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On Gossip
Authors: Epstein Joseph
Published: July 2012

Whether for alliance or exclusion, secrets seem best when shared. An accomplished gossip marvels at the pleasures and perils of one of our favorite pastimes.
Black Nature
Authors: Hass Robert
Published: July 2012

A Poet Laureate tours the oft-overlooked landscape of black American verse, from the songs of the cotton fields to the jazz of the Harlem Renaissance.
The Hole
Authors: Orner Peter
Published: July 2012

It wasn’t till after I’d shoved my quarters in and started to rack up the balls that I noticed the stain on the table, or, I should say, stains.
Cherokee
Authors: Rash Ron
Published: July 2012

The middle tumblers spin and a third cherry drops in between the other two. “Halfway there,” Danny says, and the slots start to roll again.
Deadpan Truth and Weirdness: Dino Buzzati’s “The Colomber”
Authors: Baxter Charles
Published: July 2012

According to Charles Baxter, the current renaissance of the “magical moralized tale” among emerging American writers owes a debt to this little-known Italian master. His fable of seafaring and mythical sharks, equally enjoyable for children and adults, provides an antidote for our fear-saturated world.
In Memoriam
Authors: Vinkovetsky Ilya
Published: July 2012

Ilya Vinkovetsky recollects his first meeting with Anatoly Remnev in the summer of 2003 at the "History of Empire" conference in Moscow, where, using a new, unifying vocabulary, Remnev conveyed his insights pertaining to Siberian regional history in the empire. Vinkovetsky sketches the picture of Western Siberian studies and examines Remnev's impressive body of works against major Western trends. He suggests that Remnev's approach to the history of Siberia and the Far East did not resemble any of them. Rather, his constantly evolving methodology seems to have been drawn in part from his interlocutors in the New Imperial History forums: most of these interlocutors were Western scholars whose work focuses on the European parts of Russia, albeit in its provincial as well as metropolitan manifestations. The influence of New Imperial History can be deciphered in Remnev's focus on the workings of imperial institutions and hierarchies on the local level – a dimension that was and is largely lacking in both Western and Russian historiographies of Siberia and the Far East. Илья Винковецкий вспоминает свою первую встречу с Анатолием Ремневым на летней конференции "История империи" в 2003 году в Москве. Там он впервые познакомился с новыми подходами этого исследователя к истории Сибири и Дальнего Востока. Винковецкий предлагает обзор основных западных подходов в области сибиреведе­ния и пытается оценить специфику работ Ремнева в этом контексте. Он приходит к выводу, что исследования Ремнева не имеют аналогов в западном сибиреведении. Постоянно развивавшаяся методология Рем­нева формировалась в процессе его взаимодействия с исследованиями в области новой имперской истории, направленными как на регионы, так и на переосмысление роли центра – притом что большинство этих работ имело дело не с Сибирью, а с Европейской Россией. Главные поля этого плодотворного взаимовлияния сложились вокруг проблематики "географии власти" и функционирования имперских институтов на местном уровне.
Неудачная книга
Authors: Мотыка Гжегож
Published: July 2012

Grzegorz Motyka writes that the monograph The Second Polish–Ukrai­nian War by Volodymyr V'iatrovych has not fulfilled its promise of original and solid academic research but instead constitutes a biased attempt to rela­tivize and justify the mass murder of Polish civilians in Volhynia and Galicia, and atrocities committed by Ukrainian nationalists. In particular, Motyka points out V'iatrovych's selective use of primary and secondary sources, which are only discussed in the monograph in such a way that supports the author's predetermined thesis. Furthermore, the book consistently downplays the scale of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army's anti-Polish activities, leaving the reader with a false impression that the number of victims on both sides of the Ukrainian–Polish conflict was commensurate, while the conscious policy of mass murder adopted by the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists and implemented by the Ukrainian Insurgent Army is represented as a spontaneous outburst of Ukrainian peasant violence against Polish colonists. Contrary to such an approach, Motyka argues that the extermination of Polish civilians was a genocidal act on the part of Ukrainian nationalists. The fact that this operation took place during an armed Ukrainian–Polish conflict, he maintains, must not be understood in such a way as to portray tens of thousands Polish victims as unavoidable war casualties, the effect achieved by the book under review.
Sultan Mendali Piraliyev: The History of a Hoax
Authors: Remnev Anatoly
Published: July 2012

In this article translated from Russian, Anatoly Remnev explores the journalistic hoax by the well-known Russian scholar of the Orient V. V. Grigor'ev. In the course of the 1860s-1880s, Grigor'ev published a series of articles in the Russian press using the persona of invented Kazakh Sultan Mendali Piraliyev. In these articles, the "Sultan" expressed his loyalty to Russia and criticized Kazakh backwardness. The "Sultan" criticized Russians' reliance on Tatar intermediaries in the steppe and maintained that Kazakhs were "Mohameddans in name only." In his analysis of the hoax, Remnev maintains that Grigor'ev, who served as a tsarist administrator in the steppe, needed a pseudonym to express critical views of current policies. Remnev also suggests that Grigor'ev's resort to the persona of a Kazakh Sultan reflected his broader ideological and scholarly concerns. While he did not reject many "orientalist" premises of European scholarship, Grigor'ev resented the perceived dependence of Russian scholarship on Western ideas. Through the persona of the Sultan, Grigor'ev attempted to bring home to the Russian reader the complexity of Russia's imperial project and to defend the view of the latter as a "civilizing" force in Russia. Remnev interprets Grigor'ev as a mediator between the worlds of power, scholarship, public opinion, and the "Asians" proper, and proposes that his efforts be seen in the context of efforts by "subaltern intellectuals" such as the Kazakh scholar and Russian officer Chokan Valikhanov, who was an obvious prototype for Sultan Mendali Piraliyev. В этой статье А. Ремнев рассматривает журналистскую мистифика- цию известного российского ученого-ориенталиста В. В. Григорьева. В 1860-1880-х годах он опубликовал серию статей в российской печати под именем казахского султана Мендали Пиралиева. В этих статьях султан выражал лояльность России и критиковал не только отсталость казахов, но и политику российских властей. Так, он считал ошибкой использование татар как посредников в степи и сообщал, что казахи были мусульманами лишь номинально. Ремнев демонстрирует, что мистификация понадобилась Григорьеву, служившему имперским администратором, для того, чтобы изложить свои критические взгля- ды и программу модернизации степи. Но создание образа казахского султана отражало и более широкие идеологические и научные аспекты мировоззрения Григорьева. Не отрицая огульно все "ориенталистские" основания западной науки, он, тем не менее, выражал неудовлетворение зависимостью российской науки от западных идей. "Султан" поэтому воплощал сложность российского имперского проекта, цивилизацион- ную роль России на пространствах империи и неприменимость к ней западных ориенталистских клише. Ремнев интерпретирует Григорьева как посредника между миром власти, науки, общественным мнением и "азиатами". Он предлагает рассматривать Григорьева в ряду таких "су­балтерных интеллектуалов", как казахский ученый и русский офицер Чокан Валиханов - очевидный прототип султана Мендали Пиралиева.
“Сближались народы края, представителем которого являюсь я”: краеведческое движение 1920–1930-х годов и советская национальная политика
Authors: Мельникова Екатерина
Published: July 2012

The article focuses on the relationship between the Soviet kraevedenie ("regional studies") of the 1920s–30s and national politics in postrevolutionary Russia. The development of a new discipline and mass movement was grounded on the idea of "krai" ("region") visibly defined in nonnational terms. Yet for a majority of kraevedy the interest in the research and representation of locality was considerably tied to the idea of describing the nation. Organizations of local studies appeared in all national republics and territories and were directly connected to the national institutions. Kraevedenie became a significant vehicle of national mobilization in the Soviet republics and national districts. The Russian territory was not marked with national institutions and the Central Bureau of Kraevedenie based in Moscow also tended to represent itself as nonnational. It aimed to coordinate the work all over the Soviet Union but mostly failed since it was perceived as Russian. The author argues that the upheaval of kraevedenie at the beginning of the 1920s and its collapse at the end of the 1930s were directly dependent on Soviet politics in the field of nationalities. When the number of national institutions was reduced and the idea of the Soviet nation was proclaimed, regional studies' institutions became the subjects of considerable restructuring. There was no longer a place for Russian, Ukrainian, or Byelorussian kraevedenie . Since then it has been Soviet kraevedenie throughout the Soviet state.
Odessa Without Dogma: Jabotinsky's the Five
Authors: Lecke Mirja
Published: July 2012

Multinational imperial Odessa was a unique city on Russia's periphery. After its destruction, it lived on in the Odessan style and as the myth of "Old Odessa," both of which provided Russian culture with ways of talking about diversity. The article analyzes the right-wing Zionist Vladimir Jabotinsky's novel The Five against the backdrop of the Odessa myth. It argues that its narrative construction and stylistic composition were designed to undermine a politicized, "textbook" reading of the plot. Jabotinsky instead draws a multivocal artistic image and, in his poetic activity, overcomes the confines of nationalist ideological discourse.
Многонациональная Одесса была уникальным городом российской географической и культурной периферии. Она жила и развивалась в "одесском стиле" и в "одесском мифе", которые в российской куль- туре функционировали как пространства, где был возможен разговор о разнообразии. Мирья Лекке обращается к одному из произведений "одесского стиля" – роману правого сиониста Владимира Жаботинского "Пятеро", который она рассматривает на фоне "одесского мифа". Лекке показывает, что нарративная конструкция романа и его стилистическая композиции подрывают политизированное, начетническое прочтение сюжета. Жаботинский создает внутренне многообразный, сложный художественный образ и на уровне поэтики преодолевает ограничения националистического идеологического дискурса.
Анатолий Ремнев как историк имперского Востока России
Authors: Бобровников Владимир
Published: July 2012

In this article, Vladimir Bobrovikov, Russia's leading scholar of the Caucasus, reflects on the contribution of Anatoly Remnev to Russian im­perial history. He notes that Remnev was a student of Boris Anan'ich and began his studies doing research on administrative institutions of the Rus­sian Empire. Bobrovnikov recalls two projects on which he collaborated with Remnev. He was a proponent of the "regional" approach to imperial history as opposed to the nationalizing paradigm of Russian historical writing. Bobrovnikov notes that Remnev was a superb expert on the fabric of imperial society, and that in his works theory never took over the facts, even if he did not shy away from general observations. Especially valuable for Bobrovnikov was a chance to work with Remnev and compare differ­ent regions of the Russian empire. The author sees this work as potentially more productive than comparisons between different imperial formations. Bobrovnikov discusses Remnev's work on the "mental maps" of the Russian empire and what he called the "geography of power." He did not always agree with Remnev, who was critical of the "frontier approach" to Siberian history. Finally, Bobrovnikov writes about Remnev's contributions to the study of orientalist representations of native peoples of the steppe. Remnev succeeded in uncovering the voices of the subjugated peoples in a way no one did before him. Bobrovnikov bemoans the fact that he and Remnev did not succeed in writing a study together on the "inorodtsy" from different regional perspectives. He describes the passing of Anatoly Remnev as an irreparable loss to scholarship on the Russian Empire.
The Arch of Thinking About Nationalism in Challenging Time
Authors: Glebov Sergei , Semyonov Alexander
Published: July 2012

In the introduction to the archival publication of documents by Hans Kohn the editors point out that Ab Imperio had earlier engaged with the scholar's legacy. Kohn's lectures published in the journal were delivered in 1919 and 1943. The editors briefly discuss Kohn's biography. Born in Prague, Kohn became involved in discussions of Zionism early in his life. He served in the Austro-Hungarian army and spent time in Russia (in southern Siberia) as a prisoner of war. The editors argue that his understanding of nationalism was shaped by his historical encounters. In particular, Kohn's lifelong commitment to Zionism was a formative influence on his ideas about political community. Kohn's early embrace of nationalism was connected to his hopes for Zionism and his search for a suitable political language for describing a national community. In 1943, Kohn, by then a professor of modern European history at Smith College, had behind him several years of life in Palestine, where he worked in Zionist organizations and studied the Arab world. He also carefully observed and reported on the rise of Nazism and Stalinism in Europe. Kohn's lecture of 1943 reflects more distance from nationalism.

Во введении к архивной публикации документов Ханса Кона Сергей Глебов и Александр Семенов отмечают, что Ab Imperio ранее уже обращался к научному наследию этого важнейшего теоретика национализма. В настоящем номере публикуются две лекции Кона – 1919 и 1943 годов. Во введении к публикации кратко представлена биография Кона, особенно его раннее увлечение сионизмом. В годы Первой мировой войны Кон служил в австро-венгерской армии, попал в плен и закончил войну в Южной Сибири в лагере для военнопленных. Авторы введения полагают, что его понимание национализма во многом сформировалось в результате этого опыта, прежде все его сионистской составляющей. Это ярко проявилось в лекции 1919 года, подготовленной и прочитанной в лагере для пленных в Красноярске. В 1943 году мы видим Кона профессором европейской истории Смит Колледжа в Массачусетсе, США. Позади у него была жизнь в Палестине, где он работал в сионистских организациях и изучал арабский мир. Он также внимательно следил за ростом нацизма и сталинизма в Европе. Его лекция 1943 года отражает некоторое дистанцирование и переосмысление идеи национализма.
Warfare or War Criminality?
Authors: Rudling Per Anders
Published: July 2012

In a detailed review of The Second Polish-Ukrainian War, 1942-1947 , Per Rudling challenges both the conclusions and conceptual premises of the work under review. Rudling argues that V'iatrovych's claim of equivalency between the extermination of the Volhynian Polish population by the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA) on the one hand, and the murder of Ukrainians by Polish nationalist insurgents during World War II is historically unsustainable and ethically unsavory. Moreover, according to Rudling, V'iatrovych's representation of the Volhynian massacre contradicts existing historiography, in particular, works by Ihor Iliushyn and Grzegorz Motyka. These historians have demonstrated that the events in question were acts of deliberate ethnic cleansing on the part of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists, which ideologically dominated the UPA and wanted to transform Volhynia into a homogeneous ethnically Ukrainian territory. In conclusion, Rudling denies the monograph any scholarly value and categorizes it as an example of a politically motivated denial of mass murder.
В подробной рецензии на книгу Владимира Вятровича "Вторая польско-украинская война, 1942-1947" Пер Рудлинг подвергает острой критике выводы и концептуальные основания рецензируемой работы. Рудлинг утверждает, что попытка Вятровича представить как симме- тричные события уничтожение Украинской повстанческой армией (УПА) польского населения Волыни и убийства украинцев польскими националистами в годы Второй мировой войны исторически неубеди- тельна и морально сомнительна. То, как в книге представлена "волын- ская резня", противоречит установленным в историографии фактам, особенно работам И. Илюшина и Гр. Мотыки. Эти историки показали, что речь идет о сознательной этнической чистке, подготовленной Ор- ганизацией украинских националистов (ОУН), идеологически доминировавшей в УПА, с целью превратить Волынь в этнически гомогенную украинскую территорию. В заключение Рудлинг отказывает рецензиру­емой книге в научном значении и квалифицирует ее как политическимотивированный уход от признания совершенного преступления.
The Place of "Religion" in Colonial Korea around 1910 : The Imperial History of "Religion"
Authors: Kim Taehoon
Published: July 2012

The development of the concept of "religion" in colonial Korea will be considered as the culmination of the history of the concept of "religion" in imperial Japan. The purpose of considering the concept of religion within imperial history is not simply to demonstrate the relationship of mutual influence that existed between the concepts of religion in the metropole and colony. The perspective of an imperial history of "religion" taken up in this paper attempts to view the linkages within the concept of religion, whereby the colony and the metropole defined one another, allowing identities to form while engendering internal contradictions for both. This paper will highlight a number of examples from the documents of the Government-General of Korea, in order to consider the situation of religion in Korea around 1910.
A Buddhist Christmas: The Buddha's Birthday Festival in Colonial Korea (1928-1945)
Authors: Kim Hwansoo
Published: July 2012

This article examines the dynamic aspects of the Buddha's Birthday festival as it was celebrated from 1928 to 1945 in colonial Korea. A joint Japanese and Korean Buddhist event sponsored by the state, it became the signature religious and state festival. Although much politicized, the festival was also a culmination of Buddhist efforts in Asia to respond to modernity, nationalism, colonialism, and Christian missions. Paralleling the reinvention of Christmas in the modern period, Buddhists reconfigured the Buddha's birthday as a symbol of their religious identity and power. The Buddha's Birthday festival should be understood in the context of increasing contact and exchange among Buddhists in the East and the West. The festival's prominence was the result of complex negotiation and collaboration between Korean and Japanese Buddhists who both hoped the festival would advance their overlapping visions of Buddhism. The festival was not so much an imposition of the colonizer on a native culture as it was a dynamic, creative feature of modern Korean Buddhism in the colonial context.
Montanism and the "Empire of Mount Sion (시온산 제국 )": Lessons from the Early Church and the Early Korean Church
Authors: Grayson James H.
Published: July 2012

Comparing events from the early decades of the Christian Church in Korea with the history of the Early Church is a potentially rich form of research as the experience of the Early Church can help to both highlight distinctive characteristics of the Early Korean Church and to point out the broad similarities of Christian experience regardless of cultural and temporal differences. Both the Early Church and the Early Korean Church had a strong millenarian element in their history. The earliest example of a distinct millenarian movement in the Early Church which separated from the mainstream was the Montanist group, whereas in Korea one can point to the Empire of Mount Sion movement of the 1940s and its subsequent denomination. Both of these groups arose at a time when the state was imposing a cult of the worship of imperial rulers for the purpose of creating national unity.
Buddhist Accommodation and Appropriation and the Limits of Confucianization
Authors: Walraven Boudewijn
Published: July 2012

The Confucianization of Korea may be regarded as a steady process that continued throughout the Chosŏn period, constantly extending its influence to new layers of the population. From the outset this provoked various forms of Buddhist apologetics. Eminent priests like Kihwa (1376–1433) and Hyujŏng (1520–1604) argued for the fundamental compatibility of Buddhism and Confucianism. The Confucian social ethics emphasizing filial piety and loyalty to the monarchy were fully accepted by Buddhists and by the 18th-century a situation had come about in which Buddhist kasa songs were a major conduit for the propagation and maintenance of Confucian values. All this may be regarded as testimony to the relentless Confucianization of Chosŏn. The question arises, however, what exactly is the meaning of this “Confucianization.” The argument of this essay is that the appropriation of Confucian social values by Buddhism (as well as, for instance, by shamans and adherents of the cult of Guan Yu) by the 19th century actually had weakened Confucianism as an institutional faith by undercutting its hegemonic claims. In this way, Buddhism opened the way for Christianity (and native new religions) even before the country was formally opened for missionary activities.
The Activities and Significance of Temple Fraternities in Late Chosŏn Buddhism
Authors: Han Sangkil
Published: July 2012

The Chosŏn dynasty is said to have been a period of venerating Confucianism and persecuting Buddhism. So long has the period been so considered that when Chosŏn Buddhism is talked about, it never fails to include mention of its waning and ailing situation throughout the period. However, if we consider the Korean temples of our day, which display classic Chosŏn style, not only in terms of tangible cultural properties such as paintings and statues, but also intangible ones such as music, chanting, and ritual, I claim that Buddhism, though stressed, continued to develop steadily during the Chosŏn dynasty, at least to such an extent that it could influence contemporary Korean Buddhism. This study focuses on of the engines of this development within the sach’algye (寺刹契, temple fraternity). These arose in response to the persecution that lasted throughout the Chosŏn dynasty and caused the demise of many Buddhist temples due to economic hardship. During the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, a variety of temple fraternities came into existence and prospered throughout the country. In turn, these groups enabled temples to revive their religious and economic influence in society. Temple fraternities were organized in order to promote a pious faith in Buddhism, infuse the disciplinary mind of Buddhism into their members, and further aid temples by augmenting temple properties, restoring buildings, and providing necessities for religious ceremonies. Historical documents can verify 268 recorded temple fraternities. Each was aimed at providing a particular form of Buddhist service work (佛事, pulsa ) and they fit into seven different groups.
Intangible Barriers to Russian Imports: A Case of Finnish SMEs Entering RF Markets
Authors: Zashev Peter , Sutyrin Sergei
Published: July 2012

A steady stream of literature observes the business internationalization phenomenon from various perspectives. This article aims to contribute by highlighting the fact that success and failure in foreign market entry often depends on the company's intangible assets such as knowledge and skills. This is especially true for Small- and Medium-Size Enterprises (SMEs) due to their limited capabilities in utilizing the few tangible resources they might have. The focus of this paper is on the experience of thirty Finnish SMEs that in 2005-08 attempted market entry in Russia. The authors come to the conclusion that in most cases the success or failure of these attempts have clearly depended upon the level of knowledge and skills demonstrated by the people involved in the process. Furthermore, the article suggests a set of consecutive steps that might constitute the basis of an SME's successful entry strategy for the Russian market. This article could be of use for both companies and business support policy makers as it sheds light on the bottlenecks and challenges in supporting SMEs' internationalization.
Alternative Logics of Russian Regionalism: Critical Theory Perspectives
Authors: Makarychev Andrey
Published: July 2012

This paper argues that a combination of different concepts in critical theories provides an interesting perspective—grounded in a peculiar interplay of different forms of power—on important mechanisms of change at the regional level in Russia. By resorting to critical theories one can better understand at least two important aspects of Russian regionalism. One is the dichotomy of politicization-depoliticization , which singles out two different versions of power relations. Another interesting conceptual departure is grounded in the dichotomy of sovereignty-governmentality . Reference to these theoretic constructs can help explain not only certain episodes in Russian regional politics, but also its deeper logic, including the strategies of specific regional policies towards the federal center and, vice versa, of Moscow's policies towards subjects of the federation.
Más acá de la nación
Authors: Boullosa Carmen
Published: July 2012

Este artículo explora la dimensión personal de la creación literaria de su autora a partir de su propia experiencia, estudiando los contextos de la familia, la infancia, la amistad y la situación de la mujer en México. La autora sitúa además su obra dentro del panorama de la literatura mexicana actual y reflexiona sobre el efecto de los viajes y la expatriación en su obra. Rememorando sus años escolares, la autora recuerda los estereotipos de lo nacional y específicamente de los indígenas a través de la representación de La Malinche en la portada de su libro escolar de historia mexicana. Después evoca la idealización romántica de las relaciones desiguales entre hombres blancos y mujeres indígenas, representada en el poema “Idilio salvaje” de Manuel José Othón. Pasa entonces a evocar la representación más moderna y problemática de la identidad nacional en las fotos de las víctimas capturadas, torturadas y asesinadas por miembros de grupos paramilitares en México durante los años 1960 y 70. Concluye reflexionando sobre cómo la expatriación en Nueva York ha cambiado su relación conflictiva con el español, que deja de ser una lengua asociada a la opresión y al poder para convertirse en una lengua democrática y solidaria.
Eduardo Zamacois: Empresario cultural y viajante de literatura
Authors: Cabello Ana
Published: July 2012

Este trabajo se centra en la trayectoria editorial del novelista Eduardo Zamacois quien, gracias a planteamientos mercantiles muy novedosos y a la construcción de una sólida red de alianzas con destacados escritores e intelectuales heterodoxos, promueve—dentro y fuera de nuestras fronteras—una serie de empresas editoriales de gran valor en el camino hacia la consolidación de la cultura de masas. En este artículo se estudian algunas de las empresas menores fundadas por Zamacois, muchas de ellas hoy olvidadas, que, junto a sus dos productos de mayor éxito: El Cuento Semanal (1907) y Los Contemporáneos (1909), completan su gran proyecto cultural y literario.
El modelo historiográfico de la comunidad literaria hispánica: Derivas del arielismo y el regeneracionismo en Pedro Henríquez Ureña
Authors: Carrizales Leonardo Martínez
Published: July 2012

En los círculos a los cuales perteneció durante su juventud, Pedro Henríquez Ureña fue uno de los primeros en allegarse información a propósito de la cultura literaria de la América de lengua española y sistematizarla por medio de métodos modernos. Esta labor lleva inscritas las marcas de su situación en el tiempo y en el espacio: el clima del regeneracionismo español, las tesis idealistas e hispánicas desarrolladas por José Enrique Rodó en Ariel , y diversas formulaciones alimentadas por el ámbito filosófico del espiritualismo. En la medida en que Henríquez Ureña sentó las bases de su modelo historiográfico sobre la noción de una comunidad literaria hispánica, sus escritos rebasaron el horizonte renovador y vindicativo de las tesis regeneracionistas y arielistas para cobrar una dimensión utópica. En este modelo tiene una importancia estratégica la tesis regeneracionista sobre el Renacimiento español. Gracias a este procedimiento el escritor dominicano contribuyó significativamente al diseño y acreditación de la idea de una comunidad literaria hispánica. Este artículo explicará esta contribución en el campo de la historia intelectual, especialmente en cuanto a la identidad socialmente construida de los intelectuales y los universos de conceptos por medio de los que norman su conducta e intervienen en el ámbito público.
Entre dos orillas: Guillermo de Torre y los avatares de un Proteo intelectual
Authors: Martín Carmen Rodríguez
Published: July 2012

A partir del análisis de las prácticas intelectuales y de los distintos elementos que componen el campo cultural, analizaremos la trayectoria de Guillermo de Torre, al que proponemos como nudo gordiano, embajador y nexo cultural entre España y Latinoamérica. Para ello, trazaremos un recorrido por los avatares de su producción, modos y métodos empleados para lograr insertarse dentro del campo del momento, prestando atención a su vocación y dedicación a la literatura y a la crítica. En especial, nos centraremos en el papel de mediador cultural que desempeña entre y en ambas orillas en las diferentes etapas de su camino vital e intelectual, ya sea como vanguardista, polémico, enviado de La Gaceta Literaria , editor y exiliado.
Close Encounters of the Abject Kind: The Intercultural Female Body in Amélie Nothomb's Japan
Authors: Cowles Mary Jane
Published: July 2012

While a few studies have referred to Kristevan notions of the abject in approaches to Amélie Nothomb's oeuvre, this article proposes fuller exploration of the theory articulated in Pouvoirs de l'horreur in order to enrich our understanding of the Belgian writer's work, particularly her auto-fictions set in the Japan of her early childhood and young adulthood. In addition to illuminating key aspects of the narrator's evocation of pre-conscious life and the birth of desire, Kristeva's theory elucidates the narrator's mix of fascination and repulsion for particular images, her oral fantasies, the horror and seduction of the loss of self, and the ambiguity of the encounter with the cultural Other of Japan. Finally, this article uses Kristeva's analysis to suggest an explanation for the narrator's turn to writing and highlights the function of choice in her response to the abject.
Gender Criticism and Popular Music Studies: Envisioning Women Artists and Why France Begs to Differ
Authors: Prevots Aaron
Published: July 2012

This article considers contemporary analysis of women in popular music and in French chanson, focusing in particular on the celebration of female agency and identity as an Anglo-American phenomenon less typical in France. It hypothesizes that while some critical approaches function well as templates across cultures, others do not transfer as automatically, due to women's roles in shaping French popular music historically, the subversive and elastic nature of the chanson genre lyrically and formally, and the relevance of national pride to French criticism and commercialization anthropologically. Anglo-American studies are foregrounded in order to emphasize stark contrasts and possible future directions for research regarding France. The primary objectives are to note theoretical stances in the field of popular music and gender and to consider why commentary on women in French music today has its own unique criteria and biases.
Entretien avec Suzanne Dracius : La Kalazaza gréco-latine
Authors: Edwards Carole
Published: July 2012

Dans cet entretien, Suzanne Dracius partage son engagement d'écrivaine dans la préservation de la mémoire antillaise en expliquant ses origines et en se positionnant sur les soulèvements survenus en 2010 en Guadeloupe et en Martinique. Puis elle éclaire la critique sur la définition du terme marronnage aux Antilles. Elle colore ses réponses en puisant dans son riche héritage métis et européen, traçant ainsi les contours de sa propre esthétique. Dracius resitue historiquement l'origine du mot créole et les nuances que le terme implique aujourd'hui. Enfin, elle concède à son lecteur le secret de sa « féminitude » complicité avec chacune de ses héroïnes.
Notchand the Awesome Power of Genetics
Authors: Greenwald Iva
Published: July 2012

Notch is a receptor that mediates cell–cell interactions in animal development, and aberrations in Notch signal transduction can cause cancer and other human diseases. Here, I describe the major advances in the Notch field from the identification of the first mutant in Drosophila almost a century ago through the elucidation of the unusual mechanism of signal transduction a little over a decade ago. As an essay for the GENETICS Perspectives series, it is my personal and critical commentary as well as an historical account of discovery.
The Stress and Microstructure analysis of Polycrystalline Silicon Films Deposited by LPCVD
Authors: Cherng Y.T. , Boysel M.C. , Gates B.D.
Published: July 2012

Amorphous (a-Si) and polycrystalline silicon(c-Si) films have been obtained by low pressure chemical vapor deposition (LPCVD) in fixed silane flow at low pressure (200 mtorr) with variable growth temperature. Measurement of residual stress of polysilicon films growth between 570°C to 620°C was reported. Residual stress of polycrystalline silicon depends on film microstructure. The poly-silicon microstructure is a strong function of LPCVD growth temperature and pressure. In this work, Raman Scattering and X-ray diffraction (XRD) were used to study the film structure and composition. The multilayer optical model of Spectroscopic ellipsometry (SE) was used to crosscheck the crystallinity fraction. The surface roughness was identified by Atomic force microscopy (AFM) and SE. The residual stress changed from compressive to tensile and back to compressive for deposition temperature between 570°C and 620°C. Film’s c-Si fraction increased as a function of deposition temperature. The roughness surface was found at deposition temperature of 580°C. For deposition temperature larger then 580°C, all films shown (200) texture. The (220) grain size increased from 18.6 nm to 25 nm when deposition temperature increased from 580°C to 620°C. The film residual stress change can be explained by grain structure, surface stress and volume stress. At deposition temperature from 580°C to 587°C, grain is equi-axes type and volume stress dominate which cause the tensile stress. For temperature higher then 587°C inverse conical grain formed from oxide interface to surface and surface stress dominate cause the stress back to compressive. The columnar structure formed when deposition temperature > 600°C, grain growth push the compressive stress decrease again.
Structural Control of Carbon Nickel Thin Films Without Substrate Heating
Authors: Bosworth David , Stelmashenko Nadia , Barber Zoe H.
Published: July 2012

A variety of characterization techniques have been employed to study the growth and structure of nickel carbon thin films fabricated by ionized magnetron sputter deposition. A two target magnetron system is used along with an RF powered coil, to create a secondary plasma, with a DC bias applied at the substrate. By varying the bias it is possible to control the energy of the depositing species as well as a range of other plasma properties and therefore the resulting film microstructure. It has been observed that a change from the metastable hexagonal nickel carbide phase to the stable face centered cubic structure of nickel can be induced. This change in metal crystallinity was accompanied by a change in carbon ordering. The ability to control the film structure and morphology without the need for substrate heating opens up the possibility of depositing a range of structures onto polymers.
Photopatterneable Block Co-Polymers for Laser Interference Lithography
Authors: Alabi Taiwo R. , Yuan Dajun , Das Suman
Published: July 2012

We report on the laser interference patterning of as-spun block copolymer films on silicon and silicon dioxide substrates. Our process involves the use of a pulsed laser light source of 266 nm wavelength and any type of diblock copolymer as a positive tone photoresist, resulting in the generation of sub-micron domains of different geometries and periodicity. This non-solvent based method is robust, and when combined with the inherent nano-scaled periodicity in block copolymers, can produce hierarchical patterns on substrates with potential use in the electronics and semiconductor industries.
Characterization of a monolithic device for detection of FRET signals
Authors: Louro P. , Vieira M. , Vieira M. A. , Silva V. , Costa J.
Published: July 2012

Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer (FRET) is a standard technique used in many medical and biological applications. It involves the detection of transient fluorescent signals coming from the different fluorescent proteins that work in the visible range of the spectrum. Common fluorescent emissions come from the cyan/yellow fluorophores that emit respectively, at 470 nm and 588 nm. In this paper we use optical filters based on multilayered a-SiC:H heterostructures to detect optical signals at these wavelengths. The advantage of this type of sensor is that it does not rely on mechanical parts; it is compact and cost effective. The transducer consists of two heterostructures based on a-SiC:H/a-Si:H optimized for the detection of the fluorescence emissions at wavelengths 470 nm (cyan) and 588 nm (yellow). Both front and back structures were designed to optimize the detection at these wavelengths. Results show that the device photocurrent signal measured under reverse bias and using appropriate steady state optical bias, allows the separate detection of the cyan and yellow fluorescence signals.
Time-resolved Ellipsometry to Study Extreme Non-equilibrium Electron Dynamics in Nanostructured Semiconductors
Authors: Roger T. W. , Kaplan A.
Published: July 2012

We present a femtosecond pump-probe ellipsometer operating over a spectral range of 1.4 – 1.7 eV with a ∼50fs time resolution. The calibration and preliminary findings of the setup are discussed. We tested the apparatus on bulk crystalline silicon (not shown here) and on silicon nanocrystals embedded in an amorphous silicon phase. The ellipsometric angles (ψ, Δ) were determined as a function of time and wavelength. The results suggest that a simple Drude model of free carrier absorption is not sufficient to explain the findings.
Altura da lâmina, tempo e volume de enchimento de um equipamento de irrigação por pavio e determinação da uniformidade de distribuição de água em substratos
Authors: Ferrarezi Rhuanito Soranz , Santos Leonardo Nazário Silva dos , Sousa Allan Charles Mendes de , Pereira Francisca Franciana Sousa , Elaiuy Marcelo Leite Conde , Torrel Uilson , Matsura Edson Eiji
Published: July 2012

Os objetivos deste experimento foram realizar a avaliação da altura da lâmina de água, do tempo e volume de enchimento de um equipamento de irrigação por pavio usando calhas autocompensadoras e determinar a uniformidade de distribuição de água (UDA) nesse equipamento utilizando substratos orgânicos comerciais (casca de pinus/CP e fibra de coco/FC). Dois módulos experimentais foram montados em delineamento experimental inteiramente casualizado com cinco repetições. Verificou-se grande variação das medidas de altura da lâmina de água (1,6 a 4,0 cm), mesmo com o equipamento nivelado. O tempo médio de enchimento foi de 6h22min para o Módulo 1 com CP e de 3h45min para o Módulo 2 com FC. O volume de enchimento foi variável, observando-se que as calhas das extremidades (n.° 1 e 5) apresentaram os menores volumes no Módulo 1, e as calhas do início (n.° 1 e 2) no Módulo 2. No Módulo 1, a umidade volumétrica (θ) variou de 42% a 94%, e no Módulo 2, de 24% a 72%, com pontos isolados de secamento e/ou encharcamento. A altura da lâmina de água, o tempo e o volume de enchimento das calhas foram desuniformes nos dois módulos experimentais e nas cinco calhas autocompensadoras, indicando imperfeições no equipamento. A distribuição de água foi variável nos substratos em razão de suas características físico-hídricas e também da altura da lâmina de água nas calhas, apresentando maior umidade e uniformidade de distribuição de água na casca de pinus do que na fibra de coco.
Capital social y participación,una perspectiva desde el Cono Sur de América: Porto Alegre, Montevideo y Santiago de Chile
Authors: Valdivieso Patricio
Published: July 2012

En este estudio presento evidencias sobre la participación ciudadana y el Capital Social (CS) en tres casos sudamericanos - Porto Alegre, Montevideo y Santiago de Chile-, con el propósito de revitalizar el debate sobre la opinión pública, cultura política y CS. El estudio parte de los siguientes supuestos: el CS es el resultado de decisiones racionales de las personas, y los diseños políticos, las instituciones y la cultura política tienen efectos en esas decisiones. Con ayuda de un modelo de utilidad, datos de encuestas e información complementaria, analizo información sobre asociativismo y confianza, y otras variables socio-económicas, demográficas y políticas relacionadas. Las conclusiones son: a mediados de la década del 2000, Montevideo, Porto Alegre y Santiago de Chile disponían de un stock de CS equivalente al de sociedades desarrolladas; en esas ciudades, y por extensión en los países, los factores político-institucionales y de cultura política tuvieron efectos en la confianza y la disposición de las personas a participar, operando de forma variada, en relación con distintos contextos y situaciones de participación. En el análisis más desagregado del caso de Chile en el nivel municipal, se observan las mismas relaciones.
Gestão de capital de giro: um estudo comparativo entre práticas de empresas brasileiras e britânicas
Authors: Carvalho Claudinê Jordão de , Schiozer Rafael Felipe
Published: July 2012

Este artigo investiga os determinantes do estilo de condução da gestão financeira de curto prazo em micro e pequenas empresas (MPEs), à luz dos fundamentos das teorias de crescimento das firmas por estágios, da visão baseada em recursos, de crédito comercial, de agência e de custos de transação. Os dados obtidos por meio de um survey com dirigentes de 447 MPEs dos estados de Minas Gerais e São Paulo foram analisados por técnicas multivariadas, tendo sido identificados quatro estilos de gestão de capital de giro, que podem ser explicados por variáveis como idade, tamanho e lucratividade da firma. Os resultados foram comparados aos obtidos por pesquisa similar realizada com empresas do Reino Unido (Howorth & Westhead, 2003), e a evidência mostra diferenças importantes: (a) as empresas brasileiras revisam a maioria das rotinas de capital de giro com maior frequência que as britânicas; (b) as MPEs brasileiras ofertam menos crédito comercial que as britânicas. Essas diferenças podem ser explicadas, pelo menos em parte, pelo maior custo do financiamento bancário das firmas brasileiras em comparação com as britânicas.
Configurações estratégicas de firmas brasileiras de alto desempenho listadas na BM&FBOVESPA
Authors: Gurgel Maria Cristina do Amaral , Vasconcelos Flávio Carvalho de
Published: July 2012

Este estudo parte da premissa teórica de que firmas obtêm lucros extraordinários quando exploram imperfeições de mercado. Imperfeições são tratadas como variáveis causais para identificar configurações de empresas de alto desempenho listadas na BM&FBovespa entre 2005 e 2009. O estudo, qualitativo comparativo, adota uma metodologia replicável, a saber: (a) análise categorial de conteúdo semântico de relatórios emitidos por Corretoras de Valores sobre as empresas selecionadas; e (b) análise dos dados através da abordagem MDSO (Most Different Similar Outcome) da Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA). A metodologia permite tratar causalidade complexa com pouco número de casos. Neste estudo, possibilitou reduzir dezenove variáveis a poucas causas comuns e conjuntamente necessárias ao desempenho de quinze empresas. Os resultados mostram três configurações alternativas ao alto desempenho. A primeira é formada por poucas imperfeições exploradas por concessões de serviços públicos. A segunda, por sua vez, é formada por empresas exclusivas, que fabricam bens com demanda crescente, heterogêneos e diferenciáveis. A terceira configuração faz-se por empresas gigantes, que fabricam e comercializam produtos com demanda inelástica e generalizada. Acumulam ativos que raramente se tornam obsoletos, formando poderosos monopólios ou oligopólios mundiais.
Transformações nos objetivos de organizações culturais sem fins lucrativos
Authors: Hoffmann Samara Regina Bernardino , Dellagnelo Eloise Helena Livramento
Published: July 2012

Este artigo apresenta a análise dos objetivos de organizações culturais sem fins lucrativos, vinculadas ao teatro em Florianópolis. Pesquisas anteriores permitiram selecionar para este estudo dois grupos de teatro: Erro Grupo e Dromedário Loquaz. A pesquisa de caráter descritivo e abordagem predominantemente qualitativa buscou descrever com profundidade as informações relativas aos casos pesquisados, de uma perspectiva longitudinal. Percebeu-se, mediante entrevistas semi-estruturadas realizadas com os integrantes dos grupos pesquisados e observação constante das pesquisadoras, que o Erro Grupo evidencia em sua trajetória um desvio de seus propósitos iniciais, enquanto o Dromedário Loquaz apresenta objetivos mais amplos e coerentes com sua atuação ao longo do tempo. A compreensão dos casos mediante a análise de conteúdo e documental sob orientação de duas importantes categorias, grupo teatral (grupos teatrais sem fins lucrativos registrados em Florianópolis) e objetivos organizacionais (analisados a partir da orientação geral, finalidade, atuação, recursos disponíveis e relações externas), convergiu para reflexões sobre a dependência de recursos externos e a influência da perspectiva da economia política na análise dos objetivos das organizações em questão.
Parcerias público-privadas: análise comparativa das experiências britânica e brasileira
Authors: Peci Alketa , Sobral Filipe
Published: July 2012

As Parcerias Público-Privadas (PPPs) fazem parte das reformas adotadas pelo governo brasileiro na busca por maior atratividade para o setor privado em setores carentes de investimentos públicos. As PPPs são apresentadas como a nova estratégia de recuperação de capacidade de investimento público, destacando sua bem-sucedida adoção na arena internacional, especificamente, na Inglaterra. Esse artigo apresenta uma análise comparativa do modelo das Parcerias Público-Privadas adotado no contexto inglês com o modelo concebido pelo governo brasileiro. Busca identificar as principais semelhanças, assim como destacar as diferenças que se fazem presentes no processo de transferência do modelo para o contexto brasileiro. Entre as principais conclusões destaca-se o reduzido poder de aplicação do modelo no contexto brasileiro, especificamente, como decorrência da falta de sustentabilidade de conceitos-chave como transferência de riscos para o setor privado e instrumentos de aferição da efetiva melhoria da eficiência na gestão do serviço.