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    From Assimilation Narratives to “Regular Stories”: Celebrity Image, Series Development, and On-Screen Visibility in The Mindy Project and Insecure

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    The success of comedians Mindy Kaling and Issa Rae appear to indicate larger industrial and sociocultural shifts in the 2010s post-network television era toward increasing opportunities for women and people of color. This project examines the two showrunners’ star texts alongside the development of each of their respective series, The Mindy Project (2012–2017) and Insecure (2016–2021), and the corresponding raced and gendered depictions of the characters they have created. A comparison of the careful management of on-and-off screen images and of the exploitation of popular comedy genre conventions bring to light some of the ways in which Kaling and Rae have negotiated the US media industry’s white-centered and market-driven notions of diversity in the last decade. The correspondence between network branding as it relates to conceptualizations of quality and the visibility of Kaling and Rae as celebrity showrunners and performers presents compelling examples of the ways in which stardom, the industrial development of a series, and on-screen representation have become increasingly interlinked.Le succĂšs des comĂ©diennes Mindy Kaling et Issa Rae tĂ©moigne de changements industriels et socioculturels importants, Ă  l’ùre de la tĂ©lĂ©vision post-network des annĂ©es 2010, vers plus d’opportunitĂ©s pour les femmes et les personnes de couleur – bien qu’il ne soit pas certain que cette tendance se poursuivra. Cet article analyse Ă  la fois la persona de ces deux showrunneuses et les reprĂ©sentations de race et de genre vĂ©hiculĂ©es par leurs sĂ©ries respectives, The Mindy Project (2012-2017) et Insecure (2016–), dans lesquelles elles tiennent Ă©galement le rĂŽle principal. En comparant la maniĂšre dont elles ont soigneusement gĂ©rĂ© leur image Ă  l’écran et Ă  la ville, et exploitĂ© les conventions de la comĂ©die populaire, cette Ă©tude montre comment Kaling et Rae ont rĂ©ussi Ă  imposer leurs sĂ©ries dans la tĂ©lĂ©vision grand public. La correspondance entre l’image de marque des chaĂźnes et la visibilitĂ© de Kaling et Rae, en tant que showrunneuses et stars, prĂ©sente des exemples convaincants de la maniĂšre dont la cĂ©lĂ©britĂ©, les cultures de production et les reprĂ©sentations Ă  l’écran sont de plus en plus interconnectĂ©s

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    Cet ouvrage est le fruit des rĂ©flexions menĂ©es lors de la journĂ©e d’études « De l’entretien quotidien des Ă©difices Ă  la conservation du patrimoine bĂąti aux Ă©poques antique et mĂ©diĂ©vale », organisĂ©e le 10 octobre 2014 au MusĂ©e d’Art et d’Histoire de Saint-Denis. Il n’a pas fallu attendre l’apparition d’une politique consciente et formalisĂ©e de conservation des monuments historiques en Europe au XIXe siĂšcle pour que des bĂątiments traversent le temps. L’enjeu de cet ouvrage est d’examiner les processus de prĂ©servation des Ă©difices, privĂ©s comme publics, avant l’époque contemporaine, depuis l’entretien rĂ©gulier jusqu’aux campagnes plus ou moins exceptionnelles de restauration. Les huit contributions rĂ©unies proposent un Ă©clairage interdisciplinaire et diachronique de ce phĂ©nomĂšne, Ă  travers des analyses de corpus textuels, des Ă©tudes d’ensembles architecturaux et des synthĂšses sur des matĂ©riaux ou des parties d’édifices, pour dresser un tableau de la diversitĂ© des pratiques liĂ©es Ă  la conservation des Ă©difices dans la MĂ©diterranĂ©e antique et l’Europe mĂ©diĂ©vale et moderne. Ces Ă©tudes rĂ©vĂšlent que la dĂ©gradation des constructions Ă©tait frĂ©quemment anticipĂ©e par les bĂątisseurs et mettent en lumiĂšre une sĂ©rie de distinctions financiĂšres, juridiques, mais aussi idĂ©ologiques permettant d’établir une dichotomie entre entretien et restauration, de prime abord absente dans le vocabulaire technique. Ce faisant, cet ouvrage offre un Ă©clairage nouveau sur la notion de patrimoine aux Ă©poques anciennes

    Social projects and the internalization of sustainability and social responsibility : concepts for the improvement of quality of life

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    Based on studies carried out in SĂŁo Paulo State, Brazil, it was observed that several municipalities have faced huge environmental changes that can be noticed in places where sustainability of natural resources was not prioritized. It was observed the prevalence of an economic development model supported by technological megaprojects in areas of environmental conservation, which also represent areas prone to social and technological risks. The municipality of Bom Jesus dos PerdĂ”es, located in SĂŁo Paulo State, showed very different average values for some social indicators in a set of municipalities of the region. The analysis of data on violence and crime, between 1996 and 2015, allows us to present a general local diagnosis that shows decreasing social security. Simultaneously, it allowed to identify how it is possible to reflect on social reality through two projects: (1) voluntary social work with children and adolescents at risk, through sports practices and (2) Integrated Management Office [Gabinete de GestĂŁo Integrada]—GGI—a project created by the Brazilian Federal Government, of optional municipal adhesion, where it is proposed the integration of several local institutions aiming a joint management of public security. Both projects seek to improve social reality with sustainability and social responsibility of the population93108CONSELHO NACIONAL DE DESENVOLVIMENTO CIENTÍFICO E TECNOLÓGICO - CNPQFUNDAÇÃO DE AMPARO À PESQUISA DO ESTADO DE SÃO PAULO - FAPESP2016/18585-3We thank SĂŁo Paulo State Foundation for Research Support (FAPESP, Brazil) for financial support to the research that led to this article (FAPESP n. 2016/18585-3), and for the National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq/Brazil) for the Fellowship granted to the first autho
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