DE PROCEDIMENTOS E ALGUMA BARBÁRIE

O conceito de procedimento desenvolvido pelo escritor argentino César Aira no ensaio “La nueva escritura” é o ponto de partida com o qual se busca, num gesto crítico que encena certa barbárie, especular em torno de uma provocação do chileno Roberto Bolaño: haveria um “surrealismo clandestino na América Latina”

Procedimentos surrealistas e imagem dialética no trabalho das "Passagens"

Resumo: Este artigo propõe que o procedimento surrealista da colagem utilizado por Walter Benjamin na confecção do inacabado trabalho das Passagens encontra no conceito de imagem dialética um catalizador da técnica de vanguarda, levando sua prática a uma radicalização crítica singular

Duchamp na América Latina, outra vez: Um percurso por Bolaño, Antelo e Bellatin

In Maria com Marcel – Duchamp nos trópicos (2010), Raúl Antelo carries out what he calls the “politics of anachronism”: he articulates ideas, characters and procedures that transit between continents in the early 20th century; he gives rise to a heterogeneous Latin American fictional archive in which Duchamp's works function as critical engines for thinking about art, politics and literature in Latin America. Along with Antelo, this article brings two contemporary writers who operate Duchampian procedures and issues in different ways: Roberto Bolaño and his appropriation of the Unhappy ready-made, in 2666, and Mario Bellatin in the fiction El gran vidrio – Trés autobiografias. By articulating Duchamp's games around the (in)visible, both point to the revolutionary in his art – an operation that is not retinal, plastic, but critical and philosophical; operation that makes criticism a creation. In this gesture, critical itself, they confer historicity to the inventions of the French artist when viewed from contemporary Latin America, as well as to their own fictions.Em Maria com Marcel – Duchamp nos trópicos (2010), Raúl Antelo realiza o que chama de “política do anacronismo”: articula ideias, personagens e procedimentos que transitam entre continentes no início do século XX; faz emergir um heterogêneo arquivo ficcional latino-americano em que os trabalhos de Duchamp funcionam como motores críticos para pensar a arte, a política e a literatura na América Latina. Juntamente com Antelo, traz-se dois escritores contemporâneos que operam procedimentos e questões duchampianas de maneiras distintas: Roberto Bolaño e sua apropriação do Ready-made infeliz, em 2666, e Mario Bellatin na ficção El gran vidrio – Trés autobiografias. Ao articularem os jogos de Duchamp em torno do (in)visível, ambos apontam para o revolucionário em sua arte – uma operação que não é retiniana, plástica, mas crítica e filosófica; operação que faz da crítica uma criação. Nesse gesto, ele mesmo crítico, conferem historicidade às invenções do artista francês quando vistas desde a América Latina contemporânea, bem como às suas próprias ficções

A coleta obrigatória de perfis genéticos para o fim de identificação criminal : um olhar atento sobre os bancos de perfis genéticos no Brasil

Trabalho de Conclusão de Curso (graduação)—Universidade de Brasília, Faculdade de Direito, 2020.O presente trabalho tem como desígnio realizar enfrentamento aos principais argumentos erigidos contra a coleta obrigatória de perfis genéticos para o fim de identificação criminal, introduzida pela Lei 12.654/12, a fim de consignar a validade jurídico-constitucional da norma. Para tanto, analisa-se a (in)consistência jurídica das críticas e dos argumentos mais recorrentes feitos contra a coleta obrigatória e contra a criação e manutenção de bancos de perfis genéticos no Brasil. Dessa análise, constata-se que as medidas não são capazes de vulnerar direitos fundamentais dos identificados. Ainda assim, caso se entenda que a coleta obrigatória é capaz de limitar garantias e direitos, defende-se que referida limitação se mostra legítima, diante da comprovação de que a medida atende aos requisitos da proporcionalidade.This study assesses the main arguments against the obligatory collection of genetic profile data for the purpose of criminal identification, which was enforced in Brazil by Law 12.654/12, and thereby defends the constitutionality of the norm. To that end, it analyzes the legal (in)consistency of the criticism and of the most recurring arguments against the obligatory collection, as well as those against the creation and maintenance of genetic profile databases. The analysis concludes that such measures do not effectively violate the rights of the identified. For the sake of argument, even if they were capable of limiting guarantees and rights, such limitation would still be legitimate, as it fulfills the requisites of proportionality

Community Engagement Strategies to Advance Justice Reform: Implementation Lessons from Buncombe County, North Carolina, Cook County, Illinois, and New Orleans

Communities across the nation are wrestling with how to identify and implement effective reforms that reduce structural inequities in the criminal legal system, promote community safety, and right-size operations of the criminal legal system to achieve more equitable outcomes and increased safety. Research suggests the most inspired and transformative solutions to such intractable problems come from collaborative partnerships between policymakers, criminal legal system leaders, and community members.However, many communities struggle with community engagement because of the strained relationships between the criminal legal system and communities that have historically been criminalized by that system or alienated by civic leaders. Fortunately, some communities have made marked progress. The MacArthur Foundation's Safety and Justice Challenge (SJC) initiative to reduce the use of jails prioritized authentic engagement with community members across its grantees to build trust, enhance problem solving, and promote mutual accountability for justice reform.This report, which is part of a series of case studies highlighting the work of the SJC initiative, examines the community engagement strategies developed and implemented by three SJC communities: Buncombe County, North Carolina; Cook County, Illinois; and New Orleans. This report documents how these sites navigated challenges and advanced tangible reform efforts, and it explores the perceived impacts of these strategies on the sites' efforts to engage community members, reduce local jail use, and implement system reforms that advance equity. We conclude with a discussion of common themes in the sites' experiences implementing those strategies and recommendations for other communities seeking to advance community engagement.Sites used a variety of community engagement strategies, such as conducting listening sessions, hiring people with lived experience of the criminal legal system to organize events, and using art to receive community feedback on public safety.Common challenges from the three participating sites include navigating long-standing mistrust between community members and government, recruitment and retention in community engagement workgroups, and shifting strategies because of COVID-19.Recommendations and lessons learned from the three sites include ensuring proper resources are available to support community engagement efforts; communicating expectations and the likely pace of progress with community members; considering the accessibility of meetings; elevating the voices of people of color directly impacted by the criminal legal system; providing benefits to community members who attend meetings; leveraging technology to engage the community; and ensuring a diverse group of people is engaged

Efforts to Reduce Jail Populations in Philadelphia: Implementation Lessons from the Safety and Justice Challenge

Jail incarceration continues to be a main driver of the mass incarceration crisis in the United States and to negatively affect individuals, families, and communities. Racial disparities in local jail populations are significant, particularly to the detriment of Black communities. Involvement in the criminal legal system, even when brief, can have severe consequences, including barriers to sustaining employment and securing stable housing, poor physical and mental health stemming from chronic stress and limited access to adequate health care, and disruptions to family relationships and social support networks.To address these issues, Philadelphia implemented a multipronged reform plan supported by the Safety and Justice Challenge (SJC) to reduce its jail population and associated racial and ethnic disparities. Since 2015, Philadelphia has significantly reduced its jail population through these SJC efforts, which included closing a jail facility, launching a strategy across decision points in the criminal legal system, strengthening collaboration and cross-agency partnerships, launching a formal committee to represent community members' perspectives, and analyzing data to identify racial and ethnic disparities across decision points.This report describes Philadelphia's major SJC strategies, documents how it navigated challenges and advanced tangible reform efforts, and explores the perceived impacts of these strategies on its efforts to engage community members, reduce local jail use, and implement system reforms that advance equity

Quality of High-protein Diet Bar Plus Chia (Salvia hispanica L.) Grain Evaluated Sensorially by Untrained Tasters

The objective of this study was to develop, analyze composition and evaluate the microbiological and sensory characteristics of high-protein diet bars (PB) with the addition of chia grain (Salvia hispanica L.), partially replacing isolated soy protein and concentrated whey protein, in proportions of 0, 10, 15 and 20%. The proximate composition was analyzed of PB, for microbiological quality of Bacillus cereus, Filamentous fungi and yeast count, total fecal coliforms, and Salmonella ssp. search. Sensory analysis was performed utilizing acceptance testing of characteristics on a nine-point hedonic scale for various attributes, including purchasing intention of the tested PB. Bars showed 20% moisture, 2.3% ash, 20-23% protein and 19% lipids. The effect of increasing of chia was to increase crude fiber content and decrease total carbohydrate and total energy value. All samples were within the microbiological food standards established by current legislation. All PB formulations obtained a good overall impression index and all characteristics were above mean grades, with the exception of taste (63%) in the PB containing 0% chia. Chia grain has a positive influence on sensory aspects and appears to be an alternative way to increase the nutritional quality of high-protein diet bars

Dentro, fora, antes ou depois? – A política espaço-temporal de Notícias da América, de Paulo Nazareth

This article investigates the performance Notícias da América, by the artist Paulo Nazareth. It identifies discussions (and actions) that handle a plurality of pasts (ancestral, colonial) and, at the same time, open relational perspectives a-typical feature of contemporary art since the 1960s. In that performance, as Nazareth moves through Latin American cities, the images and discourses produced forge a common space between himself, his interlocutors and the landscape. Simultaneously, a multiple temporality emerges in which peripheral subjectivities become visible. It is also from this space-time relationship that other of his artistic productions (such as the series Aqui é arte) can be unfolded.Este artigo investiga a performance Notícias da América, do artista Paulo Nazareth. Nela são identificadas discussões (e ações) que manejam uma pluralidade de passados (ancestrais, coloniais) e, ao mesmo tempo, abrem perspectivas relacionais, característica típica da arte contemporânea desde os anos 1960. Na performance, à medida que Nazareth se desloca por cidades latino-americanas, as imagens e os discursos produzidos forjam um espaço comum entre ele próprio, seus interlocutores e a paisagem. Simultaneamente, emerge uma temporalidade múltipla em que subjetividades periféricas se tornam visíveis. É também a partir dessa relação espaço-temporal que outras de suas produções artísticas (como a série Aqui é arte), podem ser desdobradas

Impact of variable air-sea O2 and CO2 fluxes on atmospheric potential oxygen (APO) and land-ocean carbon sink partitioning

© 2008 Author(s). This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License. The definitive version was published in Biogeosciences 5 (2008): 875-899, doi:10.5194/bg-5-875-2008A three dimensional, time-evolving field of atmospheric potential oxygen (APO ~O2/N2+CO2) was estimated using surface O2, N2 and CO2 fluxes from the WHOI ocean ecosystem model to force the MATCH atmospheric transport model. Land and fossil carbon fluxes were also run in MATCH and translated into O2 tracers using assumed O2:CO2 stoichiometries. The modeled seasonal cycles in APO agree well with the observed cycles at 13 global monitoring stations, with agreement helped by including oceanic CO2 in the APO calculation. The modeled latitudinal gradient in APO is strongly influenced by seasonal rectifier effects in atmospheric transport. An analysis of the APO-vs.-CO2 mass-balance method for partitioning land and ocean carbon sinks was performed in the controlled context of the MATCH simulation, in which the true surface carbon and oxygen fluxes were known exactly. This analysis suggests uncertainty of up to ±0.2 PgC in the inferred sinks due to variability associated with sparse atmospheric sampling. It also shows that interannual variability in oceanic O2 fluxes can cause large errors in the sink partitioning when the method is applied over short timescales. However, when decadal or longer averages are used, the variability in the oceanic O2 flux is relatively small, allowing carbon sinks to be partitioned to within a standard deviation of 0.1 Pg C/yr of the true values, provided one has an accurate estimate of long-term mean O2 outgassing.We acknowledge the support of NASA grant NNG05GG30G and NSF grant ATM0628472