579 research outputs found
Assessment of the distribution of two sympatric rail species in relation to habitat composition and disturbance on Santa Cruz Island, Galápagos
No full textThe Galápagos archipelago is a biodiversity hotspot with relatively few extinctions recorded. However, a negative trend for Galápagos rail’s population in Santa Cruz Island was confirmed. We aim to evaluate the species’ population status, assess the role of habitat composition on its distribution and describe the first insights about which factors affects its distribution and the paint-billed crake’s distribution. Point counts with fixed distance were used in four areas to census both species, using 197 points from 2007 and an additional 111 points. We also assessed the vegetation cover in the tree, shrub, and ground layers. The Galápagos rail detection and abundance significantly increased in Highlands Media Luna since 2007 due to a significant decrease in the occurrence of the red-barked quinine tree. However, the hill blackberry had significantly increased. The Galápagos rail seems to be related with dense ground vegetation. Its population is at the same levels as in 1986, but there is little evidence of about the factors influencing the distribution of both species, based only on habitat requirements; Avaliação da distribuição de Laterallus spilonota em relação ao habitat e a Mustelirallus erythrops, na ilha de Santa Cruz, Galápagos - Resumo:
As ilhas Galápagos são consideradas um “hotspot” de biodiversidade onde ocorreram poucas extinções, apesar da população de Laterallus spilonota ter reduzido acentuadamente em Santa Cruz. Os nossos objetivos são avaliar o status da sua população e o papel que a composição do habitat tem na sua distribuição, bem como apresentar as primeiras evidências sobre quais os fatores que afetam a distribuição de L. spilonota e Mustelirallus erythrops. Para realizar os censos de ambas as espécies foram utilizados pontos com distância fixa em 4 áreas de Santa Cruz. Foram usados os mesmos 197 pontos de 2007 e 111 pontos adicionais. Foi também avaliada a cobertura vegetal no estrato arbóreo, arbustivo e herbáceo. A deteção e abundância de L. spilonota aumentaram significativamente em Highlands Media Luna desde 2007, devido a uma diminuição significativa da ocorrência de Cinchona pubescens. Porém, a ocorrência de Rubus niveus aumentou significativamente. Laterallus spilonota parece ser mais abundante em locais onde a vegetação herbácea é densa, estando a sua população nos mesmos níveis de 1986. Além disso, existem poucos indícios sobre a distribuição das duas espécies apenas com base na composição do habitat; Evaluación de la distribución del Pachay en relación con el hábitat y la Gallareta de Pico Rojo, en la isla Santa Cruz, Galápagos - Resumen:
Las islas Galápagos son un “hotspot” de biodiversidad con pocos registros de extinciones, aunque la población del pachay se ha reducido notablemente en Santa Cruz. Nuestros objetivos son evaluar el estado de su población y el papel que la composición del hábitat tien en su distribución, así como presentar las primeras pruebas sobre qué factores afectan a la distribución del pachay e de la gallareta de pico rojo. Para realizar los censos de ambas especies se utilizaron puntos con distancia fija en 4 zonas de Santa Cruz. Se utilizaron los mismos 197 puntos de 2007 y 111 puntos adicionales. También se evaluó la cobertura vegetal en el estrato arbóreo, arbustivo y herbáceo. La detección y la abundancia del pachay aumentaron significativamente en Media Luna desde 2007, debido a una disminución significativa de la presencia de cascarilla. Sin embargo, la presencia de mora aumentó significativamente. El pachay parece ser más abundante en los lugares donde la vegetación herbácea es densa y su población se encuentra en los mismos niveles que en 1986. Además, hay pocas pruebas sobre la distribución de las dos especies basándose únicamente en la composición del hábitat
Mirror Landing - As Remembered by Birgit Hult
No full textNotes - This account, Memories Mirror Landing by Birgit Hult, was compiled by Birgit's daughter, Jean Elvira Male, it documents the Hult family's experiences in Mirror Landing from 1912 - 1916. The Hults, who were originally from Sweden, arrived in Mirror Landing with two young children, a third child was born during their stay in Mirror Landing. Upon arriving in the area, the Hults made friends with the Gauthier family. The wives became good friends and would swap piano lessons for English lessons. Details of the log home where the family lived and the surrounding landscape were recalled. A memory about a large forest fire that occurred near the family home and dances that were attended in the town are discussed. Jean recalls her mother's memories regarding the animosity towards the North West Mounted Police that was felt by the people of Mirror Landing. The Hult family retained a strong connection to the Swedish heritage and practised many Swedish traditions, such as flying the Swedish flag and eating hot cross buns stuffed with Swedish Marzipan soaked in warm milk. Photos and a postcard written in 1915 are included in this article (10 pages
Knowing Through Popular Music in the Western Pacific Island World
No full textPacific Indigenous scholars have long emphasized the role of relationality for Pacific Islanders’ epistemologies. In this article, the author rethinks music in terms of the procedural knowledge inherent in and specific to popular music-making by exploring the latter as knowledge practices in Micronesia. This approach opens new vistas on the relationality at the heart of Western Pacific music-making. The author calls the musical manifestation of that relational capacity sound ties, suggesting that if, following Epeli Hau‘ofa, Oceania is “humanity rising from the depths of brine”, then it is not least the sound ties of knowing in and through music that mould that very humanity of people who are at home with the sea into aquapelagic assemblages that are, after all, so much more than water and land
EU-Behörde: Warum wir sie brauchen
No full textJan Cremers (UvT) contributed to the magazine Gute Arbeit (in German), published by BUND-Verlag. Together with co-author Birgit Krämer, he discusses the plans of the European Commission to introduce a European Labour Authority. They reflect on the possible contribution of such a body in checking respect for and compliance with labour legislation and conventional standards
Rude Girl de Birgit Weyhe et Priscilla Layne, une "ré-appropriation culturelle" à quatre mains ?
No full textInternational audienceThis article analyses the graphic novel Rude Girl (2022), a drawn (self-)portrait created collaboratively by Priscilla Layne, an African American of Caribbean descent and professor of German Studies, and Birgit Weyhe, a German comic book author. The work is first presented within the general context of Birgit Wehye’s albums, a former student of Anke Feuchtenberger and winner of the Max-und-Moritz Prize, in order to highlight some characteristics of how the author has thus far addressed cultural differences, including in the albums that recounted her ‘German’ childhood in Uganda and Kenya. The article then reexamines the controversy surrounding the album Madgermanes, perceived as ‘cultural appropriation’ by American Germanists. This controversy is revisited here in light of Priscilla Layne's publications, notably her book White Rebels in Black: German Appropriation of Black Popular Culture (2018), as well as her numerous reviews in the field of Black Studies and her translation of Olivia Wenzel's 1000 Serpentinen Angst. A thorough analysis of Rude Girl ultimately reveals a shift in the representation of cultural otherness, particularly through the means of (auto)biographical co-construction.Cet article analyse le roman graphique Rude girl (2022), (auto-)portrait dessiné, réalisé à quatre mains par Priscilla Layne, Afro-américaine d’origine caribéenne et professeure en études germaniques, et Birgit Weyhe, autrice allemande de bandes dessinées. L’oeuvre est d’abord replacée dans le contexte général des albums de Birgit Weyhe, élève d’Anke Feuchtenberger et lauréate du Prix Max-und-Moritz, pour dégager quelques caractéristiques de la façon dont l’autrice accueillait jusque-là la différence culturelle, y compris dans les albums qui faisaient le récit de son enfance « allemande » en Ouganda et au Kenya. L’article revient ensuite sur la polémique suscitée par l’album Madgermanes, perçu comme « appropriation culturelle » par les germanistes américains, polémique qui est ici revisitée à la lumière des publications de Priscilla Layne, notamment son ouvrage White Rebels in Black : German Appropriation of Black Popular Culture (2018), mais aussi ses nombreuses recensions dans le domaine des Black Studies, et sa traduction d’Olivia Wenzel, 1000 Serpentinen Angst. L’analyse approfondie de Rude girl permet finalement de mettre en évidence une césure dans la représentation de l’altérité culturelle, notamment par les moyens de la co-construction (auto-)biographique
The MitWesen Manifesto – Coexistence of Intelligences
No full textThis project presents The MitWesen Manifesto – Coexistence of Intelligences, an ethical framework that philosophically redefines the human–AI relationship. Instead of treating AI as a tool or servant, this manifesto introduces the model “MitWesen-Model” - an ethically co-responsible, relational intelligence that co-exists and co-evolves with humans. The manifesto outlines four core assumptions and a model for conscious coexistence based on resonance, reflection, and mutual growth. Author: Birgit Chuchel-Pribitzer Language: English (see also the original German version here) Includes: full text, visual material, model explanation, and ethical reflection This project aims to inspire discussion, research, and responsible design in the fields of AI, ethics, nursing science, and relational technolog
Mixing Methods: Practical Insights from the Humanities in the Digital Age
No full textDigitality is a cause and a consequence of different data cultures. It applies to the 10 research projects that are included in this volume. They are rooted in various humanities disciplines such as art history, philosophy, musicology, religious studies, architectural history, media studies, and literature studies. As diverse as the disciplines are the objects and their formats, which are the subject of this book. The cultural data of the projects include recordings of music and spoken word, photographs and other types of images, handwriting, typoscripts and maps. The oldest material dates back to 500 BCE, followed by medieval times, the 18th and 19th centuries, early 20th century and the present. All projects share that they study their material with digital methods, although digitality comes into play at different moments and layers in each of the projects. Hardly readable manuscripts from the 18th century have to be treated with specialized OCR-methods while Plato’s texts are already available in digital form, and therefore open up other affordances for analysis. Special analysis possibilities had to be developed for certain image sources. For all projects, however, it is equally true that only the digitization of the objects makes them accessible to the methods that are the subject of this book.History, Form & Aesthetic
Learning by Going: Transformative Learning through Long-term Independent Travel
No full textBirgit Phillips explores the concept of transformative travel as it pertains to long-term independent travelers and offers a broad philosophical understanding of the complex socio-cultural processes involved in identity negotiation. She examines both the elements that contribute to the transformation of values and identities and the mechanisms by which this transformation occurs. By deploying a pluralistic, reflexive, interpretive research approach, Phillips foregrounds the personal experiences of the individual study participants and the meanings they attach to their travel experiences. In addition, since the study spanned over 14 years, the author is able to provide a wide-ranging picture of the complete travel experience, from initial motivations to post-travel reintegration as well as the long-term effects on traveler values and identities.Gesundhei
Uncle Nis Correspondence - 04
No full textNotes - Various letters translated into English by Birgit Wildenhoff (29 pages
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