In Zac Thompsons Graphic Novel Relay (2018) sendet das scheinbar aufgeklärte galaktische Imperium der Menschheit das Angebot, sich durch die Einpflanzung eines gigantischen Monolithen, der ...homogenisierend auf Kulturen einwirkt, an neu entdeckte Planeten anzuschließen. Planeten, die ablehnen, werden zerstört. Die Konformität, die dieses System erzeugt, schafft oberflächlich betrachtet eine stabile Welt für die, die sich unterwerfen, zum Preis der gewaltsamen Auslöschung derer, die sich der Monokultur verweigern.Der Artikel untersucht Thompsons Text und die ethischen Fragen, die er stellt, aus der Perspektive des Empire nach Michael Hardt und Antonio Negri, Nick Dyer-Witheford, sowie Greig de Peuter, postkolonialer Theorien, wie Phil Ryans Multicultiphobia, und kantianischer Ethik. Dabei wird klar, wie Relay das Konzept des Fortschritts hinterfragt, die Komplexitäten von Identität und Zugehörigkeit, Einheit und universaler Werte auslotet, die Ethik gerechten Regierens und die soziopolitische Balance zwischen Stabilität und Dynamik problematisiert, und schließlich sogar die Stabilität und Autorität von Texten an sich dekonstruiert.
Superheld*innen sind in der Krise: Gut und Böse, Richtig und Falsch sind nach starken sozialen und politischen Umbrüchen längst nicht mehr klar und eindeutig. Für das Genre ein eklatantes Problem. ...Religion und Glaube könnten hier Orientierung bieten, verlieren aber - so der gängige Vorwurf - ihrerseits immer stärker an Bedeutung in einer säkularen Welt. Die Beiträger*innen des Bandes bieten einen ersten Zugang zu diesem Phänomen und kommen zu dem erstaunlichen Befund, dass religiöse Motivik dagegen ungebrochene Hochkonjunktur in der superheroischen Popkultur feiert. Figuren, Themen, Ikonographie, Symbole: Das religiöse Spielfeld des Superheroismus ist mannigfaltig.
The aim of this paper is analyze the novels of Raimundo Moraes: Os Igaraúnas, O mirante do Baixo Amazonas and Ressuscitados, all of them published at the end of the thirties and the beginning of the ...forties. From the textual aspects of those narratives and from some of the author’s essays, the article intends to link those issues with the cultural trend and the politics aspects. That relation makes possible identify not only the picturesque of the region, but also the conflicts among different intellectuals. The plot of the novels and its characters are reflections of the author about intellectual work and the new conditions of the intellectual field.
Fusarium spp. are one of the most widespread mycotoxin-producing fungi in small-grain cereals like wheat. Their rate of infection and production of mycotoxins is mainly influenced by weather and ...pre-harvest agronomic measures. Consequently, farmers' prevention and control of mycotoxins are imperative since it is difficult to remove mycotoxins further down the cereal supply chain. This study aimed to (i) identify which pre-harvest preventive and control measures Dutch wheat farmers currently apply against Fusarium spp. infection and mycotoxin contamination and to (ii) examine which farm and farmer characteristics explain the implementation of these measures. Field data on pre-harvest measures, like the selection of resistant varieties, fungicide use, and crop rotation, along with farm and farmer characteristics were collected from Dutch wheat farmers via an online questionnaire. Probit models were applied to examine farm and farmer characteristics that explain the implementation of pre-harvest measures. Results showed that most farmers applied six or more different measures against Fusarium spp. infection and mycotoxin contamination in wheat and that the use of pre-harvest measures is related to at least one other measure. However, results indicated that about 44% of farmers could become more effective if they implemented a benchmark approach consisting of a combination of fungicide use during flowering, selection of a Fusarium resistant wheat variety, and plowing or crop rotation. Five out of the ten evaluated farm and farmer characteristics significantly (p < 0.05) explained the implementation of at least one of the eight pre-harvest control measures. These five farm and farmer characteristics include wheat as main income crop, the use of a decision support system, the education level of the farmer, the farmer's knowledge about mycotoxins, and the farmer's level of risk aversion. Insight into relevant characteristics can be used by farmer cooperatives, processing industries and government agencies to improve the overall mycotoxin management of wheat farmers.
•Most Dutch wheat farmers used at least six mycotoxin pre-harvest control measures.•The use of pre-harvest control measures was related to at least one other measure.•Fifty-six percent of farmers used an effective set of preventive control measures.•There are opportunities to enhance mycotoxin management by Dutch wheat farmers.•Five farm & farmer characteristics explained the implementation of control measures.
This book considers Sweden’s pandemic management which differed so significantly from much of the rest of the world: it provoked intense and wide-reaching interest, curiosity and criticism. ...Trans-disciplinary Swedish authors from the humanities, life sciences, social sciences, and cultural studiesuse a variety of tools to mine deeper into some of the central elements and dimensions in their country’s pandemic management such as understandings of freedom, the execution of power, denialism, exceptionalism, patriotism, the role of expertise and trust in the national state to give a deeper understanding of Sweden’s decisions, failures, successes, and the lessons to be learned. Aimed at readers with interest in global health and politics it will also be of interest in disciplines such as virology,epidemiology, history, cultural studies, ethics, media studies, medicine and economics. The Open Access version of this book, available at http://www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license.
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