This roundtable discussion brings together four prominent scholars from equine studies (Susanna F... more This roundtable discussion brings together four prominent scholars from equine studies (Susanna Forrest, Richard Nash, Karen Raber, and Jeannette Vaught) to discuss how we have historically shaped the equine body (and mind) when we breed and train horses, and how taking this history into account might allow us to imagine new ways of living with horses. Three core concerns are addressed from multidisciplinary perspectives: How do human representations, desires, and fantasies inform our interactions with horses? How have equine bodies and minds been shaped by us over time? How do the stories we tell ourselves about equine bodies in turn shape how we relate to horses—and how might we do this differently?
We invite innovative works that situate these topics within contemporary culture via a variety of... more We invite innovative works that situate these topics within contemporary culture via a variety of critical approaches. Ideally, we seek papers that combine approaches, or at the very least draw upon research in other disciplines to contextualize their arguments. As much as possible, we seek papers that acknowledge and seek to advance a more-than-human conception of aesthetics, culture, and society.
(Skype) Question 1: Your work focuses on a range of domesticated animals-including dogs, horses, ... more (Skype) Question 1: Your work focuses on a range of domesticated animals-including dogs, horses, cattle, and chickens. Was the focus of your scholarship influenced by your personal affections or practical interactions with a particular breed or species? What difference did that make to your scholarship and politics?
The following paper is based on twelve years' participant observation spent living as a member of... more The following paper is based on twelve years' participant observation spent living as a member of a traditional farming community in rural Ceredigion, West Wales, UK. This period of fieldwork has been supplemented with in-depth interviews with several informants who are not only Welsh but more importantly, "Cardi Bois" ii , for whom the breeding of Welsh cobs (an autochthonous breed of horse endemic to this part of Wales) is central to their sense of self. Bois y cobs is the title of a painting by local artist Aneurin Jones iii. Aneurin was renowned for his ability to capture the essence of the traditional way of life in rural Ceredigion. As one informant explained; "Well, he's very Welsh. He portrays the local country way of life very, very well. The way people talk and stand and socialise-especially the way they socialise around the Welsh cob". The Welsh ponies (Sections A and B) and cobs (Sections C, D and E) originated in Ceredigion (Hoyles 2002, 5; Wynne-Davies 2001), and the area remains a stronghold for the breed, with the Welsh Pony and Cob Society (WPCS) and over 100 studs dedicated to the different sections and Welsh part-breds located in the countyiv. Consequently, there exists a synonymy between Welsh (or local rural) identity and Welsh ponies and cobs for many of my informants (cf. Gray 2002). This raises an important issue in terms of existing studies of Welsh culture. Indeed, of the anthropologists who have conducted research in Wales, for
Nested genes are common in the genomes of higher eukaryotes. Previous studies suggest that transc... more Nested genes are common in the genomes of higher eukaryotes. Previous studies suggest that transcriptional interference during transcription initiation, elongation, and RNA splicing influence the evolution of Drosophila nested genes. However, the role of transcriptional interference in the evolution of mammalian nested genes is less clear. In this thesis, we use RNA-seq data from 27 human and 19 mouse tissues to compare the expression profiles between mammalian nested gene pairs to those between proximal, distant, and inter-chromosomal gene pairs. We find that expression differences are largest between nested genes, supporting the hypothesis that concurrent expression of nested genes is often deleterious due to interference during transcription initiation and elongation. Subsequent analysis of same-strand nested genes reveals an overrepresentation of intronless internal nested genes, and uncovers a positive nonlinear correlation between the number of splice sites in internal nested genes and the distance between external and internal nested gene splice sites, suggesting that mammalian nested gene evolution is also driven by transcriptional interference during RNA splicing. Together, our findings indicate that strong selective pressures are placed on newly formed nested genes to mitigate the effects of at least three types of transcriptional interference.
In lieu of an abstract, here is an excerpt from this article: The problem of rendering difficult ... more In lieu of an abstract, here is an excerpt from this article: The problem of rendering difficult history accessible to children is significant, Dieter Petzold suggests, insofar as it requires both that we acknowledge the embarrassments of social injustice and racism and that we communicate them to an audience “whose innocence (many people feel) needs to be protected” (189). In what follows, I will suggest that the problem of rendering the complex effects of historical injustice legible to young readers in a multicultural present offers equally notable challenges. My focus here is a recent attempt to articulate multicultural values in children’s literature: Royal Ransom , a contemporary young adult novel by Canadian author Eric Walters.
Despite the multicultural nature of the American society, as it embraces multiple ethnic groups, ... more Despite the multicultural nature of the American society, as it embraces multiple ethnic groups, it hides a long history of alienation, displacement as well as psychological deprivation of ethnic Americans. Therefore, ethnic American literature is characterized by a resistance of racial discrimination practiced against ethnic minorities such as African-Americans and Mexican-Americans. This study aims to examine August Wilson's Joe Turner's Come and Gone (1984) and Luis Valdez's Zoot Suit (1979) to highlight the oppression and marginalization of African-Americans and Hispanics in the American society. These issues will be approached from the theoretical perspective of critical race theory. The theory is used to investigate how Wilson and Valdez explore the dilemma of dual cultural identity of ethnic minorities in the diasporic American society.
Until fairly recently, literary scholarship often relegated the theme of cannibalism to the margi... more Until fairly recently, literary scholarship often relegated the theme of cannibalism to the margins of critical discussion, dismissing anthropophagic representations as the concern of particular authors or periods. With the publication of Maggie Kilgour’s seminal study of cannibalism in literature, however, scholars have begun to reconsider the complex history of representations of the cannibal. Now, rather than relating cannibalism to contemporary events or a particular period’s interest in sensationalizing its others, critics have begun to rethink how representations of cannibalism help us to produce, contest, and negotiate our identity as subjects. The wide variety of critical work now being done on cannibals and literature indeed owes much to Kilgour’s argument in From Communion to Cannibalism, which takes as its starting point the binary definition of self and other that underpins most representations of cannibalism. As Kilgour points out, the notion of incorporation central to...
health sciences, history THE CANADIAN HISTORICAL REVIEW utpjournals.press/chr Offering a comprehe... more health sciences, history THE CANADIAN HISTORICAL REVIEW utpjournals.press/chr Offering a comprehensive analysis on the events that have shaped Canada, CHR publishes articles that examine Canadian history from both a multicultural and multidisciplinary perspective.
The emergence of limited liabilityover the course of the nineteenth century was marked by intense... more The emergence of limited liabilityover the course of the nineteenth century was marked by intense and sustained feelings of anxiety. Victorians debated it in Parliament and in the periodical press, anatomized its evils in fiction and drama, and theorized its merits and pitfalls in the nascent discipline of economics. Formalized at mid-century through a series of acts that collectively instituted what Paul Johnson describes as “companification” – “the substitution of an impersonal corporate legal entity for the sole proprietorship or partnership” – limited liability was the means by which a corporation was constituted as a legal individual in order to restrict the responsibility of a company's owners for its debts (106). Early response to the practice was tentative: though hailed by some as a means of promoting economic growth, limited liability also inspired fear among the public, for whom it seemed a threat both to moral character and to responsible social behaviour. Wary that ...
This roundtable discussion brings together four prominent scholars from equine studies (Susanna F... more This roundtable discussion brings together four prominent scholars from equine studies (Susanna Forrest, Richard Nash, Karen Raber, and Jeannette Vaught) to discuss how we have historically shaped the equine body (and mind) when we breed and train horses, and how taking this history into account might allow us to imagine new ways of living with horses. Three core concerns are addressed from multidisciplinary perspectives: How do human representations, desires, and fantasies inform our interactions with horses? How have equine bodies and minds been shaped by us over time? How do the stories we tell ourselves about equine bodies in turn shape how we relate to horses—and how might we do this differently?
We invite innovative works that situate these topics within contemporary culture via a variety of... more We invite innovative works that situate these topics within contemporary culture via a variety of critical approaches. Ideally, we seek papers that combine approaches, or at the very least draw upon research in other disciplines to contextualize their arguments. As much as possible, we seek papers that acknowledge and seek to advance a more-than-human conception of aesthetics, culture, and society.
(Skype) Question 1: Your work focuses on a range of domesticated animals-including dogs, horses, ... more (Skype) Question 1: Your work focuses on a range of domesticated animals-including dogs, horses, cattle, and chickens. Was the focus of your scholarship influenced by your personal affections or practical interactions with a particular breed or species? What difference did that make to your scholarship and politics?
The following paper is based on twelve years' participant observation spent living as a member of... more The following paper is based on twelve years' participant observation spent living as a member of a traditional farming community in rural Ceredigion, West Wales, UK. This period of fieldwork has been supplemented with in-depth interviews with several informants who are not only Welsh but more importantly, "Cardi Bois" ii , for whom the breeding of Welsh cobs (an autochthonous breed of horse endemic to this part of Wales) is central to their sense of self. Bois y cobs is the title of a painting by local artist Aneurin Jones iii. Aneurin was renowned for his ability to capture the essence of the traditional way of life in rural Ceredigion. As one informant explained; "Well, he's very Welsh. He portrays the local country way of life very, very well. The way people talk and stand and socialise-especially the way they socialise around the Welsh cob". The Welsh ponies (Sections A and B) and cobs (Sections C, D and E) originated in Ceredigion (Hoyles 2002, 5; Wynne-Davies 2001), and the area remains a stronghold for the breed, with the Welsh Pony and Cob Society (WPCS) and over 100 studs dedicated to the different sections and Welsh part-breds located in the countyiv. Consequently, there exists a synonymy between Welsh (or local rural) identity and Welsh ponies and cobs for many of my informants (cf. Gray 2002). This raises an important issue in terms of existing studies of Welsh culture. Indeed, of the anthropologists who have conducted research in Wales, for
Nested genes are common in the genomes of higher eukaryotes. Previous studies suggest that transc... more Nested genes are common in the genomes of higher eukaryotes. Previous studies suggest that transcriptional interference during transcription initiation, elongation, and RNA splicing influence the evolution of Drosophila nested genes. However, the role of transcriptional interference in the evolution of mammalian nested genes is less clear. In this thesis, we use RNA-seq data from 27 human and 19 mouse tissues to compare the expression profiles between mammalian nested gene pairs to those between proximal, distant, and inter-chromosomal gene pairs. We find that expression differences are largest between nested genes, supporting the hypothesis that concurrent expression of nested genes is often deleterious due to interference during transcription initiation and elongation. Subsequent analysis of same-strand nested genes reveals an overrepresentation of intronless internal nested genes, and uncovers a positive nonlinear correlation between the number of splice sites in internal nested genes and the distance between external and internal nested gene splice sites, suggesting that mammalian nested gene evolution is also driven by transcriptional interference during RNA splicing. Together, our findings indicate that strong selective pressures are placed on newly formed nested genes to mitigate the effects of at least three types of transcriptional interference.
In lieu of an abstract, here is an excerpt from this article: The problem of rendering difficult ... more In lieu of an abstract, here is an excerpt from this article: The problem of rendering difficult history accessible to children is significant, Dieter Petzold suggests, insofar as it requires both that we acknowledge the embarrassments of social injustice and racism and that we communicate them to an audience “whose innocence (many people feel) needs to be protected” (189). In what follows, I will suggest that the problem of rendering the complex effects of historical injustice legible to young readers in a multicultural present offers equally notable challenges. My focus here is a recent attempt to articulate multicultural values in children’s literature: Royal Ransom , a contemporary young adult novel by Canadian author Eric Walters.
Despite the multicultural nature of the American society, as it embraces multiple ethnic groups, ... more Despite the multicultural nature of the American society, as it embraces multiple ethnic groups, it hides a long history of alienation, displacement as well as psychological deprivation of ethnic Americans. Therefore, ethnic American literature is characterized by a resistance of racial discrimination practiced against ethnic minorities such as African-Americans and Mexican-Americans. This study aims to examine August Wilson's Joe Turner's Come and Gone (1984) and Luis Valdez's Zoot Suit (1979) to highlight the oppression and marginalization of African-Americans and Hispanics in the American society. These issues will be approached from the theoretical perspective of critical race theory. The theory is used to investigate how Wilson and Valdez explore the dilemma of dual cultural identity of ethnic minorities in the diasporic American society.
Until fairly recently, literary scholarship often relegated the theme of cannibalism to the margi... more Until fairly recently, literary scholarship often relegated the theme of cannibalism to the margins of critical discussion, dismissing anthropophagic representations as the concern of particular authors or periods. With the publication of Maggie Kilgour’s seminal study of cannibalism in literature, however, scholars have begun to reconsider the complex history of representations of the cannibal. Now, rather than relating cannibalism to contemporary events or a particular period’s interest in sensationalizing its others, critics have begun to rethink how representations of cannibalism help us to produce, contest, and negotiate our identity as subjects. The wide variety of critical work now being done on cannibals and literature indeed owes much to Kilgour’s argument in From Communion to Cannibalism, which takes as its starting point the binary definition of self and other that underpins most representations of cannibalism. As Kilgour points out, the notion of incorporation central to...
health sciences, history THE CANADIAN HISTORICAL REVIEW utpjournals.press/chr Offering a comprehe... more health sciences, history THE CANADIAN HISTORICAL REVIEW utpjournals.press/chr Offering a comprehensive analysis on the events that have shaped Canada, CHR publishes articles that examine Canadian history from both a multicultural and multidisciplinary perspective.
The emergence of limited liabilityover the course of the nineteenth century was marked by intense... more The emergence of limited liabilityover the course of the nineteenth century was marked by intense and sustained feelings of anxiety. Victorians debated it in Parliament and in the periodical press, anatomized its evils in fiction and drama, and theorized its merits and pitfalls in the nascent discipline of economics. Formalized at mid-century through a series of acts that collectively instituted what Paul Johnson describes as “companification” – “the substitution of an impersonal corporate legal entity for the sole proprietorship or partnership” – limited liability was the means by which a corporation was constituted as a legal individual in order to restrict the responsibility of a company's owners for its debts (106). Early response to the practice was tentative: though hailed by some as a means of promoting economic growth, limited liability also inspired fear among the public, for whom it seemed a threat both to moral character and to responsible social behaviour. Wary that ...
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