Llocs, formes i textos de la protohistòria literària catalana. Segles XV-XVII: del marquès de Santillana a Nicolás Antonio (1676)

Es presenten notícies sobre l’activitat dels els inicis de la història literària catalana, la multiplicitat dels vehicles on apareix, les formes que adopta i l’evolució que experimenta

Producció artística i consum domèstic: el mobiliari i l’abillament de la casa de Miquel Mai (c.1475-1546)

Investigació històrica sobre l’ambientació d’una casa senyorial, ubicada a la Plaça de la Cucurulla, a la Barcelona de la primera meitat del segle XVI així com dels avatars del personatge principal que va habitar la dita casa, en Miquel Mai

Els Serveis educatius en la cultura institucional: una aproximació

Es pot parlar de desafecció de la societat catalana envers els infants i els joves? Com es manifesta aquesta desafecció en l’àmbit de la cultura institucional? A partir d’una aproximació als serveis educatius de vint equipaments culturals de la ciutat de Barcelona, aquest treball proposa un seguit de dades, indicadors i observacions per assajar una resposta a aquestes qüestions

Tú, con tu color, ¡allá triunfas! La construcción de la identidad social en jóvenes inmigrantes

En la última década, Barcelona se ha convertido en una importante receptora de población inmigrante. Según datos estadísticos, el 14, 62% de la población es inmigrante, de los cuales el 29, 5% son jóvenes (Idescat 2010). Muchos de estos han arribado siguiendo el típico proceso de reagrupamiento familiar. El siguiente trabajo tiene por objetivo presentar la experiencia de distintos jóvenes sobre el fenómeno migratorio que experimentaron durante su adolescencia/ primera juventud. Lleva el propósito de destacar la importancia de dicha vivencia en la conformación de su identidad social. Se intentará indagar tanto sobre el papel que jugaron los diferentes actores implicados en el proceso de acogida y los años subsiguientes: amigos, familiares, escuela, administraciones, etc., como sobre el uso del espacio público y el espacio virtual en tanto facilitadores/obstaculizadores de su constitución como ciudadanos autónomos

Literatura popularista moderna al País Valencià: darreres edicions i aportacions [Ressenyes de dos volums de la col·lecció ‘Biblioteca d’Autors Valencians']

Ressenyes de dos volums de la col·lecció ‘Biblioteca d’Autors Valencians’ dedicats a autors i obres dels segles XVII i XVIII. D’una banda es comenta l’ edició l’ any 1995 d’Antoni Ferrando Francés dels versos del porta barroc Pere Jacint Morlà i d’altra, l’ edició l’any 1996 de Joaquim Martí Mestre sobre els col·loquis valencians eròtico-burlescos del segle XVIII

Girona en una tesi doctoral francesa [Ressenya del llibre 'Girona al segle XIV', de Christian Guilleré]

Sobre la publicació del primer volum de la tesi de Christian Guilleré, La Girona del segle XIV

Ramon Esquerra (1909-1938?) : geografia vital i crítica d'un esperit comparatista

La intenció d'aquesta tesi ha estat analitzar la dimensió biogràfica i crítica de Ramon Esquerra (1909-1938?). Es pretén arribar a la seva teoria a través de la seva pràctica, reconstruir el pensament global d'Esquerra a partir de l'obra dispersa que ens ha llegat i deixar constància d'un pensament literari -un pensament que mai no formularia de manera completa, però que existia i evolucionava a través de la ressenya de les obres d'altri o de la publicació de manuals i estudis-. L'activitat vital i professional de Ramon Esquerra parteix d'una autèntica passió per la literatura i la crítica literària. Aquesta activitat s'articula principalment i té el seu fruit en el camp del periodisme, la traducció i la docència. En tots tres camps, es revela com a intermediari i peça fonamental en la difusió de la literatura occidental i universal a Catalunya, que introdueix, primer, a través d'una crítica comparatista intuïtiva i, després, a través del model francès de la literatura comparada d'entreguerres, que disciplina la primera i en canvia bona part dels centres d'interès.

Fra Agustí Eura (1684-1763). Obra poètica (assaig d'edició crítica)

Estudi de conjunt de la figura i l'obra de fra Agustí Eura i a l'edició crítica de la seva poesia completa. La tesi està publicada en 2 obres impreses. Les referències es localitzen a Qüern 5, refs. 1298 i 1301

Detecting the environmental impact of the Baltic Crusades on a late-medieval (13th-15th century) frontier landscape: palynological analysis from Malbork Castle and hinterland, Northern Poland

Palaeoecological analysis of peat deposits from a small bog, combined with pollen analysis of sediments infilling the moat of the nearby Teutonic Order castle at Malbork, have been used to examine the ecological impact of the Crusades on the late-medieval landscape of Northern Poland. Studies of the environmental impact of the Crusades have been almost exclusively informed by written sources; this study is the first of its type to directly investigate the environmental context of Crusading as a force of ecological transformation on the late-medieval Baltic landscape. The pollen evidence from Malbork Castle and its hinterland demonstrate that the 12th/13th–15th centuries coincide with a marked transformation in vegetation and land-use, characterized by clearance of broadleaved woodland and subsequent agricultural intensification, particularly during the 14th/15th centuries. These changes are ascribed to landscape transformations associated with the Teutonic Order’s control of the landscape from the mid-13th century. Human activity identified in the pollen record prior to this is argued to reflect the activities of Pomeranian settlers in the area. This paper also discusses the broader palaeoecological evidence for medieval landscape change across Northern Poland.

Toulouse

A 7000 word chapter on the literary production, chiefly in Occitan, of Toulouse and adjacent regions (including the Crown of Aragon) in the 14th-15th centuries.

Education and training futures in horticulture and horticultural science

Horticultural knowledge and skills training have been with humankind for some 10,000 to 20,000 years. With permanent settlement and rising wealth and trade, horticulture products and services became a source of fresh food for daily consumption, and a source of plant material in developing a quality environment and lifestyle. The knowledge of horticulture and the skills of its practitioners have been demonstrated through the advancing civilizations in both eastern and western countries. With the rise of the Agricultural Revolutions in Great Britain, and more widely across Continental Europe in the 17th and 18th centuries, as well as the move towards colonisation and early migration to the New Worlds, many westernised countries established the early institutions that would provide education and training in agriculture and horticulture. Today many of these colleges and universities provide undergraduate, postgraduate and vocational and technical training that specifically targets horticulture and/or horticultural science with some research and teaching institutions also providing extension and advisory services to industry. The objective of this chapter is to describe the wider pedagogic and educational context in which those concerned with horticulture operate, the institutional structures that target horticulture and horticultural science education and training internationally; examine changing educational formats, especially distance education; and consider strategies for attracting and retaining young people in the delivery of world-class horticultural education. In this chapter we set the context by investigating the horticultural education and training options available, the constraints that prevent young people entering horticulture, and suggest strategies that would attract and retain these students. We suggest that effective strategies and partnerships be put in place by the institution, the government and most importantly the industry to provide for undergraduate and postgraduate education in horticulture and horticultural science; that educational and vocational training institutions, government, and industry need to work more effectively together to improve communication about horticulture and horticultural science in order to attract enrolments of more and talented students; and that the horticulture curriculum be continuously evaluated and revised so that it remains relevant to future challenges facing the industries of horticulture in the production, environmental and social spheres. These strategies can be used as a means to develop successful programs and case studies that would provide better information to high school career counsellors, improve the image of horticulture and encourage greater involvement from alumni and the industries in recruitment, provide opportunities to improve career aspirations, ensure improved levels of remuneration, and promote the social features of the profession and greater awareness and recognition of the profession in the wider community. A successful career in horticulture demands intellectual capacities which are capable of drawing knowledge from a wide field of basic sciences, economics and the humanities and integrating this into academic scholarship and practical technologies.

Challenges in conserving indigenous culture in Minahasa : culture, Genius Loci and the Indonesian Environmental Planning system

Culture and spirit of land is integral to Indigenous community meaning and identity. With colonisation, transmigration and assimilation policies and practices over the last 200 years, many Indigenous communities, like the Minahasa, have witnessed their culture, curatorial responsibilities, and their mythological associations to their lands eroded. Minahasa, meaning 'becoming one united', encompasses some eight ethnic communities who reside in the Minahasa regencies in the North Sulawesi Province on Sulawesi Island in Indonesia. The region was first colonised by the Portuguese in the 16th century, and then by the Dutch VOC (Verenigde Oostindische Compagnie) in the 17th and 18th centuries bringing a strong Christian Protestant faith to the communities that appropriated many of the cultural symbols and mythological narratives of the Minahasa, and now compromises the largest concentration of Christian faith in the Indonesian archipelago being one of the reasons why there was considerable political requests for the region to formally become a province of The Netherlands in the lead up to Indonesian independence in 1945.

North Sulawesi never developed any large empire like on other islands in the archipelago. In 670, the leaders of the different tribes, who all spoke different languages, met by a stone known as Watu Pinawetengan. There they founded a community of independent states, who would form one unit and stay together and would fight any outside enemies if they were attacked, and the Dutch used this cultural ethos to help unite the linguistically diverse Minahasa confederacy under their colonial regime. Integral to the Minahasa is the Watu Pinawetengan and the series of narratives that enjoin the Minahasan communities to this place and around Lake Tondano. With Indonesian governance considerable angst has been launched by the Minahasa about loss of local autonomy, generic Indonesian policies, and a lack of respect of Indigenous culture and non-mainstream religions within this predominantly Moslem nation. This paper reviews the state of knowledge as to the cultural associations and genius loci meanings of the Minahasa, to their landscape and place, cast against contemporary Indonesian 10 year plans and policies that seek to generically manage the collective Indonesian archipelago as one community and landscape. It is a critique about the Minahasan Indigenous land use and planning philosophies, against top-down generic land use and environmental policies and plans written in Jakarta for generic application across the Indonesian archipelago.

Imagens do Brasil nas relações de viagem dos séculos XVII e XVIII

O presente ensaio toma como objeto de análise uma série de descrições do Rio de Janeiro colonial extraídas de narrativas de viagem escritas por europeus que passaram pela cidade entre os séculos XVII e XVIII. Para além de dar a conhecer a perspectiva que esses visitantes deixaram da urbe e de seus habitantes, seu objetivo é pôr em discussão o papel que os relatos de viagem desempenharam no processo de construção da imagem que o europeu da época tinha do brasileiro e, sobretudo, o papel que posteriormente desempenharam no processo de construção da imagem que o brasileiro, a partir do século XIX, passou a ter de si próprio e do seu país.

Agricultura no delta do rio Amazonas: colonos produtores de alimentos em Macapá no período colonial

Nos séculos XVII e XVIII, ocorre a expansão mundial das espécies de arroz cultivável mais conhecidas na atualidade. Nesse período, Portugal ensaiou transformar o delta do rio Amazonas em um celeiro agrícola , introduzindo o projeto de rizicultura no Estado do Grão Pará. A colonização de Macapá e Mazagão começou com base nessa produção. Este artigo trata das questões relativas à mão-de-obra exigida pelo projeto e às técnicas de manufatura e de comercialização do produto empregadas pela Companhia Geral do Comércio do Grão Pará e Maranhão.