Fluxing the logic of definitive differences

Focusing on Fluxus, a loosely knit association of artists from America, Europe and Asia whose work centers around intermediality, this article explores the notion of relationality without relata. Intermediality refers to works that fall conceptually between media – such as visual poetry or action music – as well as between the general area of art media and those of life media(Higgins). Departing from two Fluxus intermedia – the event score, a performative score in the form of words, and the Fluxkit, a performative score in the form of objects – I investigate the logic of co-constitutivity within which every element is both subject and object, both constitutive and constituted. To be more precise, I trace the cross-categorial interplay of differences that explodes the logico-linguistic structure of binary oppositions, such as those between foreground and background, word and action, sound and silence, identity and alterity. Aided by Jacques Derrida’s concept of ‘de-centered play’ and Shigenori Nagatomo’s concept of ‘interfusion’ this article seeks to articulate the ways in which the Fluxus works mobilise the ‘silent background’ to dismantle the dualistic logic of definite differences.

Report about the scope and distribution of large urban distressed areas in European cities

LUDA is a research project of Key Action 4 "City of Tomorrow & Cultural Heritage" of the programme "Energy, Environment and Sustainable Development" within the Fifth Framework Programme of the European Commission.

Appraisal of urban rehabilitation literature and projects, including a glossary of terms and a preliminary set of indicators characterising LUDA

LUDA is a research project of Key Action 4 "City of Tomorrow & Cultural Heritage" of the programme "Energy, Environment and Sustainable Development" within the Fifth Framework Programme of the European Commission

Appraisal of planning regulations regarding large urban distressed areas in European countries

LUDA is a research project of Key Action 4 "City of Tomorrow & Cultural Heritage" of the programme "Energy, Environment and Sustainable Development" within the Fifth Framework Programme of the European Commission

Methodology for the Comparative Analysis of Sustainable Evaluation of LUDA

LUDA is a research project of Key Action 4 "City of Tomorrow & Cultural Heritage" of the programme "Energy, Environment and Sustainable Development" within the Fifth Framework Programme of the European Commission

The undergraduate level (1st study cycle) as a fundamental platform/standard for the development of Urban and Regional Planning in higher education programs

LUDA is a research project of Key Action 4 "City of Tomorrow & Cultural Heritage" of the programme "Energy, Environment and Sustainable Development" within the Fifth Framework Programme of the European Commission

O empreendedorismo e a inovação na saúde, factores potenciadores de novos projetos

O objetivo geral deste trabalho é investigar o empreendedorismo e a inovação, assim como a forma como estes instrumentos se têm ligado, ou podem vir a ligar-se, à atividade da saúde potenciando novos projetos empresariais inovadores com elevados níveis de competitividade e rentabilidade, numa lógica de criação de um modelo que sintetize estes instrumentos e os potencie para resultados noutros projetos empresariais. No seu desenvolvimento, pretende-se compreender e melhorar a influência positiva que o empreendedorismo e a inovação têm na área da saúde e compreender a influência destes instrumentos como fatores potenciadores de novos projetos contribuindo para a regeneração dos tecidos empresariais, quer ao nível da criação de novas empresas inovadoras, quer ao nível da modernização, reposicionamento ou reorientação de empresas existentes. O objetivo específico desta investigação sobre empreendedorismo e inovação na saúde, como fatores potenciadores de novos projetos, pode evidenciar sinais de êxito mais evidentes, que permita tirar ilações da importância das sinergias entre empreendedorismo e inovação, nas suas várias vertentes da saúde, que alavanquem novas oportunidades para projetos empresariais, sustentáveis e com forte probabilidade de sucesso, muitos deles já identificados, mas ainda não desenvolvidos quer por potenciais empreendedores ou investidores.