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The aim of this article, firstly, is to outline the theoretical contours of the notion of convolution as it is considered in this issue. Convolution, as a device, organizes a certain number of trajectories in our mental libraries. To do this, it must have a fulcrum, an operator of readability, in this case Hubert Aquin’s work, one or more figures, and an act of memory since memory is what makes it possible to trace axes in the territory of books read. This device operates in “corpus creation” in three ways: anthology, series and genealogy. Secondly, we put this notion to the test by making Trou de mémoire an operator of readability in relation to an anthological corpus (the novels awarded the Governor General between 1970 and 1985), illuminated by a figure, that of the sorcerer-shaman-pharmacist as it appears in the decade of the 1970s.

Keywords: literary corpus, corpus littéraire, pharmakon, pharmakon, Hubert Aquin, Hubert Aquin, prix littéraire, literary prize

The Blaans of Little Baguio live of agriculture and hunting in the mountains located in the Southeastern part of the island of Mindanao (Philippines). They were exposed to Christianity, but they kept many of their traditions alive. In this paper, the authors focus on Blaan relationships with the birds surrounding them as well as on their knowledge about these birds. Birds structure their temporality – particularly their cosmogony and their daily life –, and partly define their rituals and social rules. Considered as former human beings, birds are mediators able to connect, more than any other animal, the visible and invisible worlds. In this perspective, Blaans do not really try to predict, nor to forecast the future, but rather try to follow the rhythms that are given to them by the birds.

Keywords: F. Laugrand, A. Laugrand, G. Tremblay, Blaan, oiseaux, savoirs, rythme, chants, règles sociales, Philippines, F. Laugrand, A. Laugrand, G. Tremblay, Blaan, Birds, Knowledge, Rhythm, Songs, Social Rules, Philippines, F. Laugrand, A. Laugrand, G. Tremblay, Blaan, pájaros, saberes, ritmo, cantos, reglas sociales, Filipinas

The Blaans of Little Baguio live of agriculture and hunting in the mountains located in the Southeastern part of the island of Mindanao (Philippines). They were exposed to Christianity, but they kept many of their traditions alive. In this paper, the authors focus on Blaan relationships with the birds surrounding them as well as on their knowledge about these birds. Birds structure their temporality – particularly their cosmogony and their daily life –, and partly define their rituals and social rules. Considered as former human beings, birds are mediators able to connect, more than any other animal, the visible and invisible worlds. In this perspective, Blaans do not really try to predict, nor to forecast the future, but rather try to follow the rhythms that are given to them by the birds.

Keywords: F. Laugrand, A. Laugrand, G. Tremblay, Blaan, oiseaux, savoirs, rythme, chants, règles sociales, Philippines, F. Laugrand, A. Laugrand, G. Tremblay, Blaan, Birds, Knowledge, Rhythm, Songs, Social Rules, Philippines, F. Laugrand, A. Laugrand, G. Tremblay, Blaan, pájaros, saberes, ritmo, cantos, reglas sociales, Filipinas

SummaryLocal Responses to Economie Cris/s :U.S. Cities and the New International Division of LaborThe article explores some major connections between the spatial reorganization of production engendered by the global economic crisis and several ongoing political, economic, and social processes in U.S. cities. The latter include the growth of the informal economy, the rise of new sweatshops, the fourth great wave of migration to U.S. cities, the vulnerability of trade unionism at the grassroots, the channeling of discontent through neighborhood mobilization, and the spread of neighborhood discontent from Snowbelt to Sunbelt cities. The case of Hispanic migration to Sunbelt cities is used to concretely connect these processes.

This article approaches homoparenting from the point of view of children, understood as a category of age and category of kinship. Based on an ethnographic research conducted between 2016 and 2022 in Italy, I will focus on a generation of children of same-sex parents growing up in an era marked by demands for the recognition of same-sex parenthood. If parents participate in politicizing homoparenting, can we say that their sons/daughters are the object of it? How do they occupy the position of kin within a kinship group and of members of a homoparental family vis-à-vis the society? Based on the concept of enfantalité (infantility), I will show how children progressively reappropriate relationships and kinship that are not socially or legally recognized. I will then analyze how they occupy, within the plural spaces of kinship, their place as representatives of a family category that is subject to a process of politicization.

Keywords: Sarcinelli, enfantalité, politisation, homoparentalité, descendantes, affiliation, parenté quotidienne, Sarcinelli, infantility, politicization, homoparentality, descent, affiliation, everyday kinship, Sarcinelli, infantilidad, politización, homoparentalidad, descendientes, afiliación, parentesco cotidiano

Silence is clearly a close companion to the law — the pair constantly interact. Silence appears through gaps in the law. The gaps, justified by a variety of reasons, are protean and, as a source of uncertainty, the law attempts to fill even those it does not generate. The law deals with silence by attempting to define it in legal terms. This can be seen not only in the right to remain silent, but also when the law requires or prohibits silence in various cases. In the presence of silence, the law interprets it by granting or denying it a legal effect.

ABSTRACTA time-dependent ice flow model is used to provide detailed reconstructions of ice growth and retreat for the southern portion of the Late Wisconsinan Cordilleran Ice Sheet. The two-dimensional, time-dependent model provides ice surface elevations and flow directions at a grid spacing of 15 km. Input to the model includes subglacial topography, a net mass balance function, and two ice flow parameters. The net mass balance function uses a polynomial equation to estimate equilibrium line altitude (ELA) across the study area. A quadratic equation is then used to provide net mass balance values as a function of elevation relative to the ELA. Late Wisconsinan glacial conditions are simulated by systematically lowering the ELA. The general timing of the model ice advance and retreat is tested against radiocarbon dated localities which place limits on the ice sheet's areal extent for different times during the Late Wisconsinan glaciation. In addition, glacial-geologic evidence directly attributable to the latest Cordilleran Ice Sheet is used in assessing the model reconstructions. Results from these experiments show that an ice growth and retreat chronology consistent with the limiting radiocarbon dates can be generated using the model, and provide information on flow directions and ice growth and retreat patterns.