bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Phase Transitions: In the Brain, Socio-­dramatic Play and Meaningful Early Learning
Authors: Pronin Fromberg Doris
Published: December 2018

There are similar, non-linear complex dynamical systems that underlie the epigenetic development of young children. This paper discusses the confluence of research on brain functions; a body or research that informs the characteristics of young children’s play and imagination; and the ways in which young children acquire fresh perceptions and cognitions. Focus on the spaces among components of physical and interpersonal relationships can illuminate the processes of these non-linear, complex, dynamical systems. Particular implications are relevant for educational practices.
The Socially Situated Dynamics of Children’s Learning Processes in Classrooms: What Do We Learn from a Complex Dynamic Systems Approach?
Authors: Steenbeek Henderien , Van Vondel Sabine , Van Geert Paul
Published: December 2018

This article concentrates on the question what kind of model - conceptual and statistical - can serve as a good working model for the study of learning and teaching processes qua processes. We claim that a good way of answering this question is to begin by observing a teaching and learning process as, where, and when it occurs. In addition, a conceptual model of intertwined learning-teaching processes is discussed, and dynamic modeling as an approach to theory formation about teaching-learning processes. The focus lies on the evolution term, the timescale of interaction processes, state space as a perspective on teacher-student interaction dynamics, and the principle of agency. Finally, an empirical approach to studying teaching-learning processes is illustrated by means of a case study, focusing on the use of cluster analyses techniques. In the Conclusion and Discussion section, further perspectives on theory building and empirical research are discussed.
NiCE Teacher Workshop: Engaging K-12 Teachers in the Development of Curricular Materials That Utilize Complex Networks Concepts
Authors: Towlson Emma , Sheetz Lori , Gera Ralucca , Roginski Jon , Cramer Catherine , Uzzo Stephen
Published: December 2018

Our educational systems must prepare students for an increasingly complex and interconnected future, but teachers facing this task are not equipped to prepare students to succeed. Network science–the study of how biological, social, physical and technological systems interconnect, how the structure of those connections evolve over time, and how those structures and behaviors inform our understanding of them–is a pathway to deepening engagement with the kinds of complex problems these students will have to deal with as adults in the workforce. We recently held the Networks in Classroom Education (NiCE) workshop for a group of 21 K-12 teachers with various disciplinary backgrounds. The explicit aim of the workshop was to introduce them to concepts in network science, show them how these concepts can be utilized in the classroom, and empower them to develop resources using these concepts, in the form of lesson plans, for themselves and for the wider community. Here we detail the nature of the workshop and present its outcomes, including a set of publicly available innovative lesson plans. We also discuss the future development of the successful integration of network science in K-12 education and its importance in inspiring and enabling our teachers.
Rationalism, Complexity Science and Curriculum: A Cautionary Tale
Authors: Phelan Anne M.
Published: December 2018

The following essay was first presented as a raconteur’s closing response to speakers at the 2004 Complexity Science and Educational Research Conference in Chaffey’s Locks, Ontario, Canada, September 30–October 3.
The Embodied Mind: Cognitive Science and Human Experience
Authors: Basu Marina
Published: December 2018

A review of The Embodied Mind: Cognitive Science and Human Experience, by Francisco J. Varela, Evan Thompson, and Eleanor Rosch, 1991. Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press, 308pp. ISBN 0262720213. $30.00 USD.
The Symbolic Species: The Co-Evolution of Language and the Brain
Authors: Bowsfield Susan
Published: December 2018

A review of The Symbolic Species: The Co-Evolution of Language and the Brain, by Terrance Deacon, 1997. New York: W.W. Norton, 527pp. ISBN 0393317544. $29.95 USD. Hardcover.
Chaos Theory and Higher Education: Leadership, Planning and Policy
Authors: Fenwick Tara J.
Published: December 2018

A review of Chaos Theory and Higher Education: Leadership, Planning and Policy, edited by Marc Cutright, 2001. New York, Peter Lang, 264pp. ISBN 082045110X. $29.95 USD.
Simplicity and Complexity: Pondering Literature, Science and Painting
Authors: Sellers Warren
Published: December 2018

A review of Simplicity and Complexity: Pondering Literature, Science and Painting, by Floyd Merrell, 1998. Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan Press, 384pp. ISBN 0472108603. 65.00 USD.
Classrooms Can Use Therapy Too
Authors: Burris Elizabeth D.
Published: December 2018

Paul Dell, a family systems therapist inspired by the systems thinking of Humberto Maturana, posits that family systems achieve pathology because of what he calls “epistemological errors”: either the refusal to acknowledge reality or the desire to control reality. Reality, in Dell’s definition, is the coupled nature of human interaction, or structure determinism. Applying Dell’s definition to classrooms, I identify two epistemological errors commonly committed by teachers: valuing content more highly than relationships in the classroom and attempting to control students through classroom management techniques. When these two practices are viewed through the systems lens rather than through the modernist, objectivist lens, the relationships that are enacted in a classroom among teacher, students, and the content under study come into focus, and pathology, or repetitive behaviors that obviate desired learning, is more easily discerned. Given the emphasis systems theory places on relationships, I claim that, as with family systems, classroom systems can benefit from the kind of analysis—or “therapy”—that exposes the “coherence,” or the tight relational couplings, within the system that, in some cases, invites non-educative interactions. Such therapy can help teachers shift their own attitudes and behaviors so as to influence those of their students.
Social Fuzziology: Study of Fuzziness of Social Complexity
Authors: Vargas S. Claudia
Published: December 2018

A review of Social Fuzziology: Study of Fuzziness of Social Complexity, by Vladimir Dimitrov and Bob Hodge, 2002. New York: Springer-Verlag, 188pp. ISBN 3798015063. $92.00 USD.
"To See a World in a Grain of Sand": Complexity Ethics and Moral Education
Authors: Bai Heesoon , Banack Hartley
Published: December 2018

Making the case for the mutual relationship between ontology (what reality is like) and ethics (how we should conduct ourselves), this essay argues that the dualistic, linear, deterministic ontology of Modern Science that categorically separates perceiver and the perceived, knower and known is oppressive by virtue of objectification. Delineating a relational (that is, non-linear) ontology disclosed by New Science and Complexity Theory, this essay extrapolates to an ethical paradigm, named ‘participatory ethics’. Key to participatory ethics is perception of “patterns that connect”—which, to manifest, the moral agent needs to emergently embed itself in the pattern, in a manner analogous to fractal reiteration. Since non-linearity (complexity) manifests everywhere we turn and in everything we encounter, participatory ethics modeled after complexity is about recalling, remembering, and reminding ourselves of, our inter-beingness.
Here be dragons: Exploring Cartography in Educational Theory and Research
Authors: Ruitenberg Claudia W.
Published: December 2018

In the literature on complexity theory it has been noted that the increasing interdependence, non-linearity, and adaptiveness of social and other systems require forms of representation that can accommodate such complexity. In this essay I argue for examining the possibilities of cartography (mapmaking) in and of educational theory and research. Cartography offers alternative forms of representation that are better suited to capturing complexity. The performativity of cartographic representations, moreover, produces different knowledge. I present four features of educational theory, research, and practice that suggest the relevance of cartography. The first is the widespread use of narrative models of representation and interpretation. Narrative discourse typically emphasizes temporality; maps are an alternative or complementary discourse that visualize and help to examine the spatial character of educational experience. The second feature is that spatial metaphors abound in educational discourse, including the recently ubiquitous metaphor of the web or network. Cartographic discourse is well suited for representing, interpreting, and critiquing these metaphors. The third feature is the increased use of hyperlinked information in educational theory and practice. Maps are better suited to capture and to enable the questioning of the rhizomatic interconnections of hypertextual reading and writing practices than more linearly organized discourse. The fourth feature of education is that it is a social institution that plays a central role in the social positioning of subjects. When the discursive and physical mechanisms through which students and teachers are separated, categorized, ranked, and assessed are cartographically represented and analyzed, new questions can emerge about these mechanisms of power.
The Use of Metapatterns for Research into Complex Systems of Teaching, Learning, and Schooling— Part II: Applications
Authors: Bloom Jeffrey W. , Volk Tyler
Published: December 2018

In part I of this paper set, Volk and Bloom discuss the reasons why metapatterns are important in biological and cultural contexts. Here, in part II, we show how metapatterns can be applied to an important problem in qualitative educational research: the difficulties in elucidating fundamental patterns of interaction. In meeting this challenge we provide a metapatterns-based framework for analyzing and interpreting qualitative data. We begin by acknowledging the importance of context, the setting within which any system under investigation can be expected to exhibit metapatterns as functional components that are vital for the maintenance of that specific system within a particular context. We follow this discussion by defining three dimensions of our proposed analytical framework. The first dimension, which we call depth, examines the various metapatterns involved in the particular system under investigation. Extent is the second dimension, which involves extending to other contexts the interacting sets of metapatterns found in the investigation of depth. The third component is abstraction, which involves generating overarching principles or models from the analytical results of the first and second dimensions (i.e., depth and extent). We recommend that these three dimensions should be used recursively to meet the challenge named above. We demonstrate the framework through an example of a classroom discussion involving children arguing about the concept of density. We conclude with a discussion of the implications of this analytical framework, along with a list of fundamental principles of this framework and a list of questions that can guide qualitative research.
New Venues for Science Teacher Education: Self-organizational Pedagogy on the Edge of Chaos
Authors: Laroche Lyubov , Nicol Cynthia , Mayer-Smith Jolie
Published: December 2018

This paper describes our attempt to develop a pedagogical practice informed by the concepts of complexity applied to education. The context of our study was the science methods course within an elementary teacher education program. The practice, described here, has overlapped instruction and assignment; teaching and learning; science and the arts; formal and informal education. Prospective teachers, while working in teams of 4–5, taught mini-lessons about science topics to 6th and 7th graders in field settings, and then, collaboratively with the children, produced scientific/artistic digital videos about these topics. As a next step, prospective teachers shared their teaching experiences, classroom observations, and self-produced videos with their university peers. Upon completing this practice, many prospective teachers have changed their ways of thinking about science and science education. We discuss how this practice is informed by and further informs such concepts of complexity as self-organization, chaotic attractors, fluidity, fuzzy boundaries, the edge of chaos, improvisation, adaptation, and transformation.
Mystery and the Body: Provoking a Deep Ecology through the Situated Bodies of Teacher Candidates
Authors: Kentel Jeanne Adele , Karrow Douglas
Published: December 2018

This paper examines the complexities of being trapped in a space of technocratic approaches to teacher education. We begin to unfold possibilities of permeating the boundaries amassed by Technicity through the conjoinder of mystery and the body. The binaries of perceptual and conceptual knowing are problematized through our admission of the pervading dualisms in education despite monistic efforts. As an antidote to “technocratic” training, place-based experiences were provided in order to foreground the body as a conduit to knowing while maintaining mystery, create spaces for reflective practice, enliven the imagination, and more holistically assist teacher candidates in becoming teachers. Ways of engaging the bodymind in order to bring about a broader, critical educative focus in teacher education are discussed.
Inventions of Teaching: A Genealogy
Authors: Phelan Anne M.
Published: December 2018

A review of Inventions of Teaching: A Genealogy, by Brent Davis, 2002. Mahwah, New Jersey: Lawrence Erlbaum, 250 pp. ISBN 0805850392. $24.50 USD.
Holy Ground of Teaching and Learning
Authors: Low Katherine
Published: December 2018

This brief article consists of my reflections after attending a class about teaching and learning in higher education. After shifting my assumptions from modern expectations that a “good” and systematic form of teaching can be taught, to post‐modern ideas concerning rich and complex experiences, I express my new understanding of teaching and learning. Due to the complex richness of recursion and feedback loops, teaching and learning holds implications beyond the classroom into the wider world. Human capacities for play, creativity, and organization resonate with a spiritual understanding of a playful God. In this theological grounding, I conceptualize the classroom in terms of a holy place in which teachers and students playfully and reverently interact and care for one another and for the subject at hand.
School Leadership and Complexity Theory
Authors: Beabout Brian R.
Published: December 2018

A review of School Leadership and Complexity Theory, by Keith Morrison, 2002. London: RoutledgeFalmer, 215 pp. ISBN 0415277841. $54.95 USD.
Questioning Technology: Electronic Technologies and Educational Reform
Authors: Triggs Valerie
Published: December 2018

A review of Questioning Technology: Electronic Technologies and Educational Reform, by Karen Ferneding, 2003. New York: Peter Lang. 274 pp. ISBN: 0820450472. $29.95 USD.
Thinking in Complexity about Learning and Education: A Programmatic View
Authors: Jörg Ton
Published: December 2018

In this contribution the focus is on sketching a programmatic view of thinking in complexity about learning and development. This kind of thinking goes beyond linear thinking. The new thinking in complexity about a dynamic complex reality may enable us to build a new science of learning and education, which does not take the nonlinear complex reality for granted but regards it as “real”: a science with a framework that does not exist yet. A new vision on learning is presented which takes the concept of interaction as a key concept, which may be linked with the notion of dynamic complexity. Thinking in complexity has its focus on “that which is interwoven”. Learning and development through interaction may thus be viewed as a way of co‐creating ourselves within a web of reciprocal relationships with the other. This co‐creation may be described as a complex of self‐generative, self‐sustaining processes of mutual “bootstrapping” with potentially nonlinear effects over time. Modelling learning this way, may show learning to be a potentially nonlinear phenomenon within a new reality as the domain of possibilities and potentialities of learning. The modelling of such learning as “bootstrapping,” and the concomitant effects on both partners in the interaction, shows these very possibilities and potentialities of learning in their humanly connected spaces of possibility. It demonstrates the very truth of Vygotsky’s adage that “it is through others that we develop into ourselves.” Based on his thoughts, we are able to develop a new view of the complex nonlinear reality of learning and education, with learners as potentially nonlinear human beings.
Supporting Learning: An Examination of Two Teacher Development Collectives
Authors: Fazio Xavier , Gallagher Tiffany L.
Published: December 2018

This study examined two teacher development cases (middle/secondary school science teachers and elementary learning resource teachers) from which significant professional learning outcomes emerged. Both collectives exhibited characteristic qualities ascribed to complexity theory (e.g., self-organized; bottom‐up emergent; ambiguously bounded). This post hoc analysis provides evidence of the robustness of complexity theory and its applicability to analyzing professional development collectives. A diagrammatic representation is provided as a tool for the development and study of teacher development collectives. Recommendations are offered to researchers and teacher development facilitators to use complexity theory at the outset of their projects.
Consciousness and Complexity in “Waking Life”
Authors: Dobson Teresa , Iftody Tammy
Published: December 2018

Richard Linklater’s film, “Waking Life,” is a visually and philosophically surreal journey exploring theories of consciousness. Since its release in 2001, the film has developed something of a cult following online, in part because of its unusual animation technique and in part because of its philosophical content. From our perspective as humanities educators with an interest in teaching and engagement with literary art forms across a variety of media, this film offers rich material for discussion both within and beyond formal educational settings. In this paper, we remark upon the unusual animation technique and then examine the film from a complexivist perspective with a view to providing an example of how complexity theory might inform teaching and engagement with literary art, be it textual, visual, or any combination thereof.
On the Edge of Chaos: In Search of a Process
Authors: Mamchur Carolyn , Apps Linda
Published: December 2018

ʺAccepting the ways of others while figuring out how best to interfereʺ. That advice haunted this teacher turned professor turned writer as she struggled to find the best way to actualize this mandate given her by the dramatist, Dorothy Heathcote. The personal journey of the fine tension between acceptance and interference is the tale told in ʺOn the Edge of Chaos”.
A Review of ”Images of Organization,” by Gareth Morgan.
Authors: Lambert III Matthew J.
Published: December 2018

A review of Images of Organization, by Gareth Morgan, 2006. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, xv + 504 pp. ISBN 1‐412‐93979‐8. $66.95 USD
Conversational Labyrinths and Metaphorical Journeys: A Review of “Higher Education Reconceived: A Geography of Change,” by Sherrie Reynolds and Toni Craven.
Authors: Fleener M. Jayne
Published: December 2018

A review of Higher Education Reconceived: A Geography of Change by Sherrie Reynolds and Toni Craven, 2009. Fort Worth, Texas: TCU Press, xiv + 128 pp. ISBN 0-875-65391-X. $16.95 USD
If Mowat & Davis are Correct then Teaching is Hard
Authors: Green Kris , Ricca Bernard
Published: December 2018

A Response to Elizabeth Mowat & Brent Davis
The Social and Psychological Aspects Behind Flight
Authors: Avis Jillian
Published: December 2018

There are a variety of psychological, cognitive and social factors that contribute to in-flight interactions between crew members, and in order to achieve optimal communication and safety levels during flight, the concept of Crew Resource Management has become increasingly important. Crew Resource Management refers to effective teamwork that requires both efficient and effective communication of pertinent information between the flight deck, cabin crew members and those not on the aircraft, but responsible for critical flight information and organization. The concept has been adapted from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration workshop in 1979 which identified various factors common amongst aviation accidents, including poor team leadership, failure to adequately delegate tasks and inadequate computer monitoring. Future implications of Crew Resource Management have extended to online training sessions to improve communication, and principles have also expanded into the fields of dentistry and medicine.
Discovering the AIDS virus: Scientific Progress through the Interaction of Human and Non-Human Actants
Authors: Dehod Stefan Paul
Published: December 2018

The notion that science progresses through the actions of scientists on a nature characterized as passive is hardly new to most. While scholars like Thomas Kuhn have challenged the concept of science as one of progression others such as Bruno Latour have challenged and continue to challenge the idea of nature as passive. Focusing on the discovery HIV in the Pasteur Institute this paper will further challenge the way in which science is viewed as progressing by illustrating the unacknowledged factor of chance in the discovery. Finally, through use of Latour’s theoretical contributions, the interaction of human and non-human actants in the process of discovery illuminate the inadequacies of viewing nature as an order revealed by scientists and the constructivist view that nature is ordered by scientists.
Arbitrary or Administrative: The Consequences of Unregulated Segregation
Authors: Romanik Victoria , Brodziak Regan
Published: December 2018

This paper explores the consequences of the Canadian practice of administrative segregation (solitary confinement) as it currently exists with few mechanisms of oversight and few regulations guiding its use. The consequences are examined from three perspectives: that of ethics, that of reintegration and, finally, that of its uneven application. These consequences are evaluated and compared to the benefits of this practice in order to provide a more objective analysis. This paper concludes by arguing that, instead of abolishing the practice of solitary confinement in its entirety, the Correctional Service of Canada should instead create more comprehensive restrictions regarding its use so as to reduce the inevitable harms produced by this practice and in turn contribute to public safety.
Creating information literacy partnerships in Higher Education
Authors: McCluskey Clare Joanne
Published: December 2018

This piece of research focuses upon the area of information literacy and its effective embedding within the curriculum in Higher Education. In particular, it investigates the promotion of partnerships between academic librarians and faculty staff members, with a view to improving information literacy.

Using the work of Wenger (1998) in relation to communities of practice as a theoretical influence, and an action research methodology, the views of academics within one subject area at York St John University have been canvassed via semi-structured interviews, followed up with questionnaires after interventions from the Academic Support Librarian.

The initial interviews showed that the view of the librarian was varied across the participants, but that, in the main, it was viewed as a support post (rather than reactive or a partner). The questionnaires suggested that the group approach was more effective in promoting partnership, but that both group and one-to-one interventions had some positive effects in this.
The Accidental Health Sciences Librarian Review
Authors: Younger Paula Margaret
Published: December 2018

This review looks at a book which incorporates the results of a survey of health librarians in the USA. This is, overall, an excellent introduction to health sciences librarianship, whether you want introductory books to read, insights into the technical resources used regularly, case studies, or nuggets of advice on a range of topics. It would be a good choice for those not sure if health library work is for them - or to remind those of us who are "accidental health sciences librarians" how we ended up here in the first place.
A bibliometric approach to evaluating the impact of national libraries
Authors: Hunter David , Hambelton Paul
Published: December 2018

In order to understand the value to society of a national library, it is essential to go beyond counting usage figures and understand impacts; 'the difference that the library makes'. The paper suggests that, for the National Library of Scotland (NLS), a key impact is the generation of new knowledge. A viable proxy for measuring this impact is establishing the number of publications produced in which the authors cite the use of NLS collections or services. The paper proposes a simple methodology for estimating the number of such research outputs through a bibliometric analysis of Google Scholar and other research resources.
Quantitative vs. qualitative – do different research methods give us consistent information about our users and their library space needs?
Authors: Montgomery Susan E
Published: December 2018

Assessment of how library patrons use space and the evaluation of their needs has become a “hot” topic in library research. But determining the best way to obtain information about their activity can be a challenge. Two types of data collection are quantitative and qualitative. Quantitative data provides a numerical count of what activities students perform within the library and therefore can be measured. Qualitative data gives personal opinions, feedback and individual perspectives regarding a topic but is not measurable. In this study, we were interested to learn if we would get substantially different results from a user observation study, a quantitative method, than from the results of asking users about their library space needs, a qualitative method. Essentially, would the results from both methods provide complementary results enabling us to obtain a comprehensive picture about our patrons’ needs and redesign the space to improve their library experience?
Immersed in cyberspace : an evaluation of a grounded theory approach to a study of user preferences
Authors: MacLennan Alan
Published: December 2018

This paper describes a piece of research intended to establish user preferences for the design of virtual worlds for information retrieval, and reflects critically on the methodology adopted. Over 100 students and staff at Robert Gordon University were interviewed, in three cycles of literature review, interview, development and testing. A grounded theory approach was taken, in order to reach conclusions based on user experiences, rather than on the literature. Findings were that preferences appear to be based on affective, rather than structural, criteria, the most influential being familiarity, quality, representation, mediation, etc.

The effectiveness of the grounded theory approach in this piece of research is evaluated, with particular regard to the typical criticisms to which such an approach is subject. It is concluded that there is value in the approach, but the limitations of the approach are acknowledged, and strategies to reduce the effect of these are discussed.
Research support in a research assessment environment: The experience of ‘new’ universities
Authors: Haddow Gaby
Published: December 2018

The role of libraries in research support has attracted increasing notice in the past decade. This paper contributes another perspective on the topic by reporting on a study that used qualitative research methods to examine research support at six ‘new’ universities, all of which had significantly improved their ranked position after the 2008 Research Assessment Exercise. The study found that the influence of individuals and institution-wide initiatives are important in gaining a place in the discussions and activities surrounding research support, and a range of approaches to collection management are being implemented to maximize resources and information access. In the future, libraries will have to consider how best to develop expertise and skills in areas that add value to the services provided to researchers. They will also need to develop strategies for engaging and meeting the needs of new researchers.
Discovering Non-Self-Translation via E.M.Cioran
Authors: Popescu Alexandra
Published: December 2018

“The central object [of translation history] should be the human translator, since only humans have the kind of responsibility appropriate to social causation. […] [T]o understand why translation happened we have to look at the people involved” (Pym ix). However, translation is not the only factor altering translation history, as non-translation can expose elements otherwise overlooked. Translation—reproduction—sometimes takes the form of writing—production—, yet this might not be immediately obvious, or explicitly declared. Such is the case of E.M. Cioran, a Romanian writer who suddenly decided to abandon his past after self-exiling to France in his mid-twenties. Curiously, he abandoned it completely, refusing to ever write or even translate in Romanian. Cioran explained in an interview much later in his life that his Romanian self was no longer useful to him after a certain point because writing in Romanian meant writing for no audience. This study searches to reveal the true nature of this switch as illusionary, since his Romanian identity managed to stay hidden behind the use of French.
The Power of Death: Hierarchy in the Representation of Death in Pre- and Post-Conquest Aztec Codices
Authors: Ball Tanya Corissa
Published: December 2018

Through an examination of Aztec death iconography in pre- and post-Conquest codices of the central valley of Mexico (Borgia, Mendoza, Florentine, and Telleriano-Remensis), this paper will explore how attitudes towards the Aztec afterlife were linked to questions of hierarchical structure, ritual performance and the preservation of Aztec cosmovision. Particular attention will be paid to the representation of mummy bundles, sacrificial debt-payment and god-impersonator (ixiptla) sacrificial rituals. The scholarship of Alfredo López-Austin on Aztec world preservation through sacrifice will serve as a framework in this analysis of Aztec iconography on death. The transformation of pre-Hispanic traditions of representing death will be traced from these pre- to post-Conquest Mexican codices, in light of processes of guided syncretism as defined by Hugo G. Nutini and Diana Taylor’s work on the performative role that codices play in re-activating the past. These practices will help to reflect on the creation of the modern-day Mexican holiday of Día de los Muertos.
Le Mulâtre: A Call to Connection through Narrative Technique
Authors: Longard Jeff
Published: December 2018

The short story Le Mulâtre (1837) recounts the tragic history of a slave during Haiti’s turbulent 1790s. The first published work of Victor Séjour, it is the first known work of fiction by an African-American writer. At first glance a typical melodramatic tale of brigands, betrayal and revenge, the work is anything but typical in its stark depiction of Caribbean slavery and in its sophisticated use of narration and voice. Written when slavery was still being practiced by both France and the United States, this overt yet sensitive critique is a triumph of the narrative art.This article highlights a modern Structuralist analysis of narration. Séjour not only moves subtly through levels of narration but also through shifts of point of view within discourse and even within speech acts which form an almost unconscious commentary on the action. Moreover, the apparently standard tragic trope is undermined by a complex weaving of life histories in which the triumph of humanity overturns the notion of tragic loss. Thus a story of oppression and inevitability is structured within a voice of commentary, insight, and agency: Séjour succeeds in connecting the humanity on both sides of an inhuman war and in underscoring what is at stake for both master and slave in the continued exploitation of human being by human being.
Rome and its Ukrainian Soul: Fragments of Ukraine in Gogol’s Rim
Authors: Sgaramella Silvia
Published: December 2018

Gogol’s persona is still nowadays at the centre of a debate, which aims to place him either within the Russian or Ukrainian borders. His Russian contemporary scholars - such as Belinsky - while building a national literature, placed Gogol’ into their literary canon. Today, instead, scholars such as Bojanowska are trying to deconstruct the Russian imperialist discourse, in order to affirm a new awareness on Gogol’s writings and personal inclination. Although the two main currents exclude one another, they both trace a moment in Gogol’s production when the author seems to detach himself from his Ukrainianness.Nevertheless, the debate on Gogol’s persona does not end in the Russian, Ukrainian, and North American context. Further studies, which are less concerned about the nationalistic discourse or postcolonial theories, provide other interpretations of the matter. For instance, in her preface to the Italian translation of Rome, Giuliani traces a topographic triangle in the Gogolian literature.  The summits are represented by three main places and the correspondent literary works: Ukraine (Mirgorod, 1835), Saint Petersburg (Nevsky Prospekt, 1835), and Rome (Rome, 1842). At the same time, these three places trace Gogol’s literary growth: Ukraine is seen as his beloved homeland, Saint Petersburg as the place where he started his career, and Rome as the city where his spirit finally found peace.Following these steps, the present work aims to analyze the fragment Rome, in order to trace its Ukrainian elements by comparing it to the stories in the collection Evening from a Farm Near Dikanka.
The FEMENist Connection: Ruptures and Agency in FEMEN France
Authors: Gheno Marine
Published: December 2018

FEMEN embodies many ambiguities as a feminist group using its members' bare breasts to inscribe messages and attract media attention. Now settled in France, a context wherein the women’s movement has a long history of activism and theory, these ambiguities are particularly visible through strong criticism from feminist figures. In this article, I argue that FEMEN actions are both beneficial and detrimental to feminism as they present the media with eroticized militant women while empowering such representations of women. In the vein of popfeminism and girl power media culture, FEMEN contributes to a transformation of contemporary feminist activism in continuity with feminist claims to agency, and in rupture with feminist criticisms of neoliberal commodification of women.
Hava Hukukunun Kapsamı ve Terminolojisi
Authors: GEMİCİ Eser , YEŞİLLER Mehmet
Published: December 2018

Sivil havacılık
sektörü günümüzün en hızlı büyüyen ve üzerine en çok düşünülen alanlarından
biri olarak görülmektedir. Bununla birlikte ilgili alan üzerine ortaya konulan
egemenlik teorilerinin yanı sıra günümüze kadar sektöre ilişkin birçok
uluslararası sözleşme, protokol hayata geçirilmiş ya da alana özgü eserler
kaleme alınmıştır. Bu anlamda genç bir hukuk dalı olarak görülen hava
hukukunun, 21. yüzyılda gelişen teknolojiye paralel olarak ilgili alanı kontrol
etme çabası içerisinde olduğu ifade edilmektedir.

Montgolfier
kardeşlerin 5 Haziran 1783 yılında Fransa’da balonlarının içerisine sıcak hava
doldurarak yaklaşık 2 kilometre civarında bir yolculuk gerçekleştirmişlerdir.
Sivil havacılık faaliyetlerinin başlamasının ilk adımlarından biri olan bu
durum daha sonraları ulusal ve uluslararası anlamda sivil havacılığı düzenleyen
hukuk kurallarının ve hava sahasının hukuki durumuna ilişkin teorilerin ortaya
çıkmasına neden olmuştur. Bu anlamda hava sahasının hukuki durumunu da içeren
hava hukukunun kapsamı ve terminolojisi çalışmanın konusunu oluşturmaktadır.
Buradan hareketle devlet, ülke, egemenlik, ulusal ve uluslararası hava sahası,
açık denizler, bitişik bölge, kıta sahanlığı, kutuplar, hava ülkesi, hava
gemisi, frekans, kapasite ve slot gibi hava hukukunun kapsamını oluşturan tüm
başlıklar ile birlikte hava sahasının hukuki durumuna ilişkin ortaya konulan serbestlik
ve egemenlik teorileri açıklanmaya çalışılmıştır. Hava sahası üzerine ortaya
konulan teorilerin, hava hukukunun oluşum evrelerinde, devletlere yön veren ve
günümüzde halen devam eden siyasi duruşlarına temel teşkil ettiği ancak bu
durumun sivil havacılığın günümüzde ortaya koyduğu başarılı faaliyetler ve
sektörün ekonomik büyüklüğü karşısında yine uluslararası sözleşmeler ile
istisnalar kazandığı görülmektedir.
Marx: la naturaleza y la mercancía
Authors: Gómez Francisco Taeli
Published: December 2018

Las obras de los clásicos Marx y Engels hicieron un énfasis histórico en la dimensión social como problemática intersubjetiva. Este artículo busca demostrar que la razón principal de este aparente problema es que el antagonismo sociedad-naturaleza no era una realidad acumulada al momento de su publicación. Hoy, en cambio, es imperativa una lectura integral desde la lógica de una totalidad ideal marxista, en especial desde el concepto de mercancía. El texto proyecta al marxismo, sin revisiones, para auto-constatarlo como filosofía de la práctica que incorpora lo humano y lo no humano.
La heterogeneidad histórico-estructural en América Latina: diálogos con Marx
Authors: Barrera Calderón Emanuel , Florencia Valinotti María
Published: December 2018

En el marco de los 150 años de la publicación de El capital, los autores indagan sobre las características de la “acumulación originaria” en América Latina, para dar cuenta de su heterogeneidad histórico-estructural, enfocada en la relación capital-trabajo. La visión materialista de la perspectiva decolonial permite una interpretación integral del capitalismo global, mientras que las características del capital en América Latina brindan elementos para comprender las dinámicas actuales del capitalismo.
Päämäärät, ongelmat ja tilaisuudet
Authors: Visakko Tomi
Published: December 2018

Artikkelissa tarkastellaan eksistentiaaliseksi rationaalisuudeksi kutsuttua semioottista prosessia yritysten visio-, missio- ja strategiateksteistä koostuvan aineiston kautta. Tavoitteena on ymmärtää, miten teksteissä teoretisoidaan yrityksen identiteettiä ja intentionaalisia pyrkimyksiä toimintaympäristössään sekä näiden taustalla olevia arvoja ja periaatteita. Erityisesti huomion kohteena on se, miten teksteissä representoitujen prosessien ja niiden osallistujien välisiä suhteita jäsennetään käsitteellisesti ja vuorovaikutuksellisesti. Yhtäältä on tarkasteltu tekstien lineaarisesti segmentoituvia funktionaalisia jaksoja. Analyysi valottaa samalla erityisesti eräiden kausaalisten morfosyntaktisten ilmaustyyppien (esim. mAllA-infinitiivirakenteen) roolia tekstin jäsentämisessä. Toisaalta on tarkasteltu, miten tekstit rakentuvat erilaisten kausaalis-evaluatiivisten diskurssikuvioiden varaan. Erityisen hyödyllisiksi kuvausmalleiksi osoittautuvat Päämäärä–Keino-, Ongelma–Ratkaisu- ja Tilaisuus–Tarttuminen-kuviot. Yritys näyttäytyy tehokkaana sosiaalisena ja taloudellisena agenttina, ongelmanratkaisijana ja mahdollistajana. Asiakas puolestaan asemoidaan hyötyjän ja avuntarvitsijan rooliin. Tilaisuuskuviossa myös asiakas kohoaa toimintaketjussa välttämättömäksi, aktiiviseksi toimijaksi. Tämäntyyppisessä eksistentiaalisessa rationalisoinnissa siis teoretisoidaan omat ja toisten intentionaaliset pyrkimykset osaksi koherenttia kausaalis-evaluatiivista verkostoa. Intentionaalinen toiminta ja sen seuraukset hahmottuvat keskeiseksi identiteettejä jäsentäväksi arvoksi.
Carles Riba i la llengua literària durant el franquisme
Authors: Turull i Crexells Isabel
Published: December 2018

Carles Riba, one of the most relevant personalities in Catalan letters, not only as a poet but also as a linguist, has been considered a difficult writer. This book aims to examine how his theoretical preparation and his ideas in linguistics influenced his work in the particular case of some early stories in which he tries “uns utilíssims exercicis de simplicitat”. Carles Riba did not present his linguistic theories in a single text in a complete and articulated way but we can evaluate them in various papers he wrote and published up until his death in 1959. The first part of this work, after an introduction which sets the author in the context of European linguistics, is a review of the ideas that can be found in the collections of essays: Escolis i altres articles (1921), Els marges (1927), Per comprendre (1937), ... més els poemes (1957), and in a few other particularly interesting papers.This part focuses also on some of the controversies in which Carles Riba is involved as a linguist during the spanish dictatorship: especially his role on the publication of the second edition of Pompeu Fabra’s dictionary in 1954 and the consequences of the prologue he wrote for the volume. Joan Coromines considers an attack on the linguist Pompeu Fabra the negative comparison Riba proposes with the honnête homme: in our research we re-evaluate this consideration and analyse the historical and semantic value of this expression belonging to 17th-century French culture.The second part of this paper is a strictly linguistic analysis of three texts, chosen among Carles Riba’s works for children. The interest of those texts is in the author’s deliberate intent of using the most simple language, which enables us to determine what he considers the basic aspects of linguistic quality. Furthermore, the existence of different editions of those texts permits a philological analysis of those versions showing Carles Riba’s ‘simple’ language in three very representative moments, from the beginning of his career as a writer to the difficult situation during the dictatorship.
Language Choice Used by Chinese Family in Langsa
Authors: Yusmawati Yusmawati , Lestari Cut Intan , Hidayah Nurul
Published: December 2018

The research aims at identifying the language choice used by Chinese family in Langsa, the phenomenon that has long been seen in Chinese families: having tendency to choose Indonesian as the second language in their families even though they live in the Aceh region. This phenomenon is not only seen in the town but also in urban areas. The emergence of language selection is caused by the occurrence of language, social condition, and cultural tradition. The interesting thing to look at and study in connection with this phenomenon is that members in the family are from the Chinese ethnic group and speakers of native Chinese but the language used to communicate with the community in the chosen environment is Indonesian. The focus of this research is to analyze language selection Indonesia in a Chinese family in Langsa. The research is executed by means of descriptive qualitative method supported by the technique of interview to get deep information about the language choice.
Doctor-Patient Interaction: A Systemic Functional Analysis
Authors: Pane Isli Iriani Indiah , Saragih Amrin , Nurlela Nurlela , Lubis Masdiana
Published: December 2018

One of the basic mediums in the interaction between doctor and patient in the treatment room is language. This paper, hence deals with the conversation in doctor-patients interaction in Pirngadi General Hospital in Medan, Indonesia. Clauses in the conversations were adopted as the main research data. The analysis is based on the theory of Systemic Functional Linguistics pioneered by Halliday (2004). The research was conducted by applying top-down approach from the analysis of the consultation in terms of context of situation that is concerned with register variables covering field, tenor and mode. Then, the analysis further focuses on the experiential function in terms of transitivity system covering the analysis of the processes used the participant functions involved and the interpersonal function covering mood and modality. The study was conducted by using descriptive qualitative method with triangulation. It refers to the use of multiple methods or data sources in qualitative research to develop a comprehensive understanding of phenomena. Triangulation is viewed as a qualitative research strategy to test validity through the convergence of information from different sources. The results of the analysis have revealed that social relation exists in the language used by the doctor and the patient in their interaction in which the doctor has more power over the patient.
Salmonella Paratyphi B bacteremia in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus with an unusual presentation- a case report
Authors: Kulkarni Madhuri , Rajeshwari K. G. , Tejashree A. , Subramanian R.
Published: December 2018

Background- Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) is an inflammatory and multisystem autoimmune disorder. Patients of SLE are at increased risk of infections owing to underlying immunological derangements and to the use of therapeutic regimens like immunosuppressive agents. Among the bacterial infections presenting as bacteremia in these patients, non typhoidal and typhoidal salmonellosis are commonly encountered. We report a rare case of Salmonella Paratyphi B bacteremia in a patient with juvenile onset SLE on treatment with corticosteroids.
Comparison between the conventional method and molecular line probe assay for identification and drug sensitivity of mycobacteria tuberculosis from clinical specimens
Authors: Kansal Ritu , Madan Molly , Kansal Richa , Agwan Vivek , Bansal Isha , Agrawal Nivesh
Published: December 2018

Rapid susceptibility testing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains is imperative for therapy selection but traditional drug susceptibility tests take weeks or are expensive. Classical drug susceptibility (DST) may take up to 2 to 4 months. The line probe assay is a commercially available line-probe assay that rapidly detects Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) complex, as well as the most common mutations associated with rifampicin and isoniazid. In this study we assessed the sensitivity and specificity of the rapid molecular method in comparison with the conventional method.
Current understanding on venous leg ulcer
Authors: Alok U. , Bhardwaj P. , Singh A. , Cherian J. J.
Published: December 2018

Venous leg ulcer (VLU) or stasis ulcer is a relatively common, chronic and recurring problem. Besides being costly to the health-care system, it significantly impairs the quality of life of the patients. Nearly 1% of adults and 3.6% of older patients are reported to suffer from this chronic condition. Chronic venous insufficiency is considered to be the predominant cause of VLU. The most recent theories associate the pathogenesis of venous ulcer with microcirculatory abnormalities and generation of an inflammatory response. The pharmacological treatment for VLU is based on the pathogenesis and often includes diosmin, pentoxifylline, diuretics as well as antibiotics and the non-pharmacological treatment like compression and skin grafting. VLU has a high rate of recurrence and requires self-care to avoid relapse. Treatment of VLU should always focus for complete treatment, and improve quality of life for patients along with minimum relapse. In recent years novel therapeutic approaches for venous ulcers have offered valuable tools for the management of patients with this disorder.