Translocated roses or the myth of Eldorado: Journeys through time, space, image and silence by Jelin, Elizabeth

“…It is also a story of many silences to be uncovered.The case of Eldorado will be used to reflect upon and pose some questions about more general issues in social research: the conceptualization of local-global and center-periphery relationships; the private-public divide; the split we construct between rationality and objectivity on the one hand, and passions and emotions on the other; the “embodied” link between academic research, intellectual commitments and the public sphere; perhaps something about chance and choice in asking research questions.…”
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ROSAS TRANSPLANTADAS Y EL MITO DE ELDORADO. TRAVESÍAS EN EL TIEMPO, EN EL ESPACIO, EN LA IMÁGEN Y EN EL SILENCIO / Translocated roses or the myth of Eldorado: Journeys through time... by Jelin, Elizabeth

“…It is also a story of many silences to be uncovered.The case of Eldorado will be used to reflect upon and pose some questions about more general issues in social research:the conceptualization of local-global and center-periphery relationships; the private-public divide; the split we construct between rationality and objectivity on the one hand, and passions and emotions on the other; the “embodied” link between academic research, intellectual commitments and the public sphere; perhaps something about chance and choice in asking research questions.Keywords: Eldorado, Misiones, local-global, Nazism, Family, immigration, investigación social reflexiva…”
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