The trace of the democratic creature: Art practice as transitory phenomena through re-enactment

What is the role of art in moments of social transformation? How can the re-enactment of concrete art events from historic turning points can help us to reconceptualise moments of civil instability in thempresent? How might we understand democratic society as a form of creature, one that grows and requires care, and what kinds of traces does this creature leave behind? This practice-led research considers three art events linked with recent Spanish history that I revisit through the development of three large-scale art projects presented as case studies. It adresses three art events ran by other artists in the past embarking on intense historical research of the particular episodes in order to offer a reconsideration of its impact, legacy and translation within the present context. Hence, each project also helps to analyse and portraits aspects of the present Spanish socio-political actual realm. The project speculates on the presented case studies as three exercises of artistic re-enactment; all the specific techniques and supports involved in their creation are selected through a work of mediaarchaeology that conceptually links them with the specific past art events that are being artistically revisited. The title of this research (The Trace of the Democratic Creature) is informed by the ideas of the paediatrician and relational psychoanalyst D.W Winnicott who at some point compares the child with society and Maturity with Democracy. The research case studies rescue past art events coming from social paradigm shifts as the formation of new states and early democracies in order to see if they can affect our better understanding of the power control structures in the now. In this sense, it looks at our common wealth realities as creatures in our custody needing constant care in a context with constant threats. In the subtitle of this research (Art Practice as Transitory Phenomena through Re-enactment) Art initiatives are presented as hypothetic transitory phenomena in the framework of relational psychoanalysis. Inspired by the idees of Winnicott’s transitional object, relational psychoanalysis puts special attention on the framing of the psychoanalitical setting, understunding that some objects can give ‘support’ to society in certain moments of its developmental process. In this sense, this project also reflects on the role of art institutions as platforms that must take care of the setting in which art projects dealing wiht the past take place in order to be effective

Jardins per a la salut

Facultat de Farmàcia, Universitat de Barcelona. Ensenyament: Grau de Farmàcia. Assignatura: Botànica farmacèutica. Curs: 2014-2015. Coordinadors: Joan Simon, Cèsar Blanché i Maria Bosch.Els materials que aquí es presenten són el recull de les fitxes botàniques de 128 espècies presents en el Jardí Ferran Soldevila de l’Edifici Històric de la UB. Els treballs han estat realitzats manera individual per part dels estudiants dels grups M-3 i T-1 de l’assignatura Botànica Farmacèutica durant els mesos de febrer a maig del curs 2014-15 com a resultat final del Projecte d’Innovació Docent «Jardins per a la salut: aprenentatge servei a Botànica farmacèutica» (codi 2014PID-UB/054). Tots els treballs s’han dut a terme a través de la plataforma de GoogleDocs i han estat tutoritzats pels professors de l’assignatura. L’objectiu principal de l’activitat ha estat fomentar l’aprenentatge autònom i col·laboratiu en Botànica farmacèutica. També s’ha pretès motivar els estudiants a través del retorn de part del seu esforç a la societat a través d’una experiència d’Aprenentatge-Servei, deixant disponible finalment el treball dels estudiants per a poder ser consultable a través d’una Web pública amb la possibilitat de poder-ho fer in-situ en el propi jardí mitjançant codis QR amb un smartphone

Famílies botàniques de plantes medicinals

Facultat de Farmàcia, Universitat de Barcelona. Ensenyament: Grau de Farmàcia, Assignatura: Botànica Farmacèutica, Curs: 2013-2014, Coordinadors: Joan Simon, Cèsar Blanché i Maria Bosch.Els materials que aquí es presenten són els recull de 175 treballs d’una família botànica d’interès medicinal realitzats de manera individual. Els treballs han estat realitzat per la totalitat dels estudiants dels grups M-2 i M-3 de l’assignatura Botànica Farmacèutica durant els mesos d’abril i maig del curs 2013-14. Tots els treballs s’han dut a terme a través de la plataforma de GoogleDocs i han estat tutoritzats pel professor de l’assignatura i revisats i finalment co-avaluats entre els propis estudiants. L’objectiu principal de l’activitat ha estat fomentar l’aprenentatge autònom i col·laboratiu en Botànica farmacèutica

Traumatic hemipelvectomy: Improvements in the last decennia illustrated by 2 case reports

AbstractINTRODUCTIONIn this article we present two cases of young men who sustained a traumatic hemipelvectomy.PRESENTATION OF CASEThe first case occurred more than 10 years ago and the second case happened less than 1 year ago. Changes in the management for resuscitation, surgical intervention, and in postoperative treatment are detailed. Goal of this article is to evaluate the changes over time in the treatment of trauma in general and this specific injury in particular.DISCUSSIONMaximum survival chance could be achieved by an aggressive resuscitation (following a massive transfusion protocol-ratio of 1:1:1 unit of blood-products), starting pre-hospitally and continued in the emergency department, immediate control of the haemorrhage and direct surgical intervention. Early and frequent re-explorations are necessary to prevent complications as sepsis and to minimize the chance for complications such as disturbed wound healing and fistula formation. The use of the Vacuum-Assisted Closure therapy nowadays gives the patient an earlier recover and lesser chance at developing complications. Early consultation with plastic surgeons needs to be done in order to achieve an adequate definitive wound-closure (reconstructive surgery).CONCLUSIONA traumatic hemipelvectomy is a catastrophic and mutilating injury, seldom survivable. Maximum survival chance could be achieved by an aggressive resuscitation, frequent re-explorations, the use of VAC therapy and early consultation with a plastic surgeon for reconstructive surgery