Performance, Politics, and Historiography in and out of Time: American Responses to the Paris Commune

American echoes of the Paris Commune have been muffled by the nation’s obsession with freedom at the expense of solidarity, but performative responses to social upheaval, including drama, parades, and protests, have tested the boundaries of public space and multiple temporalities from 1871 to 2021. This article notes traces of the Commune in the writings and performances of nineteenth century American anarchists but analyzes this legacy primarily in the 2012 performance of Brecht’s The Days of the Commune (1949) at New York sites claimed by the Occupy Movement in 2011. It also uses the argument of Brecht’s contemporary Ernst Bloch for cultural action grounded in an understanding of historical disappointment to anticipates setbacks while maintaining hope for future revolution. The paper delineates five theses on the politics of time: 1) the dramatic appeal of the clean break hides the tension between gradual evolution and a sudden event that ruptures the long span of history (Badiou); 2) historiography, the narrative that turns data into evidence, challenges the illusion of objectivity and thus a simple split between timely intervention and untimely interference with the established order (Nietzsche); 3) ana-chronology, the logic of untimeliness reads contemporaneity as companionship between events and agents across different times and places (Barthes); 4) recollecting history requires acts of forgetting, which shatter the constraints of the past to meet demands of the present (Renan, Nietzsche); 5) the politics of time entails the politics of place and thus requires the analysis of multiple temporalitieslayered on one site as well as political acts and performance in distinct places.

Coordinating social action: A primer for the cross-species investigation of communicative repair

Human joint action is inherently cooperative, manifested in the collaborative efforts of participants to minimize communicative trouble through interactive repair. Although interactive repair requires sophisticated cognitive abilities, it can be dissected into basic building blocks shared with nonhuman animal species. A review of the primate literature shows that interactionally contingent signal sequences are at least common among species of nonhuman great apes, suggesting a gradual evolution of repair. To pioneer a cross-species assessment of repair this paper aims at (i) identifying necessary precursors of human interactive repair; (ii) proposing a coding framework for its comparative study in humans and nonhuman species; and (iii) using this framework to analyse examples of interactions of humans (adults/children) and nonhuman great apes. We hope this paper will serve as a primer for cross-species comparisons on dealing with communicative breakdowns.

Numerical Modeling of Continuous Dynamic Recrystallization in Sn-Based Solder Connection Under Cyclic Loading

The reoccurring cyclic load imposed onto soldered electronic components during their operation time leads to accumulation of inelastic strains in the structure. On a microscale level, the degree of plastic deformation is determined by the formation and annihilation of dislocations, leading to continuous refinement by creation of new grain boundaries, precipitates relocation and growth. This microstructure rearrangement, triggered by an increasing amount of inelastic deformation, is defined as dynamic recrystallization. This work presents a macroscale modelling approach for the description of continuous dynamic recrystallization observed in Sn-based solder connections. The model used in this work describes kinetics of macroscopic gradual evolution of equivalent grain size, where the initial grain size is continuously refined with increasing accumulated inelastic strain until a saturation grain size is reached. The rate and distribution of dynamic recrystallization is further numerically modelled dependent on the effective accumulated inelastic strain and governing stress multiaxiality. A parameter study of the presented model and its employment in finite element (FE) simulation is further described. Finally, FE simulation of the grain size evolution is demonstrated on an example of a bulky sample under isothermal cyclic mechanical loading, as well as a BGA-like structure under tensile, shear and mixed mode cyclic load.

ON SIMON NELSON PATTEN’S PROGRESSIVISM: A NOTE

This article is an attempt to offer an assessment of the main coordinates of Simon Nelson Patten’s views on democracy and biological determinism. This will allow us to better delineate the differences—as well as the affinities—between Patten and the core of progressives discussed by Thomas C. Leonard in a series of path-breaking contributions, culminating in his Illiberal Reformers: Race, Eugenics, and American Economics in the Progressive Era. It is our contention that even within the persisting intricacies, ambiguities, and contradictions of Patten’s expository style, it is possible to trace a shift in some aspects of his ideas—a gradual evolution that makes his peculiar brand of progressivism different from that of his most “illiberal” counterparts.

Legal Analysis of the Nature of Cyber Currency in Iran: A Comparison to EU Law

Electronic money as the monetary value stored in an electronic instrument is the last step in the gradual evolution of money, described as the immaterialization and invisibility of money. It is an emerging phenomenon that can perform the functions and duties of money. This study aimed to investigate the legal concept of cyber currency in Iran-Islamic and EU law in a comparative view. This study mainly considered e-money as a payment method and discusses it from different perspectives. In analyzing the legal nature of this phenomenon, it used two different approaches by combining an empirical-analytical method and a comparative study. The first approach was to analyze the nature of electronic money as a type of money. The second was to analyze the nature of electronic money in the light of non-monetary theories and describe it as one of the legal institutions used in business. This study concluded that electronic money would have different legal effects in its legal analysis, depending on who the publisher and acceptor are and how its publication and circulation process is defined and explained. The description of electronic money in the form of non-monetary theories ignored its role as an efficient payment tool in today's advanced business environment. KEYWORDS: Electronic Money, Cyber Currency, Islamic Law.

EVOLUÇÃO QUALITATIVA DOS PROCESSOS AVALIATIVOS EM UM CURSO DE PEDAGOGIA NA MODALIDADE DE EDUCAÇÃO A DISTÂNCIA

O presente trabalho tem por objetivo apresentar a investigação da evolução qualitativa de processo normativo e instrumental da avaliação em um curso de pedagogia a distância de uma instituição privada. Trata-se de meta-avaliação das normas sobre a avaliação e dos instrumentos na avaliação dos estudantes. A metodologia de trabalho considerou analisar até que ponto as normas de avaliação, bem como os próprios instrumentos de avaliação utilizados contribuem na evolução gradativa do desempenho dos estudantes no período de 2004 a 2017. Principais resultados: elaboração de novos instrumentos de avaliação e reelaboração de outros permite visualizar a evolução na melhoria de desempenho de estudantes; normas orientadoras de avaliação facultam perceber evolução da aprendizagem.Palavras-chave: meta-avaliação; avaliação formativa; instrumentos de avaliação; pedagogia; educação a distância. Qualitative developments in the current evaluation process of distance pedagogyAbstractThe objective of this study is to investigate the qualitative evolution of the normative and instrumental process of the ongoing evaluation of pedagogy at a distance from a private institution. This is a meta-evaluation of the norms on evaluation and the instruments in the evaluation of the students. The work methodology considered the extent to which the evaluation standards as well as the evaluation instruments used contribute to the gradual evolution of student performance in the period from 2004 to 2017. Main expected results: development of new evaluation tools and re-elaboration of others allows visualizing evolution in student performance improvement; norms of evaluation make it possible to perceive the evolution of learning.Keywords: meta-evaluation; assessment tools; pedagogy; distance education. Evolución cualitativa del procedimiento evaluado en curso de pedagogía a distanciaResumen El trabajo tiene por objetivo investigar la evolución cualitativa de proceso normativo e instrumental de la evaluación en curso de pedagogía a distancia de institución privada. Se trata de la meta-evaluación de las normas sobre la evaluación y los instrumentos en la evaluación de los estudiantes. La metodología de trabajo consideró analizar hasta qué punto las normas de evaluación, así como los propios instrumentos de evaluación utilizados, contribuyen a la evolución gradual del rendimiento de los estudiantes en el período 2004 a 2017. Principales resultados previstos: elaboración de nuevos instrumentos de evaluación y reelaboración otros permiten visualizar evolución en la mejora de desempeño de estudiantes; las normas orientadoras de evaluación permiten percibir la evolución del aprendizaje.Palabras clave: meta-evaluación; instrumentos de evaluación; pedagogía; educación a distancia.

The Canadian national intelligence culture: A minimalist and defensive national intelligence apparatus

This paper seeks to understand the nature and characteristics of Canadian national intelligence culture post–Cold War using the analytical insights of the strategic culture and intelligence culture literature. Previous studies have focused on an organizational description or historical studies of Canadian intelligence during the Cold War or after 9/11. Yet, no studies have examined the characterization of a national intelligence culture in Canada and proposed to contextualize the Canadian intelligence system in light of its national intelligence culture. Building on a culturalist approach of national intelligence systems, this paper proposes an operationalization of the national intelligence culture concept drawn on the strategic and intelligence culture literature. The paper concludes that Canada’s national intelligence culture is mostly defensive and minimalist. However, we note that recent changes in the Canadian intelligence apparatus have led to a gradual evolution of Canadian intelligence from defensive to offensive.

The Rule of Law

The history of the rule of law in the EU Treaty framework has been one of gradual but extensive process of entrenchment and formal enshrinement. When comparing the evolution of the Treaty framework to the evolution of the EU’s rule of law toolbox, it is difficult not to be struck by the contrast between the gradual evolution of the former with the rapid development of the latter. This swift development of the EU’s rule of law toolbox may be understood both in a positive and negative way: it may be positively understood as the sign of a broad consensus regarding the critical importance to uphold the rule of law. Conversely, this evolution may be understood as a failure to fully confront the ‘rule of law backsliding’ threat by instead focusing in a quasi-permanent new instrument creation cycle at the EU level.

Gradual evolution of allopolyploidy in Arabidopsis suecica

Most diploid organisms have polyploid ancestors. The evolutionary process of polyploidization is poorly understood but has frequently been conjectured to involve some form of ‘genome shock’, such as genome reorganization and subgenome expression dominance. Here we study polyploidization in Arabidopsis suecica, a post-glacial allopolyploid species formed via hybridization of Arabidopsis thaliana and Arabidopsis arenosa. We generated a chromosome-level genome assembly of A. suecica and complemented it with polymorphism and transcriptome data from all species. Despite a divergence around 6 million years ago (Ma) between the ancestral species and differences in their genome composition, we see no evidence of a genome shock: the A. suecica genome is colinear with the ancestral genomes; there is no subgenome dominance in expression; and transposon dynamics appear stable. However, we find changes suggesting gradual adaptation to polyploidy. In particular, the A. thaliana subgenome shows upregulation of meiosis-related genes, possibly to prevent aneuploidy and undesirable homeologous exchanges that are observed in synthetic A. suecica, and the A. arenosa subgenome shows upregulation of cyto-nuclear processes, possibly in response to the new cytoplasmic environment of A. suecica, with plastids maternally inherited from A. thaliana. These changes are not seen in synthetic hybrids, and thus are likely to represent subsequent evolution.