Éditeur(s) : HAL CCSD
Résumé : International audience
STUDY QUESTION: Do freezing and in vitro culture procedures enhance the expression of proteins involved in apoptotic or autophagic pathways in murine pre-pubertal testicular tissue? SUMMARY ANSWER: IVM strongly modified apoptosis- and autophagy-related relative protein levels in mice testicular tissue whereas the impact of cryopreservation procedures was minimal at the end of the culture. WHAT IS KNOWN ALREADY: In vitro spermatogenesis remains a challenging technical issue as it imposes to find a very close balance between survival and death of germ cell natural precursors (i.e. gonocytes and spermatogonia), which will eventually undergo a complete spermatogenesis close to in vivo conditions. The establishment of efficient culture conditions coupled with suitable cryopreservation procedures (e.g. controlled slow freezing [CSF] and solid surface vitrification [SSV]) of pre-pubertal testicular tissue is a crucial step in the fields of fertility preservation and restoration to improve the spermatic yield obtained in vitro. STUDY DESIGN, SIZE, DURATION: Here, we study cryopreservation procedures (i.e. CSF or SSV) and the impact of culture media compositions. A first set of 66 mouse pre-pubertal testes were directly cultured during 30, 36, 38 and 60 days (D) from 2.5 to 6.5-day-old CD-1 mice to evaluate the impact of time-aspect of culture and to endorse the reverse phase protein microarrays (RPPM) technique as an adapted experimental tool for the field of in vitro spermatogenesis. Ninety others fresh, slow-frozen and vitrified pre-pubertal testes were cultured during 30 days for the principal study to evaluate the impact of cryopreservation procedures before and after culture. Thirty-four testes dissected from 2.5, 6.5, 36.5, 40.5, 42.5 and 62.5 days postpartum (dpp) mice, corresponding to the time frames of spermatogenesis orchestrated in vitro, were used as in vivo controls. PARTICIPANTS/MATERIALS, SETTING, METHODS: After in vitro culture, testicular tissue samples originated from 2.5 or 6.5-day-old CD-1 male mice were analyzed using RPPM. This targeted proteomic technique allowed us to assess the expression level of 29 apoptosis- and autophagy-related factors by normalizing blank-corrected signal values. In addition, morphological analyses (e.g. HES, PAS, TRA98 and CREM) and DNA fragmentation in intra-tubular cells (i.e. terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase dUTP nick end labeling; TUNEL) were assessed for the distinct experimental conditions tested as well as for in vivo control mouse testes. MAIN RESULTS AND THE ROLE OF CHANCE: A validation of the RPPM procedure in the field of in vitro spermatogenesis was completed with assay and array robustness before a principal study concerning the evaluation of the impact of in vitro culture and cryopreservation procedures. The proportion of elongated spermatids and the total cell number per seminiferous tubule tended to be very different between the in vivo and in vitro conditions (P < 0.05), suggesting the presence of a beneficial regulation on the first spermatogenesis wave by intrinsic apoptosis (Caspase₉) and autophagy (Atg5) factors (P < 0.0003 and r2 = 0.74). Concerning the impact of culture media compositions, a basic medium (BM) composed of αMEM plus 10% KnockOut™ serum replacement and gentamicin supplemented with retinol (Rol) and vitamin E (Vit. E) was selected as the best culture medium for fresh 6.5 dpp tissue cultured during 30D with 27.7 ± 8.10% of seminiferous tubules containing elongated spermatids. Concerning the impact of cryopreservation procedures, SSV did not have any impact on the morphological parameters evaluated after culture in comparison to fresh tissue (FT) controls. The proportion of tubules with elongated spermatids on testicular explants cultured with BMRol+Vit. E was not different between SSV (6.6 ± 1.6%) and CSF (5.3 ± 1.9%); however, round spermatids were observed more frequently for SSV (19 ± 6.2%) than CSF (3.3 ± 1.9%, P = 0.0317). Even if the proportion of TUNEL-positive cells for BMRol+Vit. E was higher at D30 after SSV (4.12 ± 0.26%) than CSF (1.86 ± 0.12%, P = 0.0022) and FT (2.69 ± 0.33%, P = 0.0108), the DNA damages observed at the end of the culture (i.e. D30) were similar to respective 6.5 dpp controls. In addition, the relative protein level expression ratio of an apoptotic factor, the phosphorylated FADD on Fas, was reduced by 64-fold in vitrified testes cultured with BMRol+Vit. E. Furthermore, we found in this study that the StemPro®-34 SFM culture medium supplemented with growth factors (e.g. EGF, bFGF, GDNF and LIF) prevented the differentiation of spermatogonial stem cells in favor of a significant proliferation with a better architectural pattern than in vivo 6.5 dpp controls with an increase of seminiferous tubules area for FT (P = 0.0357) and CSF (P = 0.0317). LIMITATIONS REASONS FOR CAUTION: Despite our promising results, the evaluation of apoptotic- and autophagic-related proteins was studied for a limited amount of proteins and on global testicular tissue. WIDER IMPLICATIONS OF THE FINDINGS: The data presented herein will help to improve apoptotic and autophagic understanding during the first spermatogenic wave. Moreover, our findings illustrate for the first time that, using finely-tuned experimental conditions, a testicular in vitro culture combined with proteomic technologies may significantly facilitate the study of cryopreservation procedures and in vitro culture evaluations. This study may also contribute to improve work on testicular tissues from pre-pubertal and adolescent cancer survivors. STUDY FUNDING/COMPETING INTEREST(S): This study was supported by a Ph.D. grant from the Rouen Normandie Université and a financial support from 'la Ligue nationale contre le cancer' (both awarded to L.D.), funding from Institute for Research and Innovation in Biomedicine (IRIB), Agence de la Biomédecine, and co-supported by European Union and Région Normandie. Europe gets involved in Normandie with European Regional Development Fund (ERDF). The authors declare that there is no conflict of interest.
Molecular Human Reproduction

hal-01647081
https://hal-univ-rennes1.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01647081
DOI : 10.1093/molehr/gax054
PUBMED : 29040674

Éditeur(s) : Latin American and Caribbean Center at Florida International University Latin American and Caribbean Center at Florida International University ( Miami, Florida )
Résumé : Olsen Jean Julien, Owner and Lead Architect, Phenixience Architecture and Engineering Firm, Haiti, Former Manager, Smithsonian Cultural Recovery Center, Haiti & Former Minister of Culture and Communication, Haiti This commissioned presentation examines Haitian architecture, and in particular, the development, evolution and value of traditional architecture of the 19th century. Additionally, Jean Julien examines issues related to the vulnerability of Haiti's architecture and the importance of preserving it as part of Haiti's cultural patrimony . Part of LACC's 15th Annual Haitian Summer Institute Lecture Series. Part of LACC's Haitian Art Digital Archive.
Due to technical difficulties, this presentation is available in progress from 12 minutes and 54 seconds.
Part of the Latin American and Caribbean Center in the School of International and Public Affairs at Florida International University's Foreign Languages Across the Curriculum Lecture Series.
Haiti

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http://ufdc.ufl.edu/AA00013163/00001

Éditeur(s) : Latin American and Caribbean Center at Florida International University Latin American and Caribbean Center at Florida International University ( Miami, Florida )
Résumé : Olsen Jean Julien, Owner and Lead Architect, Phenixience Architecture and Engineering Firm, Haiti, Former Manager, Smithsonian Cultural Recovery Center, Haiti & Former Minister of Culture and Communication, Haiti This commissioned presentation examines Haitian architecture, and in particular, the development, evolution and value of traditional architecture of the 19th century. Additionally, Jean Julien examines issues related to the vulnerability of Haiti's architecture and the importance of preserving it as part of Haiti's cultural patrimony . Part of LACC's 15th Annual Haitian Summer Institute Lecture Series. Part of LACC's Haitian Art Digital Archive.
Due to technical difficulties, this presentation is available in progress from 12 minutes and 54 seconds.
Part of the Latin American and Caribbean Center in the School of International and Public Affairs at Florida International University's Foreign Languages Across the Curriculum Lecture Series.
Haiti

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Éditeur(s) : Caribbean InTransit Caribbean InTransit ( Virginia )
Résumé : Biennials & Arts Practices was conducted in conjunction with the Smithsonian Centre for Folklife and Cultural Heritage.

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http://ufdc.ufl.edu/AA00015096/00001

Résumé : The slides were taken on collecting trips sponsored by the William L. Bryant Foundation, where books, music and art indigenous to the regions were gathered. The are organized by geographical location.
Pictured is the dome of the President Palace with a Cuban flag. The former Presidential Palace, built between 1913 & 1920, now houses el Museo de la Revolución. The palace was the place of the failed assassination attempt on US-friendly dictator Batista in March 1957, by revolutionary student leader Jose Echeverria. The museum follows Cuba's history from pre-Columbian culture to present day socialism.
The former Presidential Palace (presently Museo de la Revolución) was designed by the Cuban architect Carlos Maruri and the Belgian architect Paul Belau and was inaugurated in 1920 by President Mario García Menocal. It remained the Presidential Palace until 1959. The building has Neo-Classical elements.
Cuba -- Caribbean region -- Havana

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Éditeur(s) : College of The Bahamas College of The Bahamas ( Nassau, Bahamas )
Résumé : (Thesis) Thesis--Florida State University (College of Visual Arts, Theatre and Dance)
Tampa, Florida

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COBAS

Résumé : The slides were taken on collecting trips sponsored by the William L. Bryant Foundation, where books, music and art indigenous to the regions were gathered. The are organized by geographical location.
Moore Town Primary and Junior High School students pose for a photograph in front of a yellow Ford Cortina automobile. In the background are a few houses along the hillside in Moore Town, Portland, Jamaica. Inhabitants of Moore Town are descendants of Maroons, escaped slaves who were able to maintain some aspects of their African cultures. Slide labeled Jam. Moore Town.
Jamaica -- Caribbean region -- Moore Town, Portland

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Résumé : The slides were taken on collecting trips sponsored by the William L. Bryant Foundation, where books, music and art indigenous to the regions were gathered. The are organized by geographical location.
A woman wearing a white hat stands in front of steps leading to a house. The image also shows two enamel and one metal wash basins filled with clothes. On the house's verandah are tables and chairs. Inhabitants of Moore Town, Portland, Jamaica are descendants of Maroons, escaped slaves who were able to maintain some aspects of their African cultures. Slide labeled Jam. Moore Town.
Jamaica -- Caribbean region -- Moore Town, Portland

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CFM1972_01a
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Éditeur(s) : UF Center for Latin American Studies UF Center for Latin American Studies ( Gainesville, FL )
Résumé : (Biographical) Peter Szok teaches Latin American history at Texas Christian University. He received a PhD from Tulane University and has specialized in art, intellectual history, and popular culture. He is the author of Wolf Tracks: Popular Art and Re-Africanization in Twentieth-Century Panama (2012) and ‘La última gaviota’: Liberalism and Nostalgia in Early Twentieth-Century Panama (2001). His current projects include on a book on indigenous intelligentsia in contemporary Panama and a manuscript on Murphy Antoine and New Orleans folk art.
Panama

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Éditeur(s) : Université des Antilles Études caribéennes
Résumé : L’art respire et inspire le monde, si bien qu’il ne peut être appréhendé isolément de son contexte, de son époque. La création contemporaine, quant à elle, par son caractère protéiforme et foisonnant, est le reflet singulier d’une planète devenue multipolaire et où, régulièrement, est mise en crise la notion de frontière. Au même moment, cette création est capable d’inventer des formes inédites, qui, à l’instar des utopies du xviiie siècle, ont pour vocation de construire de nouveaux espaces, de nouvelles contrées, sous l’angle d’un idéal mêlant éthique et esthétique. Dès lors, il convient de souligner sa possible faculté à « artialiser » le monde. Les biennales ou triennales, produits de l’industrie culturelle et par conséquent, sujettes aux effets de la mondialisation, ont rendu particulièrement visibles ces œuvres, en façonnant des territoires, des ar-t-chipels, suffisamment attractifs pour drainer, de fait, des flots de touristes en leur direction. Ce migra-r-teur, trouvant là des zones protégées, pourrait y expérimenter une possible façon d’habiter poétiquement un monde perçu comme inhospitalier.
Art feeds on and inspires the world so that it cannot be appreciated neither on its own nor out of its context. As for contemporary art by its protean character and its multiplicity, it is the spitting image of a planet that has become polarized where the notion of frontier is constantly changing. At the same time, contemporary art is capable of inventing original forms which, following the example of the xviiith century utopias, have the purpose of building new spaces, new territories, from the point of view of an ideal where ethics and aesthetics entertwine. Hence it is advisable to highlight its possible capacity to “artialise” the world. The biennial or triennal events, fruits of the cultural industry and consequently prone to the effects of globalisation, have made those pieces of art particularly visible, by shaping territories, ar-t-chipelagoes, attractive enough to draw, henceforth, flows of tourists in their direction. That migr-art-ist finding in those places, protected areas, could experiment there a potential way of living poetically in a world seen as hostile.
El arte respira e inspira al mundo de modo que no puede ser comprendido sin ser vinculado con su contexto, su época. La creación contemporánea por su parte, por su caracter proteiforme y abundante es el singular reflejo de un planeta que se ha vuelto multipolar donde se debate con frecuencia la noción de frontera. En el mismo momento, esta creación es capaz de inventar formar inéditas, que como las utopias del siglo xviii, tienen como vocación construir nuevos espacios, nuevos parajes en términos de un ideal a la vez ético y estético. Desde entonces, cabe subrayar su posible facultad para « artialiser » al mundo. Las bienales o trienales, productos de la industria cultural y por lo tanto sujetas a los efectos de la globalización han hecho visibles estas obras, al crear territorios, unos ar-te-chipielagos, lo suficientemente atractivos como para atraer a miles de turistas. Ese migrante del arte, al encontrar allí unas zonas protegidas podría experimentar una forma posible de ocupar poéticamente un mundo visto como inhóspito.

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urn:doi:10.4000/etudescaribeennes.11291
http://journals.openedition.org/etudescaribeennes/11291

Résumé : The slides were taken on collecting trips sponsored by the William L. Bryant Foundation, where books, music and art indigenous to the regions were gathered. The are organized by geographical location.
This older woman, pictured, is wearing a black dress and hat. In the background is a wooden house with a zinc roof. On the house's verandah are tables and chairs with pots and a cup. Inhabitants of Moore Town, Portland, Jamaica are descendants of Maroons, escaped slaves who were able to maintain some aspects of their African cultures. Slide labeled Jam. Moore Town.
Jamaica -- Caribbean region -- Moore Town, Portland

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Éditeur(s) : Caribe 2000, Universidad de Puerto Rico, Facultad de Humanidades Caribe 2000, Universidad de Puerto Rico, Facultad de Humanidades ( San Juan, Puerto Rico )
Résumé : (Bibliography) Includes bibliographical references.
(Language) Spanish and English.
(Statement of Responsibility) Lowell Fiet, Janette Becerra, editores.
Puerto Rico
West Indies
West Indies
West Indies

38168536
97192992
http://ufdc.ufl.edu/UF00102126/00001

Éditeur(s) : HAL CCSD Elsevier
Résumé : International audience
CONTEXT: Chlordecone, an environmentally persistent organochlorine insecticide used intensively in banana culture in the French West Indies until 1993, has permanently polluted soils and contaminated foodstuffs. Consumption of contaminated food is the main source of exposure nowadays. We sought to identify main contributors to blood chlordecone concentration (BCC) and to validate an exposure indicator based on food intakes. MATERIAL AND METHODS: We used a food frequency questionnaire (FFQ) completed by a sample of 194 pregnant women to estimate their dietary exposure to chlordecone and compared it to blood levels. In a first approach, chlordecone daily intake was estimated as the product of daily eaten quantity of 214 foodstuffs, multiplied by their chlordecone content, and summed over all items. We then predicted individual blood chlordecone concentration with empirical weight regression models based on frequency of food consumption, and without contamination data. RESULTS: Among the 191 subjects who had BCC determination, 146 (76%) had detectable values and mean BCC was 0.86 ng/mL (range < LOD-13.2). Mean per capita dietary intake of chlordecone was estimated at 3.3 microg/day (range: 0.1-22.2). Blood chlordecone levels were significantly correlated with food exposure predicted from the empirical weight models (r=0.47, p<0.0001) and, to a lesser extent, with chlordecone intake estimated from food consumption and food contamination data (r=0.20, p=0.007). Main contributors to chlordecone exposure included seafood, root vegetables, and Cucurbitaceous. CONCLUSION: These results show that the Timoun FFQ provides valid estimates of chlordecone exposure. Estimates from empirical weight models correlated better with blood levels of chlordecone than did estimates from the dietary intake assessment.
ISSN: 0013-9351

inserm-00517109
http://www.hal.inserm.fr/inserm-00517109
http://www.hal.inserm.fr/inserm-00517109/document
http://www.hal.inserm.fr/inserm-00517109/file/Pesticide_exposureofpregnantwomeninGuadeloupe.pdf
DOI : 10.1016/j.envres.2009.10.015

Éditeur(s) : Université des Antilles Études caribéennes
Résumé : Cet article traite de la spécificité de l’activité touristique à Bali, fondée sur une identité locale forte et un riche patrimoine naturel et culturel mais aussi troublante en raison de l’importance et la complexité des jeux d’acteurs, ou encore des contextes sociaux, religieux et géopolitiques propres à ce territoire insulaire. Nous analyserons les liens pérennes ou non entre patrimoine et développement en focalisant sur ce qui fait l’image de marque de Bali sur les plans touristique et politique : le tourisme culturel. Cette étude de cas illustre les dynamiques d’acteurs dans le cadre de l’île de Bali où l’on constate une forte imbrication entre tourisme international, protection de l’environnement et promotion du patrimoine culturel. Vendue comme un paradis tropical, perçue comme l'île des Dieux, Bali se voit contrainte de mesurer les risques d'un tourisme culturel qui se transformerait trop rapidement en culture touristique. Des pistes seront proposées afin d’encourager l’ensemble des acteurs à œuvrer pour que le « dernier paradis » (last paradise) ne devienne pas un « paradis perdu » (lost paradise).
Since the 1930s, Bali has been generally seen as a traditional tourism destination quite fashionable. Nowadays, a new kind of tourism, rather esoteric if not totally spiritual, is emerging on this small “paradise” often referred as a natural untouched and cultural preserved island. To attire more international tourists, the “Island of Gods”, as the tourism promoters still name this tropical holiday paradise, is now also targeting on the industry of “well-being”. This article deals about the specificity of the local tourism activity which is based on a strong cultural identity and a rich natural and also religious heritage. Uncontrolled development of this predatory industry brings also a lot of new problems, such as pollution or acculturation. Here, our aim is to focus and analyse the real and false ties between heritage, development and tourism, always by keeping in mind that the regional motto about tourism policy still is to encourage “cultural tourism” as a real model (a “brand”, in fact) of success. We especially try to explain, in this current work (still in progress), the touristic situation in the main cultural site located on the island: Ubud. This small city, really boosting during the last decade, is worldwide reputed for the rich cultural performances and seen as “the” artistic capital of Bali. Ubud offers also a perfect example of an intense and dynamic bond between cultural heritage and economic development. Often for the best and sometimes also for the worse. In this rural but international spot, it seems that tourism business allows the local population to live in better ways and, sometimes, even to reborn, culturally speaking! Our case study shows also the big threats behind the current tourism policy: the large scale business occurred by globalization and all the tourism opportunities thus provided cannot hide the real weakness that for sure also concern the balinese way of thinking and living. Cultural tourism could rapidly be transformed in a dangerous kind of tourism of the culture, with all the big (and bad) changes the Balinese don’t want to see happening on their lovely and holy island. So, the present reflection conducts us to think more deeply on some new and alternative ways of developing tourism in Bali. Finally, our aim is to think, first by listening to the desire of the Balinese themselves, in which best manner this “last paradise” will not become a “lost paradise”.
Bali

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urn:doi:10.4000/etudescaribeennes.5385
http://journals.openedition.org/etudescaribeennes/5385

Éditeur(s) : HAL CCSD Elsevier
Résumé : International audience
Evidence of a changing environment in the catchment area of a small pond (Lansquenet, Lorraine, France) during the last millennium was provided by coupling palynology data and organic ratios [terrestrial to aquatic ratio: TAR(HC); the C29 vs. C27 sterols, C29/C27(ST); average chain length, ACL and aquatic/macrophytes ratio, Paq]. The depositional and alteration conditions of organic matter (OM) were provided by the 5α(H)-stanols/Δ5-sterols ratio. This study shows that quite simple organic ratios clearly allow identification of the different evolution steps of a watershed, from a swamp to the progressive settlement of a pond. During the swampy period, the C/N(at) (ca. 11.1), TAR(HC) (ca. 36.8), C29/C27(ST) (ca. 8.7) and Paq (<0.3) show a high contribution of allochthonous OM associated with the presence of particular aquatic and mesohygrophilous species. A woody level dated to the XIIIth century reflects the period of the settlement of the pond in a more oxic environment [5α(H)-stanol/Δ5sterol ratio <0.2]. Then, the progressive increase in aquatic input and the development of submerged and floating macrophytes are evidenced by low C/N(at) (<7.6), TAR(HC) (ca. 2.7), C29/C27(ST) (ca. 2) and high Paq (ca. 0.5), suggesting an increase in the water level and eutrophication of the pond. A second oxic event [5α(H)-stanols/Δ5sterols ratio averaging 0.16], associated with extensive OM degradation, corresponds to the most recent dredging in 2002 and reflects an important disturbance of sediments due to pond management.
ISSN: 0146-6380

hal-00758066
https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00758066
DOI : 10.1016/j.orggeochem.2012.06.004

Éditeur(s) : Université des Antilles Études caribéennes
Résumé : The aim of this paper is to study Moroccan music festivals against the existing theories on globalization, while coming up with new concepts aimed at overcoming the problems often facing experts in popular culture and media studies who feel that globalization thesis lapses into fatal gestures of leveling, reductionism, and totalitarianism, especially when it tries to account for current discussions related to the circulation of artifacts and cultural texts. The general consensus has it that modern technologies have hugely altered the meaning and revolutionized the traditional functions attached to art and cultural industries. The grotesque circulation of western cultural artifacts is justifiably judged to be many times agonizing for theorists in cultural studies, linguistics and political science, etc who want to be sure that the unequal transmissions of products across the world will not harm local cultural, linguistic and economic capital of the less dominant other. Moroccan music festivals for instance are seen to be increasingly governed by a complex whirlpool of the far-too-melodramatic implications of today’s world global connections. In view of this, this paper, which borrows from data collected during between 2010 and 2011, will examine cultural industries, music festivals in general and the Essaouira festival in particular, in relation to world flows, while holding the argument that the appropriation of western artifacts locally has always been part of a not-so-novel process of mobility of what we call world cultural nomadictates (nomadic dictates). The paper gives a detailed definition of this concept and develops other new concepts (e.g. recurents, exclusives) related to the «glocal» face of culture and art in Morocco in an attempt to find an escape route outside the impasses of the globalization/cultural imperialism theses surrounding the study of cultural industries. To drive this idea home, we will open up the discussion at hand onto existing controversies around notions of place, authenticity, urbanism, tourism and consumption.
L'objectif de cette recherche est d’étudier les festivals de musique marocains en portant un regard critique sur les théories existantes de la mondialisation et en proposant de nouveaux concepts afin de surmonter les problèmes auxquels les théoriciens de la culture populaire et des médias se sont souvent confrontés. Selon eux, le concept de mondialisation sombre dans le réductionnisme et le totalitarisme, surtout lorsqu’il s’agit de la circulation des objets et des textes culturels. Un consensus général semble s’être développé autour de l’idée selon laquelle les technologies modernes ont considérablement altéré et révolutionné le sens et les fonctions traditionnelles de l'art et des industries culturelles. L'insolite diffusion des objets culturels occidentaux est à juste titre source d’angoisse pour les théoriciens des études culturelles, de la linguistique, et des sciences politiques qui veulent s'assurer que la transmission inégale des produits dans le monde ne nuira pas au capital local, culturel, linguistique et économique de l'autre (le moins dominant). Les festivals de musique marocains, par exemple, sont perçus comme étant de plus en plus tributaires des vicissitudes de la mondialisation actuelle. Dans cette perspective, cette recherche, s'inspire de données recueillies au cours de deux années de travail de terrain (2010/2011), et se penche sur les flux mondiaux de produits culturels qui mettent en interface les industries culturelles, les festivals de musique en général et celui d'Essaouira en particulier. Elle maintient l'idée selon laquelle l'appropriation des objets occidentaux par les communautés locales a toujours fait partie d'un processus de mobilité, qui n'est pas si récent, de ce que nous appelons les ‘nomadictâtes’ culturels du monde (dictâtes nomades). En explicitant la définition de ce concept, cette recherche développe d'autres concepts liés à la notion de glocalité de la culture et de l'art au Maroc. Enfin, elle suggère aussi une issue à l’impasse des théories de la mondialisation traditionnelles et celle de l’impérialisme culturel en particulier dans lesquelles l’étude des industries culturelles semble s’être emprisonnée. Pour ce faire, nous exposons le débat actuel sur les controverses autour des notions de lieu, d'authenticité, d'urbanisme, de tourisme, et de consommation.
Maroc

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urn:doi:10.4000/etudescaribeennes.5993
http://journals.openedition.org/etudescaribeennes/5993

Résumé : The slides were taken on collecting trips sponsored by the William L. Bryant Foundation, where books, music and art indigenous to the regions were gathered. The are organized by geographical location.
Moore Town Primary and Junior High School girl dressed in a pink and blue school uniform. In the distance is a river and houses in Portland, Jamaica. Inhabitants of Moore Town are descendants of Maroons, escaped slaves who were able to maintain some aspects of their African cultures. Slide labeled Jam. Moore Town.
Jamaica -- Caribbean region -- Moore Town, Portland

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CFM1972_01a
http://ufdc.ufl.edu/AA00031042/00001

Éditeur(s) : HAL CCSD Oxford University Press (OUP)
Résumé : International audience
Are bisphenol A (BPA) and BPA analogs (BPA-A) safe for male human reproductive function? The endocrine function of human testes explants [assessed by measuring testosterone and insulin-like factor 3 (INSL3)] was impacted by exposure of the human adult testis explants to BPA/BPA-A. The few epidemiologic studies performed suggest that bisphenols have potential endocrine disruptive properties, but they did not identify clear and direct patterns of endocrine disruption. Adult human testis explants in culture were exposed to BPA and the analogs bisphenol F (BPF), bisphenol S (BPS), bisphenol E (BPE), bisphenol B (BPB) and bisphenol A diglycidyl ether (BADGE) at 10(-9)-10(-5) M for 24 or 48 h. Human adult testes were obtained from prostate cancer patients who had no hormone therapy, or from multiorgan donors. After ex vivo exposure to the investigated bisphenols, the measured outcomes were related to histopathology (gross morphology and germ cell viability determined by anti-caspase three immunohistochemistry), and the levels of testosterone, INSL3 and inhibin B were measured using immunoassays. The levels of mRNA encoding key enzymes of bisphenol biotransformation were investigated by quantitative PCR: UGT2B15 UDP (glucuronosyltransferase two family, polypeptide B15), GUSB (glucuronidase beta), SULT1A1 and 3 (sulfotransferase family 1 A member 1 and 3) and STS (steroid sulfatase). A significant dose-dependent inhibition was found between testosterone levels measured in the culture medium and concentrations of BPA (P = 0.00778 at 24 h and P = 0.0291 at 48 h), BPE (P = 0.039) and BPF (P = 0.00663). The observed BPA and BPA-A-induced inhibition of testosterone production varied according to duration of exposure and BPA/BPA-A concentrations. BPA (10(-9) M; P < 0.05), BPB (10(-9) M; P < 0.05), BPS (10(-9) and 10(-8) M; P < 0.05) and BADGE (10(-5) M; P < 0.05) increased Leydig cell INSL3 production. By contrast, BPE dose dependently inhibited INSL3 (P = 0.0372). Conversely, Sertoli cell function (inhibin B) and germ cell viability were not significantly affected by either bisphenols. N/A. Environmental compounds cannot be deliberately administered to men, justifying the use of an ex vivo approach. A relatively low number of testes samples were available for analysis (n = 3, except for testosterone secretion with n = 5). The active concentrations of BPA and BPA-A used in the study were higher than those found in human biological fluids. Under our experimental conditions, direct exposure to BPA or BPA-A can result in endocrine disturbance in the adult human testis.
ISSN: 0268-1161

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DOI : 10.1093/humrep/dex093

Éditeur(s) : HAL CCSD L'Harmattan
Résumé : International audience
Pourquoi un autre livre sur la culture Hip-Hop ? Parce que comme toute culture, elle est dynamique et ne se laisse pas dompter. Elle possède l’essencedes cultures, elle recherche le contact avec l’autre. Même si le mouvement possède une histoire, une tradition réelle, il ne se réduit pas au rap, ni auxafricains-américains, ni aux clichés déversés par les clips vidéos. Le Hip-Hop doit son dynamisme et sa longévité à sa capacité à entrer en contact avecd’autres cultures et à se laisser infiltrer. Se faisant, il est également porteur de contradictions. Parfois victime de son propre succès, le mouvement Hip-Hop est le résultat d’échanges complexes, de conditions sociopolitiques nourries par des sentiments de désillusion et d’aliénation. De manière élémentaire, nous pouvons le qualifier de « produit de l’Amérique d’après la lutte des droits civiques ».C’est un ensemble d’expressions culturelles conçu par la jeunesse des communautés africaine-américaine, latino-américaine et caribéenne-américaineà New York et ses environs durant les années soixante-dix. Son moyen d’expression le plus populaire a été la musique rap ; néanmoins la danse, legraffiti, la mode vestimentaire, l’art audiovisuel, la criminalité, le sport et le commerce sont aussi ses « terrains de jeu » (Nelson, 1998 :8). La « générationHip-Hop » a entre 13 et 40 ans. Elle a grandi avec ces expressions Hip-Hop comme repère socioculturel, politique et idéologique. Le mouvement continued’avoir un impact considérable sur l’industrie vestimentaire, la presse écrite, l’enseignement, la télévision, le langage, la sexualité, les relations hommefemme, les politiques sociales et économiques aux États-Unis et dans le reste du monde. Parce qu’elle a capturé l’attention et l’imagination d’un grand nombre individus d’origines ethniques et sociales très diverses, elle mérite qu’on s’y intéresse avec beaucoup de sérieux. Nous chercherons à interroger cette culture fertile à la lumière de plusieurs grands thèmes, à savoir : la société étasunienne, la politique, le multiculturalisme, les substances narcotiques, l’Afrique, la mort, la "glocalisation", le capitalisme et l’interculturalité.
https://hal.univ-antilles.fr/hal-01379678

ISBN : 9782296129313
hal-01379678
https://hal.univ-antilles.fr/hal-01379678

Éditeur(s) : CEREAP : Centre d'Etudes et de Recherches en Esthétique et Arts Plastiques ESPE de Martinique : Ecoles Supérieures du Professorat et de l'Education
Description : Dominique Berthet, professeur en esthétique à l'Université des Antilles et rédacteur en chef de la revue Recherches en Esthétique, ouvre la conférence de présentation du 21e numéro consacré à « La réception de l'art ». Interviennent ensuite Olivia Berthon, doctorante en esthétique, et Cécile Bertin-Elisabeth, professeur d'espagnol, également à l'Université des Antilles. La réception de l'art est devenue centrale ces dernières années dans de nombreuses études sur les productions des médias de masse (cinéma, télévision...). A la croisée des approches critique (« cultural studies ») et empirique (« recherche sur les effets », « uses and gratifications »...), un courant d'études de réception des textes des médias de masse se construit aux côtés des théories de la réception en littérature.

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