Cuando la administración apuesta por el cambio: complejidades y paradojas en el contexto vasco

En esta comunicación se avanzan una serie de consideraciones acerca de la aportación de la antropología en la transformación de las tradiciones. Un campo nada nuevo para la antropología aplicada, ya que ésta ha acumulado mucha experiencia en relación al patrimonio cultural, aunque se podría afirmar que se ha producido más sobre el patrimonio material y desde una perspectiva museística que sobre lo performativo y lo inmaterial. Se trata de una experiencia de trabajar en la promoción de un cambio en el seno de la cultura vasca tradicional. Parte de la valoración del conocimiento antropológico que se hace desde la administración pública y su disposición de solicitar ese conocimiento para cuestiones problemáticas surgidas en la confrontación entre el deseo de preservar la tradición y la necesidad de responder a las transformaciones sociale

Antropología feminista, antropología aplicada. Encuentros y desencuentros

Based on case studies referring to applied research from a feminist perspective, this article approaches the meaning of anthropology in society in general and in Basque society inparticular. It explores the “awkward relationship” between anthropology and feminism on the one hand, and between academic and applied anthroplogy on the other. I position myself thus at a double crossroads: on the one hand in the synergy between theoretical, university research and practical, public investigation; on the other, at the meeting point between these currents and the axis running between social anthropology and feminism. Although it has been said that critical theory and feminist critique perform better in their critical role than their mission of social transformation, I will argue that feminist critique is fundamental in the identificationof intersections between gender systems and sociocultural systems and that critical theory is vital for discerning how to apply in rpeactice what we detect in theory.Basándome en estudios de caso referidos a investigaciones aplicadas desde una perspectiva feminista, este artículo aborda el sentido de la antropología en la sociedad en general y en la sociedad vasca en particular. Explora la “relación incómoda” entre la antropología y el feminismo por un lado y entre la antropología académica y la aplicada por otro. Así, se sitúa en una doble encrucijada: por una parte, en la sinergia entre la investigación teórica, universitaria, y la práctica, pública; por otra, en el vértice de estas corrientes con el eje que gira en torno a la antropología social y el feminismo. Aunque se ha dicho que la teoría crítica y la críticafeminista cumplen mejor su papel crítico que su rol transformador, argumentaré que la crítica feminista es fundamental para detectar las intersecciones entre los sistemas de género y los sistemas socioculturales y que la teoría crítica es vital para discernir dónde aplicar en la práctica los cambios que identificamos en la teorí

Women and the Alardes from Hondarribia and Irún

Este articulo analiza la propuesta de un grupo de mujeres de Irún e Hondarribia deincorporarse como soldados en el Alarde que se realiza con motivo de las fiestas patronalesy que hasta ahora, ha sido dominado por los hombres. La propuesta de una participaciónfemenina más amplia ha generado una fuerte oposición basada en los argumentos de latradición inmovilista y la historia monolítica. Las personas a favor del cambio esgrimen elargumento del derecho, pero también utilizan diferentes conceptos de la tradición y distintasinterpretaciones de la historia para defender su postura. El artículo examina la base conceptualde estos argumentos e intenta descubrir las claves para interpretar la oposición al cambio entérminos del mantenimiento de las mujeres dentro de una estructura asimétrica, avalado porun sistema de valores y una visión particular de la identidad localThis article analyses the proposal of a group of women from Irún and Hondarribia to takepart in the parade which is held during the local annual festival and which up till now hasbeen dominated by men. The proposal of a wider female participation has generated strongopposition, based on arguments of immovable tradition and monolithic history. Those infavour of the change argue on the basis of rights, but also use alternative conceptos oftradition and different interpretations of history in order to defend their position. The articleexamines the conceptual basis of these arguments and endeavours to uncover the underlyingissues which provide the keys to interpreting the opposition to the change in terms ofmaintaining women in an asymmetrical structure, supported by a certain system of values andvision of local identity

Genero-indarkeriaren erakundetzea Bidasoaldeko alardeetan

The Alardes of Irun (San Marcial, June 30th) and Hondarribia (Virgin of Guadalupe, September 8th) continue to hit the news on account of a conflict that arises from the confrontation between positions for and against the equal participation of women and men in the parades. Since 2002 there have an egalitarian and a discriminatory parade in each town. With their institutionalizion, the conflict has stabilized and the violent attacks on those defending equality have become fewer and less virulent. Despite the Law of Equality (2005) forbidding the organization of discriminatory events, the discriminatory parade receives the permission and protection of the local council and the police, whilst the egalitarian Alarde receives no council support, insufficient police protection and is subject to violence or the constant threat of it. This article reviews the violence in the Alardes in the last decade and argues that it is a symptom of the asymmetric gender system that prevails in society.Los Alardes de Irun (30 de junio) y Hondarribia (8 de septiembre) siguen siendo causa de conflicto a favor o en contra de participación igualitaria de mujeres y hombres. En 2002, con la institucionalización de un acto paritario y otro discriminatorio, la situación se estabiliza y la violencia contra la opción igualitarista es menor. Se incumple la Ley de Igualdad de 2005, que prohíbe actividades discriminatorias. Los Ayuntamientos, y en gran medida Interior protegen a la opción excluyente. Los Alardes paritarios, bajo una constante amenaza, no reciben ningún apoyo municipal y poco, y condicionado, de Interior. Este artículo arguye que los Alardes, y la oposición a la igualdad en la ocupación del espacio público, son síntoma de una violencia generalizada, fruto de las relaciones de género asimétricas que perviven en nuestra sociedad.Irungo Alardeak (ekainak 30) eta Hondarribikoak (irailak 8) gatazka-iturri jarraitzen dute, emakumeen eta gizonen artean berdintasunezko partaidetzaren aldeko jarrerak eta kontrakoak aurrez aurre daudelako. 2002az geroztik bi ekitaldi bereiz, bata parekide, bestea baztertzaile, gauzatzearen instituzionaltzearekin, gatazka egonkortu eta berdinzaleen aurkako adierazpen bortitzak gutxiago dira, eta ez hain larriak. 2005ko Berdintasun Legea, argi eta garbi eta salbuespenik gabe ekitaldi baztertzaileak debekatzen duena, ez da betetzen. Aitzitik, baztertzaileek udalen babesa eta, hein handi batean, Herrizaingo Sailarena jasotzen dute. Alarde parekideek, ordea, udaletatik batere laguntza ez, eta Herrizaingo Sailetik, baldintzapeko berme eskasak. Indarkeria, edo haren mehatxua, nonahi agertzen da berdinzaleen aurka. Artilukuak argudiatzen du Alardeetako indarkeria, espazio publikoa okupatzeko tenorean emakumeen eta gizonen arteko berdintasunaren aurka agertu ohi dena, gure gizartean oraindik orain dagoen genero-sistema asimetrikoen ondoriozko indarkeria orokorraren sintoma dela

Understanding and working with different worldviews to co-design cultural security in clinical mental health settings to engage with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander clients

Background: Creating the conditions for meaningful relationships is essential to understanding Aboriginal worldviews and co-designing ways of working to achieve better health outcomes. Non-Aboriginal health professionals struggle to recognise the importance of social relationships to Aboriginal peoples and tensions emerge due to these different worldviews informed by different ontologies and epistemologies. This is more so in clinical settings where training and models of care are often inadequate for working with Aboriginal people. The impact of different understandings of relationships on the provision of health services to Aboriginal peoples remains under-researched. There is a critical need to reassess the way clinicians are supported by their organisations to engage with Aboriginal clients in competent and meaningfully ways. Methods: The paper provides key insights into an Aboriginal-led participatory action research project and the work of Aboriginal Elder co-researchers with non-Aboriginal mainstream service staff to better understand the importance of social relationships from an Aboriginal worldview. The paper critically engages literature on clinical service provision for Aboriginal peoples, along with an examination of the Australian Psychological Society Code of Conduct, to explore the tensions between professional training and the need to build relationships with Aboriginal clients. Findings: Through the Elders, non-Aboriginal service staff have expanded their understanding of Aboriginal culture, kinship and the importance of country to Aboriginal wellbeing. The Elders mentored staff to unpack the tensions between worldviews in clinical settings. The research resulted in a co-designed culturally safe framework for non-Aboriginal practitioners, which is building confidence, capacity and competence to work in partnership with Aboriginal peoples. The framework emphasis the need for culturally safe models of care. The Elders have supported non-Aboriginal staff to sit between the two worldviews to develop ways to work with Aboriginal clients and shift mainstream models of mental health care to improve the wellbeing of Aboriginal people

Literature review on supervised contact between children in out-of-home care and their parents

This document is a summary review of the literature on contact between children in out-of-home care (OOHC) and their parents. It aims to assist policy makers in critiquing the evidence relating to contact between children in OOHC and their parents. It is focused on face-to-face supervised contact, but also draws on the broader literature on contact

KContact, an enhanced intervention for contact between children in out-of-home care and their parents: protocol for a cluster randomised controlled trial

BACKGROUND: When children are unable to safely live at home with their parents, contact between these children and their parents is considered, in most cases, important for maintaining children's sense of identity and relationships with their parents. However, the research evidence on contact is weak and provides little guidance on how to manage contact and when it is beneficial or potentially harmful. The evidence in relation to contact interventions with parents and their children who are to remain in long-term care is the most limited. A small number of studies have been identified where interventions which were therapeutic, child-focused and with clear goals, particularly aimed at preparing and supporting parents, showed some promising results. This trial aims to build on the existing evidence by trialling an enhanced model of contact in multiple sites in Australia. METHODS/DESIGN: This study is a cluster randomised controlled trial of an enhanced contact intervention with children in long-term care who are having supervised contact with their parents. Intervention sites will implement the kContact intervention that increases the preparation and support provided to parents in relation to contact. Baseline and follow-up interviews are being conducted with parents, carers and agency workers at intervention and control sites. Follow-ups interviews will assess whether there has been an increase in children's emotional safety and a reduction in distress in response to contact visits with their parents (the primary outcome variable as measured using the Strength and Difficulties Questionnaire), improved relationships between children and their parents, improved parental ability to support contact, and fewer contact visits cancelled. DISCUSSION: By increasing the evidence base in this area, the study aims to better guide the management and supervision of contact visits in the out-of-home care context and improve outcomes for the children and their families. TRIAL REGISTRATION: Trial registered on 7 April 2015 with the Australian New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry ACTRN12615000313538

A framework for considering the utility of models when facing tough decisions in public health: a guideline for policy-makers

The COVID-19 pandemic has brought the combined disciplines of public health, infectious disease and policy modelling squarely into the spotlight. Never before have decisions regarding public health measures and their impacts been such a topic of international deliberation, from the level of individuals and communities through to global leaders. Nor have models-developed at rapid pace and often in the absence of complete information-ever been so central to the decision-making process. However, after nearly 3 years of experience with modelling, policy-makers need to be more confident about which models will be most helpful to support them when taking public health decisions, and modellers need to better understand the factors that will lead to successful model adoption and utilization. We present a three-stage framework for achieving these ends

Large expert-curated database for benchmarking document similarity detection in biomedical literature search

Document recommendation systems for locating relevant literature have mostly relied on methods developed a decade ago. This is largely due to the lack of a large offline gold-standard benchmark of relevant documents that cover a variety of research fields such that newly developed literature search techniques can be compared, improved and translated into practice. To overcome this bottleneck, we have established the RElevant LIterature SearcH consortium consisting of more than 1500 scientists from 84 countries, who have collectively annotated the relevance of over 180 000 PubMed-listed articles with regard to their respective seed (input) article/s. The majority of annotations were contributed by highly experienced, original authors of the seed articles. The collected data cover 76% of all unique PubMed Medical Subject Headings descriptors. No systematic biases were observed across different experience levels, research fields or time spent on annotations. More importantly, annotations of the same document pairs contributed by different scientists were highly concordant. We further show that the three representative baseline methods used to generate recommended articles for evaluation (Okapi Best Matching 25, Term Frequency-Inverse Document Frequency and PubMed Related Articles) had similar overall performances. Additionally, we found that these methods each tend to produce distinct collections of recommended articles, suggesting that a hybrid method may be required to completely capture all relevant articles. The established database server located at https://relishdb.ict.griffith.edu.au is freely available for the downloading of annotation data and the blind testing of new methods. We expect that this benchmark will be useful for stimulating the development of new powerful techniques for title and title/abstract-based search engines for relevant articles in biomedical research.Peer reviewe