Oralité

Conçu comme une entrée d’encyclopédie historique, cet essai met particulièrement l’accent sur la valeur qualitative de la vocalité, sur le corps comme médium de la voix, sur l’indissociabilité de la parole poétique et du chant, tout autant que du geste. Définie par la performance même, l’oralité y apparaît comme une forme élémentaire de théâtralité. Loin de renvoyer à une oralisation de type archaïque, on prête attention aux techniques de reproduction modernes — disque, bande magnétique, radio, télévision, film… — et à leurs effets de « remédiation » des phénomènes d’oralité. La revendication d’une forte autonomie du fait oral va ici de pair avec l’analyse de ses rapports complexes au monde de l’écrit, tout comme de celle des nouvelles formes d’oralité médiatisée.Conceived as an article for a historical encyclopedia, this essay puts a singular emphasis on the qualitative value of vocality, on the body as a medium for the voice, on the inseparability of gesture, poetical voice and singing. Defined by performance in itself, orality appears here as an elementary form of theatricality. Instead of going back to archaic oralization, the author considers modern technical means of reproduction—audio record, magnetic tape, radio, television, film…—along with their “remediation” of orality phenomena. The demand for a strong oral autonomy leads to an analysis of the complex relationships of orality with the world of the written, as well as with an analysis of new forms of media orality

The Therme Vals

The idea was to create a form of cave or quarry like structure. Working with the natural surroundings the bath rooms lay below a grass roof structure half buried into the hillside. The Therme Vals is built from layer upon layer of locally quarried Valser Quarzite slabs. This stone became the driving inspiration for the design, and is used with great dignity and respect.https://openscholarship.wustl.edu/bcs/1261/thumbnail.jp

Kunsthaus Bregenz

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Thermal Vals for Hotel Thermal Vals in Graubhunden Canton, Switzerland

Material of interest: Stone Material used: Valser quartzite slab Properties of material: Locally quarried Valser quartzite slabs are used on the exterior walls of the building. these slabs create thermal mass for the structure as well as enhancing the aesthetic appeal of the building.https://openscholarship.wustl.edu/bcs/1113/thumbnail.jp

Vals Thermal Baths

Material of interest: Valser Quartzrite. Properties of material: This stone unique to the area has an unique blend of quartz and feldspar crystals giving it a green hue.https://openscholarship.wustl.edu/bcs/1108/thumbnail.jp

Morphological and molecular characterization of a new mycobacterium avium Subsp. paratuberculosis S-type strain Genotype in goats

Paratuberculosis is a chronic bacterial disease of global importance mainly in domestic and wild ruminants, caused by Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis (MAP). In goats, paratuberculosis is mostly caused by the "C-type" (cattle) and in a few cases by the "S-type" (sheep) strain of MAP. In 2017, a caprine S-type III isolate with a new VNTR profile was identified in a Swiss alpine region. In 2018, new caprine isolates with the same novel VNTR profile originating from a farm of a close by neighboring valley were analyzed. Here we report on this MAP S-type III outbreak in a Swiss dairy goat farm in which we investigated the pathological changes, distribution and genotype of MAP tissue homogenates. Full necropsy and histological examination were undertaken on two female adult goats with a history of weight loss and intermitting diarrhea. Routine and special stains were applied to characterize the morphological changes. DNA was extracted from 33 different tissue samples and tested for MAP by qPCR targeting IS900 and F57. Subtyping was performed, using the variable number tandem repeats (VNTR) and mycobacterial interspersed repetitive units (MIRU) approach. The goats showed moderate to marked emaciation and displayed typical clinical features of paratuberculosis. A moderate granulomatous enteritis and regional lymphadenitis with a small to moderate number of acid-fast bacteria within macrophages was detected. MAP detection was mainly restricted to the gastrointestinal tract, mesenteric and hepatic lymph nodes. Subtyping the S-type isolates using a panel of eight established MIRU-VNTR loci identified a new genotype, INMV 218