Indigenous peoples and extension: considerations for dialogue-based work of knowledge by Bompadre, José María

“…Through the recognition of diverse modalities of self-description and struggle, which make visible the capacities of agency that they put into play in their daily practices, I focus on making explicit some considerations that attend to making visible the historical construction of otherness on the part of scientific disciplines and state agents, while at the same time epistemological and ontological discussions to be taken into account in the extensionist praxis from the dialogue of knowledge.…”
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The role of the States' Participation Funds - FPE in the convergence of Brazilian states' per capita income by Nunes, Ricardo Da Costa, Nunes, Selene Peres Peres

“…Using Barro & Salai-Martin (1992)'s estimation methodology, it proceeds the analysis of ßconvergence (inverse relation between initial PIB and economic growthrate) and of convergence (decrease of variance among the PIB of states).It has been found convergence only from 1969 to 1999, the same resultfound by other authors.Afterwards, it is evaluated if there have been conditional convergence withtotal of High School student registers and if the States` Participation Fund(FPM) has contributed to decrease inequality among Brazilian states.The article uses information extracted from the National Residences SampleResearch (PNAD) of 1977, 1998 and 1999 prepared by the BrazilianInstitute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE), as well as information aboutgovernment accounts from 1985 to 2000, collected by the National TreasurySecretariat (STN).…”
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Women and socio-environmental conflicts: an approach to the struggle of Madres de Ituzaingó Anexo from an ecofeminist perspective by Virga, Valentina, Giannoncelli, Marina

“…This is, taking into account aspects of the construction of a collective identity, social practices framed in a habitat and the experience of women who formed a collective and carried forward a struggle for life, environment and territory.…”
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Anti-speciesist feminism in the Law of Environmental Education. An ethical-political analysis by Adriana, Barrionuevo, Samamé, Luciana

“…In this regard, we will analyze a number of concepts and accounts that will permit a proper understanding of our object articulated from the concept of cruelty.…”
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Breathing Dignity. Women, Mother Earth, native peoples and organization by Luna, Diana Itzu

“…We try to rethink politics as vital energy and sensitive matter of re-existence for the elaboration of other ways of being, in relationship and action, in care/protection of the Tseltal Mayan philosophy of the Iche'el ta muk' and the lekil kuxlejal (the greatness of the other for a dignified life). We intend to account for the power of the collective and community for the organization, raising the need to generate awareness from the ethics of the one and the whole to propose rethinking Life from the Autonomies as: 1) womb of spaces-times of containment, for the common but mainly for women, 2) as a horizon for the freedom of native peoples and non-indigenous organizational expressions, and 3) as a common home in interdependence/co-responsibility with Mother Earth.…”
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Analysis of the effects of regulatory policy on the relative efficiency and profitability of natural gas distribution in Argentina by Ceballos Ferroglio, Carlos Fernando

“…The study is developed in two methodological approaches: a) determination of the relative efficiency of Argentine companies through Efficiency Frontiers; b) analysis of the regulatory impact (RIA) on the profitability of Argentine companies, measured through a series of financial, accounting and commercial indicators. It is concluded that, for the period analyzed, Argentine companies were relatively more efficient than the rest of the companies in the Latin American region. …”
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The Impact of the International Financial Crises Upon Emerging Economies and the Performance of Discretionary Fiscal Policies: The Case of Argentina by Rezk, Ernesto, Lafit, Ginette, Ricca, Vanina

“…Although international crises partially accounted for the recent weakArgentine economic performance, main causes have to be sought in domesticeconomic policies adding uncertainty to the decision process of economicsectors and amplifying crises’ effects. …”
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The Total Art of Eisenstein: The Ideology Behind The old and the New by Viera, Tomás

“…The history behind early Soviet cinema has fascinated Western scholars for decades. Conflicting accounts of unpublished scripts and censorship by the Communist Party have prompted detailed discussions on the limits imposed by the young Stalinist regime over the members of cultural vanguards. …”
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Animal reasoning: negation and representations of absence by Morales Ladrón de Guevara, Jorge

“…I offer an alternative account resorting to the sub-symbolic similarity judgments proposed by Vigo & Allen and I introduce the notion of expectation: animal proto-negation takes place through the incompatibility between an expected and the actual representation. …”
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THE MALVINAS WAR IN THE DIARIO DE QUERÉTARO by Solís Hernández, Oliva, Elizondo Sánchez, Andrea Itzel

“…Abstract The work analyzes the way in which the Diario de Querétaro (Querétaro, Mexico), a newspaper with local circulation, gave an account of the Malvinas War. Based on the notes presented by the editorial, three moments can be distinguished: from the occupation of the islands to the beginning of the armed hostilities; from the beginning of the war to the surrender and finally, the last notes that appear on the subject. …”
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Wise men, explorers and craftsmen. Amalgams of the past in the Mar del Plata of the first half of the 20th century (1924-1954) by Brichetti, Irene Elena

“…This paper Analyzes the relationship between culture, politics and science taking into account the efforts of political authorities and the activities of amateur naturalists in Mar del Plata (General Pueyrredón), during the first half of the 20th century. …”
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Sex determination through dental metrics for huntergatherer groups from the eastern pampa-patagonian transition by Luna, Leandro, Flensborg, Gustavo

“…Several individuals who had no previous sexual information could be classified using these measurements, which accounts for the significant potential of dental metrics in palaeodemographic characterizations, especially in disturbed bioarchaeological samples.…”
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Songs and memory in historical narratives of the Suruí of Rondônia (Brazilian Amazonia) by Yvinec, Cédric

“…Finally, the article examines the conversational uses of quotations of old songs in historical accounts and shows that the narrative structure, particularly the connections between the evoked events, are determined by the rhetorical and aesthetical properties of the quoted songs.…”
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Anthropology of museums and representations of African descent: theoretical perspectives, debates and proposals by Lamborghini, Eva

“…This article proposes a journey through the critical bibliography of the museums of the last decades, distinguishing some contributions of the Anthropology that give account of the transformation of these institutions in highly politicized arenas, where subalternized groups question the power relations and decide their inclusion and self-representation. …”
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Toponymy of the Wichi of Northwest Formosa, Argentina by Flamini, Marco

“…This article presents a toponymic study, where in addition to collecting toponyms, translating and locating them on a map, the explanations of the origins of each one are analysed and contextualized and the accounts obtained are compared with those of neighbouring areas. …”
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Figurines and archaeology of body in the stilt villages culture in Eastern Amazonia by Navarro, Alexandre

“…Based on the archeology of the body, this text changes how the figurines were made, taking into account that the experiences lived and socially shared by the indigenous groups of Amazonia are shaped in their bodies. …”
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Experiencia de la muerte y la representación de las personas en las prácticas funerarias del valle Calchaquí Norte by Acuto, Felix, Kergaravat, Marisa, Amuedo, Claudia

“…We should not assume that the nature of the categories, interactions, institutions, and social and experiential spheres of past societies was similar to that found in modernity (and late modernity) and capitalism. Taking into account the multiple ways in which the world is classified and ordered, and subjectivity constructed, and based on ethnographic knowledge, this paper examines the material order of funerary practices in the Calchaqui Valley, Southern Andes, during the Late Period (1000 1450 AD), in order to explore: 1) the way in which death was categorized and experienced, and 2) the nature of personhood in this socio-historical context. …”
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Petrographic characterization and availability of lithical resources in Copacabana valley, Northwestern Córdoba, Argentina by Sario, Gisela, Salvatore, Marcos

“…Different lithological types are described on the basis of the characteristics of outcrops, macroscopic observation and petrography, taking into account source and quality of raw material.On the other hand, we aim at reaching an agreement on the nomenclature and characteristics of raw materials in order to build up a collection of samples. …”
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La Quartzite selection in Morro Blanco for the manufacturing of engraving tools (Jujuy, Argentina) by Kohan, Patricio

“…The transition period between the middle and late Holocene in the Puna of Jujuy accounts for a variety of changes. The passage from a hunting-gathering strategy to a productive strategy had an impact in every activity. …”
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Qhapaq Ñan. Andean Main Road, a new “promise” of the 19th century Archaeology and Anthropology, projected and formalized from above to the bases… (in the 21th century): Commented b... by Korstanje, Alejandra, Gnecco, Cristobal, Pyburn, Anne, Lépori, Matias

“…Taking into account the activities and meetings of the “Qhapac Ñan, Andean Main Road”, in which I participated informally (from August 2004 to April 2008) and formally (always ad honorem) as part of the Technical Committee of Provincial Management (from April 2008 to December 2009), I will follow the development of the project. …”
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