scholarly journals Oscuras quimeras: metamorfosis e híbridos humano-animal en algunos textos de literatura hispanoamericana contemporánea

2021 ◽  
pp. 35-52
Author(s):  
Ilaria Stefani
Keyword(s):  
Family Structure ◽  
Human Subject ◽  
Patriarchal Family ◽  
The Past ◽  
Modern Age ◽  
The Feminine ◽  
Identity Concept ◽  
Human Animal

RESUMEN: Este estudio se propone investigar las distintas formas de construcción de identidades posthumanas a partir del elemento arquetípico de la metamorfosis y del híbrido humano-animal. Estas nuevas figuraciones rescatan una perspectiva acerca de lo animal procedente de un imaginario premoderno para deconstruir las categorías que han definido el sujeto humano a partir de la modernidad europea. En algunos textos publicados en los últimos veinte años, la mezcla entre especies plantea un nuevo concepto de identidad: por un lado, se examina cómo el devenir-animal se acompaña a la emancipación de la figura femenina y a la deconstrucción de la idea de familia patriarcal; por el otro, se exploran las conjunciones entre el híbrido humano-animal y el cyborg.   ABSTRACT: This article aims to study the different ways of shaping posthuman identities, which originates from archetypical metamorphoses and human-animal hybrids. This new imaginary rescues a premodern perspective about the animal, in order to dismantle the boundaries that have defined the human subject since the European modern age. In some books published in the past twenty years, the interspecies encounter outlines a new identity concept. Firstly, the article examines how the becoming-animal concept merges with the feminine subject’s emancipation, as well as with the deconstruction of the patriarchal family structure; secondly, it explores the conjunctions between human-animal hybrids and cyborgs.

Entre Cassandre et Clytemnestre: le théâtre québécois, 1970–90

1992 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
pp. 236-245
Author(s):  
Dominique Lafon
Keyword(s):  
National Identity ◽  
Family Structure ◽  
Family Conflict ◽  
Political Structure ◽  
Important Work ◽  
Social Transformations ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Family ◽  
The Feminine ◽  
Constant State

The purpose of this article is to examine theatre in Quebec as the site of transformation of its collective images as they have evolved through theatrical texts over the past twenty years. Quebec society, in a constant state of mutation as it searches for its national identity, has been particularly receptive to forms of theatre that emphasize the theme of the family. For example, the first important work of this ‘new theatre’ which dared to liberate the language from its French model was Tremblay's Les Belles-Sœurs, a play where all the action is located in a kitchen and whose characters are all women. In the development of Tremblay's work, we see how the discourses of women are taken over by masculine characters, mediated through the transvestite within a homosexual theme and finally liberated from the feminine model by the affirmation of the homosexual couple. In other more recent works, playwrights such as Normand Chaurette and Michel Marc Bouchard, have incorporated the search for a patrilinear descent into the very heart of the family conflict where the mother is put to death in a ritual killing, presented either as a ceremony (Chaurette), or as the unfolding of a myth (Bouchard).In all these cases, the evolution of the fictive family structure is the projection of social transformations taking place in Quebec where the maternal heritage, represented historically by France, is necessarily damaged and eventually eliminated in order to lay claim to a political structure which confirms the rights of the father.

The New Islamic State

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Farhad Khosrokhavar
Keyword(s):  
Middle East ◽  
Modern Society ◽  
Islamic State ◽  
Imagined Community ◽  
The West ◽  
Patriarchal Family ◽  
The Past ◽  
The World ◽  
The Creation

The creation of the Islamic State in Iraq and Sham (ISIS) changed the nature of jihadism worldwide. For a few years (2014–2017) it exemplified the destructive capacity of jihadism and created a new utopia aimed at restoring the past greatness and glory of the former caliphate. It also attracted tens of thousands of young wannabe combatants of faith (mujahids, those who make jihad) toward Syria and Iraq from more than 100 countries. Its utopia was dual: not only re-creating the caliphate that would spread Islam all over the world but also creating a cohesive, imagined community (the neo-umma) that would restore patriarchal family and put an end to the crisis of modern society through an inflexible interpretation of shari‘a (Islamic laws and commandments). To achieve these goals, ISIS diversified its approach. It focused, in the West, on the rancor of the Muslim migrants’ sons and daughters, on exoticism, and on an imaginary dream world and, in the Middle East, on tribes and the Sunni/Shi‘a divide, particularly in the Iraqi and Syrian societies.

scholarly journals Arheologija Silbe i silbenskih grebena

2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Smiljan Gluščević
Keyword(s):  
Late Antiquity ◽  
17Th Century ◽  
13Th Century ◽  
Neighboring Group ◽  
Late Medieval ◽  
Archaeological Material ◽  
The Past ◽  
Modern Age

The article deals with the archaeological material recorded over the past decade on the island of Silba and on its seabed. The island is located on the most important seafaring route that led from the northern to southern Adriatic. The source of the earliest – albeit scarce – information about its population is the island’s prehistoric hill-fort. As for the life on the island in Antiquity and Late Antiquity, the graves and sarcophagi recorded there can be used as evidence of it. In terms of the number of finds, the seabed off Silba is much richer than the island itself, particularly the area near Sveti Ante Cove and Cape Arat, where Antiquity remains and Modern Age glass objects were found. Grebeni – the neighboring group of three reefs – were also included in the excavations. They were fatal for numerous ships of the Antiquity, as well as for one Late Medieval ship and one Modern Age ship. The most important finds include those from a mid-1st-century AD ship (a large quantity of material which is mostly unique for the Adriatic), a bell from the second half of the 13th century, and a ship with mid-17th-century cannons, anchors and ceramics. We should add to these the find of a shipwreck with Baetical amphorae (type Dr. 20) – the first such find on the Adriatic seabed. 

scholarly journals Dam Safety: Hazards Created by Human Failings and Actions

2020 ◽  
pp. 65-107
Author(s):  
Nasrat Adamo ◽  
Nadhir Al-Ansari ◽  
Varoujan Sissakian ◽  
Jan Laue ◽  
Sven Knutsson
Keyword(s):  
Remote Control ◽  
Human Factors ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Dam Safety ◽  
Industrial Control ◽  
Safety Hazards ◽  
The Past ◽  
Modern Age ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Normal Human

Dam Safety and dam incidents are treated here looked at from the “Human Factors” perspective. An attempt is made to explore these factors as an important drive in impairing dams’ safety and increases their risks. Distinction is drawn between the “Normal Human Caused Incidents” and the “Extraordinary Human Caused Incidents” together with the description of their root origins and subsequent consequences. The first type includes unintentional mistakes, errors and flaws committed by the operators of dams inadvertently, in addition to negligence, lack of experience or overconfidence. Such failings can happen in manual operation of dams, or through the use of their Supervision, Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) systems as in industrial control system (ICS). They can occur also due to flaws in software or even in the application of information and communication technology (ICT) in remote control operations. As for the second group; the extraordinary human factors, they are defined here as those committed by man with the full understanding of their possible damage. They are done purposely for destabilizing dams after thoughtful and carefully meditated decision making process and they are manifested in acts of war, sabotage and terrorists actions. In this modern age, these acts are characteristics of hackers’ attacks on dam(s) operating systems. This is done through the use of cyberspace by the widespread interconnected digital technology with the accompanying advances in the communication technologies. As such, these technologies have made remote control of such systems possible. Not limited to this, dams remain now, as they were always in the past, the obvious targets in wars and conflicts to inflict losses on the enemy and to use them as weapons, and for terrorism actions for challenging governments. Examples of the aforementioned threats are described with examples given from real cases to elucidate the dangers involved. Lessons to be learned from these incidents are derived and recommendations are presented to be followed to avoid risky situations.

scholarly journals The position of the individual gods and goddesses in various types of sources - with special reference to the female divinities

1990 ◽  
Vol 13 ◽  
pp. 294-315 ◽  
Author(s):  
Else Mundal
Keyword(s):  
Family Structure ◽  
Special Reference ◽  
Patriarchal Family ◽  
Agricultural Society ◽  
Literary Sources ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Written Sources

In the written sources the gods are arranged in a patriarchal family structure with Odin on the top.  If we try to rank the gods in order of precedence on the basis of the number of instances in the toponymic material, Odin would be found a good way down the list. Generally, we should expect gods connected with the cult of fertility and the agricultural society to be overrepresented in the toponymic material in comparison with a god of war. If we consider our literary sources and ask which of the goddesses' names are most frequently used as basic words in kenningar for women, we see that many of the more "unknown" goddesses are very well represented in this material. In the toponymic material, it was the leading goddess who was considered to be the leading god's wife, but not necessarily. Both Frigg and Freyja belong to the type of fertility goddess.

scholarly journals Que família é esta? Mosaico de diferenças, contradições, discriminações |What family is this? Mosaic of differences, contradictions, discriminations

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (42) ◽  
Author(s):  
Edilane Bertelli ◽  
Liliane Moser
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Nuclear Family ◽  
Social Discrimination ◽  
Racial Relations ◽  
Patriarchal Family ◽  
Brazilian Society ◽  
The Past ◽  
Human And Social Sciences ◽  
Historical Phenomenon ◽  
Professional Intervention

As análises desenvolvidas sobre família nas ciências humanas e sociais no Brasil revelam o quanto se trata de um tema sujeito a determinismos e generalizações, os quais se tornam obstáculos à investigação científica e à intervenção profissional. A diversidade de questões na reflexão acerca da família na sociedade brasileira, concomitantemente às diferenças culturais, mostram contradições, desigualdades e discriminações sociais, conforme as relações sociais de classe, de gênero e étnico-raciais. Neste artigo, a partir de revisão bibliográfica do ponto de vista histórico, objetiva-se problematizar concepções naturalizadas e universalizantes quando se trata “da” família brasileira. Inicialmente, situa-se a concepção pretérita de família patriarcal, bem como as incongruências da generalização da família nuclear moderna para o contexto brasileiro. Em seguida, apontam-se tendências sociodemográficas às sociedades ocidentais e os rumos da família, concluindo que é de fundamental importância desnaturalizar concepções de família e pensá-la como fenômeno histórico e produto de determinadas circunstâncias econômicas, políticas, sociais e culturais, na medida em que seu entendimento impacta na formulação de políticas sociais e nas intervenções de profissionais de diferentes áreas.                                                                                                   Palavras-Chave: família; família patriarcal; família nuclear; gênero. Abstract – The analyzes carried out on family in the human and social sciences in Brazil reveal how much this theme is subject to determinism and generalization, which become obstacles to scientific research and professional intervention. The diversity of questions in the reflections about family in Brazilian society, along with cultural differences, show contradictions, inequalities, and social discrimination, according to class, gender, and ethnic-racial relations. This article, based on a bibliographical revision of a historical perspective, aims to problematize naturalized and universalized traces when it comes to “the” Brazilian family. Initially, the past conception of a patriarchal family is presented, as well as the incongruities of the generalization of modern nuclear family in relation to the Brazilian context. Afterwards, sociodemographic tendencies are pointed out to Western societies and the ways family is developing. It is concluded that to denaturalize conceptions of family is of fundamental importance, and also to rethink it as a historical phenomenon and product of certain economic, political, social, and cultural circumstances, in so far as its understanding impacts the formulation of social policies and the interventions of professionals from different areas.Keywords: family; patriarchal family; nuclear family; gender.

scholarly journals Animal geographies I: Hearing the cry and extending beyond

2019 ◽  
Vol 44 (4) ◽  
pp. 769-777 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leah M. Gibbs
Keyword(s):  
Lived Experiences ◽  
The Past ◽  
Human Animal

Research on animal geographies is burgeoning. This report identifies key themes emerging in the sub-discipline over the past two to three years. It begins with an overview of the growing empirical, conceptual and methodological diversity of the field. It then explores two themes, which seek, in turn, to look very closely at the animal and beyond it. The first theme incorporates efforts to attend to the lived experiences of animals and the nonhuman side of human-animal relations: to ‘hear the cry’ of the nonhuman. The second includes attempts to move beyond both the kinds of animals most commonly considered within the field of animal geographies, and beyond the animal itself.

Effect of rearing environment on “human approach behaviour” in grower-finisher pigs

2002 ◽  
Vol 2002 ◽  
pp. 217-217
Author(s):  
J.R. Amory ◽  
G.P. Pearce ◽  
A.M. Mackenzie ◽  
M.A. Varley
Keyword(s):  
Chronic Stress ◽  
Human Subject ◽  
Avoidance Behaviour ◽  
Farm Animals ◽  
Physiological Measures ◽  
Rearing Environment ◽  
Commercial Farm ◽  
Human Animal

The importance of the quality of the human-animal relationship on the productivity and welfare of commercial farm animals is now well established. Previous work in pigs has found negative correlations between productivity and avoidance behaviour of a human subject (Hemsworth et al., 1981). However, other reports have shown no relationship between avoidance behaviour and growth or physiological measures of chronic stress resulting from aversive handling suggesting that other factors may affect this behaviour (Pearce et al., 1989). The present study examined the influence of environmental and husbandry factors on the response to humans in commercially housed grower and finisher pigs.

scholarly journals Human-Leopard (Panthera pardus fusca) Co-Existence in Jhalana Forest Reserve, India

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (14) ◽  
pp. 3912 ◽  
Author(s):  
Swapnil Kumbhojkar ◽  
Reuven Yosef ◽  
Yanina Benedetti ◽  
Federico Morelli
Keyword(s):  
Island Biogeography ◽  
Human Population ◽  
Past Century ◽  
Panthera Pardus ◽  
Top Predator ◽  
Forest Reserve ◽  
The Past ◽  
Exponential Increase ◽  
Wilderness Areas ◽  
Human Animal

The intensity and frequency of human-animal conflicts has escalated in recent decades due to the exponential increase in the human population over the past century and the subsequent encroachment of human activities on wilderness areas. Jhalana Forest Reserve (JFR) presents the characteristics of island biogeography in the heart of Jaipur, which is a city of 3.1 million people. The leopard (Panthera pardus fusca) is the top predator in this newly declared sanctuary of 29 km². We surveyed people in the 18 villages that engulf this sanctuary. We questioned the villagers’ (n = 480) perceptions about conservation. As much as 93% (round figure) of the population has encountered leopards, and 83% were fully aware of its role in the ecosystem. In addition, 100% stressed the necessity of conservation to save the forests and 91% supported the efforts to a wall in the reserve in order to prevent human encroachment. Most of the population is Jains and Gujars, which are communities that believe in non-violence. We conclude that the villagers support conservation efforts. The authorities that manage JFR view the villagers favorably and, as stakeholders, are the basis for continued human-leopard coexistence.

Introduction

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tammy D. Allen ◽  
Lillian T. Eby
Keyword(s):  
Family Structure ◽  
Global Economy ◽  
Work And Family ◽  
Family Responsibilities ◽  
Multiple Factors ◽  
The Past ◽  
New Challenges ◽  
Work Family ◽  
Labor Patterns

Multiple factors such as changes in family structure and labor patterns have contributed to interest in work–family scholarship and practice over the past several decades. The global economy and rapidly evolving technology have introduced new challenges to how individuals structure and manage their work and family responsibilities. This chapter sets the stage for the rest of the volume. It includes an overview of the seven sections of the book and brief highlights of the chapters that comprise the total volume.

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