Site-Writing: She is Walking about in a Town Which She does not Know

ABSTRACT

Recently my writing has explored the position of the author, not only in relation to theoretical ideas, art objects, and architectural spaces but also to the site of writing itself. This interest has evolved into a project of “site-writing” that aims to spatialize criticism. “Site-writing” occurs when discussions concerning site specificity extend to involve art criticism, and the spatial qualities of writing and reading become as important in conveying meaning as the content of the criticism. This article suggests that this kind of criticism or critical spatial writing, in operating as mode of a practice in its own right, questions the terms of reference that relate the critic to the work positioned “under” critique. This is an active writing that constructs as well as traces the sites of relation between critic and work. Outlining the conceptual concerns that frame my project of “site-writing” with particular reference to current debates in art criticism, this article then draws on psychoanalytic theory to think through relationships between the spatial politics of internal psychical figures and external cultural geographies, drawing in particular on the work of psychoanalytic practitioners and theorists Jessica Benjamin and Jean Laplanche. Then, in “She is Walking about in a Town Which She Does Not Know,” this article demonstrates the practice of “site-writing” through an essay located on threshold spaces both real and fictional, exterior and interior which link and separate the critic from the work of the eight women artists included in Elles sont passées par ici, Loguivy de la Mer, Brittany, France, 2005.     

A further note on a theorem on the difference of the generalized inverses of two nonnegative definite matrices

Andrews and Phillips (1986) gave a simplified proof for the result that established the nonnegative definiteness of the difference of the Moore-Penrose inverses of two nonoegative definite matrices, a result originally due to Milliken and Akdeniz (1977), The purpose of this paper is to offer a simple proof for a generalization of this result,     

现代性效果与地域文化差异——转型期中国社会价值观的分化与整合

当下中国社会所经历的结构转型与体制调整不仅在客观环境上改变着人们的日常生活方式,更在主观内心世界里影响着人们对于自身所处生活状态的认知与判断,一方面,由于工业社会发展过程中“现代性”的主题效果在中国社会日益扩大,另一方面,传统文化的地域性差异与多样性同时在不同层次上作用于中国社会的日常运作模式中,这一社会变迁中两种力量...     

文化创意产业的规划与政策制定研究

文化创意产业宜以行政和市场“两个对接”作为基本分析方法，其产业的规划要求理清服务业的分类，实行文化制造业、文化服务业和文化贸易业并行发展。     

“有界”与“无界”：二律背反命题界限域的认知语言诠释

“有界”与“无界”是语言学概念中的哲学意义上的二律背反，是认知主体对其在时间、空间、性状和心理上的投射。通过分析梳理可以解释语言符号形式或多或少地映射事物本身的特点，在不同程度上反映主体的认知方式，并且与数量词起制约作用有关的一系列句法现象。但对于两者概念的确立与区分，必须适应一定的“认知域”和对其作主观上的“识解”。在“有界”和“无界”范围之间存在着无限的“准有界，，的认知体，一有界”认知体是认知原型，具有容易学习、记忆、使用等完形特征。“无界”的认知体因为可以被看作为属于另一认知结构，因此可成为新的认知原型。     

移情：文化交流的一种审美路径——从罗蒂新实用主义的视角分析

当今世界的文化多元的现实使我们一方面要避免囿于一己文化的框架而突出独立冲突,另一方面又要在防止文化霸权和殖民的情况下尽可能地实现文化间的平等沟通交流。面对复杂的形势,新实用主义代表人物罗蒂关于移情的论述给我们提示了一种新的文化交流机制。移情发生作用的心理机制以及它与道德的紧密关联不仅能帮助人们处理个体之间的关系,而且能够帮助人们从个体走向群体的团结。罗蒂认为文学作品及审美移情对此贡献良多。个体之上的审美移情及其作用同样适用于文化自身的发展及之间的交流,尽管具有一定的乌托邦色彩,但不失为一种极有理论和实践价值的选择。     

商贸谈判的不同文化取向

作为国际商贸交流的重要手段，跨文化的商贸谈判越来越受到各国学者的注意。美国学者和日本学者最早注意到了美、日两国商贸谈判代表谈判风格的不同，此后国内外很多学者对此做出了一些有意义的概括。尽管很难对商贸谈判的民族特征或者文化特征做出准确的概括和描述，然而关于商贸谈判的文化性描述又经常看到。该文从民族文化的角度出发，以不向的文化取向为视角，对不同皇，匕成员的商贸谈判特征或者风格进行总结，意图从跨文化的角度，对实际商贸谈判做点滴贡献。     

Stories of Work and Home in the Mid-Nineteenth Century

ABSTRACT

It is widely accepted that nineteenth-century ideals of middle-class domesticity involved the valorization of a family-centered home life and its conceptual and physical separation from the economically productive work that supported it. Whether this was the case in working-class ideas is less certain. However, discussion continues about how widely such a separation was adopted and about its inherent contradictions. Using an interpretive approach to household inventories, this article adds to that discussion through a close examination of the household arrangements of three unexceptional mid-century individuals, each of whom worked from their residence. Taking into account the individuals' personal circumstances and the requirements of their particular work as well as circulating normative ideas, the article investigates what sort of distinctions, if any, these people made between home and work and how they put them into practice.     

Cultural Identity and Place in Adult Korean-American Intercountry Adoptees

ABSTRACT

This study explores the interrelationship between cultural identity and place in the lives of adult Korean adoptees living primarily in the Twin Cities area of Minnesota. Using life histories derived through multiple semi-structured interviews, a web of related themes emerged which reveal the interplay between ethnicity, identity, gender, and place. From childhood to adulthood, most Korean adoptees followed a similar developmental trajectory of denial, self-awareness, and emerging cultural consciousness about their Korean heritage, particularly upon their departure from their adoptive homes after high school. These journeys were mediated and nuanced by environmental factors including -but not limited to -places adoptees lived or visited in Korea, the U.S. or elsewhere abroad. This study highlights the limitations of previous studies that focused only on adoptive parents or adoptees as children, an approach which loses the life course perspective of inter-country adoptees' search for identity, belonging, and a sense of home.     

Culturally Competent Social Work Practice with Veterans: An Overview of the U.S. Military

Despite social work's longstanding history of serving veterans, few resources support culturally competent practice with this population. If social workers are to serve veterans effectively and efficiently, a basic understanding of the U.S. military is essential. This article presents a basic overview of U.S. military including its structure and history, the propensity to enlist in the armed forces, culture, and training methods and objectives. With an understanding of these aspects of military service and continued effort to learn about their client's military experience, social workers will be prepared to provide culturally competent services consistent with the profession's values and ethics.