Adaptation to the Environment: Changes in Initial Projects in Ottoman Shephardic Press

The origins of Sephardic press date back to the mid-20th century, when the influence of the Western world spread across the Sephardim communities of the East. The content of these newspapers was diverse: pieces of general interest, but also scientific, literary and humorous works, with various political orientations. These papers were published in different languages, writing styles and alphabets. Those to be analysed here, however, were published in aljamiado Judeo-Spanish: three papers from Smyrna and one from Salonica. Throughout this work we will focus on the different obstacles and difficulties the editors and publishers of this Ottoman Sephardic press had to face to bring their publications to light.

Crossing borders: Space and identity in the essay by Angelina Mu��iz

In this study, we establish a relation between the representation of space in Mu��iz���s essays and the construction of the essayist���s complex identity which combines Spanish, Jewish and Mexican traits. We concentrate on Angelina Mu��iz���s essays Las ra��ces y las ramas (1993) and El canto del peregrino (1999). Methodologically, we rely on Maingueneau���s concept of ���scenography���, according to which the text stages its own situation of enunciation. Our starting point is the triple Spanish-Jewish-Mexican identity of the essayist. Our research question is about how the essayist deals with the space corresponding to respectively the Spanish and Mexican part of her identity. Secondly, we analyse the representation in the essays of a space corresponding to her Jewish roots. We find that Mu��iz���s vision of space is not static; the essayist���s vision on space is dynamic, open, free and characterized by a constant free movement across national borders. Similar to the concept of space of the ���diaspora���, her vision is constructed without the limitations imposed by national borderlines or geographical distances.

Rethinking the identity artist-researcher, from the project ���Dialogues with women art teachers���

The questioning of identity and the various roles that artists have begun to explore, from the last century, are fundamental aspects in this article. Today it is difficult to speak of the artist as individual isolated innate talent working in his studio, but the various social, political and cultural effects, have moved the artists to become part of the social world and to generate artistic practices that visualize and manifest critically these concerns. To explain these transits deeper, we will share part of the personal artistic practice and reflections, and how it has begun to intertwine with the doctoral research, through the art project ���Dialogues with women art teachers���. From the experience as an artist and researcher in training, we will share what this project of artistic inquiry is about and reflect their points with the notion of `artistic practice as research�� developed by Graeme Sullivan (2010, 2011). On the other hand, we will seek to reflect how the identities of `artist�� and `academic�� are in constant dialogue. This art project seeks to show that these identities are not in a fixed position, but rather reflect, from the place of an artist, how through the various shifts in different disciplines, can conceive an identity ���in-between���. The latter refers to the ability to understand the processes of being a woman, artist and researcher who travels and forms its identity among both disciplines.