Patología andina relacionada al uso de plantas medicinales en los mercados 10 de Agosto, el Arenal y 9 de Octubre, de la Ciudad de Cuenca, 2015

Antecedentes: en Cuenca el uso de plantas medicinales en patologías tradicionales según la cosmovisión andina se mantiene vigente, en los mercados es habitual ver personas que buscan esta medicina, haciendo importante un estudio de la problemática. Objetivo: estudiar las patologías andinas relacionadas al uso de plantas medicinales en los mercados 10 de Agosto, el Arenal y 9 de Octubre de la ciudad de Cuenca. Método: investigación cualitativa, enfoque narrativo e interpretativo, con participación de seis mujeres de sabiduría de los mercados de Cuenca. Las técnicas empleadas: observación directa y entrevistas semi-estructuradas, diario de campo, grabaciones y fotografías. Los datos se procesaron en categorías y diagramas en Atlas.ti, se presentan en narraciones y esquemas. Resultados: las patologías andinas tratadas comúnmente; en el recién nacido, el mal de ojo; lactantes, el espanto; escolares, el shungo; adolescentes y adultos los nervios. Etiologías: estación del año, ambientes desagradables, castigo divino y causas humanas. Sintomatología compromete el estado general: irritabilidad, llanto y decaimiento. Tratamiento: fe cristiana, ritual de limpia y herramientas complementarias. Para la limpia se usa un atado de plantas medicinales, las más utilizadas: chilchil, ruda, eucalipto y flor de guano. Conclusiones: La patología andina tiene leyes y principios propios, las enfermedades mayormente atendidas: el mal de ojo, espanto, mal aire y shungo. Sintomatología es de tipo general. El tratamiento se basa en el ritual con el atado de plantas medicinales y el huevo de gallina. Cada enfermedad se explica en base a una medicina de tipo mágico-religiosa.

Uso de plantas medicinales por personas de sabiduría del cantón Sígsig. 2015

Antecedentes. El Cantón Sígsig es un ejemplo de la cultura y tradición andina, que utiliza las plantas medicinales para satisfacer las necesidades de salud de sus habitantes. Objetivo. Describir el uso de las plantas medicinales por personas de sabiduría del Cantón Sígsig en el año 2015. Material y Métodos. Es una investigación cualitativa narrativa, que comprende el estudio del uso de las plantas medicinales según los relatos de personas de sabiduría de la localidad. Se aplicó entrevistas, un grupo focal integrado por cuatro participantes e instrumentos como formularios, grabaciones y fotografías para no perder detalle de la riqueza de la información obtenida. Resultados. Las plantas medicinales se utilizan por las personas de sabiduría bien sea completas o por partes: raíz, tallo, hojas, flores, frutos; las más utilizadas fueron la raíz y las hojas. Según su criterio las clasifican como plantas frescas, entre las que se encuentran el clavel, toronjil, berro, llantén, duraznillo; y como cálidas: la valeriana, pampa poleo, manzanilla, entre otras. La técnica más común de preparación fue la infusión y la vía de administración oral fue la que utilizaron con mayor frecuencia. Conclusión. El presente estudio nos permitió valorar la riqueza de la sabiduría ancestral con las plantas medicinales. Nuestro conocimiento se fortaleció con estas valiosas experiencias, que si se complementaran con la medicina occidental, contribuirían a la salud de la población

Entre o mar e estrela, um lugar para se bem viver : a problemática da expansão urbana da Cidade de Baía Formosa/RN

The urban expansion problem of Baía Formosa, a southern edge city of de Rio Grande do Norte eastern coast, which has been presented in other coast Brazilian towns, specially on those with tourist activities increase. Therefore, this situation brings huge concerns to their inhabitants, to their technical /scientific community and to the governments, because of the conflicts of interest and of the growth of urban problems that this has been created. At Baía Formosa, the situation is aggravated because the city is confined, once around it, there are large private proprieties, environmental preservation area and the sea, at the eastern edge. The objectives of this study are the analyses of this city expansion process in order to obtain adequate alternatives and defining methodology to apply in other urban nucleus that are subjected to similar situations. Of course, presents social relations, environmental conditions and promoting local population insertion should be considered in order that enjoin this process and contributing to a better social balance. This case study has used bibliography research, field data, maps and soil occupation recorders and photographs of the area, besides the primary data gathering by surveys carried out with many social actors. The present analysis shows that the urban expansion observed today is featured by a recent unsustainable model, which attacks the environment and brings either farm conflicts. On the other hand, the ecological tourism can represent an alternative in order to achieve an adequate expansion form, without forgetting the several structural parameters necessary to support the sustainable activities

Everglades R-EMAP 2005

The Everglades R-EMAP project for year 2005 produced large quantities of data collected at 232 sampling sites. Data collection and analysis is an on-going long-term activity conducted by scientists of different disciplines at irregular intervals of several years. The data sets collected for 2005 include bio-geo-chemical (including mercury and hydro period), fish, invertebrate, periphyton, and plant data. Each sampling site is associated with a location, a description of the site to provide a general overview and photographs to provide a pictorial impression. The Geographic Information Systems and Remote Sensing Center(GISRSC) at Florida International University (FIU) has designed and implemented an enterprise database for long-term storage of the project�s data in a central repository, providing the framework of data storage for the continuity of future sampling campaigns and allowing integration of new sample data as it becomes available. In addition GISRSC provides this interactive web application for easy, quick and effective retrieval and visualization of that data.

Lecture by Mark Klett, given at Florida International University, January 14, 2005

Mark Klett focuses his talk about how photography and time interface and how this is illustrated through his photos. Introduction by Dahlia Morgan.

Vindicta, revista para mujeres

Vindicta es una revista para mujeres con contenidos periodísticos de calidad e investigación a profundidad. Un impecable trabajo de imagen, fotografìa y diseño acompañan cada una de sus páginas. Vindicta es la apuesta de contenidos que traten a las mujeres como público consumidor y no como objeto de consumo.

USO Y COBERTURA DE LA TIERRA EN COSTA RICA PARA 1992: UNA APLICACIÓN DE TELEDETECCIÓN ESPACIAL Y SISTEMAS DE INFORMACION GEOGRÁFICA

En el presente artículo se describe el procedimiento utilizado para actualizar el mapa de uso y cobertura de la tierra de Costa Rica para el año 1992. En el proceso se integró la cartografía análoga existente para 1985 a escala 1:200.000 e imágenes digitales del Mapeador Temático de LANDSAT para los años 1991 y 1993. Para comprobar la exactitud de la clasificación se usaron 1.372 puntos obtenidos de fotos aéreas de 1992 y trabajo de campo empleando un Sistema de Posicionamiento Global (SPG). Los resultados obtenidos indican que existe un 46.6% del país bajo pastos, un 32,9 bajo bosques y un 8,5% bajo uso agrícola. Un 7,8% del área se incluyó en una categoría denominada <<no clasificada, usos mezclados, deforestada>>. La exactitud global de la clasificación fue de un 74%; con una confusión entre pasto y bosque de un 19%.  SUMMARY The objective of this paper is to describe the process used by the authors to update the preliminary 1985 land use-land cover map of Costa Rica. Paper maps of 1985 at scale 1:200.000 we digitized, rasterized and use to label the output of a nonsupervised classification carried out using 1991-93 digital data from LANDSAT 5 (Thematic Mapper). Aerial photography and field work aided by a Global Positional System (GPS) was used to gather ground-truth data. A total of 1372 stratified points were used to test the accuracy of the final map. Our results showed that 46,6% of the country is under pasture, 32,9% under forest and 8.5% under agriculture. The nonclassified areas were lumped into one category that accounted for 7,8% of the country. Global accuracy of the classification was 74% with the confusion between forest and pasture accounting for 19% of this error.

Catalogue of Chinese rubbings from Field Museum / researched by Hoshien Tchen, M. Kenneth Starr ; prepared by Alice K. Schneider ; photographs by Herta Newton, and Field Museum Division of Photography ; edited by Hartmut Walravens.

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Genres of editorial photographs and patterns of photographic practice

Taking an 'action genre' approach (Lemke, 199**) this paper analyses representational strategies of three genres of photography: press photography, photojournalism and documentary photography. While there has been much written on editorial photography, there is no organised body of scholarship that distinguishes between these three very different modes of of editorial photography.

Streets apart genres of editorial photographs and patterns of photographic practice

My doctoral research contributes to visual scholarship by investigating and defining representational strategies of three photographic genres – press photography, photojournalism, and documentary photography – using an ‘action genre’ approach (Lemke, 1995: 32). That is, rather than taking final photographic forms as being definitive of genre, I identify patterns of ‘activity types’ involved in the production of editorial photography to define genre (1995: 32). While much has been written on editorial photography, there is no organised body of scholarship that distinguishes between these three very different modes of photographic practice. I use a major documentary project to exemplify and analyse the impact of these genres on my own photographic practice, and to explore the production of meaning within the framework of these professional genres. I triangulate the theoretical framework through the use of interviews with established Australian professionals.

Editorial photographs and patterns of practice

This paper proposes a new theoretical method to analyse patterns of photographic practice of editorial photography– using an ‘action genre’ approach (Lemke, 1995: 32). That is, rather than taking final photographic forms as being definitive of genre, this new method identifies patterns of ‘activity types’ involved in the production of editorial photography to be identified (1995: 32). While there has been much written on editorial photography, there is no organised body of scholarship that distinguishes between different modes of presenting patterns of photographic practice. Claims about the degree of influence of visual images and their ability to drive public opinion have not sufficiently considered the full impact of photographic production processes. Although patterns of activity in the image-making process are not directly evident in the published photograph, the process does impact upon the resulting meanings made.

Silver Gelatin Print: A group exhibition curated by Karen Milder that investigates and captures the traditional processes using photograms, liquid emulsion, toning, hand-colouring and film. Part of the Queensland Festival of Photography 4 (QFP4).

Pillar of salt: (3 hand-applied silver gelatin photographs) Statement: For women moving into new experiences and spaces, loss and hardship is often a price to be paid. These courageous women look back to things they have overcome in order to continue to grow.

The River Endrick - then and now, monitoring by photography

A major survey of the River Endrick was carried out in 1959-60. This survey was repeated three decades later in 1989-90 and comparisons were made of the fauna at the two times of sampling. During both surveys, photographs were taken of all the sampling sites and the objective of the present paper is to compare some of these photographs and discuss the value of photography in studies of river ecology. The sites used for photographic comparison were not chosen originally for that purpose but as appropriate places on the river from source to mouth to study its ecology. The pairs of photos now available have proved of interest and value and some lessons have been learned in relation to the selection of sites for any future photographic studies. Ideally photos should be taken in more than one season of the year as much of the river can be obscured by riparian trees and shrubs during the vegetative season. The exact position from which each photograph is taken is also a major factor to be considered.

Der Mann mit dem Stiefel - oder Fotografie und touristisches Verhalten

Fotografie ist zu einem festen Bestandteil technisierter Kulturen geworden, zu so einem selbstverständlichen Segment unserer Gesellschaft, dass wir sie als solche oft gar nicht mehr wahrnehmen. Dabei haben die Bilder den Blick auf die Welt radikal verändert und neue Wirklichkeiten geschaffen. Die Durchdringung unserer Welt mit dieser visuellen Macht, erfordert die grundsätzliche Feststellung, dass fotografische Bilder nicht einfache Abbilder der Realität sind, sie dürfen nicht mit dieser verwechselt werden. Deshalb wird zunächst das Wesen der Fotografie thematisiert, um anschließend die Bildproduktion als zentrales Medium touristischer Aneignung zu illustrieren. Kernstück der Ausführungen bilden Reflexionen zu Motivationen und Funktionen des Fotografierens im Urlaub. An dieser Stelle findet dann eine Verknüpfung von Rassismus und Reisefotografie statt, wobei sich die geäußerten Denkmuster und beschriebenen Verhaltensweisen auf Touristen, die aus den westlichen Instudrienationen stammen und in die Länder des Südens reisen, beziehen. Die Ergebnisse werden mit empirisch gewonnenen Ausssagen von Urlaubern und mit Fotografien selbst belegt.