The blood that remains: card collections from the colonial anthropological missions

In this paper I discuss the history of colonial collections through a focus on the social life of a set of blood group cards held by Portuguese institutions since the 1950s. Between the 1940s and 1960s, a series of anthropological field expeditions were organized by the Portuguese Overseas Science Research Board to the then Portuguese colonies in Africa and Asia. A large number of samples of indigenous blood were collected on blood group paper cards in the course of these campaigns. The cards were then stored in Portugal and used for racial serological studies until the 1980s. Thereafter, the collection survived various institutional deaths. Throughout its post-colonial existence in Portuguese institutions, the cards seem to have moved ambivalently between a condition of valued asset and one of obsolete material. And yet they revealed a resilient capacity to mediate conceptions of historical time. Thus the essay asks what it might mean to approach these collections as colonial ‘chronotope’ – devices for connecting space and time – and how and why they endured through various ends, culminating as a genetically contaminated museum object.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio

Concealment and Discovery: The Role of Information Security in Biomedical Data Re-Use

This paper analyses the role of information security (IS) in shaping the dissemination and re-use of biomedical data, as well as the embedding of such data in the material, social and regulatory landscapes of research. We consider the data management practices adopted by two UK-based data linkage infrastructures: the Secure Anonymised Information Linkage, a Welsh databank that facilitates appropriate re-use of health data derived from research and routine medical practice in the region; and the Medical and Environmental Data Mash-up Infrastructure, a project bringing together researchers from the University of Exeter, the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, the Met Office and Public Health England to link and analyse complex meteorological, environmental and epidemiological data. Through an in-depth analysis of how data are sourced, processed and analysed in these two cases, we show that IS takes two distinct forms: epistemic IS, focused on protecting the reliability and reusability of data as they move across platforms and research contexts; and infrastructural IS, concerned with protecting data from external attacks, mishandling and use disruption. These two dimensions are intertwined and mutually constitutive, and yet are often perceived by researchers as being in tension with each other. We discuss how such tensions emerge when the two dimensions of IS are operationalised in ways that put them at cross purpose with each other, thus exemplifying the vulnerability of data management strategies to broader governance and technological regimes. We also show that whenever biomedical researchers manage to overcome the conflict, the interplay between epistemic and infrastructural IS prompts critical questions concerning data sources, formats, metadata and potential uses, resulting in an improved understanding of the wider context of research and the development of relevant resources. This informs and significantly improves the re-usability of biomedical data, while encouraging exploratory analyses of secondary data sources

Concealment and discovery: the role of information security in biomedical data re-use

This is the author accepted manuscript. The final version is available from SAGE Publications via the DOI in this record.This paper analyses the role of information security (IS) in shaping the dissemination and re-use of biomedical data, as well as the embedding of such data in the material, social and regulatory landscapes of research. We consider the data management practices adopted by two UK-based data linkage infrastructures: the Secure Anonymised Information Linkage, a Welsh databank that facilitates appropriate re-use of health data derived from research and routine medical practice in the region; and the Medical and Environmental Data Mash-up Infrastructure, a project bringing together researchers from the University of Exeter, the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, the Met Office and Public Health England to link and analyse complex meteorological, environmental and epidemiological data. Through an in-depth analysis of how data are sourced, processed and analysed in these two cases, we show that IS takes two distinct forms: epistemic IS, focused on protecting the reliability and reusability of data as they move across platforms and research contexts; and infrastructural IS, concerned with protecting data from external attacks, mishandling and use disruption. These two dimensions are intertwined and mutually constitutive, and yet are often perceived by researchers as being in tension with each other. We discuss how such tensions emerge when the two dimensions of IS are operationalised in ways that put them at cross purpose with each other, thus exemplifying the vulnerability of data management strategies to broader governance and technological regimes. We also show that whenever biomedical researchers manage to overcome the conflict, the interplay between epistemic and infrastructural IS prompts critical questions concerning data sources, formats, metadata and potential uses, resulting in an improved understanding of the wider context of research and the development of relevant resources. This informs and significantly improves the re-usability of biomedical data, while encouraging exploratory analyses of secondary data sources.This research was funded by ERC grant award 335925 (DATA_SCIENCE), the Australian Research Council (Discovery Project DP160102989) and a MEDMI pilot project funded through MEDMI by MRC and NERC (MR/K019341/1)

A Critical Analysis of Environmental Education in Mexican Preschools: Images of Childhood and Pedagogical Models

This is a qualitative study about Environmental Education (EE) in Mexican preschools. The purpose of this research is twofold. On the one hand, it aims to explore the ways in which EE is understood and practised in two Mexican preschools with contrasting pedagogical approaches and on the other hand, it seeks to critically analyse how dominant images of childhood and pedagogical models influence the ways in which EE is understood and practised in these Mexican preschools. This study consisted of two case studies. One is a private independent preschool fully guided by the Waldorf pedagogy (also known as Steiner education) and the other is a semiprivate preschool guided by the Mexican national curriculum and inspired by the Reggio Emilia approach. The main data collection methods used were interviews with 4 and 5-year-old children using a photo elicitation technique, interviews with teachers and other academic staff, interviews with parents, as well as class observations, and other naturally occurring data such as children’s conversations, drawings and models were also included. This thesis is framed theoretically and methodologically by a poststructural approach (Foucault, 1976;1982; Weedon, 1992) and sociological theories of childhood (James, 2010; James, Prout & Jenks, 1998; Jenks, 2004; Kennedy, 2000; Smith, 2012; Sorin, 2005). It unfolds from the premise that diverse images of childhood generate practices which regulate the adult/child relationships (Duhn, 2012; Kennedy,2000; James, 2010; Jenks, 2004; Smith, K., 2012, Sorin, 2005; Woodhead, 2006). The central argument in my thesis is that certain images could either limit or facilitate the possibilities to move towards more critical views of EE in which both children and teachers are recognised as competent citizens and social agents of change that can work together within a democratic community towards a more sustainable world. Ultimately, this thesis sheds light on how certain images of childhood, particularly romantic notions of natural childhood and developmentally driven images could limit the possibilities to move towards more critical and active approaches of EE in Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) that recognise children as social agents, and fully value children and teachers’ potential to contribute to a more sustainable world

South Carolina Wildlife, May-June 1991

The South Carolina Wildlife Magazines are published by the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources who are dedicated to educating citizens on the value, conservation, protection, and restoration of South Carolina's wildlife and natural resources. These magazines showcase the state’s natural resources and outdoor recreation opportunities by including articles and images of conservation, reflections and tales, field notes, recipes, and more. In this issue: Biosphere ; Books ; Readers' Forum ; Natural History: Anoles and Skinks ; Events ; And The Winners Are... ; Return Of The Peregrine ; Gnuts To Gnats ; Drifting Dark Water ; The Paladin Of Brick House ; Contrary Fishing ; Field Trip: Museum of Hilton Head Island ; Roundtable

Routes To the Renaissance for Pittsfield, MA

The goal of the Master of Regional Planning Studio is to develop a student’s techniques for collecting, analyzing, and synthesizing spatial and non-spatial data and then presenting that collective data in a manner (i.e., report, video, presentation, and charettes) that is understandable to academics, professionals, and the public. Planning Studio allows students to integrate knowledge from coursework and research, and apply such knowledge to resolving representative planning problems. At UMASS Amherst, these problems are found in neighborhood, rural, urban, and/or regional settings. In the fall of 2015, the City of Pittsfield contracted the MRP Studio to create a vision plan to connect the goal’s of its Master Plan in 2009 to current development regulations that encourage development and redevelopment of an appropriate size, scale and design that meets the short term and long term vision of the community. The vision plan encompasses the following: Spatial and Physical Boundaries of Major Gateway Corridors: Analyze the major gateways and develop tools to make them more welcoming. Permitted Use Table and Definitions: Review, clarify, and consolidate the land-uses listed in the table to assess deficiencies and unclear definitions. Design Guidelines: Create a manual to guide architectural aesthetic standards for new retail developments. Sign Ordinance: Implement a streamlined regulation that improves sign quality. Site Plan Review: Develop thresholds to create clearer processes for review of development projects. Resolution for Split Parcels: Identify all properties that fall within two zoning districts and develop a mitigation tool. Pro Forma and Multi-Family Housing: Develop a financial model that will estimate the construction and maintenance cost of multi-family housing units and make projections for new development’s financial return

Wastewater irrigation and health: assessing and mitigating risk in low-income countries

Wastewater irrigation / Public health / Health hazards / Risk assessment / Epidemiology / Sewage sludge / Excreta / Diseases / Vegetables / Leaf vegetables / Economic impact / Wastewater treatment / Irrigation methods / Developing countries

Enhancing curriculum design and delivery with OER

This paper reports on the key findings from the EVOL-OER project which aims to develop a deeper understanding of the reuse of open educational resources (OERs) by academics in Higher Education Institutions (HEIs). This paper builds on the JISC OER Impact study by exploring and expanding on the Ratified quadrant of the study’s landscape of reuse framework (White & Manton, 2011). This paper puts forward a different four-quadrant diagram called ‘OER-enhanced curriculum’ to illustrate different approaches adopted by academics to embedding OER into curriculum design and delivery. Key issues in relation to motivation and challenges in reusing OER are discussed