Remembering Bernard Juillerat. Visiting the Bánaro after Richard Thurnwald

Bernard Juillerat followed in Richard Thurnwald’s footsteps as a result of their common interest in the impact of specific social structures on the psyche of individuals. Both considered research in New Guinea as particularly rewarding for answering such questions in an area unaffected by European-American culture. This article will discuss Bernard's restudy of a group of people, living by the Keram river, which had first been contacted by Thurnwald in 1913 and had been described by him as “the Bánaro”. Their complex social structure, analysed by Thurnwald in two different publications in 1916 and 1920, made them the subject of one of the earliest monographs on a Melanesian society. In restudying and analysing Thurnwald's work Juillerat, like Thurnwald, contributed significantly to the history of ethnology.Bernard Juillerat, en s’intéressant aux effets des structures sociales sur la psyché individuelle, a mis ses pas dans ceux de Richard Thurnwald (1869-1954). Tous deux sont allés en Nouvelle-Guinée enquêter spécialement sur ce sujet et tâcher de l’élucider en s’affranchissant des influences culturelles européennes ou américaines. Le présent article discute l’étude à nouveaux frais qu’a donnée Bernard d’un groupe vivant sur les rives de la Keram, auparavant contacté en 1913 par Richard Thurnwald qui l’a décrit sous le nom de «Bánaro», et qui lui a consacré une monographie dont il a livré deux versions. Ces deux savants ont apporté de la sorte une contribution marquante à l’histoire de l’ethnologie

Using Mixed Media Tools for Eliciting Discourse in Indigenous Languages

Prosody plays a vital role in communication, but is one of the most widely neglected topics in language documentation. This omission is doubly detrimental since intonation is unrecoverable from transcribed texts, the most prevalent data sources for many indigenous languages. One of the underlying reasons for the dearth of prosodic data is methodological. Modern technology has removed technical barriers to recording the appropriate data, but traditional methods of elicitation still inhibit accurate documentation of linguistic structures at or above the phrasal level. In addition, these methods do not facilitate the mobilization of linguistic documentation. In this paper, we present techniques that we have developed that address both these concerns: 1) eliciting prosodic data for theoretical analysis, and 2) producing linguistic materials that can be useful for educators and curriculum developers. Highlighting advantages and disadvantages, we compare traditional elicitation and text-gathering methods with two non-traditional methodologies using non-verbal stimuli. These two non-traditional methodologies are aimed at collecting: 1) spontaneous conversation (either unguided, or task-oriented), and 2) partly scripted conversation (aided by multimedia tools). The methodologies are illustrated with original fieldwork on focus and intonation in two related, endangered Interior Salish languages – Nlhe7kepmxcín (Thompson) and St’át’imcets (Lillooet).National Foreign Language Resource Cente

Augmented Realities – Augmented Spaces. Digitale Texturen sozialer und kultureller Räume

Der Beitrag skizziert als Grundidee, die den Beiträgen in diesem Heft zugrunde liegen; wie informationelle Anreicherungen sich als Texturen über soziale Räume legen und  deren Wahrnehmung und das Handeln in ihnen leiten. Die Augmented Realities können so als technische Realisierung und Fortsetzung einer lange bestehenden Praxis verstanden werden.The introduction outlines the guiding idea of this issue that ties the contributions together. The augmentation of spaces with information is a human practice that creates new textures for experiencing and living social spaces. Augmented Reality thus can be understood in this line as a technology facilitating this social practice

Augmented Realities - Augmented Spaces: Digitale Texturen sozialer und kultureller Räume

Der Beitrag skizziert als Grundidee, die den Beiträgen in diesem Heft zugrunde liegen; wie informationelle Anreicherungen sich als Texturen über soziale Räume legen und deren Wahrnehmung und das Handeln in ihnen leiten. Die Augmented Realities können so als technische Realisierung und Fortsetzung einer lange bestehenden Praxis verstanden werden.The introduction outlines the guiding idea of this issue that ties the contributions together. The augmentation of spaces with information is a human practice that creates new textures for experiencing and living social spaces. Augmented Reality thus can be understood in this line as a technology facilitating this social practice

CREB-AP1 Protein Complexes Regulate Transcription of the Collagen XXIV Gene (Col24a1) in Osteoblasts

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Diagnostic validity of the Basler Vegetative State Assessment - BAVESTA

Introduction: Clinical assessments should meet the general psychometric properties of reliability and validity. Furthermore there are requirements in matters of diagnostic validity and usability. In regards to patients with severe brain damage, both issues can mainly be implemented by detecting and assessing returning abilities as early as possible, in order to use them for treatment planning. Main aim of this article is to investigate whether the newly developed and validated interprofessional Basel Vegetative State Assessment (BAVESTA) meets these practice criteria. Method: Data were collected as part of validity assessment of BAVESTA. Using the Glasgow Coma Scale as a reference, predictive parameters and measures of effect are calculated. Moreover, expert users were interviewed and results are presented in a descriptive way. Results: With a sensitivity of 0.84 and a specificity of 0.85, the BAVESTA can be regarded as suitable in differentiating between vegetative state and further states of remission such as the minimally conscious state. Expert users regard BAVESTA as eligible for mapping rehabilitative process of patients with severely impaired consciousness. They agree upon the fact that all relevant areas are covered by BAVESTA. Discussion: The BAVESTA displays high levels of differentiation, in regards to both sensitivity and specificity. However, measures of effect ought generally to be regarded with caution, as reference standards have not been developed for the area of rehabilitation. Considering time expenditure, BAVESTA is rated as only marginally feasible by expert users. It should be continued to investigate BAVESTA in regards to its diagnostic quality, integrating electrophysical diagnostic tools as reference standards