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Author Robin Silbergleid reads from her memoir "Texas girl," and her soon to be published book of poetry, "The baby book" at the Michigan Writers Series
No full textAuthor Robin Silbergleid reads from her memoir "Texas girl," and her soon to be published book of poetry, "The Baby Book." Introductory remarks are provided by MSU Professor Telaina Eriksen and MSU Librarian Michael Rodriguez. Part of the MSU Libraries' Michigan Writers Series. Held at the MSU Main Library and sponsored by the MSU Department of English and the Center for Gender in Global Context
Antropología, humanismo y responsabilidades cívicas: una conversación con Thomas Hylland Eriksen.
No full textThomas Hylland Eriksen is amongst the most prolific anthropologists of our days. His
work, however, does not only address specialised audiences; he is also a leading example
of public engagement in Norway and beyond and an author who finds social value in the
popularisation of science. Juggling conventional academic work and active participation in
the public arena is a challenging task, but Eriksen’s career demonstrates that these activities
can not only be compatible, but also complementary. Through his work on the fields
of ethnicity, nationalisms and globalization Eriksen has made substantial contributions to
social theory and cross-disciplinary academic debate; out of his concern with the role of
anthropology in society and his understanding of civic responsibility in the contemporary
polity, he has also shown how anthropological knowledge can positively feed into public
debate. In this conversation we shall learn more about Eriksen’s anthropological work,
views on current issues and personal experiences as a public academic.Thomas Hylland Eriksen es uno de los antropólogos más prolíficos de nuestros días. Su
trabajo, sin embargo, no solamente se encauza hacia las audiencias especializadas: Erikson
valoriza la popularización de la ciencia y su labor ilustra la figura del intelectual público.
Equilibrar el trabajo académico con la participación activa en el ámbito público es una
tarea desafiante, pero la trayectoria de Eriksen demuestra que estas actividades pueden ser
compatibles y hasta complementarias. A través de su trabajo en el campo de las etnicidades,
los nacionalismos y la globalización, Eriksen ha contribuído de manera importante a la
teoría social y al debate académico transdisciplinario; por su preocupación con el rol de la
antropología en la sociedad y su sentido de responsabilidad cívica en la política contemporánea,
ha demostrado cómo el conocimiento antropológico puede alimentar positivamente
el debate público. En esta conversación averiguaremos más acerca del trabajo de Eriksen,
sus puntos de vista sobre asuntos de actualidad y sus experiencias como intelectual público
Antiquarians and Erudites. In the margin of the book by Anne Eriksen
No full textReferring to a book by A. Eriksen (Oslo 2007) the author discusses the development of the Norwegian historiography of the 17th–18th centuries and attempts to determine the role played by the so called “topographers”, who represented the antiquarian and/or erudite approach to historical writing
Anthropology, humanism and civic responsibilities: a conversation with Thomas Hylland Eriksen
No full textThomas Hylland Eriksen is amongst the most prolific anthropologists of our days. His
work, however, does not only address specialised audiences; he is also a leading example
of public engagement in Norway and beyond and an author who finds social value in the
popularisation of science. Juggling conventional academic work and active participation in
the public arena is a challenging task, but Eriksen’s career demonstrates that these activi-
ties can not only be compatible, but also complementary. Through his work on the fields
of ethnicity, nationalisms and globalization Eriksen has made substantial contributions to
social theory and cross-disciplinary academic debate; out of his concern with the role of
anthropology in society and his understanding of civic responsibility in the contemporary
polity, he has also shown how anthropological knowledge can positively feed into public
debate. In this conversation we shall learn more about Eriksen’s anthropological work,
views on current issues and personal experiences as a public academic
Combinatorial biosynthetic pathway engineering for microbial production of biofuels
No full textTo compete in a market dominated by fossil fuels, biofuels must be economically competitive and also offer the variety of molecules and compounds which are currently derived from fossil fuels. This thesis offers potential strategies for biofuels to be both economically competitive and diverse. Effective and economical production of biofuels comes from the optimization of the biosynthetic pathway. We investigated and developed new combinatorial strategies for the optimization of the cellobiose utilization pathway, a pathway which is important in biofuel production. One strategy focused on optimizing enzyme combinations by creating a library of homologous proteins from the pathway. A second strategy investigated engineering all of the proteins in the pathway simultaneously. The improved pathway was assessed based on specific growth rate on cellobiose, with the final mutant exhibiting a 42% increase over the wild-type pathway. Metabolite analysis of the engineered pathway presented a 54% increase in cellobiose consumption (1.68 to 2.82 g cellobiose/(L•h)) and a 74% increase in ethanol productivity (0.59 to 1.03 g ethanol/(L•h)). The second half of the thesis was focused on creating a biofuel molecule with more diverse applications than the commonly used bioethanol biofuel. A new pathway for biodiesel production was investigated, using a heterologous fatty acid synthesis pathway, which would provide a completely orthologous route for biodiesel production. In this strategy, the endogenous fatty acid flux would not be redirected from cellular metabolism. Through heterologous expression of a Type-I fatty acid synthase, the total production of fatty acid ethyl esters was increased 6.3-fold, from 1670 µg FAEE/ g CDW to 10,498 µg FAEE/ g CDW. The final work in the thesis surveyed three potential high throughput screening methods to subject the biodiesel production pathway to the optimization strategies developed earlier in the thesis.Item withdrawn by Mark Zulauf ([email protected]) on 2014-05-12T20:49:39Z
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Principles of Tobacco Control: Extinguishing The Habit
No full textPrinciples of Tobacco Control: Extinguishing the Habit, explores the history of tobacco as well as today’s issues—from the rise of novel tobacco products such as e-cigarettes to regulations surrounding tobacco’s use, marketing and other aspects of industry behavior. This digital publication also examines the harm caused by tobacco use and offers solutions for successful tobacco control. Dr. Michael Eriksen, an international expert on tobacco research and policy and Dean of the School of Public Health at Georgia State University, is the lead author of this resource, which contains interactive features, including video, graphics and links to additional articles and reports
ANTROPOLOGIENS POTENS I ALER ETTER DEN PRIMITIVES DØD
No full textThomas Hylland Eriksen: Anthropology
and the Death of the Primitive
Although anthropologists for generations
have studied complex societies, the
disciplinary shift in focus from “traditional”
to “modem” phenomena has not as yet
penetrated anthropologists’ way of teaching
and theorizing. Even if a majority of anthropologists
now study people and places that
are deeply interconnected with the rest of the
world, the paradigmatic examples of anthropological
research are still the classic ones,
from Malinowski to Evans-Pritchard and
Douglas. This is not necessarily due merely
to conservatism in the discipline, but could
also indicate that the study of what was at the
time perceived as “radical Othemess”,
localized to societies presumed to be static
and isolated, was, if empirically misleading,
then exceptionally fruitful in generating
models and ideas pertaining to society and
culture. A question discussed in the article is
thus whether current work on globalization,
networks, cultural creolization et cetera (in
which the author himself is engaged), has the
same Creative potential as the study of
“primitive” society - or whether the very
craft of anthropology depends on an image
of “radical Othemess”
Death of the author and the legacy of Fredrik Barth
No full textРец. на кн.: Thomas Hylland Eriksen and Marek Jakoubek (eds.) Ethnic Groups and Boundaries Today: A Legacy of Fifty Years. Routledge, Oxon, 2019. 219 p. ISBN: 978-1-138-61765-
Commissioning of the Outer Detector of the LUX-ZEPLIN experiment and a study of the experiment’s sensitivity to signatures arising from effective field theory operators
No full textCoexisting with wildfire: strengthening collective capacity by changing the status quo
No full textThis article is the fuller written version of the invited closing plenary given by the author at the 10th International Fire Ecology and Management Congress. The article provides a consideration of our capacity to cope, care, and coexist in a fiery world from a social and structural point of view. It focuses on privilege as the root cause of a long and troublesome history within the wildfire profession of not valuing all generational knowledge equally, not treating all cultures with the same respect, not embracing diversity and inclusion, and not affording the same status to all disciplines and voices. The article argues that we can strengthen our collective capacity to coexist with wildfire by embracing
local and indigenous fire stewardship practices, by enabling workforce diversity and inclusive leadership culture, and by providing sustainable working conditions for wildland firefighters. To do so requires individual and collective noticing of what is wrong, and everyday action steps towards equity
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