Los centros especializados de gestión de conocimiento: una estrategia de desarrollo desde las regiones

The work with which this document deals was developed in order topropose a knowledge management strategy to enhance regional units as spaces for autonomous development. A first part presents a review of state of the art on the theme of regional development and knowledge management. From this first study, we develop a model for a center with seven processes as support of sustainability. On the third part we conduct a study of feasibility in three phases: polls to administrative and academic leaders of the UNAD, interviews with experts and a meeting about CGCE proposals. Valuation of academics and experts agreed that the model is a conceptual and methodological contribution to regional development. Researchers from different groups, specialties and regions contribute showing possible scenarios for this model.El trabajo del cual se ocupa este documento se desarrolló con el fin de proponer una estrategia de gestión de conocimiento para potenciar las unidades regionales como espacios de desarrollo autónomo. En una primera parte se presenta una revisión del estado del arte sobre el tema de gestión de conocimiento y desarrollo regional. A partir de este primer estudio se elabora un modelo de centro que integra siete procesos como soporte de sostenibilidad. En la tercera parte se hace un estudio de factibilidad en tres fases: encuestas a líderes administrativosy académicos de la UNAD, entrevistas a expertos y encuentro depropuestas de CGCE. La valoración, tanto de los académicos como de los expertos, concuerda en que el modelo es un aporte conceptual y metodológico para el desarrollo regional. Investigadores de diferentes grupos, especialidades y regiones contribuyen mostrando escenarios de posibilidad para este modelo

Imprisonment and internment: Comparing penal facilities North and South

Recent references to the ‘warehouse prison’ in the United States and the prisión-depósito in Latin America seem to indicate that penal confinement in the western hemisphere has converged on a similar model. However, this article suggests otherwise. It contrasts penal facilities in North America and Latin America in terms of six interrelated aspects: regimentation; surveillance; isolation; supervision; accountability; and formalization. Quantitatively, control in North American penal facilities is assiduous (unceasing, persistent and intrusive), while in Latin America it is perfunctory (sporadic, indifferent and cursory). Qualitatively, North American penal facilities produce imprisonment (which enacts penal intervention through confinement), while in Latin America they produce internment (which enacts penal intervention through release). Closely entwined with this qualitative difference are distinct practices of judicial involvement in sentencing and penal supervision. Those practices, and the cultural and political factors that underpin them, represent an interesting starting point for the explanation of the contrasting nature of imprisonment and internment

The ants of the genus Rhopalothrix Mayr, 1870 (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Myrmicinae) in Colombia

The ants of the genus Rhopalothrix are diverse in the Neotropical region, with 14 of the 16 described species. Based on museum material and recent fieldwork, Rhopalothrix ants in Colombia were reviewed. Morphological analysis of the workers allowed delimitation of six species, including two new species, Rhopalothrix mandibularis Guerrero & Grajales, sp. nov. and Rhopalothrix mariaemirae Tocora, Fiorentino & Fernández, sp. nov. A new combination Rhopalothrix amati comb. nov. is proposed for Eurhopalothrix amati. A worker-based taxonomic key, high-definition images of the workers, and a distribution map of all Rhopalothrix species present in Colombia are provided