used in vegetation ecology, macroecology, biodiversity conservation and data quality checking. While the amount of data in the underlying GrassPlot database and their spatial coverage are smaller than in other extensive vegetation-plot databases, species recordings in GrassPlot are on average more complete, making it a valuable complementary data source in macroecology.We thank Manuel J. Steinbauer for the concept of the richness mapin Figure 2. We thank the hundreds of vegetation ecologists whosampled the high-quality data used in this article and contributedthem to GrassPlot
