Bob MARLEY entre nous deux : Essai sur les enchaînements de la mimesis

This article presents a series of interactions between husband and wife, boss and secretary, and the author and a National Front activist which show how mimesis can effectively be blocked by terms which seem to indicate its possibility. It then goes on to analyze an encounter between the author and a shopkeeper in Casablanca during Ramadan in which lyrics on the radio set the stage for an exchange which explores the idea of liberty and its relation to identity and mass produced images. The image of the reggae musician Bob Marley serves as the catalyst for a "discussion" which moves out from the spaces opened up by Marley's lyrics to include spoken and written exchanges which themselves lead to the constitution of alternative Ramadans

Michel Taussig: anthropology and mimesis

Compte-rendu des débats qui ont accompagné la parution de l'ouvrage de M. Taussig intitulé «Mimesis and alterity: a particular history of the senses» (1993). Examinant la relation nature/culture, ainsi que les aspects sensuels des rencontres entre les individus et les cultures désignés par la notion de contact, l'A. montre que l'étude du premier contact et du deuxième contact entre la civilisation et la sauvagerie met en évidence les qualités libératrices et l'aspect performatif de la mimesis. Présentant le débat entre M. Taussig et M. Jay sur l'utilisation de la mimesis en anthropologie, l'A. montre que le style d'écriture de Taussig et son intérêt pour la magie moderne ne doivent pas occulter sa contribution essentielle à la notion de deuxième natur

Evaluation of Zn Adenine-Based Bio-MOF for Efficient Remediation of Different Types of Dyes

As an eco-friendly material, Zn-adeninate bio-metal-organic framework (bio-MOF) was investigated as an efficient adsorbent for both anionic and cationic dyes. The adsorption capability of the synthesized Zn-adeninate bio-MOF was confirmed by its notable surface area of 52.62 m2 g−1 and total pore volume of 0.183 cm3 g−1. The bio-MOF adsorption profiles of anionic direct red 81 (DR-81) and cationic methylene blue (MB) dyes were investigated under different operating parameters. The optimum dosages of Zn-adeninate bio-MOF were 0.5 g L−1 and 1 g L−1 for MB and DR-81 decolorization, respectively. The pHPZC of Zn-adeninate bio-MOF was 7.2, and maximum monolayer adsorption capacity was 132.15 mg g–1 for MB, which decreased to 82.54 mg g–1 for DR-81 dye. Thermodynamic data indicated the spontaneous and endothermic nature of the decolorization processes. Additionally, the adsorption processes were in agreement with the Langmuir and pseudo-second-order kinetic models. The synthesized Zn-adeninate bio-MOF could be reused several times with high decolorization ability. These findings demonstrated that the synthesized Zn bio-MOF is an effective and promising adsorbent material for the removal of both cationic and anionic dyes from polluted water