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    Object lessons: the question of cultural property in the age of repatriation

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    Object lessons: the question of cultural property in the age of repatriation. Northwest Coast material culture has become increasingly identified as cultural property, a quasi-legal concept that denotes objects of a collective patrimony. This represents a radical shift from earlier notions of property, seen strongly as privately owned by individuals and family groups. Moreover, the status of these objects as art, that is, framed in a museum setting and partaking of certain transcendent qualities derived from the Western tradition, represents a dramatic redefinition of pieces that were considered analogous to human beings, as temporary entities. This process of redefinition, which is generational, political, and an invention of tradition, is probably inevitable.Leçons d’objets: la question de la propriĂ©tĂ© culturelle au temps du rapatriement. La culture matĂ©rielle de la CĂŽte nord-ouest est de plus en plus conçue comme une propriĂ©tĂ© culturelle, un concept quasi lĂ©gal qui identifie les objets comme Ă©lĂ©ments d’un patrimoine collectif. Il s’agit lĂ  d’une modification radicale par rapport aux conceptions anciennes de la propriĂ©tĂ©: celle-ci Ă©tait fortement ancrĂ©e dans la possession privĂ©e par des individus et des groupes familiaux. Par ailleurs, l’accession de ces mĂȘmes objets au statut d’Ɠuvres d’art, par leur inscription dans les musĂ©es et l’affectation qui leur est faite, sur le mode occidental, d’une valeur transcendante, redĂ©finit complĂštement leur nature puisque, jusqu’alors, ils Ă©taient considĂ©rĂ©s, Ă  l’instar des ĂȘtres humains, comme des entitĂ©s passagĂšres. Ce processus de redĂ©finition, qui est dans l’air du temps, a une dimension politique et reprĂ©sente l’invention d’une tradition, est probablement inĂ©vitable.LecciĂłn de los objetos: el problema de la propiedad cultural en el tiempo de la rapatriaciĂłn. La cultura material de la costa del Noroeste aparece mĂĄs y mĂĄs como una propiedad cultural, un concepto casi legal que se aplica a objetos formando un patrimonio colectivo. Eso representa un cambio radical respecto a las antiguas nociones de propiedad, las cuales remitĂ­an a la posesiĂłn privada por parte de individuos y grupos de familia. Aparte de eso, la adquisiciĂłn por estos objetos del estatuto de obras de arte, ya que se exponen en museos y se les reconoce, al modo occidental, un valor transcendental, modifica su naturaleza misma: en efecto, antes eran considerados, al igual que los hombres, como entidades temporarias

    Preliminary Canopy Removal Experiments in Algal Dominated Communities Low on the Shore and in the Shallow Subtidal on the Isle of Man

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    The algal dominated communities immediately above and below the low-water spring level on a moderately exposed Manx shore were investigated by canopy removal experiments. Fucus serratus, Laminaria digitata and L. hyperborea were removed. Competition was shown to be important in determining the zonation of L. digitata and the distribution along the wave exposure gradient of other species such as Alaria esculenta, Desmarestia aculeata and D. viridis, and L. saccharina. Many species of algal epiphytes were early colonizers of canopy removal areas suggesting that competition from canopy algae usually restricts them to an epiphytic habit. The results indicate that interactions between macrophytes are much more important than grazing in structuring these communities
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