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Evaluating the impact of restructuring secondary education in East Timor

The Timorese Government has embarked upon several approaches to empower national education, namely through the restructuring of the secondary education. Due to the lack of skilled professionals in education, East Timor has resorted to the support of international cooperation with institutions such as the University of Aveiro, in Portugal. In this paper, we present a starting project that aims at investigating how the new curriculum of secondary education in East Timor is being implemented, through its monitoring and short-term exploratory evaluation. At its core, this project seeks to provide constructive feedback both to the authors of the curriculum, as well as to Timorese stakeholders. Furthermore, this project constitutes a unique opportunity to closely follow, in the context of international cooperation, the process of the restructuring of an education system in a developing country, boosting the relationships between the researchers, the authors of the restructuring and the Timorese stakeholders

Self-regulation of unattainable goals in suicide attempters: the relationship between goal disengagement, goal reengagement and suicidal ideation

There is growing interest in models of adaptive self-regulation. Recent research suggests that goal disengagement and goal reengagement (i.e., goal adjustment) are implicated in the self-regulation of emotion. This study extends the self-regulation research to investigate the utility of goal adjustment in understanding suicidal risk. To this end, two hundred adults hospitalised following a suicidal episode completed a range of clinical and psychological measures in hospital and were followed up approximately 2.5 months after discharge (Time 2). Hierarchical regression analyses showed that goal reengagement predicted suicidal ideation at Time 2. In addition, the lack of goal reengagement was especially pernicious when reported concomitantly with high disengagement. These predictive effects were independent of baseline mood, attempt status and suicidal intent. The theoretical and clinical implications are discussed

Mémoires du conflit armé et institutionnalisation de la médiation au Pérou

Quelques années après leur création, 3 des 4 musées de la mémoire situés en milieu rural dans la région d’Ayacucho, au Pérou, avaient fermé. Ces tentatives avortées soulignent la fragilité des politiques de dissémination de sites mémoriels promus ces dernières années dans le pays et posent la question des enjeux de mémoire liés au conflit armé de la fin du XXe siècle. Ce document ébauche une analyse des phénomènes d’autoreprésentation, de requalification territoriale et in fine, du processus d’institutionnalisation de la médiation et ses conséquences dans le contexte d’un pays multiculturel comme le Pérou.In Peru, three out of the four «memory museums» located in rural Ayacucho region were closed down a few years after they were created. These aborted attempts underline the fragility of dissemination policies of memory sites promoted in recent years in this country. They also raise issues about conflicting memories of the armed conflict at the end of the 20th century. This paper outlines an analysis of self-representation and production of new territories phenomena and of the process of institutionalizing mediation in the context of a multi-cultural country like Peru.A unos pocos años de ser creados, tres de los cuatro museos de la memoria en la zona rural de la región Ayacucho, en Perú, ya habían cerrado. Estos intentos frustrados subrayan la fragilidad de las políticas de diseminación de los sitios de memoria promovidas los últimos años en el país y plantean interrogantes sobre laproblemática de la memoria vinculada con el conflicto armado de fines del siglo XX. El presente documento esboza un análisis de los fenómenos de auto-representación, de recalificación territorial y por fin, de los procesos de institucionalización de la mediación y de sus consecuencias en el contexto de un país multicultural como el Perú

Mémoires du conflit armé et institutionnalisation de la médiation au Pérou

In Peru, three out of the four «memory museums» located in rural Ayacucho region were closed down a few years after they were created. These aborted attempts underline the fragility of dissemination policies of memory sites promoted in recent years in this country. They also raise issues about conflicting memories of the armed conflict at the end of the 20th century. This paper outlines an analysis of self-representation and production of new territories phenomena and of the process of institutionalizing mediation in the context of a multi-cultural country like Peru

La réinvention des routes incas : représentations et construction de la mémoire au Pérou (2001-2011)

Le « Qhapaq Ñan » (chemin principal andin) constitue un exemple éclairant d’institutionnalisation de la mémoire au Pérou, marqué par quatre facteurs : le rôle central dévolu aux scientifiques et aux organisations internationales favorise l’irruption de logiques de développement et de patrimonialisation ; l’État péruvien privilégie une représentation symbolique du territoire au profit d’un public de plus en plus globalisé; la « Marche pour la paix », une commémoration politique ancrée dans le contexte local, a été marquée par un succès populaire important, mais non relayé par les élites ; enfin les projets de tourisme soutenable fondés sur des objectifs de conservation et d’authenticité ont échoué à donner une réalité concrète à leurs propositions. Ces différentes stratégies n’ont jamais réussi à impliquer durablement les communautés riveraines, et ce malgré les objectifs affichés à l’origine. Elles témoignent des enjeux contradictoires de la représentation des Andes péruviennes dans le contexte d’un pays pluriculturel.The «Qhapaq Ñan» (main Andean road) is a unprecedented example of institutionalization of memory in contemporary Peru, characterized by four aspects: the central role given to scientists and international organizations favors the emergence of patterns of development and heritage listing; the Peruvian State tends to stress a symbolic representation of territory for the benefit of a globalized audience; the «Peace march», a political initiative well grounded in the local context, was rewarded by significant popular success, but the elite did not follow it up; finally, sustainable tourism projects based on conservation and authenticity goals have failed to put their proposals in practice. The original objectives stressing participation of local communities were not achieved on a lasting basis. These findings underline conflicting issues of representation of the Peruvian Andean territory in the context of a pluricultural society.El «Qhapaq Ñan» (camino principal andino) constituye un ejemplo revelador de institucionalización de la memoria en el Perú contemporáneo, caracterizado por cuatro factores: el papel central otorgado a los científicos y organizaciones internacionales favorece la aparición de patrones de desarrollo y patrimonialización; el Estado peruano da prioridad a una representación simbólica del territorio orientada a un público cada vez más globalizado; la «Caminata por la paz», una conmemoración exitosa de orden político, ha despertado un fuerte eco popular, pero no contó con apoyo de la élite; finalmente, los proyectos de turismo sostenible inspirados por ideales de conservación y autenticidad no han logrado concretizar sus proposiciones en la realidad. Estas estrategias no han conseguido involucrar a las comunidades locales de manera durable, pese a los objetivos inicialmente trazados. Esto plantea un interrogante sobre las cuestiones conflictivas de representación de los Andes peruanos dentro del contexto de un país pluricultural

La réinvention des routes incas : représentations et construction de la mémoire au Pérou (2001-2011)

The «Qhapaq Ñan» (main Andean road) is a unprecedented example of institutionalization of memory in contemporary Peru, characterized by four aspects: the central role given to scientists and international organizations favors the emergence of patterns of development and heritage listing; the Peruvian State tends to stress a symbolic representation of territory for the benefit of a globalized audience; the «Peace march», a political initiative well grounded in the local context, was rewarded by significant popular success, but the elite did not follow it up; finally, sustainable tourism projects based on conservation and authenticity goals have failed to put their proposals in practice. The original objectives stressing participation of local communities were not achieved on a lasting basis. These findings underline conflicting issues of representation of the Peruvian Andean territory in the context of a pluricultural society