309 research outputs found
The Act of Translation : The Case of Juan Goytisolo's A Cock-Eyed Comedy
No full textWhat defines the act of literary translation is the striving towards a final version that will be published. This movement towards words on a page encompasses re-readings, multiple research, re-draftings and possible collaborations with author and publisher, all framed by contract, copyright and the inevitable deadline. In this paper, the tasks of the translator will be analysed in the context of a work-in-progress -my translation of a recent novel by Juan Goytisolo, A Cock- Eyed Comedy, to be published by Serpents Tail in September 2002. The paper will focus on the interpretive moves of the translator within a determining process of writing. The translator is not a depersonalised subject but a critical, historical and emotional subjectivity. The different layers of consciousness are above all galvanised by the re-creation of the original text: a musical, verbal architecture whose making is no adequately captured by most of the concepts currently in vogue within Translation Studies.El que defineix l'acte de la traducció literària és l'esforç per donar una versió final que es publicarà. Aquest moviment cap a les paraules d'una pàgina comporta un seguit de lectures, recerques, revisions i possibles col·laboracions amb l'autor i l'editor, i tot plegat emmarcat pel contracte, el copyright i l'inevitable termini. En aquest article s'analitzen les tasques del traductor en el context d'un treball en curs: la meva traducció d'una novel·la recent de Juan Goytisolo, A Cock-Eyed Comedy, que serà publicada per Serpents Tail el setembre de 2002. L'article se centra en els passos interpretatius del traductor en el si d'un procés d'escriptura determinant. El traductor no és un subjecte despersonalitzat, sinó una subjectivitat crítica, històrica i emocional. Els diferents nivells de consciència estan fusionats per la recreació del text original, una arquitectura verbal i musical l'elaboració de la qual no és captada adequadament per la majoria dels conceptes actualment en boga en els Translation Studies
Kinetic study of niobium and tantalum hexameric forms and their substituted ions by capillary electrophoresis in alkaline medium
No full textIn this work a capillary electrophoretic (CE) method is used for the kinetic study of the intermetallic substitutions in hexameric ions of two strategic metals, tantalum and niobium in an alkaline medium. Recently proposed processes for the production and analytical separation of tantalum and niobium that are faster, more economical and environmental friendly are based on the use of highly alkaline media. It was previously established that in these media, tantalum and niobium exist as hexameric species, HxTa6O19X-8 (Ta6) and HxNb6019x-8 (Nb6), which can be analysed with a CE method using an alkaline electrolyte and UV detection. However, when using the above method on an industrial sample a minor species that should correspond to the substituted Ta1Nb5 form was observed. The purpose of the present study is to probe, by means of CE, the kinetic of the formation of substituted niobate-tantalate ions, Ta6-xNbx (1 ≤ x ≤ 5), starting from mixtures of pure hexaniobate and hexatantalate ions. This study required the development of a new CE method allowing the separation of all the five substituted ions and their two non-substituted hexameric parent ions in less than seven minutes. In details, a previously developed separation method was transferred to a Beckman instrument and the separation improved by adjusting the total length, the applied voltage, the injection volume, the rinsing steps and the internal standard. The kinetic study shows that samples initially containing non-substituted hexameric forms of tantalum and niobium in a 1:1M ratio naturally form the five possible substituted species Ta6-xNbx (1 ≤ x ≤ 5) after only a few hours which may represent an issue for future Nb-Ta separation processes operated in alkaline media. The developed method was also transferred to an Agilent instrument and the kinetic study repeated. Results obtained with the Agilent instrument corroborate those obtained with the Beckman instrument. The proposed electrophoretic separation method lays the ground for new analytical techniques that could help assessing the presence of substituted species that can be deleterious for Nb-Ta purification processes
Occupying the museum: Denkmal 53 at Tate Modern
No full textOne of two major essays in the two volume catalogue of the recent work of the Belgian artist Jan de Cock. It makes a study of the large installations at Tate Modern, summer 2005 using the Freudian concept of object-cathexis in order to analyse the work’s libidinous and aggressive attachment to the museum as an institution and as a specific set of spaces. It compares de Cock’s strategies to those of Donald Judd and Marcel Broodthers.
This essay is significant for showing how the concept of cathexis can be widely applied across architecture and sculpture. It is original in the sense that it is the only existing analysis of de Cock’s work to use a psychoanalytic methodology. It is executed with rigour in that the essay stems from discussions between the author and the artist that were modelled on clinical psychoanalytic practice. There is also a high degree of originality through input from the author and the artist, particularly in the way in which the text is located throughout the book as an ‘unconscious text’, that appears in all the other texts on de Cock’s work, and then wraps around the cover of the book to name it, before returning to the status of subtext (thus the 127 pages).
The book is a unique and highly creative encounter between author and artists that initiates new forms of expression and dialogue to graphically and temporally capture the ‘pulsation of the unconscious’ (Lacan, Four Fundamentals of Psychoanalysis). This process opens up the text to visual and spatial displacements that act as homologues to the functioning of the conscious and unconscious ambitions of the artist.
Winner of the Plantin Moretus Prize in the category of ‘Best Art Book’, 2007
Cutting'aesthetic teeth' : Flannery O'Connor's habit of art
No full textDissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Centro de Comunicação e ExpressãoEste trabalho foi sugerido pela afirmação de Flannery O'Connor que sua "dedicação estética" nasceu através do contato com Art and Scholasticism de Jacques Maritain. O propósito foi chegar a uma interpretação do sentido da frase. Uma investigação detalhada foi feita do conteúdo de Art and Scholasticism, posteriormente contrastada com os resultados de uma pesquisa feita em seus ensaios e suas cartas, o que revelou numerosos ecos de diversos trechos constando no texto de Maritain. Três pontos principais foram escolhidos como critérios na análise do hábito artístico de O'Connor: 1) a prática de arte implica uma luta; 2) a arte somente pode ser percebida pelos sentidos; e 3) a prática de arte exige do artista a dedicação indivisa à obra nascente. O estudo conclui que, para O'Connor, o brotar da dentição estética, através da leitura de Art and Scholasticism, significou que, ao perceber na análise da natureza da arte algo com que podia concordar, ela reconheceu tanto sua própria capacidade de tornar-se uma artista literária, quanto sua vontade de assumir a tarefa de desenvolver em sua pessoa o hábito de arte
Understanding the Holy Grail of strategic management: the micro-foundations and performance conditions of dynamic capabilities
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Assessment of habitat suitability for the globally threatened Cock-tailed Tyrant Alectrurus tricolor (Passeriformes: Tyrannidae)
No full textCorresponding author: Pier Cacciali; Email: [email protected] Tyrant Alectrurus tricolor (Vieillot, 1816), a Vulnerable South American grassland specialist, is facing substantial habitat loss due to land-use change by agricultural and forestry expansion. This study aims to assess the current distribution and suitable habitat availability for Cock-tailed Tyrant using species distribution modelling (SDM) and recent distributional data from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF). Occurrence data from 1,583 records, mapped by season and habitat type, were used to generate a MaxEnt model with a high predictive accuracy (AUC = 0.974). Results revealed three main distributional clusters: one in Brazil, another spanning Mato Grosso do Sul, Paraguay and north-eastern Argentina, and a separate group in the Bolivian lowlands. Seasonal analysis found no significant distributional shifts, supporting previous findings of the species’ non-migratory behaviour. Key environmental contributors to habitat suitability included ecoregion type, precipitation, and vapour pressure. The predicted suitable habitat covers approximately 177,753 km². These findings underscore the urgent need for conservation efforts focusing on critical grassland habitats, particularly within the Cerrado, Southern Cone Mesopotamian grasslands, and Beni savanna biomes. Sustainable land-use practices, grassland restoration, and periodic habitat reassessments are essential to preserve Cock-tailed Tyrant populations and support the biodiversity of South American grasslands.Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y TecnologíaPrograma Paraguayo para el Desarrollo de la Ciencia y Tecnología. Sistema Nacional de Investigadore
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