CULTURAL ENTOMOLOGY AND THE INSECT FORM IN EGYPTION ART

This research paper aims to explain Cultural Entmology, which is a branch not mostly researched in neither biology nor fine arts, over insect forms in Egyptian Art. In the paper firstly insect, Entomology and Cultural Entomology consepts are explained and the place of the insects in the ecosystem is mentioned. Cultural Entomology’s occuring process as an academic research zone and Dr. Charles Hogue’s works on this area are expressed. After that, the corpus of the insects used in Egyptian Art, religious and Daily objects are searched. By using different insect types in these areas, Egyptian art is a rich example in order to understand Cultural Entomology. The insects’s deification,symbolizing the immortality and usage on the Daily objects, are examined over Wall paintings and seals. while doing this,the insects’ formational and ecological feratures are explained and the relationship between them explicated by both religion and art. So, the area of Cultural Entomology is examplified over Egyptian art. Keywords: art, insect, entomology, cultural entomology, egyptian art

'n Kulturele entomologiese ondersoek na insekte in Willem Anker se Siegfried

In this paper I investigate the function of the references to insects in Willem Anker's debut novel Siegfried (2007) from a cultural entomological perspective. My focus is on the character Wilhelm (Willem) Smit. Smit, a failed writer, gains his entomological knowledge from the books on insects that was left behind by the previous tenant of the house he rents on the farm of Jan Landman and his mentally disabled son Siegfried Landman. His engagement with insects goes beyond a scientific interest: he compares people and human society to insects and has a habit of eating insects. It therefore falls in the realm of cultural entomology. Since cultural entomology deals with the relationship between humans and insects, I furthermore tie my discussion to the field of Human-Animal Studies (HAS) in which the intertwinement of human and non-human animals is explored. I analyse the following three aspects in Siegfried: Smit's entomophagy (the eating of insects), Smit's general musings on the connection between humans and insects, and the comparison of the homeless people of Cape Town to insects in the novel. I investigate whether the portrayal of insect and human interaction is indicative of a posthuman interweavement or not. My conclusion is that Smit's consumption of insects is an act of desperation rather than a liberating intertwinement of human and animal. The comparison of humans to insects mainly relates to the negative perception of insects in Western culture and does not point to a posthuman transformation of human and animal.

The career of Dr J. Ramos-Elorduy Blásquez

Dr Julieta Ramos-Elorduy retired in 2015 after a long career that covered different topics, but she is best known for her outstanding contributions to the use of insects as food and feed. This paper presents an outline of her career including a thematic analysis of her different academic activities, which include professional activities, fields of specialty, academic honours, published scientific articles, chapters in internationally and nationally published books, published books, full articles published in the proceedings of international and national congresses, papers presented in international and national congresses, experience in innovation and technological description, copyrights and patents, teaching experience, thesis direction, academic staff that has developed under her tuition, evaluation of scientific papers for diverse institutions, consultancy, lectures, and their participation in newspapers magazines, television and radio. Finally the importance and impact of her contributions in the field of entomology, ethnoentomology, cultural entomology and especially in the anthropoentomophagy in Mexico and other countries is discussed.

Patterns in Orthoptera biodiversity. II. The cultural dimension

The relationship between orthopterans and humanity has multiple faces. They are excellent subjects of research in all areas of biology, but they may be from a mild nuisance to formidable enemies as in the case of plague locusts. However, many species have been since long ago, providers of aesthetic pleasure, nutrition and folk medicine practices. In this review, I explore three subjects that fall within the fields of ethnoentomology and cultural entomology namely, the use of orthopterans as food, their medicinal utilisation, and their role as pets and entertainment.