389 research outputs found
Arcaico, femminile, mediterraneo: La Gatta di Gabriella Stazio e “La Sombra of Who I am” di Micaela Raen
No full textIntroduzione. Esplorare gli archivi, disarchiviare i linguaggi critici
No full textVi è stata una stagione, negli anni Novanta, in cui si è nutrita la speranza meridiana di un Mediterraneo, se non come mare facile, sicuramente come un “luogo” dove si poteva provare a giocare, per quanto difficile, la partita del rapporto con l’altro. La contemporaneità, però, ci racconta piuttosto una direzione contraria, della chiusura: un mare chiuso come chiusa è la terra che esso prova a interrompere. Possiamo guardarlo, però, come un mare-laboratorio che, dentro alla rete dei conflitti e delle stragi che lo attraversano, risulta centrale in una Modernità che lo aveva tenuto a margine. Il gruppo di ricerca S/Murare il Mediterraneo e l’AISCLI ( Associazione Italiana di Studi sulle Culture e Letterature di Lingua Inglese) raccolgono qui il materiale di riflessione scaturito dalla giornata di studio sulle migrazioni e gli archivi culturali, organizzata nel novembre del 2016 all’Università di Bari. Il tentativo è stato quello di costruire archivi aperti e senza custodi, da cui si possa imparare forse un altro modo di raccontare la storia del Mediterraneo, e le altre storie
Female Genealogies of Place: Nation, City and Refugee Camps in Susan Muaddi Darraj's "The Inheritance of Exile"
No full textThis paper aims at analyzing the ways in which the differential treatments of human bodies that are played out in the “permanetntly exceptional” space of the refugee camps emerge in Palestinian-American author Susan Muaddi Darraj’s 2007 short story collection, The Inheritance of Exile: Stories from South Philly. In particular, the focus will be on how such differential – gendered and racial – treatment of bodies is articulated into a differential form of memory and of genealogy, in narratives that are passed on, in the stories and through the stories, from women of different generations. This gendered genealogy, in turn, serves to re-configure the space (or non-place?) of the refugee camp as a problematic alternative to the militant equation of the temporary refugee camp as the potential Palestinian nation waiting for its people’s return. The space of the refugee camp will also be pitted against, or read in parallel to, the urban space and its migrant communities, as construed in Muaddi Darraj’s collection of short stories
Jesus Cristo : o mito do herói salvador na obra Bíblia em ação: de Sérgio Cariello
No full textEsta é uma pesquisa sobre as convergências de quadrinhos, imagens e mitos que aparecem na narrativa bíblica em quadrinhos na obra do artista Sérgio Cariello. A pergunta que se pretende responder é: como Jesus Cristo, na obra deste autor, cumpre as fases do mito do herói salvador no transcorrer dos quadrinhos? Segundo Carl Gustav Jung e Joseph Campbell, o mito é apresentado como presença contínua na história da cultura da humanidade. Ao estudar o mito, não se pretende desmerecer e nem defender o credo religioso, pois a explicação mitológica, a partir da psicologia analítica mostra o significado na continuidade do comportamento coletivo tendo como força matriz o inconsciente coletivo. Jesus Cristo, como homem e como mito herdado na mentalidade social, deve ser encarado também em sua humanidade, e aqui na sua influência e importância na cultura da humanidade. Por fim, tenta-se estabelecer uma aplicação e aferir o espaço que o uso dos quadrinhos vem ocupando na educação e na influência da cultura religiosa. Verifica-se que os personagens heroicos dos quadrinhos estão presentes nas igrejas cristãs nas apresentações de seus pastores. Em contrapartida, a obra de Sérgio Cariello demonstra o quão suficiente é a imagem singular de Cristo Jesus como Salvador e isto, na teologia, cabe dentro da revelação geral.This is a research on the convergences of comics, images and myths that appear in the biblical comic narrative in the work of the artist Sérgio Cariello. The question to be answered is: how does Jesus Christ, in the work of this author, fulfill the phases of the myth of the Hero-Savior in the comics? According to Carl Gustav Jung and Joseph Campbell, the myth is presented as a continuous presence in the history of the culture of humanity. When studying the myth, it is not intended to demean and defend the religious creed, since the mythological explanation, from analytical psychology, shows the meaning in the continuity of collective behavior having as its driving force the collective unconscious. Jesus Christ, as a man and as a myth inherited in the social mentality, must be seen also in his humanity, and here in his influence and importance in the culture of humanity. Finally, an attempt is made to establish an application and gauge the space that the use of comics has been occupying in the education and in the influence of the religious culture. It turns out that the heroic characters of comics are present in the Christian churches in their pastors' performance. On the other hand, the work of Sérgio Cariello demonstrates how sufficient is the unique image of Jesus Christ as Savior, and this, in theology, falls within the general revelation.Instituto Presbiteriano Mackenzi
Isolation and Characterization of 2 Genes Encoding Calitoxins, Neurotoxic Peptides From Calliactis-parasitica (cnidaria)
No full textAmong sea anemone neurotoxins, calitoxin, recently isolated from Calliactis parasitica, is a highly toxic peptide of 46 amino acids (aa), whose sequence differs greatly from that of all sea anemone toxins isolated so far. In this study, two genes (clx-1 and clx-2) coding for two highly homologous calitoxins were isolated and characterized from a C. parasitica genomic library. The clx-1 gene encodes the already known calitoxin sequence, named CLX-I, whereas a single bp substitution in the coding region of clx-2 is responsible for a single Glu(6) --> Lys replacement in a new peptide named CLX-II. The structural organization of the two genes is very similar: two introns and three exons, whose sequences are highly homologous for clx-1 and clx-2 (95% identity). The open reading frame (ORF) of both clx-1 and clx-2 codes for a precursor peptide of 79 aa, whose N-terminus has the feature of a signal peptide, while the C-terminus corresponds to the sequences of mature CLX-I and CLX-II. The finding that a pair of basic aa is located upstream from the sequence of both mature toxins strongly suggests that proteolytic events, at specific cleavage sites, are responsible for the release of neurotoxins from their respective precursor molecules
Chronotropic and Inotropic Effects of Atrial Peptides On the Isolated Systemic Heart of Octopus-vulgaris
No full textThe chronotropic and inotropic effects of four atrial peptides (cardiodilatin 1-16, atrial natriuretic factor 8-33 and atriopeptin I and III) on the isolated systemic heart of Octopus vulgaris were studied. Using a preparation that produces a physiological stroke volume at physiological input pressures, it was found that ANF, atriopeptin I and atriopeptin III exerted both negative chronotropic and inotropic effects. In contrast, cardiodilatin produced a positive inotropic effect. A dose-response curve of ANF is reported, showing a threshold concentration of about 10(-12) M. The pharmacological and physiological implications of these results are discussed in relation to some characteristics of the cephalopod systemic heart
A computer vision based system for off-line quality control of chemically coated component of a diesel fuel injection pump
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