Pós-fácil - O pragmatismo utópico do comportamental-grupal de Oiticica

É diante dos colapsos de estruturas sociais e instituições públicas que se redobra a importância dos sentidos de futuro, das mudanças porvir antecipadas nos textos de Hélio Oiticica, The Senses Pointing Toward a New Transformation[i] e Subterranean Tropicália Projects[ii] (NY, 1971). Ao mesmo tempo que se reconhece a atualidade de uma utopia negativa da dissolução da obra objeto, esta abordagem ressalta o devir comportamental-grupal anarquista como mundo-escola-floresta nas visões antecipadoras de Oiticica como pragmatismo utópico (a partir de William James). Complementa-se esta abordagem com o que Etiénne Souriau define como “projeto-trajeto”, o “inacabamento existencial”, da condição de “forma espiritual”, ainda em “esboço” entre o texto e o PN15 Auto-Performance Penetrable (ambos inéditos), do que não ainda foi instituído, como cuidados expandidos para os próprios sentidos de mudança ética na virada do foco esteticista objetal para o comportamental-grupal.[i] Hélio Oiticica, The Senses Pointing Toward a New Transformation (Os sentidos apontam para uma nova transformação), 1969. Originalmente escrito em inglês para o “Touch Art”, simpósio realizado no California State College, entre 7 e 12 de julho de 1969. Projeto Hélio Oiticica 0486/69, páginas datilografadas 1 a 6. Acessível online: http://www.itaucultural.org.br/pro-gramaho/[ii] Documentação do Projeto HO. PN15 - Série Newyorkaises. Título do projeto: Subterranean Tropicália Projects. Local de concepção: Nova York, 1971. Acessível online: http://www.itaucultural.org.br/programaho/

Ivan the Terrible: Reform and Reaction

Introduction. Hugh F. Graham (1925–1994) was a famous American historian, Professor at California State College (Bakersfield, USA), specialist in Greek and Latin sources for early Russian history, he also translated a number of R.G. Skrynnikov’s works into English. In this article, devoted to the epoch of Ivan IV the Terrible, H. Graham presented his view on the political processes that took place in the highest strata of the Moscow State that constituted the closest circle of Ivan IV the Terrible and that could influence the internal reforms and foreign policy in the state. Materials. The study is based on the works of Russian and foreign historians, which allowed the author of the article to show controversial issues and prepare the article using the problem approach (their names and titles of the works are specified in references). In addition, H. Graham drew attention to the data from the following published sources: the works of I. Peresvetov, Protestant pastor in Lithuania Pavel Oderborn, and others. Analysis. In this article, the author consistently outlined the events of the reign of Ivan IV: he paid attention to the reforms of the Elected Rada, the oprichnina, and the postoprichnina period. H. Graham noted that along with the active study of the oprichnina period by historians, the issue of functioning was missed, while Zemstvo acted in accordance with the former administrative and institutional norms, continued to function under the traditional aristocratic leadership of the princes I.F. Mstislavskii and I.D. Belskii, whom Ivan IV, in fact, called co-rulers, proclaiming: “We three hold all the power”. H. Graham did not agree with the view of the oprichnina as a struggle with the aristocratic circles. The historian saw the following paradox: almost all the victims were leading figures in the new world, and not advocates of the old order. They were responsible for developing management tools and served in key institutions, participating in the centralization process promotion. They helped the tsar to acquire more authoritarian power he so longed for. Results. It is the contention of this paper that the reign of Ivan the Terrible was not atypical, but simply a continuation in its own way of the regular path of development the Muscovite monarchy had long been following. However, a man still able to provoke such wildly disparate assessments of his character and accomplishments will continue to fascinate psychologists, bellettrists, historians, and popularizers alike. They will keep returning to him and hope that someone someday will at last manage to capture the elusive essence of the era and of the man himself in such a way as to win general acceptance. The abstract is prepared by Candidate of Sciences (History), Associate Professor N.V. Rybalko.

Steve Cheung as Teacher

It was 1968 and I was studying economics with Armen Alchian at UCLA. It was my first year as a graduate student and Armen was teaching the Microeconomics course to all the first year grad students. While I had an undergraduate degree in economics, Armen was the first professor I had that made it fun and fascinating. To him, economics was the science of human behavior and not a bunch of mathematical mechanisms called a market. In the middle of this year, my military draft number was up and I was called to join the U.S. Army. However, my draft board gave me the choice of Army or college teaching. I asked Armen for some help and he wrote letters for me to various colleges, including California State College in San Luis Obispo. With only my masters degree, I was offered the job at Cal Poly and taught there for 3 years, until I was too old to be drafted into the military. I called Armen and told him I wanted to return to graduate school but I did not want to live again in Los Angeles. Where should I go? Without any hesitation, Armen said, “Go to the University of Washington and follow Steve Cheung wherever he goes. Take every course he teaches and listen carefully to everything he says.”

Nature, Reliability and Administration of the Tsai Number-Joining Test

The number-joining test, originally developed by Tsai in 1939 to predict success of Chinese pilots, was administered to 481 California State College students. Product-moment correlations of B-form with a “motor,” a “perceptual,” and a “coding” test were .33, .47, and .58 respectively, indicating that the test involves more central than peripheral functions. Test reliability is evidenced by r of .71 between alternate forms, of .93 between 4- and 6-min. segments and practically identical mean scores for alternate forms. Group testing is just as reliable as individual testing; however, male Ss perform significantly better in a group than when tested individually.

Relationship of Induced Muscle Tension to Phenomenon of Brightness Constancy

11 male and 11 female college students at California State College, Los Angeles were tested for brightness constancy perception while experiencing induced muscular tension (IMT). One-half S's maximum grip on a standard hand dynomometer was used for induced muscular tension. IMT was expected to increase activation and attention, and facilitate veridicality of perception in the brightness constancy situation. A repeated measures design was used; each S ran through the constancy test twice, once with IMT, once without. A difference score was calculated for each S by substracting the scores obtained with IMT from those obtained without. The t test ( p < .05; t = 2.23) was in the opposite direction from the predicted. IMT heightened activation, but the outcome was facilitation of brightness constancy, not veridicality.