La noche y el control de la vida citadina: reflexiones sobre el Código de Orden Público del Viejo San Juan.

This essay represents an attempt to reflect upon the nocturnal city and the policies that regulate it, in this case linked with forms of thinking about the night and the street. The author’s purpose is to expose the complexity and contradictions surrounding the analysis of the new Code of Public Order for Old San Juan, later extended to the core of Río Piedras and Santurce, Puerto Rico. Just as its name suggests, this Code seeks to establish certain norms of behavior that regulate the use of urban public space, specifically the street, during the night. The author’s intention is not to establish moral judgments about the city’s criminality, disorder, order, or aesthetics. Rather, she is interested in exploring the paradoxical dynamics engendered by the Code, specifically regarding the role of the local government and the participation of youth in Old San Juan.Este ensayo es un intento de reflexionar sobre la ciudad nocturna y las políticas que la regulan, en este caso atadas a formas de pensar sobre la noche y la calle. El propósito de la autora es exponer la complejidad y las contradicciones que encara el análisis del nuevo Código de Orden Público del Viejo San Juan, luego extendido al centro de Río Piedras y Santurce, Puerto Rico. Tal como su nombre sugiere, este Código pretende establecer unas normas de comportamiento que regulen el uso del espacio público urbano, específicamente la calle, durante las noches. La intención de la autora no es la de establecer juicios morales sobre la criminalidad, el desorden, el orden o la estética de la ciudad. Más bien le interesa explorar la paradójica dinámica que se generó a partir del Código, específicamente en cuanto al papel del gobierno local y la participación de los jóvenes en el Viejo San Juan

La comunicació com a eina per a la cohesió social contra el racisme i la intolerància

Aquesta publicació és resultat del projecte "La comunicació com a eina per a la cohesió social contra el racisme i la intolerància", finançat pel XXXV Fons de Solidaritat de la Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (FSXXXV-03). Des de l'enfocament de contribuir a la promoció de societats més igualitàries, justes i democràtiques, l'objectiu general del projecte va ser afavorir el coneixement sobre la comunicació i l'educació per al desenvolupament i el canvi social en els graus de la Facultat de Ciències de la Comunicació de la UAB, oferint a l'alumnat coneixements que els permetin entendre aquesta perspectiva com una àrea d'especialització i una potencial sortida professional

El desarrollo de un circuito salsero y la construcción de identidades latinas en Londres.

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The construction of Latin identities and salsa music clubs in London: An ethnographic study.

This thesis is based on ethnographic research carried out between October 1993 and September 1994 and examines the construction and communication of Latin cultural identities across a selection of salsa music clubs in London. Through an engagement with contemporary theories of globalisation, 'power-geometry' and cultural identity the thesis argues for the need to understand music related practices in salsa clubs in relation to wider social, economic and political processes occurring from without the clubs, but which have an impact in the construction and communication of 'Latin' identities at these sites. In this sense, this thesis proposes three analytical distinct but interrelated levels of analysis as a way of studying cultural identities and salsa clubs in London; that of nation and migration, the identity of places and the performing body. In addressing the issue of nation and migration this thesis considers how Britain's immigration regulations affect the movement of Latin Americans across London, having an impact on the visible presence of Latin American cultural practices across London. This is then related to the geographical location of 'Latin' clubs which seek to attract both Latin Americans and non-Latin people. In discussing the identity of places this thesis provides specific details about salsa clubs in London and describes the practices of club owners, promoters and disc jockeys in constructing the identity of the clubs so as to communicate a 'Latin' identity. The thesis also examines how places with different but particular 'Latin' identities are constituted out of participants' movements across salsa clubs in London. The construction and communication of Latin identities is further developed by considering the relationship between body and music as performed by dancers and musicians. This approach to the study of 'Latin' cultural identities and salsa clubs in London has implications for theoretical discussions about the relationship between cultural identities and places: It suggests that the micro movements of the dancing body in a particular event needs to be related to macro attempts to regulate the movement of bodies at an international level. This, in turn, should be considered in relation to broader spatial relationships across the city of London whereby particular places have been given a 'Latin' identity. This thesis elaborates on this discussion and suggests the need for further exploration and explanation of ongoing relations of power between these three overlapping levels of analysis which are at play in the construction and communication of 'Latin' cultural identities in London

Introduction to the Special Issue: ‘The Making of Caribbean Not-so-Natural Disasters’

GIBRAN CRUZ-MARTINEZ is a Juan de la Cierva Researcher at the Institute of Public Goods and Policies, CSIC (Spain)Peer reviewe

Latin Elephant:On language, translations and connections in an urban ethnic migrant movement

Latin Elephant is a London-based charity that works with migrant and ethnic groups in processes of urban change, and which has had a critical role in articulating the voices of traders threatened by displacement in the context of the Elephant and Castle redevelopment plans over the last decade. In this Lexicon Conversation, members of Latin Elephant discuss with RHJ the different ways in which language, vocabularies, solidarity, memory and translation have played out in their work in South London, both in relation to the use of English vis-a-vis other native languages, but also in terms of the technical language of planning in relation to intersectional urban struggles on the ground

[Review] Anthony M. Messina (2007) The logics and politics of post-WWII migration to Western Europe

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