Aproximació al teatre de l’oprimit a catalunya (2002-2009): el CTO Pa’tothom i anàlisi d’una peça de teatre fòrum

El Teatre de l’Oprimit (TO) d’Augusto Boal és una metodologia teatral popular que es va originar al Brasil als anys 70 i que s’utilitza per a transformar la realitat social. Aquesta recerca relata la història del TO a Catalunya des de la primera visita de Boal al 1977 fins a l’any 2009, moment àlgid del treball boalià català que coincideix amb la mort del seu creador i que s’ha entroncat amb la tradició catalana del teatre social. A continuació, el treball es centra a analitzar Amina busca feina, una peça de Teatre Fòrum, la tècnica boaliana més utilitzada a Catalunya, i que ha estat escollida per ser emblemàtica ja que és fidel als principis del TO i que s’ha dut a terme dins de l’entitat Pa’tothom, el primer centre de TO de tot l’Estat Espanyol reconegut mundialment.

La busca de Jorge Luis Borges: metáfora, metafísica y misticismo

El presente trabajo se propone analizar el influjo de la cultura islámica y, muy especialmente, de su vertiente mística, en tres relatos de la ‘serie árabe’ de Jorge Luis Borges: El Zahir, La busca de Averroes y El acercamiento a Almotásim, analizados en torno a los conceptos básicos de metáfora, metafísica y misticismo, respectivamente. El objeto de este estudio es clarificar las fuentes empleadas en dichos textos para desentrañar las actitudes ideológicas de raigambre árabe que comprenden y la particular interpretación que el autor hace de éstas, dando así una idea más completa y global de la poética borgesiana

Penya Ciclista amb .NET

L'objectiu principal d'aquest treball de fi de carrera ha estat aprofitar la importància que Internet ha adquirit com a canal de comunicació per a dissenyar i desenvolupar una aplicació, basada en tecnologia .NET, que gestioni l'activitat d'una penya ciclista.

Una peça notable procedent de Sant Julià de Ramis

Article que descriu i analitza un fragment d'una gran gerra ceràmica amb decoració grafitada al damunt de la paret externa procedent del poblat ibèric de Sant Julià de Ramis, situat en el límit nord-oriental del Pla de Girona

Spain in Europe 2004-2008

In March of 2004, the Observatory of European Foreign Policy published a special monograph about Spain in Europe (1996-2004) in digital format. The objective of the monograph was to analyse Spain’s foreign policy agenda and strategy during the period of José María Aznar’s presidency. As the title suggests, one of the initial suppositions of the analysis is the Europeanization of Spanish foreign activities. Is that how it was? Did Aznar’s Spain see the world and relate to it through Brussels? The publication was well received, considering the number of visits received and above all the institutions which asked to link the publication to their web pages. Among these, the EUobserver published the introduction to the piece in English titled Aznar: thinking locally, acting in Europe (described by the EUobserver as a paper of utmost importance). The fact that the elections were held three days after the tragic events of the 11th of March dramatically increased interest in Spain and the implications for Europe. This publication is the second of its type, in this case analysing the period of the Zapatero government (2004-2008). Once again the starting premise (the Europeanization of the agenda and the methods employed) has been considered by the analysts. And once again the articles collected in this publication serve to “triangulate” the analysis. Spain and Europe are two vertices (more or less distant, in essence and in form) which the authors handle in their analysis of the case (third vertex).

La información especializada en Internet: directorio de recursos de interés académico y profesional (Ángeles Maldonado y Luis Rodríguez-Yunta, coords.)

Los más viejos del lugar recordarán con nostalgia los repertorios clásicos de fuentes de información elaborados por Malclès y Sabor... A los no tan viejos les sonarán los nombres de Sheehy (o Balay) y Walford

El Practicum: una peça clau en la formació centrada en les competències.

Presentació feta a la Reunió amb els centres de pràctiques el 8 de juny de 2005.

Psychometric characteristics of the Spanish version of instruments to measure neck pain disability

Background: The NDI, COM and NPQ are evaluation instruments for disability due to NP. There was no Spanish version of NDI or COM for which psychometric characteristics were known. The objectives of this study were to translate and culturally adapt the Spanish version of the Neck Disability Index Questionnaire (NDI), and the Core Outcome Measure (COM), to validate its use in Spanish speaking patients with non-specific neck pain (NP), and to compare their psychometric characteristics with those of the Spanish version of the Northwick Pain Questionnaire (NPQ).Methods: Translation/re-translation of the English versions of the NDI and the COM was done blindly and independently by a multidisciplinary team. The study was done in 9 primary care Centers and 12 specialty services from 9 regions in Spain, with 221 acute, subacute and chronic patients who visited their physician for NP: 54 in the pilot phase and 167 in the validation phase. Neck pain (VAS), referred pain (VAS), disability (NDI, COM and NPQ), catastrophizing (CSQ) and quality of life (SF-12) were measured on their first visit and 14 days later. Patients' self-assessment was used as the external criterion for pain and disability. In the pilot phase, patients' understanding of each item in the NDI and COM was assessed, and on day 1 test-retest reliability was estimated by giving a second NDI and COM in which the name of the questionnaires and the order of the items had been changed.Results: Comprehensibility of NDI and COM were good. Minutes needed to fill out the questionnaires [median, (P25, P75)]: NDI. 4 (2.2, 10.0), COM: 2.1 (1.0, 4.9). Reliability: [ICC, (95%CI)]: NDI: 0.88 (0.80, 0.93). COM: 0.85 (0.75,0.91). Sensitivity to change: Effect size for patients having worsened, not changed and improved between days 1 and 15, according to the external criterion for disability: NDI: -0.24, 0.15, 0.66; NPQ: -0.14, 0.06, 0.67; COM: 0.05, 0.19, 0.92. Validity: Results of NDI, NPQ and COM were consistent with the external criterion for disability, whereas only those from NDI were consistent with the one for pain. Correlations with VAS, CSQ and SF-12 were similar for NDI and NPQ (absolute values between 0.36 and 0.50 on day 1, between 0.38 and 0.70 on day 15), and slightly lower for COM (between 0.36 and 0.48 on day 1, and between 0.33 and 0.61 on day 15). Correlation between NDI and NPQ: r = 0.84 on day 1, r = 0.91 on day 15. Correlation between COM and NPQ: r = 0.63 on day 1, r = 0.71 on day 15.Conclusion: Although most psychometric characteristics of NDI, NPQ and COM are similar, those from the latter one are worse and its use may lead to patients' evolution seeming more positive than it actually is. NDI seems to be the best instrument for measuring NP-related disability, since its results are the most consistent with patient's assessment of their own clinical status and evolution. It takes two more minutes to answer the NDI than to answer the COM, but it can be reliably filled out by the patient without assistance.

Luis Cernuda: platonic emotiveness versus presocratic-aristotelian mind

The aim of this article is to show how, although the poet finds himself materialist or both Presocratic and Aristotelian, his poetic emotiveness is truly Platonic or idealist, so that that tension between reality and desire with the help of which his poetry has always been defined becomes once more confirmed thanks to the analysis of his poems from a philosophical rather than a literary point of view.

Luis Cernuda: emotivitat platònica versus mentalitat presocraticoaristotèlica

L'objectiu d'aquest article és mostrar com, malgrat declarar-se materialista o presocraticoaristotèlic, l'emotivitat poètica de Luis Cernuda és clarament platònica o idealista, de manera que la tensió entre la realitat i el desig que sempre ha definit la seva poesia es referma també gràcies a l'anàlisi de la seva obra des d¿una òptica més filosòfica que no pas literària.

Platonic shadows and lights in Luis Cernuda's poetry: their didactic use

The aim of this article is to show a wide range of lights and shadows in Luis Cernuda's poetry as images which have a specific reference -in spite of not being mentioned-, that is, the Platonic image of the cave. It is thanks to the images that the poet shows us his ideal world, in which shadows symbolize the beautiful, perfect and everlasting world in which Luis Cenuda needs to believe. Once more, it deals with that well-known tension between reality and desire which defines the essence of his poetry.

Didàctiques llums i ombres platòniques en la poesia de Luis Cernuda

L'objectiu d'aquest article és revelar l'ús reiterat de les llums i les ombres en la poesia de Luis Cernuda, com a imatges que tenen com a referent concret -bé que no mencionat- la imatge platònica de la caverna. És justament gràcies a les imatges que el poeta ens mostra el seu univers ideal, en el qual la foscor simbolitza el món material condemnat a morir, mentre que la llum és el símbol del món bell, perfecte i etern en què Luis Cernuda necessita creure. Es tracta, un cop més, de la tensió entre realitat i desig que defineix l'essència de la seva poesia.

Didácticas luces y sombras platónicas en la poesía de Luis Cernuda

El objetivo de este artículo es revelar el uso reiterado de las luces y las sombras en la poesía de Luis Cernuda, como imágenes que tienen como referente concreto ¿aunque no mencionado- la imagen platónica de la caverna. Es justamente gracias a las imágenes que el poeta nos muestra su mundo ideal, en el cual la oscuridad simboliza el mundo material condenado a morir, mientras que la luz es el símbolo del mundo bello, perfecto y eterno en que Luis Cernuda necesita creer. Se trata, una vez más, de la tensión entre realidad y deseo que define la esencia de su poesía.

Luis Cernuda: emotividad platónica versus mentalidad presocrático-aristotélica

El objetivo de este artículo es mostrar cómo, pese a declararse materialista o presocrático-aristotélico, la emotividad poética de Luis Cernuda es claramente platónica o idealista, de tal suerte que la tensión entre realidad y deseo que siempre ha definido su poesía se reafirma también gracias al análisis de su obra desde una óptica más filosófica que literaria.