SENSIBILITY AND SEMIO-CAPITALISM – A BODILY EXPERIENCE OF CRISIS IN URSULA ANDKJÆR OLSEN’S THE CRISIS NOTEBOOKS

In The Uprising: On Poetry and Finance (2012), Franco ‘Bifo’ Berardi unfolds a political and clinical diagnosis of contemporary society, stating that the crisis we experience today is a permanent state of absent social autonomy and political agency. This crisis is not solely economic but is caused by semio-capitalism impacting all spheres of human life, affecting sensibility in particular—the linguistic and physical-sensuous link between the individual and the world. Taking up the term sensibility as a bodily basis of experience and as an aesthetic notion, in this article I will explore the relation between individual and collective bodies, the crisis as a suspension of change, and literature, focusing on the Danish poet Ursula Andkjær Olsen’s 2017 lunatic and fragmented novel of love and economy The Crisis Notebooks, but also with reference to some of her other work(s). I argue that the bodily experience of crisis, as expressed in this novel, leads to an inhibited social sensibility but also, paradoxically, to a radical openness towards the world. With reference to the Danish literary scholar Anne Fastrup’s interpretation of French vitalism’s idea of sensibility in The Movement of Sensibility (2007), I suggest that a more ambiguous, material notion of both a constructive and a destructive sensibility is crucial for its understanding, and hence—for an understanding of the relationship between body and crisis as expressed in The Crisis Notebooks. Finally, I suggest that an aesthetic notion of sensibility can provide a prism through which relations between today’s financial mechanisms and a sociocultural experience of crisis are rendered visible—if not sensuous—and it is from here that alternatives to the crisis can be found, felt, formulated or fabulated

A Dumb Mouth From Which the Teeth Have Been Pulled

This paper consists of a series of scenes in which various narratives with proximity to the truth plays out. within it I aim to articulate the dispersed subjectivity and forensic aspects to my work, as well looking at the perverseness in the desire for proximity to the fantasy, utilizing the self as a vehicle of desire

Erhvervslivets transportforhold

Erhvervslivets behov for transport nævnes ofte som motivation for tiltag på transport- og infrastrukturområdet. Med nuværende metoder er det omkostningsfuldt og tidskrævende at få et indtryk af erhvervslivets behov og det er ikke altid tydeligt hvem og på hvilken måde erhvervslivet opnår gevinster ved tiltagene. Vi har udarbejdet et supplement til nuværende metoder, hvor man for hver kvadratkm i Danmark kan se, bl.a. hvor mange ansatte og hvor stor omsætning, der er for de virksomheder, der ligger i den pågældende kvadratmeter. Med det værktøj kan man forholdsvis let forholde sig til, om der er nogle områder af Danmark, hvor erhvervslivet er underforsynet med infrastruktur, og man kan få et førstehåndsindtryk af, hvilke linjeføringer der er hensigtsmæssige. Endvidere kan værktøjet medvirke til at analysere, hvordan eventuelle ændringer rammer forskellige dele af erhvervslivet – både de geografiske fordelinger, hvilke brancher i hvilke dele af landet. Endelig kan det kaste lys over, hvordan det påvirker arbejdsmarkedet og koblingen mellem lokaliseringen af arbejdsstyrken og arbejdspladserne. Vi har indtil videre set på sammenhængen mellem infrastruktur og adgangen til virksomhedernes omsætning, men metoden giver mange muligheder for at se på andre koblinger. Denne præsentation ser på koblingen mellem højklasset infrastruktur (motorveje og overordnede statsveje) og virksomhedernes omsætning. Det er disse forhold, der også skitseres nedenfor. I præsentationen vil vi derudover perspektivere metoden og pege på en række andre interessante analysemuligheder som det er muligt at udarbejde ved hjælp af det udviklede værktøj

Matchmaking in the Voluntary Sector:Tasks, Workflows, and IT Facilitation

This white paper is an outcome of Enabling the Matching of Volunteers(EMOVE), a four-year research and development project seeking todevelop knowledge and tools that can help voluntary organizationsmake the right decisions when matching their volunteers. EMOVE wassponsored by Innovation Fund Denmark and carried out by researchersfrom the Techno-Anthropology Lab (TANTlab) at Aalborg University,the Copenhagen Centre for Health Research in the Humanities (CoRe)at the University of Copenhagen, and Kople ApS, a private developer ofsoftware for the voluntary sector.The white paper is authored by the two university partners of the EMOVEproject, with the aims of providing a concise description of matchmakingin the voluntary sector and identifying the opportunities and challengesof supporting matchmaking work by means of IT systems. Therefore,this white paper serves as a guide to voluntary organizations that arecurrently engaged in matchmaking and are seeking to develop andadvance their operations

Anatomical distribution and gross pathology of wounds in necropsied farmed mink (<i>Neovison vison</i>) from June and October

BACKGROUND: Wounds are regarded as an indicator of reduced welfare in mink production; however, information on the occurrence and significance of wounds is sparse. To provide a basis for assessment and classification of wounds in farmed mink, the distribution pattern and characteristics of wounds in farmed mink in June and October, respectively, is described. A total of 791 and 660 mink from 6 to 12 Danish mink farms, respectively, were examined. The mink were either found dead or were euthanized due to injury or other disease. Mink included from June were kits in the pre-weaning and weaning period (1–2 months old). Mink included from October were juveniles in the late growth period (approximately 5–6 months old) or older. Macroscopic pathology and wound location was systematically recorded. RESULTS: There was considerable variation in morphology as well as location of wounds between June and October. Wounds were primarily located on the front parts of the body and in the head in June (1–2 month old kits) and mainly on the rear parts of the body and on the tail in October (5–6 month old kits and older). Moreover, there were significantly more females than males with wounds for most wound types, and significant differences in occurrence of ear and tail base wounds between certain colour types. CONCLUSIONS: Wounds varied significantly from June to October with respect to morphology and anatomical location. Wounds in June were primarily located on the front parts of the body and in the head, while wounds in October were mainly present on the hind parts of the body and on the tail. The majority of the wounds were found in specific well defined skin areas and could therefore be grouped into categories according to anatomical location

Impaired platelet aggregation and rebalanced hemostasis in patients with chronic hepatitis C virus infection

Increased risk of both cardiovascular disease (CVD) and bleeding has been found in patients with chronic hepatitis C (CHC) infection, and a re-balanced hemostasis has been proposed. The aim of this study was to investigate functional whole blood coagulation and platelet function in CHC infection. The prospective study included 82 patients with CHC infection (39 with advanced liver fibrosis and 43 with no or mild liver fibrosis) and 39 healthy controls. A total of 33 patients were treated for CHC infection and achieved sustained virological response (SVR). Baseline and post-treatment blood samples were collected. Hemostasis was assessed by both standard coagulation tests and functional whole blood hemostatic assays (thromboelastograhy (TEG), and platelet aggregation (Multiplate). Patients with CHC and advanced fibrosis had impaired platelet aggregation both compared to patients with no or mild fibrosis and to healthy controls. Patients with CHC and advanced fibrosis also had lower antithrombin, platelet count, and coagulation factors II-VII-X compared to healthy controls. In contrast, TEG did not differ between groups. In treated patients achieving SVR, post-treatment platelet count was higher than pre-treatment counts (p = 0.033) and ADPtest, ASPItest, and RISTOhightest all increased post treatment (all p &lt; 0.05). All Multiplate tests values, however, remained below those in the healthy controls. CHC-infected patients displayed evidence of rebalanced hemostasis with only partly hemostatic normalization in patients achieving SVR. The implications of rebalanced hemostasis and especially the impact on risk of CVD and bleeding warrants further studies

Pædagogik på Kanten: En rapport

Denne rapport er en sammenfatning og beskrivelse af udvalgte danske og internationale projekter og uddannelsesforløb, som redaktørerne og forfatterne har fulgt i følgeforskningsforløb over kortere eller længere perioder siden 2016. De befinder sig alle på forskellig vis indenfor rammerne af forskningsenheden, Pædagogik på kanten, som i en 3 årig periode, 2016-2019, har beskæftiget sig med pædagogiske aktiviteter målrettet udsatte børn og unge. LB-fonden har støttet arbejdet med en bevilling på 400.000 kr i perioden.&nbsp;&nbsp; Rapporten beskriver dermed projekter og uddannelsesforløb, der alle har det til fælles, at de arbejder med unge, der af forskellige årsager er faldet fra eller ikke har kunnet indgå i de almene uddannelsestilbud, der tilbydes unge. Pædagogik ’på kanten’ er således dels et udtryk for, at det handler om unge, der bevæger sig på kanten af uddannelsessystemet og deltager fra marginale og udsatte positioner pga. faglige, sociale eller emotionelle problemer. Samtidig henviser betegnelsen til, at de projekter og uddannelsestilbud, der undersøges, har pædagogiske, didaktiske og/eller organisatoriske fællestræk, der på forskellige måder er nytænkende og befinder sig ’på kanten’ ved at bryde med dominerende, institutionaliserede og normative forståelser af, hvad læring og uddannelse er og kan være. Formålet med rapporten er at give et konkret indblik i forskellige danske og internationale projekter og længerevarende uddannelsesforløb, der på mangfoldig vis undersøger og beskæftiger sig med, hvordan uddannelsesmæssige betingelser kan forbedres for unge, der af forskellige grunde har svært ved at finde sig til rette i de mere formelle skole- og uddannelsestilbud

Soluble CD14 in cerebrospinal fluid is associated with markers of inflammation and axonal damage in untreated HIV-infected patients: a retrospective cross-sectional study

Background: HIV-associated cognitive impairment has declined since the introduction of combination antiretroviral treatment (cART). However, milder forms of cognitive impairment persist. Inflammation in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) has been associated with cognitive impairment, and CSF neurofilament light chain protein (NFL) and CSF neopterin concentrations are increased in those patients. Microbial translocation in HIV infection has been suggested to contribute to chronic inflammation, and lipopolysaccharide (LPS) and soluble CD14 (sCD14) are markers of microbial translocation and the resulting monocyte activation, respectively. We hypothesised that microbial translocation contributes to inflammation and axonal damage in the central nervous system (CNS) in untreated HIV infection. / Methods: We analyzed paired samples of plasma and CSF from 62 HIV-infected, untreated patients without cognitive symptoms from Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden. Measurements of neopterin and NFL in CSF were available from previous studies. Plasma and CSF sCD14 was measured using ELISA (R&D, Minneapolis, MN), and plasma and CSF LPS was measured using LAL colorimetric assay (Lonza, Walkersville, MD, USA). Univariate and multivariate regression analyses were performed. / Results: LPS in plasma was associated with plasma sCD14 (r = 0.31, P = 0.015), and plasma sCD14 was associated with CSF sCD14 (r = 0.32, P = 0.012). Furthermore, CSF sCD14 was associated with NFL (r = 0.32, P = 0.031) and neopterin (r = 0.32, P = 0.012) in CSF. LPS was not detectable in CSF. In a multivariate regression model CSF sCD14 remained associated with NFL and neopterin after adjusting for age, CD4+ cell count, and HIV RNA in CSF. / Conclusions: In a group of untreated, HIV-infected patients LPS was associated with sCD14 in plasma, and plasma sCD14 was associated CSF sCD14. CSF sCD14 were associated with markers of CNS inflammation and axonal damage. This suggest that microbial translocation might be a driver of systemic and CNS inflammation. However, LPS was not detectable in the CSF, and since sCD14 is a marker of monocyte activation sCD14 may be increased due to other causes than microbial translocation. Further studies regarding cognitive impairment and biomarkers are warranted to fully understand causality