The Maya Indians of southern Yucatan and northern British Honduras,

"Authorities cited": p. 143.

Toponimia maya-hispano-nahoa,

In triple columns.

Facsímil de la Gramàtica d'en Mates : estampada a Barcelona ab la data de l'any 1468 : y notices ilustratives de la ceva celebritat, escrites per Eudald Canibell.

Facsimile begins: Pro condendis oronibus ... Colophon of facsimile: Libellus pro efficiedis oronibus ...

Prof. Noam Chomsky en la Facultad de Filosofía y Letras (UBA): "60 años de Gramática Generativa: pasado, presente y futuro de la teoría lingüística"

Fil: Stamboni, Juan Luis. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Humanidades y Ciencias de la Educación; Argentina.

¿La gramática escolar en cuestión? La materia Construcción de Ciudadanía en las escuelas secundarias de la provincia de Buenos Aires

Fil: Longobucco, Hernán José. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Humanidades y Ciencias de la Educación; Argentina.

Proyectos alternativos y gramática escolar. Una Artista de las condiciones de escolarización

En el presente trabajo se expone parte de la investigación realizada en una escuela secundaria de Córdoba capital desde una perspectiva socio antropológica. En este caso el objeto de indagación son las condiciones de escolarización de los adolescentes en el cruce entre buenas prácticas de enseñanza y la rigidez del formato escolar. Se observó que la experiencia escolar se efectúa en la intersección entre situaciones que tienen por propósito incluir a los adolescentes en propuestas auténticas y la dureza del formato escolar manifiesta en prácticas de enseñanza más tradicionales. Existen ideas y proyectos alternativos a la enseñanza tradicional, que ensayan otras formas de vinculación adulto-joven, favoreciendo políticas de inclusión para alumnos para los que nadie parece estar preparado. A pesar de estos logros que no rompen pero erosionan la gramática escolar, en contextos como el de esta escuela, la tradición, las tipificaciones en torno a los alumnos, la burocracia, la rígida organización escolar, obturan estas ideas-proyectos. Esos rasgos escolares "duros" predominan y hasta entran en conflicto con toda nueva práctica de enseñanza que intenta escamotearse de la "rigidez" del formato escolar tradicional. En este sentido, finalmente se intenta responder ¿cuáles son experiencias de escolarización posibles en condiciones que fluctúan entre la alternativa y la dureza escolar?

Biolingüística (Gramática Generativa)

El texto tiene como objetivo presentar el modelo teórico de la Gramática Generativa en sus aspectos más relevantes: centro de investigación, objeto de estudio, temas de investigación, hipótesis, modelos y etapas.

The impact of the changing weaving industry on the culture and socioeconomic development of Maya women in Guatemala

Growing demand for handwoven Maya textiles from Guatemala parallels recent international fascination with Maya civilization. This thesis surveys the effects of increases in demands for artisan textiles in Guatemala, and explores the reactions of women involved in Aj Quen, a weavers' association. The hypothesis is that the well-being of Maya women depends on their participation in the association. This is tested by using indicators of the weavers' attitudes defined as their "well-being" regarding (1) health, (2) education levels, (3) child care practices, and (4) economic stability. Interviews were conducted with 127 Maya women. Data were documented, providing a crucial missing link in the current literature of "women in Guatemala." The results of this study yield baseline data demonstrating that health and child care practices are not directly related to women's participation in the association. Their education levels increased as a direct result of working with the association, as did economic stability, although less consistently.

Vulnerable identities: Maya Yucatec identities in a postmodern world

In numerous anthropological works there have been preoccupations about the relationships between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples. Whatever social researchers have concluded, one thing is consistent: the tendency to interpret ethnographic “data” in terms of binary oppositions. This dissertation reviews the works which have been centered upon binary oppositions, as for instance, in the case of Yucatan, between the Maya and the Dzul—the Yucatec Maya term for white males—and highlights the fact that such works have failed to recognize that within and between each “pole,” or social group there are individuals that have multiple identities, and that do not recognize themselves as belonging to a homogenized “pole.” Instead, these individuals, recognize themselves as belonging to different groups and, therefore, being aware that they have not a single identity but multiple ones. ^ Analogical anthropology is highly criticized because of its emphasis on binary oppositions, its authoritarianism, and the notion of the “Other.” In contrast, dialogical anthropology places great importance on the relationship between the individuals and the anthropologist. A relation in which both, the anthropologist and the subject, are immersed in a dialogue, because of the identification between the writer and the story that is being written. ^ However, anthropologists seem to be more interested in “dialoguing” among themselves rather than with the people that they write about. Indigenous people are relegated, they are voiceless, and, therefore, we keep treating them as “objects,” and not as individuals. This is ironic, precisely because it undermines the aim of the dialogical discourse. ^ In this context, awareness of self-identity or self-identities and the various ways in which Francisco, a good friend and the main character of this dissertation, assumes them, and the way I assume them, within multicultural contexts, leads us along the road to establish and reestablish communication. The methodology is based on four considerations: positioning, fieldwork conversations, self reflexivity and vulnerability. Hence, this dissertation constitutes an attempt to break with authoritarian models of ethnography, it is a dialogue between Francisco and me, a conversation among ourselves. A dialogue that expresses the desire of hearing our voices being echoed by each other. ^

The impact of the changing weaving industry on the culture and socioeconomic development of maya women in Guatemala

Growing demand for handwoven Maya textiles from Guatemala parallels recent international fascination with Maya civilization. This thesis surveys the effects of increases in demands for artisan textiles in Guatemala, and explores the reactions of women involved in Aj Quen, a weavers' association. The hypothesis is that the well-being of Maya women depends on their participation in the association. This is tested by using indicators of the weavers' attitudes defined as their "well-being" regarding 1) health, 2) education levels, 3) child care practices, and 4) economic stability. Interviews were conducted with 127 Maya women. Data were documented, providing a crucial missing link in the current literature of "women in Guatemala." The results of this study yield baseline data demonstrating that health and child care practices are not directly related to women's participation in the association. Their education levels increased as a direct result of working with the association, as did economic stability, although less consistently.

Sobre formas e processos: projeto de um condomínio de casas a partir de princípios da gramática da forma

With the intention of studying and developing the design process based on a specific methodology, the object of this work is to present the design of a gated condominium community in Natal based on the application of principles of shape grammar, used in their design process. The shape grammar is a design method developed in the 1970s by George Stiny and James Gips. It is used for the analysis of the project as well as for its synthesis, with the goal of creating a "formal vocabulary" through mathematical and/or geometrical operations. Here, the methodology was used in the synthesis of the design process, through the relationship between formal subtractions and the houses’ architectural planning. As a result, five dwellings configurations were proposed, each one different from the other with respect to their shape and architectural programming, distributed in three twin groups, which are repeated until the final total of nine architectural volumes. In addition to studies of the condominium’s ventilation and the buildings’ shading simulations, studies of spatial flexibility and acoustic performance were also performed. The mapping of the design process, one of the specific objectives of the dissertation, was composed not only by the record of formal constraints (the preparation and application of rules), but also by physical, environmental, legal and sustainability aspects in relation to, on one hand, the optimization of the shading and passive ventilation for hot and humid climates, and, on the other hand, the modulation and rationalization of the construction.