Teresa Wilms Montt: la visceralidad como activismo

És usual assenyalar que el debat sobre les emocions com a part de l’acció política tan sols va passar a formar part del feminisme en els darrers anys. No obstant això, és notòria la referència en la literatura feminista de la primera onada a l’espai de l’íntim en termes de col·lisió d’emocions profundament política que pot ser definida com a «visceralitat». El present treball s’emmarca en un projecte que té com a objectiu final assenyalar la manera en què la transmissió dels afectes va formar part fonamental de la constitució del feminisme. Aquest article s’ocupa d’analitzar la producció de l’escriptora xilena Teresa Wilms Montt, molt particularment de la seua primera obra, Inquietudes sentimentales (1917). No es tracta merament d’argumentar la presència de la dimensió emocional, sinó d’indagar en l’especificitat d’aquest moment de la seua escriptura on la categoria «d’intimitat» es torna central a l’hora d’establir principis feministes. Són les característiques del seu recorregut —on entren en col·lisió les emocions més diverses— i el vincle que estableix en les lluites polítiques del feminisme de tipus anarquista les que obren la possibilitat d’entendre aquesta etapa, donant compte de la constitució d’una geografia afectiva per a l’activisme. Una geografia marcada centralment pel desafiament a «estructures del sentir» patriarcals a través d’intervencions que visibilitzen el paper polític de la visceralitat com acció.It is often said that the debate on emotions as political action has only become an essential part of feminism in the last years. However, in the first wave of feminist literature there are plenty of references to the sphere of the intimate in terms of a deeply political collision of affects which can be characterized in terms of “viscerality”. This paper is part of a project that aims to discuss the ways in which the transmission of affects was crucial for the constitution of feminism. In this context, it analyzes writings by Chilean Teresa Wilms Montt, and particularly her first book Inquietudes sentimentales (1917). Rather than merely note the presence of an emotional dimension, my interest is to delve into this moment of her writing, when “intimacy” became key to establish feminist principles. The main features of her itinerary—in which many emotions collided—and the links established with the political struggle of anarchist feminism, open up a possibility to understand this early stage of activism, through the constitution of an affective geography for activism. A geography framed by a challenge to patriarchal “structures of feeling” by means of interventions that express the political role of the visceral action.Es usual señalar que el debate sobre las emociones como parte de la acción política solo pasó a formar parte del feminismo en los últimos años. Sin embargo, es notoria la referencia en la literatura feminista de la primera ola al espacio de lo íntimo en términos de una colisión de emociones profundamente política que puede ser definida en términos de “visceralidad”. El presente trabajo se enmarca en un proyecto que tiene como objetivo final señalar el modo en que la transmisión de los afectos formó parte fundamental de la constitución del feminismo. Este artículo se ocupa de analizar la producción de la escritora chilena Teresa Wilms Montt, muy particularmente su primera obra, Inquietudes sentimentales (1917). No se trata meramente de argumentar la presencia de la dimensión emocional, sino de indagar en la especificidad de ese momento de su escritura donde la categoría de "intimidad" se torna central a la hora de establecer principios feministas. Son las características de su recorrido —donde entran en colisión las emociones más diversas— y el vínculo que establece con las luchas políticas del feminismo de corte anarquista las que abren la posibilidad de entender esta etapa, dando cuenta de la constitución de una geografía afectiva para el activismo. Una geografía marcada, centralmente por el desafío a “estructuras del sentir” patriarcales a través de intervenciones que sacan a la luz el papel politico de la visceralidad en tanto acción

Senior Recital, Macon Mann, piano

The presentation of this senior recital will fulfill in part the requirements for the Bachelor of Music degree in Jazz Studies. Macon Mann studies piano with Wells Hanley

The Value of Information in Precision Farming

This study examines how the value of information is measured and its role in precision farming. Two types of precision farming are discussed regarding information in use and ways of information collection. Analytical equations have been derived to link the estimation of the value of information to limited parameters available.Farm Management, Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies,

NACA Investigation of a Jet-Propulsion System Applicable to Flight

Following a brief history of the NACA investigation of jet propulsion, a discussion is given of the general investigation and analysis leading to the construction of the jet-propulsion ground-test mock-up. The results of burning experiments and of test measurements designed to allow quantitative flight performance predictions of the system are presented and correlated with calculations. These calculations are then used to determine the performance of the system on the ground and in the air at various speeds and altitudes under various burning conditions. The application of the system to an experimental airplane is described and some performance predictions for this airplane are made

Developing an acceptance test for non-hydrographic airborne bathymetric lidar data application to NOAA charts in shallow waters

Hydrographic data of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration are typically acquired using sonar systems, with a small percent acquired via airborne lidar bathymetry for nearshore areas. This study investigates an integrated approach to meeting NOAA’s hydrographic survey requirements for nearshore areas of NOAA charts using existing U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) National Coastal Mapping Program (NCMP) topographic-bathymetric lidar (TBL) data. Because these existing NCMP bathymetric lidar datasets were not collected to NOAA hydrographic surveying standards, it is unclear if, and under what circumstances, they might aid in meeting certain hydrographic surveying requirements. The NCMP bathymetric lidar data were evaluated through a comparison against NOAA’s hydrographic Services Division (HSD) data derived from acoustic surveys. Key goals included assessing whether NCMP bathymetry can be used to fill in the data gap shoreward of the navigable area limit line (0 to 4 m depth) and if there is potential for applying NCMP TBL data to nearshore areas deeper than 10 m. The study results were used to make recommendations for future use of the data in NOAA. Additionally, this work may allow the development of future operating procedures and workflows using other topographicbathymetric lidar datasets to help update nearshore areas of the NOAA charts

Low-Background gamma counting at the Kimballton Underground Research Facility

The next generation of low-background physics experiments will require the use of materials with unprecedented radio-purity. A gamma-counting facility at the Kimballton Underground Research Facility (KURF) has been commissioned to perform initial screening of materials for radioactivity primarily from nuclides in the 238U and 232Th decay chains, 40K and cosmic-ray induced isotopes. The facility consists of two commercial low-background high purity germanium (HPGe) detectors. A continuum background reduction better than a factor of 10 was achieved by going underground. This paper describes the facility, detector systems, analysis techniques and selected assay results.Comment: 7 pages, 7 figures. Submitted to NIM

Le parasitisme du zébu dans l'Ouest de la République Centrafricaine. I. Parasitisme des veaux de lait

Dans l'Ouest de la République Centrafricaine, les auteurs signalent l'existence, chez les veaux de lait de 0 à 7 mois, de nombreux parasites, seuls ou associés entre eux, appartenant aux espèces suivantes: Neoascaris vitulorum, Strongyloides papillosus, Oesophagostomum (Bosicola) radiatum, Bunostomum phlebotomum, Cooperia punctata et Cooperia pectinata, Haemonchus contortus et diverses Coccidies. Les animaux sont atteints dans la proportion de 76,4 p. 100. Les taux d'infestation et la nature du parasitisme varient en fonction de l'âge et de la saison. La mortalité oscille entre 1 et 20 p. 100, selon les troupeaux et les années. Il s'agit là, pour l'élevage de la République Centrafricaine, d'un problème majeur, à résoudre d'urgenc

Multiaxial Temperature- and Time-Dependent Failure Model

A temperature- and time-dependent mathematical model predicts the conditions for failure of a material subjected to multiaxial stress. The model was initially applied to a filled epoxy below its glass-transition temperature, and is expected to be applicable to other materials, at least below their glass-transition temperatures. The model is justified simply by the fact that it closely approximates the experimentally observed failure behavior of this material: The multiaxiality of the model has been confirmed (see figure) and the model has been shown to be applicable at temperatures from -20 to 115 F (-29 to 46 C) and to predict tensile failures of constant-load and constant-load-rate specimens with failure times ranging from minutes to months.

Mining and Analyzing the Italian Parliament: Party Structure and Evolution

The roll calls of the Italian Parliament in the XVI legislature are studied by employing multidimensional scaling, hierarchical clustering, and network analysis. In order to detect changes in voting behavior, the roll calls have been divided in seven periods of six months each. All the methods employed pointed out an increasing fragmentation of the political parties endorsing the previous government that culminated in its downfall. By using the concept of modularity at different resolution levels, we identify the community structure of Parliament and its evolution in each of the considered time periods. The analysis performed revealed as a valuable tool in detecting trends and drifts of Parliamentarians. It showed its effectiveness at identifying political parties and at providing insights on the temporal evolution of groups and their cohesiveness, without having at disposal any knowledge about political membership of Representatives.Comment: 27 pages, 14 figure