The emergence of women in the Argentine political sphere

Este trabajo pretende reflexionar acerca de la incursión de la mujer en la esfera pública y en el escenario de la política en la Argentina, a través de una apretada historización del movimiento de mujeres y diversidades en nuestro país. En este sentido, se mencionan algunos de los hitos que hicieron posible la visibilización y la problematización de temáticas que hacen a la vida de las mujeres y las diversidades en un sistema que históricamente ha estado dominado por lo masculino, lo blanco y lo heterosexual.This work aims to reflect on the women’s incursion in the public sphere and in the political scene in Argentina, through a tight historicization of the women's and diversities movement in our country. In this sense, mention is made of some of the milestones that made possible the visibility and problematization of issues that make women's lives and diversities in a system that historically has been dominated by the masculine, the white and the heterosexual.Facultad de Periodismo y Comunicación Socia

A teaching methodology of political communication during the health emergency due to COVID 19: between theory and professional practice

Esta ponencia denominada “Una metodología de enseñanza de la comunicación política durante la emergencia sanitaria por el COVID 19: entre la teoría y la práctica profesional”, tiene como objetivo presentar algunos ejes de nuestra experiencia como docentes en la materia Estudios sobre Política y Sociedad I en la carrera de la Tecnicatura Superior Universitaria en Comunicación Pública y Política de la Facultad de Periodismo y Comunicación Social de la UNLP, durante el Aislamiento Social, Preventivo y Obligatorio (ASPO) en la Argentina. Proponemos reflexionar acerca del proceso de enseñanza – aprendizaje en esta nueva normalidad, atravesado –necesariamente- por una reflexión tecnológica y pedagógica, que debemos hacer para realizar una acción didáctica constructiva, a partir de las relaciones entre docentes, estudiantes/as, espacios y contextos. Ante este momento, vimos la oportunidad de transformar la materia, a través de la educación a distancia, en una caja de herramientas virtual de conceptos/contenidos teóricos y práctica profesional del/la comunicador/a/e, en estrecha articulación con la realidad social y política de nuestro país. La comunicación política implica generar espacios de debate y de consolidación de una cultura política (Almond y Verba, 2001, p. 179). En esa línea, Barbero (2005) afirma “hay democracia en la medida en que no sólo la gente se informa, sino sea capaz de contrainformar, de debatir y de que su palabra también sea pública”. Y es entonces que, “al permitir la interacción entre la información, la política y la comunicación, aparece como un concepto fundamental de análisis del funcionamiento de la democracia masiva” (Wolton, 2010). De allí partimos, para trabajar desde la teoría a la práctica de manera constante con la realidad contextual tangible en lo nacional, regional e internacional. Para tal fin, primero, establecimos horarios y canales fijos de comunicación. Cabe recordar que, lo que distingue a la educación a distancia de otras modalidades es la mediatización (Litwin, 2000). En cuanto a los nuevos soportes, trabajamos con web de cátedra, grupos de Facebook y clase integradora, a través de la plataforma Zoom. Esta estrategia en línea permite utilizar diversos lenguajes, guardar los contenidos para que estén disponibles en cualquier momento y llegar a un número más amplio de estudiantes. “Enseñar a trabajar con tecnologías como instrumentos de la cultura implica mediatizarlos, al tiempo que configurar particulares relaciones con los entornos físicos y sociales” (Litwin, 2000, p.23). Decidimos, también, hacer un acompañamiento más individualizado para saber cuáles eran las realidades de cada uno/a/e como estrategia inclusiva y de contención. Brindar más tiempo para las entregas de los trabajos prácticos, de acuerdo a la problemática expresada por cada uno/a/e. De esta manera, logramos establecer diálogos continuos que conllevan a la problematización/reflexión y lectura crítica de los contenidos. Este trabajo representa el relato y la reflexión del proceso realizado en la materia durante el primer cuatrimestre de 2020, a través de las voces de docentes y de estudiantes.This presentation called "A teaching methodology of political communication during the health emergency due to COVID 19: between theory and professional practice", aims to present some axes of our experience as teachers in the subject Studies on Politics and Society I in the career of the Higher University Technique in Public Communication and Politics of the School of Journalism and Social Communication (UNLP), during the Social, Preventive and Obligatory Isolation in Argentina. We propose to reflect on the teaching-learning process in this new normal, crossed –necessarily- by a technological and pedagogical reflection, which we must do to carry out a constructive didactic action, based on the relationships between teachers, students, spaces and contexts . At this moment, we saw the opportunity to transform the subject, through distance education, into a virtual toolbox of concepts / theoretical contents and professional practice of the communicator / a / e, in close articulation with social reality and politics of our country. Political communication implies generating spaces for debate and consolidation of a political culture (Almond and Verba, 2001, p. 179). Along these lines, Barbero (2005) affirms “there is democracy to the extent that not only people are informed, but are also capable of counter-reporting, of debating and that their word is also public”. And it is then that, “by allowing the interaction between information, politics and communication, it appears as a fundamental concept for analyzing the functioning of mass democracy” (Wolton, 2010). From there, we start working from theory to practice in a constant way with the tangible contextual reality at the national, regional and international levels. To this end, first, we established fixed communication schedules and channels. It should be remembered that what distinguishes distance education from other modalities is mediatization (Litwin, 2000). Regarding the new supports, we work with the teaching website, Facebook groups and integrative class, through the Zoom platform. This online strategy allows you to use different languages, save content so that it is available at any time, and reach a larger number of students. "Teaching to work with technologies as instruments of culture implies mediating them, while configuring particular relationships with the physical and social environments" (Litwin, 2000, p.23). We also decided to carry out a more individualized accompaniment to find out what the realities of each one were as an inclusive and containment strategy. Provide more time for the delivery of practical work, according to the problem expressed by each one. In this way, we are able to establish continuous dialogues that lead to problematization/reflection and critical reading of the contents. This work represents the story and reflection of the process carried out in the matter during the first semester of 2020, through the voices of teachers and students.Facultad de Periodismo y Comunicación Socia

Autobiographical memory in contact tracing: evidence from the COVID-19 pandemic

IntroductionThe recent COVID-19 pandemic has compelled various governments to trace all contacts of a confirmed case, as well as to identify the locations visited by infected individuals. This task, that requires the activation of our autobiographical memories, can make a difference in the spread of the contagion and was based primarily on telephone interviews with infected people. In this study, we examined whether participants were able to provide contact tracing information and whether their memories were influenced by salient events occurring during the initial phases of the pandemic.MethodsParticipants were asked to fill in an online standardized form in which they recounted every day of the 2 weeks before, reporting as much information as possible. The time period selected included, among other things, the day on which the Italian government issued the decree initiating the COVID-19 lockdown. The task was completed twice, the first time relying solely on their memory, and the second time using external aids (diaries, mobile phones etc.). Reports were then coded using a scheme that segmented accounts into informational details, divided into two broad categories, internal and external.ResultsOur findings showed that (i) the use of external aids was effective only when participants had to recall the day furthest away or if to-be-recalled events have low distinctiveness, and (ii) memories of internal details were recalled better than memories of external details. Participants were overall accurate and reported a large amount of information about people and places. However, because of the connection with key pandemic-related events, the effect was somewhat stronger on specific days (e.g., the day in which the lockdown was announced).DiscussionThe results of this work could provide a useful tool for improving the design of contact tracing procedures in the event of an unwanted future public health crisis caused by a highly infectious agent

Economic and environmental evaluation of customers' flexibility participating in operation markets: Application to the meat industry

This paper presents a methodology, which is applied to the meat industry, for the evaluation and assessment of the economical impact of customers participating in operation markets by using the flexibility they may have, as well as the amount of CO2 avoided to be emitted into the atmosphere. The particular market conditions in the Spanish context have been considered. Thus, real prices of operation markets in Spain have been used to evaluate the potential profitability, even if customers are not actually allowed to participate in such markets at the moment. The economic evaluation requires a cost-benefit analysis, as presented in the methodology. The procedure followed evaluates the maximum daily benefit obtained by the customer when offering all its flexibility in operation markets, so that it can make a decision based on the expected benefits. In order to determine the value of this benefit, different aspects are evaluated, including the amount of money saved during the flexibility actions due to the energy not consumed or shifted to cheaper periods, as well as the costs that the customer incurs when a flexibility action is performed. Finally, the obtained results for a typical customer are extrapolated to the whole segment in the country.The authors gratefully acknowledge the contributions of Campofrio Food Group, S.A. This work was supported by the Spanish Government (Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovacion) and FEDER EU funds under Research Project ENE2010-20495-C02-01.Alcázar Ortega, M.; Álvarez Bel, CM.; Domijan, A.; Escrivá Escrivá, G. (2012). Economic and environmental evaluation of customers' flexibility participating in operation markets: Application to the meat industry. Energy. 41(1):368-379. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2012.03.003S36837941

Desarrollar una propuesta de enseñanza aprendizaje de Matemáticas y su Didáctica para la formación de Docentes considerando la diversidad funcional asociada a la discapacidad intelectual, mediante la intervención en el Proyecto Liceo

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Estimating a threshold price for CO2 emissions of buildings to improve their energy performance level. Case study of a new Spanish home

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