Educational Opportunities in Aviation Education

Editor\u27s Note: This speech was given at the fifth annual General Aviation Forecast Conference on March 17, 199.5, in Phoenix, Ariz. This speech presents a synopsis of the ability of the University Aviation Association (UAA) to provide aviation education for students preparing for entry-level positions in the aviation industry. The aviation education environment presently provides education experiences for more than 41,000 students interested in careers in general aviation and in commercial aviation. As change occurs in the aviation industry, specifically in general aviation, we must be mindful of the affect of this change on the educational system and its ability to respond to change. The need for partnerships and cooperative efforts between government, the aviation industry, and educational institutions of higher learning is highlighted. The capabilities of the aviation education system are discussed in light of the forecast needs of the aviation industry, with the goal of maintaining the present high quality of education and the present levels of safety in the aviation industry

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On De-Pathologizing Resistance

This introductory essay draws attention to two processes, the pathologization and exoticization of resistance. Working independently or in parallel, these two processes silence resistance by depoliticizing it as illogical or idealizing it in out-worldly terms. In both cases, resistance is caricatured as abnormal or exotic and distanced from current political priorities. I argue that analytical de-pathologization and de-exoticization of resistance can (a) provide valuable insights on the silencing of resistance and (b) help us understand the relationship between hegemony and resistance in terms that stretch beyond the moderately pathologizing view of political inaction as apathy or “false consciousness”. In my analysis, I also engage with James Scott's seminal view of resistance, which, despite its de-pathologizing orientation, fails to capture the dialectical relationship of resistance and hegemony. I suggest that attention to the pathologizing and exoticizing workings of power may reveal the complexity and compromising ambivalence of resistance and contribute to the broader field of resistance studies, conceived as renewed interest in insurrectionary movements, rebellion, and protest

Slantwise: Beyond Domination and Resistance on the Border

Drawing on extensive participant observation and interviews concerned with barriers to census enumeration in colonias (irregular migrant settlements along the United States-Mexico border) and Mexican migration to the United States, we argue that recent ethnography has overemphasized the role of domination and resistance. While power is fundamental to cultural analysis, we also need to examine behavior we call slantwise, that is, actions that are obliquely or only indirectly related to power relations. Ethnographic fieldwork from both sides of the United States-Mexico border uncovered a range of behaviors (including unorthodox building techniques in colonias, hybrid language practices, complex and fluid household structures, nonlinear mobility patterns, and unpredictable political loyalties of migrants) that do not fit neatly into the domination-resistance axis. We argue for the relevance of the slant-wise concept for understanding such behaviors, not as a replacement for studies of naturalized domination and resistance, but as a complement to them

Subjetividade e crítica cultural

Nos muitos trabalhos que tentam resgatar "o ator" em algum sentido, existe uma tendência a evitar questões de subjetividade, ou seja, "estruturas de sentimento" complexas (na expressão de Raymond Williams). Este artigo retorna ao trabalho de Max Weber e Clifford Geertz para considerar várias questões de subjetividade, incluindo tanto ansiedades existenciais fundamentais como construções sociais e históricas específicas de "consciência". O artigo conclui com uma releitura de vários textos recentes sobre a consciência pós-moderna como uma configuração específica de ansiedades, ligadas a formações do "capitalismo tardio".<br>In the many works that try to bring back 'the actor' in some sense, there is a tendency to avoid questions of subjectivity, that is, complex 'structures of feeling' (in Raymond Williams's phrase). This article returns to the work of Max Weber and Clifford Geertz to consider various issues of subjectivity, including both fundamental existential anxieties, and specific cultural and historical constructions of 'consciousness'. The article concludes with a rereading of several recent texts on postmodern consciousness as a specific configuration of anxieties, tied in turn to formations of 'late capitalism'

Genetic risk factors for the posterior cortical atrophy variant of Alzheimer's disease

International audienceIntroduction: The genetics underlying posterior cortical atrophy (PCA), typically a rare variant of Alzheimer's disease (AD), remain uncertain. Methods: We genotyped 302 PCA patients from 11 centers, calculated risk at 24 loci for AD/DLB and performed an exploratory genome-wide association study. Results: We confirm that variation in/near APOE/TOMM40 (P 5 6 ! 10 214) alters PCA risk, but with smaller effect than for typical AD (PCA: odds ratio [OR] 5 2.03, typical AD: OR 5 2.83, P 5 .0007). We found evidence for risk in/near CR1 (P 5 7 ! 10 24), ABCA7 (P 5 .02) and BIN1 (P 5 .04). ORs at variants near INPP5D and NME8 did not overlap between PCA and typical AD