‘Writing’ aesth‐ethics on the child's body: Developing maternal subjectivities through clothing our children

What could we learn from the ‘aesth‐ethic’ practices of clothing children? The dual focus of this article is to analyse the everyday clothing of children as well as the development of maternal subjectivities as relevant to discussions of aesthetic labour in the field of organization studies. Drawing upon the literatures on aesthetic labour and maternal subjectivities in the field of organization studies, we develop a fine‐grained understanding of the relatively intense and effortful maternal labours that clothing our children encapsulates. Methodologically, we use autoethnographic diary notes combined with feminist ‘memory work’ to analyse clothing as an affectual form of storytelling or ‘writing’ on the child's body that (re)produces certain sociocultural understandings about mothering, sustainability and childhood(s) in a Nordic context embraced by western consumerism. By considering the limitations of the approach taken to drawing wider conclusions about motherhoods, identity construction and clothing, this article advances our understanding of the development of particular middle‐class maternal subjectivities seeking to problematize mass consumerism through childrenswear, and how idea(l)s concerning gender and childhood(s) are being (re)produced in and through clothing.     

Rewritten in stone: imperial heritage in the sacred place of the nation

ABSTRACT

This article examines the relationship between architectural transformations and the reshaping of memory in post-imperial urban space. It reflects on two forms of symbolic violence: first, iconoclastic acts of reshaping space to reflect national self-determination and moving away from empire, and second, acts that embody the recovery of imperial legacies. It analyzes the recent restoration of the Habsburg-built Alba Iulia citadel in the eve of Romania’s Centennial celebrations of the 1918 Alba Iulia assembly which proclaimed the unification of Transylvania with Romania. It interrogates the intentionality of architectural transformations and how this heritage project expresses the frictions between memory narratives centred on the nation and forms of imperial duress and nostalgia. It traces how the after-lives of empire materialize in the built environment, as they do in the attitudes and yearnings of the cultural elite. Moreover, it reflects on parallels between European post-imperial and Global South post-colonial nation-building.     

族源神话的展演及其象征性——白依人历史记忆的器物承载、身体实践与仪式操演

历史记忆是一个族群在社会发展进程中形成并逐渐为本群体所共享的文化意识。居住在滇西鹤庆县六合乡境内的白依人是一个彝族支系。作为一个无文字族群,白依人族源神话表现在社会生活中的服饰、乐器、舞蹈、古歌、仪式等方面,这体现了祖先的影响在现代社会中延伸。社会生活是族群历史记忆在世代中展演的舞台。历史记忆在日常场景中通过器物、身体实践和仪式操演的象征性重构,表现出族群试图建立一种与祖先相互关联生活方式的期待。     

Estimation in long memory time series models

A regression type estimator of the parameter d in fractionally differenced ARMA (p,q) processes is presented. The proposed estimator is shown to be mean square consistent. Its performance is compared with some of the existing estimators via a simulation study.     

Nonlinearity,Breaks, and Long-Range Dependence in Time-Series Models

We study the simultaneous occurrence of long memory and nonlinear effects, such as parameter changes and threshold effects, in time series models and apply our modeling framework to daily realized measures of integrated variance. We develop asymptotic theory for parameter estimation and propose two model-building procedures. The methodology is applied to stocks of the Dow Jones Industrial Average during the period 2000 to 2009. We find strong evidence of nonlinear effects in financial volatility. An out-of-sample analysis shows that modeling these effects can improve forecast performance. Supplementary materials for this article are available online.     

试论提高记忆效率的研究方向

无意识能全天候自动地进行识记 ,但其识记内容不易上浮到意识层 ;有意识记的内容也易沉入无意识层而造成回忆困难。如能找到沟通意识与无意识的有效方法 ,使无意识记的内容能迅速、准确地上浮到意识而形成回忆 ,那么 ,我们就能充分发挥无意识记的作用 ,在减轻识记工作量的同时 ,卓有成效地提高回忆的效率 ,使记忆变得十分轻松。因此 ,寻找沟通意识与无意识的有效方法 ,应该成为提高记忆效率研究的重点。     

城市发展建设中的“城市记忆”问题研究

城市记忆是存在于人类意识中的关于城市和城市生活内化的意象,展现了以往人们的生活情境和城市的历史文化,体现了个人和群体对于城市的热爱,同时也体现了城市存在的意义。笔者首先对城市记忆的定义进行了界定,其次阐述了与城市记忆相关的概念,描述了城市记忆的重要作用、城市记忆丧失的原因,最后对城市记忆进行了社会心理分析,以求对这一问题作出初步的综合分析。     

地域文化的透视与心灵世界的忧伤——苗族作家肖仁福小说论

湘籍苗族作家肖仁福的创作历时二十余年,近年来逐渐引起读者和评论界的重视。他擅长以隽永的文字和不动声色的叙述,在徐徐推进的生活流程中透视湘西南地区人物的精神状态,在对日常生活和细节的表现中勾勒出人们的生存本相和心灵世界的隐秘忧伤与创痛。     

生存·追寻·回忆——郭平《后来呢》评析

《后来呢》是郭平的一部早期作品，小说故事情节时空交错，多条叙述线索并行，现实与虚构、真实与梦境、过去与现在借回忆而达到有机的统一。对个体生存状态的关注和对存在意义的追寻使这篇小说充满哲思色彩。     

Foxpro中几个重要环境参数的设置与使用

较为详细地介绍Foxpro中几个重要的环境参数的设置格式与使用方法