Post-Franco Theatre

In the multiple realms and layers that comprise the contemporary Spanish theatrical landscape, “crisis” would seem to be the word that most often lingers in the air, as though it were a common mantra, ready to roll off the tongue of so many theatre professionals with such enormous ease, and even enthusiasm, that one is prompted to wonder whether it might indeed be a miracle that the contemporary technological revolution – coupled with perpetual quandaries concerning public and private funding for the arts – had not by now brought an end to the evolution of the oldest of live arts, or, at the very least, an end to drama as we know it

Outcomes from elective colorectal cancer surgery during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic

This study aimed to describe the change in surgical practice and the impact of SARS-CoV-2 on mortality after surgical resection of colorectal cancer during the initial phases of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic

Elective cancer surgery in COVID-19-free surgical pathways during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic: An international, multicenter, comparative cohort study

PURPOSE As cancer surgery restarts after the first COVID-19 wave, health care providers urgently require data to determine where elective surgery is best performed. This study aimed to determine whether COVID-19–free surgical pathways were associated with lower postoperative pulmonary complication rates compared with hospitals with no defined pathway. PATIENTS AND METHODS This international, multicenter cohort study included patients who underwent elective surgery for 10 solid cancer types without preoperative suspicion of SARS-CoV-2. Participating hospitals included patients from local emergence of SARS-CoV-2 until April 19, 2020. At the time of surgery, hospitals were defined as having a COVID-19–free surgical pathway (complete segregation of the operating theater, critical care, and inpatient ward areas) or no defined pathway (incomplete or no segregation, areas shared with patients with COVID-19). The primary outcome was 30-day postoperative pulmonary complications (pneumonia, acute respiratory distress syndrome, unexpected ventilation). RESULTS Of 9,171 patients from 447 hospitals in 55 countries, 2,481 were operated on in COVID-19–free surgical pathways. Patients who underwent surgery within COVID-19–free surgical pathways were younger with fewer comorbidities than those in hospitals with no defined pathway but with similar proportions of major surgery. After adjustment, pulmonary complication rates were lower with COVID-19–free surgical pathways (2.2% v 4.9%; adjusted odds ratio [aOR], 0.62; 95% CI, 0.44 to 0.86). This was consistent in sensitivity analyses for low-risk patients (American Society of Anesthesiologists grade 1/2), propensity score–matched models, and patients with negative SARS-CoV-2 preoperative tests. The postoperative SARS-CoV-2 infection rate was also lower in COVID-19–free surgical pathways (2.1% v 3.6%; aOR, 0.53; 95% CI, 0.36 to 0.76). CONCLUSION Within available resources, dedicated COVID-19–free surgical pathways should be established to provide safe elective cancer surgery during current and before future SARS-CoV-2 outbreaks

Elective Cancer Surgery in COVID-19-Free Surgical Pathways During the SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic: An International, Multicenter, Comparative Cohort Study.

PURPOSE: As cancer surgery restarts after the first COVID-19 wave, health care providers urgently require data to determine where elective surgery is best performed. This study aimed to determine whether COVID-19-free surgical pathways were associated with lower postoperative pulmonary complication rates compared with hospitals with no defined pathway. PATIENTS AND METHODS: This international, multicenter cohort study included patients who underwent elective surgery for 10 solid cancer types without preoperative suspicion of SARS-CoV-2. Participating hospitals included patients from local emergence of SARS-CoV-2 until April 19, 2020. At the time of surgery, hospitals were defined as having a COVID-19-free surgical pathway (complete segregation of the operating theater, critical care, and inpatient ward areas) or no defined pathway (incomplete or no segregation, areas shared with patients with COVID-19). The primary outcome was 30-day postoperative pulmonary complications (pneumonia, acute respiratory distress syndrome, unexpected ventilation). RESULTS: Of 9,171 patients from 447 hospitals in 55 countries, 2,481 were operated on in COVID-19-free surgical pathways. Patients who underwent surgery within COVID-19-free surgical pathways were younger with fewer comorbidities than those in hospitals with no defined pathway but with similar proportions of major surgery. After adjustment, pulmonary complication rates were lower with COVID-19-free surgical pathways (2.2% v 4.9%; adjusted odds ratio [aOR], 0.62; 95% CI, 0.44 to 0.86). This was consistent in sensitivity analyses for low-risk patients (American Society of Anesthesiologists grade 1/2), propensity score-matched models, and patients with negative SARS-CoV-2 preoperative tests. The postoperative SARS-CoV-2 infection rate was also lower in COVID-19-free surgical pathways (2.1% v 3.6%; aOR, 0.53; 95% CI, 0.36 to 0.76). CONCLUSION: Within available resources, dedicated COVID-19-free surgical pathways should be established to provide safe elective cancer surgery during current and before future SARS-CoV-2 outbreaks

Autobiography in the process of training in creative writing workshops

Los talleres de escritura creativa subvencionados por el distrito datan del año 2008 cuando la Red Nacional de Talleres de Escritura Creativa RELATA propuso, en el marco del Plan para las Artes, talleres gratuitos abiertos al público con el fin de fomentar la escritura y la industria cultural. En 2013 el Instituto Distrital de las Artes IDARTES expandió esta idea creando la Red de Talleres de Escritura Local, para que existiera un taller por localidad en Bogotá. RELATA ha propuesto unos fundamentos y bases para la realización de estos talleres pero desde entonces no han aparecido documentos que discutan estas estrategias. Lo que se discutirá en el presente documento es la posibilidad de incorporar el género autobiográfico en la formación de nuevos escritores en el marco de los talleres distritales. Se propone una mirada más literaria y comunicativa, y menos terapéutica o historiográfica, en la que dicho género funcionaría como medio propicio entre las experiencias individuales de los participantes (memoria, contexto, intersubjetividades) y las herramientas técnicas que brindan los talleres (técnicas narrativas, construcción de personajes, etc.) con el fin de incentivar estilos personales en la escritura creativa.The creative writing workshops subsidized by the district date back to 2008 where the National Network of Creative Writing Workshops proposed within the framework of the Plan for the Arts free workshops open to the public in order to encourage writing and the cultural industry. In 2013 the IDARTES District Arts Institute expanded this idea by creating the Network of Local Writing Workshops, so that there would be a workshop per locality in Bogotá. RELATA has proposed some foundations and bases for the realization of these workshops but since then there have not appeared documents that discuss these strategies. What will be discussed in the document is the possibility of incorporating the autobiographical genre into the formation of new writers within the framework of the district workshops. It is proposed a more literary and communicative, less therapeutic or historiographic view, in which the genre would function as an appropriate medium between the participants' individual experiences (memory, context, intersubjectivities) and the technical tools provided by the workshops (narrative techniques , Construction of characters, etc.) in order to encourage personal styles in creative writing

Cosechando sueños y memorias: Cuentos y cotidianidades.

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Cosechando sueños y memorias: Cuentos y cotidianidades.

El documento completo no se encuentra disponible en acceso abierto (disponible portada y tabla de contenido)

Lenguajes, sociedades y culturas.

Lenguajes, Sociedades y Culturas como obra que trasciende lo escritural, encarna los senti-pensamientos de quienes decidimos darnos cita en el Simposio para asumirlo como un escenario vital y dar a conocer nuestros avances y resultados de las trayectorias en investigación. Un entramado de realidades que asistieron y nos asistieron en la co-construcción de relaciones y de lenguajes disímiles, paradójicos, literarios, científicos, en los que nos encontramos y desencontramos, en los que nos reconocimos como comunidad científica rigurosa, sin perder la calidez de la condición humana, en los que se vivió intensamente y al debate las caleidoscópicas miradas de la investigación, primando siempre el respecto por el lugar de observación de quien habla. Habitan en estas páginas leves reflejos de los momentos vividos, sin pretensión alguna de congelarlos o encerrarlos en el tiempo, sino como una reminiscencia de aquellas conversaciones sostenidas no solo en los auditorios o en los salones, sino en todos aquellos espacios en los que ponentes y asistentes encontrábamos posibilidades para intercambiar ideas, sensaciones, emociones, contradicciones, entre otras

Lenguajes, sociedades y culturas.

Lenguajes, Sociedades y Culturas como obra que trasciende lo escritural, encarna los senti-pensamientos de quienes decidimos darnos cita en el Simposio para asumirlo como un escenario vital y dar a conocer nuestros avances y resultados de las trayectorias en investigación. Un entramado de realidades que asistieron y nos asistieron en la co-construcción de relaciones y de lenguajes disímiles, paradójicos, literarios, científicos, en los que nos encontramos y desencontramos, en los que nos reconocimos como comunidad científica rigurosa, sin perder la calidez de la condición humana, en los que se vivió intensamente y al debate las caleidoscópicas miradas de la investigación, primando siempre el respecto por el lugar de observación de quien habla. Habitan en estas páginas leves reflejos de los momentos vividos, sin pretensión alguna de congelarlos o encerrarlos en el tiempo, sino como una reminiscencia de aquellas conversaciones sostenidas no solo en los auditorios o en los salones, sino en todos aquellos espacios en los que ponentes y asistentes encontrábamos posibilidades para intercambiar ideas, sensaciones, emociones, contradicciones, entre otras