Before the Volcano:Reverberations of Identity on Montserrat

How is identity claimed, contested and sustained?

This book looks at retentions, reconstructions and reverberations of identity in a colonial Caribbean setting. It is an ‘uncomfortable’ and ‘impressionistic’ ethnography of life on the island of Montserrat leading up to and including the present day volcanic eruptions. It explores Montserrat’s existing colonial identity and emerging postcolonial identity drawing upon examples from local poets, calypsonians and historians; controversial development and trade union struggles; and the impact of tourism and colonialism on the island – Black Irish identity claims and the celebration and/or commemoration of St. Patrick’s Day in particular.

This book will appeal to Anthropologists, Sociologists, and Cultural Studies and Caribbean Studies scholars, as well as those involved in and concerned for the reconstruction of Montserrat the place and Mons’rat the people.

Montserrat Place and Monsrat neaga:An Example of Impressionistic Autoethnography

This is an impressionistic tale from the field. It is a composite of fieldwork days, the dramatic recall of ethnographic work on Montserrat, a British Dependent Territory in the Eastern Caribbean. At the tail-end of my fieldwork research period, I was evacuated from the island as a volcano erupted, eventually destroying almost all of where this piece is set - where the ethnography was practised. Though this is not salvage ethnography, there is thus an element of reconstruction to this piece, of paradise regained. On Montserrat, neaga is a term with derogatory connotations, but it is also an inclusive term referring to folk. This experimental insight into doing ethnography, autoethnography in this case, is dedicated to Pippa and those who have been killed and displaced by the volcano.

British Constructions with Constitutions:The Formal and Informal Nature of 'Island' Relations on Montserrat and Gibraltar

This article explores social, economic and political relations on two British Dependent Territories (BDTs) -- Montserrat and Gibraltar. This article notes that though BDTs are British colonial constructions, created, sustained and modelled upon and by Britain, they differ from Britain in that they have political constitutions. They also exhibit an ambiguous dependence and independence upon and with Britain. This article goes on to look at social and economic relations on Montserrat and Gibraltar before comparing and contrasting the political climates on each BDT. Throughout this article, it is suggested that there is a dynamic tension between formal and informal aspects to managing life. Finally, this article concludes with a discussion about the suitability of the split between Executive and Legislative Councils in these two BDTs.

Efectos de algunos detergentes sobre los protozoarios presentes en los lodos activados de una planta de tratamiento por María de Montserrat Zamora Mendoza

Tesis (Maestría en Ciencias con Especialidad en Ingeniería Ambiental) U.A.N.L.

Perfils. Montserrat Tura

Montserrat Tura és consellera de Justícia de la Generalitat. Del 2003 al 2006, ho va ser d’Interior i, abans d’entrar al Govern, va ser alcaldessa de Mollet durant 16 anys. Destaca pel seu coratge i decisió a l’hora d’afrontar reptes polítics, per la seva capacitat de gestió i pel seu compromís ineludible amb la democràcia i el país. Ha estat present en la signatura del conveni de col·laboració entre la Càtedra de Cultura Jurídica de la UdG i el Consell General del Poder Judicial que ha tingut lloc a la Facultat de Dret

Una Girona poc il·luminada [Ressenya del llibre Girona a l'època de la Il·lustració, de Ramon Alberch, Javier Antón, Montserrat Jiménez i Josep Quer]

Ressenya d'aquesta obra historiogràfica sobre la Girona del segle XVIII. Es presenten tres treballs, dos d'ells entorn l’àmbit clerical i el tercer entorn la poca evolució de l’estructura econòmica i social de la Girona d’aquell temps

Els 80 anys de Montserrat Vayreda

Relació i comentari d’alguns dels actes que van tenir lloc el 2004 amb motiu del 80è aniversari de Montserrat Vayreda

Joan Montserrat Parets : correspondencia ideológica de un socialista.

Resumen tomado de la propia revista

Les biblioteques escolars, un nucli de treball dels CRP de Barcelona. 'Las bibliotecas escolares, un núcleo de trabajo de los CPR de Barcelona'.

Resumen en catalán de las autoras. El trabajo de las autoras se puede visitar en http://www.xtec.es/crp-santandreu/biblioteques.htm