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Marc Bloch et Lucien Febvre face à l'Allemagne nazie
No full textMarc Bloch and Lucien Febvre in the face of Nazi Germany Contrary to a widespread preconception, the Annales of Marc Bloch and Lucien Febvre were not «unaware» of Nazism, but attempted to explain its genesis and particularities in a number of articles. Thus, in discussing the work of L. Varga, Febvre proposed to analyze Nazism as a socio-cultural movement and not as a doctrine. During the war, the editors of the Annales were directly confronted with the yoke of Nazism in the form of the terrible choice between discontinuing or continuing to publish the revue. Whereas several commentators have recently accused Febvre of «accommodating» or even «collaborating» with the occupying regime, the author reconstitutes the facts involved in the conflict between Bloch and Febvre, arguing in favour of a more impartial understanding of the latter's behaviour.■ Peter Schöttler : Marc Bloch et Lucien Febvre face à l'Allemagne nazie Contrairement à un préjugé répandu, les Annales de Marc Bloch et de Lucien Febvre n'ont pas «ignoré» le nazisme, mais tenté d'expliquer dans de nombreux articles sa genèse et ses particularités. Ainsi, reprenant les travaux de L. Varga, Febvre proposa d'analyser le nazisme termes de mouvement socio-culturel non de doctrine. Durant la guerre, directeurs des Annales furent de façon directe au joug nazi : arrêter continuer la revue, telle fut la alternative dont ils durent débattre. Tandis que plusieurs commentateurs récemment accusé Febvre d'«accomodation», voire même de avec le régime d'occupation, reconstitue les conditions concrètes conflit entre Bloch et Febvre et pour une compréhension plus du comportement de ce dernier.Schöttler Peter. Marc Bloch et Lucien Febvre face à l'Allemagne nazie. In: Genèses, 21, 1995. Le nazisme et les savants, sous la direction de Susanna Magri . pp. 75-95
Marc Bloch et le XIVe Congrès international de sociologie, Bucarest, août 1939
No full textMarc Bloch and the 14th International Sociology Conference, Bucharest, August, 1939 The 14th International Sociology Conference that was supposed to be held in Bucharest from August 29 to September 2, 1939 never took place, but some of the papers were published during the war. Among these is an unknown text of Marc Bloch : «Types of social structure in rural French life». Taking up his theses on «French Rural Life», the author responds on the one hand to Nazi ruralism which was to be widely represented at the Conference and on the other hand, ahead of time, to the Vichy ideological plan which, by advocating the return to the land, would side with social mystification and racism.■ Peter Schöttler : Marc Bloch et le XIVe Congrès international de sociologie, Bucarest, août 1939 Prévu pour se tenir à Bucarest du 29 août au 2 septembre 1939, le XIVe Congrès international de sociologie n'a jamais eu lieu, mais une partie des communications furent publiées pendant la guerre. Parmi celles-ci figurent un texte inconnu de Marc Bloch : «Types de structure sociale dans la vie rurale française». Reprenant ses thèses sur «les caractères originaux de l'histoire rurale française», l'auteur répond d'une part, à l'idéologie ruraliste nazie qui devait être fortement représentée au Congrès, mais, d'autre part, aussi et par avance au projet idéologique de Vichy qui, en prônant le retour à la terre, allait se rallier à la mystification sociale et au racisme.Schöttler Peter. Marc Bloch et le XIVe Congrès international de sociologie, Bucarest, août 1939. In: Genèses, 20, 1995. Histoire politique, histoire du politique, sous la direction de Christian Topalov . pp. 143-154
The Augmented Movement Platform For Embodied Learning (AMPEL): development and reliability
No full textThere was an error in the affiliations of the co-authors Dr. Thomas Vervust and Prof. Peter Feys. Their correct affiliations are given in this correctionMoumdjian, L (corresponding author),
.Univ Ghent, IPEM Inst Psychoacoust & Elect Mus, Fac Arts & Philosophy, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium.
UMSC Hasselt, Pelt, Belgium.
Hasselt Univ, Fac Rehabil Sci, REVAL Rehabil Res Ctr, B-3500 Hasselt, Belgium.
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On Growth and Income Distribution in a Globalizing World
No full textThe basic idea explaining the relationship between economic growth and income distribution is the “U- shaped hypothesis” postulated by Simon Kuznets. This can be shown in a dual-economy model with technical progress. Initially, inequality is low, but as labour participation in the modern sector increases, higher wages in this sector tend to increase inequality. However, if enough labour is incorporated in the modern sector, wage inequality begins to diminish. Income inequality continues to worsen between the two sectors, if a new modern economy (e.g. IT-based technical change) is introduced and potential GDP shifts to a new trajectory before the turning point is reached. In a globalised word, the substantial unskilled-labour-saving technical progress puts pressure on wages of unskilled workers (in industrialized countries). Also, globalization may be blamed for leaving many nations and millions of people out from reaping the benefits of globalization. This problem can only be overcome by appropriate reforms of the international economic system.Economic Growth, Income Distribution, Globalization
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Langmuir Waves and Electron Acceleration at Heliospheric Shocks
No full textRadio waves at the local plasma frequency and its harmonic are generated upstream of collisionless shocks in foreshock regions which are magnetically connected to the shock. The radio waves are created in a multi-step process which involves the acceleration of electrons at the shock front, growth of electrostatic Langmuir waves driven by the accelerated electron beam, and conversion of the Langmuir waves into radio waves.These radio waves can be used to remotely determine properties of the shock. For example, Type II solar radio burst observations yield information about the radial speed and angular extent of the coronal mass ejection-driven shock associated with the burst. However, in order to completely understand the generation of the radio waves and interpret the remote observations, in situ spacecraft measurements of the shock-accelerated electrons and Langmuir waves are necessary.In this thesis, a brief introduction to the heliospheric environment is followed by a survey of the basic principles of collisionless shocks, a detailed discussion of the process of generating shock-accelerated electrons and the resulting plasma waves, and a description of the relevant instrumentation on board the Wind and STEREO spacecraft. Following this review material, several results based on in situ observations are presented:(1) High cadence electron measurements made by Wind in the foreshock region of several IP shocks allow for a determination of the spatial scales of the source regions of Type II radio bursts. The sizes of the observed foreshock source regions are comparable to the size of the terrestrial bow shock.(2) Langmuir waves upstream of IP shocks can be used as a diagnostic signature of foreshock electrons. Using a large database of shocks observed by Wind, different shock parameters are statistically tested for their effectiveness at accelerating electrons.(3) Using a new type of electron detector on STEREO, the limits of the Fast Fermi theory for electron acceleration at suprathermal energies are examined. Preliminary results suggest that the mechanism may hold beyond the regime where the Larmor radius of electrons is much smaller than the scale sizes of the shock.The prospects for future work in this area are discussed in the conclusion, and a description of an experimental antenna calibration procedure known as rheometry is included as an appendix
L'espace public et l'internet. Structure, espace et communication
No full textThe author examines the role of the Internet in the evolution of public spheres in Western democracies. This new mass medium, torn between the market and communication, between communicational and strategic motives, is studied from the point of view of three dimensions characteristic of the public sphere: structural, spatial and communicational. Deterritorialized communicative practices spawned by the Net generate a plurality of public spaces, the political significance of which should not, however, be over-estimated. Although it feeds interaction essentially between members of the elite, the Internet tends to promote the development of European construction by favouring transnational exchange.L'auteur examine le rôle joué par ce nouveau média de masse qu'est Internet dans l'évolution des espaces publics des démocraties occidentales. Tiraillé entre le marché et la communication, entre agir communicationnel et agir stratégique, le Net est étudié du point de vue des trois dimensions caractéristiques de l'espace public : le niveau structurel, le niveau spatial et le niveau communicationnel. Les pratiques communicatives déterritorialisées qui naissent sur Internet génèrent une pluralité de sphères publiques, dont le poids politique ne doit cependant pas être surestimé. Quoique nourrissant surtout les échanges entre les membres des élites, Internet tend à soutenir le développement de la construction européenne, en favorisant les échanges transnationaux.Dahlgren Peter, Relieu Marc. L'espace public et l'internet. Structure, espace et communication. In: Réseaux, volume 18, n°100, 2000. Communiquer à l'ère des réseaux. pp. 157-186
Metadata workflow based on reusing of original data
No full textThe goal of the DiVA project is to develop a workflow where information from the original document created by the author can be reused to extract metadata for various purposes. Submission of item & creation of metadata There are two ways to submit an item and store the metadata in the system. 1. using a template (MS Word, Open Office, Star Office, LaTeX) 2. updating through the DiVA update. In both cases metadata are converted to XML in the DiVA XML:schema format and stored in the system. Dissemination Metadata can be generated from DiVA XML-Schema in many different formats: currently in Dublin Core(HTML-text and XML-RDF), TEI-Header, Endnote and Reference Manager, and MARC 21. All records are also exposed in unqualified Dublin Core to support harvesting by OAI-PMH service providers. Library systems A workflow has been created wherein the database record , originally created by the author, forms the basis for the bibliographical description of that record in the Swedish National Library system as well as the local system at Uppsala University Library. The record is harvested in MARC-XML format by the Royal Library in Stockholm and converted to MARC 21 "tape format" for import into the national library system and, after adding local information such as holdings, exported to the local system. Records can also be downloaded directly from the DiVA web site in MARC 21 "tape format" (ISO 2709), as well as MARC-XML format, for use in local library systems. Metadata for Uniform Resource Name National Bibliographic Number (URN:NBN) & Long-term Preservation Each item in the archive is assigned a unique, persistent National Bibliographic Number and Uniform Resource Name. After the URN:NBN is assigned, a record is created for harvesting by a resolver service. In addition to the delivery of metadata to the National Library, full-text files (currently PDF format with a DiVA XML-Schema file containing all archiving metadata) will also be delivered to support long-term preservation. A checksum will be computed independently for each document in both the Royal Library and DiVA archives.Proceedings of the Sixth International Symposium on Electronic Theses and Dissertations, ETD2003, 20.05.2003 - 24.05.2003, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, pp 53-5
Musikstädte as real and imaginary soundscapes: urban musical images as literary motifs in twentieth-century German modernism
No full textPhDThis study examines German literary images of musical life as part of the wider sound identity of the modern German city at the turn of the twentieth century. Focussing on a forty-year period from 1890 to 1930, synonymous with the emergence of the modern German metropolis as an aesthetic object, the project assesses, compares and contrasts how musical life in the Musikstädte was perceived and portrayed by writers in an increasingly noisy urban environment. How does urban musical life influence and condition city writings? What are the differences and similarities between the writings on various musical cities? Can an urban textual sound identity be derived from these differences and similarities? The approach employed to answer these questions is a new, cross-disciplinary one to urban sound in literature, moving beyond reading the key sounds of the urban soundscape using urban musicology, sensorial anthropology and cultural poetics towards a literary contextualisation of the urban aural experience.
The literary motifs of the symphony, the gramophone and urban noise are put under the spotlight through the analysis of a wide range of modernist works by authors who have a special relationship with music. At the centre of this analysis are the Kaffeehausliteratur authors Hermann Bahr, Alfred Polgar and Peter Altenberg, the then Munich-based author Thomas Mann and the lesser known René Schickele. The analysis of these particular works is framed in the music-geographical context of the Musikstadt and literary underpinnings of this topos, ranging from Ingeborg Bachmann to Hans Mayer and, once again, Thomas Mann. In analysing these texts, the methodological approach devised by Strohm, who identifies the blending of a range of urban sounds as a definition of urban space and identity, is applied. His ideas combine historical literary
analysis, musical history and urban sociology. They are rarely used in the analysis of the auditory environment.Arts and Humanities Research Council
Westfield TrustWestfield Trust Studentship
Arts and Humanities Reseach Council (AHRC
Other endings of Mark as responses to Mark : an ideological-critical investigation into the longer and the shorter ending of Mark's Gospel
No full textThe Longer Ending and the Shorter Ending of Mark's Gospel are the ancient Markan readers' responses to Mark's Gospel. This leads us to the question of how the authors of these endings read their Mark's Gospel. These endings reflect the ideologies of their authors. The ideologies are related to the interests of the author or the authorial community (ideological primary group), and are embedded within the text. The Longer and the Shorter Ending were produced within a social context where the matter of apostolic authoritative leadership was a sensitive issue. A potential conflict is found in many contemporary texts from the NT and the extra- canonical texts, especially with regard to the apostolic authority of Mary Magdalene and Peter. Their struggles for apostolic authority are often found in the post-Easter narrative context. The assumed ideological primary community of the Longer Ending is Pro- Magdalene. It acknowledged Mary Magdalene as its authoritative leader who enjoyed apostolic authority especially over Peter. This community was interested in mission, and re-authenticated the mission of the Eleven. The LE provides a certain guideline for the qualification of leadership in the LE's community, which is the visual experience of the resurrected Jesus. The assumed ideological primary community of the Shorter Ending is Pro- Petrine. It was in favour of Peter, and suggested him as holding authoritative apostolic authority. This community wanted to clarify the resurrection of Jesus, and emended the empty tomb narrative of Mark's Gospel. It was also interested in mission, and the authority of disciples, especially that of Peter, in their performing mission tasks is highlighted in the Shorter Ending
"Coordinating Regional Policy in the EU"
No full text[From the Introduction]. EU regional policy is an instrument to promote development in economically weaker areas of Europe as well as to facilitate integration and ensure the success of the single market (European Commission, 2003). The territorial nature of EU regional policy demands complex coordination among various levels of government as well as across several policy sectors. Coordination, however, is often unsuccessful. Vertical coordination, inherently necessary for regional policy, is often precluded due to power struggles among supranational, national and regional governments. Likewise, conflicting policy goals and competing interests across policy sectors curtails the achievement of cross-sectoral coordination. Challenges to cross-sectoral coordination often arise since regional policy, based upon redistribution and Keynesian economics, has found itself at odds with underlying principles of the EU, namely neo-liberalism and free market competition
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