Recensiones

Se analizan las siguientes publicaciones: Los movimientos sociales, conciencia y acción de una sociedad politizada / Paloma Román y Jaime Ferri (eds.). Y Técnicas de análisis de datos para investigadores sociales, aplicaciones prácticas con SPSS para Windows / Vidal Díaz de Rad

Editoriales Etno-iconográficos en Vogue (1948-2016): un enfoque a las diplomacias culturales

Este artículo ofrece la visión general de una investigación que ha sentado sus bases en una sistematización de los mensajes que surgen de la interfaz entre diferentes culturas a través de la comunicación visual de la moda. Profundiza en un estudio semántico de las composiciones relacionadas con la "etno-iconografía" desarrolladas por tres ediciones occidentales de Vogue desde 1948 a 2016. Para esta investigación, hemos examinado 100 editoriales fotográficos. El artículo propone un marco teórico que sirva para evaluar la forma en que la moda ha reflejado y construido las nociones coloniales del Otro, impulsadas por políticas visuales de género y raza, y moldeadas por ideologías imperialistas de la industria. El artículo también introduce una exploración del legado de los regímenes visuales eurocéntricos y la negociación con las subjetividades postcoloniales por parte de las últimas ediciones no occidentales. Finalmente resalta que este tipo de imagen puede proporcionar visibilidad a realidades sociales de dichos territorios, permitiendo a las revistas de moda actuar como detonadores de la reflexión crítica y agentes capaces de establecer interrelaciones culturales.This article offers an overview of a seminal research that laid its foundations in a systematization of the messages emerging from the interface between cultures through fashion image making. It delves into a semantic study of the compositions related to “ethno-iconography” that have been developed by three Western editions of Vogue since 1948 to 2016. We had examined 100 photographic editorials. The paper proposes a theoretical framework that serves to evaluate the way that fashion has reflected and built colonial notions of the Other, driven by race and gender visual politics, and shaped by the industry’s imperialist ideologies. The article also introduces a prospective exploration of the legacy of the Eurocentric visual regimes and the negotiation with post-colonial subjectivities by non-Western editions. It ultimately highlights that photo shoots also provide visibility to social realities that permit magazines to act as triggers of critical reflection and agents capable of establishing inter-cultural relations

A model for hypermedia learning environments based on electronic books

Designers of hypermedia learning environments could take advantage of a theoretical scheme which takes into account various kinds of learning activities and solves some of the problems associated with them. In this paper, we present a model which inherits a number of characteristics from hypermedia and electronic books. It can provide designers with the tools for creating hypermedia learning systems, by allowing the elements and functions involved in the definition of a specific application to be formally represented A practical example, CESAR, a hypermedia learning environment for hearing‐impaired children, is presented, and some conclusions derived from the use of the model are also shown

Reconocimiento de entidades biomédicas en español combinando word embedding

This is a summary of the Ph.D. thesis written by Pilar López Úbeda at Universidad de Jaén under the supervision of PhD. M. Teresa Martín Valdivia, Ph.D. L. Alfonso Ureña López and PhD. Manuel Carlos Díaz Galiano. The defense was held in Jaén on April 22, 2021. The doctoral committee was integrated by PhD. Rafael Muñoz Guillena from Universidad de Alicante, PhD. Paloma Martínez Fernández from Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, and Manuel Montes y Gómez from National Institute of Astrophysics, Optics and Electronics (Mexico). The thesis obtained the grade of Summa Cum Laude and the international mention.Este es un resumen de la tesis doctoral realizada por Pilar López Úbeda en la Universidad de Jaén bajo la dirección de los doctores Dña. M. Teresa Martín Valdivia, D. L. Alfonso Ureña López y D. Manuel Carlos Díaz Galiano. La defensa se realizó en Jaén el 22 de abril de 2021. La comisión de doctorado estuvo integrada por el PhD. Rafael Muñoz Guillena de la Universidad de Alicante, la PhD. Paloma Martínez Fernández de la Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, y Manuel Montes y Gómez del Instituto Nacional de Astrofísica, Óptica y Electrónica (México). La tesis obtuvo la calificación de Sobresaliente Cum Laude y mención de doctorado internacional.This work has been partially supported by a grant from Fondo Europeo de Desarrollo Regional (FEDER), LIVING-LANG project [RTI2018-094653-B-C21], and the Government of Andalusia [PY20_00956]

Using recommendations to help novices to reuse design knowledge

This is the author's accepted manuscript. The final publication is available at Springer via http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-21530-8_35. Copyright @ Springer 2011.The use of pattern languages is not so straightforward since its users have to identify the patterns they need, browsing the language and understanding both the benefits and trade-offs of each pattern as well as the relations and interactions it has with other patterns. Novice designers might benefit from tools that assist them in this learning task. In this paper we describe a recommendation tool embedded in a visual environment for pattern-based design which aims at suggesting patterns to help novice designers to produce better designs and understand the language.Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovatio

Revisión crítica de la política ontológica latouriana

En este artículo investigo cómo interpretar y caracterizar lo que denomino "política ontológica" en el trabajo del filósofo Bruno Latour. Así, presento una revisión de la obra de Latour desde un análisis crítico de sus propuestas ontológicas, con el objetivo de clarificar cuestiones relativas al alcance de su proyecto político. La pareja "política ontológica" y "ontología política" remiten respectivamente a la prescripción de cómo debe comprenderse todo elemento de la realidad, desde una perspectiva a-moderna, y a la propuesta de un genuino proyecto político desde los poderes y cámaras bicamerales del Parlamento de las cosas de Latour. El hilo conductor que utilizo para desarrollar este análisis es una pregunta de cariz político que acentúa dos elementos: la exclusión de colectivos y la incertidumbre a la que hacer frente para construir un mundo común. Finalmente, frente a la propuesta latouriana, destaco cómo las "tecnologías de la humildad" sí ponen de relieve estos dos elementosIn this article I study how to interpret and to feature what I call "ontological politics" within the works of philosopher Bruno Latour. In this sense, I make a reading of Latour's production which stems from his own ontological proposals in order to clarify some questions concerning the extent of his political project. The couple of expressions "ontological politics" and "political ontology" are used to achieve this task. The former implies how to understand reality from an amodern point of view. The latter refers to latourian genuine political project which is described by different Powers and Houses within the House of Things. I use a political question as a device to analyze Latour's work who allows us to focus on exclusion of collectives and uncertainty that we have to face to construct our common world. Finally, against latourian proposal, I stress how technologies of humility are successful in addressing the previous feature

Object-oriented philosophy and the comprehension of scientific realities

En este ensayo reflexiono sobre el primer tratado consagrado a la metafísica de Bruno Latour, la obra de Graham Harman Prince of Networks. Explico cómo Harman pone de relieve las raíces y principios de la filosofía orientada a los objetos latouriana. Asimismo, analizo cómo Harman habla de la concepción ontológica de Latour desde un nuevo modelo de ocasionalismo secular y desde una nueva forma de realismo, el relacionismo. Sin embargo, Harman no sólo defiende con entusiasmo la metafísica de Latour. Este filósofo compara su posición metafísica, comprometida con una teoría cuádruple, con la teoría simple de la realidad latouriana. Asimismo, evalúo la revisión que Harman realiza de la obra de Latour y defiendo que algunos problemas del filósofo francés se comprenden mejor si son explicados desde la filosofía de la ciencia. Abordo brevemente esta tarea en lo que atañe a la concepción del ocasionalismo de LatourIn this essay I focus on Graham Harman's Prince of Networks, the first treatise entirely devoted to address the metaphysics of Bruno Latour. I explain how Harman highlights the philosophical roots and principles of latourian object-oriented philosophy. Furthermore, I analyze how Harman emphasizes both a new secular occasionalism as well Latour's conception of reality featured as relationism. Besides, I also stress that Harman does not only defend the philosophy of Latour enthusiastically. This philosopher compares his own metaphysical commitments and his fourfold theory of reality to the one-fold theory found at Latour's philosophy. Finally, I assess Harman's review of Bruno Latour's work and I argue that some problems within Latour's conception of reality are better understood when they happen to be explained in terms of the philosophy of science. I tackle briefly this task in what concerns the very comprehension of Latour's occasionalis

‘Pastis Power Europe’: An Assessment of the EU’s Actorness in International Investment Politics. EU Diplomacy Paper 06/2016

This paper assesses the extent to which the transfer of exclusive competence over foreign direct investment to the European Union (EU) in the Treaty of Lisbon allows it to become a strong actor in the international investment arena. Drawing on legal and international political economy concepts, it challenges a widespread assumption according to which an exclusive EU competence would benefit not only its economic competitiveness but also increase the attractiveness of its regulatory system. Legal and political problems, arising from the limits to the EU’s competence in Union law and from its awkward interaction with international investment law, limit its ability to negotiate favourable international investment agreements and imply that the EU’s role in this field is unlikely to come to parallel its salient position in trade. Indeed, the transfer of competence might give rise to a paradoxical situation in which the EU’s international bargaining position is weakened not only in investment but also in international economic policy-making more broadly regarded