El español va a las escuelas en forma de talleres de lectura: motivaciones y experiencias del proyecto “Abrir un libro, abrir el mundo”

IX Congresso Brasileiro de Hispanistas realizado nos dias 22 a 25 agosto 2016En el contexto escolar de Pernambuco, donde es escaso el número de escuelas públicas que implementaron la ley 11.161/05, surge el proyecto de extensión Abrir un libro, abrir el mundo con la propuesta de promover el acercamiento al español a través de talleres de lectura literaria. Basándonos en los PNC’s y las OCEM, entendemos que uno de los propósitos de introducir el español en la enseñanza regular es contribuir a la formación ciudadana y de individuos críticos, conscientes de su lugar en el mundo. A partir de esta base, concebimos la literatura como uno de los caminos privilegiados para la formación ciudadana, crítica y reflexiva (Candido, Compagnon, Calvino) y, a la vez, como un camino estratégico para el acercamiento a una lengua extranjera (Acquaroni) y a su abordaje intercultural (Walsh, Mignolo, Quijano). A través del trabajo con textos del universo literario latinoamericano, y con la dimensión creativa y productiva de la lectura, los estudiantes tienen contacto con el universo lingüístico y cultural hispánico y son invitados a pensar sobre sus propias identidades. Entre nuestros objetivos está el de hacer que las comunidades escolares sean conscientes de su derecho a que el español se les ofrezca, además de darles muestras, a través de los talleres de lectura, del universo que se abre ante sus ojos cuando abrimos los libros. Las motivaciones para este proyecto y algunas experiencias de su realización es lo que nos proponemos presentar en esta comunicación.UNILA­-UNIOEST

Enforcement Through the Network: The Network Enforcement Act and Article 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights

This Comment explores the conflict between state-described freedom of expression and the autonomy of social media companies to regulate content on their platforms through the lens of the Network Enforcement Act, passed by Germany in 2017, and the freedom of expression clause of the European Convention on Human Rights. The Network Enforcement Act, which compels social media companies to monitor and remove content from their sites which violate certain other provisions of German law, has thrust the issues of intermediary autonomy and censorship-byproxy into the spotlight. Proponents of the law support it as a way to ensure that what is illegal offline remains illegal online. Opponents argue that the law essentially amounts to censorship, and therefore violates freedom of expression under the German constitution and a host of international treaties. This Comment finds that while the law likely does not violate freedom of expression as enumerated under Article 5 of the Basic Laws of the Republic of Germany, it may violate freedom of expression under Article 10 of the European Convention of Human Rights, in part because the law incentivizes “overblocking” which could lead to the removal of lawful speech without due process. In order to promulgate such regulations, more than one country needs to band together in order to promote safety and international security without curtailing civil rights

Between the brick and the ballot: exploring community conversations, HIV prevention, and structural violence in the Ingquza Hill municipality of South Africa’s Eastern Cape Province

The prevailing prevention literature has increasingly expanded the scope of HIV/AIDS drivers beyond the behavioural and social to encompass an increasing focus on the structural drivers of AIDS. Throughout the structural drivers literature is an emphasis on the need for upstream interventions that shape policy and influence political processes (Gibbs et al 2012; Hunsman 2012; Parkhurst 2013. Some of the literature recommends an emphasis on promoting political processes that catalyse political change and address underlying forms of inequality (Heise and Watts 2013; Gibbs et al 2012). This literature dovetails with literature that advocates for an increasing emphasis on the political determinants of health in health promotions programming (Ottersen et al 2014). At the same time new directions in the HIV/AIDS preventative community mobilization literatures has emphasized the need to rethink and re-conceptualise community mobilization in the 21st century (Campbell 2014). More broadly systematic reviews of the literature suggest the need for an increasing focus on community mobilization efforts that respond to and influence the political context of health (Cornish et al 2014). This dissertations aims to influence and inform the space between these literatures through an empirical look into the convergence of the Nelson Mandela Foundations (NMF) Community Conversations political animus and a historical and present day reading of the ways in which structural forms of violence (Galtung 1969) continue to be inscribed into the life trajectories of residents/citizens living in Ingquza Hill, South Africa. The findings in this dissertation are based on narrative analyses of N = 63 life histories and semi-structured interviews conducted with residents, CC facilitators and participants, and local influential stakeholders that directly experienced, lived, and embodied this convergence throughout the dialogical and actioned oriented phases of the Community Conversations process. Findings suggest that the basis for re-conceptualising of community mobilization for the 21st century be predicated on a more politicized framing of HIV/AIDS along with a more explicit and intentional valuation of the intersection between the social and political determinants of health in programmes that employ community mobilization. Intersecting social and political power dynamics play a significant role in both opening up and the cultivation of civic spaces that promote responsive and inclusionary forms of local governance and decision-making. This in part entails an increased emphasis on the creation of accompaniment oriented socio-political technologies that intentionally support the cultivation of health enabling democracy