ARTE PANFLET�RIA: PORTO ALEGRE / Pamphlet art: Porto Alegre

?Arte Panflet�ria: Porto Alegre? � um relato que registra e desdobra uma das performances da s�rie hom�nima que realizo desde 2018. Vestindo roupas sem estampas e portando uma sacola repleta de alfinetes de seguran�a, caminho � procura das panfleteiras e dos panfleteiros.�Aceito todos os an�ncios e discursos distribu�dos nas ruas, oferecendo um ou dois alfinetes de seguran�a para que cada trabalhador(a) decida em que ponto de meu corpo seu panfleto deve ser anexado. Volto para casa somente quando meu corpo est� integralmente panfletado. A performance j� foi realizada seis vezes, entre 2018 e 2019, nas ruas do Rio de Janeiro, Porto Alegre, S�o Paulo, Recife e Buenos Aires, com dura��es que variaram de cinco a oito horas. Aqui, apresento o texto referente � a��o em Porto Alegre, em setembro de 2018, �s v�speras das elei��es, com dura��o total de sete horas.Palavras-chave:Escritos de artista. Performance. Mobilidade urbana. Cr�nica. Pr�tica ambulante.�Abstract?Pamplhet art: Porto Alegre? is a narrative that records and unfolds one of the performances of the homonymous serie that I?ve been conducting since 2018. Wearing clothes without prints and carrying a bag full of safety pins, I walk in search of the pamphleteers. I accept all the advertisements distributed in the streets, offering one or two safety pins so that each worker decides where on my body their flyer should be attached. I only return home when my body is fully pamphleted. The performance has already been performed six times, between 2018 and 2019, in the streets of Rio de Janeiro, Porto Alegre, S�o Paulo, Recife and Buenos Aires, with durations ranging between five and eight hours. Here, I present the text referring to the action in Porto Alegre, in September 2018, on the eve of the elections, with a total duration of seven hours.Keywords:Artist?s writings. Performance. Urban mobility. Chronic. Ambulant practice.

Assay of Reflections on Human Rights and Bioethics in the Covid-19 Pandemic

In the wake of this pandemic, the Government took several preventive measures to contain its spread, mainly ensuring physical and social distance. Some of the initial measures included the partial blocking of commercial and social activities, closing of all educational institutions, suspension of all community services and political meetings, among others. Some of the initial measures also included: recommended and, in some cases, mandatory hand washing; deny students studying in China to return home; voluntary quarantine; mandatory institutional quarantine at own expense; suspension of public and private transport; and imprisonment for non-compliance with the measures

Evidence of learning walks related to scorpion home burrow navigation

The Navigation by Chemotextural Familiarity Hypothesis (NCFH) suggests that scorpions use their midventral pectines to gather chemical and textural information near their burrows and use this information as they subsequently return home. For NCFH to be viable, animals must somehow acquire home-directed ″tastes″ of the substrate, such as through path integration (PI) and/or learning walks. We conducted laboratory behavioral trials using desert grassland scorpions (Paruroctonus utahensis). Animals reliably formed burrows in small mounds of sand we provided in the middle of circular, sand lined behavioral arenas. We processed overnight infrared video recordings with a MATLAB script that tracked animal movements at 1-2 s intervals. In all, we analyzed the movements of 23 animals, representing nearly 1500 hours of video recording. We found that once animals established their home burrows, they immediately made one to several short, looping excursions away from and back to their burrows before walking greater distances. We also observed similar excursions when animals made burrows in level sand in the middle of the arena (i.e., no mound provided). These putative learning walks, together with recently reported PI in scorpions, may provide the crucial home-directed information requisite for NCFH.

Two-year Journey under the Arrows of the Black Death

The penultimate part of the Riḥla by Ibn Baṭṭūṭa recounts his return journey to Morocco from the Middle East through North Africa—and another short tour in al-Andalus—between January 1348 and March 1350. At that time, in all these territories the plague pandemic known as the Black Death was raging and references to it punctuate this part of the work like a tired refrain. As numerous studies have shown borrowings and adaptations from other sources in the Riḥla, Ibn Baṭṭūṭa may not have made all the journeys he claims, but to date no one has questioned his journey through the Arabian area in those years. On the contrary, historians of the Black Death regard the Riḥla as an important document for the study of the scourge in the Middle East and North Africa. In this paper I aim to reconstruct the narrative of the pandemic in Ibn Baṭṭūṭa’s Riḥla by taking from the text the passages in which it is mentioned, in order to answer some questions: to which places do these passages refer? What information does the Riḥla give about the disease, its effects and people’s reaction? Does it correspond to that provided by the Arab chronicles? Does it fit with current microbiology, genetics and palaeogenetics research? Since the Riḥla is a narrative work, how does it describe the scourge? Does its description differ from that of the chroniclers? The concluding paragraph seeks an answer to two more questions: does the Riḥla report Ibn Baṭṭūṭa’s experience or might he and/or the editor of the work, Ibn Ǧuzayy, have taken information from other sources? And if Ibn Baṭṭūṭa did make this journey, thus probably being the only traveller who left an account of a “two-year journey under the arrows of the Black Death,” how could he return home unscathed?

Citizen of the World

During 1614 to 1615, Europe teetered once again on the brink of war and the English court revelled in the rise and fall of James I’s male favourites. Chapter 5 examines Herbert’s decision to turn his back on English politics during the ascendancy of the earl of Somerset and the Howard family and to go abroad to pursue his military interests and travel in Germany and Italy. It traces his growing military reputation, his friendship with Count Maurice of Nassau, and his presence at the 1614 Jülich-Cleves campaign and then follows his journey by horse, coach, and boat through the Netherlands, Germany, Italy, and Switzerland. It highlights his diplomatic connections, sight-seeing interests, and scholarly activities, including his early interest in centres of religion such as Rome and Geneva, together with offers 5.P1, dof military employment, including the commission from Charles Emmanuel I, duke of Savoy, to raise a Protestant army in Languedoc which led to his arrest and temporary imprisonment in Lyon. Herbert resisted pressure from family and friends to return home to manage his estates and only set sail for England in late 1615 once European peace was temporarily secured and as the influence of Somerset and the Howards began to crumble.

Indigenous Ritual Aesthetics on Stage: A Survey of Contemporary Syncretic Theatre of Oceania

<p>The use of indigenous ritual (both formal and informal), ritual performance, and mythology in modern Oceanic theatre speaks directly to cultural practitioners and informed audience/readers. Various contemporary syncretic plays originating from Oceania will be analyzed for their connection to indigenous ritual. These plays include John Broughton’s Te Hokinga Mai (The Return Home), Sudesh Mishra’s Ferringhi, Jo Nacola’s Gurudial and the Land, Briar Grace-Smith’s Ngā Pou Wāhine and When Sun and Moon Collide, Vilsoni Hereniko and Teresia Teaiwa’s Last Virgin in Paradise, Victoria Nalani Kneubuhl’s Ka Wai Ola, Albert Belz’ Te Maunga, and Makerita Urale’s Frangipani Perfume. Understanding the way in which syncretic theatre is created in postcolonial societies within Oceania will help to build a greater understanding of how cultures and communities are restructuring and reclaiming traditional cultural practices within their respective communities. Using various play-specific dramatic and anthropological theories, scripts are analyzed in order to identify the indigenous cultural element present within the respective scripts.</p>

Indigenous Ritual Aesthetics on Stage: A Survey of Contemporary Syncretic Theatre of Oceania

<p>The use of indigenous ritual (both formal and informal), ritual performance, and mythology in modern Oceanic theatre speaks directly to cultural practitioners and informed audience/readers. Various contemporary syncretic plays originating from Oceania will be analyzed for their connection to indigenous ritual. These plays include John Broughton’s Te Hokinga Mai (The Return Home), Sudesh Mishra’s Ferringhi, Jo Nacola’s Gurudial and the Land, Briar Grace-Smith’s Ngā Pou Wāhine and When Sun and Moon Collide, Vilsoni Hereniko and Teresia Teaiwa’s Last Virgin in Paradise, Victoria Nalani Kneubuhl’s Ka Wai Ola, Albert Belz’ Te Maunga, and Makerita Urale’s Frangipani Perfume. Understanding the way in which syncretic theatre is created in postcolonial societies within Oceania will help to build a greater understanding of how cultures and communities are restructuring and reclaiming traditional cultural practices within their respective communities. Using various play-specific dramatic and anthropological theories, scripts are analyzed in order to identify the indigenous cultural element present within the respective scripts.</p>

India’s Labour Agreements with the Gulf Cooperation Council Countries: An Assessment

Despite the Indian government's proactive initiatives and reforms in the labour laws in the host countries, the welfare of Indian workers in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries remains compromised. The Indian workers continue to face exploitation, often left stranded or forced to return home penniless. In line with best global practices, India’s Bilateral Labour Agreements (BLAs) and Memorandum of Understanding (MoUs) with all the GCC countries need to make specific reference to the host countries' labour laws and facilitate bilateral coordination in the governance of the full migration cycle. Special focus is needed in the construction sector, where a vast majority of low-skilled Indian workers are employed. The article examines the effectiveness of India’s BLAs and MoUs with the GCC countries in protecting the low-skilled Indian workers in the region.

Return Home Interviews for Missing Older Adults With Dementia: A Scoping Review

Introduction Persons living with dementia are at risk of becoming lost. When a person is returned home safely after a missing incident, an interview with the person or care partner may identify ways to prevent repeat incidents. It is not known if these interviews are being conducted for this population. Objectives: The purpose of this review was to understand return home interviews and whether they are being used with persons who have dementia. Methods Scholarly and grey literature were searched in 20 databases. Articles were included from any language, year, study design if they included terms resembling “return home interview”, “missing,” “lost,” or “runaway”. Results Eleven articles in scholarly, and 94 in grey literature sources were included, most from the United Kingdom. The majority of academic (55%) and grey (61%) articles were related to missing children, and none were specifically about persons living with dementia. Interviews were typically conducted within 72 hours after a missing person was returned, and by police or charitable organizations. The main reasons were to understand the causes of the incident and confirm the missing person’s safety, identify support needs, and to provide support to reduce repeat missing incidents. Conclusion Existing reasons for interviews can also apply to persons with dementia. This review informs future research on return home interviews. It also informs community organizations, and police services interested in adopting this practice with persons living with dementia. Evaluations would confirm if these interviews can reduce repeat incidents and help keep people with dementia safe.