Tarrazú y Orosí: Cambios en la cadena de comercialización del café y estrategias ante la liberalización del mercado, 1989-2006

ResumenEl presente artículo versa sobre los cambios que enfrentó la cadena de comercialización del café de Tarrazú y Orosi después de la liberalización del mercado, así como las estrategias implementadas por los beneficiadores y exportadores del grano para enfrentar las coyunturas críticas suscitadas por la ruptura del Acuerdo Internacional del Café. En este trabajo se aborda las causas del mercado libre y sus repercusiones en la cadena del café nacional, la dinámica de los eslabones del beneficiado y la exportación en cada región de estudio y las respuestas de los actores ante la crisis en los mercados.AbstractThis article focuses on the changes the Orosi and Tarrazú coffee marketing system had to deal with after the markets liberalization, and the strategies implemented by the processors and exporters of the coffee bean in order to tackle the critical situations that arose from the rupture of the International Coffee Agreement. This paper addresses the object of the free market and its impact on the domestic coffee-producing system, the dynamics of the coffee-processing and export structures in each region under study, and the key players response to the market crisis.

Componentes teóricos para la comprensión de la pedagogía intercultural como práctica docente

Nowadays, a topic that arises in the educational domain as an answer to the demands of an increasingly diverse society which also demands processes of inclusion is, without a doubt, the concept of interculturalism. There are several conceptual approaches that are far from creating a pedagogy of interculturalism, specially when interculturalism is valued as a philosophy, which requires the development of a new teacher who is not only capable of recycling him/herself but who is also aware of the paradigmatic changes that interculturalism demands. The article presents an approach to the theoretical components for the understanding of intercultural pedagogy as an educational practice. It begins with a brief presentation of the current educational system, followed by the interpretation of human rights as a fundamental issue of human diversity, and certain approaches and clarification models for interculturalism in elementary school. Finally, the article briefly discusses some of teacher’s intercultural competencies in the face of such diversity.