Clase y etnicidad en el retrato ecuatoriano: Joaquín Pinto y el arte contemporáneo

El propósito de esta investigación es analizar el retrato en la escena artística ecuatoriana, a través de un estudio comparativo entre dos momentos de la historia del arte local: el uno situado en la segunda mitad del siglo XIX y el otro en la época contemporánea. Para el primer caso se ha tomado como referente a Joaquín Pinto, artista ecuatoriano destacado por sus retratos y representaciones étnicas. Se trata principalmente de identificar si existe una permanencia o una influencia de la tradición pictórica representacional del siglo XIX, conformada por las diferencias étnicas y de clase, en el contexto del arte y del retrato actual. La tesis consta de una introducción en la que se presenta el tema del retrato y como este se irá desarrollando a lo largo de los tres capítulos siguientes. Los dos primeros se enfocan en la obra retratística de Joaquín Pinto y su contexto, sus usos y sus implicaciones sociales y políticas. En el tercer capítulo se analizan los retratos de Jorge Velarde, Tomás Ochoa y Estuardo Álvarez, artistas consolidados en la escena artística contemporánea; así como también los de Camille Coté, Christian Molina y Carolina Bone, artistas contemporáneos emergentes. A la vez que se identifican las propuestas planteadas por los artistas contemporáneos que convierten al retrato pictórico en una alternativa discursiva vigente. Finalmente en el apartado final se exponen las conclusiones sobre el análisis comparativo realizado a lo largo de la investigación.

Apprendre à bien lire : une étude coût efficacité des Actions Lecture

How to Improve Pupils' Literacy? A Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of the Action Lecture This article presents a cost-effectiveness analysis of an innovative teaching method run in some nursery and primary schools in Paris. This project, named Action Lecture, is designed to improve pupils' abilities and taste on literacy. We report the results of an evaluation of this program. We describe the experimental protocol that was built to estimate the program's impact on several types of indicators (academic abilities, attitude toward reading, school life) by comparing the evolution of treatment schools and control schools. Data were processed following a Differences-in-Differences (DID) method. Then we use the estimation of the impact on academic achievement to conduct a cost-effectiveness analysis and take a reduction of the class size program as a benchmark. The results are positive for the Action Lecture program both in terms of impact's evaluation and in terms of cost-effectiveness ratio.

THE LESSER-KNOWN PIANO CHAMBER MUSIC OF CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS: A RECORDING PROJECT

Throughout his long and industrious lifetime, Camille Saint-Saens (1835-1921) devoted himself unconditionally to music both as a composer and a performer. Saint-Saens was a self-described traditionalist and musical purist, yet his works are distinctly expressive and imaginative, and they reflect the composer's own unique musical language which incorporates recognizably modem traits such as chromaticism and frequent modulation. As a performer, Saint-Saens preferred to premiere his own works and often included his chamber music in his concert programs. Regarded primarily as a symphonic composer in the present day, however, his extensive and varied collection of chamber music works is sadly neglected. Six varied small-ensemble works with piano from his chamber music repertoire have been selected for study and recording for this project: Piano Trio No. 1 in F Major, Op. 18 (1864); Sonata for Cello and Piano No. 1 inC Minor, Op. 32 (1872); two pieces for two pianos, Le Rouet d'Omphale (The Spinning Wheel ofOmphale), Op. 31 (1871) and Phaeton, Op. 39 (1874); piano duet Konig Harald Haifagar (King Harald Haarfager), Op. 59 (1880); and a wind quartet, Caprice sur des airs Danois et Russes (Caprice on Danish and Russian Airs) for Flute, Oboe, Clarinet and Piano, Op. 79 (1887). Analyses of the forms and harmonic structures of these compositions will be included in this dissertation paper as well as studies from the viewpoint of Saint-Saens' compositional style, ensemble characteristics, and writing for the piano. The recordings for this project were made in four sessions in LeFrak Concert Hall at Queens College, the City University of New York. On September 24, 2003, Op. 31, Op. 39 and Op. 59 were recorded with Professor Morey Ritt, piano. On March 2, 2004, Op. 18 was recorded with Elena Rojas, violin, and Clare Liu, cello, and on March 15, 2004, Op. 32 was recorded, also with Ms. Liu. The Caprice, Op. 79 was recorded on June 27, 2008 with Laura Conwesser, flute; Randall Wolfgang, oboe; and Steve Hartman, clarinet. The recordings may be found on file in the library at the University of Maryland, College Park.

Dipping Wings:for flute (alto fl), clarinet (bass cot), tpt, vla, vcl, perc and live electronics

commissioned by Ballet Rambert for 60th Anniversary season, choreographer Mary Evelyn, designer Liz Emmanuel. World premiere: Theatre Royal York 03/06/86

Mieux gérer le coût des soins ambulatoires

Sur mandat de l'Office fédéral de la santé publique (OFSP), l'Institut d'économie et de management de la santé de l'Université de Lausanne a été chargé de proposer des solutions pour faciliter les comparaisons des coûts ambulatoires.