Uniforms for Utopia: Exploring Dress as an Embodied Practice Through the Expanded Archives of the Kindred of the Kibbo Kift

This exhibition uses the materials of the Kindred of the Kibbo Kift as an entry point for considering methods of display of clothing that recognize dress as an embodied practice. A youth movement founded in 1920, the Kibbo Kift employed dress as part of their mission to design a new world. Understanding that the members of the Kibbo Kift saw their bodies as important sites for engaging in their utopian beliefs, the exhibition generates new interpretations of clothing display that minimizes the temporal and experiential distance between the historicized wearer and the contemporary visitor. Rather than present the archival materials of the Kindred of the Kibbo Kift in a way that further historicizes the group, Uniforms for Utopia proposes an expansion of the Kibbo Kift’s archive by incorporating a contemporary response to their garments. These contemporary responses are achieved in two ways: by inviting participants in the exhibition to engage with the reconstructions of the garments, and by including reinterpretations of the garments made by two invited artists: nènè myriam konaté and Sonia Prancho

Zika Virus from a Neonatologist’s Perspective

Zika virus has been known for more than half a century. Its clinical significance was just recently discovered, after the epidemic of Zika virus emerged in South and Central America. A task force established in 2015 by the Brazil Ministry of Health investigated the possible association between congenital Zika infection and microcephaly in fetuses and newborns. Since then more and more evidence emerged, supporting this hypothesis. The objective of this article is to review and summarize the currently available literature regarding Zika virus from a neonatologist’s standpoint and provide some guidance to medical providers who may have to care for potentially exposed pregnant patients and their newborns