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The Challenging conversation: Peace culture regarding Costa Rican sexual education.
No full textEste documento presenta una reflexión sobre el impacto de los partidismos dirigidos a la identidad y la polarización de discursos sobre la educación sexual en la educación pública costarricense, así como la difusa conceptualización de la llamada “ideología de género” y las preocupaciones que plantea desde lo social comunitario. Se presenta una propuesta integradora de los principios necesarios para una educación sexual saludable, la cual fue ratificada por diez psicólogos costarricenses, entre ellos la autora. Una cultura de paz caracterizada por la participación de todas las partes involucradas así como la capacidad para generar espacios seguros para el diálogo se hacen necesarias para enfrentar los temas delicados que atañen a la población menor de edad de Costa Rica.This article presents a reflexion about the impact of identity politics
regarding the polarizing discourses about sexual education in Costa Rican public
education. It also refers to the difuse conceptualization of the so called “gender
ideology” and the concerns it raises from the comunity. An integrating proposal
about the necesary principles for healthy sexual education is presented, which was ratified by ten costa rican psychologist, including the author. A peace culture that
builds on engaging all parties, as well as the capacity to open safe spaces for
dialogue are fundamental to face the delicate issues that involve Costa Rican
underage population.UCR::Vicerrectoría de Docencia::Ciencias Sociales::Facultad de Educación::Escuela de Orientación y Educación Especia
LOS LÍMITES DEL REFERENDO SOBRE EL TLC COMO INSTRUMENTO DE PARTICIPACIÓN POLÍTICA EN COSTA RICA
No full textThis article analyses the referendum on the Free Trade Agreement with the United States, Central America and the Dominican Republic (CAFTA), which took place in Costa Rica during 2007. The premise of the author is that, due to its great political significance and its socio-political complexity, the referendum must be analyzed from various approaches, including political communication. From that perspective, the author points out several elements: first, the media structures in which the communication campaigns, in favor and against, were developed. This includes television, radio, newspapers and Internet. Second, the referendum’s rules of the game, including the issues of funding, the media agenda setting, the role of the Executive and, finally, the strategy and content of the campaigns developed by the groups in favor (Yes) and against (No) CAFTA. Internet deserves special mention as a new arena of contention communications in Costa Rica. Throughout the article, the author showed evidence of the inequality in the rules of the game, economic resources and media agendas, including the use of fear as political resource, which clearly favored groups that supported CAFTA, but that substantially limited the democratic content of the referendum. The article concludes pointing out lessons and aspects that should be modified in order to democratize referendum in Costa Rica.El presente artículo analiza el referendo sobre el Tratado de Libre Comercio con Estados Unidos, Centroamérica y República Dominicana que se realizó en Costa Rica durante el año 2007. La premisa de la que parte el autor es que, por su gran significado político y por la complejidad de su dinámica socio-política, el referendo debe ser analizado desde diversas perspectivas, incluyendo la comunicación política. Desde esa perspectiva, el autor destaca en su análisis varios elementos: primero, la estructura del campo mediático en la que se desarrollaron las campañas, incluyendo televisión, radio, prensa escrita e Internet. Segundo, las reglas del juego con las que se desarrolló el referendo, incluyendo el tema del financiamiento, la agenda de los principales medios comerciales, el papel del Ejecutivo y, finalmente, la estrategia y el contenido de las campañas desarrolladas por los grupos a favor (Sí) y en contra (No) del TLC. Una mención especial merece la Internet como una nueva arena de disputa comunicacional en Costa Rica. A lo largo del artículo se evidencia las condiciones de desigualdad en las reglas de juego, recursos económicos y agendas mediáticas, incluyendo el uso del miedo como recurso mediático, que claramente favorecieron a los grupos que apoyaban el TLC, pero que limitaron sustantivamente el contenido democrático del referendo. El artículo concluye señalando aspectos que deben modificarse para democratizar el referendo en Costa Rica
Variations on the Author
No full text“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Costa Rican gut fungi (Trichomycetes) infecting lotic insect larvae
No full textTrichomycetes infecting freshwater Ephemeroptera and Díptera (Siínuliidae, Chironomidae) in various life zones oC Cósta Rica were studied. Insect populations in 36 streams were sampled, a few repeatedly, at four different . perlods of time over seven years. Eleven new species of Harpellales are reported, plus six species known to occur also in n ontropical parts oí the world. Included are new species of Harpella and Pennella, a new monotypic genus (Graminelloides), and four new species of the previously monotypic genera Spartiella and Genistellospora. Seven new Smittiúm species, including three that are not named at this time, were cultured axenically. A new Amoebidium (Amoebidiales) was found in a stream polluted with organic matter. In the same polluted stream more species of dipteran larvae and a greater number of gut fungi were present than in stretclies of unpolluted water upstream. The overall diversity of Harpellales and their aquatic insect hosts in most Costa Rican streams appeared to be lower than what the author has found in many lotic habitats in more northem and southem regions of the world, and thus this order of fungi may be an exception to the 'latitudinal species diversity gradient' concept as it applies to many other tropical organisms. A key to all 23 Tric homycetes now known to be present in Costa Rica is providedTrichomycetes infecting freshwater Ephemeroptera and Díptera (Siínuliidae, Chironomidae) in various life zones oC Cósta Rica were studied. Insect populations in 36 streams were sampled, a few repeatedly, at four different . perlods of time over seven years. Eleven new species of Harpellales are reported, plus six species known to occur also in n ontropical parts oí the world. Included are new species of Harpella and Pennella, a new monotypic genus (Graminelloides), and four new species of the previously monotypic genera Spartiella and Genistellospora. Seven new Smittiúm species, including three that are not named at this time, were cultured axenically. A new Amoebidium (Amoebidiales) was found in a stream polluted with organic matter. In the same polluted stream more species of dipteran larvae and a greater number of gut fungi were present than in stretclies of unpolluted water upstream. The overall diversity of Harpellales and their aquatic insect hosts in most Costa Rican streams appeared to be lower than what the author has found in many lotic habitats in more northem and southem regions of the world, and thus this order of fungi may be an exception to the 'latitudinal species diversity gradient' concept as it applies to many other tropical organisms. A key to all 23 Tric homycetes now k n o w n to be present in Costa R i c a is provide
El paraíso perdido (Nueva historia y utopía en Costa Rica)
No full textResumenReflexiona acerca del papel de la Historia y los historiadores en Costa Rica.AbstractThe author reflects upon the role of History and historians in Costa Rica
El paraíso perdido (Nueva historia y utopía en Costa Rica)
No full textResumenReflexiona acerca del papel de la Historia y los historiadores en Costa Rica.AbstractThe author reflects upon the role of History and historians in Costa Rica
Educação Religiosa em Costa Rica: confessionalidade, neutralidade, interculturalidade
No full textEl autor propone aquí un modelo
de educación religiosa que recoge
el pronunciamiento de la Sala de lo
Constitucional, así como los desafíos
del contexto cada vez más mutirreligioso
de Costa Rica. Se trata de una
propuesta que va más allá de lo ecuménico
y de lo interrreligioso y, que
tiene como finalidad, generar procesos
educativos inclusivos, orientados
a educar desde la convivencia en la
diversidad y capaces de hacer de la
diversidad de creencias, espiritualidades
y convicciones, una ocasión
para aprender.The author proposes here a model of
religious education that includes the
pronouncement of the Constitutional
Chamber and the challenges of
increasingly mutireligious context
of Costa Rica. It is a proposal that
goes beyond the ecumenical and the
inter-religious issue and that aims
to generate inclusive educational
processes oriented toward educating from coexistence in diversity and
capable of making the diversity of
beliefs, spirituality and convictions a
chance to learn.Escuela de Ecuménica y Ciencias de la Religió
Clima marino y su relación con las playas del Caribe Sur de Costa Rica
No full textLa autora en este trabajo se propone analizar el clima marino a través de variables oceanográficas tales como viento, dirección, altura y periodo de las olas frente a las playas de la costa Caribe sur costarricense, esto con el fin de vincular los procesos de erosión costera que requieren de acción inmediata ante la influencia de la estacionalidad del clima marino.The author in this work proposes to analyze the marine climate through oceanographic variables such as wind, direction, height and period of the waves off the beaches of the Costa Rican southern Caribbean coast, this in order to link the coastal erosion processes that require immediate action in the face of the influence of the seasonality of the marine climate.Universidad Nacional, Costa RicaEscuela de Ciencias Geográfica
Costa Rica During the Global Recession: Fiscal Stimulus with Tight Monetary Policy
No full textThis paper shows that, in spite of a reasonably sized fiscal stimulus package, Costa Rica’s economy continues on a downward path, partly because fiscal policy is being offset by a tightening of monetary policy. The paper notes that the International Monetary Fund has insisted that Costa Rica’s monetary policy remain tight due to worries over inflation targets and a perceived risk of a balance of payments crisis. However, the author notes that the IMF could help prevent a balance of payments crisis through the provision of a credit line of foreign currency, as it has done, for example, in Mexico – a vastly larger economy. The paper also examines the government’s macroeconomic policies in recent years, prior to the world recession, to see what alternative policies might have done better.Costa Rica, IMF, stimulus
Costa Rica Publications in the Science Citation Index Expanded: A bibliometric analysis for 1981-2010
No full textDespite of its small size, the Central American country of Costa Rica is internationally recognized as one of the world leaders in conservation and as the Central American leader in science. There have been no recent studies on the country’s scientific production. The objective of this study was to analyze the Costa Rican scientific output as represented in the Science Citation Index Expanded. All documents with “Costa Rica” in the address field from 1981 to 2010 were included (total 6 801 publications). Articles (79%) were more frequent than other types of publication and were mostly in English (83%). Revista de Biología Tropical published the most articles (17%), followed by Toxicon and Turrialba (2.5%). The New England Journal of Medicine had the highest impact factor (53.484) with nine articles. Of 5 343 articles with known institutional address, 63%were internationally collaborative articles (most with the USA) with h index 91 and citation per publication 18. A total of 81% of all articles were inter-institutionally collaborative articles, led by the Universidad de Costa Rica. This reflects research and education agreements among these countries. Universidad de Costa Rica ranked top one in inter-institutionally collaborative articles, the rank of the total inter-institutionally collaborative articles, and the rank of first author articles and corresponding author articles. Studied subjects and journals in our sample are in agreement with dominant science fields and journals in Costa Rica. Articles with the highest citation were published in New England Journal of Medicine. The largest citation of medical articles reflects the general interest and wider readership of this subject. All corresponding and first authors of the high impact articles were not from Costa Rica. In conclusion, the scientific output of Costa Rican authors is strong in the areas related to conservation but the impact is higher for biomedical articles, and Costa Rican authors need to improve their position within research teams.A pesar de su pequeño tamaño, el país centroamerica- no de Costa Rica es reconocido internacionalmente como uno de los líderes mundiales en la conservación y como el líder centroamericano en la ciencia. No se han realizado estudios recientes sobre la producción científica del país. El objetivo de este estudio fue analizar la producción científica de Costa Rica, tal como se representa en el Science Citation Index Expanded. Todos los documentos con “Costa Rica” en el campo de dirección de 1981 a 2010 fueron incluidos (total de 6 801 publicaciones). Los artículos (79%) fueron más frecuentes que otros tipos de publicación y eran en su mayoría en inglés (83%). Revista de Biología Tropical publicó el mayor número de artículos (17%), seguido por Toxicon y Turrialba (2.5%). El New England Journal of Medicine tuvo el mayor factor de impacto (53.484), con nueve artículos. De los 5 343 artículos con dirección institucional conocida, el 63% eran artículos de colaboración a nivel internacional (la mayoría con los EE.UU.) con índice h 91 y las citas por publicación 18. Un total de 81% de todos los artículos eran dirigidos por la Universidad de Costa Rica con la colaboración de otras instituciones. Esto refleja acuerdos de investigación y educación entre países. La Universidad de Costa Rica se situó en el primer puesto en la colaboración en artículos a nivel interinstitucional, y el rango de los artículos del primer autor y artículos con autores de correspondencia. Los temas estudiados y las revistas de la muestra coinciden con los campos de las ciencias dominantes y revistas en Costa Rica. Los artículos con mayor citación fueron publicados en New England Journal of Medicine. La mayor citación de artículos médicos refleja el interés general y un público más amplio para este tema. Todos los autores de correspondencia y el primer autor de los artículos de alto impacto no eran de Costa Rica. En conclusión, la producción científica de autores costarricenses es fuerte en las áreas relacionadas con la conservación, pero el impacto es mayor para los artículos biomédicos, y los autores de Costa Rica necesitan mejorar su posición dentro de estos temas de investigación
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