Academic literature on the topic 'Chto Delat? (Collective)'

From November 2017 to April 2018, in Mexico City’s MuseoUniversitario Arte Contemporaneo, the Russian artistic-activist collectivechto delat (what should be done?) exhibited a number of monuments inmemory of the Russian revolution. In centring on three monuments, in thisarticle I consider the ability of the collective’s monuments to inspire politicalmediations on historical potential embedded in revolutionary pasts. I arguethat melancholia does not inevitably mark historical fixity or unaccomplishedmourning, but rather a temporal openness to mnemonic productivity andsolidarity. It is in this sense that melancholia does not index a pathologicalresponse to loss, but a political alternative to normative mourning. Inrecuperating melancholia as a potentially productive and critical relation to thepast, chto delat reframes accusations of left-wing melancholia as being “stuckin the past” as an opening to consider alternatives to what is now.

1. The area of the Murchison Falls-Albert Delta is among the most important for conservation in East Africa dueto the high species richness, and the presence of several endemic species of conservation concern.2. Here, we report a study on the diversity patterns and community structure of the herpetofauna of this area.3. Field studies were conducted in the Albert Nile Delta Ramsar site between 1st October 2017 and 9th September2018. The data collection relied on Visual Encounter Surveys (VES), pitfall trapping, and dip netting. Descriptive statistics, i.e. species numbers in each transect were used as a measure of the present biodiversity, whereasChao1 and Chao species estimator algorithms were used to predict the potential number of species found ineach site/habitat.4. A total of 898 individuals representing 25 reptile species belonging to four orders, 15 families, and 20 generawere recorded during the 12 months of surveys.5. The data shows some non-random spatial and temporal patterns whereby there is a cyclic reptilian diversitypeaking during the December-March and again towards June-August-September which are peaks of the dryseason.6. The most frequently encountered species were Varanus niloticus, Crocodylus niloticus, Agama agama, Trachylepis maculilabris, and Lygodactylus guttularis, which accounted for almost 90% of all recorded individuals.7. A total of 27 amphibian species, belonging to nine families and 10 genera were recorded during the periodof the survey. The diversity and abundance graphs would indicate amphibians having bimodal peaks (September-December, and March-May). The diversity seemed to dip during the dry season months – which is theopposite case for reptiles.