From Ethnographical Subjects to Archaeological Objects: Pierre Loti on Easter Island (Rapa Nui)

In 1872 French sailor Pierre Loti visited the desolate Pacific island of Rapa Nui. Descriptions in his diary and drawings were published and received great public interest. Here were all the ingredients to satisfy nineteenth century ideas of the exotic: remote, tropical, cannibal inhabited, strange rituals and frenzied dancing, and in addition – the ruins of an ancient and unknown civilisation. But Loti had visited the island almost at the end of its occupation by its indigenous people. The large stone statues had not been erect for some time, even though he recorded them as being so, and its population had been decimated. So Loti’s graphic and written descriptions were embellished for his audience, a fact that is almost as interesting as the real fate of Rapa Nui.Fil: Schavelzon Chavin, Daniel Gaston. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Arquitectura y Urbanismo. Instituto de Arte Americano e Investigaciones Estéticas ; Argentin

Terracotta Pipes with Triangular Engravings

The discovery of two smoking pipes from seventeenth-century contexts in Buenos Aires, Argentina, is used to suggest the presence in colonial times of a new set of stylistic norms derived from African traditions that are expressed at a regional scale not only in smoking pipes, but in a variety of items of material culture. These terracotta pipes, recovered at Bolívar 373 and the Liniers House sites, are characterized by their particular geometric decorative pattern, achieved by engravings and incisions. Similar specimens were found elsewhere inBuenos Aires, as well as in Cayastá (province of Santa Fe,Argentina) and Brazil.Fil: Zorzi, Flavia. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Arquitectura y Urbanismo. Instituto de Arte Americano e Investigaciones Estéticas ; ArgentinaFil: Schavelzon Chavin, Daniel Gaston. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Arquitectura y Urbanismo. Instituto de Arte Americano e Investigaciones Estéticas ; Argentin

Understanding how different personality models can predict non-suicidal self-injurious behaviors

The current study seeks to examine the role of maladaptive personality traits and personality functioning’s relationship with non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) engagement and suicidal behavior. Specifically, this study examined the validity of the Alternative Model of Personality Disorders (AMPD) in predicting historical and prospective self-harm behavior in comparison to the Five Factor Model. This study recruited 400 female participants, ages 18-24, who completed a battery of measures about personality functioning, traits, self-harm, and suicidal history. Two weeks after the initial assessment, participants completed a follow-up survey to assess their NSSI behavior over the past two weeks. Through point-biserial correlations, this study found that Criterion A and B of the AMPD were related to self-harm. Through a series of logistic regression analysis, Criterion A and B, together, did not increment the prediction of self-harm or suicide. In respect to this study, AMPD was the best fitting model compared to the FFM in predicting historical NSSI and suicide. In addition, we found that adding Criterion A of the AMPD combined with the FFM traits led to an increase in explained variance of NSSI; yet the AMPD was the best fit model for lifetime prevalence of suicidal behavior. Overall, through the examination of the relation between the AMPD from the FFM in predicting self-harm behavior, this study allows for a more comprehensive understanding of how Personality Functioning and personality traits are related to self-harm behavior

Fiat Lux, la iluminación de los sectores marginales de la sociedad colonial: candelabros y candeleros cerámicos en Buenos Aires

Se desarrolla el estudio de candeleros y candelabros encontrados en la arqueología de Buenos Aires. Para su análisis se ha establecido una clasificación formal-funcional. Su estudio aporta información sobre la vida cotidiana de los habitantes de la ciudad y un esquema cronológico de su existencia en base a la comparación con otros sitios y contextos. Se deduce a partir de su contexto, valor económico y capacidad de iluminación, el papel social jugado en el pasado.Studying candlesticks and chandeliers found in the archeology of Buenos Aires is developed. For analysis has established a formal-functional classification. Their study provides information on the daily life of the inhabitants of the city and a chronological outline of its existence on the basis of comparison with other sites and contexts. The social the role played in the past is derived from its context, economic value and ability of lighting.Fil: Schavelzon Chavin, Daniel Gaston. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Arquitectura y Urbanismo. Instituto de Arte Americano e Investigaciones Estéticas ; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentin

Mitla o Quechmictoplican: ¿fantasía del siglo XIX? (disquisiciones sobre William Niven, Thomas Edison y un grabado imaginario)

El publicitado hallazgo hecho por W. Niven sobre una ciudad prehispánica desconocida y nunca ubicada puede ser interpretada como una deformación de la ciudad de Mitla, Oaxaca, descrita de manera tergiversada para no enfrentarse con otro arqueólogo que ya trabajaba en la zona, Leopoldo Batres.Fil: Schavelzon Chavin, Daniel Gaston. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Arquitectura y Urbanismo. Instituto de Arte Americano e Investigaciones Estéticas ; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentin

Cuando la identidad es más fuerte: primeras evidencias materiales de la colectividad judía colonial en Buenos Aires

Por primera vez se encuentra en Buenos Aires evidencias materiales de la práctica de la religión judía durante el periodo colonial. El hallazgo de una baldosa en un piso colonial de una casa de clase alta, que tiene grabado en su parte inferior una Estrella de David, permite reflexionar sobre la situación de la población judía en el mundo colonial hispánico.For the first time in Buenos Aires we had find material evidence of the practice of the Jewish religion during the colonial period. The finding of a tile floor engraved on its underside with a Star of David, from a colonial upper class house, introduced us on the field of the situation of the Jewish population in the Spanish colonial world.Fil: Schavelzon Chavin, Daniel Gaston. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Arquitectura y Urbanismo. Instituto de Arte Americano e Investigaciones Estéticas "Mario J. Buschiazzo". Centro de Arqueología Urbana; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentin

THE INFLUENCE OF PRICE, PROMOTION, AND BRAND IMAGE ON CUSTOMER LOYALTY GOJEK IN CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY OF INDONESIA, JAKARTA

The purpose of this study, namely to determine the effect of price, promotion and brand image on customer loyalty Gojek in Christian University of Indonesia, Jakarta. The population in this research are all students in the UKI totaling 5.013 people. The sample used as many as 40 respondents. Sampling was conducted using Non-probability sampling technique with a type of purposive sampling. Data analysis using the technique of multiple linear regression analysis, F test, and t test. The results of the research showed, price and promotion have no influence on customer loyalty partially, as well as the variable brand image has an influence on customer loyalty Gojek in UKI Jakarta. Price, promotion, and brand image simultaneously (together) have an influence on customer loyalty Gojek in UKI Jakarta. Keyword : price, promotion, brand image and customer loyalt