A tale untold: The Search for a Story in Byron's Lara

Shears, J. (2006). A tale untold: The Search for a Story in Byron's Lara. The Byron Journal. 34(1), pp.1-8. RAE2008

Familias Guardabosques - Proyecto artesanos Santa María - Huila : informe final

32 hojas : ilustraciones, fotografías.

Informe final asesoría y asistencia técnica en diseño textil familias guardabosques. – Proyecto artesanos Santa María - Huila.

84 hojas : ilustraciones, fotografías.

“Fiction makes a better job of the truth”: dialogism, oppositional consciousness and re-membering in the novels of Helena María Viramontes

This thesis comprises close textual analyses of Chicana author Helena María Viramontes' two published novels, Under the Feet of Jesus (1995) and Their Dogs Came With Them (2007). These analyses fall under three broad frameworks: space, time and body. Chapter One engages with the first of these frameworks, space, and explores concepts of cognitive mapping and heteroptopias. Chapter Two, which looks at time, employs theories of intertextuality and the palimpsest, while Chapter Three looks at the interrrelationship between mythology and images of the body in the texts. This study emerges five years after the publication of Viramontes' last novel, Their Dogs Came With Them, but offers fresh insight into the contribution of the author to both the Chicano literary tradition and also the U.S. canon through her critique of hegemonic power structures that suppress not only the voices of lower class ethnic citizens but also of ethnic writers. In particular, her work chastises the paucity of attention given to ethnic women writers in the U.S. This thesis reaffirms Viramontes' position as one of the most important writers living and writing in the U.S. today. It corroborates her work as a contestation against ethnic and gender suppression, and applauds the craftsmanship of her narrative style that delicately but decisively exposes the socio-political wrongs that occur in ocntemporary U.S. society.

Propuesta preliminar de proyecto de desarrollo rural vinculado a los productores de llamas del departamento de Santa María provincia de Catamarca

La Argentina, Bolivia y Perú, son los países con mayor cantidad de camélidos sudamericanos, en Argentina hay guanacos, llamas y vicuñas. En la Patagonia se destaca la existencia de guanacos mientras que en la región del NOA (Catamarca, Jujuy, La Rioja, Salta, Santiago del Estero y Tucumán) se encuentran vicuñas y llamas. De estas tres especies, la llama es la que puede ser considerada doméstica. La característica endémica de este tipo de ganado en la región sur del continente americano y las condiciones de manejo en la Argentina, entre otras cuestiones, me impulsaron a elaborar la propuesta de un proyecto de desarrollo rural para Santa María de Catamarca, que tenga por población objetivo a los productores de llamas. El proyecto no fue llevado a la práctica. Dado que la elaboración del proyecto está en una etapa inicial y la idea es diseñarlo de forma participativa, el objetivo del trabajo es identificar cuales debieran ser los pasos a seguir en el diseño del proyecto para que el mismo se oriente a un proceso de desarrollo. Los avances se observan principalmente en el análisis de información de fuentes secundarias y entrevistas, de manera tal que permitió elaborar un marco de la situación y contexto. Además, se cuenta con la información obtenida de una dinámica de diagnóstico a través del árbol de problemas y soluciones efectuado con habitantes de la región donde se llevaría adelante el proyecto. Por lo tanto, este trabajo presenta al lector una propuesta preliminar de proyecto de desarrollo rural vinculado a los productores de llamas de Santa María de Catamarca y a su vez una propuesta metodológica sobre como se deberían llevar adelante las etapas que restan a fin de concretar un proyecto de desarrollo rural planificado de forma participativa.

Variaciones del proceso de desertificación en la cuenca del río Santa María, Catamarca

p.213-221

Análisis mesoclimático de las cartas topográficas Santa Rosa y Villa María (1:250.000) de la provincia de Córdoba (Argentina)

p.73-76

Indicadores de calidad de la tierra en distintas posiciones de la cuenca del Río Santa María

p.111-115

Analysis of the footprint in school age of 8-10 years old

Biomechanical problems in children, is an important subject currently, existing controversy in different areas, for example, the majority of children have a flattened footprint, or the hypermobility joint is linked to a musculoskeletal pain. The objective of the study was to determine what kind of footprint is most frequent in school-age children (8-10 years) in the area of Plasencia. This was taken as a sign 50 children, of whom 28 were males and 22 females. All the subjects in the study underwent an assessment of footprint planted in static as well as an exploration of different parameters through inspection in a standing position (formula digital, rearfoot). The results show that excavated footprint is present in a 72% cases of the population, 16% was belonging to an excavated footprint in which we find a higher percentage of weight related.For the digital formula we find that the most common is the Egyptian foot by 40% of the cases and that the prevalence in the rearfoot, is a normal hindfoot. In relation with the hypermobility joint, we check that it is more common in girls and that none of them presents an association to musculoskeletal pain. As a future line we could establish a more comprehensive study with new techniques and valuingchild’s statics and dynamics, to have a more accurate study of the different variables in the sample population studied.

Art as an educative and social tool

Since remote times, certain sectors of society have been exposed to inequality and vulnerability, where adequate intervention processes have become conspicuous because of their absence. Nowadays, current societies have the responsibility of contributing, based on their experience and knowledge, with more efficient policies and programs that improve the life quality of the most disadvantaged. It is here where art and its different tools play a very important role, not only on a physical level, but also as an education tool that allows the development of emotional, mental and communicative skills. The aim of this paper is to make clear the potential of art as an instrument of social and educational intervention. It starts by showing worldwide-collected experience related to education and arts, and then, it acquaints the reader with two parallel intervention projects that worked with youths under social vulnerability conditions. These interventions were developed based on a qualitative research (Grounded theory), using as methodology “The Artistic Mediation” with emphasis on body language. This methodology helped researchers to get close to the participants and to know their experiences and emotions. At the same time, it was possible to evidence the positive effects of educative interventions through art. These workshops were based on an artistic methodology especially focused on body language. Data in this work is qualitative, and as such, it permits a special approach to the personal and emotional experiences of the participants; clearly showing the positive effects of the referenced practice on them.