Doing methodological cosmopolitanism in a mobile world

Memory and Methodological Cosmopolitanism : A Figurative Approach

Memory Studies and its Trajectories When the authors of this volume were asked 'to reflect on (y)our own work through the prism of (y)our companions' I was somewhat apprehensive. The social sciences never had the kind of personal awakening like say 'new journalism' or some of the humanities driven by a more subjective approach to writing. Even if most of the research questions we pose involve s...

World Literatures, Comparative Literature, and Glocal Cosmopolitanism

In his article "World Literature Paolo Bartoloni reflects on the topos of the crisis of literature and the humanities. An urge to question the status and the relevance of literature; to investigate the relation between literature and literary studies; and the location of literature within the context of a transf last three decades. Assuming that a bond exists between literature and the world, w...

EHPnet: Doing a World of Good

The uptake, retention and effects of aluminium chloro sulphonated phthalocyanine (AlSPc) were measured in two cell lines, UV-2237 a murine fibrosarcoma and the non-tumorigenic NIH/3T3 fibroblast line. The behaviour of cells treated with AlSPc was compared with that of those treated with haematoporphyrin derivative (HpD), a photosensitizer often used in photodynamic therapy (PDT) of cancer. AlSP...

Doing Business in the Wired World

56 Computer E lectronic commerce—the application of information technology to support business processes and the exchange of goods and ser-vices—promises to radically transform business. Since 1993, use of the Internet and World Wide Web has exploded, spurred on by dramatically cheaper, higher performance hardware and software. This creates a global " infostructure " to support commerce. Today ...

Reconciling Identity and Citizenship: A Case for Moral Cosmopolitanism in a Divided World