La « frénésie de traduire ». Traduction et politique chez Einaudi by Perle Abbrugiati, Daniela Vitagliano

“…Translation strategy appears to be a good indicator of Einaudi’s editorial history and of its role as a cultural operator. We draw the main lines and focus on a few specific cases to show its stakes: translation appears eminently linked to civic engagement.…”
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Making Sense of the Yoruba Littoral by Ayodeji Olukoju

“…Drawing on the work by Michael Pearson, the article argues that the Yoruba littoral is by no means a monolithic community in cultural, religious and economic terms. It points out that while most Yoruba define themselves in relation to fixed settlements in the hinterland, the littoral is defined by high mobility and flexibility that stretch far beyond the boundaries associated, in the widest sense, with the Yoruba. …”
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Cosmopolitisme au pluriel by Alessandra Siqueira Barreto, Rogéria Campos de Almeida Dutra

“…This article considers the question of cosmopolitanism in the contemporary world, stressing the anthropological perspective and situating forms and practices of coexistence relations between people from different backgrounds through the cultural and political mediation developed by a Brazilian religious leader on European soil. …”
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Olympe Audouard dans l’univers de la presse, (France, 1860-1890) by Isabelle Ernot

“…Sources that come from the daily press and from literary and cultural periodicals show the reactions of this professional milieu to a woman’s ambitions. …”
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Piero Calamandrei et la Constitution de 1948 : Calamandrei le juriste contre Piero l’intellectuel by Frédéric Attal

“…He founded and directed a political and cultural monthly magazine, still alive, Il Ponte, which was committed in the Fifties in the rank of the non-communist, non Marxist and neutralist Left wing. …”
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Weed Control for Ornamentals Inside Greenhouses and Other Enclosed Structures by Chris Marble, Jeremy Pickens

“…This 5-page fact sheet describes both chemical methods of controlling weeds, but also non-chemical methods, such as sanitation and prevention, hand weeding, and cultural control practices. Written by Chris Marble and Jeremy Pickens, and published by the Environmental Horticulture Department, November 2015. …”
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Contributors to this edition by Ronit Frenkel

“…Ronit Frenkel, as the incoming editor, plans on maintaining the pan-African scope of the journal while increasing its coverage into fields such as books, art, literature and popular cultures. The Thinker is a ‘hybrid’ journal, publishing both journalistic pieces with more academic articles and contributors can now opt to have their submissions peer reviewed. …”
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Internet: A Homeland in Common by M. Tayfun Gülle

“…Departing from the argument that people, societies, regions and countries can freely exhibit their different cultural and social structures through the internet, which will lead to the proliferation of tolerance among world people, the Editorial emphasizes that there is a need for a legal regulation to punish the real violators instead of disciplining this cyber world which has turned into a “homeland in common.”…”
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Samogitia and Lithuania in 13-18th Centuries: the Splendour and the Poverty of Regional (Provincial) Self-Goveming by Eugenijus Saviščevas

“…In the course of this period, Samogitia experienced different patterns of relationship towards Lithuania: hostile western cultural pressure in the Middle Ages; legitimate agreement on the part of Samogitians with the Lithuanian monarchy which provided for the autonomy of Samogitia in 15-16 c.; the merge of Samogitian nobles with the nobility of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania at the end of the 16 c. to 18 c. …”
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Le personnel est encore politique by Claude Chastagner

“…In recent years, young artists on both sides of the border have been inflecting this poetic tradition with more intimate songs, approaching topics such as family, love, and even school, in a stimulating language, characterized by cultural code-switching. The songs of the Las Vegas-based group T3R Elemento will allow us to observe whether these new aesthetic approaches still constitute a form of protest and resistance. …”
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La santé en danse contemporaine : un itinéraire en zone trouble by Sylvie Trudelle, Sylvie Fortin, Geneviève Rail

“…While dance medicine has contributed greatly to the development of knowledge on the functionality of dancers’ bodies, the present article rather focuses on the socio-cultural issues at stake in the contemporary dance milieu and that can potentially influence health discourses and practices in dance. …”
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The funerary and architectural history of an ancient Maya residential group: Group 5N6, Naachtun, Guatemala by Hemmamuthé Goudiaby, Philippe Nondédéo

“…The majority of ancient Maya funerary contexts, at least those reported by archaeology, are residential in nature. This cultural specificity, while it renders the excavation process more complex, establishes a link between the grave and the surrounding buildings. …”
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Contributors to this edition by Ronit Frenkel

“…Ronit Frenkel, as the incoming editor, plans on maintaining the pan-African scope of the journal while increasing its coverage into fields such as books, art, literature and popular cultures. The Thinker is a ‘hybrid’ journal, publishing both journalistic pieces with more academic articles and contributors can now opt to have their submissions peer reviewed. …”
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Il Palio di San Michele di Bastia (Umbria): un nuovo modello festivo by Fiorella Giacalone

“…Bastia is not a major city, it is not a destination for cultural tourism, but the Palio represents in an exemplary way as a festival can "create" a community, a place of gathering of young and adolescents. …”
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Lucio Gambi et le concept de paysage by Chiara Santini

“…Major intellectual personality, he aimed to develop a productive criticism of sense and contents of Geography, its role inside the University, its capacity to take part to the Italian and European cultural debate and to overcome the distinction between science and society. …”
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Miradas sobre lo "queer": Cine y representación by Gerónimo Iván García Calderón

“…Por otro lado, se exploran los márgenes de cómo está constituida la visión cinematográfica comercial, para evidenciar que el llamado “cinema queer” no es más que la reproducción de una cierta idea de homosexualidad impuesta y distribuida en nuestra cultura por la industria cultural hegemónica estadounidense.…”
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Cognitive Behavioral Psychotherapies: History and Development by M. Hakan Türkçapar, A. Emre Sargın

“…Apart from its historical and cultural roots, cognitive approach integrated with behaviorism which applied scientific method in human psychology for the first time, and also implemented the scientific method in the cognitive field. …”
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Les réseaux des académies et des écoles d’art en Europe méridionale (1740-1820) : projet et perspectives de recherche by Émilie Roffidal

“…This study intends to specify the roles of these institutions in the transmission of knowledges and in the dissamination of a «good taste» that must soak manufactured goods and, in this way, participate to a better prehension of the cultural and economic history of Europe around 1800.…”
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Cooling and Sterile Inflammation in an Oxygen-Glucose-Deprivation/Reperfusion Injury Model in BV-2 Microglia by Jana Lücht, Nele Rolfs, Sylvia J. Wowro, Felix Berger, Katharina R. L. Schmitt, Giang Tong

“…DAMPs including HMGB-1, HSP70, and CIRBP could be detected in cultured supernatants after 6 h of OGD with CIRBP release being significantly attenuated by cooling. …”
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Impactos ambientales en la ciudad de Manaus: una búsqueda de comprensión Ambient impacts in the city of Manaus: an understanding search by Eveline Maria Damasceno do Nascimento, Iraildes Caldas Torres

“…Se tornó fundamental percibir y articular la investigación en las dimensiones políticas, cultural y social y educativa que componen la visión del mundo de los habitantes de la ciudad. …”
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