No Supermercado do Estilo

Publicado em 1997, este é um dos textos chaves dos estudos pós-subculturais. Seu objetivo é reavaliar o legado teórico dos estudos subculturais, corrente teórica que na década de 70 buscou compreender os grupamentos juvenis que se organizavam ao redor da moda, música e estilo surgidos na Inglaterra do pós-guerra. O artigo argumenta que a feição desses grupos, hoje, é guiada pela contradição, diversidade e efemeridade, o que obriga a uma revisão dos esquemas explicativos do passado

Leather and Latex: Materials, Morals and Subcultural Style

‘Leather and Latex: Materials, Morals and Subcultural Style’ was a one-day workshop focused on the subject of material as a means to approach histories of subcultural style. Involving archivists, conservators, theorists and practitioners the day was designed to expand upon the social meanings and political potentialities surrounding these two materials and how they might be historicised and preserved

LEATHER & LATEX: Materials & Subcultural Style

‘Leather and Latex: Materials, Morals and Subcultural Style’ is a one-day workshop focused on the subject of material as a means to approach histories of subcultural style. Involving archivists, conservators, theorists and practitioners the day expands upon the social meanings and political potentialities surrounding these two materials and how they might be historicised and preserved. HommAges presented key aspects of their research interests relating to the historical context of latex fetishism in British and European subcultures. This was illustrated by slides as well as a selection of costumes from the Neu Pneumatik! collection. These contributions were extended through a table discussion with fashion designer Theresa Coburn, synthetics conservator Dr Anita Quye, fashion anthropologist Ted Polhemus and archivist Grace Biggins, chaired by Dr. Fiona Jardine

Towards an RTS,S-Based, Multi-Stage, Multi-Antigen Vaccine Against Falciparum Malaria: Progress at the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research

The goal of the Malaria Vaccine Program at the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research (WRAIR) is to develop a licensed multi-antigen, multi-stage vaccine against Plasmodium falciparum able to prevent all symptomatic manifestations of malaria by preventing parasitemia. A secondary goal is to limit disease in vaccinees that do develop malaria. Malaria prevention will be achieved by inducing humoral and cellular immunity against the pre-erythrocytic circumsporozoite protein (CSP) and the liver stage antigen-1 (LSA-1). The strategy to limit disease will target immune responses against one or more blood stage antigens, merozoite surface protein-1 (MSP-1) and apical merozoite antigen-1 (AMA-1). The induction of T- and B-cell memory to achieve a sustained vaccine response may additionally require immunization with an adenovirus vector such as adenovirus serotype 35. RTS,S, a CSP-derived antigen developed by GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals in collaboration with the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research over the past 17 years, is the cornerstone of our program. RTS,S formulated in AS02A (a GSK proprietary formulation) is the only vaccine candidate shown in field trials to prevent malaria and, in one instance, to limit disease severity. Our vaccine development plan requires proof of an individual antigen’s efficacy in a Phase 2 laboratory challenge or field trial prior to its integration into an RTS,S-based, multi-antigen vaccine. Progress has been accelerated through extensive partnerships with industrial, academic, governmental, and non-governmental organizations. Recent safety, immunogenicity, and efficacy trials in the US and Africa are presented, as well as plans for the development of a multi-antigen vaccine