La lengua Sefardí. Aspectos lingüísticos, literarios y culturales

La presente obra contiene once artículos con distintos enfoques teóricos y metodológicos, en los que se abordan variados campos relativos a los estudios sefardíes, es decir, a esa fascinante variedad de cuño hispano que es la lengua judeoespañola y a su producción literaria, en cuyos textos se plasman aspectos de su cultura, de sus tradiciones y de su historia social. Los estudios se basan en obras producidas mayoritariamente en el ámbito de los Balcanes, a lo que hay que sumar la ciudad de Viena, y con un arco cronológico que va desde el siglo XVIII al XX. En cuanto a los temas, amén de los artículos de contenido extrictamente lingüístico, en esta obra se recogen estudios literarios sobre rabínica sefardí, prensa, coplas, teatro y narrativa.

Apoyando innovaciones locales: Un instrumento para el fortalecimiento de innovaciones locales y la promoción del desarrollo rural sostenible: Experiencias de dos talleres pilotos de MASAL y CDE realizados en laprovincia de Cuzco, Perú

Local communities have often underestimated their endogenous potentials for innovation – potentials that could help them adapt to changing socio-cultural, political, economic and environmental conditions, to improve their livelihoods, develop their own visions, and negotiate their own priorities. While the significance of local innovation potentials for sustainable development is now increasingly acknowledged, projects and development plans rarely attempt to explicitly develop these potentials; nor do they try to disseminate local innovations within and among communities. Based on the conceptual framework of “social learning”, CDE has developed an instrument to promote existing local potential for innovation. The instrument is based on social learning processes involving different stakeholder groups in local contexts. It was successfully tested during two pilot workshops in a rural development context in the Peruvian highland. The present paper reports on the experience of these two workshops held in April and May 2004 in the communities of Tungasuca in the Cuzco Province. The paper describes the context of innovations and the methodology applied, followed by a detailed description of the contents and outcomes of the workshops, as well as the experience gained in the process. Finally it draws a set of conclusions and presents the lessons learnt.