Commuting to Garden: Subsisting on Bell Island

On a windy afternoon in August of 2015, Fred Parsons and his daughter Cheyenne showed us their greenhouse made of recycled lumber — the muffled sound of wind chimes fading as we moved away from their back porch. The greenhouse was filled with colours and smells of tomato, cucumber, carrot, beet, and mint. Outside, there were more plants, including green beans, rhubarb, strawberries, and raspberries. The year before, they had also cultivated potatoes and onions. In late summer and early fall, the two go berry picking. Their devotion to self-provisioning was evident in their thriving plants as well as winter preserves. Beyond their own tight-knit family unit, Fred, his wife Miranda, and Cheyenne are generous neighbours. When a friend fell ill and requested fresh blueberries, Fred picked five buckets for her in one day. As Fred put it, during the summer months “Every day I’m at this. Every day.

Escuchar a los objetos

This experimental section includes some parts of the performative event “The materiality of transformations: Listening to objects”, which closed the 14th SIEF conference held in Santiago de Compostela in 2019. Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett, Regina Bendix, Dorothy Noyes, Sharon Roseman and Francisco Cruces conversed on stage about the cultural meanings of a selection of personal objects. By unveiling the stories contained in mezuzahs, hair, a serving platter and a shawl, they put the methodological power of the object/story couplet to the test. The benefits of articulating narrativity with materiality; the silent power of things in everyday life; the embedded character of storytelling, and some of its affective, moral and celebratory virtues were highlighted. The final event can be seen at <https://vimeo.com/362078953> from minute 00:52:50 to 01:31:00.Esta sección experimental incluye algunas partes del evento performativo “La materialidad de las transformaciones: escuchar a los objetos”, que clausuró el XIV congreso de SIEF celebrado en Santiago de Compostela en 2019. Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett, Regina Bendix, Dorothy Noyes, Sharon Roseman y Francisco Cruces conversaron sobre los significados culturales de una selección de objetos personales. Al desvelar las historias contenidas en mezuzahs, cabello, una fuente o un chal, se puso a prueba el poder metodológico del par objeto / historia, los beneficios de articular la narratividad con la materialidad y el silencioso poder de las cosas en la vida cotidiana. Se destacó el carácter incorporado de la narración y algunas de sus virtudes afectivas, morales y celebratorias. Este evento performativo se puede ver en <https://vimeo.com/362078953> from minute 00:52:50 to 01:31:00

Anthropology and new ruralities

En este texto presentamos una revisión teórica de las lecturas de las nuevas ruralidades, partiendo de las contribuciones de la Antropología y otras Ciencias Sociales a los estudios campesinos y a los estudios rurales. Cuestionando la ruralidad en su perspectiva histórica y encuadrándola en los procesos de urbanización sociocultural, cuestionamos el objeto y significados de las transformaciones rurales, que pasan por escuchar a la heterogeneidad de sus agentes y por analizar las nuevas revitalizaciones de estos espacios.In this study, we present a theoretical overview of the reading of new ruralities, drawing on Anthropological and other Social Science research in peasant studies and rural studies. Considering rurality from a historical perspective and viewing it within the context of processes of sociocultural urbanization, we examine the purpose and meanings of rural transformations by taking into account the heterogeneity of the social agents involved and analysing the new revitalization of these spaces.Grupo de investigación Antropología y Filosofía (SEJ-126). Universidad de Granada. - Área de Antropología Social. Universidad de Jaén. - Laborarorio de Antropología Social y Cultural (HUM-472). Universidad de Almería. - Departamento de Filosofía II. Universidad de Granada

New genetic loci link adipose and insulin biology to body fat distribution.

Body fat distribution is a heritable trait and a well-established predictor of adverse metabolic outcomes, independent of overall adiposity. To increase our understanding of the genetic basis of body fat distribution and its molecular links to cardiometabolic traits, here we conduct genome-wide association meta-analyses of traits related to waist and hip circumferences in up to 224,459 individuals. We identify 49 loci (33 new) associated with waist-to-hip ratio adjusted for body mass index (BMI), and an additional 19 loci newly associated with related waist and hip circumference measures (P < 5 × 10(-8)). In total, 20 of the 49 waist-to-hip ratio adjusted for BMI loci show significant sexual dimorphism, 19 of which display a stronger effect in women. The identified loci were enriched for genes expressed in adipose tissue and for putative regulatory elements in adipocytes. Pathway analyses implicated adipogenesis, angiogenesis, transcriptional regulation and insulin resistance as processes affecting fat distribution, providing insight into potential pathophysiological mechanisms

Turigriños Go Home

Figura 1. Turigriños Go Home Tomada el 1 de Julio de 2008 con una cámara digital Nikon Coolpix P2 en Santiago de Compostela, España. Roseman, 2008. En plena recesión económica, la gente todavía asimilaba los resultados de las elecciones generales al parlamento del estado español de 9 de marzo de 2008 y encaraba las elecciones de principios de 2009 al gobierno de la comunidad autónoma de Galicia. El contenido de la pintada veía amplificado su mensaje de enfado gracias a su localización en una..

Turigriños Go Home

Abbildung 1. Turigriños Go Home Aufgenommen am 1. Juli 2008 mit einer Nikon Coolpix P2 Digitalkamera in Santiago de Compostela, Spanien Roseman, 2008. Mitten in einer Phase der schweren wirtschaftlichen Rezession waren die Menschen noch damit beschäftigt, die Ergebnisse der spanischen Parlamentswahlen vom 9. März 2008 und die für Anfang 2009 angesetzten Wahlen in der autonomen Gemeinschaft Galicien zu verdauen. Die im Graffito zum Ausdruck kommende Wut wurde verstärkt durch seinen Standort a..

Turigriños Go Home

Figure 1 : Turigriños Go Home Taken on July 1, 2008 with a Nikon Coolpix P2 digital camera in Santiago de Compostela, Spain Roseman, 2008. In the midst of the severe economic recession, people were still digesting the results of the March 9, 2008 general elections for the parliament of the Spanish state and the lead-up to early 2009 elections for the government of the Autonomous Community of Galicia. The graffito’s angry content was amplified by its location on a street leading to the cathed..