"Distribution is the Key": Transnational Networks of Audiopoetry in the Postwar Era

This essay carves out a transnational network of postwar audio publishers invested in the idea to distribute spoken poetry and performed art via LPs and cassettes. To exemplify the strategies and practices of labels, it presents a case study of the German S Press Tonbandverlag and its correspondence with the audio magazines Black Box (Washington D.C.) and Audio Arts (London, UK). Thereby, it delves into the history of the midcentury audio scene whose meanings and significance for literary history has so far received relatively little attention within the field of literary studies

Integrität und kulturelles Erbe

Obwohl ein Erbe der Vergangenheit niemals vollständig Teil der Gegenwart sein kann, gibt es das allgegenwärtige Bedürfnis nach einer materiellen oder ideellen Kohärenz von Erbe - beispielsweise, um eine Identität zu definieren. Aus diesem Paradoxon entsteht ein permanenter Konflikt zwischen der Vieldeutigkeit kulturellen Erbes und einer Sehnsucht nach Eindeutigkeit, Kontrolle und Ganzheit, die sich mit dem Begriff der Integrität umschreiben lässt. Sophie Stackmann untersucht erstmals systematisch das Integritäts-Verständnis in Diskursen um Denkmalschutz, kulturelles Erbe und Welterbe. Dabei diskutiert sie auch den grundlegenden Konflikt im Umgang mit kulturellem Erbe

Integrität und kulturelles Erbe: Das Bedürfnis nach Unversehrtheit und Eindeutigkeit in den Denkmalwissenschaften

Obwohl ein Erbe der Vergangenheit niemals vollständig Teil der Gegenwart sein kann, gibt es das allgegenwärtige Bedürfnis nach einer materiellen oder ideellen Kohärenz von Erbe - beispielsweise, um eine Identität zu definieren. Aus diesem Paradoxon entsteht ein permanenter Konflikt zwischen der Vieldeutigkeit kulturellen Erbes und einer Sehnsucht nach Eindeutigkeit, Kontrolle und Ganzheit, die sich mit dem Begriff der Integrität umschreiben lässt. Die Autorin untersucht erstmals systematisch das Integritäts-Verständnis in Diskursen um Denkmalschutz, kulturelles Erbe und Welterbe. Dabei diskutiert sie auch den grundlegenden Konflikt im Umgang mit kulturellem Erbe

Inducing Partner Preference in Mice by Chemogenetic Stimulation of CA2 Hippocampal Subfield

Social recognition is fundamental for social decision making and the establishment of long-lasting affiliative behaviors in behaviorally complex social groups. It is a critical step in establishing a selective preference for a social partner or group member. C57BL/6J lab mice do not form monogamous relationships, and typically do not show prolonged social preferences for familiar mice. The CA2 hippocampal subfield plays a crucial role in social memory and optogenetic stimulation of inputs to the dorsal CA2 field during a short memory acquisition period can enhance and extend social memories in mice. Here, we show that partner preference in mice can be induced by chemogenetic selective stimulation of the monosynaptic projections from the hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus (PVN) to the CA2 during the cohabitation period. Specifically, male mice spend more time in social contact, grooming and huddling with the partner compared to a novel female. Preference was not induced by prolonging the cohabitation period and allowing more time for social interactions and males to sire pups with the familiar female. These results suggest that PVN-to-CA2 projections are part of an evolutionarily conserved neural circuitry underlying the formation of social preference and may promote behavioral changes with appropriate stimulation

NMDA Receptor in Vasopressin 1b Neurons Is Not Required for Short-Term Social Memory, Object Memory or Aggression

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.The arginine vasopressin 1b receptor (Avpr1b) plays an important role in social behaviors including aggression, social learning and memory. Genetic removal of Avpr1b from mouse models results in deficits in aggression and short-term social recognition in adults. Avpr1b gene expression is highly enriched in the pyramidal neurons of the hippocampal cornu ammonis 2 (CA2) region. Activity of the hippocampal CA2 has been shown to be required for normal short-term social recognition and aggressive behaviors. Vasopressin acts to enhance synaptic responses of CA2 neurons through a NMDA-receptor dependent mechanism. Genetic removal of the obligatory subunit of the NMDA receptor (Grin1) within distinct hippocampal regions impairs non-social learning and memory. However, the question of a direct role for NMDA receptor activity in Avpr1b neurons to modulate social behavior remains unclear. To answer this question, we first created a novel transgenic mouse line with Cre recombinase knocked into the Avpr1b coding region to genetically target Avpr1b neurons. We confirmed this line has dense Cre expression throughout the dorsal and ventral CA2 regions of the hippocampus, along with scattered expression within the caudate-putamen and olfactory bulb (OB). Conditional removal of the NMDA receptor was achieved by crossing our line to an available floxed Grin1 line. The resulting mice were measured on a battery of social and memory behavioral tests. Surprisingly, we did not observe any differences between Avpr1b-Grin1 knockout mice and their wildtype siblings. We conclude that mice without typical NMDA receptor function in Avpr1b neurons can develop normal aggression as well as short-term social and object memory performance

Ovidio nella riscrittura di Albrecht von Halberstadt

The reworking of Ovid's Metamorphoses by Albrecht von Halberstadt, dating back to the end of the twelfth century, survives only in few Fragments. In this essay, I will analyse Fragment B, which contains tales from Book XI of the Metamorphoses, in order to assess Albrecht's rewriting techniques, and his simplification of both matter and style. Indeed, Albrecht employs the middle style, while his Latin source was written in a rhetorical and elevated style. Albrecht's Fragments will be compared with the Ovidian source and with the Eneit of Heinrich von Veldeke, highlighting the features shared by the two rewritings of classical texts, which were both commissioned by the Landgrave Hermann of Thuringia