Intimate Interactions. Intersektionale Dynamiken als künstlerische Strategie in den Performances von Steven Cohen und IngridMwangiRobertHutter

Intersectional approaches in recent feminist theory seek to analyse specific problems of discrimination on the basis of relations between individuals and societal structures. In their performances Steven Cohen and IngridMwangiRobertHutter experiment artistically with possibilities of transgressive identification that are set into arranged interactions with varying audiences. Therefore, their work not only negotiates intersectionality in terms of oppressive structures but also and most notably describes relational and polyphonic dynamics that generate agency and identity within societal frameworks. The essay explores how the artists deal with categories like ethnicity, class, gender and sexuality. Moreover, it examines how norms are subverted or rather alternatively configured through specific situational contexts. Through making visible the interplay between individual modes of expression the artists offer and respective reactions in public space Cohen and MwangiHutter thematise exactly the characterization of the subject as incomplete and negotiable that permanently challenges an intersectional research perspective.Die intersektionalen Ansätze in der neueren feministischen Theorie nehmen vor allem die Analyse spezifischer Probleme von Diskriminierung in den Blick, die das Beziehungsgeflecht zwischen Individuum und gesellschaftlichen Strukturen befragen. In ihren Performances experimentieren Steven Cohen und IngridMwangiRobertHutter mit transgressiven Identifikationsmöglichkeiten, die sich in künstlerisch arrangierten Interaktionen mit unterschiedlichem Publikum abspielen. Ihre Arbeiten verhandeln Intersektionalität also nicht nur im Bezug auf diskriminierende Strukturen, sondern beschreiben auch und vornehmlich die relationalen und multiperspektivischen Dynamiken, die Handlungsoptionen und Identität in soziokulturellen Bezugssystemen generieren. Im vorliegenden Essay wird untersucht, wie die Künstler bzw. Künstlerinnen mit Kategorien von Ethnizität, Klasse, Gender und Sexualität umgehen und wie schließlich die ihnen inhärenten Normen unterlaufen bzw. mehr noch durch bestimmte situative Kontexte alternativ konfiguriert werden. Durch das Sichtbarmachen der Wechselwirkungen zwischen individuellen Ausdrucksformen, die die Künstler bzw. Künstlerinnen anbieten, und entsprechenden Reaktionen im öffentlichen Raum wird genau jene Unvollständigkeit jeder Subjektbeschreibung thematisiert, die in der intersektionalen Forschung den Stoff für Kritik an und die permanente Erweiterung der Forschungsperspektive liefert.

Intimate Interactions : Intersektionale Dynamiken als künstlerische Strategie in den Performances von Steven Cohen und IngridMwangiRobertHutter

Intersectional approaches in recent feminist theory seek to analyse specific problems of discrimination on the basis of relations between individuals and societal structures. In their performances Steven Cohen and IngridMwangiRobertHutter experiment artistically with possibilities of transgressive identification that are set into arranged interactions with varying audiences. Therefore, their work not only negotiates intersectionality in terms of oppressive structures but also and most notably describes relational and polyphonic dynamics that generate agency and identity within societal frameworks. The essay explores how the artists deal with categories like ethnicity, class, gender and sexuality. Moreover, it examines how norms are subverted or rather alternatively configured through specific situational contexts. Through making visible the interplay between individual modes of expression the artists offer and respective reactions in public space Cohen and MwangiHutter thematise exactly the characterization of the subject as incomplete and negotiable that permanently challenges an intersectional research perspective. Die intersektionalen Ansätze in der neueren feministischen Theorie nehmen vor allem die Analyse spezifischer Probleme von Diskriminierung in den Blick, die das Beziehungsgeflecht zwischen Individuum und gesellschaftlichen Strukturen befragen. In ihren Performances experimentieren Steven Cohen und IngridMwangiRobertHutter mit transgressiven Identifikationsmöglichkeiten, die sich in künstlerisch arrangierten Interaktionen mit unterschiedlichem Publikum abspielen. Ihre Arbeiten verhandeln Intersektionalität also nicht nur im Bezug auf diskriminierende Strukturen, sondern beschreiben auch und vornehmlich die relationalen und multiperspektivischen Dynamiken, die Handlungsoptionen und Identität in soziokulturellen Bezugssystemen generieren. Im vorliegenden Essay wird untersucht, wie die Künstler bzw. Künstlerinnen mit Kategorien von Ethnizität, Klasse, Gender und Sexualität umgehen und wie schließlich die ihnen inhärenten Normen unterlaufen bzw. mehr noch durch bestimmte situative Kontexte alternativ konfiguriert werden. Durch das Sichtbarmachen der Wechselwirkungen zwischen individuellen Ausdrucksformen, die die Künstler bzw. Künstlerinnen anbieten, und entsprechenden Reaktionen im öffentlichen Raum wird genau jene Unvollständigkeit jeder Subjektbeschreibung thematisiert, die in der intersektionalen Forschung den Stoff für Kritik an und die permanente Erweiterung der Forschungsperspektive liefert

M+D: conceptual guidelines for compiling a materials library

This article proposes to present a study conducted by the Raw Materials research group, the results of which comprise the conceptual guidelines for compiling an M+D material library. The study includes the topic, materials and design taking the impact of the changes that came into being in the post industrial era on project methodologies and the search for information regarding materials. Taking into account the importance and complexity that these relationships have taken on currently, we have studied the issue of materials based on Manzini (1983) and Ashby and Johnson (2002). Afterward different databases and materials libraries located in the Brazil, the United States, France and Italy geared toward design professionals and students were analyzed to understand what information and means of access to them were available. The project methodologies were approached based on Löbach (1991), Bürdeck (1994), Schulmann (1994), Baxter (1998), Dantas (1998 and 2005) and Papanek (1995 and 2000). This study sought to identify the key elements of the role of materials in the project process today, to serve as a parameter for the analysis of the models studied. A comparative analysis of the models investigated enabled identification of positive and negative aspects to adapt to the needs previously mentioned and identify conceptual guidelines for compiling a collection of materials for use in design projects. Keywords: Design, Materials, Project Methodology, Library</p

Die "Natur der Subjekte": Subjektivierungsprozesse im Tanz

"Der Körper und damit auch körperlich-sinnliche Erfahrungen und Bewegungen sind wesentliche Elemente zur Konstitution von Subjektivität. Der Vortrag möchte im Rahmen der Sektionssitzung empirische Forschungsergebnisse aus dem DFG-Projekt 'Trans/nationale Identität und körperlich-sinnliche Erfahrung' zu den Subjektivierungspraktiken und -inszenierungen in den beiden Tanzszenen Tango und Salsa vorstellen und deren theoretischen Bezug zu gouvernementalen, biopolitischen und medialen Diskursen problematisieren. Die Ausgangsthese ist, dass die Tanzpraktiken der Tango- und der Salsakultur die neoliberalen Anforderungen an ein bewegliches, flexibles Subjekt in den Zeiten von Individualisierung hervorbringen und erfahrbar machen und zugleich eine Naturalisierung von Körper, Geschlecht und Ethnie (re)produzieren. Die beiden 'lateinamerikanischen' Tanzpraktiken werden über Ursprungsmythen essentialisiert und als 'natürliche' Bewegungspraktiken einer vermeintlich entfremdeten, westlichen Körpererfahrung entgegengesetzt. Anhand des empirischen Materials sollen die Ergebnisse des Forschungsprojektes veranschaulicht und zur Diskussion gestellt werden." (Autorenreferat

Savouring morality:moral satisfaction renders food of ethical origin subjectively tastier

Past research has shown that the experience of taste can be influenced by a range of external cues, especially when they concern food's quality. The present research examined whether food's ethicality – a cue typically unrelated to quality – can also influence taste. We hypothesised that moral satisfaction with the consumption of ethical food would positively influence taste expectations, which in turn will enhance the actual taste experience. This enhanced taste experience was further hypothesised to act as a possible reward mechanism reinforcing the purchase of ethical food. The resulting ethical food-&gt; moral satisfaction-&gt; enhanced taste expectations and experience-&gt; stronger intentions to buy/willingness to pay model was validated across four studies: one large scale international survey (Study 1) and three experimental studies involving actual food consumption of different type of ethical origin - organic (Study 2), fair trade (Study 3a) and locally produced (Study 3b). Furthermore, endorsement of values relevant to the food's ethical origin moderated the effect of food's origin on moral satisfaction, suggesting that the model is primarily supported for people who endorse these values

Integrated patient-to-room and nurse-to-patient assignment in hospital wards

Assigning patients to rooms and nurses to patients are critical tasks within hospitals that directly affect patient and staff satisfaction, quality of care, and hospital efficiency. Both patient-to-room assignments and nurse-to-patient assignments are typically agreed upon at the ward level, and they interact in several ways such as jointly determining the walking distances nurses must cover between different patient rooms. This motivates to consider both problems jointly in an integrated fashion. This paper presents the first optimization models and algorithms for the integrated patient-to-room and nurse-to-patient assignment problem. We provide a mixed integer programming formulation of the integrated problem that considers the typical objectives from the single problems as well as additional objectives that can only be properly evaluated when integrating both problems. Moreover, motivated by the inherent complexity that results from integrating these two NP-hard and already computationally challenging problems, we devise an efficient heuristic for the integrated patient-to-room and nurse-to-patient assignment problem. To evaluate the running time and quality of the solution obtained with the heuristic, we conduct extensive computational experiments on both artificial and real-world instances. The artificial instances are generated by a parameterized instance generator for the integrated problem that is made freely available

Metabolisable energy intake and growth of privately owned growing dogs in comparison with official recommendations on the growth curve and energy supply

The correct assumption of metabolisable energy (ME) requirement is essential for the nutrition consultation and diet formulation. In young dogs, too high energy supply can accelerate growth and thus lead to developmental orthopaedic diseases. The aim of the present study was to collect the data on ME intake and body weight (BW) development in privately owned growing dogs in order to compare these data with the current recommendations. Our hypothesis was that the actual ME intake of healthy young dogs would be lower than the actual recommendation. The data of 493 privately owned puppies (median age at first consultation 21 weeks, the median expected mature BW 30 kg) on ME intake, actual and expected mature BW were collected and compared with recommendations of the Society of Nutrition Physiology (GfE, Meyer and Zentek and NRC). In 243 dogs, there was a follow‐up. The actual BW did not deviate systematically from the calculated expected BW (R2 = .929). The ME intake significantly decreased with age (p .05). Sex had no effect on the ME intake (p > .05). The ME intake of young dogs with a history of skeletal problems or of food allergy did not differ systematically from healthy dogs of similar age and expected mature BW. The ME intake was considerably below NRC recommendations, especially in younger puppies (>8–17 weeks: 78%, >17–26 weeks: 83% of NRC recommendation). A predictive linear equation for ME intake was developed: ME intake (MJ) = (1.063 − 0.565 × [actual BW/expected mature BW]) × actual BW0.75

Seeing the Whole Picture. Towards a Multi-perspective Approach to News Content Diversity based on Liberal and Deliberative Models of Democracy

By providing diverse news content, news media are key for a well-functioning public sphere. However, agreement on how to measure news content diversity is lacking. Research often refers to democratic theory as normative reference point, but different models of democracy understand news content diversity differently. Our study makes a unique, innovative contribution to this field: (1) We develop a methodological framework for measuring news content diversity, that is a set of comprehensive measuring instruments that derive different operationalizations of topic and actor diversity each from liberal and deliberative democratic theories. (2) Considering that a good public discourse requires more than diversity, we analyze news content diversity in the context of four other journalistic standards: neutrality, rationality, discursivity, and civility. (3) We prove the applicability of our measuring instruments by means of a standardized content analysis of six German news media as a case study. The different quality profiles of these outlets our analysis reveals are explained by their different functions in the media system. Our study shows how important a multi-perspectival normative approach to news content diversity is, both empirically and theoretically. Future studies on news content diversity should make their normative foundations transparent and derive their indicators purposefully therefrom