Canon, cuerpo arte y subjetividad: desafío de la representación corporal y su construcción simbólica entre arte y curación en la propuesta de la artista Lygia Clark

En su aspecto central esta investigación explora como se construyen distintos discursos hegemónicos en la sociedad alrededor del cuerpo e indaga como se lo representa, como se lo observa de forma material o discursiva, a través del análisis procesual de tres obras del último periodo de la artista de Lygia Clark. El propósito fundamental fue comprender como la práctica estética de esta artista irrumpió como una práctica de sentido para descolonizar la noción de cuerpo y de arte construida bajo los parámetros de la razón eurocéntrica con la finalidad de permitir la apertura de otros modos de entender y de hacer arte. Esta tesis se compone de tres partes: el primer capítulo inicia tratando de ubicar y comprender el contexto político, social, cultural y estético de la obra de Lygia Clark, referencia importante para entender su quehacer estético. En esta primera parte se desarrolla un análisis de la propuesta de Lygia a través de un corpus de tres obras, las mismas que cuestionan el régimen estético mediante la investigación de la subjetividad y la corporalidad humana compleja. Este marco de referencias teóricas da paso, en el segundo capítulo que indaga sobre el pensamiento fronterizo como marco de referencia teórico metodológico. Para incursionar en la propuesta de Lygia Clark, es fundamental comprender esta categoría críticamente situada en y desde las epistemologías del sur, como uno de los lugares de enunciación, la cual nos incita a reflexionar, y explorar las fronteras simbólicas como una zona de fusión y de encuentro. En este mismo capítulo se sigue la pista al origen del término estética y de las denominadas “otras” estéticas desde las matrices de poder generadas por la colonización. Y finalmente en el tercer capítulo se indaga, una ruta o cartografía de los elementos que integran su obra, así como las convergencias y divergencias entre los espacios de la creatividad artística y los espacios psicoterapéuticos. Considerando que la experiencia estética no está limitada exclusivamente a artistas y especialistas en arte, o el cuerpo, la percepción y lo sensible, no es asunto sólo de científicos o filósofos, sino que atañe a las formas de vida de todos y cada uno de nosotros, individual y colectivamente.

William Clark Russell and Chambers's Journal: elopement and the Victorian nautical novel

This essay examines aspects of the serialisation of the novels of William Clark Russell, the greatest late Victorian nautical novelist. Focusing on the treatment of his work by the Edinburgh firm of Messrs Chambers, the article provides an illuminating perspective on market censorship in this period. Drawing on the archives of Chatto & Windus and the literary agent A.P. Watt, it traces the network of relations between author, agent, magazine editor and book publisher, showing how the various components of the serial market operated in the late 1880s and early 1890s.

Emotion and anticipation in an enactive framework for cognition (response to Andy Clark)

Undeniably, anticipation plays a crucial role in cognition. By what means, to what extent, and what it achieves remain open questions. In a recent BBS target article, Clark (in press) depicts an integrative model of the brain that builds on hierarchical Bayesian models of neural processing (Rao and Ballard, 1999; Friston, 2005; Brown et al., 2011), and their most recent formulation using the free-energy principle borrowed from thermodynamics (Feldman and Friston, 2010; Friston, 2010; Friston et al., 2010). Hierarchical generative models of cognition, such as those described by Clark, presuppose the manipulation of representations and internal models of the world, in as much detail as is perceptually available. Perhaps surprisingly, Clark acknowledges the existence of a “virtual version of the sensory data” (p. 4), but with no reference to some of the historical debates that shaped cognitive science, related to the storage, manipulation, and retrieval of representations in a cognitive system (Shanahan, 1997), or accounting for the emergence of intentionality within such a system (Searle, 1980; Preston and Bishop, 2002). Instead of demonstrating how this Bayesian framework responds to these foundational questions, Clark describes the structure and the functional properties of an action-oriented, multi-level system that is meant to combine perception, learning, and experience (Niedenthal, 2007).

Taxonomic review of Haliclystus antarcticus Pfeffer, 1889 (Stauromedusae, Staurozoa, Cnidaria), with remarks on the genus Haliclystus Clark, 1863

Difficulties concerning the taxonomy of stauromedusae are long known, and there is a clear need for taxonomic revision of the genus Haliclystus, as well as the reevaluation of some species. Haliclystus antarcticus Pfeffer, 1889 is recorded from Admiralty Bay, King George Island, Antarctic Peninsula. Due to the lack of detailed information on this species, we provide a redescription, presenting new data on the cnidome, morphometry, geographical distribution and intraspecific variation. Based on these characters, we propose that our specimens and Haliclystus auricula from Chile and Argentina are synonymous and should be classified as H. antarcticus. We also review the worldwide distribution of the genus Haliclystus Clark, 1863 and discuss taxonomic issues, concluding that some characters traditionally used in the taxonomy of the group should be used cautiously.

The variance of the index (R) of aggregation of Clark and Evans

The exact formula for the variance of the Index (R) of aggregation of Clark and Evans is derived. Due to the fact that R is a dimensionless number, its variance is independent of population density, being only a function of the sample size and so can be manipulated. © 1985 Springer-Verlag.

Acceptance of the Clark P. Read Mentor Award: The Teague Self Lessons

The transcript of John J. Janovy Jr.'s speech upon acceptance of the American Society of Parasitologists' Clark P. Read Mentor Award, 2003.

Book Review of Venereal Disease and the Lewis and Clark Expedition by Thomas P. Lowry

Although Lewis and Clark literature has proliferated in the last decade, few works have added scholarly discourse to this field of study. The highly focused Venereal Disease and the Lewis and Clark Expedition, however, will likely stand out on the Lewis and Clark bookshelf as an important contribution.

Linkage & Selective Mapping and QTL Analysis in a Harosoy x Clark population of 300 RILs

Four of the 12 major Glycine max ancestors of all modern elite U.S.A. soybean cultivars were the grandparents of Harosoy and Clark, so a Harosoy x Clark population would include some of that genetic diversity. A mating of eight Harosoy and eight Clark plants generated eight F1 plants. The eight F1:2 families were advanced via a plant-to-row selfing method to produce 300 F6-derived RILs that were genotyped with 266 SSR, 481 SNP, and 4 classical markers. SNPs were genotyped with the Illumina 1536-SNP assay. Three linkage maps, SSR, SNP, and SSR-SNP, were constructed with a genotyping error of < 1 %. Each map was compared with the published soybean consensus map. The best subset of 94 RILs for a high-resolution framework (joint) map was selected based on the expected bin length statistic computed with MapPop. The QTLs of seven traits measured in a 2-year replicated performance trial of the 300 RILs were identified using composite interval mapping (CIM) and multiple-interval mapping (MIM). QTL x Year effects in multiple trait analysis were compared with results of multiple-interval mapping. QTL x QTL effects were identified in MIM.

Metodi per la correzione delle superfici di suddivisione di Catmull-Clark intorno ai vertici straordinari

Presentiamo alcune proposte di modifica alle superfici di suddivisione di Catmull-Clark, per garantire la continuità del secondo ordine anche nei vertici straordinari e una buona qualità di forma. La ricerca di questi miglioramenti è motivata dal tentativo di integrazione delle superfici di suddivisione in un sistema di modellazione geometrica in contesto CAD/CAGD, il quale richiede che certi requisiti di regolarità e qualità siano soddisfatti. Illustriamo due approcci differenti per la modifica della superficie limite. Il primo prevede il blending tra la superficie originale e una superficie polinomiale approssimante, definita opportunamente, in modo tale da ottenere la regolarità desiderata. Il secondo metodo consiste nella sostituzione della superficie di Catmull-Clark con un complesso di patch di Gregory bicubici e adeguatamente raccordati. Insieme all’attività di analisi, riformulazione ed estensione di queste proposte, abbiamo realizzato una implementazione in codice C/C++ e OpenGL (con programmi accessori scritti in MATLAB e Mathematica), finalizzata alla sperimentazione e alla verifica delle caratteristiche dei metodi presentati.