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Dans La volonté de savoir, Foucault propose une critique de la « scientia sexualis » : ce savoir de la « sexualité » repose sur une synthèse fallacieuse de phénomènes physiques et psychiques fort dissemblables et il soumet les sujets aux pouvoirs d’une supposée rationalité herméneutique et à des contraintes normatives qu’il faut éliminer. Deux ordres de questions s’imposent alors. D’une part : que convient-il de substituer au régime de savoir et de pouvoir de la « sexualité » ? Suffit-il de valoriser « les corps et les plaisirs » afin de lutter contre le « dispositif de la sexualité » ? D’autre part, l’expérience que nous appelons, faute de mieux, sexuelle est-elle réductible à l’idée de la « sexualité » ? Les travaux menés après La volonté de savoir proposent des réponses. Ainsi, Foucault se réfère à une « expérience fondamentale » de la sexualité qu’il distingue de l’idée moderne de « sexualité ». Cette expérience fonde la continuité de l’enquête généalogique : sans ce fondement, cette enquête, qui trouve son origine dans l’éthique grecque des plaisirs et s’achève avec la « scientia sexualis », ne serait qu’une succession de rationalités hétérogènes sans fil directeur. De plus, Foucault s’instruit de cette éthique afin de ré-interpréter l’expérience fondamentale de la sexualité et de proposer une morale des plaisirs délivrée des impératifs herméneutiques et normatifs. Il convient alors de s’interroger sur ce que peut nous apprendre cette morale sur cette expérience.

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The Editor and Managing Editor of the August Wilson Journal met with four specialists from the University Library System (ULS) at the University of Pittsburgh and one University of Pittsburgh history professor via Zoom on January 14, 2021 to discuss the ULS’s recent acquisition of August Wilson’s archival materials.

In this paper, we report on the outputs and adoption of the Agrisemantics Working Group of the Research Data Alliance (RDA), consisting of a set of recommendations to facilitate the adoption of semantic technologies and methods for the purpose of data interoperability in the field of agriculture and nutrition. From 2016 to 2019, the group gathered researchers and practitioners at the crossing point between information technology and agricultural science, to study all aspects in the life cycle of semantic resources: conceptualization, edition, sharing, standardization, services, alignment, long term support. First, the working group realized a landscape study, a study of the uses of semantics in agrifood, then collected use cases for the exploitation of semantics resources-a generic term to encompass vocabularies, terminologies, thesauri, ontologies. The resulting requirements were synthesized into 39 "hints" for users and developers of semantic resources, and providers of semantic resource services. We believe adopting these recommendations will engage agrifood sciences in a necessary transition to leverage data production, sharing and reuse and the adoption of the FAIR data principles. The paper includes examples of adoption of those requirements, and a discussion of their contribution to the field of data science.

Abstract NOTE: The first page of text has been automatically extracted and included below in lieu of an abstract Session 1463 PRIME – the Partnership for Regional Innovation in Manufacturing Education Winston F. Erevelles – Robert Morris College David Huggins – Penn State New Kensington Pearley Cunningham – Community College of Allegheny County Sunday Faseyitan - Butler County Community College Robert Myers – Westmoreland County Community College I. Introduction The manufacturing base of Southwestern Pennsylvania is the key to a healthy regional economy. Manufacturing is the second largest private sector employer with 166,000 jobs, and first in annual wages with a total payroll of over $6 billion1, 2. The average manufacturing wage of $40,000 compares very favorably to the $28,000 average of other sectors. Figures 1 and 2 further underline the importance of manufacturing to southwestern Pennsylvania – by showing the impact that the relatively small number of manufacturing jobs has on the regional economy. 6% 10 % 16 % Public Public Local Sector Exported Sector Manufacturing Jobs Services Services 40 % 15 % 11 % Services 26 % Exported Retail, $139 Billion Economy 7% Wholesale, Services Jobs Construction $56B Manufacturing 29 % Retail, Wholesale, $15B Exported Services Construction 40 % 1M illion Total SWPA Jobs Manufacturing Figure 1. Breakdown of Regional Jobs Figure 2. Impact of Manufacturing This essential regional economic base is being threatened by a critical shortage of skilled technicians and engineers needed to sustain and grow the region's manufacturers3. This is further complicated by the fact that the industry base in Southwestern Pennsylvania is no longer dominated by the steel industry. Manufacturers in the region now exhibit significant diversity in materials, processes, and technology thereby challenging the educational system that needs to be in place to prepare the regional workforce. At a time when manufacturers cannot recruit a sufficient number of skilled workers, there is a segment of the region's workforce that is under-employed and often working in the service and retail sectors for much lower wages. The projected retirement attrition rate of 5% per year in the manufacturing sector further exacerbates this situation. This disconnect in the deployment of the regional workforce is the impetus for five Southwestern Pennsylvania participating educational institutions to recruit and educate the kind of workforce demanded by the region's manufacturers while simultaneously providing new and rewarding career paths for the region’s youth. Clearly Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright 2001, American Society for Engineering Education