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Journal du dehors by Annie Ernaux is an atypical diary: instead of exploring the self, the enunciating subject concentrates on "the other" as seen in large super-markets, in the "no man's land" (Ernaux) of a Parisian suburb which transforms individuals into anonymous crowd, and in commuter trains. Her gaze penetrates this mass and singles out those who usually go unnoticed: a cashier, an older woman lost in the mall, beggars etc. By selecting andjuxtaposing scenes of marginal people ant their counterparts — those who, supposedly, belong to the intellectual, political, or economic "elite" — the observer's own subjective positioning emerges slowly: writing (about) the other is always also writing (about) the self.
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The lost opportunity is a familiar motif in literary and popular representations of remembering. The conventional emphasis is on the melancholic quality which casts across a subsequent life of regret in light of a mistakenly untaken path (this being one aspect among many in lost opportunities). There has been a critical neglect of how lost opportunities are conceived and evaluated in everyday narratives, and of how they relate to current circumstances, plans, dreams and desires. Using data gathered from in-depth interviews with women of various ages and backgrounds, this article examines the ways in which they engage with the choices they have and have not made. As a result, the commonplace mnemonic motif of lost opportunity is reconceived so as to recognize its simultaneous orientation to the past, the present and the future, implicating both memory and imagination in its enactment. Remembering lost opportunities is a key feature to a symbolic construction of self in everyday life.
Keywords: mémoire, histoire, perte, imagination, temps, memory, history, loss, imagination, time, memoria, historia, pérdida, imaginación, tiempo
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Eurasian watermilfoil (Myriophyllum spicatum) is an exotic invasive vascular plant that has been colonizing North American lakes and rivers for several decades. The present study reconstructed its spread in Québec (Canada) using herbarium specimens, database records, reports, and articles in newspapers and scientific journals. The distribution of this plant has greatly expanded since its introduction in the late 1950s. The species first spread along the St. Lawrence River, and then from the 1970s, it started to establish further inland. In 2017, 14 of the 17 administrative regions in the province had at least one record of Eurasian watermilfoil, with reports from 132 lakes, 16 rivers (including the St. Lawrence River and its fluvial lakes) and brooks, and 4 other waterbodies, such as ponds or artificial waterways. The St. Lawrence River alone accounted for 24 % of the 322 records. The highest number of observations were from the Montérégie, Laurentides, Estrie and Outaouais regions. Although the invasion by this species appears to have progressed significantly in recent years, the increased number of records may, in part, reflect the growing concern of regional stakeholders, rather than an actual spread of the plant.
Keywords: bateau, herbier, lac, myriophylle à épis, Myriophyllum spicatum, plante exotique envahissante, boat, Eurasian watermilfoil, herbarium, exotic invasive plant, lake, Myriophyllum spicatum