Constructing from the commons: transited doings in a doctoral research process by Pérez Domínguez, Karla Maythé, Belmonte, Silvina

“…This process involved authorities and families of the Kolla Kondorwaira Native Community of Potrero de Castilla, province of Salta, Argentina, as well as members of the Energy Planning and Territorial Management research group of the Institute for Research on Non-Conventional Energy, National Council for Scientific and Technical Research, National University of Salta (PEyGeT/INENCO/CONICET/UNSA).The doctoral research process went through several stages, including: sharing a certain curiosity to get to know each other, searching for common work objectives, identifying problems and possible alternative solutions, creating tools to facilitate collaborative work, until consolidating a relationship of trust, commitment, affection and affection that is still valid today.From a transdisciplinary perspective, which recognizes diverse spaces for the production of knowledge, carried out through a methodological approach in congruence with Participatory Action Research, dialogue of knowledge and collaborative ethnography, we not only obtained the production of a doctoral thesis, but also other results, achievements and impacts that are part of what we have called a spiral platform of collaborative work.We consider this experience as another form of scientific work, where the research process bet on the generation of knowledge collectively built between an indigenous community and the academy. …”
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Enrico Fossa Mancini: significance and relevance of his geologic work by Riccardi, Alberto

“…Fossa Mancini was born in Jesi, Ancona, in 1884, studied at the Universities of Perugia and Rome and graduated in Natural Sciences in Pisa with a thesis on Jurassic ammonites.  After participating in the Great War he worked for the Italian Geological Survey and published on issues of paleontology, sedimentology, hydrogeology and applied geology. …”
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