A busca de uma linguagem intermídia na experiência do poeta Enzo Minarelli: considerações sobre 3 Vitre PAIR dischi di polipoesia

RESUMO: Este artigo traz reflexões teóricas para a audição do disco 3 Vitre PAIR dischi di polipoesia, produzido pelo poeta, ator e escritor italiano, Enzo Minarelli dedicado à história e desenvolvimento da Poesia Sonora. Neste texto destaco as relações intermidiáticas presentes na Sound Poetry. Os poetas que trabalham com esta poesia intermídia, fazem do corpo, da voz e da máquina (sintetizadores, gravadores e instrumentos musicais) elementos constituintes de uma poética que permeia a busca pela “arte total”, aspirada pelas vanguardas artísticas do século XX como o happening e o surrealismo.

Las huellas de la Alicia de Lewis Carroll en la obra de Alejandra Pizarnik

RESUMEN: Este artículo presenta un acercamiento entre la obra de la escritora argentina Alejandra Pizarnik y los dos más conocidos libros de Lewis Carroll, Alicia en el país de las maravillas y Alicia a través del espejo. El jardín buscado por Alicia de Carroll fue una obsesión de Alejandra Pizarnik, quien declaró en una entrevista a Martha Isabel Moia su deseo de verlo. A partir de este deseo reiterado en su obra, intentamos recorrer nuevamente el trayecto de la Alicia de Carroll hacia el jardín, con el objetivo de acercarnos a esta niña que sufre la angustia de enfrentarse a dos espacios fantásticos que coinciden con los espacios enfrentados por el “yo” lírico de los poemas de Pizarnik. Así como Alicia quiere ver el jardín y sufre la dificultad de su acceso, también el sujeto lírico construido por Alejandra quiere entrar en este espacio de deseo que es a la vez terrorífico. En la segunda aventura con los espejos, Alicia, al final del trayecto, se convierte en reina, en un movimiento que se asemeja al “yo” lírico de Alejandra, que a lo largo de su obra evoluciona de la niña inocente a la Condesa Sangrienta. Por este trayecto, observaremos como el sujeto lírico construido por Pizarnik avanza por un camino de desajuste, sufriendo en este juego la pérdida de una identidad, mientras intenta recobrar el lugar del ensueño, la visión del jardín: el paraíso de la infancia, el lugar del deseo. Palabras clave: Alejandra Pizarnik; Lewis Carroll; Literatura Infanto-juvenil.

Building an organizational change communication theory

The difficulty of communicating during organizational change has intensified with the prevalence of continuously changing organizations (Buchanan, Claydon & Doyle, 1999). The difficulty faced by managers is compounded by the lack of studies examining organizational communication within a context of organizational change (Eisenberg, Andrews, Murphy, & Laine-Timmerman, 1999; Lewis & Seibold, 1996). Not surprisingly then, is there a paucity of organizational change theory to guide further research and practitioners. This paper addresses the lack of organizational change communication research and contributes to theoretical development of communication during organizational change. A model of change communication during continuous change is presented from the analysis of two longitudinal empirical studies. Central constructs of the model are the monologic change communication, the dialogic change communication and the background talk of change. Further Van de Ven and Poole's (1995) Process Theories of Change are extended to consider the sequencing of the three constructs. The findings suggest that the sequencing of the dominant change communication approaches is informed by an alignment of individual communication competences and organizational change communication expectations.

In step

In Step was a wearable artwork consisting of a pair of embroidered foot bandages and an actuator ‘cushion’ embedded with 15 electromechanical actuator pistons. The bandage was embedded with woven, soft and flexible fabric sensors - interconnected with metallic connecting threads, fasteners and a wireless interface (in a final form). When wrapped around a foot and lower leg the sensors sat on the ball of the toes and heel. This ‘wearable interface’ was then connected wirelessly to a soft sculptural form, which employed actuators to tap gently in response to the qualities of the walk detected by the soft sensors. In this way the ‘tread qualities’ of the walker could then be felt by someone else holding this device against their stomach – thereby allowing pairs of participants to ‘feel’ the tactile qualities of the other's walk. The work was presented both as a working object and via a short videorecorded performance.----- In Step generated innovative new approaches to interface and sensor embedded clothing/footware whilst also creating an evocative vehicle to comment upon contemporary Post Colonial theories of weight and groundedness – particularly the psycho-geographical ‘separation’ from the landscape that inspired Paul Carter’s “environmentally grounded poetics”. The work’s final form also suggested critical new directions for responsive clothing and footwear for the emerging genre of smart textiles.

A cluster-randomised intervention trial against Schistosoma japonicum in the Peoples' Republic of China: bovine and human transmission

Background Zoonotic schistosomiasis japonica is a major public health problem in China. Bovines, particularly water buffaloes, are thought to play a major role in the transmission of schistosomiasis to humans in China. Preliminary results (1998–2003) of a praziquantel (PZQ)-based pilot intervention study we undertook provided proof of principle that water buffaloes are major reservoir hosts for S. japonicum in the Poyang Lake region, Jiangxi Province. Methods and Findings Here we present the results of a cluster-randomised intervention trial (2004–2007) undertaken in Hunan and Jiangxi Provinces, with increased power and more general applicability to the lake and marshlands regions of southern China. The trial involved four matched pairs of villages with one village within each pair randomly selected as a control (human PZQ treatment only), leaving the other as the intervention (human and bovine PZQ treatment). A sentinel cohort of people to be monitored for new infections for the duration of the study was selected from each village. Results showed that combined human and bovine chemotherapy with PZQ had a greater effect on human incidence than human PZQ treatment alone. Conclusions The results from this study, supported by previous experimental evidence, confirms that bovines are the major reservoir host of human schistosomiasis in the lake and marshland regions of southern China, and reinforce the rationale for the development and deployment of a transmission blocking anti-S. japonicum vaccine targeting bovines.

Secondary teachers’ conceptions of teaching and learning

This paper presents a phenomenographic analysis of the conceptions of teaching and learning held by a sample of 16 secondary school teachers in two Australian schools. It provides descriptions of four categories, derived from pooled data, of the ways in which these teachers thought about teaching and about learning, their teaching strategies, and their focus on student or content. The categories for teaching and learning are described with each teacher allocated to the category most typical of their conceptions of teaching and of learning. The lack of congruence, in some cases, between the conceptions of teaching and of learning held by these teachers is discussed.

Students’ perceptions of teaching and learning: the influence of students’ approaches to learning and teachers’ approaches to teaching

Nearly 500 secondary students in 24 classes were surveyed and four students in each class interviewed concerning their approaches to learning and perceptions of their classroom environment. While interviewed students with deep approaches to learning generally demonstrated a more sophisticated understanding of the learning opportunities offered to them than did students with surface approaches, teaching strategies also influenced students' perceptions. When teachers focused strongly on actively engaging students and creating a supportive environment, students with both deep and surface approaches focused on student-centred aspects of the class. In contrast, when traditional expository teaching methods were used exclusively, students with deep and surface approaches both focused on transmission and reproduction.