bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
ESTUDO DO CRESCIMENTO URBANO NA CIDADE DE SANTOS E A FORMAÇÃO DE REGIÕES SOCIOECONÔMICAS E AMBIENTAIS VULNERÁVEIS
Authors: Moino Carolina Ceci
Published: June 2024

O processo de industrialização no século XIX produziu uma acelerada expansão da mancha urbana, o que muitas vezes teve por resultado um planejamento mal estruturado e condições de vulnerabilidades socioeconômicas e ambientais para a população das cidades e regiões metropolitanas. A cidade de Santos, objeto de estudo do presente trabalho, abriga o maior porto da América Latina e ao longo das últimas décadas vem sofrendo uma descentralização da região com a migração da população para bairros boulevarizados, produzindo uma supervalorização fundiária na zona da orla e segregação da população de baixa renda para zonas de morro e de risco. Esse processo, cada vez mais acentuado, vem agravando as condições de moradia, saneamento básico e mobilidade dos moradores em maior vulnerabilidade. Através de um levantamento bibliográfico, legislações vigentes e indicadores socioeconômicos, foi possível analisar esse avanço da urbanização santista e efetuar um pré-diagnóstico da localização das zonas de ocupações irregulares e assentamentos precários, motivados especialmente pela supervalorização imobiliária de alguns bairros criados na cidade.
BATALHAS TECNOLÓGICAS EM MOTORIZAÇÃO: o atual design dominante irá suportar o desafio imposto pela eletrificação?
Authors: Rodrigues Francisco Carlos Tadeu Starke
Published: June 2024

Neste ano, a impressão é de que há muitos mais carros elétricos rodando nas ruas. É fato, há mesmo! Em 2012, a produção de motores elétricos foi de 2% de todos os motores automotivos produzidos no mundo
Aspectos extintivos relacionados con la reforma laboral
Authors: Castro Mejuto Luis Fernando de
Published: June 2024

Las últimas reformas laborales han determinado la alteración del marco jurídico aplicable en muy distintos aspectos. Significativamente, en los despidos, no solo en relación con la configuración del concepto del despido nulo y las causas de discriminación, sobre el que tendrá una influencia relevante la Ley 15/2022, de 12 de julio, Integral para la Igualdad de Trato y la No Discriminación, sino también respecto de la nueva definición de la extinción de la relación laboral especial de las personas trabajadoras al servicio del hogar (operada por el Real Decreto Ley 16/2022), o la discutida posibilidad de que las Administraciones públicas puedan acudir a un despido objetivo (tras la derogación de la disposición adicional decimosexta del Estatuto de los Trabajadores, operada por el Real Decreto Ley 32/2021). Se tratará de clarificar las distintas posturas jurisprudenciales producidas sobre estos aspectos, ofreciendo soluciones o planteando distintas hipótesis, añadiéndose otros aspectos relevantes relacionados con la extinción del contrato de trabajo, que están de actualidad.
Examining Power Quality Challenges in Photovoltaic-Grid Integration: A Critical Review
Authors: Sandi Zakariya
Published: June 2024

With the massive growth of photovoltaic (PV) installations worldwide, the impact of integration between PV and the grid is becoming a serious issue and requires immediate attention. This is due to the intermittent power that the PV itself generates. The quality of the power can affect the stability of the system, the protection equipment, and the energy efficiency, which imposes a financial issue. This literature review will present the most frequently encountered problems when PV integrates with the grid, namely power quality issues, particularly on the distribution network. Problem-solving will also be presented as a reference for future PV development. It discusses several ways to handle power quality problems, depending on the factors influencing power quality. One of the proven ways is to use a modern inverter equipped with features that suit the system's needs. However, the discussion in this paper is limited to the issues of power quality and voltage generated by PV integrated into the grid. Future studies can discuss other technical issues, such as protection, feeder losses, and other problems that may arise in the future.
Domestic Violence: a Man's Perspective: A Lebanese Study
Authors:   , Mroueh Mona Mohammad
Published: June 2024

The research was conducted in order to investigate the male perspective on violence. The literature review showed the social, psychological, and biological causes of violence. Two studies were conducted to explore how men defined and justified violence, and how wives explained what instigated it. The survey showed a discrepancy between the male's and the couple's answers: Whereas men defined violence as physical act, women viewed it mainly as psychological one. Both, men and women, attributed violence to feelings of lack of control and facing financial problems. Two findings may be valuable for couple therapy: The first one was why men were afraid to discuss "violence". Was it because they were violent themselves? The second one was that both men and women considered violence as a means of teaching the wife a lesson. These two findings are worth investigating in future research.
Increasing Faculty Self-Efficacy in Mentoring through Training in Inclusive Mentoring and Course-based Undergraduate Research
Authors: de Lacalle Sonsoles , Soenke Melissa
Published: June 2024

Encouraging diversity in biomedical fields is especially important and begins at the undergraduate level. Culturally competent mentorship and high impact practices, like involvement in research, play important roles in fostering success among undergraduates from historically underrepresented groups. The current study followed 20 biomedical faculty as they completed two semester-long trainings, one in mentoring and one in course based undergraduate research (CUREs) as part of the NIH Diversity Program Consortium Dissemination and Translation Awards initiative. Comparisons of pre- and post-training survey data showed increased self-efficacy for mentoring biomedical research trainees and for mentoring diverse groups of biomedical trainees. These results suggest that focused, formal faculty training can be effective for improving mentoring, and consequently success of biomedical students.
Design and Implementation of a Mentorship Education Program at Xavier University of Louisiana: Impact and Lessons Learned
Authors: Foroozesh Maryam , Coston Tiera , Gross Tyra , Wilkins-Green Clair , Yost-Hammer Elizabeth
Published: June 2024

Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), such as Xavier University of Louisiana (Xavier), have strong cultures of mentoring underrepresented students. We report on the design and implementation of the Preparing Mentors and Advisors at Xavier (P-MAX) Program, a mentor-training program at an HBCU. Over half of the full-time Xavier faculty members have participated in at least one P-MAX event over the life of the Program, with about 60% completing the 8-hour foundational workshop. Pre/post program self-assessments indicate that mentors report significant increases in both their mentoring skills and confidence. Recommendations to consider when designing and implementing a mentor training program are provided. These range from being thoughtful about who delivers the mentoring lessons to paying close attention to the specific audience and institutional culture.
Co-creation Towards the Post-Anthropocene
Authors: Steyaert Pieter , Vermeulen Angelo , Holt Amy , Maranan Diego , Checola Giusy , Nasser Mona , Verschuren Jeroen , Tournaye Pim , Bruun Jesper , Kolenberg Katrien
Published: June 2024

SHORT PAPER. Co-creative practices including non-human actors give rise to a series of challenges and critical issues. Ēngines of Ēternity is an ongoing artwork which seeks to attribute agency to microscopic animals called rotifers and to the unique environment of outer space. Scientific experiments involving these animals, as well as the evolving artwork that accompanies them, have gone through multiple iterations having been flown to space and consequently returned. This article reflects on how transdisciplinary approaches can provide a vehicle to connect knowledge and enquiries from art and sciences in the context of real-world problems. We then focus on the case study of Ēngines of Ēternity and how these interactions played out during this process. We conclude the article with a critical reflection on non-human agency, using the aforementioned project as a case study.
Water Stories: Visual Poetics and Collective Voices
Authors: Wollensak Andrea , Terry Brett , Baird Bridget
Published: June 2024

SHORT PAPER. Water Stories: Visual Poetics and Collective Voices is a two-part project that brings together multiple points of view from local youth, community, and poets in Alaska to share what water means in their life. Visual Poetics combines a live poetry reading by Alaskan poets and interactive video in which the poets’ voices trigger generative visual elements. Collective Voices is a sound work featuring excerpts of community voices sharing water-based memories against a backdrop of processed environmental sounds of Alaskan waterways. Water Stories is part of a year-longartist residency (2021-2022) with the Anchorage Museum culminating in a series of listening sessions broadcast at the Anchorage Museum and Out North Radio, live interactive poetry readings at the museum,and video projections on the museum façade from November 2022 through January 2023.
STAND BY/ME
Authors: Zhang Yu
Published: June 2024

SHORT PAPER. This paper describes initial intention, concept, concerns in design process, production, and technical details of an artwork named “STAND BY/ME”. STAND BY/ME is an interactive installation that uses machine-learning models to generate speeches for Xi Jinping and Donald J. Trump, and uses randomness to build virtual conversations for the political spectrum, while connecting the information flow with the lived reality of the everyday. Visitors are exposed to narratives of both digital communism and digital capitalism that is randomly controlled. Next to the visual flow of randomly generated speeches, the work involves seemingly mundane, yet “super-charged” electrical household items, i.e., power sockets, as the actuality of human-technology confrontation. This work (1) allows visitors to feel like they are on “stand by” and (2) triggers questions about how technologism impacts individuals' views and information consumption, while (3) people face randomly generated political speech as a quiet, mundane confrontation. In sum, visitors are invited to be bystanders of randomized political speech, visualized through streams of text ad made tangible through everyday technology.
How Digital Anthropomorphism Enhances Creativity in Human-to-Robot Dance Interactivity
Authors: Cîrcu Sorina-Silvia , Chen Chu-Yin
Published: June 2024

Through our research-creation experiments, we imagine movement sequences that challenge the concept of anthropomorphism in digital twin robots. While considering the term of interactivity to better define their interaction, we observe how different movement material is stimulating creativity through a hybridization process between human and machine. From this perspective, we determine how users experience qualia while learning through imitation a dance sequence consecutively demonstrated by a humanoid robot, an industrial arm and a human. Their feedback and our own practical experimentation allow us to better understand the impact of digital anthropomorphism in the making of a sustainable human-to-robot interaction.
Cosmo-Techno-Poiesis: Architecture of Environmental Control
Authors: Gatz Sebastian
Published: June 2024

Architecture is a collective technological human practice to control local environments in order to protect the human body. Depending on the worldview and cosmology of the society which produces the architecture—increasingly the global worldview is rational, mono-technological and Western—this practice gives more or less space for nonhuman agency. This paper looks at ways to loosen the contemporary Western obsession with controlling the environment architecturally by exploring different forms of architectural memento mori (remember you must die). The act of willing (poiesis) protective-controlling architecture (technology) into the world, inside a certain worldview (cosmology), is explored through the conceptual entanglement of those three notions: cosmo-techno-poiesis. The paper concludes with an architectural example and a short summary.
Thinking with Tides: Engaging with Embodied Technical Processes within the Tidal Ranges of the Thames Estuary
Authors: Gnecchi Gerolamo
Published: June 2024

The following paper reports on findings from doctoral research in Arts and Computational Technology. The research is about tidal environments. More specifically, it engages with the tidal ranges of the Thames Estuary and explores what thinking with tides might signify. In the face of uncertain futures—sea-level rise, increase in flooding, pollution—and through art practice, it reflects on how combining different ways of knowing the Thames Estuary could reintroduce questions of locality, situatedness and diversity to make the estuary differently available. The paper is divided into four sections. The first section summarises the kind of tidal processes that unfold in the estuary. The second section introduces the methodology, Practising in the Wild, and explains how Embodied Technical Processes (ETP) are necessary to engage with the estuary. The third section presents an inventory of different technical objects that are used to think with the estuary and its tides. Finally, in the last section, two art projects—by composer John Eacott and art collective YoHa—are discussed. Both projects were situated within the tidal ranges of the Thames and applied ETP. It concludes with reflections on future studies that this research is currently developing.
Live 4 Life: A dream for a free and open spatial performance tool towards symbiosis or death?
Authors: Lengelé Christophe , Gauthier Philippe-Aubert
Published: June 2024

This paper presents the motivations, evolution, and directions behind the spatial sound performance tool named Live 4 Life. It aims to simplify the creation and control in real time of masses of spatialised sound objects on various kinds of loudspeaker configurations (stereo and particularly quadriphonic or octophonic setups, as well as domes of 16, 24 or 32 loudspeakers). This spatial research, which questions ways of associating rhythmic and spatial parameters, is based on the concept of free and open works, both from the point of view of form (improvisation) and in the diffusion of the code. The tool, which was initiated in 2011 and distributed in open source in 2022, has been conceived as a long-term dream against capitalism and loneliness. Several scenarios between (technical, social) death or symbiosis of this tool (with other programs, people, works and the visual representation field) are presented.
A Sympoietic Ocean. Design research with/in the marine holobiont
Authors: Weber Rasa
Published: June 2024

In the face of profound human impact on planetary systems, the global ocean, as the main source of life, is fundamentally transforming its interactions, flows, and ecologies. These critical changes raise questions of other-than-human cohabitation beyond the terrestrial. In response to these radical ecological changes, a growing branch of the design discipline is currently struggling to free itself from a production-oriented paradigm of industrial modernity and reorganizes its methods toward forms of interspecies collaboration with/in environments of anthropogenic change. In this paper, I argue for activating the evolutionary theory of Symbiogenesis (Margulis, Kozo-Polyansky, Meresch-kowsky) and its relevance for a holistic view of the ocean as a starting point for challenging and reinventing our disciplinary protocols. The article follows Haraway’s notion of sympoïesis, adopting it for the design discipline. The evolutionary model of Symbiogenesis offers a new perspective on the role of design as a facilitator for collaborative forms of making and shared survival. The coral reef, as a prototypical space for symbiotic system relationships, serves as an experimental contact zone for designing these interspecies encounters. Design research in underwater environments, could help us to align the design discipline with a new conceptual framework that I propose to call Sympoïetic Design.
LAVIN: An AI-Navigated Art Experience in Virtual Reality
Authors: Zhang Weidi , Luo Jieliang
Published: June 2024

This paper outlines the conceptual background, design methodology, and future directions of LAVIN. This virtual reality (VR) artwork provides an immersive experience to visually explore one understanding of a neural network in which the real-world maps to 50 daily objects. In the art installation, the neural network constantly analyzes the surrounding environments via a camera and outputs real-time semantic interpretations, which navigate the audience in a virtual world consisting of all the fluid abstract structures of daily objects that the neural network can recognize. We create these fluid virtual structures using data visualization, photogrammetry, and 3D modeling. By merging Artificial Intelligent (AI) system design with VR world-building, LAVIN offers an immersive art experience for symbiotic imaginations that questions the values and beliefs in the modern AI age.
LA DIMENSIÓN RURAL DEL SISTEMA SANITARIO DE CASTILLA Y LEÓN: PERSPECTIVAS COMPARADA Y DE FUTURO
Authors: Fernández Domínguez Juan
Published: June 2024

La estructura de la población rural de Castilla y León, calificada por baja densidad, dispersión y agudo envejecimiento hacen que el diagnóstico de sus necesidades se convierta en vital a la hora de planificar toda una línea de actuaciones a nivel regional y local ordenadas a revertir la situación: El libro ofrece al lector un análisis detallado de los problemas y propone soluciones atentas a la diferente dimensión de los municipios y las demandas concretas de los distintos colectivos en aspectos relacionados con el catálogo de servicios sociales existentes y el requerido, la sostenibilidad y habitabilidad del entorno y las medidas destinadas a mejorar la atención sanitaria y promover la salud.
SERVICIOS SOCIOSANITARIOS PARA LA POBLACIÓN DE MAYOR EDAD: LA TELEASISTENCIA. ESPECIAL REFERENCIA A CASTILLA Y LEÓN
Authors: Agra Viforcos Beatriz
Published: June 2024

La estructura de la población rural de Castilla y León, calificada por baja densidad, dispersión y agudo envejecimiento hacen que el diagnóstico de sus necesidades se convierta en vital a la hora de planificar toda una línea de actuaciones a nivel regional y local ordenadas a revertir la situación: El libro ofrece al lector un análisis detallado de los problemas y propone soluciones atentas a la diferente dimensión de los municipios y las demandas concretas de los distintos colectivos en aspectos relacionados con el catálogo de servicios sociales existentes y el requerido, la sostenibilidad y habitabilidad del entorno y las medidas destinadas a mejorar la atención sanitaria y promover la salud.
OBJETOS CERCANOS A LA TIERRA Y SUPERBÓLIDOS: SISTEMAS DE DETECCIÓN Y RIESGO DE IMPACTO
Authors: Peña Asensio Eloy , Campo Bagatin Adriano
Published: June 2024

Los impactos de rocas provenientes del espacio contra la atmósfera terrestre presentan un doble escenario. Por un lado, producen meteoritos, vestigios cósmicos que nos ofrecen información sobre el origen y evolución de nuestro sistema solar. Por otra parte, el propio fenómeno de colisión nos expone a riesgos potencialmente catastróficos. Son los denominados como objetos cercanos a la Tierra la principal fuente de estos impactos. Tanto su observación con telescopios para predecir sus movimientos como la detección de los fragmentos que impactan a hipervelocidad con nuestro planeta son de especial interés tanto para la defensa planetaria como para la investigación científica. En este capítulo exploramos los actuales y futuros programas de observación de asteroides, así como los sistemas de detección de entradas atmosféricas para la recuperación de meteoritos recién caídos. Comentamos también los esfuerzos que se están realizando para la monitorización de impactos con tecnología satelital, y describimos la frecuencia y consecuencias de tales eventos.
LOS METEORITOS COMO PATRIMONIO GEOLÓGICO MUEBLE
Authors: Díaz Martínez Enrique
Published: June 2024

Los meteoritos caídos y encontrados en España son rocas de gran valor científico, suficientemente raras y escasas como para que deban ser consideradas parte del patrimonio geológico mueble, un tipo de patrimonio natural. Como tal, no deberían ser comercializados ni exportados, sino ser custodiados por organismos públicos y entidades que aseguren su disponibilidad permanente para la ciencia y la educación, y en general para su uso y beneficio a largo plazo por la sociedad. Existen ya normas nacionales e internacionales que permiten regular su gestión, pero falta interés y voluntad para ello.
TAREA 16
Authors: Parody Navarro José
Published: June 2024

El cine es una diversión que hay que tomar muy en serio. Un fin que puede, incluso, ser tomado como medio. Los educadores así lo han comprendido desde hace años, y los profesores de Derecho no iban a ser menos. Al cine nada de lo humano le es ajeno, y por eso quienes se dedican a la docencia en el ámbito jurídico son conscientes de que, si se puede gozar con el cine —esa bella arte—, también se puede trabajar con él en el aula. Es necesario, claro está, estar dispuesto a ello, poseer una cultura cinematográfica apropiada y diseñar adecuadamente esta estrategia pedagógica, como se hace con cualquier táctica formativa para que resulte eficaz. Es esencial seleccionar correctamente aquellas películas o escenas que puedan ser útiles en un determinado momento para trabajar en clase, teniendo claro qué se pretende del alumnado con dicho trabajo, además de ilustrar el tratamiento de la cuestión académica que sea. El presente libro es fruto del trabajo desarrollado por un grupo de docentes, principalmente profesores de asignaturas jurídicas de la Universidad de Málaga, miembros de un Proyecto de Innovación Educativa titulado «La inserción del cine en la docencia de asignaturas jurídicas: la relevancia de la lengua inglesa» (PIE19-016), coordinado por el Profesor de Derecho Civil Antonio J. Quesada Sánchez. En él se recopilan una serie de fichas de trabajo que describen experiencias individuales puestas en práctica por los docentes con sus respectivos grupos de alumnos, todas conectadas con el cine.
กรุงเทพมหานครฯ ในช่วงสถานการณ์โควิด-19: พินิจผลกระทบของโควิด-19 จากมุมมองการผลิตพื้นที่
Authors: พงษ์สวัสดิ์ พิชญ์
Published: June 2024

งานวิจัยชิ้นนี้ศึกษาผลกระทบจากการผลิตพื้นที่ในเมืองในช่วงวิกฤติการแพร่กระจายของโควิด-19 ในพื้นที่กรุงเทพมหานคร โดยปรับใช้กรอบการศึกษาการผลิตพื้นที่ของ Henri Lefebvre มาศึกษาการผลิตพื้นที่ในพื้นที่กรุงเทพมหานคร ผ่านปฏิสัมพันธ์ที่เกิดจากรัฐ เอกชน และประชาชน ผลของการศึกษาพบว่าผลกระทบที่เกิดจากการแพร่ของโควิด-19 ในพื้นที่กรุงเทพมหานครส่งผลต่อรัฐ เอกชน และประชาชน แตกต่างกันไป โดยจุดเริ่มต้นของผลกระทบนี้ทำให้การผลิตพื้นที่ของรัฐ มีการปรับตัวอย่างมากผ่านการใช้กฎหมาย นโยบาย และมาตรการต่าง ๆ เพื่อควบคุมการแพร่ระบาดของโรค ส่งผลให้พื้นที่ต่าง ๆ ถูกปิดกั้น มีการควบคุมการเคลื่อนที่ของประชาชนในพื้นที่ต่าง ๆ พื้นที่สาธารณะถูกปิด กิจกรรมต่าง ๆ ถูกกำกับควบคุม รัฐไทยใช้ข้ออ้างเรื่องความมั่นคงและเรื่องสุขภาวะเป็นข้ออ้างสำคัญโดยการพยายามจัดการปัญหาด้านสุขภาวะในเมือง ด้วยมุมมองเสมือนหนึ่งเป็นภัยคุกคามต่อความมั่นคงแห่งชาติ การจัดการต่าง ๆ จึงอาศัยกฎหมายความมั่นคงอย่าง พ.ร.ก.ฉุกเฉิน กับการประกาศเคอร์ฟิวเป็นแนวทางหลัก ผลของมาตรการข้างต้นนี้เองส่งผลให้การผลิตพื้นที่ของทั้งเอกชนและประชาชนมีความยากลำบากขึ้น ไม่สามารถดำเนินชีวิตประจำวันได้อย่างปกติเหมือนก่อนหน้า
ตลาด สินค้าอุปโลกน์ และการก่อกบฏในล้านนา ภายใต้การปกครองของสยาม
Authors: แก้วแกมทอง นัฏฐิญา , ภุมมา นภนต์
Published: June 2024

บทความนี้ดำเนินตามการวิเคราะห์ของคาร์ล โปลานยี (Karl Polanyi) ในหนังสือ เมื่อโลกพลิกผัน: การปฏิวัติอุตสาหกรรม จุดกำเนิดการเมืองและเศรษฐกิจปัจจุบัน (The Great Transformation: The Political and Economic Origins of Our Time) เพื่อเสนอว่ากบฏพญาผาบที่เกิดขึ้นใน พ.ศ.2432 และกบฏเงี้ยวที่เกิดขึ้นใน พ.ศ.2445 นั้นเป็นผลพวงของความเคลื่อนไหวไปข้างหน้า (movement) ที่ถูกผลักดันโดยสยามเพื่อให้เกิดตลาดที่กำกับดูแลตัวเอง (self-regulating market) ในดินแดนล้านนา ในช่วงเวลาดังกล่าว สยามดำเนินนโยบายหลายประการเพื่อเร่งกระบวนการกลายเป็นสินค้าของพื้นที่ป่า แรงงาน และเงิน ซึ่งโปลานยีเรียกว่าสินค้าอุปโลกน์ (fictitious commodity) นี่ส่งผลให้ตลาดที่เคยฝัง (embeded) เป็นส่วนหนึ่งของสังคมกลายเป็นตลาดที่ถูกผลักออกจากสังคม (disembedded market) การพลิกผันครั้งใหญ่นี้ทำลายเยื่อใยของโครงสร้างสังคม (fabric of society) ที่เคยยึดโยงผู้คนเข้ากับสรรพสิ่งที่อยู่รอบตัว กบฏทั้งสองครั้งจึงเกิดขึ้นในฐานะกระแสตอบโต้ (countermovement) เพื่อรักษาและทวงคืนความสัมพันธ์ทางสังคมที่กำลังสลายตัวลง
Mangrove leaf litter production in the Iwahig River estuary ecosystem of Puerto Princesa Bay, Palawan, the Philippines
Authors: Dangan-Galon Floredel , Dolorosa Roger , Seguerra Renalyn
Published: June 2024

This study aims to quantify mangrove leaf litter’s contribution to the Iwahig River estuary ecosystem’s primary productivity in Puerto Princesa Bay, Palawan, Philippines. There are several studies of this nature in the Indo-west Pacific and Malesian regions, but none, so far, in the island province of Palawan. A sampling protocol using the net traps was employed, and the dry leaf production in gram dry-weight per sq. m per day (g DW m-2 d-1) was computed. The amount of calculated mangrove leaf litter was at 2.34 ± 0.42 g DW m-2 d- 1 of which 49.6% was from the species Lumnitzera littorea (Jack) Voigt. The contribution of five other species, Rhizophora mucronata (Lamk.), Rhizophora apiculata Bl., Xylocarpus granatum König, Bruguiera sexangula (Lour.) Poir., and Xylocarpus moluccensis (Lamk.) Roem came in varying quantities. The seasonal variability was evident, but this did not differ significantly between the rainy (1.48 ± 0.3 g DW m-2 d-1) and the dry (2.12 ± 1.0 g DW m-2 d-1) seasons with a P-value of 0.432 (α = 0.99). None of the four environmental parameters (temperature, rainfall, wind speed and day lengths) correlated well with the average monthly leaf litter production. Nonetheless, the computed value for this is high and can be associated with the Iwahig River estuary ecosystem’s high biodiversity. A year-round assessment, with the inclusion of relevant variables such as tides, nutrients, species density, and diameter-at-breast-height (DBH), should be done. Understanding the inter-annual variability in mangrove leaf litter production and its contribution to the Iwahig River estuary ecosystem in Palawan, the Philippines, are imperative.
Opercular girth, maximum girth and total length relationships for eight fish species from the Saros Bay (northern Aegean Sea, Turkey)
Authors: Cengiz Özgür
Published: June 2024

This study was carried out to uncover the relationship between opercular girth (Gope), maximum girth (Gmax) and total length (TL) for eight fish species [(Sardina pilchardus (Walbaum, 1792), Sardinella aurita (Valenciennes, 1847), Serranus cabrilla (Linnaeus, 1758), Serranus scriba (Linnaeus, 1758), Symphodus mediterraneus (Linnaeus, 1758), Symphodus tinca (Linnaeus, 1758), Trachurus mediterraneus (Steindachner, 1868), and Trachurus trachurus (Linnaeus, 1758)] from four families (Carangidae, Clupeidae, Labridae, and Serranidae) sampled between August 2016 and December 2017 in Saros Bay (Northern Aegean Sea, Turkey). Gope and Gmax were found to increase linearly with the total length for all the species. All r2 values were statistically significant (r2 > 0.83, P < 0.001). The values about length-girth relationships (LGRs) of S. mediterraneus were estimated for the first time worldwide. This information will contribute to the development of ecosystem-based fisheries management.
Measuring the historical conservation status of dragonet fishes in Tosa Bay, Southwestern Japan: ecological and genetic approach
Authors: Gonzales Benjamin , Taniguchi Nobuhiko
Published: June 2024

Dragonets are one of the dominant species in Tosa Bay, Southwestern Japan. However, until now, there is no baseline information on the conservation status of its species and populations. This study gathered genetic and ecological data and information to analyze and measure the historical conservation status of dragonets in the Bay. Quantitative values were converted into qualitative ranges to measures the conservation status of dragonet species. Eight dragonet species/populations were found to be in stable condition in the early 1990s, namely: Callionymus planus Ochiai, 1955; Callionymus lunatus Temminck and Schlegel, 1845; Callionymus curvicornis Valenciennes, 1837; Callionymus japonicus Houttuyn, 1782; Callionymus enneactis Bleeker, 1879; Synchiropus altivelis (Temminck and Schlegel, 1845); Repomucenus virgis (Jordan and Fowler, 1903); and Repomucenus huguenini Bleeker, 1858. Others were globally endangered and rare (Callionymus draconis Nakabo, 1977), locally highly vulnerable (Callionymus valenciennei Temminck and Schlegel, 1845; Callionymus beniteguri (Jordan and Snyder, 1900), locally vulnerable (Callionymus formosanus Fricke, 1981; Bathycallionymus kaianus (Günther, 1981)), and globally highly vulnerable (Callionymus sokonumeri Kamohara, 1936). The information gained in this study provided baseline knowledge on the historical species risk status of dragonets in Tosa Bay, which can be used as a basis for future studies. It also provided some scientifically-based options for managing biodiversity in a defined spatial management unit, which is applicable to e.g., marine protected areas, parks, bays, islands, lakes, etc.
Phytochemical Screening, Macronutrient Content, Antimicrobial and Cytotoxic Properties of Selected Edible Plants consumed by the Palaw’an tribe in Bataraza, Palawan, Philippines
Authors: Aguirre Nikki Ella , Pardian Edgar Joseph , Nuevacubeta Merick Jan , Nillasca Ma. Rosa Flor , Garcellano Rhea
Published: June 2024

This study investigated three edible plants, namely, Ardisia iwahigensis Elmer, Baccaurea gracilis Merr., and Manihot glaziovii Müll.Arg consumed by the Palaw’an tribe in Bataraza, Palawan. Specifically, the phytochemical components, macronutrient contents, antimicrobial properties, and toxicity of the crude ethanol extracts of the fresh and/or air-dried leaves were determined. Qualitative phytochemical screening of fresh leaves and chemical profiling of air-dried leaves both revealed the presence of alkaloids, flavonoids, sterols, and tannins. Macronutrient analysis indicated that B. gracilis contained the highest crude protein (13.4% weight by weight) and crude fiber (6.65% w/w), while M. glaziovii contained the highest crude fat (0.807% w/w). Disc Diffusion Assay demonstrated significant (P < 0.05) antibacterial property against gram-positive (Staphylococcus aureus Ogston, 1880 and Bacillus subtilis Ehrenberg, 1835) and gram-negative (Escherichia coli Escherich, 1885 and Pseudomonas aeruginosa Schroeter, 1872) bacteria. The mean zones of inhibitions for A. iwahigensis against gram-positive (21.65–22.58 mm) and gram-negative (19.59–22.27 mm) bacteria were comparable with the positive controls (oxacillin 19.25–19.32 mm; Amikacin 16.52–27.32 mm). However, the three plants did not exhibit antifungal properties. Brine Shrimp Lethality Assay showed that A. iwahigensis was the most toxic with 100% mortality at 1000 ppm (LC50 = 4.270 ppm) after 24h exposure followed by M. glaziovii (97% mortality at 1000 ppm with LC50 = 7.918 ppm). The three edible plants are good sources of various phytochemicals that may have essential biological activities. This indicates that they can be used, not only as food ingredient, but also for therapeutic purposes and as potential sources of bioactive compounds with antibacterial and cytotoxic activities.
Bird surveys in Turtle Islands Wildlife Sanctuary, Philippines
Authors: Paguntalan Lisa , Canag Javica Faye , Oporto Dante , Jakosalem Philip Godfrey , Dela Cruz Michael , Fernandez Georgina
Published: June 2024

Bird observations were conducted in all six islands within the Turtle Islands Wildlife Sanctuary, Tawi-Tawi, Philippines in May 2017, March 2018 and August 2019. Purposive sampling technique using digital cameras, binoculars and spotting scopes were used to document the bird species and to assess their population. A total of 44 species were observed including the IUCN Vulnerable Grey Imperial Pigeon Ducula pickeringii (Cassin, 1854), the near-threatened Mantanani Scops Owl Otus mantananensis (Sharpe, 1892) and the Philippine Megapode Megapodius cumingii (Dillwyn, 1853). Baguan Island recorded the highest number of species (38) followed by Taganak Island with 25 species, Boan Island with 21 species, Great Bakkungan and Lihiman Islands has 18 species each, while the island with the least number of species observed was Langaan (14). Among the islands, only Baguan retained mature beach forest. Locals in Boan Island were observed keeping native birds as pets. The presence of these restricted-range bird species as well as the updated baseline data, provide significant contribution in defining priority islands for avian conservation. Additional surveys are recommended in the area particularly in the relatively undisturbed Baguan Island during migratory season.
Having children, with whom? Between families and anthropo-poiesis
Authors: Remotti Francesco
Published: June 2024

The analysis of the common expression “bear children” and the examination of some ethnographic cases allow the author to focus on the notion of “bearing”, not only as a biological process, but also as a cultural and social one. In particular, on the one hand it retrieves the concept of filiation and complementary filiation, on the other it makes use of the anthropo-poietic perspective. This perspective shows, above all, how many societies dwell on the difficult task of “bearing children”, a task which is entrusted, in the various ethnographic cases, not to the conjugal family of origin, but to mothers and fathers who are not the biological ones: a social sharing that can even involve one’s enemies.
Survival, memory and identity: Conversation with ethnohistorian Joëlle Rostkowski
Authors: Bogliolo Bruna Giulia
Published: June 2024

Interview with Joëlle Rostkowski.
Racism and whiteness in Brazil
Authors: Ribeiro Corossacz Valeria
Published: June 2024

This paper is a contribution to understand the mechanisms of racism in Brazil through the study of whiteness. In part one I introduce some of the most important theoretical contributions of critical whiteness studies, focusing on how whiteness has been defined as a condition of privilege. In part two I present a brief history of the role played by whiteness in the formation of Brazil as a nation with particular attention for the theory of branqueamento and for the specific characteristics of Brazilian color classification. This historical overview helps understand how whiteness became and still is a social position of structural advantage. In the last part I discuss some aspects of my ethnography on whiteness among men of upper-middle class self-identifying as white living in Rio de Janeiro. More specifically I analyze how class is perceived by them as the register to define their experience of whiteness.
Varia
Authors: VA VA
Published: June 2024

News.
Mauro Armanino, La storia perduta e ritrovata dei migranti: Il fattore religioso dentro e fuori i cancelli del carcere, Sestri Levante, Gammarò Editore, 2013, pp. 210
Authors: Aime Marco
Published: June 2024

Book review of Mauro Armanino, La storia perduta e ritrovata dei migranti: Il fattore religioso dentro e fuori i cancelli del carcere, Sestri Levante, Gammarò Editore, 2013, pp. 210.
Do not call us racists! Reflections on stereotypes, prejudices and discrimination in school environments
Authors: Notarangelo Cristina
Published: June 2024

The article, based on ethnographic observation and qualitative interviews, explores the subtle forms of discrimination and racism towards students of immigrant origin in some lower secondary schools and high schools situated in the city of Genoa. Despite the tendency to represent itself as an autonomous institution, the Italian school system is connected at various levels to the social, cultural and political background which it belongs to. Teachers and students bring inside the classrooms their ideas about different minority groups and about the place they should hold in a desirable society. I shall argue that the idea of intercultural exchange, frame of the policies of interaction in school contexts, may in practice be realized as a multicultural attitude which entails the risk to emphasize and naturalize difference and to foster hidden forms of exclusion. I shall also point out that the spreading of more open racist doscourses is a phenomenon that calls for further ethnographic research.
Eskimos Enlightenment: Archeology of a clumsy view
Authors: Bogliolo Bruna Giulia
Published: June 2024

The present paper retraces, in an ethno-historical perspective, the genesis of the oriented, elliptic, simplistic and reductive representation of the Eskimos in the Diderot & d’Alembert’s Encyclopaedia. Adopting an inter-disciplinary approach (historical, anthropological and textual, as well), the paper wonders upon the mechanisms which have governed the construction of the Eskimos’ image, and deciphers them considering the philosophical challenges and the ideological conditioning of the Century of Lights. The Eskimos’ image conveyed by the Encyclopaedia emphasizes their bestiality and primitivism, to stick them as the prototype of the savagery, the personification of a degenerated and shy humanity of the borders. The image of the Inuit - stereotyped, preformed and caricatured - is built through bias, omissions, and generalizations. It is intended to present them as fully antonymic to civilisation. In the Diderot and Chevalier de Jaucourt’s writing, the fierce and anthropophagic Inuit are the archetypal symbol of an extreme and terrifying anthropological difference which is the outcome of a geographical and climatic determinism. Far away the highly idealized and aesthetically-oriented image of the Good Savage, the Eskimos show-up in the writing of the Century of Lights‟ scholars a borderline humanity, deprived of any culture mark, but, nevertheless belonging to the human family.
Persistence and transformations of Brazilian racism
Authors: Bernardo Teresinha
Published: June 2024

The study of race relationships carried aout by the Author in São Paulo, Brazil, in three field researches, one of them still in progress, clearly shows the perpetuation of the racial democracy myth, one of the main pillars on which was developed the Brazilian national consciousness. However, the harmony between whites and blacks and between whites and indians is only apparent and although the Brazilians say they are not racist, the racism is very strong in Brazil, but is projected on the Other. At present there are two main schools of thought: those who affirm the existence of harmony between the different pillars of civil society, and those who affirm the existence of racism, sometimes covered but underlined by the policies of whitening of certain sectors of society.
Ontogeny
Authors: Gabryel Nasser Suleiman
Published: June 2024

The ontogeny of the anthropology consists in returning to the history of the discipline, of its formation. It involves studying its institutional and intellectual development.The philosophical anthropology is an essential matrix of the current anthropology; its study allows us to understand the historic shape of intellectualization of the concepts and the work of definition which notably begins in the XVI century with Montaigne and in the XVIII century with Kant. As a consequence, the philosophy was the armature of the ontogeny of the anthropology and allowed to propose a universal frame of analysis on the world and men.
Reminder for an outrageous case
Authors: De Spirito Angelomichele
Published: June 2024

Letter.
Zelda Alice Franceschi, ed, Storie di Vita, “Annuario di Antropologia”, 14, XI, Milano, Ledizioni, 2012, pp. 324
Authors: Farinacci Elisa
Published: June 2024

Book review of Zelda Alice Franceschi, ed, Storie di Vita, “Annuario di Antropologia”, 14, XI, Milano, Ledizioni, 2012, pp. 324.
Elvira Stefania Tiberini, Antropologia dell’arte: Arte nativa nordamericana. Lezioni del corso di Antropologia dell’arte A.A. 2013-2014, Roma, Cisu, 2013, pp. 163
Authors: Faldini Luisa
Published: June 2024

Book review of Elvira Stefania Tiberini, Antropologia dell’arte. Arte nativa nordamericana. Lezioni del corso di Antropologia dell’arte A.A. 2013-2014, Roma, Cisu, 2013, pp. 163.
Varia
Authors: VVAA VVAA
Published: June 2024

Video review.
Francesco Remotti, Per un’antropologia inattuale, Milano, Eleuthera, 2014, pp. 136
Authors: Casella Paltrinieri Anna
Published: June 2024

Book review of Francesco Remotti, Per un’antropologia inattuale, Milano, Eleuthera, 2014, pp. 136.
Customs control over illicit international trade: The impact of different forms of illegality
Authors: Smart Alan
Published: June 2024

This article examines a process central to the anthropological understanding of the state, how smuggling persists despite diverting a large portion of the revenues critical to the operation of state organizations. Developing the author’s prior typology of basic reasons why illegal practices persist, the article argues that there are five distinct types of smuggling, related to factors such as the social legitimacy of the activity. Legitimacy appears to make control much more difficult, but the availability of profits is also a key factor that can operate in the absence of social legitimacy, and which can contribute to the corruption of state officials. The result of intensified enforcement crackdowns also differs between the types, affecting the nature of the organization of smuggling practices. I conclude that the exploration of diversity among smuggling practices demonstrates the advantages of avoiding a treatment of illegality in general terms, and to pluralize the concept to understand the diverse motivations and forms that illegal practices can take.
Carole Counihan, Valeria Siniscalchi, eds, Food Activism: Agency, Democracy and Economy, London - New Dehli - New York - Sydney, Bloomsbury Academic, 2014, pp. 251
Authors: Faldini Luisa
Published: June 2024

Book review of Carole Counihan, Valeria Siniscalchi, eds, Food Activism: Agency, Democracy and Economy, London - New Dehli - New York - Sydney, Bloomsbury Academic, 2014, pp. 251.
Didier Fassin, La forza dell’ordine: Antropologia della polizia nelle periferie urbane, traduzione e cura di Lorenzo Alunni, Bologna, La Linea, 2013, pp. 351
Authors: Deiana Alessandro
Published: June 2024

Book review of Didier Fassin, La forza dell’ordine: Antropologia della polizia nelle periferie urbane, traduzione e cura di Lorenzo Alunni, Bologna, La Linea, 2013, pp. 351.
Ignazio Figus, Cosimo Zene, S’Impinnu. Il voto, Isre, Hdv, colore, sonoro, 16:9, 107’, 2014
Authors: Tiragallo Felice
Published: June 2024

Book review of Ignazio Figus, Cosimo Zene, S’Impinnu. Il voto, Isre, Hdv, colore, sonoro, 16:9, 107’, 2014.
Varia
Authors: Authors Various
Published: June 2024

Book announcement.
Latin America-Europe: Migratory itineraries in oral sources (20th and 21st centuries)
Authors: Hernández Nova Leslie
Published: June 2024

Review of America Latina-Europa: Itinerari migratori nelle fonti orali (secoli XX e XXI).
Varia
Authors: Authors Various
Published: June 2024

Review.
Kalanda: The Knowledge of the Bush, by Lorenzo Ferrarini, UK-Burkina Faso, 2014, 62 min.
Authors: ANUAC Redazione
Published: June 2024

Video.
Christian Bromberger, Un autre Iran: Un ethnologue au Gilân, Paris, Armand Colin, 2013, pp. 256
Authors: Clemente Pietro
Published: June 2024

Book review of Christian Bromberger, Un autre Iran: Un ethnologue au Gilân, Paris, Armand Colin, 2013, pp. 256.
Breve genealogia e anatomia del concetto di habitus
Authors: Wacquant Loïc
Published: June 2024

In questo saggio Loïc Wacquant propone una messa a punto del concetto di habitus, correggendone alcuni fraintendimenti ricorrenti. In un primo momento ricostruisce brevemente la genealogia della nozione mettendone in luce le origini filosofiche e accennando all'uso fattone da alcuni classici delle scienze sociali. In seguito l'autore svolge una dissezione dell'habitus all'interno dell'opera di Pierre Bourdieu e ne ricostruisce puntualmente l'anatomia, riferendosi anche alla propria esperienza di ricerca etnografica.
Nostalgia for kinship
Authors: Palumbo Berardino
Published: June 2024

Comment on Pier Giorgio Solinas, Sahlins, la parentela, essere e non essere: non è un problema, Anuac. Vol. 4, n° 1, dicembre 2015: 189-195.
El Ego del parentesco y el yo de la lengua: Un problema etnográfico
Authors: Porqueres i Gené Enric
Published: June 2024

Commento a Pier Giorgio Solinas, Sahlins, la parentela, essere e non essere: non è un problema, Anuac. Vol. 4, n° 1, dicembre 2015: 189-195.
Introduzione
Authors: González Díez Javier , Gusman Alessandro
Published: June 2024

L’articolo parte dalla considerazione che antropologia delle religioni e antropologia urbana hanno avuto nel corso degli anni percorsi separati se non divergenti. Soltanto negli ultimi anni le due prospettive hanno iniziato a cercare di dialogare fra loro e a porre le basi per uno studio dei fenomeni religiosi proprio della città. Partendo da queste considerazioni, l’articolo pone la necessità di ricerche che cerchino di offrire nuove prospettive di avvicinamento fra antropologia urbana e antropologia delle religioni: per rispondere alle domande da cui si è originata la sezione tematica, viene analizzato lo stato degli studi e descritto il percorso teorico allestito per individuare modalità, strumenti e categorie almeno in parte rinnovati per lo studio delle religioni in città e della città attraverso le religioni. In questo percorso, l’articolo evidenzia come l’antropologia, alla luce della sua doppia e consolidata tradizione di ricerca sia sulla religione che sui temi urbani, abbia oggi l’opportunità di interrogarsi su quali siano gli approcci e le direzioni di ricerca che portano verso un quadro interpretativo più soddisfacente e adeguato ad indagare gli intrecci tra la dimensione religiosa e altre sfere che vanno a comporre l’immagine delle città contemporanee.
Transitions urbaines et religion: Une ethnographie des langages de l'urbanisation subalterne en Afrique et Inde
Authors: González Díez Javier
Published: June 2024

Lo scopo di questo articolo è esplorare come la religione può essere utilizzata per studiare la transizione urbana e le trasformazioni sociali che l’accompagnano, così come per reinterpretare meglio il continuum che unisce i concetti di “urbano” e “rurale”. Facendo ricorso all’idea di urbanizzazione subalterna, l’articolo compara due nuovi quartieri frutto della trasformazione di antichi villaggi inglobati in città, a Libreville (Gabon) e Pondicherry (India meridionale). L’articolo evidenzia come nei due casi, sebbene con notevoli differenze, le organizzazioni religiose siano particolarmente importanti nel guidare la costruzione del quartiere e delle sue reti sociali. L’articolo dunque conclude che nei due contesti esaminati, i culti religiosi accompagnano e riflettono i diversi modi di “fare la città” a partire dal basso.
Il nuovo Musée de l’Homme
Authors: Di Brizio Maria Beatrice
Published: June 2024

Recensione del nuovo Musée de l'Homme, riaperto il 17 Ottobre 2015, Parigi.
Introduction
Authors: Heatherington Tracey , Zerilli Filippo M.
Published: June 2024

Introduction to the Forum by the editors.
The double bind of audit culture in Romania
Authors: Mihăilescu Vintilă
Published: June 2024

The paper focuses on the implementation of audit culture in the post-communist Romanian academic field, using a neo-institutionalist approach. The case of academic competition between anthropology and ethnology is scrutinized in order to illustrate the double standards, nationally and globally oriented, of the quantitative metrics promoted by state institutions.