Desarrollo y Filantropía en el Uruguay Fundaciones: Comunitarias en Uruguay - Recursos locales para el desarrollo

El presente informe es el resultado de un proceso de investigación desarrollado en el marco del proyecto Fundaciones Comunitarias en Uruguay. Dicho estudio persigue el objetivo de analizar y delinear los perfiles de la filantropía local y profundizar sobre los desafíos que el concepto de fundaciones comunitarias plantea al contexto Uruguayo en la opinión de todos los involucrados en el desarrollo nacional

Early Warning Systems and Resilience: A Quest for Equilibrium

This communication aims to answer to the following research question: “How can Early Warning Systems support the production activity and make it resilient?” Based on an ethnographic case study, we display that even a simple tool can be helpful for a CEO. We assess that the resilience comes from a well-balanced combination of a qualitative human management and of an analytical system. This equilibrium depends on the fit between the task, the system and the user.Early Warning Systems, Task-Technology-Fit Model, Resilience as performance

Researching Islamic Law: an introduction

This article by Sarah Spells from the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, focuses on the sources of Islamic law and provides a simple introduction to finding and researching this area, with suggestions of useful and notable resources

Bridging the Gap: Towards a Cosmopolitan Orientation in the Social Studies Curriculum in Saskatchewan High Schools

Vital to Canadian social and cultural cohesion in a globalized world is an urgent need to enact new social and educational discourses and initiatives essential to expand an understanding of our interconnected relationships that coalesce with the key tenets of cosmopolitanism. Cosmopolitanism is a theory that endorses a sense of global responsibility and connectedness, respect for human rights and difference inside and outside our borders, and detachment from our communal, national, religious, ethnic, as well as other forms of particularities. The purpose of this qualitative case study is to investigate to what extent the social studies curriculum in grades 9, 10, 11, and 12 in Saskatchewan integrates or reflects cosmopolitan perspectives in an increasingly interconnected world. Thus, data collection consists of content analysis of the Saskatchewan curriculum and five interviews with social studies teachers in Saskatchewan high schools. Data analysis is guided by the literature review on cosmopolitanism that operates as the theoretical framework of this study and by critical discourse analysis. This research contributes to our understanding of what cosmopolitan education can offer in terms of possibilities to the social, cultural, educational, and political configurations of Canadian society. Emphasis is also on the need for future implementation of courses focusing on cosmopolitanism in higher education to raise awareness among students, prospective teachers, policy makers, curriculum designers, educational administrators, and government agencies about cosmopolitanism as an active agency to alleviate social ills. In conclusion, I offer suggestions for strengthening the social studies curriculum in Saskatchewan high schools to promote cosmopolitan values. Thus, the significance of the study lies in its theoretical and practical implications for social and educational policies in Canada and internationally

Cooperación judicial e integración subnacional chileno-argentina: principales logros y avances

The judicial cooperation developed between several organs of the Argentine provinces and regions of Chile, under the Treaty of Maipú on Integration and Cooperation (2009) and the Committees of bi-national integration, has experienced substantial progress in recent years, which are reflected in different activities described in this article, which have been coordinated and led by the Foreign Ministries of the two countries. Meanwhile, the bilateral judicial cooperation is intertwined with the concept of sub-national integration by allowing both a broad meeting of senior officials and professionals interested in advancing in these areas, as to make possible the narrowing of the existing links on both sides of the Andes. As a result of discussions in Mendoza in the “Cristo Redentor” Committee on 1 and 2 September 2011, and the organization of the First International Seminar on Judicial Cooperation Chile-Argentina on 29 and 30 March 2012 were able to implement new Commissions on Judicial cooperation in other Integration Committees and organize new seminars on such issue, in order to advance the field of judicial cooperation and integration. This article aims to report on the main achievements and developments in this area.La cooperación judicial desarrollada entre diversos órganos de las provincias argentinas y regiones chilenas, al amparo del Tratado de Maipú de Integración y Cooperación de 2009 y de los Comités de Integración binacionales, ha experimentado sustantivos avances en los últimos años, los cuales se ven reflejados en las diversas actividades que se describen en el artículo, las cuales han sido coordinadas y lideradas por las cancillerías de ambos países. Por su parte, la cooperación judicial binacional se entrelaza con el concepto de integración subnacional tanto al permitir un amplio encuentro de altos funcionarios y profesionales interesados en avanzar en estas materias, como al hacer posible el estrechamiento de los vínculos ya existentes a ambos lados de la Cordillera de los Andes. Como fruto de las conversaciones mantenidas en Mendoza en el Comité “Paso Cristo Redentor” de 1 y 2 de septiembre de 2011 y de la organización del Primer Seminario Internacional de Cooperación Judicial Chile-Argentina, desarrollado el 29 y 30 de marzo de 2012, se lograron implementar nuevas Comisiones de Cooperación Judicial en los demás Comités de Integración, así como organizar nuevos seminarios sobre dicha temática, con el objeto de avanzar en el campo de la integración y la cooperación judicial. El objetivo del presente artículo es, precisamente, dar cuenta de los principales logros y avances en esa materia

Estructuras líticas en Ventanía: Campos visuales compartidos

Dentro de la amplia variabilidad de registro arqueológico presente en el Sistema Serrano de Ventanía, se destacan las estructuras líticas, categoría que reúne recintos, piedras paradas y pircados. Las mismas son abordadas a partir de estudios espaciales desde la perspectiva de la Arqueología del Paisaje, entendiendo que la relación con el ambiente circundante permite aportar variables claves para su entendimiento. El presente trabajo se propone estudiar, a partir de la implementación de herramientas SIG, un área reducida ubicada en el sector sur, en la cuenca del Río Sauce Grande con el fin de calibrar los campos visuales de los sitios con alineamientos de piedras paradas. A su vez, se pretende evaluar la relación entre estos sitios con estructuras líticas y otro tipo de registro arqueológico con carga simbólica, desde el punto de vista de los campos de visibilidad. Se analizan las distintas particularidades del emplazamiento espacial de los sitios y se proponen campos visuales compartidos entre distintas evidencias del paisaje y el registro arqueológico.The lithic structures outstand among the wide variability of the archaeological record. This category includes enclosures, standing stones and pircados. They are approached by space studies from the perspective of Landscape Archaeology, understanding that the relationship with the surrounding environment can provide key variables for their understanding. This paper aims to study, by the implementation of GIS tools, a small area located in the southern sector, in the Sauce Grande River basin in order to calibrate the visual fields of thesites of standing stones alignments. At the same time, it aims to evaluate a possible relationship between these sites with stone structures and other kinds of archaeological record with symbolic importance, from the point of view of the visibility fields. The different characteristics of the spatial location of the sites are analyzed and shared visual fields between different evidence of the landscape and the archaeological record are proposed.Dentro da ampia variabilidade do registro arqueológico no Sistema Serrano de Ventanía destacam as estruturas de pedra, urna categoría que reúne gabinetes, pedras paradas e pircados. Estas sao abordadas a partir de estudos espaciáis desde a perspectiva de Arqueología da Paisagem, entendendo que a rela9áo com o meio ambiente pode fomecer variáveis essenciais para o seu entendimento. Este trabalho tem como objetivo estudar, a partir da implementa9áo de ferramentas de SIG, urna pequeña área localizada no setor sul da bacia do Río Sauce Grande, a fim de calibrar os campos visuais dos locáis com os alinhamentos de pedras paradas. Ao mesmo tempo, pretende-se avahar a rela9áo entre esses locáis, com estruturas líticas e outros registros arqueológicos com valor simbólico, desde o ponto de vista dos campos de visibilidade. Se analisam diferentes características da localiza9áo espacial dos locáis e se sugerem campos visuais compartilhados entre as diversas evidencias da paisagem e do registro arqueológico