bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Effect of short-term water deficit stress on antioxidative systems in cucumber seedling roots
Authors: Fan Huai-Fu , Ding Ling , Du Chang-Xia , Wu Xue
Published: May 2014

Background

Cucumber is one of the most popular vegetables, and have little tolerance for water stress. The antioxidant defense system is one of major drought defense and adaptive mechanisms in plants, however, relatively few data are available regarding antioxidant systems in responses of cucumber to water deficit. The effect of short-term drought stress on the antioxidant system, lipid peroxidation and water content in cucumber seedlings roots was investigated.

Results

The results showed that polyethylene glycol (PEG) induced water stress markedly decreased water content of cucumber seedling roots after treatment of 36 h, and caused excessive generation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) including superoxide (O2
.−), hydrogen peroxide (H2O2). Meanwhile, malondialdehyde (MDA) content increased. Antioxidant enzymes including superoxide dismutases (SOD), peroxidases (POD), catalase (CAT) and ascorbate peroxidase (APX) activities increased in different time and different extent under water stress, while ascorbate (AsA) and glutathione (GSH) content, glutathione reductase (GR), dehydroascorbate reductase (DHAR) and monodehydroascorbate reductase (MDHAR) activities all decreased when compared to control.

Conclusions

Therefore, it can be concluded that water stress strongly disrupted the normal metabolism of roots and restrained water absorption, and seemingly enzymatic system played more important roles in protecting cucumber seedling roots against oxidative damage than non-enzymatic system in short-term water deficit stress.
Marchenko imaging
Authors: Wapenaar Kees , Thorbecke Jan , van der Neut Joost , Broggini Filippo , Slob Evert , Snieder Roel
Published: May 2014

Traditionally, the Marchenko equation forms a basis for 1D inverse scattering problems. A 3D extension of the Marchenko equation enables the retrieval of the Green’s response to a virtual source in the subsurface from reflection measurements at the earth’s surface. This constitutes an important step beyond seismic interferometry. Whereas seismic interferometry requires a receiver at the position of the virtual source, for the Marchenko scheme it suffices to have sources and receivers at the surface only. The underlying assumptions are that the medium is lossless and that an estimate of the direct arrivals of the Green’s function is available. The Green’s function retrieved with the 3D Marchenko scheme contains accurate internal multiples of the inhomogeneous subsurface. Using source-receiver reciprocity, the retrieved Green’s function can be interpreted as the response to sources at the surface, observed by a virtual receiver in the subsurface. By decomposing the 3D Marchenko equation, the response at the virtual receiver can be decomposed into a downgoing field and an upgoing field. By deconvolving the retrieved upgoing field with the downgoing field, a reflection response is obtained, with virtual sources and virtual receivers in the subsurface. This redatumed reflection response is free of spurious events related to internal multiples in the overburden. The redatumed reflection response forms the basis for obtaining an image of a target zone. An important feature is that spurious reflections in the target zone are suppressed, without the need to resolve first the reflection properties of the overburden.
Data-driven wavefield focusing and imaging with multidimensional deconvolution: Numerical examples for reflection data with internal multiples
Authors: Broggini Filippo , Snieder Roel , Wapenaar Kees
Published: May 2014

Standard imaging techniques rely on the single scattering assumption. This requires that the recorded data do not include internal multiples, i.e., waves that have bounced multiple times between reflectors before reaching the receivers at the acquisition surface. When multiple reflections are present in the data, standard imaging algorithms incorrectly image them as ghost reflectors. These artifacts can mislead interpreters in locating potential hydrocarbon reservoirs. Recently, we introduced a new approach for retrieving the Green’s function recorded at the acquisition surface due to a virtual source located at depth. We refer to this approach as data-driven wavefield focusing. Additionally, after applying source-receiver reciprocity, this approach allowed us to decompose the Green’s function at a virtual receiver at depth in its downgoing and upgoing components. These wavefields were then used to create a ghost-free image of the medium with either crosscorrelation or multidimensional deconvolution, presenting an advantage over standard prestack migration. We tested the robustness of our approach when an erroneous background velocity model is used to estimate the first-arriving waves, which are a required input for the data-driven wavefield focusing process. We tested the new method with a numerical example based on a modification of the Amoco model.
Multiscale adjoint waveform-difference tomography using wavelets
Authors: Yuan Yanhua O. , Simons Frederik J.
Published: May 2014

Full-waveform seismic inversions based on minimizing the distance between observed and predicted seismograms are, in principle, able to yield better-resolved earth models than those minimizing misfits derived from traveltimes alone. Adjoint-based methods provide an efficient way of calculating the gradient of the misfit function via a sequence of forward-modeling steps, which, using spectral-element codes, can be carried out in realistically complex media. Convergence and stability of full-waveform-difference adjoint schemes are greatly improved when data and synthetics are progressively presented to the algorithms in a constructive multiscale approximation using a (bi)orthogonal wavelet transform. Wavelets provide the nonredundant spectral decomposition that paves the way for the inversion to proceed successively from long-wavelength fitting to detailed exploration of the phases in the seismogram. The choice of wavelet class and type, the initial depth of the multiscale decomposition, and the minimization algorithms used at every level continue to play crucial roles in our procedure, but adequate choices can be made that test successfully on 2C elastic seismograms generated in toy models, as well as in the industry-standard 2D Marmousi model. Although for simplicity our inversion ignored surface waves by prior tapering and filtered removal, those also appeared to be very well matched in the final model.
Using image warping for time-lapse image domain wavefield tomography
Authors: Yang Di , Malcolm Alison , Fehler Michael
Published: May 2014

Time-lapse seismic data are widely used for monitoring subsurface changes. A quantitative assessment of how reservoir properties have changed allows for better interpretation of fluid substitution and fluid migration during processes such as oil and gas production and carbon sequestration. Full-waveform inversion (FWI) has been proposed as a way to retrieve quantitative estimates of subsurface properties through seismic waveform fitting. However, for some monitoring systems, the offset range versus depth of interest is not large enough to provide information about the low-wavenumber component of the velocity model. We evaluated an image domain wavefield tomography (IDWT) method using the local warping between baseline and monitor images as the cost function. This cost function is sensitive to volumetric velocity anomalies, and it is capable of handling large velocity changes with very limited acquisition apertures, where traditional FWI fails. We described the theory and workflow of our method. Layered model examples were used to investigate the performance of the algorithm and its robustness to velocity errors and acquisition geometry perturbations. The Marmousi model was used to simulate a realistic situation in which IDWT successfully recovers time-lapse velocity changes.
Parent–child interaction and oxytocin production in pre-schoolers with autism spectrum disorder
Authors: Feldman Ruth , Golan Ofer , Hirschler-Guttenberg Yael , Ostfeld-Etzion Sharon , Zagoory-Sharon Orna
Published: May 2014

Background

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is associated with genetic risk on the oxytocin system, suggesting oxytocin involvement in ASD; yet oxytocin functioning in young children with ASD is unknown.

Aims

To assess baseline oxytocin in pre-schoolers with ASD and test whether oxytocin production may be enhanced by parent–child contact.

Method

Forty pre-schoolers with high-functioning ASD were matched with 40 typically developing controls. Two home visits included an identical 45-minute social battery once with the mother and once with the father. Four saliva oxytocin samples were collected from each parent and the child during each visit.

Results

Children with ASD had lower baseline oxytocin. Following 20 min of parent–child interactions, oxytocin normalised and remained high during social contact. Fifteen minutes after contact, oxytocin fell to baseline. Oxytocin correlated with parent–child social synchrony in both groups.

Conclusions

Oxytocin dysfunction in ASD is observed in early childhood. The quick improvement in oxytocin production following parent–child contact underscores the malleability of the system and charts future directions for attachment-based behavioural and pharmacological interventions.
DNMT3L promotes quiescence in postnatal spermatogonial progenitor cells
Authors: Liao Hung-Fu , Chen Wendy S. C. , Chen Yu-Hsiang , Kao Tzu-Hao , Tseng Yen-Tzu , Lee Chien-Yueh , Chiu Yu-Chiao , Lee Pei-Lung , Lin Qian-Jia , Ching Yung-Hao , Hata Kenichiro , Cheng Winston T. K. , Tsai Mong-Hsun , Sasaki Hiroyuki , Ho Hong-Nerng , Wu Shinn-Chih , Huang Yen-Hua , Yen Pauline , Lin Shau-Ping
Published: May 2014

The ability of adult stem cells to reside in a quiescent state is crucial for preventing premature exhaustion of the stem cell pool. However, the intrinsic epigenetic factors that regulate spermatogonial stem cell quiescence are largely unknown. Here, we investigate in mice how DNA methyltransferase 3-like (DNMT3L), an epigenetic regulator important for interpreting chromatin context and facilitating de novo DNA methylation, sustains the long-term male germ cell pool. We demonstrated that stem cell-enriched THY1+ spermatogonial stem/progenitor cells (SPCs) constituted a DNMT3L-expressing population in postnatal testes. DNMT3L influenced the stability of promyelocytic leukemia zinc finger (PLZF), potentially by downregulating Cdk2/CDK2 expression, which sequestered CDK2-mediated PLZF degradation. Reduced PLZF in Dnmt3l KO THY1+ cells released its antagonist, Sal-like protein 4A (SALL4A), which is associated with overactivated ERK and AKT signaling cascades. Furthermore, DNMT3L was required to suppress the cell proliferation-promoting factor SALL4B in THY1+ SPCs and to prevent premature stem cell exhaustion. Our results indicate that DNMT3L is required to delicately balance the cycling and quiescence of SPCs. These findings reveal a novel role for DNMT3L in modulating postnatal SPC cell fate decisions.
MetaImprint: an information repository of mammalian imprinted genes
Authors: Wei Yanjun , Su Jianzhong , Liu Hongbo , Lv Jie , Wang Fang , Yan Haidan , Wen Yanhua , Liu Hui , Wu Qiong , Zhang Yan
Published: May 2014

Genomic imprinting is a complex genetic and epigenetic phenomenon that plays important roles in mammalian development and diseases. Mammalian imprinted genes have been identified widely by experimental strategies or predicted using computational methods. Systematic information for these genes would be necessary for the identification of novel imprinted genes and the analysis of their regulatory mechanisms and functions. Here, a well-designed information repository, MetaImprint (http://bioinfo.hrbmu.edu.cn/MetaImprint), is presented, which focuses on the collection of information concerning mammalian imprinted genes. The current version of MetaImprint incorporates 539 imprinted genes, including 255 experimentally confirmed genes, and their detailed research courses from eight mammalian species. MetaImprint also hosts genome-wide genetic and epigenetic information of imprinted genes, including imprinting control regions, single nucleotide polymorphisms, non-coding RNAs, DNA methylation and histone modifications. Information related to human diseases and functional annotation was also integrated into MetaImprint. To facilitate data extraction, MetaImprint supports multiple search options, such as by gene ID and disease name. Moreover, a configurable Imprinted Gene Browser was developed to visualize the information on imprinted genes in a genomic context. In addition, an Epigenetic Changes Analysis Tool is provided for online analysis of DNA methylation and histone modification differences of imprinted genes among multiple tissues and cell types. MetaImprint provides a comprehensive information repository of imprinted genes, allowing researchers to investigate systematically the genetic and epigenetic regulatory mechanisms of imprinted genes and their functions in development and diseases.
Molby: Graphical Molecular Modeling Software with Integrated Ruby Interpreter
Authors: Nagata Toshi
Published: May 2014

Molby is graphical molecular modeling software that runs on Windows and Macintosh computers. It has useful features for coordination compounds such as built-in support for universal force field and metal–π bonds. Molby has an embedded Ruby interpreter that can be used for interactive numeric processing and extending the program.
H2 Sensing Mechanism of Pd-Loaded WO3 Nanoparticle Gas Sensors
Authors: Hua Zhongqiu , Yuasa Masayoshi , Kida Tetsuya , Yamazoe Noboru , Shimanoe Kengo
Published: May 2014

Neat and Pd-loaded WO3 sensors were fabricated from lamellar-structured nanoparticles. The sensing mechanism of hydrogen was investigated. Oxygen adsorption properties were studied through the resistive responses and TPD measurements. It was observed that oxygen adsorption was significantly enhanced by Pd loading from the viewpoint of p–n junction for PdO–WO3. In the presence of H2, the resistive response to oxygen for Pd-loaded WO3 was obviously different from that of neat WO3, which demonstrated a relatively weak response to oxygen. It was concluded that Pd loading not only promoted the sensor response but also made the sensing mechanism different from that of neat WO3. It was proposed that with Pd loading, the surface lattice oxygen near Pd sites was involved for the sensing process of H2.
The SBP2 protein central to selenoprotein synthesis contacts the human ribosome at expansion segment 7L of the 28S rRNA
Authors: Kossinova Olga , Malygin Alexey , Krol Alain , Karpova Galina
Published: May 2014

SBP2 is a pivotal protein component in selenoprotein synthesis. It binds the SECIS stem–loop in the 3′ UTR of selenoprotein mRNA and interacts with both the specialized translation elongation factor and the ribosome at the 60S subunit. In this work, our goal was to identify the binding partners of SBP2 on the ribosome. Cross-linking experiments with bifunctional reagents demonstrated that the SBP2-binding site on the human ribosome is mainly formed by the 28S rRNA. Direct hydroxyl radical probing of the entire 28S rRNA revealed that SBP2 bound to 80S ribosomes or 60S subunits protects helix ES7L-E in expansion segment 7 of the 28S rRNA. Diepoxybutane cross-linking confirmed the interaction of SBP2 with helix ES7L-E. Additionally, binding of SBP2 to the ribosome led to increased reactivity toward chemical probes of a few bases in ES7L-E and in the universally conserved helix H89, indicative of conformational changes in the 28S rRNA in response to SBP2 binding. This study revealed for the first time that SBP2 makes direct contacts with a discrete region of the human 28S rRNA.
Fainting (Vasovagal Syncope): Case Reports
Authors: Hardwick L
Published: May 2014

The paper presents four examples of patients fainting. Although we all undergo yearly CPD updates, until you experience a medical emergency, you can never truly be ready for one.
Antibiotic Prescribing in General Dental Practice
Authors: Palmer N O A
Published: May 2014

The purpose of this paper is to review the principles of antibiotic prescribing in light of the increasing worldwide problem of antibiotic resistance and the evidence of inappropriate use of antibiotics in dentistry. Guidance based on a review of the scientific evidence and recommended good practice for prescribing antibiotics in dental practice will be given.
Class, clothes, and co-creativity
Authors: Partington Angela
Published: May 2014

This article discusses the proliferation of class distinctions through the consumption of fashion, using the concept of co-creativity to further our understanding of the role of consumers in the production of newness and difference. Drawing on recent theories of identity and creativity, it is a contribution to the development of research methodologies adequate to the task of understanding fashion, by focusing on cross-media practices through which clothes/objects become meaningful, rather studying clothes within the confines of an object-based discipline (such as Dress History). It emphasizes creative production as the outcome of historically specific relationships between practitioners, objects/images, and consumers. The broader context for this discussion relates to current issues and debates around the creative economy’s need for a fusion of knowledge and skills from graduates who are comfortable working across the boundaries of established disciplines such as design and marketing.
Sporting hats and national symbolism: The Kangol beret and the London Olympic Games of 1948
Authors: Biddle-Perry Geraldine
Published: May 2014

This article explores the British Olympic Association’s adoption of the Kangol beret for both male and female athletes at the London Games of 1948. The Games represented a critical juncture in both Olympic and British political history. The article outlines the fashion historical development of the ‘Anglo-Basque’ beret as a context for examining how the beret came to function as the symbolic embodiment of shifting concepts of British sporting nationalism within the Olympic arena. In World War II the beret became synonymous with Lord Montgomery of Alamein (Monty), and by extension the fighting spirit of the British nation. The article questions to what extent the choice of the ‘Monty’ beret in London in 1948 can be seen as both a response to the Berlin Olympics in 1936 and the wider contemporary context of a nation at the crossroads between austerity and affluence, and new demands for wider democratic freedom and welfare reform.
Exhibition Review
Authors: Hill Wes
Published: May 2014

Denise Rall, ‘Darker Shades of Royal’, PopCAANZ Conference, Brisbane, July 2013
Missiles, eroticism and fetishes
Authors: Lönnqvist Bo
Published: May 2014

This article addresses ideas about the origins of clothing in practice today. Clothing that conceals as protection, conceals mentally against shame and clothing that can be viewed as an aesthetic object. It examines the power of sexuality and erotic sexuality that has found a new means of expression and influence through men’s underwear. It explores language as an instrument for the exercise of power and the idea of protection and beauty as exemplified by men’s underwear in advertising.
Performances Reviews
Authors: Jansen Maren , Cecil Anne
Published: May 2014

Mythical Islands

Green Day’s American Idiot, Merriam Theater, Philadelphia, PA, 12 February 2013
Exhibition Review
Authors: Zagorska-Thomas Natalia
Published: May 2014

‘Fabric of Fieldwork’, Brunei Gallery, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, 13 April–23 June 2012
Book Reviews
Authors: Martin Kathi , Cecil Anne , Golembuski Cynthia
Published: May 2014

Shanghai Street Style, Toni Johnson-Woods and Vicki Karaminas with Photography by Fung Chan (2013) Bristol: Intellect, 168 pp., ISBN: 9781841505381, Paperback, £15.95, $25

Shanghai Street Style, Toni Johnson-Woods and Vicki Karaminas with Photography by Fung Chan (2013) Bristol: Intellect, 168 pp., ISBN: 9781841505381, Paperback, £15.95, $25

Why Would Anyone Wear That? Fascinating Fashion Facts, Celia E. Stall-Meadows with Illustrations by Leslie Stall Widener (2013) Bristol: Intellect Ltd., 83 pp., ISBN 9781841507279, Paperback, £9.95, $18, €12
‘Oh, honey! It’s not so much the style, it’s what carrying it means’: Hermès bags and the transformative process
Authors: Boyd Annita
Published: May 2014

This article investigates the characteristics that define the suitability of certain characters in a number of film and television programmes to be consumers of Hermès prestige handbags. First, it examines the status of a Birkin or Kelly bag and how it is perceived to have transformative powers within the narrative, its impact upon its carrier’s own sense of identity and how it is read by others. Apart from signalling itself as an index of luxury, the bag may also trigger connotations of a suspicious sexual nature if carried by characters that do not have the means to purchase it, and by virtue of its inherent ability to conceal. Characters require a sophisticated knowledge and class in order to bear successfully the kind of distinction that Hermès represents. Second, it addresses the viewers of these programmes as highly informed and discerning consumers of images of Hermès bags. The ability to identify specific sizes, leathers and speculate upon the authenticity of the bag is remarkable, and can be considered as a particular kind of specialized and exclusive knowledge. These readings invite us to consider this accessory as something that exceeds its function as mere costuming or prop within the mise-en-scène, as the bag seems to have agency and at times overshadows the centrality of characters.
Dress and disaster: Fashioning creative responses to disaster
Authors: Rangel Valerie
Published: May 2014

In the aftermath of a disaster, much attention is given to the reconstruction efforts of architects, urban planners and non-profit agencies. However, very little is known about the role of the fashion industry and its contribution to disaster response and recovery efforts. To what extent do disasters prompt the fashion industry to address the needs of disaster victims? Does it compel them to reassess the creative potential of fashion? If so, what is the extent of their involvement and impact? In addressing the role of fashion in disaster, this article has three goals – the first, to understand the nature and effectiveness of creative responses to disaster; the second, to analyse consumer perception and attitudes towards disaster-related initiatives undertaken by the fashion industry; and finally, to discuss ways in which the fashion industry might aspire to contribute to the impacts of disaster in ways that are more meaningful and socially responsible.
Selling whose dream? A taxonomy of aspiration in fashion imagery
Authors: Barry Ben
Published: May 2014

Scholars and practitioners assume that women aspire to fashion photographs of idealized models. It is unknown, however, what makes a fashion image aspirational because previous researchers have not explored the various dimensions that evoke this concept. In this article, I share the development of a taxonomy that explains the evaluative criteria and image elements that elicit aspiration in fashion photographs based on data gathered in focus groups with 100 women. Findings reveal that women aspire to a fashion image according to their evaluations that it is honest, empowering and socially responsible. The models, creative direction and visual cues in the image trigger these three aspirational criteria. My research contributes the first taxonomy of aspiration in fashion photographs and to the enhancement of knowledge about consumer engagement with images. Industry professionals are encouraged to incorporate promotional photographs into their corporate social responsibility agenda and produce imagery that represents women’s diverse beauty and character alongside glamour and artistry.
Antecedents of consumer misbehaviour on Black Friday: A social responsibility view
Authors: Lennon Sharron J. , Lee Jaeha , Kim Minjeong , Johnson Kim K. P.
Published: May 2014

Consumer misbehaviour is non-normative behaviour in consumption situations and is a form of socially irresponsible behaviour motivated by self interest. Consumer misbehaviours have been widely reported on Black Friday (BF), the day after Thanksgiving in the US when retailers offer ‘doorbuster’ deals. Based on the exchange paradigm and the General Aggression Model (GAM), five hypotheses were developed and tested with structural equation modelling using data from BF shoppers (N=260). Results found that the presence of unpleasant fellow customers positively influenced perceptions of inequity, while crowding negatively influenced perceptions of inequity. Perceptions of crowding negatively affected consumer misbehaviour on BF, while the presence of unpleasant customers inflated consumer misbehaviour on BF. A positive relationship was found for perceptions of inequity on BF consumer misbehaviour. Both presence of unpleasant fellow customers and perceived crowding had significant indirect effects on BF consumer misbehaviour via perceptions of inequity. We show how BF misbehaviour is socially irresponsible and use a social responsibility framework to interpret results and suggest solutions that fairly balance the needs of all stakeholders.
The branding of sustainable fashion
Authors: Weiss Catharine , Trevenen Anne , White Tracy
Published: May 2014

The major focus of this article is to highlight the consumer’s understanding of sustainable practices in the context of fashion branding and how it relates to purchasing behaviour. My colleagues and I questioned 151 consumers through snowball surveys transmitted via social media to measure consumer receptiveness to sustainability as a marketing issue. As a result, we suggest there is potential value for both wholesale and retail companies to create sustainability standards and branding methods in order to highlight this important message; such efforts could include an industry-wide logo, trademark or rating system. While there are currently a multitude of sustainable business practices being employed, including corporate indexes, certification programmes, core value inclusion and advertising, these have not achieved a high level of visibility with the end consumer. Companies are spending millions on sustainable practices but are failing to communicate the message through industry-wide standards reflected in a simple product mark. Through this study we argue that a concerted educational campaign is needed to promote mainstream consumer awareness and adoption of sustainability standards. In addition, for the United States market, federal involvement may be necessary to help create acceptable benchmarks. The irony is that multiple studies have been done – some of which we later examine – showing that consumers may be ready to embrace branded sustainable products in the world of fashion. One question remains: are they willing to pay an additional price for something that can benefit the planet? Does the consumers’ conscience stop at their wallet? We posed these questions accordingly. The results of our study show that consumers do value products made using sustainable practices. Moreover, when asked if it made a big difference in their purchasing decisions, the answer was yes, as long as the price did not increase significantly. The conundrum was that many respondents we surveyed just did not seem to fully understand the meaning of sustainability. For that matter, there is also a great deal of confusion about the meaning of sustainability across the fashion industry: it is a complicated subject.

As a result, we recommend a threefold action plan for the fashion industry:

1. Convey and educate in an easy, transparent way what sustainability means for the consumer, clarifying the myriad of mixed meanings within the industry.

2. Consolidate and streamline industry standards and create federal benchmarks for measuring the sustainability of fashion manufacturing processes. This will prevent companies from ‘green-washing’ their products through trumped-up advertising.

3. Establish and publicize a standard sustainability logo, trademark or ranking system to provide consistent product labelling and allow consumers to choose sustainably manufactured products.
Folk author: Collaborations between folk artist and publisher, a Tara Books case study
Authors: Ramanathan Rathna
Published: May 2014

This article refers to a specific case study, i.e. collaborations between folk artists and an independent publisher in India – Tara Books – with the purpose of creating book narratives. Central to this article is the concept of the folk artist as author and illustrator as well as that of the publishing process as a community effort. The article begins by reflecting on popular definitions of folk art with the aim of providing an understanding of ‘the function of folk’ in the Indian context. Using examples of two titles – The London Jungle Book (2004) and Following my Paintbrush (2010) – on which this author has worked in the role of book designer, the article examines and illustrates with visual examples the roles and nature of collaboration between folk artist, publisher and book designer. It looks at the development of a folk-art book from concept origin through to completion. The article explores the challenges of working with folk art within the constraints of a commercial book market and queries what place folk art conventions have in the context of communication design.
Josei drama and Japanese television’s ‘new woman’
Authors: Darlington Tania
Published: May 2014

Recent advances in Japanese legislation purport to make the workplace more welcoming for career women. However, while women’s roles have progressed significantly since the implementation of the Equal Employment Opportunity Law (EEOL), recent televisual representations of single
working women in Japan demonstrate that the issue of women’s roles in the workplace remains highly contentious. The conflicting messages in these programmes may, in fact, have a regressive effect on the reception of women in the Japanese workplace.
A creature not quite of this World: Adaptations of Margaret Thatcher on 1980s British televisiona
Authors: Harmes Marcus K.
Published: May 2014

Because the image conveyed by Margaret Thatcher was a construct and therefore artificial, what she looked and sounded like easily transferred from reality into heightened layers of parody and satire. But the way Thatcher appeared on a number of 1980s television texts is striking in
terms of how her leadership and persona were read within gendered terms. Thatcher herself consistently downplayed the importance of gender or her own femininity. For her, politics functioned on the basis of convictions, principles and economic theories and far from thinking of herself in gendered
terms, Thatcher sought to locate her leadership within gender-neutral realms. There is ultimately little to distinguish the actual Thatcher from the parodic Thatcher; this is inevitable for a leader whose image was so artificial. But where there is a major divergence between reality and the
adaptation of reality is on the question of gender. Parodies of Thatcher on 1980s British television consistently returned Thatcher to gendered realms of conduct, showing her as nanny, ice maiden, warrior queen and often as a type conceptualized by film theorists as the ‘monstrous feminine’.
This article explores parodies of Thatcher, showing ways in which, in contrast to Thatcher’s own insistence on gender neutrality, comedic and parodic works that were supposedly avant-garde or alternative in fact resorted to highly traditional gender types as the only way to make sense
of Margaret Thatcher.
Did television empower women? The introduction of television and the changing status of women in the 1950s
Authors: Howard-Williams Rowan , Katz Elihu
Published: May 2014

This article examines the possibility that the introduction of television may have played a role in women’s empowerment. Focusing primarily on the historical context of the post-war United States, this article takes as its starting point the temporal coincidence of the very rapid
uptake of television in the late 1940s and 1950s, followed in the 1960s by the women’s liberation movement and the increasing social status for women. It draws from a wide range of literature, focusing on three broad areas: the technological features of television, in particular its
equalizing mode of address; the domestic and social context to which it was introduced; and the subversive and counter-hegemonic content that was available on early television.
The transatlantic romance of television studies and the ‘tradition of quality’ in Italian TV drama
Authors: Buonanno Milly
Published: May 2014

The starting point of the critical discourse developed in the article is the current celebration of (a certain kind of) American series, which having gained huge cultural and aesthetic cachet due to a set of generic features, have turned into the epitome of ‘quality TV’ and monopolize scholarly attention and investigation. In this connection, I make the claim that television studies are at risk of validating processes of unilateral canonization which end up overshadowing the range of different conceptions and traditions of quality that exist in different televisual cultures. The Italian case is emblematic of the role assumed by American television in supplying the touchstone against which the value of domestic TV drama is tested, appraised and placed in the cultural hierarchy of contemporary media art forms. The enthusiastic embrace of US quality TV within academic and intellectual circles has in fact entailed disregard and rejection of the peculiar ‘tradition of quality’ that Italian TV drama has built over the years on the grounds of a public service ethos.
Misuse of The Monument: The art of parkour and the discursive limits of a disciplinary architecture
Authors: Lamb Matthew D.
Published: May 2014

This article explores the emancipatory potential of misuse. Through the practice of parkour, I investigate misuse as a form of empowerment within entanglements of power demarcating acceptable uses of city space. I critically examine my experience practising parkour on Monument Circle in Indianapolis, Indiana. The research questions include, first, how can we define the misuse of space? What can the misuse of Monument Circle teach us about how architecture communicates the interests of power? Can parkour be a practice of empowerment that challenges spatial expectations of use? Foucault’s discussion of disciplinary power theoretically frames the understanding of discourse, power and the use of misuse. Lefebvre’s theorizations on the production of space ground an understanding of the body in and around architecture. Offered here is an analysis of parkour’s misuse of architecture and its challenge of disciplinary power codified and maintained in the built environment.
Re-enchanting the city: Hybrid space, affect and playful performance in geocaching, a location-based mobile game
Authors: Klausen Maja
Published: May 2014

This article presents an empirical analysis of the location-based mobile game (LBMG) geocaching – a worldwide scavenger hunt enabled by Web 2.0 and global positioning system (GPS) technology. The analysis is informed by a non-representational approach through which the urban space where the game is played and the use and performance of information and communication technologies (ICTs) are grasped as mutually constitutive processes. This approach sheds new light on the phenomenon of geocaching as it prioritizes the embodied performances through which the player relates the hybrid game space with the contingency and affective potential of urban space. This relation is partly constituted through the notion of a ‘player gaze’, through which the player appropriates his/her surroundings. The analysis also demonstrates how the game expands the edges of the ‘magic circle’ of play, thereby merging the ‘serious’ spaces of everyday life with the playfulness related to the game. Previous studies on geocaching have mainly focused on the sharing of places and ‘local knowledge’ within the game, and thus paying little, if any, attention to the role of the player and the ways in which he/she enhances the playability of the game through playful improvisations invoked by affective encounters with non-players. The article suggests that these embodied performances intertwine with the urban fabric and technological affordances, thereby sparking a potential ‘re-enchantment’ of the urban space. The analysis draws on a qualitative fieldwork conducted from 2011 to 2012 amongst practitioners of geocaching in Copenhagen, Denmark.
FROM TREE TO RHIZOME. FROM PERFORMANCE TO ARTWORK: ON ANTTI LAITINEN’S TREE
Authors: Hammer Sara
Published: May 2014

As Antti Laitinen cuts down, chops up and assembles his tree, he is not only deconstructing and reconstructing it, but also literally following Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari’s request to stop believing in trees, roots and radicles. Laitinen breaks up the structure of
the tree, but as he does not add or subtract anything apart from nails, it still remains a tree. A tree as an artwork. A deconstruction/reconstruction process as a performance. Parallel to an urge to adapt seamlessly to nature, Laitinen approaches nature with respect and care, hence adapting
it to his own wishes and needsAntti Laitinen, ki drevo podre, razseka in sestavi, ga ne zgolj dekonstruira in rekonstruira, temveč tudi dobesedno sledi zahtevi Gillesa Deleuza in Félixa Guattarija, da prenehamo verjeti v drevesa, korenine in stranske korenine. Laitinen strukturo
drevesa razstavi na dele, ker pa ne doda ali odvzame ničesar razen žebljev, drevo še vedno ostane drevo. Drevo kot umetniško delo. Proces dekonstrukcije/rekonstrukcije kot predstava. Vzporedno z nagonom, da bi se brezšivno uskladil z naravo, Laitinen k naravi
pristopa s spoštovanjem in skrbjo ter jo tako prilagodi lastnim željam in potrebam – kot človek to pocne že od nekdaj.
HISTeRIA FESTIVAL FAR FROM THE HYSTERIA OF THE URBAN WORLD
Authors: Dobovšek Zala
Published: May 2014

The HISTeRIA Festival, launched and organised by Matija Solce, is an event of wider importance, as it brings together in one spot different art disciplines (music, theatre, puppetry, dance, workshops). The festival intertwines nature and art in a very singular way and attempts to present
them as equivalent, inseparable and co-dependent life elements. The contribution discusses the festival from two different aspects: on the one hand, the reflection supports the artistic view on the event; on the other, the festival is described through the aesthetic evaluation of nature and
its inherent creative potentials and archetypal-anthropological componentsFestival HISTeRIA, ki deluje pod idejnim vodstvom Matije Solceta, je dogodek širšega pomena, saj na enem mestu združuje različne umetniške panoge (glasba, gledališče,
lutke, ples, delavnice), hkrati pa na sebi lasten nacin medsebojno prepleta naravo in umetnost ter ju poskuša prikazati kot enakovreden, nelocljiv in soodvisen bivanjski element. Festival je v prispevku obravnavan z dveh različnih aspektov; njegovo refleksijo na eni strani podpira
umetniški pogled na dogodek, na drugi strani pa je festival orisan tudi skozi estetsko vrednotenje narave in njenih vsebujocih kreativnih potencialov ter arhetipsko-antropoloških komponent
Rifts and depths
Authors: Schallenberg André
Published: May 2014

Festival directors as well as artists all over Europe are facing similar challenges: in the shape of a highly economized discussion about art, how to reclaim the relevance, the autonomy and power of art itself in a way other than by the museum-like preservation of culture? On the example
of Maribor Theatre Festival 2012, I propose some ways of how to deal with this. The real challenge is not in programming a hermetic, avant-garde art festival, but in creating a heterogeneous programme with rifts and depths and bitter clashes in the large, highly subsidized institutions that
stand in a representative tradition, avoiding a homogenous aesthetic tenor.
Art versus cultural entrepreneurship
Authors: Predan Alja
Published: May 2014

This article is concerned with the changes in cultural politics in Holland and with radical cuts to public funding of art between 2010 and 2013, wherein it also describes historical reasons that led to the current acute state and, last, but not least, draws parallels to the state of
Slovenian theater production. The deterioration of culture, which began, despite the clout and wealth of the state, with the coming to power of a right-wing government, is characterized by the closing of production studios, the disbanding of renowned theater troupes, and up to 80 per cent
reductions in the activity of music groups. Let alone the threat to live art and stopping subsidies, these cuts into the flesh of Dutch culture do not even spare national or cultural heritage. As of 1 January 2013, the Dutch Theater Institute has been radically reformed. Its research, archival,
international and promotional activities have been terminated. With such a management policy, Holland is entering an era of art on the free market, a struggle for private sources of financing and funding by sponsors, along with the commercialization of art. The consequences are currently unfathomable,
but will be long-term and destructive.
Legionnaires, or the post-dramatic, political theatre, Latvian style, goes on Legionnaires - directed by Valters Silis, produced by Theatre Gertrudes ielas teatris (Latvia), Turteatern (Sweden), Kokoteatteri (Finland) - against the background of a 'punching with tenderness' political theatre wave
Authors: Stefanova Kalina
Published: May 2014

This article is an attempt at an introduction of the Latvian show Legionnaires on several levels: as an extraordinary theatre production in its own right, as part of the Baltic theatre phenomenon, and as part of the New Wave of political theatre aimed at looking inwards in search of a change in the bigger world and using love not only as a springboard but as the 'thing' imbuing its main means of expression as well - in brief, a theatre that prefers 'punching with tenderness' (according to a phrase by Alvis Hermanis). A daring claim is made that this type of theatre may, to a great extent, have Latvian roots, with Hermanis's Long Life as its first excellent sample of world-wide fame.
Theatre - power - subject: On Dragan Živadinov's Elizabethan Trilogy
Authors: Anđelković Bojan
Published: May 2014

The text offers a philosophical reflection on the cycle of five performances that form the Elizabethan Trilogy project (2008-2013) by director Dragan Živadinov. By introducing four conceptual pairs - theatre and sovereignty, words and things, the subject and the mask, and difference and repetition - it also attempts to reflect on Živadinov's entire opus and on the meaning of his theatre. At the centre of attention in the theatre of repetition, which is opposed to the theatre of representation, there is the relation between theatre, sovereignty and the subject; the author of this text tries to shed light on this relation by drawing on Antonin Artaud's concept of the theatre of cruelty and possible connections between theatre and the philosophies of Friedrich Nietzsche, Michel Foucault and Gilles Deleuze.
Walking as choreography and the city as scenography 'Walk the City' and 'The Unnoticed'
Authors: Dobovšek Zala
Published: May 2014

With their interventions, the art projects 'Walk the City' and 'The Unnoticed' penetrated the core of urban environment and selected the centre of Ljubljana as the stage for their performances. Both projects bring art into a public space, where anonymous, coincidental and 'undirected' passers-by, knowingly or not, become viewers and at times even participants within the performance. Regardless of the numerous possibilities, the two art interventions will be primarily looked at in terms of the conceptualization of space and the diverse definitions of walking, while we will lean upon the theories of Michel de Certeau. We will also look at the interventions through the perspective of the ground plan, which will lead to a new understanding and meaning.
Brouillon: Sketches of moving with others
Authors: Theodoridou Danae
Published: May 2014

The article examines the project 'Musée de la danse'/'Brouillon - An exhibition in motion' as an experiment on the innovative forms that our 'new institutions' could have according to Paolo Virno. It argues that through its 'sketches' of movement and the spatial and temporal qualities involved in them, Brouillon ('sketch' in English) constructed forms that remained constantly open and on the move, while registering a pass from the utopian togetherness of the united 'we' that 'moves together freely' of the 1960s, to today's ethics of 'doing a project with others' (Laermans). In this way the project constituted an insightful proposition of dance regarding alternative production and curation models, and the way we can meet, work and move with others today.
REVIEWS
Authors: Smith Philippa Mein , Callahan David , Wilson Geoff A. , Leśniewski Michał , Lowe John , Mückler Hermann , Smith Roy , Zdziech Ilona , Wright Andrea , Wright Andrea , Bracefield Hilary , Delrez Marc , Barrer Peter
Published: May 2014

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