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Tejer una red de apoyo: Tejemujeres: Una Cooperativa de artesanas en Gualaceo, Ecuador
Get PDFEsta monografía trata sobre la historia de superación de la Cooperativa Tejemujeres en Gualaceo. La Organización Tejemujeres ha dado apoyo social y financiero a las mujeres que habitan en la zona rural de esta región de Ecuador a través del arte de tejer. Hablaré sobre cómo la costumbre de tejer en los Andes del Ecuador permite la preservación de la tradición, la ganancia de ingresos para las mujeres y la creación de un sistema de apoyo entre ellas. Comenzando con una introducción a la historia del arte de tejer y la propia historia de Tejemujeres, explicaré las complejidades de esta artesanía y la belleza de este arte dominado por mujeres. Además, demostraré cómo su estructura y sus relaciones interpersonales han logrado crear sistemas de apoyo social y financiero para las mujeres de su comunidad. Esta bonita historia demuestra el poder que tiene el arte de tejer en la superación de las mujeres dentro de una sociedad patriarcal
La Cultura Familiar: Una exploración de herencia y memoria a través de comida
Get PDFEsta investigación explora las conexiones entre la comida, la memoria, y la cultura familiar. La investigación duró cuatro semanas, y fue completada a través de entrevistas orales y de demostración con cuatros personas. Cada entrevistade pudo escoger una receta principal de su familia y contar una narrativa sobre las memorias asociadas con esta comida para contribuir a la formación de un libro de cocina y memoria. Las entrevistades eran representantes de las zonas sur y centro de Chile, de ciudades y zonas rurales. Incluyó la participación de tres mujeres y un hombre. Cada entrevistade tenía una manera única de usar la comida para expresar su cultura; sin embargo, un tema común entre todes era la conexión entre la comida y la familia. Esta investigación demuestra la personalidad y diversidad cultural entre un país mientras muestra la importancia común de usar la comida para representar el amor y reforzar relaciones familiares.
This investigation explores the connections between food, memory, and familial culture. The investigation lasted four weeks and was completed through oral and demonstrative interviews with four people. Each interviewee could choose an important recipe of his/her family to contribute to the formation of a memory cookbook. The interviewees were representatives across south and central Chile, from cities and rural areas. The investigation included the participation of three women and one man. Each interviewee had a unique method of using food to express his/her culture; however, a common theme among all the participants was the connection between food and family. This investigation demonstrates the individuality and diversity of culture in one country while showing the common importance of using food to represent love and strengthen family relations
Aid for Ed: An Analysis of Rwanda’s 12-Year Basic Education System and its Relationship with Government-channeled aid
Get PDFThe field of foreign aid has been widely explored, particularly as relates to economic development of developing states. This paper however delves into the specific utilization of foreign aid within the education sector in Rwanda and the effects it bears not just on the recipient state in general, but also on its financial practices with regard to aid. By exploring trends in financial expenditure by aid agencies and government, it appears that foreign aid does not necessarily influence government budget allocations and this absence of ‘crowding-out’ gives Rwanda an upper hand in managing foreign aid. Education also appears to be a major priority for both aid agencies and the Rwandan government in creating a knowledge-based economy. The results also display a shift in GoR priorities within the education sector away from capital expenditure and towards quality of education, measured through various parameters. Aid can therefore be concluded to be beneficial to basic education in Rwanda as a result of good governance and political will
Step by step: Understanding perceptions of time and space in Nepal
Get PDFTime and space are part of everyone’s daily life; however, these concepts are rarely explicitly discussed. Hegemonic interpretations of time and space are part of capitalist, colonialist structures, thus understanding alternative perceptions is important to resisting these structures. To understand perceptions of time in Nepal, I spent a month in Gre, a small village near Langtang National Park. I interviewed villagers and spent time observing how people spend their time, talk about time, and give directions to physical places. While there is not one perception of time and space, I learned how time and space influence each other. Geography and consistency of resources influences how people talk about time. The small space of the village changes how people interact with each other and integrate their social lives with work. I argue that people’s perception of time and space only exists in relation to other villagers. In addition, time is not fixed only based on a clock, and instead moves according to weather, meals, and sequences of tasks. People plan their days in relation to the current day and other people. Time and space can exist outside of rigid, standardized systems
The Changes to Cultural Identity in Expatriates and Their Effects on the EFL Community
Get PDFExpatriates are a group of unique individuals in terms of cultural identity. This paper will first look at the research on expats in-depth and explore the question of what defines cultural identity. Then, it will look into the reality facing expatriates and the formation and the evolution of their cultural identity. Lastly, it will look at how the assumptions about expatriates\u27 cultural identity impact the EFL teaching community
Investigating primary succession following the retreat of the Breiðamerkurjökull glacier, Iceland
Get PDFThe accelerating rates of glacier retreat around the world as a result of climate change make the study of primary succession in expanding forefields increasingly important. While this is a well studied topic in many parts of the world, little data exists specific to Iceland. This study investigated vegetation development along a chronosequence of eight time periods in the Breiðamerkurjökull outwash plain. Data was collected on percent vegetation cover, dominant species, the number of unique plant groups, and percent cover of five substrate types at 10 plots (0.55 x 0.55 m quadrats) per time period. Important findings include the fact that both vegetation cover and plant diversity increased with time since glaciation and mosses dominated cover in the majority of plots. A comparison to similar studies from around the world demonstrated that, while some patterns are consistent, local factors have important impacts on the rates, processes, and outcomes of processes of primary succession
Vox and Spanish Nationalism: The Constitutional Processes for the Elimination of Regional Autonomy
Get PDFAfter the death of Francisco Franco and the creation of the modern Spanish State, hard-core right-wing Spanish nationalism disappeared from the political spectrum. Spain and Portugal avoided the lure of far right-wing political tendencies to which the rest of Europe fell victim. Until recently, VOX, a far right-wing party, gained seats in Parliaments at the Autonomous Community level and in the Spanish National Parliament.
VOX believes in a mono-national state, a Spanish State, rather than a state composed of different nationalities such as Basque, Catalan, or Galician. In order to achieve their desired vision of the Spanish State, VOX advocates for the dissolution of the Autonomous Communities, claiming that they have weakened Spain both politically and economically. VOX argues that the autonomous communities have not positively affected Spanish society because it has encouraged separatist impulses, specifically in Catalonia. Another goal of VOX is to eliminate the political parties representing the nationalities within the Autonomous Communities, such as EAJ/PNV and EH Bildu in the Basque Country. However, those two goals are currently incompatible with the Spanish Constitution and would require a constitutional amendment.
VOX still has options to decrease the autonomy of the Autonomous Communities, such as eliminating competencies available to the autonomous communities. The Partido Popular will likely win the next national election with the support of VOX. VOX is ambitious but needs more support to rewrite the Spanish constitution. However, there are more straightforward options for them to roll back the autonomy of the autonomous communities and impose the Spanish state on the people in the communities
Doing Well by Doing Good: Analyzing the Dynamics and Effectiveness of Corporate Engagement
Get PDFSustainable investing and corporate climate action have grown exponentially in the last decade, generating a simultaneous need for customers, investors, and policymakers to determine when companies are genuinely achieving positive impact related to environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG) factors. As a result, investors are increasingly employing ESG engagement, which typically takes the form of direct communication with holdings to determine and positively shape their impacts on their stakeholders. In this paper, I explore the reasoning for conducting ESG engagement and refute arguments against it. I fill an existing research gap by analyzing the benefits of ESG engagement to both real-world impacts and financial performance, informed by six interviews with professionals in business and sustainable finance. Finally, I offer four solutions to common engagement-related issues––collaborative engagement, sector- and value chain-level engagement, internal best practices for investors, and policymaker engagement––with the ultimate goal of increasing the effectiveness and efficiency of engagement for sustainable investors
Los desafíos y sueños históricos y actuales de la Unidad Educativa Amauta Ñanpi: Comunidad como base y meta de la educación intercultural bilingüe
No full textEsta investigación se centra en la implementación de la Educación Intercultural Bilingüe (EIB) en la Unidad Educativa Amauta Ñanpi, ubicada en la Amazonía ecuatoriana. La EIB fue desarrollada como manera de luchar contra el olvido de las lenguas y conocimientos ancestrales de los pueblos originarios de Ecuador; por lo tanto, la EIB toma como base el principio de que la educación debe tanto surgir de como reforzar las comunidades — humanas y no-humanas — servidas por sus instituciones. En Amauta Ñanpi, esto implica un fuerte vínculo con la cosmovisión y lengua kichwa y con la selva misma, entidad considerada viva. Históricamente, la EIB contó con una serie de innovaciones pedagógicas que facilitaban estos vínculos comunitarios; sin embargo, muchas de estas fueron destruidas por las políticas de Rafael Correa, quien también robó los pueblos originarios de su autonomía sobre la EIB. Actualmente, Amauta Ñanpi queda en mitad de una época de transición. El 20 de octubre de 2022, el gobierno accedió devolver autonomía sobre la EIB, cosa que tal vez posibilitará una multitud de esperanzas con las cuales Amauta Ñanpi ha soñado por años. Aquí es clave notar que todos estos sueños toman como base y meta el fortalecimiento de la comunidad — humana y no-humana — abarcada por Amauta A través de esta investigación, yo encontré que, para Amauta Ñanpi, no hay nada más importante que la solidaridad comunitaria — el poder de la comunidad forma la base de la propuesta educativa de la EIB, fue la fuerza que la dejó sobrevivir el correísmo y es la figura principal en sus visiones para el futuro
Using Remote Sensing Technologies in Relocating Lubrak Village and Visualizing Flood Damages
Get PDFAs weather patterns change across the world, there are communities impacted by climate change that are left unnoticed. In the Himalayan mountain range, communities have suffered, experiencing an increase in flash flooding and droughts. For Lubrak Village in Lower Mustang, the community faces the threats of flash flooding. Over the last ten years, the amount of flash flooding has increased, occurring more than once each monsoon season. After every flood, concrete-like sediment is left behind, hardening across the riverbed and increasing its elevation. As the riverbed elevation increases, this sediment encroaches on Lu-brak Village’s agricultural fields and ancient mud buildings, making them more vulnerable to flood damages. In the last monsoon season alone, the village has seen the flood swallowing several fields, as well as damaging two homes. In order to keep the community safe, the community themselves have been in discussion of relocating the village entirely to a new and safer location. However, relocating the village is a challenging task, where complex nuances exist in both aspects of civil engineering and communal opinions. To investigate this issue further, we look to conversing with the community to understand their needs and perspective. From them, we will be able to develop a plan that amplifies the voices of Lubrak Village. Additionally, we use the power of remote sensing and 3D digital modeling to visualize the village and the new proposed location sites. These models will then be used by the architecture planning and development team to better understand the terrain and layout of the village. From these models, the team will be able to make more informed decisions on how to plan and develop the new village. Finally, we briefly explore other pertinent issues in redirecting the flow of the flood, predicting the new riverbed elevation after the next monsoon season, and further visualizing flood damages through detailed modeling