Written on the Body: A Third Space Reading of Larry McMurtry’s Streets of Laredo

2013 ◽  
Vol 48 (3) ◽  
pp. 232-252
Author(s):  
Cordelia E. Barrera
Keyword(s):  
Third Space ◽  
The Body

scholarly journals La condición trans y lo performativo de la vida transnacional para el etnógrafo

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 335
Author(s):  
Julio Ulises Morales López
Keyword(s):  
Social Space ◽  
Third Space ◽  
The Body ◽  
Frames Of Reference ◽  
Ethnographic Research ◽  
Central Focus ◽  
Transnational Migrants ◽  
Self Authorship ◽  
Underlying Processes ◽  
Analytical Frameworks

Introducción: Este texto explica un concepto de autoría propia llamado la condición trans o lo trans. Dicho concepto espera contribuir a la comprensión de los procesos subyacentes de desterritorialización en las sociedades transnacionales; se propone reflexionar sobre el cuerpo transnacionalizado mediante las prácticas del lenguaje en los enunciados performativos acción-enunciación, que permitan acopiar mayores elementos parta estudiar otros ámbitos de la vida de los migrantes transnacionales en el llamado tercer espacio.  Basado en reflexiones derivadas del trabajo de campo, el texto también explora el marco de referencia geoespacial como una práctica performativa del etnógrafo transnacional al situarse en un campo etnográfico como espacio social disperso y desbordado, de esta forma, la percepción del investigador deberá ser consecuente con esa condición trans. Como conclusión, se destaca la importancia de los marcos de referencia para comprender los procesos de la vida transnacional tanto de los interlocutores (informantes) como de los investigadores especializados en la etnografía en contextos desterritorializados.Método: Es una investigación de corte etnográfico con un campo social transnacional, el énfasis central es profundizar en el tercer espacio mediante la reflexión del cuerpo a través de los enunciados performativos. La investigación sintetiza experiencias de trabajo de campo de diversas investigaciones propias durante los años 2002-2011, realizadas con transmigrantes mexicanos indígenas y no indígenas, al igual que con indígenas ecuatorianos dispersos en la Unión Europea.Resultados: El análisis de los enunciados performativos puede construir un mejor entendimiento de los procesos de desterritorialización dentro de las sociedades transnacionales, así como también, el concepto de condición trans o lo trans, puede aportar reflexiones concernientes a los marcos de referencia en la etnografía transnacional. Lo anterior, resulta fundamental ya que la simultaneidad o sincronía obligan a adoptar marcos analíticos que expongan un campo etnográfico en tetradimensionalidad fuera de la lógica euclidiana.Discusiones: el concepto de condición trans o lo trans posee los siguientes argumentos a discutir: atención central en la desterritorialización, el uso del lenguaje a través de los enunciados performativos para comprender la cultura, la importancia de los marcos de referencia para el estudio de las sociedades transnacionales, la simultaneidad o sincronía como elemento integrador de lo trans y la transnacionalidad.Introduction: This text explains a concept of self-authorship called the trans or trans condition, this concept hopes to contribute to the understanding of the underlying processes of deterritorialisation in transnational societies; it is proposed to reflect on the body through the language practices of the action-enunciation performative statements, that allow to gather more elements to study other areas of life of transnational migrants in the so-called third space. But also, the text explores the geospatial framework as a performative practice of the transnational ethnographer as it is placed in an ethnographic field as a dispersed and overflowing social space, so the researcher's perception must be consistent with this trans condition.Method: It is an ethnographic research with a transnational social field, the central emphasis is to deepen the third space through the reflection of the body through the performative statements. The research synthesises fieldwork experiences of several own investigations during the years 2002-2011, with Mexican and non-indigenous Mexican transmigrants as well as Ecuadorian indigenous people scattered throughout the European Union.Results: The analysis of performative statements can build a better understanding of the processes of deterritorialisation within transnational societies, as well as the concept trans or trans condition, can provide reflections concerning the frames of reference in transnational ethnography. This is fundamental because the simultaneity or synchrony forces to adopt analytical frameworks that expose an ethnographic field in four-dimensionality outside Euclidean logic.Discussions: The concept of trans or trans condition has the following arguments to discuss: central focus on deterritorialisation, use of language through performative statements to understand culture, the importance of frames of reference for the study of Transnational societies, simultaneity or synchrony as an integrating element of trans and transnationality.

Hijraism: Jostling for a Third Space in Pakistani Politics

2010 ◽  
Vol 54 (2) ◽  
pp. 29-50 ◽  
Author(s):  
Claire Pamment
Keyword(s):  
Body Politic ◽  
Third Space ◽  
The Body

The tropes of mainstream and peripheral transgendered performers are explored for their playful negotiations in the body politic of Pakistan.

scholarly journals Resonance. (Re)forming an Artistic Identity through Intercultural Dialogue and Collaboration

Trio ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 49-56
Author(s):  
Nathan Riki Thomson
Keyword(s):  
Identity Formation ◽  
Documentary Film ◽  
Third Space ◽  
Double Bass ◽  
The Body ◽  
Intercultural Dialogue ◽  
Artistic Identity ◽  
Instrument Making ◽  
Custom Made ◽  
New Knowledge

This artistic doctoral research examines how the third space emerging from intercultural dialogue and transcultural collaboration can be a catalyst for new musical discoveries, intercultural humility, and the (re)forming of artistic identities. The body of this project is centred around three doctoral concerts, a CD/LP recording, and a documentary film which took place between 2016 and 2021. In addition, I draw on the embodied experience of a five-year period that I spent living and collaborating with musicians and dancers in Tanzania and Zambia prior to the doctoral project.As a double bass player, multi-instrumentalist, and composer, I place myself in a series of different musical and multi-arts contexts, engaging in dialogue with musicians, dancers, and visual artists from Brazil, Colombia, Estonia, Finland, France, Madagascar, Mexico, Poland, Sápmi, Tanzania, the UK and Zambia. Various solo, duo, and ensemble settings act as case studies to examine how this process takes place, the new knowledge gained from the collaborations and their resulting artistic outcomes, and the effects of intercultural dialogue, collaboration, and co-creation on my own artistic identity. The instruments and forms of artistic expression used by my collaborators include the Brazilian berimbau, Chinese guzheng, dance, live electronics, experimental instrument making, Finnish Saarijärvi kantele, Sámi joik, vocals, percussion, live visuals, image manipulation, animation, photography and film.The key concepts that I investigate in this research are: artistic identity, global citizenship, hybridity, interculturalism, intercultural humility, liminality, third space theory, and resonance, the latter being viewed both as a physical phenomenon and as an approach to thinking about the ways in which we connect with the world around us. This research contributes to new knowledge and understandings in the areas of artistic identity formation, intercultural collaboration and interculturalism in music education through the interweaving of artistic processes, audio, video, photographs, artistic outcomes and text.Findings emerge in terms of new musical discoveries that surface from the dynamic third space created through transcultural collaboration; the expanding and deepening of musicianship through intercultural dialogue and collaboration; the interconnected nature of interculturalism in music and its reliance on openness, empathy, dialogue and constantnegotiation with sonic material, people and place; and the crucial role of fluidity and resonance in forming a personal artistic identity.Further research outcomes include new techniques and the expansion of the sonic palette of the double bass, enabled by developing custom-made attachments, preparations and electronic manipulation. The complete scope of this doctoral project includes four artistic components (three concerts and a recording), a documentary film and an artistic doctoral thesis comprising two peer-reviewed articles and an integrative chapter, all housed within the main multi-media exposition, Resonance: (Re)forming an Artistic Identity through Intercultural Dialogue and Collaboration.

scholarly journals A Rational Approach to Perioperative Fluid Management

2008 ◽  
Vol 109 (4) ◽  
pp. 723-740 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel Chappell ◽  
Matthias Jacob ◽  
Klaus Hofmann-Kiefer ◽  
Peter Conzen ◽  
Markus Rehm
Keyword(s):  
Blood Volume ◽  
Fluid Management ◽  
Third Space ◽  
Interstitial Space ◽  
The Body ◽  
Endothelial Glycocalyx ◽  
Rational Approach ◽  
Insensible Perspiration ◽  
Third Space Loss ◽  
The Right

Replacement of assumed preoperative deficits, in addition to generous substitution of an unsubstantiated increased insensible perspiration and third space loss, plays an important role in current perioperative fluid regimens. The consequence is a positive fluid balance and weight gain of up to 10 kg, which may be related to severe complications. Because the intravascular blood volume remains unchanged and insensible perspiration is negligible, the fluid must accumulate inside the body. This concept brings into question common liberal infusion regimens. Blood volume after fasting is normal, and a fluid-consuming third space has never been reliably shown. Crystalloids physiologically load the interstitial space, whereas colloidal volume loading deteriorates a vital part of the vascular barrier. The endothelial glycocalyx plays a key role and is destroyed not only by ischemia and surgery, but also by acute hypervolemia. Therefore, undifferentiated fluid handling may increase the shift toward the interstitial space. Using the right kind of fluid in appropriate amounts at the right time might improve patient outcome.

Building the Pirate Body

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 499-507
Author(s):  
K. K. Trieu
Keyword(s):  
Gender Dysphoria ◽  
Third Space ◽  
The Body ◽  
Kathy Acker ◽  
Gender Binary ◽  
Complete Destruction ◽  
Material Reality ◽  
And Gender

Abstract When Kathy Acker writes about the body, it is frequently subjected to self-abnegation; there is a sense that the cohesion of self and body hangs on complete destruction and rebirth in terms of its material reality. The figure of the Pirate is an avatar through which Acker explores these tensions, particularly as they relate to her experience of femininity and gender, which, in many ways, aligns with experiences of gender dysphoria. In negotiating the ways in which she would like to be desired with the feminist knowledge that influenced her thought, Acker lays out a path in which the dysphoric body that is assigned female at birth may occupy a third space outside the gender binary. This article puts Acker's writing on the Pirate in dialog with Georges Bataille's figure of the Acéphale to explore the system of knowledge that comes from this subject—one whose articulation is in constant regeneration.

ELECTROACOUSTIC VOICES: SOUNDS QUEER, AND WHY IT MATTERS

Tempo ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 71 (280) ◽  
pp. 68-79 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexa Woloshyn
Keyword(s):  
Third Space ◽  
Status Quo ◽  
Electroacoustic Music ◽  
The Body ◽  
Power Structures ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
The Core ◽  
Fixed Media ◽  
The Status ◽  
The Voice

AbstractQueer processes abound in fixed media electroacoustic music with voice, in both the composition and listening processes. ‘Queer’ means transgressive, unstable, and disruptive, and queer processes break down restrictive traditional binaries. In this article, I name the queer where some may have thought it does not or could not exist, in well-known works by Berio, Stockhausen and Lucier, as well as lesser-known works by Truax, Normandeau and Westerkamp. Any claim to the queer in these electroacoustic works is inherently political because the core of the term's meaning is to disrupt and perturb the status quo, which is maintained by existing power structures. I outline how composers unsettle the gendered voice and exploit its mediating role between the body and language. Studio manipulation is further enhanced by the acousmatic listening context, which is intimate and unsettling (‘queer’), and can depict the ‘third space’ between the bodies of the voice and listener.

Representing utility and deploying the body

2020 ◽  
Vol 43 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Spurrett
Keyword(s):  
Functional Activity ◽  
Degrees Of Freedom ◽  
The Body ◽  
Target Article ◽  
Processing Demands ◽  
The Many

Abstract Comprehensive accounts of resource-rational attempts to maximise utility shouldn't ignore the demands of constructing utility representations. This can be onerous when, as in humans, there are many rewarding modalities. Another thing best not ignored is the processing demands of making functional activity out of the many degrees of freedom of a body. The target article is almost silent on both.

Neuron-glia relationship during the early postembryonic development of the nervous system in some oligochaetes

1978 ◽  
Vol 36 (2) ◽  
pp. 600-601
Author(s):  
Wiktor Djaczenko ◽  
Carmen Calenda Cimmino
Keyword(s):  
Nervous System ◽  
Glial Cells ◽  
Early Period ◽  
Postembryonic Development ◽  
Ruthenium Red ◽  
The Body ◽  
Tubifex Tubifex ◽  
Growth Stages ◽  
Cell Processes ◽  
Cytoplasmic Processes

The simplicity of the developing nervous system of oligochaetes makes of it an excellent model for the study of the relationships between glia and neurons. In the present communication we describe the relationships between glia and neurons in the early periods of post-embryonic development in some species of oligochaetes.Tubifex tubifex (Mull. ) and Octolasium complanatum (Dugès) specimens starting from 0. 3 mm of body length were collected from laboratory cultures divided into three groups each group fixed separately by one of the following methods: (a) 4% glutaraldehyde and 1% acrolein fixation followed by osmium tetroxide, (b) TAPO technique, (c) ruthenium red method.Our observations concern the early period of the postembryonic development of the nervous system in oligochaetes. During this period neurons occupy fixed positions in the body the only observable change being the increase in volume of their perikaryons. Perikaryons of glial cells were located at some distance from neurons. Long cytoplasmic processes of glial cells tended to approach the neurons. The superimposed contours of glial cell processes designed from electron micrographs, taken at the same magnification, typical for five successive growth stages of the nervous system of Octolasium complanatum are shown in Fig. 1. Neuron is designed symbolically to facilitate the understanding of the kinetics of the growth process.

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