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This paper explores the journey of Chinese papercutting, also known as jianzhi. It has evolved from a traditional craft for women into a modern form of artistic expression and female empowerment. Historically, papercutting was part of what was known as nühong (women's work). This art form gave women a way to be creative and also helped them navigate their expected social roles, which were often anonymous and practical. An examination of this tradition demonstrates how artists occupied the space between collective creation and social norms that desecrated it; and this was juxtaposed to cultural conventions of high (male-dominated) "mainstream" art forms like literati painting. The case study focussed on a "baby" motif called zhuaji, when viewed through this lens of traditional practice, shows how even the most traditional forms served to reinforce, whilst gently subverting patriarchal views and practices. From this consideration of traditional papercutting practice in China, the subsequent examination shifts to examine how contemporary artists like Bovey Lee are reclaiming this "craft" to address contemporary identities, movements, and feminist critiques. Ultimately, the paper argues that papercutting offers an integral and powerful language for female expression as it continues a journey from muted, complicit to vocally challenging practices in the agential world of global art.

La evaluación sensorial bajo estándares de Specialty Coffee Association (SCA) es clave para redefinir el valor de café robusta especial, promoviendo su inclusión en mercados de especialidad y asegurando la trazabilidad. Con el objetivo de identificar y seleccionar clones con calificaciones sensoriales >80 puntos SCA, que se catalogan como especiales, se realizó un estudio de 20 clones de café robusta tipo Congolensis, beneficiados por vía seca, procedentes de la Amazonía norte del Ecuador, usando los estándares SCA. Los resultados permitieron identificar a los clones T-12 (COF-003-ARB.15), T-16 (NP-3018-ARB.19) y T-18 (NP-4024-ARB.4), con puntajes sensoriales > 80 puntos y menor variabilidad relativa. El clon T-12, además del alto puntaje sensorial y la reducida variabilidad, con un 95% de confianza, se infiere que es el único material cuya media poblacional se ubica dentro de un intervalo que tiene límite, inferior, arriba de 81 puntos SCA, por lo tanto, se selecciona y recomienda usarlo en cruzamientos manuales para formar híbridos con atributos sensoriales.

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