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Ep. #055 - Gabrielle Hecht
No full textThis recording and transcript form part of a collection of podcasts conducted by the Cultures of Energy at Rice University. Cultures of Energy brings writers, artists and scholars together to talk, think and feel their way into the Anthropocene. We cover serious issues like climate change, species extinction and energy transition. But we also try to confront seemingly huge and insurmountable problems with insight, creativity and laughter.In a fittingly bizarre intro for these political times, Cymene and Dominic share weird fantasies and actual plans for resistance. We then (11:57) welcome to the podcast renowned historian and ethnographer of nuclear energy, Gabrielle Hecht from the University of Michigan, author of Being Nuclear and The Radiance of France (MIT Press). Gabrielle tells us why she first became interested in nuclear power growing up in Reagan’s Cold War. We compare fears of nuclear war then and now and explore different historical constructions of “the nuclear” more generally. We talk about her concept of “toxic infrastructure” and how it can apply to places like Flint, Michigan. Gabrielle then explains how France became the country in the world most reliant upon nuclear energy for its electricity and why the French nuclear industry is in now in such a state of panic. We talk about why nuclear energy hasn’t lost its utopianism—including as a climate change fix—but why we think the nuclear solution to global warming is a red herring. We turn to Fukushima and Gabrielle reminds us that it’s also important to pay attention to the less spectacular but more common environmental and human impacts of using nuclear fuel, including the fate of people who clean reactors under normal and catastrophic conditions. We discuss uranium mining in Africa and the struggles miners have fought to have their “biological citizenship” recognized by their governments. That leads us to talk about the real costs of nuclear energy. And we close on Gabrielle’s latest work on toxicity and what she calls the African Anthropocene. Hang in there, everyone, be kind to yourselves and stay strong for the long run of resistance
[Letter on the history of the community of Maroldsweisach, Bavaria] /
No full textTypescripton with a brief description, including a bit of historical information, of the Jewish community in Maroldsweisach, Bavaria, during the early 20th century. The letter focuses on the family of the author Ralph Hecht, and includes some information on the persecutions during the National Socialist dictatorship.Ralph HechtThe original German-language inventory is available in the folder.Processed for digitizationReturned from digitizationdigitize
UND Hockey Cheerleaders, 1984
No full textPhotograph of 1984-1985 Hockey Cheerleaders. Top: Linda Schmitke. Middle (L-R): Jeanna Barto, Becky Page. Bottom (L-R): Gail Hecht, Patty Farney. Standby: Advisor Cindy Davies.https://commons.und.edu/und-athletics/1341/thumbnail.jp
UND Hockey Cheerleaders, 1984
No full textPhotograph of 1984-1985 UND Hockey Cheerleaders. Left to Right: Becky Page, Gail Hecht, Lori Folson, (Advisor) Cindy Davies, Jeanne Barto, Patty Farney, and Linda Schmitke.https://commons.und.edu/und-athletics/1342/thumbnail.jp
The Origins of Comparative Research in Pedagogy: Friedrich August Hecht (Hechtius) and His De re scholastica Anglica cum Germanica comparata
No full textThis article presents Friedrich August Hecht, also known as Hechtius (1735–1818), hardly recognizable in the international comparatist community, including Poland. Hecht is the author of a treatise titled De re scholastica Anglica cumGermanica comparata (1795–1798), in which he juxtaposed the essential features of English and German education, thus making one of the first comparative analyses in the field of education. The form of this work and the methodical approach Hecht used prompt us to conclude that his work should be treated as pioneering in the field of pedagogical comparative studies. Consequently, the role of the work and study by Marc-Antoine Jullien de Paris has been brought into question. This paper presents the key theses contained in Hecht’s treatise and describes his original methodological approach, which found followers in the 20th century. A detailed analysis of Hecht’s work has also enabled the identification of a potential area of further research, essential for a comprehensivestudy of his contribution to the development of comparative education research
Początki badań porównawczych w pedagogice: Friedrich August Hecht (Hechtius) i jego De re scholastica Anglica cum Germanica comparata
No full textThe article presents Friedrich August Hecht, also known as Hechtius (1735–1818), hardly recognizable in the international comparatist community, including Poland. Hecht is the author of a treatise entitled De re scholastica Anglica cum Germanica comparata (1795–1798), in which he juxtaposed the essential features of English and German education, thus making one of the first comparative analyzes in the field of education. The form of this work and the methodical approach used by Hecht allow us to hypothesize that his work should be treated as pioneering in the field of pedagogical comparative studies. As a result, the role of the work and study by Marc-Antoine Jullien de Paris has been brought into question.The paper presents the key theses contained in Hecht’s treatise, and describes his original methodological approach, which found its followers in the 20th century. A detailed analysis of Hechtius’ work has also allowed identify a potential area of further research exploration, essential for a comprehensive study on his contribution to the development of comparative research in education.Artykuł prezentuje postać i dorobek mało znanego w międzynarodowym obiegu naukowym, w tym także na gruncie polskim, niemieckiego pedagoga i filologa, Friedricha Augusta Hechta, znanego także jako Hechtius (1735–1818).Jest on autorem traktatu zatytułowanego De re scholastica Anglica cum Germanica comparata (1795–1798), w którym zestawił istotne cechy szkolnictwa angielskiego i niemieckiego, dokonując tym samym jednej z pierwszych analiz porównawczych w dziedzinie oświaty. Forma tej pracy oraz zastosowane przez Hechta metodyczne postępowanie pozwalają na postawienie hipotezy,zgodnie z którą jego dzieło należy traktować jako prekursorskie w obszarze komparatystyki pedagogicznej. Tym samym dyskusyjne staje się powszechne przypisywanie takiej roli opracowaniu Marca-Antoine’a Julliena de Paris. W artykule zostały zaprezentowane kluczowe tezy zawarte w traktacie Hechtiusa, a w dalszej części przybliżono jego oryginalne podejście metodologiczne,które znalazło swoich kontynuatorów w XX wieku. Analiza pracy Hechtiusa umożliwiła także zidentyfikowanie potencjalnego obszaru zasługującego na dalszą badawczą eksplorację na potrzeby wyczerpującego opracowania dotyczącego wkładu tego autora w rozwój badań komparatystycznych w edukacji
Reseña del libro de Susanna B. Hecht, The Scramble for the Amazon and the "Lost Paradise" of Euclides da Cunha. University of Chicago Press, 2013 / Book: hecht, Susanna B. The scramble for the amazon and the "lost paradise" of Euclides da Cunha...
No full textTrabalho enviado em 17 de julho de 2016. Aceito em 17 de julho de 2016.DOI: 10.12957/rqi.2016.18470ResumenEl penúltimo libro de la geógrafa estadounidense Susanna Hecht, “The Scramble for the Amazon and the Lost Paradise of Euclides da Cunha” (La contienda por la Amazonía y el paraíso perdido de Euclides da Cunha), tiene una estructura compleja, como la de aquellas películas que hilvanan varias historias y revelan al final información crítica que trastoca por completo el significado del texto, obliga a rebobinarlo y releerlo. Luego de 484 páginas de intensa lectura, Hecht nos deja saber que su intención principal era traducir a da Cunha, el reconocido autor brasileño, cuyo Os Sertões se consagró como la Ilíada de la naciente república, con su recuento poscolonial de la batalla de Canudos y el reconocimiento (novedoso en ese entonces) del mestizaje como el “cimiento de nuestra raza”Abstract The penultimate book of the American geographer Susanna Hecht, "The Scramble for the Amazon and the Lost Paradise of Euclides da Cunha" (The race for the Amazon and the lost paradise of Euclides da Cunha), has a complex structure, such as those films that weave several stories and reveal critical information and at the end completely subverts the meaning of the text, requires rewinding and re-read. After 484 pages of intense reading, Hecht lets us know that her main intention was to translate da Cunha, the renowned Brazilian author, whose Os Sertões was consecrated as the Iliad of the nascent republic, with its postcolonial account of the battle of Canudos and recognition (new at the time) of miscegenation as the "foundation of our race." Keywords: Os Sertões; Euclides da Cunha; Lost paradise; Mestizage; Rac
Innate mechanisms of epithelial host defense: spotlight on intestine
No full textThe single layer of epithelial cells lining the intestinal tract is charged with a most difficult task: protecting the underlying biological compartments from both the normal commensal flora that reside within the intestinal lumen as well as the uninvited pathogens. To such an end, the intestinal epithelial cells are equipped with a panoply of defense mechanisms, both constitutive and inducible. This review focuses only on those defense mechanisms that are initiated and executed by the intestinal epithelial cell. Fitting these strict criteria are three major categories of epithelial host defense: enhanced salt and water secretion, expression of antimicrobial proteins and peptides, and production of intestinal mucins. Each of these areas is discussed in this review.</jats:p
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