La visualización del otro en los comeinzos del cine etnográfico

Fil: Cascardi, Juan José. División Etnografía. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo. Universidad Nacional de La Plata; Argentin

Belleza traicionada: la teoría estética y el desconocimiento del arte

Estudio sobre la Belleza traicionada: la teoría estética y el desconocimiento del art

The Implication of Images in the Revival of Aesthetics

Contemporary aesthetic theory is embedded in a culture dominated by images, and so would seem to require a reversal of Plato's critique of image-making. In adopting this stance, aesthetic theory follows in the footsteps of Nietzsche, whose own project was conceived as a reversal of Platonism. But the critique of Plato that underpins these views is based on a tradition that has misconstrued some of Plato's fundamental ideas. For this reason, the standard critique of Platonism is ineffective as a critical response to the culture of images. Aesthetic theory needs instead to produce a critique of the contemporary image-world based on the view that it emerges from a transformation in the paradigm of production. Images are no longer merely a part of the world that is produced, but themselves have a crucial role in the process of production

Ann-based model for the prediction of the bond strength between frp and concrete

In the last decades, the uses of fiber reinforced polymer (FRP) composites in the structural strengthening of reinforced concrete (RC) structures have become the state of the art, providing a valid alternative to the traditional use of steel plates. These relatively new materials present, in fact, great advantages, including high corrosion resistance in aggressive environments, low specific weight, high strength-to-mass-density ratio, magnetic and electric neutrality, low axial coefficient of thermal expansion and sustainable costs of installation. In flexural and shear strengthening of RC members, the effectiveness of the epoxy bonded FRP strongly depends on the adhesion forces exchanged with the concrete substrate. When the flexural moment is present, the FRP strengthening is activated through the stress transfer on the tension side, which is guaranteed by the contact beam region to which the adhesive is bonded to the beam itself. Hence, the determination of the maximum forces that cause debonding of the FRP-plate becomes crucial for a proper design. Over the years, many different analytical models have been provided in the scientific literature. Most of them are based on the calibration of the narrow experimental database. Now, hundreds of experimental results are available. The main goal of the current study is to present and discuss an alternative theoretical formulation for predicting the debonding force in an FRP-plate, epoxy-bonded to the concrete substrate by using an artificial neural networks (ANNs) approach. For this purpose, an extensive study of the state of the art, reporting the results of single lap shear tests, is also reported and discussed. The robustness of the proposed analytical model was validated by performing a parametric analysis and a comparison with other existing models and international design codes, as shown herein

El sentido de los actos humanos y la tarea del antropólogo

Fil: Lahitte, Héctor Blas. División Etnografía. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo. Universidad Nacional de La Plata; ArgentinaFil: Cascardi, Juan José. División Etnografía. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo. Universidad Nacional de La Plata; Argentin

Paving the way for transport evaluation in Tanzania

Elisa Cascardi, MSc student in The Department of International Development, examines the potential to measure the impact of the Dar es Salaam Bus Rapid Transit System

Where Have We Been and Where Are We Going? A Conceptual Framework for Child Advocacy

The primary goal of this article is to chart the development of child advocacy as an interdisciplinary field of study and conclude with a conceptual framework for research and higher education in child advocacy. Historically, child advocacy has justifiably focused on protection needs. Values and assumptions about children\u27s best interest have also governed child advocacy, in part because evidence to inform decisions was lacking and in part because of its history as an activist movement. Against this historical backdrop, we describe contemporary trends in child advocacy that reconcile children\u27s protection with their inherent rights to personhood. We rely on the principles and articles of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, most notably children\u27s rights to participation and self-expression. At the same time, we demonstrate how values and ideology are being integrated with empiricism and objective analysis to inform policy and practice in child advocacy. The future of child advocacy depends on continued synthesis of rights and protection as well as values and rigorous analysis. From this perspective, we offer a conceptual framework for research and education in child advocacy

Hegemonija v estetski teoriji

The notion of »hegemony« appears in the work of Antonio Gramsci as a means to avoid the reductivism to which »economistic« versions of Marxist political thought had tended. More recent versions of Marxism - most notably as exemplified in Louis Althusser's theory of »interpellation« - modify the Gramscian notion of hegemony so as to theorize the means by which subjects are produced by the state's »ideological apparatuses« (ISA's). But any attempt to shift from the theory of the state and of subject-formation to the aesthetic field nonetheless incurs the risk that the notion of »hegemony« may produce the very sort of reductivism that Gramsci hoped to avoid. Indeed, it may restrict the ability to explain the counter-hegemonic elements of the aesthetic field. How can we avoid this limitation? Kant's appeal to the power of sensuous particulars to resist subsumption under universals presents a starting point for thinking about the counter-hegemonic potential of art, though Kant's notion is viable only if elaborated in such way as (1) to account for the pleasure and pain assoPojem hegemonije se pojavlja v delu Antonia Gramscija kot sredstvo, s katerim seje mogoče ogniti redukcionizmu, h kateremu so se nagibale »ekonomistične« verzije marksistične politične misli. Bolj sodobne različice marksizma - kot na primer teorija »interpelacije« Louisa Althusserja - modificirajo gramscijevski pojem hegemonije tako, da teoretizirajo sredstva, s katerimi ideološki aparati države (IAD) proizvajajo subjekte. A vsak poskus premakniti se od teorije države in oblikovanja subjektov na estetsko polje vseeno prinaša tveganje, da bi pojem »hegemonije« proizvedel prav tisto vrsto redukcionizma, ki se mu je Gramsci poskušal ogniti. Morda bi celo omejil sposobnost razložiti protihegemone elemente estetskega polja. Kako se tej omejitvi lahko ognemo? Kantov poziv k moči čutnih partikularnosti, ki se upira subsumiranju pod univerzalije, predstavlja izhodiščno točko za razmišljanje o protihegemonem potencialu umetnosti, čeprav je Kantov pojem smiseln samo, če je razvit tako, da (1) razloži ugodje in neugodje, ki sta povezana z izkušnjo teh partikularnosti, in (2) prepozna ugodje in neugodje kot točki, v katerih je subjekt odprt temu, česar ni mogoče določiti vnaprej. Ko se estetski subjekt loči od subjekta spoznanja (znanosti) in moralnosti (delovanja), si tako zasluži možnost zasesti protihegemono pozicijo. Kar zadeva estetsko »polje«, ne konstituira popolnoma oblikovanega področja, ki bi bilo čisto ločeno od znanosti in delovanja, ampak ponuja protipodobo logike, po kateri se zdita dominantna ali »hegemona«