title: [Keynote] "Projections of time in Cara Inversa (2014) by Pepe Caccamo and Baldo Ramos"

authors: Lopez-Fernandez, Laura

subjects: minority discourses

abstract: Cara Inversa (2014) incorporates a variety of voices from the past, as well as lyric and non-lyric styles and themes embodied in different perceptions of time: a mythical time (Breogan), a sociopolitical and historical time -19th and 20th c., the Spanish civil war, the postwar period, exile and migration-, a literary time -Galician nationalist poetry, and vanguard aesthetics, artist’s books and object poems- an individual and collective time of the memory -pain, trauma, anonymity, forgetfulness-. Cara Inversa also projects a series of antagonistic discourses circumscribed linguistically and aesthetically to the marginal and to the periphery, in their condition of cultural artifacts configuring a plurality of epistemes. Cara inversa’s heterogeneous nature: two authors, two genres (verbal and visual-object poems), lyric and non-lyric poems, tradition and modernity, and various temporalities, offers an intertextual and intersubjective experience in dialogue with Galicia’s literary historiography.

text: [Keynote] "Projections of time in Cara Inversa (2014) by Pepe Caccamo and Baldo Ramos" Cara Inversa (2014) incorporates a variety of voices from the past, as well as lyric and non-lyric styles and themes embodied in different perceptions of time: a mythical time (Breogan), a sociopolitical and historical time -19th and 20th c., the Spanish civil war, the postwar period, exile and migration-, a literary time -Galician nationalist poetry, and vanguard aesthetics, artist’s books and object poems- an individual and collective time of the memory -pain, trauma, anonymity, forgetfulness-. Cara Inversa also projects a series of antagonistic discourses circumscribed linguistically and aesthetically to the marginal and to the periphery, in their condition of cultural artifacts configuring a plurality of epistemes. Cara inversa’s heterogeneous nature: two authors, two genres (verbal and visual-object poems), lyric and non-lyric poems, tradition and modernity, and various temporalities, offers an intertextual and intersubjective experience in dialogue with Galicia’s literary historiography.

year: 2015

title: An Evaluation of the Aboistop Citronella-Spray Collar as a Treatment for Barking of Domestic Dogs

authors: Sargisson, Rebecca J.

subjects: citronella-spray collars

abstract: The aim of our study was to investigate whether citronella-spray collars offer a humane alternative to electric-shock collars to reduce the barking of domestic dogs. The Aboistop collar was applied to seven dogs with problematic barking behaviour by the dogs’ owners in a series of case studies concurrently run. Vocalisation of the dogs was recorded in the problem context under baseline conditions, inactive collar conditions, and active collar conditions. The Aboistop collar was effective at reducing problem vocalization for only three of seven dogs and appeared to be most effective for dogs whose problem barking had developed more recently. The collar may be more humane than other punishment methods, but it did produce stress reactions which varied in severity across the dogs. Clinical Relevance. In our study, the collar was applied by the dogs’ owners in order to test whether the collar would be effective when used by members of the public. While the results here are preliminary, they suggest that the collar may be effective for some dogs, but not for others, when applied by dog owners for the treatment of problem vocalisation. Further research is required to determine whether the collar could be effective when administered by a trained professional.

text: An Evaluation of the Aboistop Citronella-Spray Collar as a Treatment for Barking of Domestic Dogs The aim of our study was to investigate whether citronella-spray collars offer a humane alternative to electric-shock collars to reduce the barking of domestic dogs. The Aboistop collar was applied to seven dogs with problematic barking behaviour by the dogs’ owners in a series of case studies concurrently run. Vocalisation of the dogs was recorded in the problem context under baseline conditions, inactive collar conditions, and active collar conditions. The Aboistop collar was effective at reducing problem vocalization for only three of seven dogs and appeared to be most effective for dogs whose problem barking had developed more recently. The collar may be more humane than other punishment methods, but it did produce stress reactions which varied in severity across the dogs. Clinical Relevance. In our study, the collar was applied by the dogs’ owners in order to test whether the collar would be effective when used by members of the public. While the results here are preliminary, they suggest that the collar may be effective for some dogs, but not for others, when applied by dog owners for the treatment of problem vocalisation. Further research is required to determine whether the collar could be effective when administered by a trained professional.

year: 2011

title: Inside the Resource Management Act:  A Tainui Case Study

authors: Greensill, Angeline Ngahina

subjects: Maori

abstract: Under the Resource Management Act (RMA) 1991 councils are required to promote the sustainable management of physical and natural resources within their respective areas.    In carrying out their duties, councils are obliged to recognise and provide for the relationship of Māori with their culture, traditions, lands, waters and other taonga.  They are also required to have regard to kaitiakitanga, and to take into account the principles of te Tiriti o Waitangi when making decisions.    
This thesis focuses on the RMA experiences of Tainui, a hapū in Whaingaroa. It sets out to prove that in the last 19 years, since the enactment of the RMA, Waikato councils have failed to honour these obligations to Tainui.  While the RMA specifically provides for Māori interests, in reality those interests are contested and eroded by decision makers who write and enforce rules which inequitably affect Māori relationships with land and other taonga. 
The thesis engages multiple theories and methodologies including Kaupapa Māori, critical theory, autobiography, and a longitudinal case study to expose personal experiences that   bring the realities of planning impacts on Tainui to life.    The fact that Tainui has successfully appealed several council decisions to the Environment Court indicates that councils are failing to meet their obligations as laid out in the legislation.

text: Inside the Resource Management Act:  A Tainui Case Study Under the Resource Management Act (RMA) 1991 councils are required to promote the sustainable management of physical and natural resources within their respective areas.    In carrying out their duties, councils are obliged to recognise and provide for the relationship of Māori with their culture, traditions, lands, waters and other taonga.  They are also required to have regard to kaitiakitanga, and to take into account the principles of te Tiriti o Waitangi when making decisions.    
This thesis focuses on the RMA experiences of Tainui, a hapū in Whaingaroa. It sets out to prove that in the last 19 years, since the enactment of the RMA, Waikato councils have failed to honour these obligations to Tainui.  While the RMA specifically provides for Māori interests, in reality those interests are contested and eroded by decision makers who write and enforce rules which inequitably affect Māori relationships with land and other taonga. 
The thesis engages multiple theories and methodologies including Kaupapa Māori, critical theory, autobiography, and a longitudinal case study to expose personal experiences that   bring the realities of planning impacts on Tainui to life.    The fact that Tainui has successfully appealed several council decisions to the Environment Court indicates that councils are failing to meet their obligations as laid out in the legislation.

year: 2010