Gendering Cultural Memory: Balzac’s Adieu

Introduction: gendering socio cultural alcohol and drug research.

AIM The gender gap in alcohol consumption and alcohol-related harm still is considerable and largely unexplained. This paper introduces four studies performed in Sweden that explore factors influencing gender differences in levels of consumption, adverse consequences and treatment. METHOD We summarize and discuss these four studies performed within the same cultural setting, which each analys...

Cultural memory

Humans have a form of externalised memory. They are able to transmit information across generations in the form of learned cultural traditions and preserve this knowledge in artefacts. How this capability evolved from the simpler traditions of other animals is an active area of research.

Arnaud Echard: Adieu, ma soeur

D uring cytokinesis, the two daughter cells begin separating from each other through constriction of an actomyosin ring. The cells then remain connected via a narrow cytoplasmic intercellular bridge for several hours while the membrane is remodeled at the fi ssion site. Only then can they part ways. Arnaud Echard wants to know how cytokinesis is achieved and regulated. By leveraging his backgro...

Gendering the Job:

Gender segregation of jobs plays a central role in current research on gender and labor markets, and understanding the mechanisms driving the gender segregation has become a key focus of study. While the literature on gender segregation of jobs often invoke gender sorting mechanisms that operate pre-hire, the data that are used to empirically examine these processes are almost always collected ...

Gendering Socialist Popular Cultures