scholarly journals The cultural and political ecology of reed-cane craftsmanship in Lake Eber

2021 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 17-36
Author(s):  
Evren Ekiz ◽  
◽  
Hakki Yazici ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Political Ecology ◽  
Aquatic Plants ◽  
Building Materials ◽  
Field Studies ◽  
Common Reed ◽  
The Other ◽  
Research Subject ◽  
Lake Ecology ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Cultural And Political Ecology

The current study examines the interactions of people living around Lake Eber with the lake and their use of it from a cultural and political ecology perspective. In this context, fieldworks were carried out in different periods of 2018-2019. At the same time, observations and interviews covering the research subject were carried out. In the study, it was determined that aquatic plants such as common reed, reedmace, lakeshore bulrush and common cattail are cut from the Lake Eber and are used as building materials and in the production of rush mats, beach umbrellas, prayer rugs, reed pillows, floor mats (straw) and tomb mats. On the other hand, it was observed that the interest in reed-cane craftsmanship and the production of reed-cane products is decreasing every year. This is caused by drought, pollution and eutrophication processes seen in the lake. Based on the results of the study, we suggest that more field studies should be done to examine the factors that threaten the lake ecology and projects should be conducted to improve the situation in the lake.

scholarly journals Biochemical Composition of Some Selected Aquatic Macrophytes Under Ex-Situ Conditions

2018 ◽  
Vol 44 (1) ◽  
pp. 53-60
Author(s):  
Harich And Hazra ◽  
Md Al Mujaddade Alfasane ◽  
Sharmin Kauser ◽  
Umme Fatema Shahjadee ◽  
Moniruzzaman Khondker
Keyword(s):  
Aquatic Plants ◽  
Biochemical Composition ◽  
Aquatic Macrophytes ◽  
The Other ◽  
Ex Situ ◽  
Human Diet ◽  
Culture Studies ◽  
Ipomoea Aquatica ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Calcium And Phosphorus

Ex-situ culture studies of five selected aquatic macrophytes, namely Nymphaea nouchali Burm. f., Enhydra fluctuans Lour., Ipomoea aquatica Forsk., Hygroryza aristata (Retz.) Nees ex Wight & Arn. and Limnocharis flava (L.) Buch. were carried out. Comparing the biochemical composition of the above mentioned five aquatic macrophytes, on an average, Enhydra fluctuans was found to contain highest amounts of proteins (18.20%) and Ipomoea aquatica contains highest amounts of carbohydrate (58.60%). Lowest amounts of proteins (14.35%) were recorded in Hygroryza aristata and Limnocharis flava. On the other hand lowest amounts of carbohydrates were obtained in Nymphaea nouchali. Ipomoea aquatica contained highest amounts of energy (321.23 kcal) and lowest amount was observed in Limnocharis flava. The five aquatic plants were low in fiber, fat and also in ash. Among all the five aquatic macrophytes, highest values of calcium and phosphorus were found to be present in Limnocharis flava and iron was highest in Nymphaea nouchali. Lowest values of calcium and phosphorus were present in Ipomoea aquatica and lowest amount of iron was present in Limnochris flava. The present study demonstrated that, these five aquatic macrophytes are the important sources of carbohydrate, protein and minerals, which are suitable for incorporation in human diet and feed also. Asiat. Soc. Bangladesh, Sci. 44(1): 53-60, June 2018

Fly-Ash Usage in New Cement-Based Material for Concrete Waterproofing

2012 ◽  
Vol 535-537 ◽  
pp. 1902-1906 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stepan Bohus ◽  
Rostislav Drochytka ◽  
Luboš Taranza
Keyword(s):  
Fly Ash ◽  
Building Material ◽  
Building Materials ◽  
Concrete Surface ◽  
The Other ◽  
Raw Material ◽  
World Production ◽  
New Materials ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Secondary Raw Material

Concrete is the most widely used building material and due to its use, water tightness is one of the factors essential for many constructions. Materials applied on concrete surface as secondary protection can have various forms. One of the material group with waterproofing ability, are materials on so called "crystalline technology base". As this material is cement-based its wide world production brings significant effect on environment. To bring on building materials market new materials should be considered its environmental friendlier production. One of the ways for this group of materials with crystalline abilities is replacing cement by other substituent, at best by secondary raw material. This would bring double advantage, lowering usage of cement and on the other hand use of already produced secondary raw material. This article deals with new developed materials based on "crystalline technology" with cement partly replaced by fly-ash substituent. At this article are presented results of new developed screed and coating modifications and its effectiveness on concrete waterproofing.

Life Underground: The Biology Of Subterranean Rodents

2001 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 75 ◽  
Author(s):  
EA Lacey ◽  
JL Patton ◽  
GN Cameron
Keyword(s):  
Life History ◽  
Field Studies ◽  
The Other ◽  
Social Organisation ◽  
Subterranean Rodents ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Extreme Variability ◽  
The One

SUBTERRANEAN rodents are intriguing subjects for research. On the one hand they display extreme variability in social organisation and life history, and exhibit a range of unique adaptations in morphology and physiology that allow exploitation of different habitats. On the other hand, field studies of subterranean rodents are exceptionally challenging as the animals are seldom observed. Subterranean rodents are also widely distributed, occurring on all continents except Australia and Antarctica. Life underground: The biology of subterranean rodents provides an excellent summary of what we know (and what we do not know) about this cryptic group of mammals, and also succeeds in conveying the joys and frustrations of studying them.

Formative-Period Architecture at the Site of Yarumela, Central Honduras

1994 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 70-87 ◽  
Author(s):  
Boyd Dixon ◽  
L. R. V. Joesink-Mandeville ◽  
Nobukatsu Hasebe ◽  
Michael Mucio ◽  
William Vincent ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Building Materials ◽  
Formative Period ◽  
The Other ◽  
Simple Pole ◽  
Monumental Architecture ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Indigenous Society

During the Formative period (ca. 1000 B.C.-A.D. 250) at the site of Yarumela in central Honduras, an indigenous society developed that was constructing monumental architecture well before 400 B.C. Experimentation with new building materials and techniques reached a peak ca. A.D. 200 just prior to the site's abandonment, by which time religious temples and elite residences had undergone a transition from simple pole-and-thatch structures to more complex adobe and stone constructions. Overall labor investment in monumental architecture may, on the other hand, actually have declined during this same period.

scholarly journals The Anthropocene as a regime of visibility: the posthumanist paradox between domination and liberation

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Alice Dal Gobbo ◽  
Emanuele Leonardi
Keyword(s):  
Political Ecology ◽  
Ecological Crisis ◽  
The Other ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Historical Contingency ◽  
Neoliberal Governmentality ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
The World ◽  
The One ◽  
Forms Of Knowledge

The discourse of the ‘Anthropocene’ has quickly become pervasive, cross-cutting different fields of knowledge. However, it is also a deeply contested category. In the critical light shed by political ecology, we reflect on the conceptual blindspots that mark its narrative, identifying it as a symptom of a broader impasse of the neoliberal governmentality of nature and of the ecological crisis today. On the one hand, the Anthropocene narrative proposes a post-humanist vision, which potentially de-centres anthropocentrism. On the other hand, this same vision becomes an alibi for ever deeper and less reflective interventions of human beings on the biosphere, in particular through technoscientific developments. This paradox responds to a specific need for capitalist valorization of ‘Nature’ and, at the same time, does not seem capable to elaborate solutions to the ecological crisis as a whole. However, if the Anthropocene becomes visible only in the present historical contingency and due to specific kinds of knowledge, we suggest that reflecting on epistemological issues is key to the search for more ecological ways of situating in the world. Which forms of knowledge allow us to understand the emancipatory potential of post-humanism within the Anthropocene while avoiding new predatory effects on the biosphere?

scholarly journals RUSSIAN CLASSICAL LITERATURE IN READERS’ ONLINE COMMUNITIES

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 90-99
Author(s):  
Anastasiya O. Drozdova ◽  
◽  
Vladimir V. Petrov ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Online Communities ◽  
Russian Literature ◽  
Popular Literature ◽  
The Other ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Research Subject ◽  
Classical Literature ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Classical Work ◽  
The One

On the Internet, readers of Russian literature create online communities (fandoms), in which users experiment with classical literature and construct their own versions of source texts. Although each separate fandom is dedicated to a particular classical work, authors (ficwriters) compare different classical texts and construct a common artistic space based on those. The article deals with the content and boundaries of the online corpus of amateur works based on Russian classical literature. The research subject is fanfics in which artistic worlds of several classical works are combined (crossovers). There are distinguished two forms of modeling a common artistic space in fandoms dedicated to Russian classical literature: 1) through the character's outlook and transformation of the traditional loci; 2) through the narrator’s outlook and creation of an unstable space. The first form involves separating space into ‘public’ and ‘intimate’; the second form is based on the division of space into ‘sacred’ and ‘ordinary’. To describe the connection of fanfics based on classical literature but published in different fandoms, we use the concept ‘superfandom’, which is a corpus of fanfics based on different classical works where texts are united by the types of transformation of original sources and by common strategies of readers’ reception. This binary typology of space reflects the features of perception of Russian classical literature in communities originally created by popular literature fans. On the one hand, ficwriters regard classical literature as an object of honoring; on the other hand, they use the poetics of space from different classical sources to show their own artistic preferences, including acceptance or rejection of Russian classical literature.

scholarly journals Particular aspects of the use of judicial accounting expertise results for the investigation of corruption-related crimes

2021 ◽  
pp. 35-41
Author(s):  
Elina Sergeevna Sarygina ◽  
Tat'yana Borisovna Safonova
Keyword(s):  
The Other ◽  
Expert Assessment ◽  
Research Subject ◽  
Research Results ◽  
Accounting Research ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Accounting Expertise ◽  
Judicial Expertise

The research subject is scientific and methodological patterns of a judicial expertise in the field of accounting research of state-funded organizations which are the most sensitive to corruption-related offences. The research object is investigatory and expert assessment of the use of the results of judicial accounting expertise for proving in investigating corruption-related crimes. Special attention is given to particular problems related to the mechanism of use of the results of such accounting research by investigators. To acquire evidentiary information about the case, one needs to analyze the report of an expert accountant as a possible evidence, while it is not possible to attach it to the case without its legality assessment. Only a careful reading of the research results by the person, who has initiated expertise, can help detect corruption-related circumstances. The authors of the article attempt at covering the range of problems which can lead to the consideration of a report of an expert accountant as an incomopetent evidence. On the other hand, the authors note that the analysis of accounting expertise helps investigators to establish or check facts not available to other experts. The scientific novelty of the research consists in the fact that the authors attempt at forming an overall picture of the mechanism of the use of judicial accounting expertise results for the investigation of corruption-related crimes.   

Designing a project

2008 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 94-96
Author(s):  
Peter Hawley
Keyword(s):  
Field Studies ◽  
The Other ◽  
Design Studio ◽  
Educational Objectives ◽  
Large Group ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
The One ◽  
Academic Year

How might one construct a design studio project? In addition to achieving educational objectives, it must engage both the student and his or her teachers, but if it also involves the whole year as a group it can prove especially rewarding. Last session I looked for an Honours year programme whereby each student could evolve a project that would have similarities with those of their colleagues but that would also be different. If a project were to start with something conceptual – for example, a thematic thread – then there could be both common generic facilities and uniquely different facilities arising from data collected during field studies in particular locations. I've discovered that this sort of idea works well when a large group is doing a project over a whole academic year. On the one hand there is always a common level of interest across the studio because every student feels they are in the same boat as their mates, but on the other hand their own project has unique characteristics. This means that the type of collaboration between students isn't suffocating because no one is ever actually doing the same thing in the same place; everyone is doing both similar and different things in similar but different places. The title of the programme that emerged was ‘Stretched City – East meets West’.

scholarly journals Morphology of House Pattern in Tenganan Dauh Tukad Village, Karangasem

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 40
Author(s):  
Ngakan Ketut Acwin Dwijendra
Keyword(s):  
Field Studies ◽  
The Other ◽  
Interesting Phenomenon ◽  
Residential Patterns ◽  
Local Character ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
The Government ◽  
Residential Pattern ◽  
The One ◽  
The Impact

Traditional Settlements Tenganan Dauh Tukad Traditional Village, Karangasem regency, has a uniqueness of traditional dwelling patterns that become a local character of the region. However, along with the development of tourism in this village, the traditional settlement is not only a pride, but also the object of commodification. This is an interesting phenomenon where on the one hand, people try to maintain their traditional residential identity to attract tourists visiting, but, on the other hand, they change their dwelling as a tourism facility. The change is a challenge and a pressure for maintaining the traditional configuration as an identity. This is a phenomenon of conflict in the development of a cultural tourism area. On the one hand, tourists expect a natural and original nature and culture. On the other hand, society and culture change as the society interacts with the outside culture and the desire to accommodate the needs of the visiting tourists. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to investigate the paradoxical phenomenon of changes in the morphology of residential patterns in Tenganan Dauh Tukad Village and explore the conflict between conservation of traditional housing character and tourism demand. By conducting field studies (measurements), of selected stratified random sampling houses, and interviews, to examine the impact of changes on values ??and their meanings, this study will discuss changes in the physical configuration, meanings, and values ??of a traditional house. This research will explore the original roles and meanings of altered housing that can still be maintained and the new roles and values ??contained in the new configuration. In this study will also discuss the impact of new values ??on the meaning and value of the original configuration. With the identification of the morphologic character of the residential pattern, it is expected to be a model of change and provide an appropriate perspective for the community, the government and the tourism actors in transforming the traditional housing in Tenganan Dauh Tukad Village, Karangasem Regency.

scholarly journals Penerapan Material Bambu Terhadap Bangunan Perpustakaan Mikro di Selaawi, Kabupaten Garut, Jawa Barat

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ardhiana Muhsin ◽  
Diki Kamaludin ◽  
Rafifta Ganiar F ◽  
Arvian Nashar Allam ◽  
Rizka Dian Utami
Keyword(s):  
Building Materials ◽  
Raw Materials ◽  
The Other ◽  
Climate Conditions ◽  
World Today ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Main Material ◽  
Sophisticated Technology

ABSTRAKTeknologi yang semakin canggih berdampak besar pada perkembangan dunia arsitektur masa kini. Pengembangan bahan baku material bangunan pun semakin beragam dan menghasilkan hal-hal baru. Sejalan dengan kualitas yang tersaji, tentunya akan menyebabkan dampak pada biaya yang dikeluarkan. Indonesia adalah salah satu negara dengan kekayaan bahan baku dan material tradisional yang lebih terjangkau dari segi manapun. Material yang bersifat tradisional dan konvensional semakin tenggelam oleh penggunaan beton, baja dan material modern lainnya. Bambu pada masa kini menjadi salah satu material yang jarang digunakan sebagai material utama dalam pembangunan suatu objek arsitektur. Disisi lain, material tersebut mempunyai beragam potensi baik sebagai struktur ataupun komponen pengisi pada sebuah bangunan. Penelitian ini akan membahas tentang material bambu yang akan digunakan pada sebuah bangunan perpustakaan mikro baik itu pada aspek struktur maupun penutupnya seperti dinding dan atap. Metode apa saja yang harus dilakukan terhadap material bambu agar dapat mengeluarkan potensi didalamnya dan hal apa saja yang mempengaruhi material tersebut terhadap kondisi iklim maupun keadaan sekitar lokasi pada pengerjaan perpustakaan mikro di Desa Selaawi, Kabupaten Garut, Jawa Barat.Kata kunci : Bambu, Pengawetan, Arsitektur, Perpustakaan Mikro, SelaawiABSTRACTIncreasingly sophisticated technology has a major impact on the development of the architectural world today. The development of raw materials for building materials is increasingly diverse and produces new things. In line with the quality presented, of course, it will cause an impact on the costs incurred. Indonesia is one of the countries with a wealth of raw materials and traditional materials that are more affordable from any aspect. Materials that are traditional and conventional are increasingly sinking by the use of concrete, steel and other modern materials. Bamboo today is one of the materials that rarely used as the main material in the construction of an architectural object. On the other hand, the material has a variety of potential, both as structures or filling components in a building. This research will discuss about bamboo material that will used in a micro library building both in its structural and closing aspects such as walls and roofs. What methods should be used for bamboo material in order to be able to release the potential in it and what things affect the material on the climate conditions and the situation around the location of the micro library work in Selaawi Village, Garut Regency, West Java.Keywords : Bamboo, Curing, Architecture, Micro Library, Selaawi

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