Más allá del género

Recibido 06 de setiembre de 2010 • Aceptado 09 de marzo de 2011 • Corregido 22 de mayo de 2011      El propósito del presente ensayo es describir, desde la cotidianidad, la influencia de la palabra en las canciones populares y destacar, al mismo tiempo, cómo lo cotidiano, lo que vemos, escuchamos y vivimos son poderosas herramientas de aprendizaje duradero en la construcción de las representaciones culturales relativas al género. Se destaca la influencia de las letras de las canciones populares en la construcción de la identidad masculina. Además, cómo esto determina las relaciones entre los sujetos, sean hombres y mujeres. Se plantea la necesidad de romper con modelos sexuales estereotipados que generan la violencia contra las mujeres y algunos hombres, en un contexto de una sociedad patriarcal, en procura de una sociedad más democrática y equitativa, sobre la base del principio de igualdad.

DOCUMENTARY RESCUE OF POPULAR TRADITIONS OF THE CENTRAL AREA CANTONS HEREDIA PROVINCE

This paper presents the results of documentary rescue demonstrations performed in different counties present in the central area of the province of Heredia.This idea was enhanced thanks to the Organization of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has provided the rescue and preservation of folk traditions, both tangible and intangible, throughout the world.Coupled with this, the Ministry of Education under the direction of Professor Manuel Antonio Bolaños, launched in the administration of La Espriella Pacheco (2002-2006) the development of an educational project aimed at rescuing the popular traditions of the province of Heredia, which under the title"Draft Heredianidad" became one of the main inspiring to be translated into a multimedia all information collected in the process of this research.The final graduation consisted of three major axes: the memory, the media containing all the information collected and a database in which (the) user (s) and to describe the bibliographic production on the subject of popular traditions Heredia has occurred, would help to physically locate these publications.To achieve the objectives we proceeded to conduct visits to public libraries and municipalities in the province as well as interviews with different artistic personalities of the cantons heredianos, thereby gained access to various legends, anecdotes, stories, songs, music and history of the province of Heredia.

A DIMENSÃO TERRITORIAL DAS FESTAS POPULARES NATALINAS E DO TURISMO: ESTUDO COMPARATIVO DO PATRIMONIO IMATERIAL EM GOIÁS, CEARÁ E SERGIPE

Neste texto o propósito de descrever aspectos culturais e patrimoniais dos estados de Goiás, Ceará e Sergipe. As festas natalinas desses lugares são descritas e problematizadas sob um ponto de vista cultural-geográfico-patrimonial. O estudo tem revelado que o tema demanda novos olhares e não se esgota na valorização de bens culturais como fator de desenvolvimento e de cidadania.  Com envolvimento das Universidades Federais de Goiás, do Ceará e de Sergipe, estamos desenvolvendo e produzindo conjuntamente a análise das políticas culturais e os seus impactos; a percepção das festas populares; a caracterização do território das festas populares enfocando os pontos fortes e os pontos fracos para o turismo e as oportunidades e ameaças em cada festa.